ATDIWR Chapter 113

Chapter 113: Abdicate and Yield to the Virtuous Live Stream

Ji An returned quickly, but he had left in a hurry back then, and all the personnel in the laboratory were still waiting for news from Ji An. Ji An decided to go back and tell them in person.

“Jinsheng, do you want to come along?” Ji An asked.

Gu Jinsheng nodded, “I’ll go and say a few words.”

The researchers in Ji An’s laboratory had worked tirelessly with Ji An for so long, they deserved both credit and recognition. It was only right for Gu Jinsheng to go and express his regards.

The two returned by hovercar, which took only the blink of an eye. Perhaps they had been informed of their return beforehand, because Na Boyu, Zhou Fanxiu, Bai Na, and Wu Youyang, and even the researchers from Han Yaokun’s side, were all waiting at the entrance of the Research Institute.

As soon as Ji An’s hovercar arrived at the entrance of the Research Institute, they were surrounded by the crowd. Seeing the excitement on the faces of Na Boyu and others, Ji An knew they had already learned the outcome from the internet, but he still announced in person: “Comrades, our hovercar was successful, a great success! It was faster than we anticipated, and its operation is more stable. Relying on it, we successfully brought back all our stranded compatriots. Now, tens of thousands of compatriots have landed safely!”

The researchers immediately cheered, their cheers deafening, even more excited than the people at the Command Center. After all, the hovercar was their invention, and the compatriots were brought back because of the appearance of the hovercar.

In the square of the Research Institute, someone played the stirring national anthem. Amidst the sound of the national anthem, the Five-Starred Red Flag slowly rose. At this moment, everyone stopped, looking in the direction of the national flag, solemnly saluting and swearing allegiance.

There was no prior rehearsal, but at this moment, everyone seemed to be of one mind, shouting loudly, “Long live the motherland! Long live the motherland! Long live the motherland!”

Although Ji An had already participated in a flag-raising ceremony at the Command Center, at this moment, he was still involuntarily moved. He swore allegiance loudly, his eyes slightly red.

After the flag-raising ceremony, Na Boyu said, “Mr. Ji, this time, we were able to smoothly bring back the stranded compatriots without sacrificing a single soldier, all thanks to the hovercar. It was its speed of thousands of kilometers per minute that prevented those M Nation people who wanted to chase the hovercar from even finding a direction to pursue, thus successfully bringing back our compatriots.

And we all know that the hovercar could only be successfully developed solely because of you. To say our role was just assisting, like teaching students during normal times, was not really helpful at all.

Therefore, you deserve the greatest credit. Please come to the stage and say a few words!”

Ji An did not decline. He stood on the platform, looking at the excited faces gazing at him and said, “Here, I want to thank everyone for your tremendous assistance. Although the core technology of the hovercar was independently completed by me, I cannot deny everyone’s contribution. Without everyone’s full help and assistance in finding and fixing flaws, the hovercar could not have been completed in such a short time.”

“Therefore, here I want to sincerely say thank you to everyone, thank you for your full effort, thank you for your strong support!” After speaking, Ji An bowed deeply to everyone.

Na Boyu, as the highest-ranking person participating in the experiment, said loudly, “Researcher Ji, we also thank you very much! Thank you for one great invention after another! Thank you for choosing us to participate in this great experiment! Thank you for bringing back our compatriots safely!”

After Na Boyu finished speaking, he returned a deep bow to Ji An, and all the researchers behind him followed suit.

Gu Jinsheng then walked onto the stage and stood opposite Ji An. His deep eyes looked at Ji An. At this moment, it seemed as if in the world, Gu Jinsheng’s eyes could only see Ji An.

“Xiao An, as the Commander of Jing Shi Base, I must thank you even more. Thank you for choosing to join our Jing Shi Base initially, and not other bases. Jing Shi Base has everything it has today because of you!” After saying this, Gu Jinsheng also bowed deeply to Ji An in thanks.

Ji An knew that with this bow, Gu Jinsheng did not represent himself, but represented the Commander of Jing Shi Base.

Ji An strode over, helped Gu Jinsheng up, and couldn’t help but embrace him. He whispered in Gu Jinsheng’s ear, “I also want to thank my past self for choosing Jing Shi Base, which allowed me to meet you.”

The most beautiful declaration of love in the world is probably when you thank fate for letting you meet them, and they likewise offer prayers of incense, thanking fate for letting them meet you.

Gu Jinsheng suddenly hugged Ji An tightly. They embraced tightly on the stage, and the crowd below cheered for them!

“Kiss, kiss…”

Neither Gu Jinsheng nor Ji An were outwardly emotional people, especially Gu Jinsheng. He seemed indifferent to everything and was the most distant, but in fact, his possessiveness was very strong, as could be seen from Raytheon’s personality.

How could Gu Jinsheng let people see his Ji An’s intoxicated beauty when being kissed in public? That was a beautiful scenery unique to him.

So Gu Jinsheng let go of Ji An. Ji An was a little embarrassed. He said, “Everyone has worked hard during this period. All the personnel in my laboratory will receive double bonuses and an extra month’s supply of nutrient solution. In addition, all personnel who participated in the development of the hovercar can freely choose one of the following items based on their needs: Space Storage Item, Upgraded Intelligent Treatment Pod, Terminal, or Mental Scanner.”

Na Boyu had all the aforementioned items, so he asked loudly, “I have all of those, can I apply for a hovercar?”

Na Boyu originally didn’t hold any hope, just asking casually, but Ji An said, “Yes, it’s just that the hovercar may need some time before it can be mass-produced. If you’re not afraid of waiting, then you can apply.”

Na Boyu’s eyes lit up instantly. The researchers below cheered loudly and responded in unison, “Not afraid of waiting, we can wait as long as it takes.”

Ji An smiled and said, “It won’t be too long, at most half a year.”

Zhou Fanxiu asked, “What about the cost?”

Ji An smiled and said, “Since it’s a reward, it’s naturally free, no charge at all. This is a reward, the reward for your successful research and development of the hovercar!”

Wu Youyang had been with Ji An the longest and spoke most casually. He couldn’t help but grin and laugh heartily, “Although the hovercar is all your credit, God Ji, and we didn’t help much, we’ll still take this benefit.”

“Also, I want to say, Ji An, God Ji, long live!!!”

“Ji An, God Ji, long live!!!”

“Ji An, God Ji, long live!!!”

Listening to the heartfelt cheers from the people below, Ji An felt deeply touched. At this moment, everything seemed worthwhile.

Gu Jinsheng followed up, “All researchers who participated in the hovercar experiment, the Command Center has not forgotten you either. All of you can apply to the Command Center for a Zombie Crystal Core that is suitable for your needs.”

“Thank you, Commander Gu. We wish Commander Gu and God Ji a happy marriage, always united in heart, and growing old together.”

Gu Jinsheng actually bowed to the crowd in thanks, saying, “Thank you for your blessings, we will.”

At this moment, Ji An suddenly realized that Gu Jinsheng’s skin was actually quite thick.

In the crowd, Han Yaokun looked at Gu Jinsheng and Ji An on the stage with complex feelings.

It wasn’t because of their relationship, but because of Ji An as a person, and Ji An’s achievements.

Han Yaokun couldn’t help but think of Zhao Zhen, who had been with him for many years but went down the wrong path in an instant.

If Zhao Zhen had succeeded back then, who would be responsible for the lives of these tens of thousands of compatriots today? Could they have been brought back so smoothly? Even if only one died, it would be his and Zhao Zhen’s sin.

Han Yaokun felt onlyperhaps ‘relieved’ or ‘fortunate’ at this moment, relieved that Zhao Zhen didn’t know how to hide his intentions and exposed himself in advance, so he didn’t harm Ji An.

“Researcher Ji.” Han Yaokun took a step forward. His voice was not loud, but it successfully made everyone stop cheering and look at him quietly.

Han Yaokun said, “Researcher Ji, thank you for saving our tens of thousands of compatriots. Also, I want to say, compared to me, you are more suitable for the position of Director of this Research Institute. So I sincerely request you to take over as the Director!”

Ji An shook his head and said, “Director Han, there’s no need for that.”

“No, it must be this way!” Han Yaokun said, “I am not being petulant, but truly sincere. Compared to your contributions to the motherland, the people, and Jing Shi Base, my small achievements are simply insignificant.”

“Just now, I received a call from an old friend. He asked me about the hovercar and only then learned that the inventor of the hovercar was not me, this Director. He asked me which of the amazing inventions from Jing Shi Base were developed by me, and I couldn’t answer at all.”

“My old friend then asked me, since none of those achievements were mine, what amazing inventions did I have? Nothing. What ability did I have to preside over you as the Director of this Research Institute?”

Han Yaokun said, “Facing the repeated questions from my old friend, I suddenly realized that I have been unworthy of my position for so long. Ji An, at this moment, I ask you to be this Director, to lead me, to lead the entire Research Institute, and to lead Jing Shi Base towards a more glorious tomorrow!”

Han Yaokun was not using retreat as a means to advance, nor was he being overly dramatic. He truly felt this way from the bottom of his heart. By proposing this in front of so many people, and admitting that he was inferior to Ji An, he was leaving himself no way out.

Han Yaokun took the lead and shouted, “Ji An, please accept the position of Director of the Research Institute, lead the entire Research Institute, and lead Jing Shi Base towards a more glorious tomorrow!”

As soon as Han Yaokun shouted this, others followed suit, and finally everyone joined in the loud appeal.

Ji An saw that Han Yaokun was indeed sincere. Gu Jinsheng said, “Xiao An, this is what you deserve. Just accept it, otherwise many people will criticize Han Yaokun behind his back for being unworthy of his position!”

Ji An looked at Han Yaokun, and finally nodded, saying, “Then I will presume to take on this position as Director. Here, I promise everyone that I will definitely not fail Director Han’s expectations, not fail everyone’s expectations, and lead Jing Shi Base towards a more glorious tomorrow!”

Tears flickered in Han Yaokun’s eyes. He looked at Ji An with deep emotion, “To think that when we first met, Director Ji was new to Jing Shi Base and proposed applying for a laboratory. At that time, I felt that you were wasting resources and were too young to correctly assess your own strength. Now I only feel deeply ashamed, blushing for the words I once said. I almost delayed the emergence of a genius because of my foolishness, ignorance, arrogance, and conceit.”

Speaking of this, Zhou Fanxiu also said, “That’s right, I also said back then that I would like Director Ji to be my student, but Director Ji was unwilling. I thought Director Ji was aiming too high and reluctantly gave him an assistant position. Looking back now, I actually dared to ask Director Ji to be my assistant. I am truly shameless!”

Na Boyu also said with shame, “I feel the same way. When I think about the things I said back then, I wish I could find a crack in the ground to crawl into and never see people again.”

Following the words of these several important figures, many people thought back to when Ji An first arrived at Jing Shi Base. It seemed that everyone was not optimistic about this young man, and then everyone was repeatedly proven wrong, witnessing Ji An’s path to becoming a legend.

Shi Jun looked enviously at the gleefully laughing Wu Youyang, knowing that Han Yaokun had completely lost to Ji An. From now on, Jing Shi Base would be Ji An’s era, and he had bet wrong.

Shi Jun sighed, “I always thought I was better than Wu Youyang, whether in terms of words or strength. Looking back now, I have always been arrogant and conceited. Wu Youyang followed the right person and will go far ahead of me in the future.”

Meng Chang’an looked towards Rong Meng with envy as well. When Rong Meng first left with Wu Youyang back then, he only thought the other party was foolish. He actually followed an ordinary teacher who hadn’t awakened an ability and chose a young child as their boss.

Later, when Ji An lost his ability, Meng Chang’an thought that this time Ji An was completely finished. Unexpectedly, Ji An bounced back from rock bottom, reborn like a phoenix, and became even more powerful than before.

By now, Rong Meng had become a researcher on equal footing with his current teacher, capable of working independently, while he was still just a student following behind his teacher. Only then did he realize how foolish and ignorant he had been back then.

Ji An had long forgotten about those past events and didn’t take them to heart.

Ji An smiled and said, “After all, I was young and had no representative works. It was normal for everyone to have doubts about me; that’s the behavior of responsible people.”

Ji An pulled out a stack of data from his space and said, “This time, rescuing our stranded compatriots from M Nation and R Nation is like snatching food from the tiger’s mouth. R Nation is no longer something to be afraid of; it doesn’t even exist anymore, now it’s a base for clones. But M Nation will definitely not let it go. I have a hunch that we will have a battle sooner or later.”

“It is rumored that M Nation has secretly developed advanced weapons such as high-energy particle cannons, while our weapons have not yet made progress. This is the latest weapon I have conceived.

Director Han, if you have time, you can take people to do some preliminary research. If anything is unclear, we can discuss it together when I return.”

Han Yaokun said, “Since Director Ji has agreed to take over the position of Director of the Research Institute, please don’t call me Director anymore. It’s too humiliating for me.”

Ji An smiled and said, “Even if you are no longer the Head Director, you are still the Deputy Director, right? Calling you Director is never wrong.”

Han Yaokun then smiled.

Han Yaokun lowered his head to look at the data Ji An gave him, and his expression gradually began to change. Eventually, the hand holding the data started to tremble. “Director Ji, this weapon, this weapon is…”

“Shh!” Ji An put his finger to his lips and smiled, “Don’t say it out loud. If there is a war with M Nation someday, this will be our secret weapon!”

Han Yaokun nodded, tears actually shining in his eyes. He said, “Director Ji, the most correct decision I have made in my life is to yield this position. Otherwise, I will forever be nailed to the pillar of shame, to be ridiculed by future generations!”

Everyone around Zhou Fanxiu saw Han Yaokun so excited and wanted to know what kind of technology it was. However, Han Yaokun carefully put the papers away and said, “Haven’t you all been busy for so long? You should get some rest. When you come back, you will naturally know what kind of technology it is. I believe you will be even more excited than me then!”

Ji An said, “Since everyone is now part of the same laboratory, there’s no need to hide the technology. Director Han, if you are interested, you can speak to Wu Youyang. All the technologies are available for viewing, but of course, they cannot be leaked. This includes the hovercar technology.”

“Director Ji, I am far inferior to you,” Han Yaokun sincerely sighed. At least, he couldn’t achieve Ji An’s level. He couldn’t casually share his technology for others to research, even if they were his own people.

Ji An said, “A single person’s thinking ability is ultimately limited. To develop, we cannot implement technology blockade. At this time, it is a great crisis for humanity. If M Nation were not so ambitious and other countries were not coveting our Xia Nation, I wouldn’t actually care about technology blockade.”

Han Yaokun said, “No wonder you succeeded. With such a broad mind, I probably can never reach that level in my lifetime.”

After leaving the laboratory, Ji An asked, “I issued benefits here, what about you?”

Gu Jinsheng said, “Personnel who participated in the rescue can apply for an additional Zombie Crystal Core. Besides that, all personnel will receive double bonuses.”

Ji An smiled and said, “Actually, I also want to organize a public entertainment event.”

“Do you have any other ideas? You can tell me.”

Ji An said, “Anyway, now that we have hovercars, going anywhere is just a blink of an eye. Since that’s the case, let’s organize a public entertainment event.

Didn’t M Nation not believe we have nutrient solution? Then we’ll watch the hovercar randomly drop nutrient solution into our base. By then, get more people to live stream to Jing Shi Base, showing that it’s just cheap stuff that can be easily used for activities.”

Gu Jinsheng said, “Good idea.”

Gao Wanli had been live streaming online since he returned to Jing Shi Base. He had stayed abroad before and knew the attitudes of foreigners towards the few great inventions from Jing Shi Base; they almost unanimously believed they were a hoax.

Finally, the appearance of the hovercar broke the self-deception of the M Nation people. Gao Wanli decided to seize this opportunity to continue live streaming about Jing Shi Base, making more foreigners realize that Jing Shi Base was no longer what it used to be.

Ji An knew that Gao Wanli was live streaming, and also knew Gao Wanli’s sincerity and love for the motherland. He felt that handing this matter over to him was appropriate and told him the nutrient solution drop locations in advance.

Due to his identity as a former hostage in the R Base, Gao Wanli became an internet celebrity as soon as he started live streaming.

Yesterday, to prove the authenticity of the treatment pod, he personally knocked out his front tooth and then went into the treatment pod to have it healed. In just a few minutes of video, Gao Wanli’s popularity skyrocketed.

This time, as soon as Gao Wanli started the live stream, hundreds of thousands of people poured into the live room.

Gao Wanli smiled and said, “I once promised everyone that I would test each of Jing Shi Base’s popular scientific research products for you. Yesterday, I took everyone to experience the treatment pod, and I saw many people question whether what I did yesterday was fake.

So today, let’s do something different.”

Gao Wanli walked onto the street, “Yesterday, our Jing Shi Base issued a notice that to welcome our stranded compatriots home, Jing Shi Base will hold a three-day event.

What is this event?

It’s that people from the base will drive hovercars and appear at various locations within Jing Shi Base at irregular intervals, and then drop nutrient solution. These nutrient solutions come in one-day doses, three-day doses, one-week, and one-month doses. Anyway, they are distributed for free. Whether you can grab one, and what dose you grab, depends on your luck.”

“Streamer, are you going to fake it again? Like you did yesterday. You just drink a little something, then secretly eat food later when it’s official, and lie to us that you only ate nutrient solution. We wouldn’t know!”

“Streamer, did Jing Shi Base force you to start live streaming as soon as you returned?”

“The streamer is also quite struggling. Now that he’s back in Jing Shi Base, he still has to help Jing Shi Base lie.”

Of course, since the appearance of the hovercar, more and more people started to believe that Jing Shi Base really had those magical inventions.

One netizen commented, “Streamer, don’t listen to those stupid, idiotic comments above. We just want to watch the streamer live stream those miraculous existences.”

“I also want to know if nutrient solution is real. Here in M Nation, the price of food in all bases has reached an incredible figure. We ordinary people simply cannot afford to buy it. Our whole family hasn’t felt full for a long, long time. As long as we don’t starve to death…”

Gao Wanli looked at the comments, not bothered by the good or bad ones. He smiled and said, “Everything everyone wants to see, I will display for everyone in the live room. Please be patient.”

As Gao Wanli was walking, the crowd suddenly became agitated. Gao Wanli looked up and saw a hovercar appearing above his head.

Actually, this had been communicated beforehand, but Gao Wanli deliberately acted surprised and shouted excitedly, “I’m so lucky, I actually encountered a hovercar! Friends, we’re about to grab nutrient solution!”

As Gao Wanli finished speaking, the door of the hovercar opened, and Raytheon flew out. Raytheon was holding a large basket under its claws. The basket was very large and deep, filled with nutrient solution. Because it was so full, some of the nutrient solution fell out, and the people below scrambled to grab it. Raytheon didn’t care; it huffed and puffed as it flew, reaching out with its claws to scoop up handfuls of nutrient solution and scatter them into the sky.

The people below rushed forward to grab.

Gao Wanli also joined the crowd to grab. There were too many people joining the fun. Even though Raytheon brought out a lot of nutrient solution, it was still not enough to go around. Gao Wanli only managed to grab three tubes of nutrient solution. For this, he lost one shoe while scrambling, his hair was messy, and his clothes were torn by some excited person.

Gao Wanli didn’t care at all. He grinned and laughed heartily at the live room, “Fun, interesting. It’s over when it’s grabbed enough. Really fun.”

Gao Wanli couldn’t find the shoe he lost and finally walked home with one bare foot.

Upon arriving home, Gao Wanli said, “Since some friends are questioning the authenticity of the nutrient solution, let’s live stream the whole process.”

Gao Wanli spread out the three tubes of nutrient solution he grabbed and said, “I’m very lucky, I grabbed three different types of nutrient solution. The shortest is a one-day nutrient solution, there’s also a one-week nutrient solution, and the most is a one-month nutrient solution.

To satisfy everyone’s demand, I will eat this one-month nutrient solution this time, so everyone won’t say I’m faking it.

After all, not eating or drinking for a short period, everyone can endure. But for a month, no one can endure. That can starve people to death!”

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