Trading Cosmic Battleship From The Start-Chapter 66: 1 Seat on the Spaceship

"Understood!" Wen Hezhi nodded, "I’ll discuss the specifics with Assistant Song."

He could already imagine the upheaval it would cause in his company if he suddenly resigned from his positions as Chairman and General Manager to work as an assistant at another company, especially one where he held no shares.

But none of that mattered anymore.

Compared to the job before him, he wouldn’t even care if he gave his company away for free.

However, he couldn’t just abandon the subordinates who had worked hard alongside him. Since he could get them an opportunity right now, the rest would be up to them.

"Song Yao." Shen Shi looked at Song Yao again, "You don’t have many tasks for now, so teach these two androids. Also, keep an eye on the online buzz about the ’I’m Back’ incident, don’t let it die down too soon. There’s no need to hire paid commenters; I’ll give you a way to contact my ship’s steward, who will assist you in handling everything online."

"Understood!" Song Yao agreed without hesitation.

But inwardly, she was slightly taken aback.

The ship’s steward—probably an alien too.

And it sounded like someone of high status!

She resolved to give her full focus and energy to this job. Compared to Wen Hezhi, who could manage things alone and had already proven himself, her resume was excellent but might not fully apply to her current role.

Dropping the ball could lead to lifelong regret.

What Shen Shi said next made both of their expressions light up, and they instinctively held their breath.

"If you follow me and do well, even if humans are defeated three years from now, I guarantee there will be a place for you and your immediate family on my spaceship."

A spot on the spaceship!

Anyone could understand what that promise meant!

If humanity wins in three years, they’ll be heroes who deeply contributed to the victory! If defeated, this promise would be a ticket from death to life!

Instantly, the expressions of both changed again, and they looked at Shen Shi with excitement, even with a hint of fervor.

Shen Shi observed all of this clearly.

Indeed, this would be the fastest way for him to win people over in these three years.

Although it might not work on everyone, it didn’t matter; if someone didn’t do well, he could replace them. As long as he held onto the Time Crystal and the Future World, he wouldn’t be ousted.

"That’s it, go to work." Shen Shi said finally.

"Understood." The two got up to leave, and unlike their initial confusion and caution, their departing figures were filled with energy.

Shen Shi remained seated at the dining table, unmoving.

Only after the two had completely disappeared did the lively "bird-cat" alien vanish as well.

After a long while, Shen Shi finally stood up from his chair and walked slowly to the window, looking at the city outside.

He had already noticed that he was rapidly adapting to his position, even his way of thinking had begun to change.

"Finally looks somewhat presentable." Shen Shi’s mouth suddenly curved up. He didn’t linger by the window too long before he turned around, sat down, and his personal terminal screened right open before him.

Continue learning.

He wanted to further grow before the advent of the new era, to match his future position.

...

On that night, a high-level secret base was brightly lit.

Helicopter after helicopter arrived continuously from the night, bringing one special person after another.

These individuals were mostly middle-aged, a few quite young, and a few already with graying hair, rather elderly, each exuding a strong academic aura.

Clearly, they were scholars.

"Teacher Xu, I didn’t expect you to come." Zhao Pei spotted his former Ph.D. mentor in the crowd, hurried towards him, full of surprise.

His mentor, though renowned in nuclear physics, was already seventy-six years old and should have long retired from the frontline.

"Ah, it’s Xiaozhao." Xu Xinghe naturally recognized his proud disciple. His slightly blurry eyes didn’t seem dim; they firmly grasped Zhao Pei’s extended hand. "I read your paper on optimizing the direction of the all-superconducting tokamak nuclear fusion experiment device. Very innovative!"

Zhao Pei couldn’t help but blush.

It felt like when he was in school and the teacher read his essay in front of the class.

Quickly, he explained, "Much in that paper is just guesses. Given the current conditions, they’re simply impossible to achieve. Please don’t tease me."

"What’s wrong with speculation?" Xu Xinghe shook his head. "In this field, everyone worldwide is groping in the dark. We aren’t starting late. Any progress is precious. In fifty years, this will undoubtedly be a field that determines the future. I won’t see that day, but you still can. From my perspective, at least some of your speculations can become reality."

"Then I’ll take your blessing." Zhao Pei was somewhat expectant at the possibility.

The teacher and pupil who hadn’t met in a long while chatted as they walked, whereas many others didn’t have as good a conversation partner. Some bore expressions of noticeable tension and unease.

After all, being suddenly brought here certainly meant something extremely important was up.

Considering that those present were primarily top experts in the nuclear field, it fueled wild speculation.

However, as they were escorted by a group of soldiers to an underground research base, they faintly heard noisy exclamations from ahead.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! What is this thing!"

"This is heading towards ten thousand terawatts!"

"Add two more measuring lines! This is far from the limit!"

"Incredible, this conversion efficiency... what on earth is the principle behind this?"

"..."

Upon hearing "ten thousand terawatts," Zhao Pei involuntarily shivered.

Though the unit wasn’t added, it was easy to associate that number with the rated electric power of nuclear power plants. frёewebnoѵēl.com

The world’s large nuclear power plants typically have rated electric powers at the gigawatt level.

Of course, the actual output power would be slightly less, yet no nuclear power plant has supposedly achieved terawatt levels— not that it’s impossible, but there’s no need. Building too large or too many generating groups in a nuclear plant requires increasing the technical parameters of associated equipment like safety containers and mechanical pumps, and even considering the power grid’s capacity, which isn’t economically encouraged.