Technological Hegemony

The experts of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who got the blueprints were immediately enlightened, and their hearts were shaken. They saw that the structure of the stellarator had been completely changed. It was no longer a crooked twist, but a rare double helix.

"What the hell is this!?"

"What a strange shape!"

"Can this structure be realized in reality?"

The experts exclaimed, and then more puzzled eyes turned to Luo Jia's team sitting opposite.

According to the previous discussion, Dr. Xie Tian stood up and explained: "As we all know, the biggest problem with the stellarator is the asymmetry of the ring and the spiral ripples generated during operation. After research, we decided to use a new double-helix design. , to completely solve the two inherent problems of stellarator..."

Dr. Xie Tian talked eloquently, and continued to hand over the prepared materials to the expert group of the Chinese Academy of Sciences headed by Fang Tongshu.

The Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics in Germany is currently the most powerful stellarator fusion research institution in the world. The full name of their stellarator is translated as Helix 7X, which is famous for its extremely expensive cost and extremely complex structure.

It is said that the German stellarator cost 1.03 billion euros just for the shell, and those crooked magnetic confinement coils each cost an astonishing tens of millions of euros, which can be called the most twisted and most twisted in the history of human design. One of the strange works.

In addition to Germany, Neon also worked on a stellarator called LHD, which was started in 1990. It is also expensive, and its shape is even more bizarre than the German spiral stone. According to the memories of scientists who participated in this project, LHD's The design standard is ahead of Germany in an all-round way.

Unfortunately, for unknown reasons, LHD has disappeared over time, and no news has come out. The scientific community generally believes that Neon's LHD stellarator has completely failed. It is only based on the unique culture of shame in the island country. They hid the facts and did not make them public.

As far as we know, there is a general consensus in the scientific community that inertial constraints look at North America, stellarators look at Germany, and tokamaks look at China. They are leaders in the three major routes of controllable fusion. Tokamak research by the Institute of Plasma, Chinese Academy of Sciences , ranking first in the world.

Xie Tian and Zhang Cheng spent the whole morning answering questions for experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

With the explanations of Xie Tian and Zhang Cheng, the eyes of the experts became brighter. Compared with the Germans, the solution of Xingchen Technology has made amazing structural innovations. It solves the problem of non-circular asymmetry with a strange shape similar to a double helix. problem, and then use the circumferentially symmetric problem to overcome the spiral corrugation problem.

When the time came to dusk,

The conference room finally fell silent.

"Everyone, do you have any other questions?" Xie Tian asked in a hoarse voice. He had talked too much today, his throat was already a little swollen, and he was thinking about taking a bottle of immune activation medicine before going to bed.

Gao Ruiman shook his head lightly, looked at his colleague beside him, and said with a wry smile: "What can we say now, the design is astonishing, the theory is impeccable, and the double-helix star imitator is almost made. .”

Fang Tongshu said: "The double-helix stellarator occupies a smaller area than traditional stellarators, but the structure is so complex that it is unimaginable. It may be more difficult to manufacture."

Gao Ruiman patted Fang Tongshu's shoulder with a smile, "I think you are confused? They are Xingchen Technology. If they can't make something, they can almost directly declare that the item does not exist."

"Hi! How did I forget this?" Mr. Fang slapped his forehead hard, "I bought the 3D printer in my laboratory from Xingchen Technology."

Luo Jia said in a deep voice: "It's already dark, it's rare for teachers and seniors to come, why don't we have a hot pot together tonight."

The seniors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences nodded one after another. The facts have been clarified. The stellarator of Xingchen Technology is a hundred times more reliable than any fusion device in the world. Thinking that my life's research efforts are about to come to an end, everyone feels It's not a taste either. Having a hot pot and drinking some wine can just relax your mind. After all, scientists are also human beings, and there will be times when they are unhappy.

Coincidentally, when a group of people passed by the warehouse, they happened to see the remains of the original tokamak device. Because they took the stellarator route, after Xingchen Technology acquired the research institute, they directly dismantled the original device.

Seeing this scene, the experts felt bad. Lying in the warehouse, the fusion device that was brutally dismembered by five horses looked like their future.

Luo Jia smiled and said: "The predecessor of this thing is the ASDEX fusion device in Germany. It began to operate in 1980. After the shutdown in 1990, it was bought by my country and handed over to the Southwest Plasma Institute. It was renamed HL-2A."

Everyone showed expressions of astonishment, because few people knew that the fusion device in Southwest was imported from abroad.

After a pause, Luo Jia continued in a relaxed tone: "This device is simply the best example of the rise of Chinese civilization. HL-2A is true for us to buy Germans, but countless scientists have learned their shame and braved it. After researching through this fusion device, the most powerful superconducting tokamak device in history, EAST, was created! From purchasing foreign second-hand equipment, to leading the world's Jedi counterattack!"

"Then, the Europeans who were unwilling to be reconciled made a big move, and ITER was born. It is said that the ITER device can produce plasma for more than 1,000 seconds, and the temperature can reach 150 million degrees Celsius."

"However, before the Europeans could warm up their chairs, China's third-generation tokamak was born, China; Engineering Test Reactor, referred to as CFETR."

"As we all know, a fully mature standard tokamak fusion device, referred to as DEMO, can really be applied in the commercial field. The technical level of Huaxia's CFETR device is much higher than that of European ITER, and it is only one step away from the commercially available DEMO. What a great success this is!? From buying second-hand fusion facilities from the Germans to leading the world in building CFETR, it has only been a few decades!"

After listening to Luo Jia's words, the senior experts of the Chinese Academy of Sciences almost burst into tears, because they are the ones who bought the second-hand fusion reactor in Germany and are now in charge of building CFETR!

The Institute of Plasma, Chinese Academy of Sciences is a name that should be recorded in the annals of history. It is this group of scientists at the Institute of Plasma that created the miracle of fusion in China!

Fang Tongshu waved his hands embarrassingly and said, "Boss Luo and everyone from Xingchen Technology are so aware of what our Plasma Institute has been doing over the years. Things that are about to be subverted are not interesting."

Luo Jia said with a smile: "We do intend to subvert the fusion research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but I respect the efforts of all seniors."

Perhaps because of Luo Jia's sincere attitude, the seniors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences felt much better. They went to the cafeteria to eat hot pot and drank beer, and then fell asleep in the dark night surrounded by mountains. No anxiety and panic when you come.

Fang Tongshu couldn't sleep, and the old man Gao Ruiman who shared the room with him was also tossing and turning.

"Old Gao, what are you thinking?" Fang Tongshu asked.

"Think about the future."

"after?"

"Yeah, I'm wondering what it will be like when the stellarator of Star Technology is built and announced to the world."

"No need to guess, it will definitely surprise everyone. It is too strong. The double helix stellarator is too strong. I have lived my whole life. This is the first time I have seen such a perfect design. It is not like ours. A product of the times."

"Yeah, sometimes I really want to open Luo Jia's brain to see if there is a quantum computer in his head."

"It would be great if it were a quantum computer. It solves the problem of quantum computing and can help us win quantum supremacy."

Hahaha~

At this point, the two old people laughed happily like children.

...

On the other side, far away from the earth, who knows how many light years, the battle of the forgotten galaxy is still going on.

"It's now!"

"Detonate the deep space bomb behind the fleet!"

"Come on! Kill those drones!"

rumbling~

With the order of the black sword, a dazzling light shone in the dark deep sky, engulfing thousands of combat drones in the light, and then burned them up.

It is a common tactic in fleet warfare to quietly drop deep-space bombs when evacuating and detonate them after the pursuers arrive. , is already the last group of the fleet.

"Commander, a large number of drones have been found on the left side of the fleet!"

"There are also on the right side!"

"My God, we're surrounded! These nasty little things, they're everywhere!" The crew reported to Black Sword.

This is the rogue tactics that the mechanical civilization relies on to sweep the stars. The firepower is not enough, and the number is enough. The mechanical civilization has brought the machine sea tactics to the limit. Their unmanned swarms are like locusts all over the sky. They kill more and more, as if forever Can't finish killing.

"Stop attacking! Concentrate all energy on the energy shield and thrusters!" Black Sword ordered through gritted teeth.

At this time, he decided to put all his eggs in one basket and hand over his life and the fleet's wealth to the mysterious Mr. Navigator.

About two hours ago, Hei Jian and Jiaotoulanzhong logged into the secret website and saw Luo Jia's message.

Luo Jia gave a series of location marks again in the message. As long as the black sword moves forward according to Luo Jia's instructions, it can pass through an electromagnetic field. At that time, due to its large size and high protection level, the starship may be able to survive It is difficult, but the drone swarms known for their small size will be burned due to electromagnetic interference.

"Do you really want to stop the attack?" The fire control administrator seemed unable to believe Black Sword's order.

"Stop all of them! We use lasers as our main battle weapon, which consumes a lot of energy. We must stop attacking to allow the engine to move forward at the fastest speed!" Hei Jian said loudly, his voice still a little hoarse, and his eyes were faintly bloodshot.

One minute, two minutes...

The fleet is under tremendous pressure. The drones are equipped with artificial intelligence. Seeing that humans are no longer attacking, they are confident and rush forward. There are thousands of them, chasing and biting the old fleet of Black Sword.

"Full speed ahead! Follow the pre-positioning marks, full speed!"

Heijian issued an order again, and through the landing porthole, he saw flames emanating from the tail of the destroyer Dadi in charge of breaking the rear. Its energy shield had been penetrated, and the firepower of the drone group poured down, passing through the energy shield, directly Fall on the armor layer of the land.

Boom~

The faces of all the staff were pale, and just when everyone thought they were about to bury their bones in the sea of ​​stars today, a sudden change occurred!

A powerful electromagnetic shock struck in an instant, and the fleet seemed to have hit an electromagnetic wall. The radar on the ship went out instantly, and the engine lost power, but there was still inertia at full speed, and the fleet was now moving forward by inertia.

And those drones were not so lucky. The powerful electromagnetism instantly burned the built-in chip of the drone, and then black smoke came out from the body, and there was no longer any action.

"Stop! The drone swarm has stopped pursuing!"

"Long live, we are saved!"

The crew hugged each other and cried. The drones were equipped with artificial intelligence, so they knew the power of the electromagnetic shock wave. Tens of thousands of drones hovered outside, seemingly anxious, but unwilling to chase the human fleet desperately.

At the same time, Black Sword's fleet relied on inertia to walk out of this electromagnetic wall. When the power was restored and the radar came back on, the crew finally breathed a sigh of relief and shouted the commander's name in unison, as well as the female soldier. , claiming to give Hei Jian a baby monkey Yunyun.

"Thank you, Mr. Navigator!"

Hei Jian enjoyed everyone's cheers, but he knew that it was Luo Jia who saved him again. In just a few days of acquaintance on the secret net, Luo Jia had already saved his life twice. Hei Jian was determined to meet again next time. At that time, we must do our best to repay Luo Jia.

"It seems that Mr. Navigator is very interested in the history of major civilizations. Well, try to help this mysterious navigator collect information." Hei Jian thought silently in his heart.

"Report to the commander! After the radar restarted, we found something on the radar!"

"My God! It turned out to be a starship! It's too big, I've never seen such a huge starship!"

Just as Hei Jian was thinking about how to thank Luo Jia, the voice of the radar observer suddenly sounded in his ear.