259: Chapter 259 Super Soldier Serum?

The field of Life Sciences?

A small breakthrough in results?

When these words left Lin Yuan's mouth, everyone in the General Control Room unconsciously slowed their breathing.

Swish—

Gaze after gaze fixed squarely on Lin Yuan's face, pupils swirling with expressions too complex to describe.

No one present was a fool.

No one dared to look down on this so-called "small breakthrough" Lin Yuan spoke of.

Looking back over the past half year, from the initial Photolithography Machine technology to the Controlled Nuclear Fusion that completely subverted the energy landscape, and now to the Aerospace Fighter hovering at the Kármán line, looking down upon the entire Blue Planet.

Of the things brought out by Lin Yuan's hands, which one wasn't a lethal weapon that shattered the current ceiling of human technology and ground those The Other Side of the Ocean into the dirt?

Furthermore, the span of the field involved this time was terrifyingly vast!

It wasn't steel machinery, it wasn't physical engineering, and it certainly wasn't some code program.

It was Life Sciences!

It was the biotechnology Lin Yuan had just explicitly stated would be used to solve the core problems of the interstellar era and break the physiological limits of humanity!

The weight of this technology was, to some extent, even heavier than that Aerospace Fighter overhead that could crush the global air defense system!

The Photolithography Machine changed the industrial landscape.

Nuclear fusion changed the lifeblood of energy.

The Aerospace Fighter changed the form of warfare.

But Life Sciences... what it changed was humanity itself!

After a long time, the silent air was finally broken.

A white-haired old expert who had engaged in aviation medicine research was the first to lose his composure.

He stared intently at Lin Yuan, his shriveled lips trembling slightly as he muttered under his breath.

"Life Science technology that can enhance human physical fitness..."

"Could it be gene editing and recombination?"

"Directional modification of the human genome to rewrite the body's hardware parameters from the ground up?"

Another expert wearing reading glasses subconsciously followed up, his voice tight:

"Perhaps... it's telomerase extension and cell remodeling technology?"

"If the problem of ultimate cellular senescence during division can be solved, allowing the body to remain in its peak state forever, then the upper limit of human lifespan and physical strength will be completely shattered..."

"I feel it must be some kind of super-cell reinforcement!"

In a corner, an old professor who had been silent suddenly looked up, the pupils behind his lenses shining with startling intensity.

"Using exogenous means to enhance mitochondrial energy supply efficiency, doubling it, increasing muscle fiber density and synaptic transmission speed..."

Guess after guess popped up, each more daring than the last.

The atmosphere in the General Control Room became extremely subtle, containing both the instinctive caution of researchers facing an unknown field and a near-religious, fanatical expectation hammered out by Lin Yuan's past achievements.

Listening to everyone's guesses, Shen Changhe couldn't hold back either.

His eyes burning as he stared at Lin Yuan, he rubbed his rough, large hands vigorously and gave a chuckle, making a half-joking remark.

"Isn't everyone's thinking a bit too conservative!"

"Since Academician Lin can even build things from sci-fi movies..."

"Then why don't we just guess it's the Super Soldier Serum?"

"After all, hasn't Tony's set of Iron Man armor already appeared in our reality in the flesh?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the old experts froze in unison.

Immediately afterward, the looks in several people's eyes changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

That subtle expression of 'Holy crap, don't say it, you really shouldn't say it'—a mix of realization and horror—surfaced on every face simultaneously.

Shen Changhe had originally just meant to lighten the mood with a casual joke.

But after the words left his mouth, he himself was stunned, the smile on his face gradually stiffening.

Because when he thought about it carefully—

These words actually weren't completely without logic!

Iron Man's armor was once a product of sci-fi fantasy, but what about now?

Tony from The Other Side of the Ocean was wearing it while buying pancakes in the streets and alleys of Xia Country!

Then the Super Soldier Serum, which was also a sci-fi product...

Shen Changhe's Adam's apple bobbed as he subconsciously looked toward Lin Yuan.

He was suddenly unsure whether his words just now were a ridiculous joke or a prophecy that would come true.

However.

Facing the dozens of burning gazes in the General Control Room and the wild internal imaginings of the crowd.

Lin Yuan simply smiled.

He didn't nod.

Nor did he shake his head.

But the more silent he was, the stronger that sense of mystery became, like an invisible thread tightening around everyone's curiosity, pulling tighter and tighter.

The seed of the lie had already been planted.

All that remained was to let the bullet fly for a bit longer.

Having enjoyed the shocked expressions of the crowd enough, Lin Yuan did not continue to dwell on this provocative topic.

He naturally shifted his gaze to Yang Tongan, who stood at the very front.

"Elder Yang."

Lin Yuan's voice was steady, pulling the somewhat flighty atmosphere in the General Control Room back to reality.

He raised his hand and pointed to the screen directly ahead that occupied the entire wall.

In the center of the screen, against the deep, boundless backdrop of the universe, the pure white "Mysterious Maiden" Aerospace Fighter was hovering steadily.

"Now, the Mysterious Maiden has achieved a perfect hover, all data has been processed, and its capabilities have been initially verified."

"The White Emperor fighter is also about to roll off the line and enter the final testing phase."

Lin Yuan's tone was calm as he clearly organized the current progress, his every gesture revealing a strategic overview of the situation.

"Aside from that truly massive heavy Aerospace Carrier in the back, which still needs some time for refinement and construction..."

"The basic framework of the entire south heaven gate project has, as of now, pretty much been established."

Hearing these words, everyone in the General Control Room subconsciously nodded heavily, their eyes reflecting the pride of finally being able to hold their heads high.

It was indeed so.

The chasm from zero to one had been filled; what remained was nothing more than the 'from one to ten thousand' brute-force mass production process that Xia Country excelled at.

Seeing that no one refuted him, Lin Yuan continued:

"Currently, the heavy preparation workshop here at Xishan Base has its assembly line completely operational."

"From material preparation to parts processing, and finally to the assembly of the complete aircraft, all technical processes have been standardized and digitized."

"The next step of mass production and the subsequent routine flight tests will proceed without a hitch as long as they follow the plan."

He paused for a beat, the smile at the corners of his lips fading slightly, replaced by a serious expression.

"So..."

"From now on, I won't need to stay here all the time anymore."

As soon as these words landed.

The General Control Room fell silent.

The old experts, who had just been immersed in the joy of the south heaven gate's imminent completion, shifted their gazes back and forth between Lin Yuan and Elder Yang, faintly guessing something.

Yang Tongan stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze lingering on Lin Yuan's face for several full seconds.

Then, a flash of understanding and a bit of anticipation crossed Yang Tongan's eyes.

"The south heaven gate has only just been settled."

"And you're already impatient to push forward with the next research?"