"According to reports, country X dispatched aircraft and rocket artillery to bomb the XXXX area, causing many civilian casualties and ......"

Lu Wu watched the news broadcast while eating the breakfast delivered from takeout.

During the news broadcast, the central announcer kept a calm smile and recounted a piece of news. For the vast majority of Chinese, this is just a story that takes place in a distant country.

It's like reading a children's story about Little Red Riding Hood being eaten by a big bad wolf, and you don't think the scene is so bloody or horrific. In fact, the most important thing cannot be understood without experiencing it firsthand.

Without really experiencing it, there is no way to understand what the words "carpet bombing", "devastating bombing", "massive artillery fire", "concentrated fire" and so on mean.

As far as Lu Wu knows, the technology on the earth is a notch lower than that of Vage - of course, this is also because the rules of the world are slightly different, and people are born with various advantages, for example, as early as the Iron Age, or even the Bronze Age, people can master anti-gravity technology - but if it is the power of destruction, I have to say that the earth is more powerful...... At least it looks awesome.

Death descends from the sky...... That scene, I guess it can only be described in this word. No one escaped that attack, not even the helicopters, though there were only two. In fact, only ten seconds after the first wave of attacks, even when a highly mobile vehicle such as a helicopter did not have time to react, two air-to-air missiles had already volleyed into the air, instantly turning the two helicopters into two flames.

A third wave of attacks almost followed, this time with even more terrifying cloudburst bombs. The earth was enveloped in clouds of white mist-like gas, and suddenly, like thunder, struck down, and the entire ground, or as far as the eye could see, devastating flames engulfed everything. Then, as everyone knows, the oxygen in the air in this area is depleted. All the mammals that survived basically couldn't survive.

Compared to this, the white phosphorus bomb that arrived at the end was simply long overdue, specially used to sweep the tail.

The entire camp was in ruins, and the personnel were either scorched or suffocated. The bodies of the suffocated and dead were intact, except for their mouths wide open, as they struggled in vain to inhale oxygen before they died. And those weapons and equipment, especially the tanks that fought fiercely with Lu Wu before, were basically destroyed in the first and second waves of attacks. Even if there are fish that slip through the net, they can't escape the third wave of cloud burst attacks.

The reason why Lu Wu was able to witness all this up close from the transcendent angle of a bystander, instead of becoming one of the dead, was entirely because he didn't need to breathe and wasn't very afraid of flames in this state.

In the sky, the spark of death bloomed.

Lu Wu felt that he was not a poet or an artist, and he was not so sad. But the destruction of that scene can only be said to be beautiful enough to make people cry. Very beautiful explosion, not at all comparable to fireworks.

However, unlike fireworks, this side leaves a creepy scene.

Lu Wu can also be regarded as a person who has actual combat experience, compared to the battles fought in Wa Ge (after all, Lu Wu has also personally participated in the battle several times) can be said to be in full swing, and the dead were at least brilliant at the last moment of their lives. But this side ...... Humanity died quietly, and there was no trace of life except for a futile struggle.

As the master said, Lu Wulai didn't come, what he did or didn't do, the final result will not change anything. All people are going to die. In the final process, the master did not speak, but it should also sigh silently.

Although afterwards there was a thought that "maybe I could have avoided this tragedy". But on the other hand, people are originally armies, and they are originally armed to fight and kill...... Even if someone is eliminated so neatly, there seems to be no way to blame anything.

After eating with this sigh, Lu Wu called Thomas easily.

Thomas was busy.

"Partner, do you want to contact Thomas? The master said. "I guess he was called back by his grandfather...... It's about this time. ”

"Went back to China?" Lu Wu asked curiously. "How?"

"Inevitably, someone's eyes are red!" said the master. "Partner, you should be able to understand that although Thomas is granted full powers, in the final analysis, he is not an investor, but only an agent. So, isn't it normal for an agent to do something out of the right place and be pulled back by the boss, his grandfather, and asked? ”

Thomas was really troubled.

This summons was simply sudden, and there was no news. He's doing well here in China...... However, I can't stand the call of the boss and grandfather.

Of course, although Thomas didn't think of this trouble beforehand, he also knew what it was all about. It was he who unveiled the recipe for a completely new material.

Well, reverse cracking engineering, finally got the first results. It's a bit of a shame that it's not the retinal projection technology that Thomas really cares about, but it's actually a bit more complicated than expected. The lens that projects the image directly onto the retina is too small to manufacture, and the software is also difficult. On the contrary, in terms of materials science, especially with the help of the experienced factory manager, a preliminary crack was finally obtained - although it was not a complete crack, but it was also based on this to invent a new polymer nano-carbon fiber material in this world.

The simple thing is that all aspects of the performance are above the steel, which can completely replace the steel (of course, to achieve this, it is necessary to solve the problem of raw material cost, which is still high). There is no doubt that this material has a wide range of applications, and the first application is that it can be used to make plates, which can be inserted directly into body armor as bulletproof plates - the weight is greatly reduced, and the ballistic performance is more excellent.

Of course, as Thomas decided earlier, after the invention was patented, Thomas decided to make it available to the world. Anyone is free to use this new technology for a negligible licensing fee.

This approach has rightly been praised by the media or relevant people, as well as social activists, human rights organizations, or anything in between, but it has also provoked unwarranted envy for Thomas. Anyone else aside, it is said that several labs are doing similar research, and in fact some of them are in the final stages of their research (only one step slower than Thomas's, which is a few months according to the time estimate). But Thomas's approach directly cut off others completely.

Originally, if everyone collected money together, it would be okay, and they could also compete in the market for cost performance...... But Thomas is not selling, but giving! Who in the world can win this kind of crazy man and idiot who don't want money in the market competition? So they complained to his grandfather and asked Lao Huaisi to bring his stupid grandson back to train and train him well, at least let him know what the rules of capitalism are. Don't jump out like this and do stupid things that hurt others and yourself.

So, at the family meeting, Thomas was besieged without surprise. This invention could have been worth tens of millions, maybe hundreds of millions, but Thomas threw it so directly into the water in exchange for some cheap touting. This kind of practice, the uncle can bear it, and the aunt can't help it!

But this round of siege failed! Thomas said eloquently that this was entirely his personal matter. Yes, the research center, although the uninformed person would assume that it belongs to the whole family business, but in fact it has nothing to do with anyone else. It was built by Thomas himself and supported by his own money. All personnel have signed an agreement with Thomas, and all the results are of course Thomas's own. As we all know, if a person is determined to spoil his property, there is nothing anyone else can do to stop it.

But the result of this statement was not convincing, on the contrary, it caused greater dissatisfaction within the family. You said that you are running a trading company to do international trade, what are you doing to set up a research center? Could it be that you are really full of food and support? But but, as I said before, this is Thomas's own money. Don't talk about using it to build a research center, even if you use it and throw it into the water, others will have no problem.

However, fools also understand that this is not small money. A research center needs a lot of researchers - researchers with academic qualifications, at least they have to be college students, the kind that is not capped, and this kind of talent must have a high salary, even in China, it will not be too low. In addition, the research center needs a piece of land – and land prices in China are not cheap these days. The research center also needs a lot of equipment and instruments, which high-end equipment is not a high-priced product? Some of them are not even available for money. So a research center, to put it bluntly, is a gold-swallowing beast. If it is said that it depends on Thomas's own salary, it is estimated that no one will believe it.

If not Thomas's own salary...... Then the money can only be given by the old man. The hateful old man actually wasted his precious funds on such a prodigal child!

But when I think about it, I feel that things are not so simple. As mentioned earlier, their family is a family business after all, and too many people are in various positions in the business. If you want to say that the small capital flow of hundreds of thousands or millions may not be perceptible, but the large capital flow cannot be concealed at all. There's no money here, right?

They are here in China to open up new markets, and the foreign trade company that Thomas is responsible for is not so much part of the development as it is to house Thomas's exclusive use. You know, at the beginning, no one thought that this foreign trade company could make a lot of money. And although the family has invested tens of millions of dollars in name, in reality, there is simply not that much money in place. It can be said that it is a forgotten corner at all. Or rather, it's actually a kind of placement for Thomas. Of course, as mentioned earlier, Thomas completely agrees with this matter - this can make it easier to contact the "Lu Wu Master".