Players Invade Cyberpunk

Chapter 1269: Chapter 411: Aftermath Turmoil (Part 3)

"So this is what you call the carbon epidemic."

"Not really, but it’s quite similar."

"What’s its function then?"

"Currently unclear. The DNA of this nano virus is encrypted deeply, requiring time to decrypt. However, when it was exposed years ago, it was mentioned that the carbon epidemic virus seemed capable of giving minors superpowers."

"Bullshit."

Lin Miao rolled his eyes, "Do you think this is Akira?"

"Superpowers? What if I say I can shoot energy waves, would you believe it?"

Hathaway hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"If it were anyone else saying this, I might have to think about it, but your words, I feel even if you had superpowers, it would be reasonable."

With the things Lin Miao has done in the past two years, Hathaway would believe it even if he truly had superpowers.

"Don’t believe in these rumors, here at Tucker... Horizon Corporation, we focus on science."

Under Hathaway’s subtle gaze, Lin Miao extended his right hand.

"Draw blood."

"What?"

"I want you to draw blood, then analyze it and compare it with this virus."

Speaking of which, Lin Miao hasn’t had a health check-up until now, mainly because he can see all his bodily conditions on the system, making physical exams redundant.

But now it seems very necessary.

What if he truly can shoot energy waves?

What if he goes further and can command magnetic fields to start rotating?

I’ll blow up the whole world by myself!

If Lin Miao’s guesses are correct, then this technology should have some connection with his current non-human physique.

At least a normal human’s skin can’t stop bullets.

"Oh."

When the needle broke into two pieces on Lin Miao’s skin without leaving a mark, Hathaway’s gaze towards Lin Miao became more peculiar, her breathing even grew rapid.

"My god...perhaps...you should lie down on the operating table?"

"What’s with your expression? You’re not thinking of dissecting me like some super beast, are you? I’m your boss!"

"I’ll just take a little for a sample, just a bit, I swear, I won’t take more."

Looking at the one foot length between Hathaway’s thumbs, Lin Miao suspected she wanted to slice him up.

Finally, Lin Miao lay on the operating table with his eyes open, not even allowing anesthesia, while 200ml of blood, a portion of skin tissue, and hair were taken before Hathaway let him off satisfied.

"If your condition can be replicated, boss, maybe we can find a new path in the wave of cybernetic enhancements! We’ll all go down in history!"

Hathaway’s cheeks were flushed, her whole demeanor over-the-top excited.

A researcher said it well, what they call scientific research is basically PC on a public budget, getting to handle such a promising project, and a successful case for free, was even more exhilarating for Hathaway than drugs.

"Huh, just stay happy, if there’s live experiments needed, let me know, and I’ll drag some free subjects for you."

Successfully distracting the other’s attention from his youthful and charming body, Lin Miao hurriedly escaped with haste.

Apart from biotechnology possibly being related to himself, Lin Miao was most concerned about energy issues.

The industrial development requires giant sums of electricity, currently half of Horizon Corporation’s power supply comes from Night City’s power system, the other half from their self-constructed thorium-based molten salt reactors.

Yet calling it self-constructed is quite a stretch, it’s more like a design, assembly plant, with mines and equipment all being externally purchased, unable to be independently produced.

And it’s not enough, as technologies like hydrogen iron refining, plastic catalysis, metal centrifugal recovery, seawater purification, and biological breeding are all incredibly electricity-demanding technologies, consuming three to ten times more electricity than traditional industries.

Most importantly, to build a new energy system and challenge the old Chun Er energy market, massive power system installations are a must.

In this regard, Lin Miao is hoping for autonomy.

Thus, metal hydrogen batteries, room-temperature superconductors, and commercial nuclear fusion reactors are the solid cornerstones of this new energy system.

Power supply is the heart, transmission materials are the blood vessels, efficient energy storage batteries are like the mitochondria in each body’s system cells.

Under Lin Miao, there’s barely anyone suitable for this task other than Kasper, a nuclear physics engineering expert from fifty years ago.

This semi-AI transformed man is in the physical laboratory, overseeing at least over ten projects, and dozens of industry players and nearly a thousand research staff are under his command.

Compared to Hathaway, Kasper is a lot more composed and rational, having seen countless big waves during his years in Cyberspace.

Seeing Lin Miao, he directly instructed a robot to bring the results of the energy material project group to Lin Miao’s front

It was a silver-gray, block-like piece glowing with metallic luster, resembling steel.

But its real value is tens of thousands of times the value of the same volume of steel.

"Is this metal hydrogen?"

Lin Miao asked curiously.

"Just leaving it like this, won’t it dissipate?"

Lin Miao had heard someone claim they made metal hydrogen, only for it to dissipate due to improper storage.

"It has a potential barrier. Formed metal hydrogen won’t undergo a heat release reaction without heat adsorption, and inert materials are mixed in to effectively lock hydrogen atoms, even if impacted, there’s no worry of explosion."

Knowing he can’t afford to provoke the person in front of him, Kasper restrained himself from lashing out.

Over the last two years, every researcher working under Kasper has been scolded, and harshly, from intelligence to physiology, even worse than Hell’s Kitchen’s Gordon.

Kasper politely educated Lin Miao on what thermodynamics and dynamics are.

So it’s the fists that are useful, letting the fools speak to you peacefully.

Apart from metal hydrogen, another room-temperature superconductor material was also successfully manufactured, demonstrated in front of Lin Miao with a Meissner quantum lock experiment.

Even Kasper, known for his ruthless tongue, was full of praise for the papers Lin Miao brought, and coincidentally, he knew some of the authors in the papers, having even met them.

Except fifty years have passed, they are likely worlds apart now.

Nuclear fusion reactor alone can’t be calculated in Cyberspace. It must be physically constructed to identify how many problems need solving.

Lin Miao has already decided. Once Huang Ban Sanlang’s funeral officially concluded, the three companies—Horizon, the Ye family, and Huang Ban—will commence the reactor’s test construction, with the location set at Taiping Continent.

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