Burning Joss Paper at the Grave, I Burned a Nuclear Bomb. Seems Fair, Right?

The Qingming rains fall in torrents. After twenty years in seclusion doing research, Su Wen can finally emerge. First, he has to burn offerings for his teachers.

They taught him everything he knows, so he has to burn the things they dreamed of having.

For his teacher of nuclear science, that means a miniature nuclear bomb.

For his teacher of armored military engineering, the latest main battle tank.

For his teacher of navigation, an aircraft carrier, of course.

When the authorities realized something was wrong, they were completely baffled. Had someone invaded? Was some terrorist organization launching an attack?

Then they discovered that a young man was just visiting his ancestors' graves.

When Su Wen burned a cutting-edge lithography machine with 0.1 nm precision for one of his teachers, he left a note: "Authorities, don't worry about me. I'm really just here to burn offerings for Qingming."

Authorities: "?????"

"But could you damn well move that space-based cannon orbiting Earth first?!"

"And those swarms of drones!"

"And that army of mechanical exosuits!!!"

"Have you lost your mind? You call this burning offerings at a grave?"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.