Outside of Atlanta, on the horizon, a mountain stood.

From a distance, the mountain is not too tall, and its shape is short, stubby, resembling a stump after the trunk of a tree has been cut off.

On the relatively flat top of the hill, there is a large area of buildings, all made of special materials, all silver-white, which is where the Castle of Light is located.

At this time, there was some less common chaos inside the Castle of Light.

The main building of Guangming Castle No. 1, thirteen floors underground, the main control room.

The huge room shook, and several elderly stewards shouted loudly.

"Emergency, emergency!"

"Disconnect the No. 1 energy supply line immediately......"

"Disconnect the No. 2 energy supply line as well......"

"Full power on cooling system ......"

"The backup cooling system is also turned on......"

"Print out all the incident information you just collected......"

"Don't be stunned, rearrange the pre-data of the experiment you just conducted......"

As the steward spoke, the many young assistants in the room busied, stomping on the shaky floor, trying to maintain their balance as they ran around.

Two of the assistants were obviously a little flustered, each holding a pile of documents, not looking at the road ahead, "bang", and bumped into a piece very hard.

"Whoa!"

The document flew into the sky, then fell, and scattered all around.

A gray-haired steward who was close to looked at it, his expression was a little angry, but it was not good to teach people at this special time, he took a deep breath and approached, ready to help the two assistants clean up the mess together.

Before he could lift his legs, a cloud of air twisted in front of him, and he walked out after Richard.

After coming out, Richard first glanced at the assistant who was kneeling on the ground in embarrassment to pick up the documents, and with a light wave of his hand, the documents on the ground quickly flew up and were divided into two stacks according to the different color of the covers.

With that done, Richard looked at the gray-haired steward.

The gray-haired steward was obviously slightly relieved, and said, "Lord Richard, you're here." ”

"Hmm. Richard nodded, said a brief hello to the gray-haired butler, and asked quickly without being verbose, "Mr. Lorenz, what is going on here?"

"That's right, Lord Richard. The gray-haired steward named Lorenz explained, "Just now we are conducting the 'Sun in a Bottle' test experiment between energy levels 300-400 according to the original plan. At the beginning, the experiment was normal, but in the middle of the process, I don't know why, the alpha energy indicator and the beta energy indicator both fluctuated relatively largely, entering an unstable state, and some energy even overflowed to the outside world, if you were near Atlanta City just now, you should be able to feel it. ”

Richard nodded.

"In order to avoid danger, we urgently interrupted the experiment. Lorenz continued, "After interrupting the experiment, on the one hand, I will contact you, and on the other hand, I will find a way to gradually cool down the entire set of equipment of the 'Sun in a Bottle' project, which will cause more accidents. At present, although there are still some small problems, but the big aspects have been dealt with almost the same, within 24 hours, can be semi-stopped, within 72 hours, can be fully stopped, then the preliminary cause investigation can be carried out. ”

After listening to this, Richard thought for a while and asked, "Have you contacted the Black Sun Castle, do they have any explanation?"

"I've been in touch with them. Lorenz said, "Actually, during the experiment, I didn't cut off contact with them, after all, Lord Richard, you said that our Castle of Light and Black Sun Castle are almost one and the same, and many technologies are the same." It's just that...... For this sudden accident, most of the people in Black Sun Castle can't say what caused it, but it is recommended that we investigate according to the process after the safe shutdown as soon as possible. ”

"This ...... Wait a minute, don't rush to stop just yet. Richard stretched out his hand to stop.

For the Castle of Light, downtime is not a trivial matter, even if the process is extremely smooth, it will take two days and two nights. Restarting after a shutdown takes twice or even three times as long. If there is any accident during this period, it may be extended indefinitely. Therefore, there are no very special circumstances, and the equipment of the "Sun in a Bottle" project in the Castle of Light is in continuous operation, even if it is repaired, it is in a temporary dormant state, rather than a complete shutdown.

After listening to Richard's words, Lorentz looked a little hesitant and said, "Lord Richard, if it doesn't stop, how can we investigate the reason?"

"Don't worry, let me see the data of the alpha energy indicator and the beta energy indicator in the accident just now. Richard thought for a moment and said, "There are so many chain reactions from downtime that if you can, it's best to repeat the experiment again to determine if the problem is with the instrument itself, and it's not too late to make a decision when the time comes—after all, the safety of the instrument can sustain at least three 'moderate' incidents." ”

"This ...... Let's take a look at the data first. Lorenz exhaled, beckoned to an assistant not far away, called the other party, and told the other party to quickly go and get the data that Richard needed.

The assistant ran away, and soon came back with a roll of paper more than half a meter long, and placed it on a table next to it to unfold.

When Richard looked around, he saw that there was a coordinate system drawn on it, with two curves, one red and one green, starting from the positive and negative half axes of the y-axis, and moving to the left along the positive and half-axes of the x.

It fluctuated during the movement, but remained relatively stable for a short time, but after a short period of time, suddenly there was a significant upward movement in the green segment below and a significant decline in the red curve above.

"The alpha energy index decreased by 20% in a unit of time, and the beta energy index increased by 30% in a unit of time...... This ......" Richard looked at it, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he muttered to himself, slightly confused.

Lorenz was obviously just as confused, and whispered beside him, "Lord Richard, you see, the data is really strange. As you know, we are moving forward with the third plan, and we are almost nine percent of the way.

And this data is completely inconsistent with the core formula in the third set of schemes, and we have to figure out what exactly causes it. Otherwise, the entire third set of plans will be greatly challenged, and if it is forcibly continued, the consequence may be to blast the entire Castle of Light into the sky. ”

Richard was silent for a while, but did not speak.

Lorenz continued to persuade in a low voice: "Lord Richard, although the shutdown inspection is indeed a loss, and it will greatly extend the time for the success of the plan, but for safety, it is better to shut down." Me, Dirag, Braque, Schrödingler, all had this idea. ”

Richard listened and looked to the side, and the other stewards of the Castle of Light nodded their heads, indicating that they really agreed with Lorenz's opinion.