Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1696 - 804 Preparation to Return Home_2

Chapter 1696: Chapter 804 Preparation to Return Home_2

Carter froze for a moment, then suddenly gave Hans a big, hearty hug, slapping him a few times with force: "Thank you for the reminder, my old friend!"

It was obvious—this was intentional payback for Hans’s decision to keep things under wraps.

Hans laughed heartily, accepting this small punishment.

Watching these two old men interact like that, Yan Fei began to understand why Carter didn’t press further during lunch.

Clearly, the Torres couple’s previous unwillingness to return the dinosaur fossil had caused Carter and Hans to lose trust in them. So, after suspecting that Yan Fei’s photographic memory allowed him to retain so much information, Carter had wisely decided to stop asking questions.

The root of the issue remained the technological blockade against China. If it became known that Yan Fei had memorized too much data, he might be restricted from leaving the country under some absurd pretext—there were plenty of such examples. Younger scientists often weren’t sensitive to these matters, but experienced and higher-level figures like Carter and Hans were privy to some of the inside stories.

Yan Fei’s consistent behavior had earned their respect, and they didn’t want him to unjustly suffer such unnecessary disasters.

Technology has a time window. If you get stuck with border restrictions and experience bureaucratic delays, it could take a year or two. If Yan Fei were just an ordinary person, getting out would indeed require some effort, and he might even face prolonged detention. Just being able to leave at all would be considered a stroke of luck—things much more shameless had happened before. For example, accusing a university professor of stealing secrets—a false claim that anyone with a discerning eye could see was merely mudslinging and nitpicking.

Yang Xing and Yan Fei returned to the hotel. This time, Yang Xing didn’t collapse into bed immediately but instead chatted with Yan Fei for a while. Of course, the topic was still about Yan Fei needing to keep things confidential. Since Yan Fei had previously mentioned wanting to investigate the beef market, now Yang Xing was trying to dissuade him from pursuing that idea.

Luckily, this was still biotechnology, and not many people were aware of it yet. If it were military technology, Yang Xing would probably abandon the dinosaur fossil on the spot and take Yan Fei back home immediately.

Yan Fei felt frustrated!

Of course, he wasn’t afraid of restrictions or anything like that. As he’d said at the airport, if he were treated unfairly, he wouldn’t hesitate to blow the matter wide open. How wide? That would depend on the situation, but he figured he’d be the last one to back down.

However, including Carter and Hans, this kind of care and concern for him made Yan Fei feel somewhat uncomfortable. Showing sentimentality was one of Yan Fei’s few redeeming qualities as a peculiar individual. Without it, nobody could predict what kind of person he’d be now. But occasionally, moments like this also left him feeling uneasy.

While he was still wrestling with his thoughts, the past few days had already whipped the entire American online and print media into a frenzy. Especially starting from last night, for a whole day, various news outlets had been shouting: America’s economy is going to roll back twenty years.

Of course, it was an exaggeration—just losing a little gold, money, and now some data—it wasn’t that catastrophic.

But for the arrogant Americans, who always thought of themselves as the center of the universe, the impact was significant.

It was like a child who had never faced setbacks. When they suddenly encountered something unexpected, their reaction might be profoundly disappointing; or like some of the top students in our universities, who shine when everything goes smoothly but can act less composed than a grade schooler when faced with adversity.

The news media were still relatively restrained, but on the internet, a sense of panic had already taken hold. Just the events of these few days had some people proclaiming as though the end of the world was near and World War III was about to break out. Honestly, it wasn’t much different from how China’s internet would react years later under similar circumstances.

In truth, these people were worrying for nothing. Things weren’t that serious yet, and this wasn’t the end of it. Sure enough, late that night, after some contemplation, Boss Yan spread his wings and went off to be self-reliant once more.

Stopping was out of the question—there was no intention of stopping anytime soon. He couldn’t possibly learn and master everything. If he wanted to get his hands on something good, he could only rely on scavenging and picking things up along the way...

Why did Carter and Hans make him feel a twinge of guilt? Ultimately, it all circled back to the blockade. Why was there a blockade? The reason, naturally, was disparity—this was why Boss Yan felt even more compelled to give his all and join the ranks of those who dedicated their lives to narrowing that gap, spending their entire existence on various frontlines of this battle.

The heavy industrial zones were too far away, and there were other considerations. To hell with the details—just grab whatever came his way!

Luck was fairly decent. That night, he set his sights on a few electronics factories. As for whether the things he acquired were cutting-edge, he wasn’t too concerned—he’d deal with it as it came.

As for consequences, there was no need to worry for now. After all, this was still just small-scale tinkering.

Besides, every move America made was under the scrutinizing eyes of the entire world. Take, for instance, the former Northern Bears that disbanded years ago. Despite still struggling with an economy that wasn’t exactly booming, if America really wanted to stir up trouble, they might wind up simply digging out and recklessly tossing around their old Big Ivans—those stockpiles had always been abundant because they had nothing else worth showing off.

The next day seemed business as usual. The lab functioned like it always had. However, when Yang Xing brought up signing a fossil return agreement at lunchtime, both Hans and Professor Carter chimed in to help Yang Xing persuade Torres.