Chapter 95: What? Even open-source energy is blocked?

Longyin Research Institute seemed to have been split into two worlds.

On one side, there is a special task force centered on Li Yang, Chen Guang, Wang Hao, and Master Li Kui.

In the highest-security laboratory, they are carrying out a race-against-time technical assault.

On the other side, it is led by Chen Guang, with Wang Hao and Zhao Gong cooperating.

In the shadows, an internal investigation and counter-espionage network is quietly unfolding.

Feng Yan sits at the center, needing to coordinate resources to advance the "Dragon Core Plan" while constantly monitoring the progress of the internal purge, as if walking a tightrope.

"Master Li, look at these parameters!" Wang Hao pointed at the test data that had just come out of the furnace on the screen, excited to the point of almost jumping up.

"The 'Mixed Stew-3' sample, after Li Yang's optimized heat-treatment process, has seen its strength and toughness stability improve by thirty percent compared to previous samples!"

"Although it still can't match the top batch of the Cloud Eagle-3 series, we've already touched the threshold!"

Master Li Kui leaned in front of the screen, his dark face also full of excitement:

"Great! I said this approach would work!"

"Section Head Feng, Engineer Li, as long as you give me time, I will finely control the cooling rate and trace element ratio."

"I am confident I can raise the success rate to over fifty percent!"

Li Yang stood to the side, holding a miniature motor rotor prototype that Zhao Gong had personally machined just now, made from the new amorphous soft magnetic material.

He nodded steadily: "The material bottleneck, we see the dawn."

"Guangzi's optimized electromagnetic field simulation combined with my structural design, preliminary theoretical calculation."

"The power density of the 'Dragon Core' prototype is expected to reach eighty percent of the banned motor level."

"Eighty percent! This means that even if we cannot completely surpass it for now,"

"it is enough to let the 'Iron Wolf' and subsequent platforms escape the threat of paralysis and maintain basic combat capability!"

Chen Guang sat at the corner workstation, with multiple screens simultaneously running material simulation, motor electromagnetic field analysis, and network monitoring logs.

He pushed up his glasses and calmly added:

"According to the simulation data, if Master Li's material stability reaches expectations."

"combined with the active heat dissipation and compensation algorithm designed by me and Old Li."

"The 'Dragon Core' comprehensive performance under actual working conditions is expected to surpass the banned product by ten to fifteen percent."

"Surpass?!" Wang Hao's eyes widened.

"Guangzi, you didn't miscalculate, did you?"

"Is our own creation stronger than that of the Eagle Country folks?"

"In theory, that's the case." Chen Guang's tone remained calm.

"Their design tends to be conservative and generic, whereas our solution is a deep optimization tailored to our own platform's characteristics."

"And we make use of the special performance advantages of Master Li's material under certain extreme conditions—trade-offs."

"Awesome! So awesome!" Wang Hao vigorously waved his fist, as if he could already see the "Dragon Core" motor roaring on the test bench.

"Master Li! You are our timely rain!"

Feng Yan watched this group immersed in the excitement of the technical breakthrough, and a warm current also surged in his heart.

Master Li Kui's addition was like on the airtight 'Glass Cage'.

He forcibly smashed open a crack, letting the light of hope shine in.

However, beneath this light, shadows still remain.

A few days later, one evening, Chen Guang knocked again on Feng Yan's office door.

"Feng Brother," he walked in, closed the door behind him, and lowered his voice.

"There's progress."

Feng Yan's spirits lifted, and he gestured for him to sit and speak.

"By continuously monitoring the network activity of Building Three and the honeypot feedback, combined with Captain Zhang's side cross-referencing personnel schedules, we have locked onto a suspicious target."

Chen Guang called up a tablet, which displayed a young person's file and several surveillance screenshots.

"Liu Ming, an administrative clerk hired three months ago through social recruitment, responsible for part of the non-core technical document archiving work."

"His network access behavior shows multiple abnormalities, especially outside working hours."

"Moreover, he has repeatedly tried to exploit permission loopholes to access data areas beyond his job scope."

"What about his background?" Feng Yan's eyes were sharp.

"His background is very clean, even too clean." Chen Guang swiped the screen.

"But he has a sister who studied abroad in Eagle Country early on."

"He has now obtained an Eagle Country green card and works at a technology company that has indirect cooperation with the Eagle Country military."

"We suspect that Liu Ming may have been turned by his sister, or is under some form of coercion."

"Is the evidence solid?"

"The chain of indirect evidence is fairly complete, but we lack direct evidence of him transmitting information."

"He is very vigilant, using only untraceable encrypted communication software, and likely has a single-line online contact."

Chen Guang paused, then said: "Moreover, we have detected in monitoring that he recently seems somewhat impatient."

"He frequently attempts to contact peripheral information related to the 'Dragon Core' plan and special materials."

"Possibly... due to external pressure."

Feng Yan pondered for a moment, his fingers lightly tapping the desktop.

"Direct arrest might scare the snake away, cutting off the clue to pull out the mastermind behind."

"Leaving it unchecked, however, the risk will only grow day by day."

"Guangzi, can you think of a way to transmit a bit of... the information we want him to know?"

A glint of calculation flashed in Feng Yan's eyes.

Chen Guang immediately grasped it: "Feng Brother, you mean… turn their own plot against them?"

"Exactly." Feng Yan nodded.

"He's in a hurry, right? Then let's give him some 'dry goods'."

"Forge a false report about the 'Dragon Core' motor R&D 'suffering a major setback', 'key material stability cannot be resolved', 'the project may be delayed or even scrapped'."

"Leak it to him 'unintentionally' through channels he can access."

"I understand." Chen Guang nodded.

"This can temporarily paralyze the opponent, lower his guard, and buy us more time."

At the same time, we can strengthen surveillance on him to see who he contacts after receiving this false information.

"Let's do that." Feng Yan slammed the table.

"The action must be quick and natural."

"Also, inform Team Leader Zhang to conduct round-the-clock covert surveillance on Liu Ming to ensure he cannot carry out any physical sabotage."

"All right." Chen Guang noted it down, was about to leave, but Feng Yan called him back.

"Guangzi," Feng Yan looked at him, his tone solemn.

"We must solve the internal issues, but breaking through the technological blockade is our fundament."

"The Dragon Core project and materials research cannot suffer any delay."

"Understood." Chen Guang pushed up his glasses, "We won't let up on either front."

After Chen Guang left, Feng Yan stood alone by the window; the research institute's lights in the night were dim and sparse.

Having found a clue to the mole and seeing a breakthrough in the technical effort, he let out a slight sigh of relief.

But his intuition told him things would not be that simple.

Liu Ming might just be a pawn; could there be deeper waters behind him?

He picked up the internal communicator and connected to Li Yang's laboratory:

"Old Li, it's me. Have the latest material samples come out from Master Li's side?"

"Yeah, I'll go take a look."

He needed to see with his own eyes the faint light born in desperation to quell the vague unease in his heart.

Just as Feng Yan was about to leave the office to go to the special project lab,

The highest-authority encrypted communicator on his desk lit up its indicator light again.

This time, it was the blue light signifying a regular encrypted communication.

And the displayed contact surprised him a little—Zhao Kaiyuan.

He was his junior schoolmate who had long become a leading figure in the domestic energy sector, one of the Dragon Chant team's most steadfast strategic partners.

Feng Yan immediately connected: "Open Source? Why are you contacting me at this time?"

"Could the supply related to the 'Black Tortoise' battery also be affected by the ban?" Feng Yan thought to himself.

From the other end of the line came Zhao Kaiyuan's voice, angry and urgent:

"Feng Brother! I just got the news! Those bastards in Eagle Country have also put 'Open Source Energy' on the 'Entity List'!"

"The reason is 'possibly providing critical energy support for Dragon Chant's military projects'!"

Feng Yan's heart sank sharply!

Eagle Country's blow is indeed expanding!

But Zhao Kaiyuan's following words left Feng Yan stunned in place.

"Feng Brother, I've heard about your situation—motors, crystal cores, and materials are all stuck, right?"

Zhao Kaiyuan's voice carried the ruthless determination of breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boats.

"Damn it, do they really think we're soft persimmons to be squeezed at will?"

"Feng Brother, just wait!"

"I'm bringing the core battery R&D and electric control team of Open Source Energy right now."

"Plus our bottom-of-the-chest, not-yet-public 'Black Tortoise-II' prototype technology and all its data—I'm coming to find you!"

"Aren't they trying to trap us to death?"

"Great! Then let's join forces and take them on together!"

"Let's blast open energy and power, damn it!"

"I don't believe that with our combined strength we can't smash this lousy glass cover!"