After ensuring the people inside the villa could not escape, an elite, fully armed squad breached the doors, guns raised, shouting.
"Hands up, on your head, get down, do not attempt to resist!"
The reactions of those inside the villa varied. Some knelt trembling, begging for mercy, others yelled that their father was Li Gang, while a few, fiercely defiant, pulled out pistols and attempted to fight back.
"Bang bang bang!"
Small pistols were no match for rifles. In the blink of an eye, those who tried to resist with force had their limbs broken and were dragged out like dead dogs.
While the commotion raged outside, Jing Mingqiu's surroundings remained remarkably peaceful.
With some time to spare, Yi Wenliu was curious, and Jing Mingqiu roughly relayed the highest leader's intentions. It was a matter of expediency. In the past, there was no choice. For the sake of the market and to ensure domestic patients could obtain necessary medication, they had no option but to accept funding from other countries, allowing their secrets to be stolen. Now, with Jing Mingqiu's appearance and his world-changing technology, there was no longer any reason to indulge them. The Dragon Country Pharmaceutical Group, a dilapidated old structure, was finally due for a thorough cleanup.
Yi Wenliu listened, his blood boiling. Zhou Bai, as an elder, though his face showed excitement, thought more long-term.
"Professor Jing, I understand what you've said. But this medicine is only a contingency plan. What if it fails? Our country's millions of patients truly cannot do without Western medicine."
"Moreover, what if those researchers, lured by high salaries, leak secrets for their own gain?"
Jing Mingqiu shrugged. "I won't fail! As for leaking secrets, let them leak. They won't get access to the key steps anyway."
Zhou Bai was about to ask more when Jiang Feizhang entered from outside. "Director Zhou, even if we sever all the claws they've extended into the Dragon Medical Group, after we launch those two new drugs, they will still jointly blockade the market to exert pressure, forcing us to hand over the prescriptions."
Then, Jiang Feizhang turned to look at Jing Mingqiu. "Professor Jing, the production process for the cry new battery is too advanced. Many of our workers don't understand it and require your personal guidance."
"No problem," Jing Mingqiu agreed readily. "Wenliu, you first follow the process I gave you to create the limb regeneration drug and the auxiliary medical pods. Once I'm done with the batteries, I'll help you with that."
After leaving the laboratory, Jing Mingqiu initially thought remote guidance would suffice. However, he didn't expect that the cry new battery, requiring the function of ten large-scale controllable nuclear fusion power plants, far exceeded current technological capabilities, and the workers he mentioned couldn't understand it.
To avoid any unexpected issues, and with the final exams fast approaching, Jing Mingqiu wasn't overly confident about his dance department's final exams. While he wasn't worried about failing, a very low score would still be embarrassing. After considering everything, Jing Mingqiu decided to request a long leave of absence from his teacher and, bringing Mo Ruixue and Jing Rou along, headed directly to the location of the ten large nuclear power plants for personal instruction, treating it as a paid vacation.
Above China's largest Taklamakan Desert, a massive military stealth fighter jet was circling.
"Professor Jing, the factory is directly below. Please wait a moment, we will descend shortly."
"Hold on!" Jing Mingqiu called out to the officer. "Are there parachutes on the plane? It's rare to fly this high, I want to try skydiving."
The officer showed a troubled expression. "There are, but Professor Jing, skydiving requires specialized practice. Moreover, this is a desert with a complex environment. It's very dangerous for your first jump to be in such a challenging location."
"It's fine, it's fine," Jing Mingqiu said enthusiastically. "I'm wearing a mecha. Even if the parachute fails, I won't get hurt."
This was such a significant matter that the officer dared not make a decision and could only report to his superiors. The highest leader, already overwhelmed with various state affairs, chuckled upon hearing Jing Mingqiu wanted to skydive.
"Our little genius truly has a youthful spirit! Xiao Zhang, since Mingqiu says there's no danger, don't worry about it. Let him do whatever he wants. Just remember to inform the ground personnel in advance so they don't mistake him for an enemy and attack."
"Understood, Leader!"
After hanging up the phone, the officer first contacted the ground to prevent any attacks, then produced a parachute pack and respectfully handed it to Jing Mingqiu. "Professor Jing, allow me to help you put it on."
"No need for such trouble, I can do it myself!"
Jing Mingqiu casually tossed a scan at the parachute pack, familiarizing himself with the wearing steps. Simultaneously, using the modification tools provided by the system, he drew a small knife from his wrist and made a slight modification to it.
Not satisfied with just one modification, Jing Mingqiu turned and invited Mo Ruixue and Jing Rou.
"Xue'er, Rou'rou, do you want to jump together and experience the feeling of flying through the air!"
"Okay!" "Of course, we want to!"
Mo Ruixue and Jing Rou nodded vigorously, opening their arms. After Jing Mingqiu helped them put on their parachute packs, the three of them, holding hands, jumped from the plane.
The officer, worried about potential issues, hesitated for a moment before following them down.
Bungee jumping at an amusement park was already thrilling; high-altitude skydiving was even more so. Feeling the surging airflow around him and watching the rapidly receding white clouds, Jing Mingqiu's heart surged, and he couldn't help but let out a long cry to the sky!
Jing Rou and Mo Ruixue were initially a little scared, but feeling the warmth of Jing Mingqiu's palm, they suddenly felt at ease and, following him, enjoyed the unique scenery of freefall from high altitudes.
The three descended very quickly. In a matter of breaths, they reached the altitude for opening their parachutes. The officer, who had jumped with Jing Mingqiu, was about to shout for them to open their chutes, when the parachutes behind the trio automatically deployed.
As three blossoms of silk unfurled, their descent speed dropped dramatically, and the harsh, cold wind of the sky softened. Jing Mingqiu, with Mo Ruixue on one side and Jing Rou on the other, floated in the air, beginning to admire the unique beauty of the desert.
Seeing this, the officer's eyes widened involuntarily. He had personally inspected the parachutes on this fighter jet before takeoff and remembered very clearly that for the sake of stealth, these fighter jets' parachutes had their automatic deployment function disabled. Even if it had an automatic deployment function, it wouldn't be right; the automatic deployment function was triggered at seven hundred meters, and they were currently at least fifteen hundred meters from the ground.
The officer fell into thought. Just as they were about to exceed the minimum deployment altitude, Jing Mingqiu noticed something was amiss. With a flick of his wrist, a small drone flew out, opening his parachute for him. With the parachutes deployed, the officer landed first. Jing Mingqiu and the two women leisurely floated in the air for over half an hour, fully enjoying the desert scenery before landing smoothly.
While Jing Mingqiu was overseeing the production of the cry new battery here, the highest leader convened another emergency meeting on the other side.