Nanhai Island, Gaolin County.

Since 2018, the works have been going on here for more than five years.

Within the Human Alliance, which is now getting closer and closer, anyone who pays attention to this information knows what is being built here.

HFETR, Human Fusion Engineering Experimental Reactor.

Since ESG was locked up in a small black room, the threat to security has been greatly reduced.

The fusion reactor has abandoned the route built in the deep mountains and deserts in favor of the seaside.

It will be more convenient to extract deuterium from seawater.

The port has a transportation advantage.

The surplus energy from the fusion reactor can also be used for desalination and hydrogen production to supply the needs of the Changwen space launch base on the other side of the island.

And...... If it is successful, it can be integrated into the upgraded superconducting power grid, and it can also radiate more easily to Southeast Asia in the future.

More than five years have passed, and on this day, the construction reactor in Gaolin County has been further expanded into the forbidden area.

In essence, since half a month ago, people within a 50-kilometer radius around this side have been organizing clearances.

At this moment, Gaolin County has almost been emptied.

Far away in the sea of stars, in the conference hall of the headquarters of the Human Alliance, the standing committee members of the Human Civilization Development Strategy Committee, except for Gu Song, were all present.

On the two large screens, there is a real-time connection.

In one frame, everyone is wearing special protective clothing.

In the other picture, there is a real-time image of the core of the fusion engineering reactor.

"Kuafu No. 1 is ready, please instruct the chief!" the voice came clearly.

Tang Yuanfeng looked around for a week, and then said in a deep voice: "At 11:15, ignite on time!"

"Roger, 10 minute countdown ready. ”

"The seal is not abnormal!"

"The magnetic confinement system is normal!"

"Release hydrazine ready!"

"Ready to feed!"

“……”

As the time approached, only a capable voice could be heard clearly in the chamber.

The team of chief scientists of HFETR is here, and they say that they are very sure, and the small experimental reactor has completed the verification.

But she was still very nervous, and Jian Yushu felt that her palms were sweating.

He didn't know how Gu Song had used the ultra-modern manufacturing equipment he had iterated for many years to create an advanced version of this thing.

He only knows how much money, how many top materials and the best people have been swallowed up here since 2020.

Now, it's time to put the results to the test.

"1 minute countdown, ignition pre-start!"

"The pulse system is on!"

"The power supply is working!"

“……”

On the screen, there are only seconds left in the countdown, and the numbers go from two digits to one digit.

"5!4!3!2!1, ignition!"

In another picture, the core of the fusion reactor is protected by the strongest material ever created, and it is not known how the reaction is taking place inside.

But readings have begun to climb dramatically.

In the past few years, the Standing Committee members have made up for their knowledge in this area.

Simultaneously with those readings, there were voices of the control team left behind in the control center of Gaolin County.

"The core temperature rise rate is normal!"

"Magnetic Confinement Activation!"

"The plasma temperature is normal!"

"The pressure outside the vacuum wall is normal!"

"The polar field system is normal!"

In a short time, a voice came from a noticeably faster voice: "Critical temperature reached!

Tang Yuanfeng's hand couldn't help but clench a little.

"Start discharging!"

It's not enough to get to this point.

It can't be a flash in the pan, it has to last, it has to run steadily.

"Magnetic confinement is stable!"

"The reactor pressure is stable!"

Over there, it is naturally also synchronously reporting the data of the key positions of "Kuafu-1" in the fusion state.

Xinghai is still waiting.

The duration target for this ignition is: 30 minutes.

"Report to the chief, Kuafu-1 has been successfully ignited, all data are stable, and the request is advanced to the design stable power!"

"Approved!"

No one in the hall cheered.

Ignition success doesn't mean anything.

Later, there are more critical indicators.

In the state of stable operation, what is the Q value of Kuafu-1?

The output energy divided by the input energy is the Q value. Q is greater than 1 to be considered output.

But that's not enough, the energy output has to be converted into electricity. For now, the proven solution is to boil water. Even if the thermoelectric efficiency of the steam turbine has been improved a little more to 75%, and the superconducting line is being used to reduce the loss, the Q value must be more than 2 to be considered practical.

However, if you add in the cost of fusion power station input and other raw materials, in order to have commercial promotion value, the comprehensive cost must be compared with the existing power generation method.

This Q value requirement is even higher.

In Gaolin County, the temperature is higher, the particle density is higher, and the output energy is continuously pushing more turbine generator sets.

The duration of the discharge at the top of the screen goes from single digit, to double digit, to triple digit, until it breaks through four digits.

The atmosphere is clearly starting to relax.

It's been more than 15 minutes now, and the stability of Kwafu 1 is reassuring.

Behind this is the crazy digestion of new knowledge in three years, the full operation of cutting-edge production capacity, and the collective investment of the strongest scientific research force of the Human Alliance.

The Q value, which is calculated in real time according to the duration of discharge, is also displayed on the screen, and a pleasing number is displayed.

These are the most calm people on the planet, and no one has started to celebrate in advance, waiting for the design goal of this ignition mission to be completed.

However, this is not necessary for the team in the control center.

The discharge time has exceeded 1000 seconds, and the Q value is still slowly increasing, pulling up the average value of the lowest working state at the beginning.

So there was no cheering, but someone could already be seen high-fived.

At 1800 seconds, the reactor began to shut down.

The numbers on the screen freeze.

"Report to the chief! Kuafu-1 completed the ignition test and reached the expected design goal! The discharge time was 1800 seconds, and the Q value was ...... 52.3！”

"Good work! ”

"Yes!"

In the conference hall, Tang Yuanfeng looked at everyone with a smile: "Everyone. ”

The big guys in the city are also in a trance and excited in their eyes.

The team of chief scientists is shaking hands tightly with excitement.

Tang Yuanfeng said with a smile: "We succeeded." ”

On August 8, 2023, in Gaolin County, Nanhai Island, China, the first controllable nuclear fusion engineering reactor in China, Kuafu-1, completed the ignition test, which has full commercial value.

The news was then officially released, and the world was boiling.

On the ESG side, after being silent for a long time, Commander Tang issued an order ******* start to start, but there are some adjustments.

More targets are pointed at the South China Sea Island.

Hidden in merchant ships and civil airliners, key figures began to rush to the command centers of ESG countries.

In the deep space 5.7 billion kilometers away from the earth, the flint space city had slowed down for many days and came to the location designated by Gu Song.

It is pulled by the gravitational pull of the sun, and it makes a big bend along a specific orbit, sliding to a designated place.

On the bridge, everyone is gathering, also staring at the screen.

The observation equipment was already aimed in the direction that Gu Song said.

According to Gu Song, the huge spaceship has entered the end of the deceleration.

The observation equipment on the flint space city was enough to capture its image.

What would it be like?