[Growth-Focused Main Story · Hardcore Tech · Industrial Upgrading · Ensemble Cast · Brilliant and Cunning · Unconventional · No Mindless Power Fantasy · Face-Slapping Satisfaction · Deep-Space Crisis · A Vision of Future Industry]
His father fell ill, the factory teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, overseas giants cut off supplies of critical components, and hundreds of millions in breach-of-contract penalties loomed overhead.
Everyone was waiting to laugh at the "second-generation farm machinery heir."
Until the day he "lit up" a technology tree on the factory floor.
From tractor parts to ion thrusters;
from worn-out machine tools to powered exoskeletons;
from being strangled by material shortages to the advent of room-temperature superconductivity!
While others were still imposing technology blockades, he had already begun defining the next generation of industrial systems.
"Sanctions?"
"Then I'll play by a different set of rules."
When the first "agricultural aircraft" broke the sound barrier, the entire internet was stunned;
when overseas tech giants saw their stock prices collapse, the world began reassessing his name;
when the full power of the nation stepped in to escort him forward,
people finally realized this wasn't the rise of a single company,
but a turning point in an era.
However, just as everyone was caught up in the technological frenzy,
a deep-space radar picked up an anomalous signal.
It came from Alpha Centauri.
Its cycles were stable, its structure clear, and it was unquestionably artificial.
At that moment, for the first time, he looked up at the stars.
Humanity had only 50 years left.
And so,
planetary engines were started, a space elevator was approved, and the Solar System's defense line began to take shape.
This time, his goal was no longer to make money or stage a comeback.
It was to lead all of civilization to survive.
