In the information age, messages spread at an extremely fast speed.

Within just a few hours, all the news about what happened in the United States was leaked online.

Even the official Weibo account of Xia Guo News posted a message.

"Like the United States, everything that Xia Guo does is for the development of humanity!"

This scarf garnered countless likes and comments in just a few minutes!

"Wow! I'm absolutely blown away!"

"That makes sense. Everything we do is to fight aliens! As for who the aliens are... cough cough! Those who know, know!"

Holy crap! The person upstairs is a genius!

"To be honest, shouldn't we call this the arms race 2.0?"

"Be bold, remove the word 'should'!"

"To be precise, it should now be called the space race!"

"Enough said, I bet Xia Guo will win! As for why... it's because we have Professor Lü, and they don't!"

...

Within the first ring road of Beijing.

Speaker Lee sat quietly in his office, a document on his desk in front of him.

The document contained detailed information about the US Pathfinder program!

"hehe……"

Speaker Lee chuckled and casually tossed aside the document detailing the U.S. Pathfinder program.

"Minister He, next, we will begin to gradually reduce the scale of unimportant industries."

"All of Xia Kingdom's resources will be prioritized for the Space Agency!"

Finance Minister He Zhiye of Xia Kingdom's pupils suddenly contracted, and he couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "Speaker, this, this will probably have a huge impact on Xia Kingdom's economy!"

Representative Li glanced at He Zhiye with a calm expression and said softly, "This is an order."

"In addition to scaling back unrelated industries, starting today, the export of any resources is prohibited!"

"Furthermore, we will spare no expense to import steel and various mineral resources from abroad!"

"Remember! This is an order!"

He Zhiye's pupils dilated in shock!

He couldn't even imagine the impact these orders would have on the Xia Kingdom today!

“These measures… should be implemented gradually, so that the public doesn’t notice anything amiss.” After a moment of contemplation, Representative Li added, “The current Xia Kingdom cannot withstand too much turmoil.”

"Yes, sir! Mission accomplished!"

He Zhiye swallowed hard, his expression resolute as he shouted loudly!

...

Having been "secluded" in his office for several days, Lü Yongchang was naturally unaware of what was happening outside.

Of course, even if he knew, he would probably just scoff at it at most.

What kind of time is this to be holding a competition?!

Not to mention, at this moment his mind and eyes were filled with all sorts of complicated formulas.

The large desk was piled high with all sorts of draft papers covered in writing.

"Smack!"

Lu Yongchang let out a long sigh of relief and slammed the pen in his hand onto the solid wood desk.

"It's a success..."

He stared blankly at the draft paper in front of him, muttering to himself.

On the draft paper was a series of aesthetically pleasing equations!

He reached up and rubbed his slightly red eyes, then took a deep breath.

It lasted three days!

During those three days, apart from necessary meal and sleep times, his pen never stopped!

Persistence pays off, and he finally succeeded in establishing a mathematical model for the sonoluminescence phenomenon!

Looking at the mathematical model he had painstakingly built, Lü Yongchang nervously filled in the various parameters.

The calculation results came out quickly.

Looking at the calculation data on the draft paper, Lü Yongchang's pupils suddenly contracted!

He never imagined that such a material would be needed to achieve small-scale controlled nuclear fusion!

Metallic lithium!

The various properties of lithium metal instantly came to mind.

Lithium is a metallic element. In its elemental form, it is a silvery-white, soft metal and also the metal with the lowest density.

Its melting point is 180.54℃.

From this perspective, lithium metal can indeed serve as a "solution".

After all, it only needs to be heated to above 180.54°C to turn it into a liquid.

Lu Yongchang looked at the calculation results in front of him and fell into deep thought.

To be honest, using liquid lithium as the reaction solution is somewhat unexpected, but upon closer examination, it makes perfect sense!

After all, lithium metal also has its unique uses in nuclear reactors.

As he pondered the feasibility of using liquid lithium as a reaction solution, he stood up from his chair and slowly walked towards the office door.

...

"Click..."

The sound of the office door opening immediately drew the attention of everyone in the laboratory.

"Yongchang, you've finally come out!"

Fang Xu's eyes lit up, and he was the first to go to Lü Yongchang: "Well, did you solve it?"

Lü Yongchang raised his head, shook the draft paper in his hand, and nodded slightly.

"Wow! Those dark circles under your eyes!" Fang Xu was startled the moment he saw Lü Yongchang's face. "You haven't slept for the past three days...?"

Fang Xu's reaction clearly startled Lü Yongchang as well.

His hand suddenly stopped moving, and he subconsciously raised his hand to touch around his eyes: "It can't be that serious... I've only slept for a total of 10 hours in the past three days!"

Fang Xu's expression turned strange: "...10 hours?"

"Alright, alright, you should go get some sleep first!"

"If you suddenly die because of this, Chairman Lee will skin me alive!"

Lu Yongchang waved his hand dismissively, "Don't worry, it's fine."

"Let's do the experiment first; we don't have that much time to waste!"

Seeing Lü Yongchang's appearance, Fang Xu could only give a helpless wink to the researcher beside him, and then sighed softly.

"Alright, you're the boss of the lab, you're in charge."

"Tell us, what do you want us to do?"

Upon hearing Fang Xu's question, Lü Yongchang subconsciously turned his head to look at the reaction vessel placed to the side.

He frowned slightly and slowly shook his head: "No! We need to use a different container!"

"Contact the factory; we need to order a custom-made container!"

Fang Xu frowned upon hearing this.

"Order a container?"

“This will take quite a while… What solution are you planning to use? I’ll let the factory know in advance.”

As he spoke, Fang Xu picked up a piece of paper and a pen from the side to record Lü Yongchang's requirements for the container.

Liquid lithium.

Lü Yongchang's calm words echoed in the laboratory.

Fang Xu's hand paused instantly.

The next moment, he suddenly raised his head, stared at Lü Yongchang in front of him in horror, and exclaimed in shock.

"What?!"

Liquid lithium?!

"This...this is too dangerous!"

It's important to know that lithium is the most reactive metal among known elements!

Therefore, elemental lithium is extremely dangerous!

A single mishap could cause a fire, which could then lead to an explosion!