Chapter 26: A Research Paper That Stunned the Aerospace Administration!

After tireless guidance and word-for-word proofreading by two preeminent masters, Li Weimin and Qian Liqun, He Yu finally condensed the core theory of the "High-Efficiency Energy Cycle Ecological Dome Technology"—derived from the system—into an academic paper spanning over a hundred pages.

Every data point was meticulously verified by Academician Qian Liqun. Every argument had its logical closure scrutinized by Dean Li Weimin himself. Ultimately, this paper, which distilled the lifeblood of the three men and effectively surpassed the technological standards of the entire era, was not submitted to any overseas journal chasing international impact factors. Its destination was *China Science*—the most prestigious and authoritative temple of science in the country.

The publication process was accelerated to the limit. When the editorial department received the manuscript signed by "He Yu, Qian Liqun, and Li Weimin," the entire department was shaken. Upon confirming the identities of the two elders, the editor-in-chief did not hesitate to grant it the highest priority for the current issue, pushing it to print with unprecedented speed. The moment the paper was released, a silent, violent earthquake rippled from the heart of academia throughout the energy and aerospace sectors of China.

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Beijing, Western Suburbs, China Aerospace Administration. 3:00 AM.

The city was immersed in deep silence, with only a few sparse stars twinkling in the firmament. A sharp, piercing telephone ring shattered the tranquility of the lounge attached to the Chief Designer’s office. Sun Jianguo jolted awake from a shallow sleep, his heart tightening instantly. As the chief director of the national "Lunar Base" project, this near-septuagenarian academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering never turned off his phone, and this exclusive, encrypted ringtone signified only one thing: an emergency of the highest order.

He practically rolled out of bed and snatched up the receiver, his voice carrying the gravelly authority of one just awakened. "Speak."

On the other end was the trembling, hurried voice of his chief assistant. "Chief Designer... *China Science*... a paper! You must look at it immediately! It has been sent to your encrypted email with top-level clearance!"

Sun Jianguo’s brow furrowed, his inner anxiety reaching a crescendo. Had there been a major flaw in the project? Or had some technological shift occurred internationally? He didn't have time to ponder; he hung up and strode into his study. Switching on the desk lamp, the dim light illuminated his bloodshot eyes and weary face. He had been working for over half a month on the challenges of energy self-sufficiency and closed-loop environmental circulation for the base, his nerves stretched to the limit.

Donning his reading glasses, he opened his tablet and accessed the attachment marked "Highest Urgency."

*On the Application of High-Efficiency Energy Cycle Ecological Dome Technology in Extreme Environments.*

It was a long title. Initially, Sun Jianguo merely skimmed the abstract with the inertia of a seasoned reviewer.

However, just seconds later, his breath hitched.

"Closed-loop atmospheric regeneration system... theoretical oxygen conversion efficiency of 98.7%..."

"Multi-source smart power grid... stable energy output model under the extreme temperature fluctuations of the lunar surface..."

Every one of these terms struck his heart like a heavy hammer!

*Impossible.* That was Sun Jianguo's first thought. The team he led, having consumed countless resources and collaborated with several of the nation's top research institutes, had only just managed to touch the 85% threshold for the atmospheric regeneration system; every 0.1% increase required astronomical costs. As for energy stability under the extreme cold of the lunar surface, that was the Sword of Damocles hanging over the entire "Lunar Base" project—the root of all nightmares.

Yet this paper... it dared to claim a perfect solution to both?

*Absurd!*

Suppressing the turbulence in his heart, Sun Jianguo began to review the hundred-page paper line by line. From the theoretical foundations to the mathematical modeling, the application of materials science, and finally, the massive datasets from simulation experiments... in the study, only his increasingly rapid breathing remained.

Time ticked by. The sky outside shifted from ink-black to deep blue, then gradually paled to the color of a fish belly. When Sun Jianguo finally reached the last page of the paper, he froze in his seat, as if turned to stone.

Seconds later, an uncontrollable, violent tremor started from his fingertips and quickly spread throughout his body. The tablet in his hands rattled slightly from the intensity of his shaking. The exhaustion and fatigue on his weather-beaten face were swept away, replaced by an almost manic excitement and an incredulous, overwhelming joy.

"A genius..." His lips moved, forcing two words out of his parched throat. "This... this is absolutely a stroke of genius!"

He stood up abruptly, nearly knocking over the water glass on his desk in his agitation. As the chief director of the national "Lunar Base" project, he had been like a traveler trapped in a desert wasteland, exhausted and nearing despair in his search for water. He Yu's paper was not an oasis, nor a mirage. It was a torrential downpour of life-giving rain!

No! It even provided a complete, ready-to-use blueprint for desalination and pipeline engineering! Every theory proposed in the paper acted like a precision scalpel, perfectly dissecting and solving the most lethal problems of the project.

The detail of the data, the rigor of the logic, and the thoroughness of the deductions gave him an illusion—this was not a theoretical paper, but an engineering report that had already been successfully practiced countless times! It was tailor-made for the lunar base.

"Investigate!" Sun Jianguo grabbed the encrypted phone on his desk and let out an irrepressible roar into the receiver, his voice completely distorted by excitement. "Immediately! Find out exactly who this lead author, 'He Yu,' is!"

"I want to see him! Now! Immediately!"

The assistant on the other end was terrified by the Chief Designer's unprecedented loss of composure, stammering his compliance and mobilizing every resource available. The intelligence capabilities of the Aerospace Administration were terrifying. Just five minutes later, the phone rang again. The subordinate's report was tinged with a note of confusion and uncertainty.

"Reporting to the Chief Designer, we... we have found him."

"This He Yu... he... he is that streamer who has been very popular on the internet lately, the one live-streaming the construction of a university."

"According to online information, he is... currently live-streaming..."

*Streaming? A streamer?*

Academician Sun Jianguo's brain stalled for a moment. A top-tier scientist capable of writing such an earth-shattering paper was actually an internet streamer? When had the world become so surreal?

But he could not care about that now. He only knew that he had to contact this He Yu immediately to verify every detail of the paper. This concerned the national aerospace strategy for the next several decades!

Sun Jianguo did not hesitate for a second, his decisive voice as hard as steel.

"Connect me to his live stream, now!"

"Use our official account to apply for a link-up!"

"I will argue the technical details with him in person!"