Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

Chapter 663: 663
 

Kant Might Have Profited, But the Country Definitely Wouldn’t Lose Out

Senior Colonel Tian got a satisfactory answer.

In other words, he was extremely satisfied.

Not only did Kant get every question right, but he also got full marks for the two additional questions.

This was a negotiation and alliance that was bound to have far-reaching effects. It would completely change the supernatural beings in the country and even the world. Senior Colonel Honda was not qualified to sign this secret alliance on behalf of the country, but for various reasons, he was still the representative who made the proposal to Kant.

Thus, it was recorded in history.

When a person’s fate was placed in the process of history, he could be remembered by future generations and history.

Therefore, Senior Colonel Tian felt honored.

After the most important matter was settled, it was time for a relaxed exchange.

First, it was the comrades of the Rocket Army.

The questions they raised were all very interesting.

“Comrade Kant.”

The Rocket Army’s comrades were two colonels from the General Staff and the Research Institute.

As a military service responsible for deterring other countries from using nuclear weapons against China, carrying out nuclear counterattacks, and carrying out conventional missile precision strikes, the Rocket Force officers raised meaningful questions. They took out encrypted military notebooks, which showed the magnificent scene of the Battle of Moani and the unfolding of the beam shield.

The colonel of the General Staff Department said sincerely,” In terms of nuclear strategy, the primary task of the Rocket Force is defense, not attack. We are not interested in taking the initiative to drop thermonary-nuclear weapons on others, and we do not want to be attacked by other people’s nuclear weapons. We would like to consult you on the prediction, interception, and defense of nuclear attacks.”

He pointed at the screen.” Can such a shield withstand nuclear attacks?”

Ah, this.

I really don’t know about this.

To the outside world, Moani’s Holy Dome defense was a holy shelter that Kant had single-handedly raised. It shone with holy light and was extremely holy.

However, what they did not know was that behind the world’s strongest supernatural being’s show off to the world, a Transformer was frantically digging and setting up holy artifacts in Moani’s humid and hot underground.

As for whether the magic barrier in the other world could withstand the attack of nuclear weapons…

He felt very uncertain.

Kant was about to deny it when he suddenly thought of something.

“This…” The Fire Stealer smiled awkwardly and spread his hands.” I’ve never been hit by a nuclear bomb. How do I know if I can block it? We can’t just give it a try.”

The two colonels laughed when they heard that.

“That’s true. We were too presumptuous.”

“I’m fine.”

“Then let’s not talk about nuclear weapons for now.” The colonel of the General Staff looked at his comrade.” The Rocket Force is also responsible for the precision strike and defense of conventional missiles. Can this energy shield block missiles?”

” Of course.” Kant smiled knowingly.” Of course.”

“What about the defense?” the colonel blurted out.

After he finished speaking, he laughed and patted his forehead.” I forgot again. How would I know?”

“We can give it a try,” Kant said with a smile.

” Really?” The colonel’s eyes lit up.” Really?”

His expression seemed to be saying, I’ve never f * cking hit such a beautiful target in my life.

“Of course, but the question is, what’s the use of testing this?”

Kant rested his elbows on the table and crossed his arms. He placed them by his mouth and said with a meaningful expression,” I was the one who activated the shield. When I have to block the missiles, I’ll hold on for as long as I can. If I don’t have to take the missiles head-on, I’ll just run. Why would I need to test my defense?”

“Comrade Kant, what do you mean?” The two colonels looked at each other again.

” I have a bold suggestion and idea that we can try,” Kant said quietly.” That is, to make the shield work without me. That is, to create a shield generator whose power is proportional to its size.”

” It can be worn on the body, on the Warrior Assault Vehicle, on the Type 59 tank, on the Dongfeng Wood Vehicle, on the 003 aircraft carrier, or even on the airport…”

“Are you interested?” he asked, looking at the two officers.

Their eyes went from shock to disbelief, and then to fanaticism.

The two Rocket Army colonels were at a loss for a moment. The staff officer ran to the corner to make a phone call. After a long time, he waited for a while and answered another phone call before he ran out reluctantly.

He dragged the two comrades from the army in.

After hearing Kant’s suggestion, the comrades from the army almost jumped up.

“GKD” was written all over his face.

“What’s the principle behind it? What was the source of energy? Is it easy to produce? How difficult was the production process? What exactly should he do?

What was the defense mechanism? What kind of attacks can it defend against?”

The comrades of the Army Research Institute were almost hanging on Kant. The top scientists who had made extremely high contributions in the relevant fields became the most curious students, asking all sorts of questions.

” Superpowers are different from science,” Kant said helplessly.” I’m at a stage where I know what they are, but I don’t know how they are. Besides, has the country gained anything from studying supernatural powers?”

The leading figures of the various research institutes who were called in later also shook their heads helplessly.

” This is a new phenomenon that overthrows the existing scientific system. Our physicists are always frowning and have no clue at all. They once joked that this is no longer the level of dark clouds floating above the physics building. It’s like a meteorite hitting the physics building.”

” The difficulty of figuring out the root cause is equivalent to building a physics building from scratch. Just by laying the foundation, we have to define many new units and constant that we have never seen before.”

The researchers began to complain.

Kant was like an illiterate in front of these experts in the scientific world. He was not interested in listening to the scientists describe the various outrageous changes in parameters and the destruction of common sense when superpowers were activated.

He simply picked up the teacup in front of him.

Everyone who was talking fell silent at the same time and looked at Kant’s actions.

Kant suddenly turned to look at Qin Mengjin.” This teacup isn’t an antique, is it?”

Qin Mengjin was stunned for a moment before she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Kant shook his head. Forget it, it looks quite expensive. It’s a pity to smash it.”

“Smash!” We’ll pay!”

If the shield generator described by Kant could really become a common military technology, the elders would not even frown even if Kant destroyed all the national treasures and antiques in the Forbidden City.

The past and history were important, but they were nothing compared to the future.

Because no matter how glorious history was, it was still history, but a strong future could create a glorious history.

“There’s no need for that,”Kant said with a smile.

He put the teacup back in its original position, then raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Suddenly, a small Dimension Gate appeared in the air above Kant’s right hand. An ordinary stone fell into his hand.

” A rock in the suburbs of Moani.”

” It’s still warm.” Kant smiled as he flicked away the dirt and dust on the surface.

He lifted heavy things as if they were light, and he swung them casually.

Everyone was speechless for a moment. Their expressions were complicated, and their eyes were filled with envy and even some joy.

Such a powerful supernatural being was ultimately a Chinese.

However…

What the audience thought was teleportation.

Kant had used his immense mana to merge the space points of the fishing island hotel and Moani, easily extracting a stone from West Africa, which was half a world away.

It was a real spatial teleportation.

With a snap of his fingers, it was purely a habitual spellcasting action and posturing. He also flicked a tiny speck of dust into the air, causing the spatial beacon attached to it to open the dimensional door. At the same time, Horus, who was on standby near Moani in the White Fog World, casually picked up a stone on the ground and threw it out of the dimensional door.

Kant looked at the audience, who were unable to conceal their shock, and smiled proudly in his heart.

In terms of posturing, all the supernatural beings in the world combined could not beat him.

He held the stone and raised his left hand. The Star Megrez Ring glowed brilliantly. Everyone saw the sunlight gathering on Kant’s fingertip. He drew a line and a glowing rune materialized on the ordinary stone. The glowing rune flickered and flickered.

Kant then pushed the stone to the opposite side and waved his hand.

The Void opened the Realm Gate, and another mace fell out.

He handed the hammer to the colonel opposite him.

Since he was a soldier, he was naturally a decisive and experienced person. He did not hesitate and raised his hand to hammer down. With a bang, a seemingly tangible light pattern appeared on the surface of the stone. The hammer head seemed to have smashed into metal and almost fell out of his hand.

The colonel was stunned for a moment and wanted to smash it again. The scientists burst into an uproar and rushed forward together. They held him down, snatched the hammer, and even punched him a few times. Then, they pushed the dumbfounded soldier to the side.

Then, as if he was admiring a peerless beauty, he surrounded the broken stone and looked around.

The oldest scientist in his sixties held a small hammer and gently knocked on the stone. The light on the surface shone with holy light and made a clanging sound.

He looked up at Kant. This string of words and that energy are the key?”

Kant nodded.

“It can be engraved on any solid object?”

“Yes?”

” Even Kevlar bulletproof fibers and protective steel plates?”

“Of course, the effect might even be better.”

“What do you mean?”

“The strength of an object determines how much energy it can withstand, and the strength of the energy it can withstand determines the strength of its defense…It’s that simple.”

Kant wanted to take the stone and give up under the pitiful gazes of the scientists who were protecting their chicks. He did not laugh at the way the country’s top scientific researchers treated the broken stone like a treasure. Instead, he felt even more respect for them.

These people were the backbone of China.

He took out two more stones. One was relatively brittle, the kind that ordinary people could crush with their bare hands. The other was even harder. He injected the same sun’s holy light into each of them to construct defensive runes.

“I will strike with the same strength.”

He flicked his fingers like he was flicking a melon on the head, hitting the stone with a bang. The force was far stronger than the colonel’s hammer. After three hits, the more brittle stone shattered, and the light scattered like stars. The power was gone, and the harder stone lasted six hits.

The scientists looked at the two broken rocks and revealed pained expressions.

Kant sighed in his heart. Then, he turned to the oldest of them all, the old man whose hair had already turned white.” Uncle, don’t worry. We can have as many of these things as we want.”

The other party was stunned at first, then he smiled.

He laughed and sighed,”Sigh, I’ve been stingy all my life. I’m afraid of being poor…”

“The good days are here. We can be a little richer.” Kant said softly,” All in all, as you can see, an object strengthened by runes has a very strong ability to withstand attacks. The increase in strength is related to the object itself. I don’t know much about science, but in my opinion, the strength is equal to the strength of the object multiplied by the amplification factor. In other words, the stronger the object, the stronger the ability to withstand attacks…”

“We understand.” The old scientist said slowly,” The strengthening of special steel is far greater than that of iron sheet, right?”

” Yes, that must be the case, but special steel should also be divided into many types, with different proportions and different components. There must be an optimal solution. Just like when Thomas Thomas Eden improved the electric lamp, he tested more than a thousand materials in order to find a suitable lamp. We must have such an optimal solution.”

Kant said,” It’s not efficient for me to test them one by one. I don’t have the conditions to do so. But with the country’s organizational ability and resource allocation, as well as scientific thinking, it should be easy to do.”

” That’s not a problem at all. We can submit an application and organize an experiment when we get back.”

There was no need for the higher-ups to make a decision on such a matter. No one would refuse such a thing.

” If I may be so bold as to ask, Comrade Kant,” the old man said.” We were talking about energy shields at first, but it seems like it’s some kind of energy armor at best…”

” No,” Kant smiled.” It’s just a part of some kind of rune spell.”

Everyone was slightly stunned.

” This rune I wrote on the stone, plus fourteen different runes, can form a complete defensive charm.”

” With thirty-five defensive talismans of this scale, we can form an indestructible defensive magical equipment with a higher energy level.”

” This magical equipment is at least the size of a car. Together with the other five magical equipment of different systems, they can form an energy shield generating field that can be changed in size.”

” This is a new form of energy utilization,” Kant said calmly.” It can be compared to our integrated circuits and even chips. The knowledge system contained within them is unique and boundless. It’s not inferior to the complicated classification of modern science…I only touched a small part of it.”

” And what I just showed you is just one of the basic categories. Apart from that, there are also many applications of fire, water, earth, qi, and so on.”

The hall was silent. Everyone was stunned and speechless for a long time.

Senior Colonel Tian had been on his way back to the sea to report on his work, but he had returned. In the silence, he walked up to Kant and asked in a deep voice,” What do you want us to do?”

” This legacy and power are mine alone,” Kant said calmly.” But I’m someone who has lived in a modern society and gone through modern education. I know where the true strength of our civilization lies.”

” With my strength alone, it might take me a few months to make a set of shield generators. With my strength alone, it might take me a year to finish carving Wind God runes for all of our J-20s. With my strength alone, I can forget about carving all of our tanks in this lifetime, let alone millions of Army bulletproof vests. Even a thousand of me won’t be able to do it.”

He looked at everyone present.” In the early years of our country, there was a legend of an eighth-grade fitter. However, times have changed. Even an eighth-grade fitter can forget about grinding a 14mm chip by hand. However, the photolithographic machine production line can also produce 5mm chips as quickly as spraying shit. Therefore, we need the power of science and industry.”

The old scientist looked at the mysterious and exquisite glowing runes on the stone in his hand.

“Can we imitate this rune with carving instruments or by hand?” he muttered.

“Theoretically, yes, but it’s very difficult.” Kant replied,” I’ve tried before, but the engraving of runes requires the imprint of spirituality. Due to the accuracy of the engraving machine, it’s difficult to achieve such a perfect spiritual effect. Perhaps it’s because I bought a civilian engraving machine, and the country’s highest technological level and industrial ability will constantly adjust, experiment, and improve it. Perhaps there will be better results.”

“Then the crucial question…” Senior Colonel Tian looked at Kant.” This shouldn’t be like our ancient legends, where you can simply draw a curse on a yellow talisman with blood and it will gain magical power. Other than engraving, it also requires energy, just like how integrated circuits require electricity to operate. So, where does the electricity come from?”

Kant’s expression was calm.” At this stage, you can only get it from me. The country can try to synthesize it or use other methods to get it in the future. I don’t care.”

Senior Colonel Tian looked conflicted. He sighed.” We don’t want to be stuck in a place like this.”

“But there’s nothing we can do about it.” Kant smiled and said,” If you’re really worried, then sign an exclusive agreement with AWTL. You can buy more of the annual supply and the contract price. Then, you can bury a strategic reserve under Bohai Bay that’s enough for decades. I don’t mind.”

“I think we will still have no choice but to agree to this proposal…”

Senior Colonel Tian shook his head.” I’ll report to the sea. What do you want?”

” Can’t I just give this technology to the country without asking for anything in return?” Kant asked.

Kant smiled when he saw the strange look on the other party’s face. He raised a finger.” I’ll provide the technology and energy. The country will organize manpower and resources, research and development, and production. Then, we’ll build a factory and put it into production.”

” I’ve invested in the factory with my technology and provided important raw materials. These are all important contributions to the foundation. I’ll take 51% of the shares of this factory. It’s not too much, right?”

” Don’t worry. It’s nominally owned by AWTL. The factory will definitely be built in China. The country will choose the location, send people, and operate it. The country can send heavy troops to guard it. I don’t even have to appear there. In short, I won’t participate in the management. I just have to pay dividends and count the money.”

” The products produced will be funded by the country, just like a military enterprise. I will receive dividends according to the proportion of shares I hold. Other than that, I can freely use a portion of the products produced, whether it is strengthened steel plates or enchanted weapons. Don’t worry, it won’t exceed one-tenth. If the scale increases, even one-hundredth won’t be needed. I will just arm my own security guards.”

Senior Colonel Tian finally understood Kant’s intentions after listening to him for a while.

“You only want to make money?” he asked, puzzled.

” Wow,” Kant said proudly.” Look at me. I don’t want to rule the world, nor do I want to do bad things. What else can I want other than a little fame and a sense of accomplishment?” Can’t I be the richest man in the world?”

S-sounds quite reasonable.

Senior Colonel Tian still felt that something was wrong. It was just his instinct.

“Oh, right.”

Kant raised a finger.” After this cooperation, I think the country should update the list of items that I’m selling. Can you sell me some good stuff now?”

“In addition, the production staff, staff, and security personnel of the plastic energy factory under AWTL are also my employees in name. I have the right to send my employees to the African headquarters for training, or assign the capable people of the Chinese branch to work for me on a global scale. Oh no, it’s for the benefit of the head office. It’s very reasonable, right?”

Senior Colonel Tian finally understood.

This was to get the country to send him talents and even train a private army…

No, that was not the case. Kant could beat up whoever he wanted. He did not need the ” retired soldiers ” that we had arranged to do it for him. The reason why he did so was probably because of the young man’s vanity and face. After all, the sense of accomplishment might be different if he did it himself and ordered his subordinates to do it.

Senior Colonel Tian thought about it and felt that this was a win-win situation.

If AWTL was made up of ‘retired military personnel’ and ‘former government workers who resigned and went to sea’, Kant might have profited, but the country would definitely not lose out.

As for the control rights of the factory that he wanted, it was just an empty title. He would just give it to him. After all, he had promised the country that he would not interfere in the matter. As for the dividends, that was a trivial matter. Money was printed by the country. No matter how much Kant’s personal wealth was, it was just a number on the books. It did not matter even if he became the richest man in the world. Young man, it was just for fun.

He made up his mind and smiled.

“I need to ask for instructions.” Senior Colonel Tian said,” There shouldn’t be a problem.”

” Alright, to prevent biting off more than you can chew, I’ll start with the most basic psionic runes.”

Kant said seriously,” I may not be a professional, but I do understand that since ancient times, armies have relied on spears and shields. The Holy Light Protection Runes are shields. Let’s use a spear.”

“Should we improve the gunpowder or strengthen the combat unit?”he asked with a smile.

The heir to the throne smiled sincerely, emphasizing his contribution to the country.

Of course, it was indeed a contribution to the country. Now that materials science was severely restricting the development of science and technology, the breakthrough in enchantment would bring about new opportunities and changes. With the help of enchantment, not only would it bring about a leap in military capabilities, but it could also be used in important fields such as aerospace and scientific research.

” Therefore, the country will definitely benefit greatly. As for me, Kant, I will benefit even more.

” The country will invest in manpower and money to develop a complete automated enchantment assembly line. If the country builds an assembly line, I will replicate ten or twenty of them in the other world. If the country produces a ton of enchanted steel or powerful enchanted weapons, I will go to the other world for free dozens of times. When the Star Palace comes again, everyone in the mortal world will gather energy to equip the Holy Radiant Armor and each person will have a Blazing Sun Fire God Cannon. I will kill these idiots who came from the sky.

I’m a fucking genius.

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[PS 1: An update. Recently, there have been many sensitive words triggered…]