Chapter 136 Growth

The satellite phone vibrated. Li Tianran answered, and Lu Chi's voice came through.

"Boss, I've finished my work here and am preparing to return." Lu Chi said softly, "Ninety-two survivors remain alive. All twenty members of the EU team are dead."

Li Tianran raised his eyebrows. This was Lu Chi's first truly independent mission, and his efficiency was astonishing.

In less than half a day after their phone call, confirming the attack on the EU team, Lu Chi had cleared all obstacles.

Li Tianran had originally expected it to take at least two to three days.

"Very good." Li Tianran praised, "You handled this beautifully!"

Li Tianran was not at all bothered by the fact that this operation had thoroughly provoked the EU. From now on, the world's top three powers all had irreconcilable grudges with Li Tianran.

If it were an ordinary person, they would probably be as anxious as ants on a hot pot because of this.

But when you have too many lice, you don't feel the bites.

When Li Tianran first escaped from the Western Xinjiang Military Region, he was very uneasy, worried about being attacked and killed.

But as time went on, he attacked the Russian escort team, and now he had wiped out the EU's evolver team.

He provoked more and more powerful enemies, but his mentality became more and more stable.

One might even describe him as steady as an old dog.

Perhaps this was a kind of growth...

"However, the battle was too chaotic, and many mutated beasts came to stir things up later... I couldn't capture a single living EU evolver." Lu Chi's voice was somewhat regretful, "We may not be able to analyze the EU's research progress on evolvers in the short term."

This wasn't particularly disappointing news, as Li Tianran hadn't had high hopes for it anyway.

"It's not a big deal." Li Tianran said decisively, "Send me the return route map immediately, and I will assign someone to pick you up."

"I need medicine, water, food..." Lu Chi said, "These survivors are very weak. If they are not taken care of properly, many may die on the way back."

"Send me a list of the required items." Li Tianran stood up and issued orders to the adult combat Berserkers through the system, instructing them to quickly prepare for Lu Chi's reception.

Soon, in less than half an hour, a nuclear submarine departed from Kuangxi Island and began heading towards Lu Chi's return route.

...

Kuangsha Islands, inside the nuclear weapons research armory.

Qin Yiming's expression was solemn as he looked at the nearly two-meter-long rocket warhead that was gradually taking shape in front of him, clenching his fists tightly.

In recent days, he had been working day and night, using a large amount of computer data to calculate and simulate, steadily advancing the manufacture of the nuclear warhead. Currently, it had entered a critical stage.

The basic structure of a nuclear warhead usually consists of five major systems: the shell, the nuclear charge, the detonating explosives, the detonation control system, and the power supply.

So far, the shell has been cast, using high-strength alloy to ensure that it will not crack or deform due to internal mechanical operations or external impacts, and that there will be no leakage.

The nuclear charge involves distributing the enriched uranium-235, which has been divided into small pieces, evenly throughout the nuclear warhead shell.

The detonating explosives, usually T.N.T., will also be loaded this afternoon.

The most critical part is the detonation control device.

It is the only component that determines whether the nuclear warhead can be detonated at the designated location on time.

This control device can be very simple, with the most rudimentary versions using a simple timing electronic clock; it can also be very complex, with the most sophisticated versions installing an electronic starter, along with a signal receiver, identifier, and voltage regulator...

At the same time, a control system must be specifically written for this control device to achieve precision down to a hair's breadth.

Qin Yiming would certainly not use the first method to deceive Li Tianran.

Because all nuclear weapons around the world are controlled and mutually monitored, each country's nuclear weapons have their own unique control system, and as soon as a nuclear weapon is launched, it will be detected by powerful countries' satellites, which will immediately use optical signal weapons to intercept it.

In order to avoid the detonation signal being interrupted or shielded, Qin Yiming had to write a nuclear weapon control system exclusively for Kuangxi Island.

This was the most difficult part so far.

Other nuclear weapon technologies have already been published worldwide, but the control system is researched independently by each country and cannot be made public.

If Qin Yiming could solve this problem, the nuclear weapons belonging to Kuangxi Island would be truly successfully developed.

"This is really killing me... Although I'm a genius, most of my talent is focused on base design and firepower coordination. This kind of programming work is my weak point!" Qin Yiming scratched his head anxiously, "If I could get a master of computer programming to help me, that would be great. Even if there's no master... a powerful hacker would do!"

"Asking me to do this is like forcing a duck onto a perch..."

...

Mofila.

Since the last attack on the uranium ore transport team, although Russia had not caused trouble for Mofila, Sonam was still extremely angry due to the severe losses, believing that someone had leaked information, leading to the attack.

However, he did not suspect Bai Jingyan, because he could not think of a reason for Bai Jingyan to do so. In Sonam's view, Bai Jingyan held a very high position in Mofila and was deeply trusted by him, so there was no reason to do such a thing.

Moreover, as minerals disappeared around the world, and countries were researching evolvers, Bai Jingyan's position was further enhanced.

Since Kalaboge's death, Bai Jingyan had almost become second only to Sonam, and many of Sonam's former confidants were now trying to curry favor with Bai Jingyan.

Although it was unclear whether Mofila could last, it was definitely not harmful to have a good relationship with Bai Jingyan. If he could develop drugs that could make people become evolvers with one hundred percent certainty, and if he distributed some to these high officials, they could use their evolver status to live well in other countries even if Mofila was destroyed.

With Sonam's trust and the enhanced status of evolvers, Bai Jingyan's influence in the Mofila National Assembly was growing, and he could even be compared to Sonam...

One late night, Bai Jingyan finished reading a document and threw it on the table. His satellite phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up and looked. It was a call from Storm Island, his main base.

"Who is it, what's the matter?" Bai Jingyan answered the phone, asking concisely.

On the other end of the phone, a voice sounded, "Hey, Boss Bai, it's Lan Ning! I have something I want to talk to you about. You see, you've brought me here for so long, and I haven't complained... I even helped you build Storm Island. Now Storm Island has everything, and the Umbrella Corporation in China is gone."

"I don't think I need to stay here anymore. Do you think... can I go back?"

Bai Jingyan said calmly, "You want to leave?"

"I'm bored here. Storm Island is full of biological research labs... I'm a computer technician, or to put it bluntly, a stinking hacker. I can't help much. Just let me go!" Lan Ning said, steeling himself, "I really don't want to stay here anymore. There's no place for me here!"

Bai Jingyan was silent for a moment. "Since the Umbrella Corporation is gone, the major families have also dispersed. There have been many changes in the country. You may not be able to contact your family even if you go back now."

"Then I don't want to stay here and wait for death." Lan Ning's tone was firm.

On Storm Island, a young man was holding a satellite phone, his expression tangled.

The most regrettable thing he had ever done in his life was to follow the headquarters' arrangement and come to Nancheng to do some things for Bai Jingyan and a guy named Li Tianran. He provided technical support to shut down the surveillance for Li Tianran to kill two councilors in the cult case. From then on, he was forced onto a pirate ship. When Bai Jingyan fled overseas, he was also brought to this godforsaken island and had been waiting for so long.

But several months had passed, and the former barren island had become a biological research institute with Sonam's support, but he still had nothing to do.

He possessed top-notch hacking skills, but his daily work was to help the research institute maintain electronic equipment...

To be specific, clearing the cache and cleaning up junk.

This feeling was like asking Archimedes to write kindergarten math homework. It wasn't easy at all, and it was very frustrating!

Bai Jingyan thought for a moment, then he said, "Where do you want to go?"

"It doesn't matter where I go." Lan Ning said firmly, "The most important thing is that I want to work. I want to shine. I can't let my talent and life continue to be wasted on this kind of boring leisure!"

Bai Jingyan rubbed his eyebrows and said softly, "That's a speech that would make capitalists ecstatic."

Lan Ning choked for a moment. He took a breath and said, "Anyway, help me solve it as soon as possible..."

Bai Jingyan hung up the phone. After thinking for a long time, he contacted Li Tianran.

"I want to send someone to you... His biggest hobby is work. He feels too idle here and wants a more stressful environment... No, he's not a masochist, he... wants to realize his own value. Okay, that's what we'll say!"