Chapter 115 – The Blueprint That Could Shake the Nation
The moment Bai xia opened the blueprint, the playful atmosphere in Fu jian's office vanished.
The paper was thick, old-fashioned drafting material, covered in dense lines, symbols, connection routes, towers, transmission points, and scale calculations. It wasn't something an ordinary engineer could casually draw. The more Bai xia looked, the faster her heartbeats became. Her fingers unconsciously tightened on the edges.
Nie lin sat opposite them, watching her reaction nervously.
Fu jian leaned closer, his brows slowly knitting together as his eyes followed the chaotic but deliberate strokes on the paper. "What… is this supposed to be?"
Bai xia didn't answer immediately.
Her eyes moved line by line, region by region. The deeper she looked, the more shocked she became. What was in front of her wasn't just a business project. It wasn't even just a technology project.
It was a nation-level plan.
A nationwide connection system.
Information transfer.
City-to-city data flow.
Signal relay routes.
Infrastructure deployment across provinces.
Even military-grade backup routes were faintly marked.
This blueprint was far more terrifying than she had expected.
Nie lin swallowed and finally broke the silence. "I… I originally started it as a communication optimization project. At first, I just wanted to help companies transmit data faster between cities. But the more I worked on it… the bigger it became. And then I realized it couldn't be completed by one person. I can't even finish ten percent of it alone."
Bai xia finally lifted her head slowly.
Her gaze was sharp, focused, and terrifyingly calm.
"Nie lin," she said quietly, "do you know what kind of storm this thing will cause if it's made public?"
Nie lin hesitated. "…I know it will be big. But I don't know exactly how big."
Fu jian took the blueprint from Bai xia and spread it fully across the tea table. The entire schematic unfolded like the veins of a giant beast. His pupils shrank slightly.
"This isn't just for business," he said slowly. "This is information control. Transportation control. Economic flow control."
Nie lin stiffened.
Fu jian looked up at him sharply. "Do you realize that once this thing exists, whoever controls it will control how fast the country breathes?"
The room fell into a chilling silence.
Nie lin's back was already damp with cold sweat.
Bai xia slowly leaned back against the sofa, crossing one leg over the other, her expression unreadable. "You weren't just trying to create faster communication."
Nie lin gave a bitter smile. "At first I was. But halfway through… I realized I might have drawn something my father would want to kill me for."
Fu jian laughed coldly. "Your father wouldn't kill you. He'd lock you away and take this."
Nie lin's face turned pale.
Bai xia reached forward again and tapped one section of the blueprint with her finger. "Your core problem is here."
Nie lin leaned forward instantly. "Where?"
"You designed the skeleton," she said. "But you didn't solve data compression, civilian terminal compatibility, or mass-scale server stability."
Fu jian followed her pointing. "And your power consumption model is unrealistic. Even three hydropower stations wouldn't support this load long-term."
Nie lin's eyes lit up like he had just found two gods descending from the sky. "Exactly! That's exactly where I got stuck. My calculations keep collapsing at that point."
Bai xia's lips curved slightly.
She stood up, walked to Fu jian's desk, pulled out a clean sheet of paper, and picked up a pen.
Then she began to draw.
Fast.
Decisive.
Her strokes were clean and sharp, forming new layers over Nie lin's original skeleton.
"Replace centralized servers with distributed nodes."
She drew multiple branching hubs.
"This reduces load pressure and avoids single-point collapse."
She added new signal cross-routes.
"Civilian terminals must be separated from government core lines."
More annotations appeared.
"Data compression must be algorithm-driven, not hardware-dependent."
Nie lin's breathing grew rapid. "…That… that would change everything."
Fu jian stepped closer behind Bai xia, his body almost touching hers as he looked down at the evolving blueprint.
"And encryption," he added calmly. "If this thing goes public, foreign forces will target it first before civilians even touch it."
Bai xia gave a low laugh. "I was waiting for you to say that."
She flipped the pen in her fingers. "Full dual-key encryption. Military-level."
Nie lin felt like his brain was on fire. "Then this… this is no longer just a network system. This is—"
"A backbone of an era," Fu jian finished.
The words landed heavily in the room.
Nie lin suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Bai xia. "Sister-in-law… no, Miss Bai. I was arrogant. I thought this blueprint was already terrifying enough. But you just turned it into something even the world won't be able to ignore."
Bai xia glanced at him lightly. "Then don't come here with half-finished dreams next time."
Nie lin laughed awkwardly. "Yes… yes."
Fu jian crossed his arms. "Now let's talk about the real problem."
Both of them turned to look at him.
"If this thing becomes real," he said calmly, "someone will definitely try to take it. Forcefully, if necessary."
Nie lin stiffened. "You mean—"
"Government," Fu jian said. "Foreign investors. Telecom giants. Military intelligence. Underground capital."
Bai xia nodded. "And also competitors who won't want this system to exist."
Nie lin suddenly felt that the blueprint in his hands weighed like ten mountains.
Bai xia's eyes darkened. "That's why this can't be released at once."
She pointed to another blank part of the paper. "We cut it into stages."
Fu jian instantly understood. "Start with enterprise internal data transfer."
"Then city-level commercial networks," Bai xia continued.
"And only later," Fu jian said slowly, "nationwide civilian access."
Nie lin's pupils shook. "That means… we control the growth speed."
Bai xia smiled faintly. "And we control who gets invited into the game."
Nie lin suddenly realized something terrifying.
This wasn't just invention anymore.
This was power design.
Fu jian looked at Bai xia with complex emotion. "If we do this… the Fu Group, your tech network, and the government will all be tied together beyond separation."
Bai xia met his gaze calmly. "Were we ever separate to begin with?"
Fu jian chuckled softly. "You're more dangerous than I thought."
She returned with a light snort. "You're only discovering that now?"
Nie lin watched the two of them and suddenly understood.
This blueprint had found its true owners.
He was just the one who opened the door.
The clock on the wall ticked quietly.
After a long silence, Fu jian finally said, "We don't release this under any company name yet."
Bai xia nodded. "It will be hidden under layered shell projects."
Nie lin added quickly, "And we only reveal partial functions to lure investment and test the waters."
Fu jian glanced at him. "You're learning fast."
Nie lin gave a nervous laugh.
Bai xia rolled the blueprint carefully and held it in her hand. Her eyes were cold but filled with quiet fire.
"This thing," she said slowly, "will rewrite business rules, communication rules, and even surveillance rules."
Fu jian added calmly, "It will also rewrite the balance of power."
Nie lin swallowed. "…Then are we really going to do it?"
Bai xia looked at him.
Fu jian looked at him.
Two gazes, one decision.
"We already started the moment you walked into this room with that paper," Bai xia said.
Nie lin suddenly felt like his entire life path had been forcibly dragged onto a road he could never retreat from.
Nie Lin asked nervously "what should we call it". Bai xia looked out calmly "how about the world wide web", she didn't plan on changing the name.
Outside the office, the city lights were beginning to rise.
Inside the room, the foundation of a future storm had just been quietly finalized.
And none of them said it out loud—
But all three knew:
This blueprint would not just change their lives.
It would shake the entire country.