Chapter 77: Eagle Sauce is stirring up trouble again

「Q value…… you guys quickly look at Q value, it's stable at 12. This is a stable value, meaning it's a generator, not an electric furnace! 」

「Old Tang, you honestly confess, where did these data come from? You're not secretly going to dig up alien relics behind our backs, are you? 」

Li Wen Guang looked at Tang Jianbo, half-jokingly asking.

「I'll tell you about this later; first, let's talk about the main matter. 」

Tang Jianbo revealed a mysterious smile on his face.

Next, his gaze swept over everyone.

「This time I called everyone here not to discuss theory, but to assign tasks! 」

「Starting now, everyone is divided into two groups. Group A, I will personally lead, to optimize and upgrade the tokamak device. 」

All the design drawings, material formulas, and construction plans are here. Our goal is to have the new Oriental Divine Ring grid-connected and generating electricity within a year!

As soon as his words fell, warm applause erupted from below.

「Group B, led by Professor Li, will refer to our existing technical data, then item-wise verify the key technical points of the optimization plan, providing Group A with the most precise experimental data support to ensure everything goes smoothly! 」

「Everyone! 」

Tang Jianbo raised his voice, scanned the whole venue, and said, "A brand-new era is right before our eyes. We are not catching up; we are creating! Now, everyone, take action!".

……

The Oriental Divine Ring project entered an unprecedented high-speed operation phase.

Qin Hao also rarely had free time these days; when idle, he'd check the construction progress of the Lunar Mine or chat with Cheng Haitang about future plans, living quite leisurely.

However, this tranquility didn't last long.

One afternoon, Qin Hao was lying on the sofa, scrolling through news on his tablet.

Suddenly, an urgent push notification of international news popped up, occupying the entire screen.

The headline read that Xiangjiao Guo would conduct military exercises in the waters near our territorial sea a few days later.

Seeing this, Qin Hao's smile instantly froze.

He hurriedly opened the news and read it carefully.

The gist of the content was that Xiangjiao Guo had developed several new weapons and wanted to find a place to test their power.

「Fuck! Such a tiny little country actually developing weapons? Pure bullshit! 」

Qin Hao couldn't help but curse, then sprang up from the sofa.

Almost at the same moment, the entire online world of Yanhuang Guo exploded.

The comment sections of major news websites and the message boards of social media were instantly flooded with angry remarks.

「Holy shit, what does Xiangjiao Guo want to do? Dare to conduct weapon experiments in our maritime periphery? Who gave them the guts? 」

「No need to think? It's definitely Eagle Sauce secretly pulling the strings! Look how fast we're developing. Last time we suffered a loss, this time they want their lackey to stir trouble again—I just didn't expect they'd use this tactic. 」

「Hmph! As long as their warships dare to come, we'll make sure they never return. Don't we have advanced Ascending Dragon Fighters? Launch them, give them a spin, and blast them to sink! 」

「Exactly! Our bottom line is not to let them come to our doorstep to provoke! 」

「Strongly demand official countermeasures! They must be an unprecedentedly hard counter! 」

「What's the point of countermeasures? They don't care at all! As I say, we must fight! Make them feel pain! Otherwise, provocations at our doorstep will keep happening. 」

……

The populace was furious, anger surging like a mountain shout and sea tsunami, nearly breaking through the screen.

Cheng Haitang pushed the door open, his face unusually stern; he even forgot to knock.

「Did you see it? 」

「Mm. 」

Qin Hao turned off the tablet, his face grim enough to wring water from, "Has Xiangjiao Guo gone mad?"

"They're not crazy, just overly clever. They think with someone backing them, everything will be fine, just brushing up their own presence."

Cheng Haitang walked over and sat beside him, his tone icy,

「Eagle Sauce's motive in doing this is obvious: they want to create an external crisis through their lackey to divert attention and gain diplomatic leverage. 」

「Are they using our maritime border as their bargaining chip? \" Qin Hao's fists clenched, making a cracking sound.

「In their view, this is the most cost-effective deal. 」

Cheng Haitang sighed, "They've figured we'll endure for the sake of development, at most just lodging verbal protests and holding a few drills."

After all, nobody wants to really start a war at this time.

……

Just as the two were discussing this matter, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Yanhuang Guo likewise released a notice.

「In view of Xiangjiao Guo's impending military exercises in our maritime border, we express strong protest; this is a deliberate provocation, undermining friendly relations. 」

「Here, Yanhuang Guo hopes you will cancel such actions; otherwise, you will bear the consequences yourselves. 」

However, facing this warning, Xiangjiao Guo's side completely ignored it, continuing to do as they pleased.

Soon it was the next day; Qin Hao and Cheng Haitang went to Old Luo's home.

When they arrived, the whole room was filled with a oppressive atmosphere.

Old Luo and his partner Zhang Yunfeng stood before a huge world map, their gazes fixed on our maritime border.

「Old Luo, Old Zhang. 」

Hearing Qin Hao's voice, Old Luo immediately turned his head, his face expressionless, and casually said, "Xiao Qin, Haitang, you've come—sit down and let's talk."

After the four sat down, Zhang Yunfeng struck the table in front of him and said in a low voice,

「This Xiangjiao Guo is truly brainless! They actually think that with Eagle Sauce secretly backing them, they dare to casually provoke us, as if we wouldn't dare to strike them! 」

「They certainly don't think that way. 」

Old Luo's voice was very calm, but beneath the calm lay a volcano about to erupt.

They're merely gambling, betting that our resolve isn't strong enough for us to attack them, so they can show off internationally; in truth they're just a petty clown.

After saying that, he turned to Qin Hao, "Xiao Qin, what do you think about this?"

"This issue involves many aspects and is quite complex; I want to hear your opinion—do you have any good solutions?"

Qin Hao answered bluntly.

"For such matters, I can only say, I will do whatever the country needs me to do. But I personally can't swallow this anger, and the whole nation can't either."

Lao Luo nodded, then frowned and said:

"Not just you—I'd have the same thought too, but they have their arrangements above, so this incident isn't something that ends just by striking them."

He turned around, looked at the map again, and said nothing more.

Cheng Haitang, standing nearby, added:

"Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already issued the sternest warning; we've said everything that needed to be said."

"But Xiangjiao Guo seems not to have listened; according to our latest intelligence, they've submitted a concrete action plan with no intention of canceling it."