From Huaguo being withdrawn from the group by CERN, to the innocent lying down at the High Energy Physics Research Center of Mizuki University, and then to the revocation of his visa, for more than a month, Ji Zhengxiang's mood was like a bungee jumping rope and fell directly to the bottom.

After returning home and waiting for the notice for almost a month, he was basically idle for a month, in addition to brushing papers on the Internet every day and tracking the latest developments of major research institutions, he ate and slept and played Doudou.

As a scientific researcher who can only engage in scientific research, if he is not engaged in scientific research, Ji Zhengxiang really doesn't know what he can do.

On the side of the high-energy institute, it seems that the crowd of people who have returned from CERN has not thought about what to arrange for them to do, and Ji Zhengxiang can also understand this, after all, this is not a matter of two people, but a team of hundreds or thousands of people needs to be arranged!

Even the teacher, Academician Gao Yuanning, still has no news, maybe the state has not been adjusted, maybe he is also waiting to be assigned a new topic, or he is simply busy and forgets about him.

Waiting anxiously, panicking!

After all, the cooperation projects carried out by relevant domestic scientific research units and CERN have been stopped, and the state has also tightened the funding of major universities.

It is said that the practitioners of the entire high-energy physics industry in China are now in chaos, and Ji Zhengxiang is not sure whether he can be arranged to enter the high-energy institute, after all, he has been waiting for more than a month.

Therefore, he has been planning to submit his resume to relevant units in other countries recently.

However, just as he was looking through his resume, he suddenly received a call from someone claiming to be from the High Energy Institute.

"Are you Ji Zhengxiang? I am the ...... of the Shanhaiguan Research Center of the Institute of High Energy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences."

"Is it over there in the capital, did Academician Gao Yuanning ask you to contact me?" Hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, Ji Zhengxiang hurriedly asked.

"That's right, Dr. Ji, we've already contacted you, and it's you he recommended to us. We have a research position here in the 'Controlled Nuclear Fusion' project that is very suitable for you, I don't know if you are interested. ”

"Interested, of course interested!" Ji Zhengxiang was relieved, thinking that it was finally here......

Wait a minute

No, how is it a 'controlled fusion' project?

"This ~ teacher, are you sure that it is a research position in the 'controlled nuclear fusion' project, not a super collider?" asked Ji Zhengxiang with a confused expression.

"That's right," the young lady on the other end of the phone, without any impatience in her voice, explained, "Coordinate Shanhaiguan, the 'Controlled Nuclear Fusion' project team." ”

Ji Zhengxiang asked tentatively: "Is it the 'controlled nuclear fusion' research institute that Professor Liu Feng and Professor Liu participated in?"

"No comment, I'll understand when you come over. ”

Ji Zhengxiang was full of headaches: "That, teacher, but I was studying the super collider project at CERN before, are you sure you want me to participate in the 'controlled nuclear fusion' project team? Moreover, even if you tell me that you are studying controlled nuclear fusion, this direction is too big, at least, you have to tell me what specific research content you do, right?"

"The specific content of the study depends on the arrangement here. Moreover, you should know that this is recommended by your teacher, Academician Gao Yuanning, and he will not harm you!" the young lady on the other end of the phone said seductively, "Therefore, you only need to answer whether I will come or not." ”

This......

It's really hard for a strong man!

But do I have a choice?

Ji Zhengxiang smiled bitterly in his heart and shook his head secretly.

"Come, of course I'm coming!"

The research institute of Shanhaiguan has long since become a science and technology city, and apart from that Professor Liu Feng and Liu, he really has never heard of anyone who can transform a famous historical and cultural city into a famous science and technology city in a short period of time!

Although it is a pity that he is not doing his old job, he has a strong intuition that it will be more interesting than doing his old job!

binggo！

Got another one!

On the other end of the phone, hearing Ji Zhengxiang's answer without the slightest hesitation, the mood of the personnel lady became more and more happy, and she said simply: "Okay, I will help you handle the relevant procedures." All you have to do is bring your personal belongings and come to the ...... address."

With that, the phone hung up.

The next day, take a plane and fly directly to Qinhuangdao.

Dragged his suitcase out of the airport, Ji Zhengxiang took a taxi directly to the mysterious place of work in Shanhaiguan.

"Little brother, are you a cultural person engaged in scientific research, and you are also going to the industrial park?" The taxi master was an authentic Shanhaiguan local, and he saw at a glance that Ji Zhengxiang had a standard scientific research personnel temperament, and talked to him cordially.

"Master, have there been a lot of people like me going over there recently?" Ji Zhengxiang said curiously.

"That's right!" the driver nodded, "Isn't it because our Super Collider has been built? Not only you people, but I also saw a lot of blond-haired and blue-eyed crooked nuts rushing over one after another? Speaking of which, this is thanks to Professor Liu Feng and Liu, if it weren't for him, our Shanhaiguan and Qinhuangdao would be poor and remote, and I don't know how many years it would take to develop?" As soon as Professor Liu came, our place immediately became a world-class scientific research mecca, and the life of our locals was like a rocket, going straight to the well-off!"

Ji Zhengxiang nodded.

This is another super collider, and what kind of 'controlled nuclear fusion' project, with hundreds of billions of investment, it is a Gobi Desert, which can be built into a scientific and technological fortress, not to mention Qinhuangdao, which is already close to the sea.

For Liu Feng, who can decide hundreds of billions of huge projects, Ji Zhengxiang's heart is also extremely complicated.

Two years ago, they were still at the same level, and even because he was two years older than Liu Feng, he participated in the CERN project a year earlier, but two years later, he was already a world-famous Professor Liu, and he was just a little doctor.

There is no comparison, there is really no comparison!

……

In less than an hour, the taxi arrived at its destination.

However, as soon as he got out of the car, Ji Zhengxiang was immediately shocked by the situation at the scene.

Before he came, when he searched for this place on the map of Gaode, it showed only a piece of wilderness, but the scene was as lively as a small city!

The hills have long been pushed into the flat land, and the flat land has long been fenced around, and the edge of the fence is a zero-hour workshop that stretches for hundreds of meters, neatly arranged in two large rows, which can almost be used for tens of thousands of people to live in;

Stretching into the distance, there is a makeshift 'parking lot' nearby, with dozens of buses parked neatly, like troops waiting to be reviewed;

On the construction site farther away, all kinds of engineering equipment are running in full swing, and there are more than a dozen of them that he can recognize: Huaguo Nuclear Industry Group, Nuclear Engineering Construction, State Grid, Electrical Engineering Institute, High Energy Institute, Plasma Physics Research Institute, XX Engineering Unit, and so on.

Vaguely, Ji Zhengxiang seemed to understand what project he was involved in.

It's just that he didn't expect it, and he couldn't believe it, that the progress of 'controlled nuclear fusion' would be so fast!

When the whole world is still conducting ignition experiments, people have already begun to build demonstration reactors!

I called the young lady who had notified him before, and after a few minutes, a middle-aged man dressed as a security guard walked over: "Your name is Ji Zhengxiang?"

Ji Zhengxiang nodded: "Yes." ”

The middle-aged man looked the young man in front of him up and down, and his eyes revealed curiosity: "You come with me, that person wants to see you." ”

The man?

Could it be......

With excitement and apprehension, Ji Zhengxiang hurriedly dragged his suitcase and followed.

Crossing a flat road, you came to an office building with only 6 floors.

"Professor Liu, I have already brought the person you wanted. ”

"Okay, good work. ”

"What's so hard about this little thing, you guys get busy first, and I'll go down first. ”

The middle-aged man walked out of the office and closed the office door with his hand.

"Dr. Ji, we're meeting again!" Looking at Ji Zhengxiang with a nervous face, Liu Feng smiled and said, "Take it easy, we're all old friends, don't be so nervous." ”

Friends?

This is the second time we've met!

Ji Zhengxiang laughed dryly and said: "That, you are the big man of the dynamite award, and I am still just a little researcher, can we not be nervous? What's more, you are still my idol......

Yes, all the dynamite award bigwigs are his idols.

Hearing this, Liu Feng sighed.

Although, being idolized by a peer who knew each other before, this experience did make him faintly happy, but the result of being regarded as an idol by these people almost made him a 'loner'......

It's cold in the heights.

Shaking his head and reining in his smiling expression, Liu Feng opened his mouth and asked, "I heard Academician Gao say that you once worked as an exchange student in country M, and you also joined the Fermi National Laboratory?"

"Yes," Ji Zhengxiang seemed to have guessed the reason why Liu Feng asked him to come over, "I went to country M for exchange when I was just a freshman, and I visited there for two years, and then joined the Fermi National Laboratory and followed Professor Zhang Fulin to do research on plasma physics. ”

Liu Feng smiled and said, "That's right, that's why I asked you to come over." ”

Perhaps it was the principle of similarity and compatibility, and he paid special attention to this Dr. Ji.

Because from this guy's resume, Liu Feng clearly felt that this guy seemed to be hanging.

He went to university at the age of 16, joined the Fermi National Laboratory in Country M at the age of 18, obtained a master's degree at the age of 20, joined the CERN team of Academician Gao Yuanning, and then became a doctor at the age of 22......

This resume, if there is no Dr. Liu Zhuyu in front of him, the name Ji Zhengxiang will definitely resound throughout China!

However......

Liu Feng didn't ask him to come over because he didn't have a sympathetic attitude towards Ji Zhengxiang, what really attracted him was this guy's strength in plasma physics and high-energy physics research!

Think about it, the Fermi National Laboratory in country M, in addition to CERN, is the most awesome in high-energy physics, and this laboratory is not only high-energy physics, but also the world's leading in condensed matter and plasma physics!

I don't know how many physicists on Earth have worn out their heads and want to join Fermi, and this guy knocked on the door of this laboratory at the age of 18!

Although there is also a Fermi-related plasma project, which is the reason why Professor Zhang Fulin, a Chinese from M, is in charge, this guy's talent is terrifying!

"You've been with Fermi for two years, and I want to know how far they have gone about their EAST and the plasma engine technology jointly developed with the National Aerospace Research Institute of M."

"I don't know much about EAST," Ji Zhengxiang immediately replied when he heard Liu Feng ask about his resume, "As for the plasma engine, they are only one step away!"

"The last step?" Listening carefully to Ji Zhengxiang's explanation, Liu Feng's index finger rubbed his chin, thoughtfully, "Is it to solve the problem of superconducting magnetic field?" ”

In fact, the plasma engine is a type of electric propulsion system that uses the Lorentz force to accelerate charged atoms or ions through a magnetic field to drive a spacecraft in reverse, and its principle is almost the same as that of a particle accelerator and a railgun, with superior specific impulse, that is, it can provide more power with less fuel, making it have better potential than traditional chemical rockets.

It must be admitted that in terms of plasma engine technology, Fermi is far ahead of China, because Huaguo's research in this field is almost blank!

As early as 1998, the Deep Space 1 probe was launched, and the people of country M have already used plasma engines, although the probes are mainly sent into space by Delta rockets, but the propulsion in space has always been propelled by plasma engines.

Its ion engine produces 0.09 Newtons of thrust, the specific impulse is equivalent to 10 times that of a liquid rocket, only 100 grams of xenon propellant is consumed per day, and the speed increases by 25~32 meters per hour every day when the engine is running at full speed, theoretically, it can be increased 'infinitely', and the final working time of this engine is more than 14,000 hours, which exceeds the total working time of all previous traditional rocket engines!

It is for this reason that the plasma engine has become the new darling of the space industry.

Although, due to power limitations, plasma rockets provide relatively little thrust for a certain period of time, and even if the power problem is solved, its instantaneous thrust is still far less than that of chemical rockets, but once in space, they will gradually accelerate like a sailboat with the help of a tailwind, and as long as there is enough time, its speed can always exceed that of chemical rockets!

If there is any technology worthy of Liu Feng's vigilance in the future universe era, it is only this plasma engine technology.

"No, it's not a problem with superconducting magnetic fields. Ji Zhengxiang shook his head and said with a serious expression, "It's a matter of energy!"

"Energy!" Hearing this, Liu Feng's expression also became serious.

Although country M has already successfully developed a plasma engine, because the problem of superconducting magnetic field has not been solved, the instantaneous thrust of these engines is too small and can only be used as an auxiliary means in space, but Ji Zhengxiang's implication is that the people of country M have solved the problem of superconducting magnetic field, as long as the energy supply is sufficient, they can also manufacture engines with greater thrust!

The bald eagle is worthy of being the only superpower, and its scientific and technological heritage is profound, and Liu Feng really feels it.

It's just okay,

There is also energy as a limitation.

If the antimatter project is successfully carried out by the people of country M, Liu Feng can no longer imagine how many years the people of country M will dominate the earth and even the universe in the future......