Because Ling Corporation publicly released two types of storage batteries, everyone working in the global electronics industry realized that a technological revolution had begun.

The first to be hit head‑on was the traditional automobile manufacturing industry!

Gasoline cars would lose their market, and electric cars were about to sweep the world.

The old complaints—insufficient power, limited range, the cost of replacing batteries—would all completely disappear.

Anyone can do the math: even if an EV using Ling Corporation’s batteries costs twice as much as a gas car, people will still rush to buy it!

Because the running costs afterwards are just too low.

As for the appearance of the phone battery, it would also drive a new technological revolution, but that wouldn’t produce instant, dramatic effects; it would take some maneuvering.

Consumers usually care more about phone performance; their demand for power storage isn’t that high. As long as the battery can last a day, they can just charge it anytime when they get home.

So a super‑storage phone battery would only be needed by a small portion of people and wouldn’t affect most consumers.

Ling Feng didn’t plan to roll this battery out to all the major manufacturers either; he had his own ideas.

The website’s inbox was practically getting a new email every second; the staff were almost too busy to cope.

But most of those inquiry emails just needed a quick skim and a very official canned reply; there was no need to actually answer their questions.

As for those companies that wanted to partner with Ling Corporation at the first possible moment, Ling Feng wasn’t interested. He told the staff to have them wait for Ling Corporation’s follow‑up announcements.

Battery production capacity was still insufficient and couldn’t yet meet any single manufacturer’s demand, so the top priority now was to get a battery production line up and running at the Moon Base as quickly as possible.

There were already hundreds of robots working around the clock on construction, but it would still take at least half a month to finish the factory, after which they’d be able to produce ten thousand large storage batteries a day.

Two days after the press conference ended, car makers and electronics companies all over the world were waiting for a reply from Ling Corporation, but what they got instead was another explosive piece of news!

Ling Corporation could supply batteries to partners, and the price was nowhere near as outrageously high as people had imagined—about the same as ordinary lead‑acid batteries—but there was one condition: they would only supply companies that had no dealings whatsoever with Americans!

If you want to make money, fine—but pick a side first!

That was exactly what Ling Corporation was aiming for.

Once the news went public, global public opinion exploded.

Americans were the first to jump out and accuse Ling Corporation of engaging in malicious competition and trying to stir up conflict.

Ling Corporation wasn’t polite either; they sent out an open letter whose content was very simple: if it’s fine for your state officials to set fires, then it’s fine for us commoners to light lamps.

The Americans still tried to keep their selective blindness, ignoring their own despicable behavior while condemning Ling’s actions as going too far, but they were met with a global wave of online mockery, and even their official website was hacked and replaced with an image of a bandit’s face.

The impact of this incident far exceeded Ling Feng’s expectations. As the story fermented, all the old scandals about America were dug up, and people around the world got a good look at their ugly face.

Without even trying, the American government—which relied on loudmouthed moralizing in public while having blood all over its hands in the shadows—saw its prestige wiped out overnight.

Riding this wave, the people under Gu Li started massively hyping things up online, with wave after wave of condemnation directed at the American government. Even Americans, who had always seen themselves as superior, no longer dared to strut around foreign streets with their heads held high, for fear of being beaten up by angry locals!

Very soon, people started lamenting online that the era belonging to America was over! 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

A butterfly flapping its wings over the South Pacific can trigger a rainstorm in the Amazon Jungle—that’s the butterfly effect.

Even Ling Feng hadn’t anticipated this. He had indeed wanted to use the super batteries to mess with the Americans a bit, but the moment they started shouting, they brought a huge wave of public opinion pressure onto themselves, leading to where things stood today.

After America’s international image collapsed, some of its allies could no longer sit still.

Very quickly, the countries that had once worn the same pair of pants as the Americans started extending olive branches to Huaxia, and even prepared to send business delegations to discuss cooperation and conduct inspections.

Ling Feng had zero interest in that. Even if they did come, he’d just leave it to his subordinates to handle. After all, if there’s one thing people in Huaxia are good at, it’s "doing Tai Chi."

But soon, an invitation from a domestic company was something he couldn’t ignore.

This was a company within Huaxia that possessed advanced electronic technology, and it had been one of the main targets of American suppression.

Precisely because Americans had meddled behind the scenes, this company’s products faced massive suppression worldwide and had fallen into a difficult situation.

Ling Feng didn’t understand these highly technical matters himself, so he didn’t go personally. Instead, he sent the company’s professional technical staff to attend their meeting. They then brought back some documents listing out several technical bottlenecks that Huaxia urgently needed to overcome.

This wasn’t the demand of just one company, but what Huaxia as a whole needed in order for its economy and technology to stand at the very top of the world.

To put it bluntly, only by leading in technology can you gain discourse power.

When everyone is on roughly the same level, that’s when all the scheming and infighting breaks out. But just like with the emergence of the super battery: once you have absolutely leading technology, others won’t even have time to beg you for cooperation, so where would they get the guts to suppress you?

Wouldn’t that just be asking for death?

So after getting the materials, Ling Feng didn’t say another word. He immediately activated Teleportation and left Ling Corporation, and then went straight to see Dick.

Once they met, Ling Feng skipped all pleasantries and went straight to the point: "I’ve got a list here. Help me see where I can get this stuff. No matter what it costs, I’m willing to pay!"

"Well..."

Dick lowered his head and looked it over, then said to Ling Feng, "I get what you’re trying to do, but getting hold of this many technologies isn’t going to be easy!"

"Why not?"

Ling Feng was stunned. "You could get a full‑band jammer and a super electric motor; how come these technologies are suddenly so hard to get?"

"Because of the blockade."

Dick gave a wry smile. "One or two items are doable, but with this many advanced technologies, people aren’t going to hand them over easily. Put yourself in their shoes—would you casually give them away?"

"That’s true."

Ling Feng nodded, then said, "How about this: just tell me which planets on Star Chain have these advanced technologies, and I’ll figure it out myself."

"That works, but let me say this first: once you get there, take your time to understand the situation over there, then think about the technology issue," Dick said.

Ling Feng grunted in agreement. "Of course. I at least have to figure out what that planet’s social environment is like."