After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 169

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 169

I couldn’t understand why my ability had extended to this area.

But one thing was certain.

‘This ability is trying to make me stop Mount Baekdu’s eruption.’

It felt as if some unseen presence was telling me to prevent this disaster.

‘If that’s what it wants, then that’s what I’ll have to do.’

Kang Hyeon called the doctors without hesitation.

“Look at this part.”

Kang Hyeon precisely pointed to a spot on the blueprint with his finger.

Nathan and the lead engineers’ gazes all focused on Kang Hyeon’s fingertip.

“That’s the power distribution section from the main battery to the output module.”

One engineer tilted his head.

“The design shows a perfect parallel structure. Since the voltage is maintained consistently, there’s no reason for power loss to occur there.”

“That would be true in theory.”

Kang Hyeon replied calmly.

“But when pushing output to the extreme, I wonder if this distributor’s resistance value can withstand it. Wouldn’t a bottleneck occur here causing an overload?”

It wasn’t technical terminology.

But it was an insight pointing out the overall flow blockage.

Nathan’s eyes widened slightly.

“Wait a minute. Let me run a limit simulation on just this section.”

Tap, tap.

The sound of keyboard typing urgently filled the silent lab.

Nathan forcibly pushed the input values for the section Kang Hyeon had pointed out to maximum.

Beep.

A bright red warning window flashed across the entire monitor.

Circuit short due to overload. The error they couldn’t find despite working on it for a full month appeared clearly on the screen.

“This is insane.”

Nathan alternated between looking at the monitor and Kang Hyeon with his mouth agape.

“This really was the problem! The tiny delay occurring in the distributor was snowballing and eating up all the power!”

Heavy silence descended inside the lab.

It was a flaw that the world’s greatest geniuses couldn’t find despite working all night for a month.

And the owner, who wasn’t even in this field, had pinpointed it instantly after glancing at the blueprint.

“Chairman, are you perhaps hiding a doctorate in electrical engineering?”

The lead engineer asked with a dazed expression.

“How did you find the power bottleneck just by looking at the blueprint…”

Kang Hyeon shrugged lightly without changing his expression.

“Reading numbers and flows is my job.”

Kang Hyeon deflected simply.

“Whether it’s power flow or capital flow, the patterns of getting blocked at narrow passages are obvious. Now that we’ve found the cause, is it solvable?”

“Of course!”

Nathan’s sunken eyes sparkled as he stood up from his seat.

“We just need to redesign this section’s circuit to bypass it. I’ll maximize power efficiency to maintain the EMP network for over a month without problems!”

“Then I’ll leave the rest to you.”

Kang Hyeon nodded lightly and turned around.

“Thank you, Chairman!”

“Please wait just a little longer! We’ll complete the perfect shield!”

Resounding cheers and applause poured out from the researchers behind him.

The biggest technical challenge had been solved. Kang Hyeon’s steps became much lighter than when he had entered the research institute.

The next day, Government Seoul Office.

The door to Minister Choi’s office opened and Kang Hyeon entered.

The heavy shadows that had been weighing on Minister Choi’s face had somewhat lifted.

“You’ve arrived, Chairman.”

Minister Choi hurriedly stood up from his seat to greet Kang Hyeon.

“Looking at your expression, it seems there’s positive news.”

Kang Hyeon asked as he sat on the sofa.

“Yes. North Korea has finally contacted us again.”

Minister Choi let out a sigh of relief as he offered a teacup.

“Was the reason for the communication blackout identified?”

“They’re keeping the exact details completely confidential on their end.”

Minister Choi lowered his voice.

“However, intelligence came in that there was serious friction between military hardliners and pragmatists internally. It seems there was internal conflict over whether to allow external intervention regarding the Mount Baekdu situation.”

Kang Hyeon nodded quietly.

Whatever the reason, the important fact was that the door had finally opened.

“North Korea’s leadership has also acknowledged that they lack the capability to control Mount Baekdu’s abnormal signs on their own. They’ve officially agreed to allow a multinational expert team and drilling equipment to visit North Korea.”

“That’s good news.”

Kang Hyeon placed his clasped hands on his knees.

“Then we’ll proceed with the two-track strategy as planned.”

“Two-track strategy, you mean.”

“The first is the originally planned drilling operation.”

Kang Hyeon explained in a calm tone.

“Now that the border is open, we’ll immediately deploy the assembled excavation equipment and geologists. Lowering gas pressure by drilling holes in the crust is the top priority.”

“The government will take full responsibility for equipment transport and passage permits via land routes.”

Minister Choi answered firmly.

“But there’s still a possibility the volcano could erupt even during pressure release operations. Or it may have already passed a critical point that drilling alone cannot prevent.”

Minister Choi’s complexion hardened again at Kang Hyeon’s realistic observation.

“That’s why we need a second track.”

Kang Hyeon pushed a thick document envelope across the table.

“What is this?”

“A plan to construct an electromagnetic field barrier above the Demilitarized Zone.”

Minister Choi pulled documents from the envelope and quickly scanned through them.

Tens of thousands of special drone formations. And a massive electromagnetic field net spanning across the Korean Peninsula’s waist.

“If Mount Baekdu erupts, we’ll forcibly push the massive volcanic ash moving south toward the East Sea.”

Kang Hyeon’s eyes shone calmly without wavering.

“We’ll twist air currents with electromagnetic fields to divert volcanic ash toward the Pacific Ocean. It’s a shield to physically block the entire Korean Peninsula from being covered in ash.”

“Is such technology… really commercially viable?”

Minister Choi asked, his hand holding the documents trembling slightly.

“KH’s technological capabilities have already been proven. We’ve entered mass production, so please temporarily lift flight control zones around the Demilitarized Zone so the drones can fly.”

“Of course we must! I’ll report to His Excellency immediately.”

A spear to fundamentally suppress the eruption.

And a shield to forcibly deflect the damage.

Seeing the two perfectly prepared cards, Minister Choi felt deep relief.

“There’s no time. We’ll activate the first track as soon as the North Korean border opens.”

Kang Hyeon stood up from his seat.

“I’ll order the equipment movement.”

There was no exaggerated emotion or solemnity.

It was a dry, simple declaration, but beneath it lay thorough calculation and control.

Kang Hyeon left the office with a light bow.

Jaeuro shrouded in thick dawn fog.

Heavy vibrations that shook the earth’s axis swallowed the empty road.

Hundreds of large special trailers bearing KH Logistics’ mark were heading north in an endless procession.

Special heat-resistant drilling equipment and ultra-lightweight tungsten drill bits were securely fastened on the cargo beds.

The highest-spec excavation equipment currently available, scraped together from Russia and Texas.

That overwhelming volume of cargo rushed fiercely toward the Military Demarcation Line.

[This is currently above the southern end of Unification Bridge. KH Group’s Mount Baekdu project equipment is moving in massive formations.]

Vivid footage shot from helicopters was broadcast live nationwide as a morning news special report.

Citizens on their way to work stopped in their tracks and stared at the electronic displays in subways and buses.

“Are they really crossing over to North Korea?”

“Look at that insane scale. A single company acquired all that equipment in just a few months?”

The voices of citizens mixed anxiety and awe.

KH Group’s execution power that had carved waterways with massive capital even in the face of unprecedented natural disasters.

The public was left speechless before such surreal scenes.

The world’s attention was also focused entirely on the narrow waist of the Korean Peninsula.

[The People’s Republic of China will mobilize all capabilities to support the multinational team in order to prevent the human catastrophe of Mount Baekdu’s volcanic eruption.]

Beijing People’s Congress Hall.

Chairman Zhao Qian, who had maintained complete silence since the Taiwan crisis, finally appeared before cameras.

The worst-case scenario of the Manchuria Region being covered in volcanic ash.

China’s leadership abandoned political face and officially supported the supranational project led by Kang Hyeon.

[This temporary opening of the Military Demarcation Line is our Supreme Leader’s noble courage and magnanimous decision to overcome the crisis facing the Republic and all of Asia!]

North Korea’s Korean Central Television also unusually organized a special report.

A desperate measure to prevent internal unrest and avoid regime collapse.

They were unlocking their tightly closed gates, euphemistically packaging the reality of having no choice but to accept external capital and technology.

“This matter is a critical event that will determine the fate of the Korean Peninsula.”

The President of South Korea’s address to the nation followed.

It was a resolute and heavy tone.

“The government will mobilize all available diplomatic capabilities and national resources to prevent this unprecedented disaster.”

In just a few days, the rigid situation in Northeast Asia had been shaken.

Before the massive time bomb called Mount Baekdu, it was a moment when the walls of ideology and borders temporarily crumbled.

Joint Briefing Room at the Government Seoul Complex.

Kang Hyeon stepped onto the podium where hundreds of domestic and foreign reporters had gathered densely.

Camera flashes burst incessantly, but his expression remained calm as a lake.

“The core of the operation will proceed on two tracks.”

Kang Hyeon lightly adjusted the microphone and spoke plainly.

There was no exaggerated rhetoric or solemnity to be found.

It was a thoroughly calculated and dry briefing, like announcing a corporate business plan.

“First, we will drill multiple boreholes in the crust near Cheonji to physically reduce the expansion pressure of the magma chamber. Second, as preparation for any contingency, we will construct an electromagnetic field defense line above the Demilitarized Zone to block volcanic ash from moving south.”

“What do you estimate the probability of success to be!”

A foreign correspondent sitting in the front row urgently raised his hand and shouted.

Kang Hyeon calmly looked at the reporter who had asked the question.

“I don’t calculate probabilities.”

At his short and dry answer, the noise in the hall instantly subsided.

“The capital and technology that KH has invested will only produce the result of resolution. We will definitely stop it.”

A resolute declaration.

It was not the voice of someone relying on vague hope.

It was the confidence that only one who holds a perfectly controlled game could express.

The reporters filling the briefing room held their breath and transmitted in real-time the heavy weight emanating from his lips.

At the same time. Southern Limit Line of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

The heavy gate of the rusted wire fence slowly opened to both sides.

Military forces from both South and North simultaneously lowered their gun barrels and secured a massive passage.

Air thick with taut tension.

“Main force entering.”

A dry report from the lead vehicle came through the radio.

With rough engine sounds that shook the earth, dozens of special armored vehicles and excavation equipment began crossing the Military Demarcation Line.

‘It’s beginning.’

Kang Hyeon watched that historic scene on the large monitor in Seoul’s integrated control room.

On screen, the tense expressions of North Korean Soldiers and the procession of massive KH Equipment intersected.

The overwhelming march of capital that erased borders and trampled ideology as it advanced north.

“Lead group has entered Kaesong Expressway. Increasing to maximum speed.”

The red dots on the control room’s situation board began rapidly moving north toward Mount Baekdu.

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