usatvline Chapter 993 is very long
Chapter 993 is very long
Sure enough, within days, Peking was surrounded by troops. Food prices soared, and many factories halted operations due to a shortage of supplies. Chen Feng, however, managed to keep his factories running by relying on previously stockpiled supplies. He even shared surplus food with the surrounding residents, earning their respect. During the siege, the defending troops' guns frequently broke down, and they couldn't find anyone to repair them. Chen Feng volunteered to lead his workers to repair the rifles. He discovered that the firing mechanisms of these rifles wore out easily, and he began to work on improving the design. Two weeks later, he developed an improved firing mechanism that was not only durable but also improved accuracy. The defending commanders praised Chen Feng profusely, awarding him a plaque that read "Save the Nation Through Industry." By the time the siege was lifted, the "Xingbang Machinery Factory" had become a prominent enterprise in Peking. Chen Feng seized the opportunity to expand his business and began producing textile machinery. He knew that with the development of the national textile industry, demand would surge. To learn advanced technology, Chen Feng even sent personnel to Shanghai, Guangzhou, and other places for research. The people who returned told him that foreign looms were highly efficient but expensive, making them unaffordable for many small workshops. Chen Feng, struck by inspiration, designed a small loom that cost only a quarter of the price. While slightly less efficient, it was perfectly suited for small workshops. This "common man's loom" was a huge hit upon its release. From Peking to Tianjin to Jinan, equipment produced by the Xingbang Machinery Factory could be seen everywhere. Chen Feng wasn't content with this. He knew that to truly surpass the foreigners, he had to master core technology. He invested most of his profits in establishing a laboratory dedicated to researching new technologies. Two years later, they successfully developed an automatic loom that was 21% more efficient than foreign looms. This breakthrough shocked the entire industry, and even foreign companies sent representatives to discuss cooperation. "We're open to cooperation, but we must control the technology," Chen Feng insisted. "We can license production to you, but we can't reduce the patent fees by a single cent." Unaware of the young Chinese boss's insistence, the foreign company representatives ultimately agreed to his terms. By the th year of the Republic of China, the "Xingbang Group" had five branches, spanning machinery manufacturing, textiles, chemicals, and other fields, employing over people. Chen Feng had also transformed from a down-and-out time traveler into an industrial tycoon in Peking and even across North China. One day, Chen Feng stood in front of the newly built factory, watching the busy workers and humming machinery, a surge of emotion welling up in his heart. He knew that the road to national salvation through industry was still long, but as long as he persevered, China's national industry would surely usher in a true spring. In the setting sun, the "Xingbang Group" sign gleamed, like Chen Feng's hope, illuminating that turbulent yet opportunity-filled era. Not far away, on a street corner, a young man in a blue cloth robe passed by, carrying a rattan basket on his back. "The factory is our foundation; if we lose it, everything will be gone." Chen Feng, however, made a bold decision: he led his workers to reinforce the factory and purchased medicine and food to prepare for a possible siege. This business brought fame to the "Xingbang Machinery Factory," and orders poured in from surrounding arsenals. Chen Feng seized the opportunity to expand, hiring over fifty more workers and even recruiting a skilled engineer from a foreign firm. But just as business was booming, the Zhili-Fengtian War spread to Peking. Shells rained down outside the city, sending panic raging throughout. Many merchants fled south, taking their wealth with them, and some urged Chen Feng to follow suit. While Lin Chen was debugging a particle collider in his laboratory, a blinding blue light suddenly engulfed him. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself suspended above a sea of clouds, a vast expanse of jade palaces stretching below him. In the distance, cranes flew by, bearing Ganoderma lucidum in their beaks, and ethereal celestial music filled his ears. "Is this... the celestial realm?" Lin Chen pinched himself, the sharp pain confirming that this wasn't a dream. He was once a st-century quantum physics researcher, but his white lab coat had transformed into a moon-white Taoist robe, and a jade pendant engraved with the words "Qingyun" hung around his waist. A strange memory flooded his mind—the original owner was an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect, bullied by fellow disciples for his mediocre talents. Yesterday, he slipped and fell from the Trial Cliff, allowing his otherworldly self to occupy this body. "Now that I'm here, I'll make the best of it." Lin Chen sorted through his memories, discovering a striking resemblance between this world's cultivation system and the quantum theory he was studying—cultivators absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as if capturing free quantum particles; casting spells required constructing spiritual energy circuits, much like establishing quantum entanglement. As he pondered this, the clouds suddenly surged, and dozens of winged demonic soldiers burst from the cracks, their claws tearing apart the cranes in the air. "The demons are invading again!" cried a distant voice. Several Qingyun Sect disciples flew their swords to meet the enemy, but the demonic soldiers' black energy corroded their flying swords. Lin Chen noticed that the blood veins on their chests lit up with each attack, reminding him of the energy released during particle collisions. He quickly fished out the talisman the previous owner had hidden from his bosom and injected spiritual energy into it according to his memory, only to find it only glowed faintly. "No, the spiritual energy is flowing at the wrong frequency." Lin Chen stared at the patterns on the talisman, and a sudden flash of inspiration struck him: these patterns were actually three-dimensional energy circuits! He adjusted the frequency of the spiritual energy injection, and the talisman instantly erupted with a dazzling light, shooting like a laser at the nearest demon soldier. The blood veins on the demon soldier's chest were struck by the light and collapsed and dissipated like a disturbed quantum state. "This trick works!" Lin Chen drew several more talismans and injected spiritual energy at different frequencies, forming an energy net. The demon soldiers charging ahead were slammed into the net and turned into black smoke. The demon general hiding behind the clouds roared in anger and attacked with his axe. The demon general was three meters tall, his skin as hard as obsidian, and the axe blade was swirling with a black mist that absorbed spiritual energy. Several inner disciples formed a sword formation to meet the attack, but the shock of the demon axe caused them to spit blood. Lin Chen observed the movements of the Demon General and found that every time he swung his axe, he would be stiff for a few tenths of a second - that was the gap in energy conversion! He seized this flaw, arranged the ten talismans in a quantum superposition state, and suddenly injected spiritual power: "Freeze me!" The talismans formed a complex formation in the air, and the Demon General was indeed fixed in place. Lin Chen took the opportunity to jump into the clouds and saw the purple crystal on the Demon General's forehead - that was his energy core. "Now!" Lin Chen concentrated all his spiritual power and turned a talisman into a cone, like a miniature black hole, and accurately pierced the purple crystal. The Demon General let out a shrill scream, and his huge body collapsed. "What's your name?" An elder with white hair and beard came on a sword. It was Xuanjizi, the supreme elder of Qingyun Sect. Lin Chen bowed and said, "Outer disciple Lin Chen." Xuanjizi stared at the talisman in his hand.