Chapter 101 (1/2)
Chapter 101: Impenetrable Military Laboratory (Part 1)
”Uh …… Well. In fact, you should start with a good mood. So, I will first tell you the good news. The good news is that I have successfully broken into the Bounty Hunters a.s.sociation system. Seventy-two years ago, there’s an S-cla.s.s mission to look for a metal sphere, and I also know the current whereabouts of the Blood Crystal. “
Zhou Jian’s heart was moved. “Where?”
”Oh, this is the bad news I want to tell you. The blood crystal is currently stored in a US military laboratory.”
”Military lab?”
”Uh …… you do not know about this lab? No wonder, this laboratory has been relatively low-key. The United States has been a scientific and technological power, with many of the world’s most advanced laboratories. Since the catastrophe brought disaster to the scientific circles, in 2208, the Lawrence Berkeley National lab, Fermi lab and Bell labs were consolidated into the Ministry of Defense to establish the US military laboratory. This laboratory covers quantum physics, high energy physics, earth science, environmental science, computer science, energy science, materials science, digital almost all of the high-tech fields switches, satellite communications, electronic digital computer, and so on. Almost all the high tech fields which included the Blood Crystals.”
”Although it is very frustrating, but I have to tell you, this laboratory practiced military control and has a high-tech security system as well as heavily armed guards. Unless you can become a fly, you can’t even get in, let alone thinking of getting the Blood Crystal. “
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Fermi Lab, and Bell Lab. These three were merged into a military laboratory …… Zhou Jian took a deep breath. These three laboratories had a glorious history. Just any of them, its scientific achievement was comparable to a small country.
The merger of these three and what the military laboratory meant, Zhou Jian was very clear about it. To want to steal the Blood Crystal from such a high-tech military controlled laboratory was very difficult.
He could indeed avoid the soldiers and cameras through stealth, but could not avoid the various high-tech warning system.
His Unlock skill was only for mechanical locks. It’s completely powerless against high-tech electronic locks.
Speaking of American science and technology, there’s no doubt that it’s the first in the world. When some people mentioned about industrial technology, they tend to think of j.a.pan. Actually, j.a.pan is outstanding in terms of industrial process technology.
In many cases for the same technology, the j.a.panese did it far better than the Chinese. The j.a.panese are serious and dedicated to their work. j.a.panese workers would do everything as well as possible in each section of the pipeline. It’s opposed to the Chinese people, who like to cut corners to meet the minimum. Of course, this was also related to the low wages of Chinese workers and the lack of intellectual property protection in China. When a factory designed a new technology, it’s immediately copied all around, leading to those Chinese industrial designers to feel disheartened, so the technology development also fell apart.
Except for industrial processes, Americans are definitely big brother in cutting-edge technology. Americans only accounted for only 4% of the world’s population but contributed 40 -50% of the world’s scientific and technological achievements. Just based on the n.o.bel Prize award. Before the catastrophe, during the normal years of the 21st century (tl: except WW), Americans took nearly 40 percent of the n.o.bel prizes. And these were awarded mainly after World War II. j.a.pan, who’s a similar industrial powerhouse, only had less than half of the n.o.bel laureates of US Harvard University.
As for China, its own scientific community felt like beating its own chest and stamping its feet. Except for a sinner that’s condemned and unrecognized by the Chinese (tl: Should be Liu Xiaobo, get n.o.bel Peace prize for championing human rights in China), the Chinese people who have Chinese nationality did not get any n.o.bel Prize. So, each time someone talked about a Chinese getting n.o.bel prize, they could only talk about Chen Ning Yang, Tsung-Dao Lee and several other Chinese-Americans.
Until the outbreak of the catastrophe, the Chinese ancient Wu aristocratic family was awarded the n.o.bel Prize because outstanding contribution after the n.o.bel Prize was restored.