Chapter 164

(August 2027, XX Group Headquarters, "Zhulong Nest" Core Laboratory of Project Nuwa / Ziwei Inner Court Global Intelligence Center) Nearly eight months had passed since Li Banjia, sparing no expense, had forced a "heaven-defying" acceleration of the core subsystems of the Project Nuwa EUV lithography machine by investing 10 Destiny Points and a staggering amount of Imperial Treasury Silver into the Ministry of Works (God-Artisan Grade). For Li Banjia, for the entire XX Group, and even for the "Olympus Dusk" planners lurking in the shadows and watching every move of the Oriental dragon, these eight months had been a period of "strategic silence"—filled with unknowns and dangers, yet concealing a revolutionary turning point.