Endless light and heat shone on Torch 1's huge film, and some of the trapped light and heat radiation began to be converted into its own energy by the mechanical insects.

"The energy interception rate is 35%, and the reserve energy of Torch No. 1 is increased by ......"

In the system prompt in the virtual command room, Lawrence nervously looked at the scene in front of him.

There are super materials that can withstand high temperatures, but how to convert energy and compress and store the huge energy of the rage without being blown up is the key step in the success or failure of the "Prometheus" project.

It is not difficult to "steal fire" from the sun, but it is difficult not to set yourself on fire!

"Zizi!" Soon after, blue arcs began to flicker on the huge umbel-like film, a phenomenon of energy spillage peculiar to mechanical bugs.

Immediately afterwards, the incomparably huge amount of energy was converted into electrical energy, which was transmitted to the hemispherical pod, and I saw that there was a complex light path in the pod gradually lit up, and the outline looked a little like a ...... Cannon?

"Drop! The energy reaches a threshold and laser positioning begins...... Confirm that the 'torchbearer' has received the positioning signal! The 'torchbearer' docking is ready!

Countdown to torch lighting! 10，9…… 3，2，1！ ”

The next moment, the pod was full of light!

"Wow!" A bucket-sized high-energy laser was ignited and shot straight out of the pod into the void in a direction away from the sun!

This high-energy laser beam travels a long distance at the speed of light at an angle slightly off the ecliptic plane of the solar system, and is finally received by a strangely shaped aircraft 30 million kilometers away!

Named the "Torchbearer", the core component of the craft is still made of mechanical bugs, and it looks like an old-fashioned monocular with a slight curved arc, large in the front and small in the back.

I saw that after a long distance, a huge pillar of light that had spread to tens of square meters accurately drilled into the larger entrance, and then when it was drilled out of the smaller exit, it had been recompressed to the thickness of a bucket, and the laser turned at a slight angle and shot towards the ecliptic plane of the solar system again......

……

Solar system, base of Mercury.

Contrary to the hustle and bustle of the past, the base has been temporarily closed from all functions and closed to the public.

All users of the virtual helmet who want to land on the base of Mercury will receive a strange prompt saying "System upgrade, this map is temporarily closed".

The base's fusion energy source has been turned off and replaced with a backup energy system, so the base is now dark and sleeping.

At this moment, a huge pillar of light fell from the sky!

Passing through the distant space, the pillar of light from afar directly hit another "torchbearer" located in the orbit of Mercury.

The beam of light was compressed and gathered again, and the next moment it refracted straight towards Mercury below, and after a while, it accurately sank into the Mercury base below!

The surging energy of "Zi~" seems to inject soul into this base, and the lights are centered on a straight pillar of light, which is quickly lit outward in turn!

"Boom!" The machine began to roar again, and the stopped automated production line was back in operation! The furnace heats up again, blazing with a dazzling flame......

The entire base is like a giant beast, awakening from its slumber in an instant!

"The No. 1 energy transport line has been established, the equipment is operating normally, and the track is stable and normal...... The energy transmission loss is 6%, and the energy obtained per unit time is 235247755.54 kW...... The energy reserve of the Mercury base continues to increase......"

……

In the "Prometheus" plan, the way of energy transmission is not to use energy storage materials for energy transportation, but to choose high-energy lasers to achieve light-speed energy delivery!

It is impossible for the energy storage medium to be transported by a "hard landing" like a mechanical bug, so the long distance from the sun to various bases in the galaxy determines the long transportation period calculated in months by traditional transportation methods!

This method not only consumes a lot of energy in the transportation process itself, but also the transportation efficiency is extremely low, which is not a way that can be achieved in the short term for Nie Yun, who lacks a transportation spaceship.

But the energy transfer is very convenient with a high-energy laser!

According to the speed of light, it only takes 5.6 hours to go from the sun to the farthest point of Pluto, which is fully capable of achieving "same-day delivery" in the solar system!

However, although this method is efficient, it also has its disadvantages, first of all, it will be interfered with by cosmic dust and various orbital celestial bodies during transportation.

Therefore, the transportation route of the "Prometheus" project chose to be outside the ecliptic plane of the solar system, and the energy was delivered to Mercury in a triangular path through the refraction of the "torchbearer"!

The solar system is a galaxy formed by supernova explosions, and the primordial nebulae at the beginning of the formation of galaxies rotated themselves, so a large number of planets, asteroids, and cosmic dust are gathered on the ecliptic plane of the solar system.

On the ecliptic surface, all kinds of celestial bodies are rampant, like the busy land transportation on Earth.

The area outside the ecliptic is relatively "clean", like an air route, and is the best choice for establishing a semi-permanent transportation route.

Another problem with transportation is the diffusion effect of light.

Even if there is no medium interference, the artificial laser itself will diffuse with the increase of distance in a complete vacuum environment, and if it were the previous earth technology, it would not be possible to excite an ultra-long-range laser with low diffusion.

This, in addition to the amazing machining accuracy of the robotic bug, naturally must also be attributed to the generosity of the Gemini.

However, low diffusion is not the same as non-proliferation, so the "torchbearer" needs to act as a relay to recompress the diffused light.

Approximately every 30 million kilometers, such a transit is needed to ensure a high degree of energy condensation!

If the distance between the Earth and the Sun is about 1500000 kilometers, it will take about 6 transfer stations to complete the relay, which is not much, and with Nie Yun's current productivity, it is not difficult to spread this set of energy transmission lines all over the solar system.

……

Inside the virtual command room.

"Bang Bang!" Everyone stood up and applauded this historic moment.

Although it is only the successful launch of Torch 1, it is still far from the huge idea of the Dyson sphere, but it is a journey of a thousand miles, and this is the first step!

"I ...... We did it? "Lawrence is still a little bit unbelievable.

In particular, the data of 6% energy transmission loss almost blinded his presbyopia!

Roughly calculated, this is almost equivalent to the energy escape of the laser itself, and the entire energy transportation process is almost loss-free?!

How to do it, hey!

"Hmmm! The system works well, the energy delivery power is about the equivalent of a large energy center, and almost permanent! We did it!

However, this is only the 'Torch 1', and the subsequent 'Torch' series will be launched from the Mercury base one after another, and the parallel operation of multiple "Torches" also needs to continue to be perfected and tested.

In addition, the relay route of the 'torchbearer' also needs to be well planned, and I need to fully roll out the energy transmission line to the important bases of the entire solar system, so the whole project has just begun! Yu Lao said with a smile on his face.

The trial operation of the "Prometheus" project was successful, and the boss promised a research and development fund, he was naturally happy, and even looked at Lawrence more and more pleasing to the eye.

"The basic model of 'Prometheus' has been established, and the rest of the follow-up work is not difficult, just find someone to keep an eye on, but everyone here still has a large number of scientific research projects on hand, I'm afraid I can't get out of it, so ......"

"I do!" Before he finished speaking, Lawrence said "let me come" with a face.

"Uh......" Yu Lao's eyelids jumped, and he was thundered by these three words.

"Ahem! Very good, then the code lady will handle the entry procedures for you, 1 month internship period, is there any problem? ”

"No problem!" Lawrence answered categorically, and he didn't even ask about his labor contract and benefits.

As long as he can enter the cloud research institute, he is willing to post it upside down! This is an opportunity that many people have dreamed of.

After this period of contact, he has been completely conquered by everything here, and no scientist can withstand such temptation and not be moved.

"Okay, rest assured, the boss will never treat the people who do things for him, and the benefits of the newcomers we have here are definitely beyond your imagination, hehe......" Yu Lao smiled meaningfully.

The people around me smiled in the same way.

Since you are unlucky, you naturally need more people to be fair......

Lawrence couldn't see everyone's smiles, but he only felt that there seemed to be something chilling behind him......

Naturally, he didn't know that this newcomer's welfare had a nice name, called - "Forever Eighteen Years Old"!