Chapter 288: Heavy News, Global Shock

Over these past few months, due to the absolute leading economic and military strength of Long Country, a brand-new world landscape of one superpower and many strong nations was created, making the entire Blue Star appear unusually calm.

Every country settled down, focusing on seeking development under the new commercial rules.

Time passed quietly.

Until June 23rd.

A piece of news suddenly shocked the whole world—Tianqi Group had invented a Room-Temperature Superconductor.

This news stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, immediately attracting global attention and heated discussion.

The news was not released by Tianqi Group, but rather by a netizen who posted a screenshot of the page where Tianqi Group applied for the Room-Temperature Superconductor invention patent.

And the application time was June 22nd.

Which was the day before the news was exposed.

At the same time, the invention patent application document also clearly recorded the various materials required for room-temperature superconductivity, as well as some technical parameters.

This caused many global capitals to move at the news, one after another beginning to speculate on superconducting concept stocks, as well as those few main materials, causing their prices to soar.

Various countries were also shaken by this news.

If this invention patent application had come from other scientific teams, everyone would not have attached such importance to it, because the application for an invention patent does not mean that the invention is truly effective.

Even if the application review is passed, it does not mean that this technology is truly effective.

It is just like someone saying that flour and cement mixed in a specific ratio, and then adding a certain proportion of water, can turn into high-explosive, such a patent application might also get passed.

But it does not mean that this formula is effective.

The review agency will only check whether it overlaps with other people's patents, etc., and will not test it.

The invention patent for the Room-Temperature Superconductor is the same; an application is just an application.

But when this application is placed on Tianqi Group, the significance becomes completely different.

No one would question the level of Tianqi Group, and even less would they question that Tianqi Group would randomly apply for unverified invention patents.

The reputation of Tianqi Group, and its past glory, made everyone choose to believe in the authenticity of the Room-Temperature Superconductor at the first moment.

And just when the world was in heated discussion.

Perhaps seeing that the news had already leaked, Tianqi Group decided not to hide it anymore and simply took the initiative to publish the paper on the Room-Temperature Superconductor, along with several test videos.

The names of the two inventors, Wan Zhiyu and Chang Minjuan, subsequently resounded throughout the world.

Many expert teams immediately tried to reproduce the Room-Temperature Superconductor based on the relevant data.

Yingjiang Country, Beer Country, Romantic Country...

Countless people were sleepless all night because of this news, on one hand waiting for the reproduction results, and on the other hand urgently discussing response plans.

Even if some people did not understand the significance of the Room-Temperature Superconductor, when they learned from top experts about the impact this invention could bring to the world, they also completely fell into a frenzy.

This is equivalent to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Many industries will be subverted, many enterprises will fall in this industrial revolution, and many enterprises will also be able to ride the momentum and soar upwards!

This is their opportunity to rise again!

Although they no longer expect to surpass Long Country, and do not expect to defeat Tianqi Group, if they can grasp the opportunity of this industrial revolution, they can fight for more benefits for their own country.

Even in a honeymoon period unprecedented in the world, competition between countries is inevitable.

No one wants to lag behind others.

"We rose during the Second Industrial Revolution and dominated the world during the Third Industrial Revolution; although we are now facing decline due to various reasons, fate ultimately favors us!"

"The Fourth Industrial Revolution is coming!"

"Our Yingjiang Country will definitely be able to reverse the decline, rise again, and stand at the pinnacle of the world!"

In the conference room, the white-haired old man spoke passionately, completely unaware that his saliva had sprayed onto the participants on the side.

The latter carefully covered their faces with their hands, leaning back slightly to avoid this fishy 'rain'.

Just at this moment.

A rush of knocking on the door interrupted the white-haired old man's words, making him feel a burst of dissatisfaction.

"Come in!"

A figure ran in hurriedly, disregarding etiquette, and said loudly:

"It's bad! Long Country announced on the news—their Controlled Nuclear Fusion has succeeded!"

"What?!"

Not only the white-haired old man, but several other people also stood up in shock at the same time.

Compared with the Room-Temperature Superconductor, the value and significance of Controlled Nuclear Fusion are better known to the world.

If the Room-Temperature Superconductor is the prelude to starting the Fourth Industrial Revolution, then Controlled Nuclear Fusion is the true starting point for officially opening the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

What is an industrial revolution?

It is something that can completely subvert industrial production methods, a major transformation in the field of production, and also a subversion of social lifestyles.

The First Industrial Revolution brought humanity into the Steam Age, with an explosion of productivity.

The Second Industrial Revolution brought humanity into the Electrical Age, further promoting the leapfrog development of productivity; the advent of various electrical equipment also made people's lives more and more convenient.

The Third Industrial Revolution brought humanity into the Information Age; humanity pioneered space technology, atomic energy technology, computer technology, bioengineering technology, information technology, new material technology, and other advanced technologies, causing major changes in all aspects of people's clothing, food, housing, and transportation.

Why do many people say that the Room-Temperature Superconductor will trigger the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Is it because of how much change this material itself will bring to the world?

No!

It is because it can promote major breakthroughs in top-tier technologies in all aspects.

It is a very important primer.

Just like the spark that ignites explosives.

And what will truly bring major changes to all aspects of people's lives is Controlled Nuclear Fusion!

Controlled Nuclear Fusion can allow humanity to possess nearly infinite clean energy.

And energy is the most important material foundation upon which human survival and development rely, as well as one of the core pillars of modern human civilization.

Since modern times, changes in the world landscape have almost all revolved around energy.

Politics, economy, military, and even the national destiny of a country are all significantly influenced by energy.

From this, the importance of energy is evident!

And Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology is currently the most important ultimate strategic technology globally.

There is no other!

After barely recovering from the shock, the white-haired old man said in a flustered and exasperated manner:

"Damn it! Why did Long Country develop Controlled Nuclear Fusion so quickly? It was clearly yesterday..."

Halfway through his sentence, he realized:

"No, they must have invented the Room-Temperature Superconductor long ago and just kept it hidden, waiting until the Controlled Nuclear Fusion research was nearly complete before applying for the Room-Temperature Superconductor patent."

"Because they knew that countless people are watching the movements of Tianqi Group at all times; as soon as a patent application is filed, the news would leak."

"Damn it! The people of Long Country are too shameless!"

"To hide such major news from the whole world and enjoy the results all by themselves!"

Thinking that Long Country, which was already leading the world, had invented the Room-Temperature Superconductor and also developed Controlled Nuclear Fusion, with an infinitely bright future ahead, while the future prospects of Yingjiang Country were pitch black, the white-haired old man felt both despair and anger in his heart.

Sharing the same sentiment were the high-level officials of other countries.

And at this moment, all of Long Country was jubilant.

Even if many people did not understand the profound significance of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, they knew one of the most direct benefits—

Electricity bills would definitely drop significantly in the future.

The usage costs of various electrical appliances would be greatly reduced.

Currently, the vast majority of cars are pure electric models equipped with Leishen No. 2 Battery, and the usage cost is already very low, less than ten cents per kilometer; in the future, as nuclear fusion power generation becomes popularized, the cost of using vehicles will definitely decrease further.

Whether for enterprises or individuals, this is an extremely significant piece of good news.

June 24th.

That is, the second day after the news of the Room-Temperature Superconductor and Controlled Nuclear Fusion bombarded the globe.

Tianqi Group released an announcement.

It declared that it was officially recruiting partners externally, licensing the Room-Temperature Superconductor patent to partners at a low price, encouraging full-scale production of Room-Temperature Superconductors, and pushing the world to enter the superconducting era as soon as possible.

Countless factories around the world were excited.

Anyone could see that once the production license for the Room-Temperature Superconductor was obtained, orders would surely be too numerous to count.

This involves the material requirements for the replacement and upgrading of countless electronic and electrical products globally.

Not to mention anything else, just the business orders from power companies replacing transmission lines would be enough to make cable manufacturers worldwide fill their pockets.

However, everyone also knew that Tianqi Group had requirements regarding the Welfare Grade for partners; given the current economic conditions of various countries, there are very few enterprises that can maintain high welfare, and only the survival status of Long Country enterprises is better, with generally higher welfare treatment levels.

Even if Tianqi Group recruits partners fairly from the whole world, in the end, it is certain that more Long Country enterprises will win the bids.

But regardless, this cooperation bidding conference is a grand event that has shocked the world.

Many enterprises responded enthusiastically to the call.

More enterprises began discussing overnight, redesigning products to use the Room-Temperature Superconductor.

For example, mobile phones and computers, and even all electrical equipment, would no longer need to consider heat dissipation issues, and their volumes would be further compressed.

At the same time, without the limitation of heat generation, the performance of electrical appliances would be significantly improved.

Although the Room-Temperature Superconductor has not yet been truly popularized, major enterprises must seize the initiative to avoid falling behind others when the time comes.

There are also power grid companies in various countries that have urgently halted the transmission networks currently being laid, preparing to wait and see the news of the Room-Temperature Superconductor's mass production.

All enterprises involved in engines also began discussing overnight whether to replace engines with generators as soon as possible and redesign brand-new generators based on the Room-Temperature Superconductor.

Various types of car, ship, aircraft, and even two-wheeled electric vehicle enterprises were all shaken by this news.

Not to mention the major energy companies.

The Controlled Nuclear Fusion Project jointly developed by the Long Country authorities and Tianqi Group has been officially declared a success; it will not be long before humanity enters a new era of infinite clean energy, and all other types of energy will slowly lose their value.

In just two days.

Many industries saw their stock prices fluctuate violently under the impact of this news.

The prices of energy such as oil and coal plummeted.