Chapter 42: The Moment to Witness the Miracle

Yes, for such a heaven-defying function, its upgrade conditions must have become extremely harsh.

Qin Hao looked at the system interface and read aloud the golden line of conditions clearly.

"Upgrade condition: Within the Solar System, aside from Blue Star, one must establish a mining base covering more than 100,000 square meters on any planet and get it running."

100,000 square meters… mining base?

Just moments ago the atmosphere had been heated to a boil; instantly it was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over it, cooling it considerably.

Building a 100,000-square-meter mining base on Mars or the Moon? What concept is that? It's about the size of fifteen standard football fields.

With Yanhuang Guo's current space technology level, sending a few people or several tons of supplies up there is already extremely difficult, let alone constructing such a massive mining base.

This sounds downright more distant than achieving a warp drive.

A huge sense of loss spread among everyone.

The future was right before our eyes, yet still far away in the heavens.

However, in that brief silence, Qian Academician's eyes gradually brightened.

"Wrong…" He slapped his thigh, jumped up excitedly, "We've been overthinking it!"

He looked around and said loudly, "This condition seems unattainable, but we've forgotten the most crucial point!"

"We have the system! We have this 2.0 version of the system!"

"We can see Eagle Country's rockets and replicate the world's most advanced rockets! We can see space stations and replicate larger, better ones!"

We can even spend just a little energy to obtain optimized spacecraft design drawings! With these, would crewed moon landings and Mars landings still be unattainable dreams?

The condition for upgrading the system itself must be fulfilled by the system—this is a closed loop. A perfect closed loop driving us toward the stars and seas!

Qian Academician's words were like a bolt of lightning, splitting the fog in everyone's minds.

Exactly!

How could they have forgotten this!

The shock just now was so great that they subconsciously still measured that seemingly impossible task with current technology levels.

But now what they possess is an omnipotent 'God of Technology'!

In the conference room, an uproar erupted, more fervent than any before.

On everyone's faces, the loss vanished, replaced by an unprecedented fervor.

Under the boost of the system 2.0 version, the goal of the stars and seas has shifted from an unattainable dream to an attainable blueprint.

Luo Elder's gaze was deep, but now was not the time to daydream about the future; he spoke up to draw everyone's attention back.

"Please quiet down. Empty talk harms the country; practical work strengthens it. We still need to witness firsthand the functions after the system upgrade."

As his words fell, a general shouldered with a general's star, in charge of army equipment R&D, immediately stood up.

"The envoy is right; this is our latest-generation military encrypted communications terminal, Dragon Shield No. 1. Every screw, every line of code inside is our own painstaking work—let's test it with this!"

Song Huiteng's voice boomed as he pulled from his pocket a wholly black, extremely tech‑savvy‑looking phone.

At that moment, everyone's gaze instantly focused on that phone.

Many present knew the weight of this phone.

It represents Yanhuang Guo's highest achievement in information security and special communications, an absolute core secret.

Song Huiteng strode up to Qin Hao and placed the phone on the table.

"Comrade Xiao Qin, begin. Let's see whether this god‑like function is truly real."

The conference room fell silent again; everyone held their breath, even Luo Elder and Zhang Yunfeng leaning forward slightly, eyes fixed on the phone on the table and Qin Hao.

Qin Hao nodded; this time he did not reach out.

His gaze fell on the 'Dragon Shield No. 1', and a thought stirred.

【Target detected: Dragon Shield No. 1 military encrypted communications terminal.】

【Proceed with duplication?】

【Option 1: Duplicate the physical object, consuming 8,000 Energy Points.】

【Option 2: Duplicate all related information data, consuming 12,000 Energy Points.】

【Option 3: Do both, consuming 20,000 Energy Points.】

Qin Hao's gaze swept over the crowd, and he spoke calmly:

"Commander Song, I have finished scanning; I need 20,000 Energy Points."

Afterward, without hesitation, he proceeded directly with duplication.

In the next instant, under everyone's watch, beside that 'Dragon Shield No. 1' appeared an identical phone.

The two phones showed no difference whatsoever, from the metallic sheen of their casings to the angles of the side buttons.

Yet no one paid attention to the newly appeared phone; everyone's focus lay on something more crucial.

Qian Academician pushed up his glasses and asked urgently:

"Comrade Xiao Qin, what about the information? Those technical data, manufacturing techniques, and… the optimized solutions—where are they?"

This question voiced everyone's thoughts.

Qin Hao raised his head, looked at everyone, and said: 'The system prompts that I need a computer; by touching it with my hand, I can instantly transfer all the information.'

"Quick! Get a computer!" Luo Rui Xiang commanded decisively.

A officer hearing the command left quickly; in less than a minute he returned, carrying a military‑grade tablet computer, walking briskly inside.

He immediately placed the computer before Qin Hao.

Under the gaze of dozens of eyes, Qin Hao reached out and lightly pressed his hand against the cold metal casing of the military tablet.

"Begin transfer," he murmured in his heart.

The whole process took less than a second.

Qin Hao withdrew his hand, nodded to everyone, and said: 'All right, all the information has been transferred in.'

Almost the instant his words fell, Academician Qian and several technical experts sprang forward in a single stride, carefully taking the tablet computer.

A young scientist immediately connected the tablet to the conference room's projection system.

The huge curtain lit up, and a clean folder interface appeared before everyone.

The folder was named bluntly: 【Dragon Shield No. 1 Military Encrypted Communication Terminal — Full Set of Analytical Data】.

Academician Qian eagerly opened the folder.

The next second, countless subfolders and file lists instantly filled the entire screen.

【Material Composition Analysis Report】

【Overall Structure 3D Drawings (including all parts)】

【'Dragon Core' Military-Version Processor Full Design Drawings and Source Code】

【Antenna Array Manufacturing Process】

【Quantum Encryption System Underlying Architecture and Algorithm Details】

……

Each item was completely and neatly displayed on it.

After a brief look.

"This, this is actually real..." a communications expert muttered, looking at the screen.

However, this was not the end yet.

Academician Qian's gaze was firmly drawn to a folder at the very bottom that emitted a faint golden light.

The folder's name made everyone present's heart skip a beat.

【Dragon Shield No. 1 — System Optimization Plan】

He took a deep breath and excitedly clicked on it.

Inside were similarly categorized files, but the file names made all technical personnel feel their scalps go numb.

【Processor Performance 2x Improvement Plan】

【Power Consumption Reduced 50% Power Management Module Design】

【Signal Reception Sensitivity Increased 2.4x New Composite Antenna Material Formula】

【Quantum Encryption Algorithm Logic Vulnerability Fix and Upgrade Patch】

"This... is too unbelievable!!"