Chapter 64: The Most Enduring

The extraction of deuterium and tritium is not difficult, and seawater contains a large amount of deuterium and tritium elements, even with the current technology of human beings, it is not difficult to extract it, not to mention Nie Yun, who has a mechanical insect in hand.

Because of the abundant deuterium and tritium resources in the ocean, and the product of fusion is completely pollution-free helium, nuclear fusion is also considered to be the main energy technology for the future development of the earth!

However, the nuclear fusion environment requires instantaneous high temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius and unimaginable high-pressure environments, which are not possible under normal circumstances, even with the current cutting-edge technology.

And the only nuclear weapon made using the principle of nuclear fusion - the hydrogen bomb! It is to first use the fission reaction to create a high-temperature and high-pressure fusion environment, so as to achieve the effect of initiating a fusion reaction, which is the so-called atomic bomb detonator.

However, it is easy to detonate a hydrogen bomb, but it is not a simple matter to keep the fusion reaction powered under controlled conditions.

At present, almost all of the world's nuclear powers are studying how to carry out stable nuclear fusion, which involves the most cutting-edge technology in almost all basic disciplines such as physics, materials science, mechanics, engineering, etc., and has gathered a group of top talents, but the technical barriers are still firmly blocking the pace of human development.

There are two main technical difficulties in the nuclear fusion reaction of deuterium-tritium, one is how to create a stable high-temperature and high-pressure environment, and the other is how to confine the ultra-high-temperature plasma in fusion.

However, Nie Yun, who had a mechanical bug in his hand, finally had a super bold idea after absorbing a lot of basic physics knowledge.

At 12 o'clock that night, after the number of mechanical insects officially exceeded 10,000 tons, Nie Yun took the Seawolf with all the mechanical insects to the scheduled experimental site hundreds of nautical miles away from the base.

This is a small island reef that deviates from the trade route, there are no large islands within thousands of square kilometers nearby, no one will come to disturb Nie Yun, and he can quietly carry out his experiments.

The mechanical worm quickly leveled this small island and reef of only ten or so square meters, forming a small circular platform, and Nie Yun took the Seawolf to remotely command 3,000 meters deep sea several nautical miles away.

There's no way, Nie Yun isn't sure about this thing, so he leaves enough safety distance.

At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and there was a faint thunder, as if a sea storm was coming.

Nie Yun half lay on the wide captain's chair, closed his eyes and tried his best to control the mechanical insects on the platform.

In the center of the flattened small circular platform, three silvery-white brackets with sharp tips and wide bottoms are erected, and the tips of the brackets are close together to form a standard triangular cone.

At the tip of the bracket, a football-shaped transparent polyhedral ball the size of a baby's fist is firmly placed, and in the center of the ball, a very fine metal particle is suspended, which contains a purified deuterium-tritium mixture.

The inside of the ball is vacuum, and under Nie Yun's design, this transparent polyhedral ball composed entirely of mechanical insects is itself a super strong magnetic confinement body.

The current is delivered to the ball through three brackets, providing magnetically confined energy.

The preliminary preparations were completed, and under Nie Yun's control, hundreds of silver-white spikes suddenly grew around the platform, and the dense tips were evenly distributed and aligned with the small balls.

Nie Yun took a deep breath - the experiment begins!

I saw that the tip of the first spike suddenly lit up, and an extremely thin high-energy laser shot out from the tip, instantly piercing into the transparent ball, and then after many refractions inside the ball, forming a complex reflected light path, it finally reached the center and irradiated on the small metal particles.

"Whew! The laser ray optical path is calculated accurately, the next step, let's go! Nie Yun thought silently in his heart.

After the success of the first laser experiment, immediately after that, all the laser spikes emitted the same high-energy laser beam in turn, and countless lasers converged in the center according to the designed optical path.

In an instant, a dazzling light emitted from the center of the transparent ball, piercing the darkness and illuminating the surrounding sea area for hundreds of meters.

The small metal particles in the center are evaporated by the high temperature almost instantly, and countless high-energy lasers are immediately focused on the exposed deuterium-tritium mixture.

"Zi~" is like igniting a small sun, and the deuterium-tritium mixture in the center is instantly ignited under the ultra-high temperature and super strong light pressure created by the laser, turning into a small dazzling fireball, slowly expanding to the size of a grain of rice and being confined to the center.

Almost instantly, the super strong thermal radiation irradiated the inner wall of the transparent sphere, the mechanical insect is worthy of the creation of a higher civilization, even under the radiation temperature of millions of degrees, the transparent sphere still has no signs of deformation, and maintains its own structural stability well.

Some of this thermal radiation is refracted into small balls, which turn into powerful light energy that illuminates the sea for several nautical miles.

Most of the heat radiation is immediately turned into super electrical energy by the mechanical insects, which are introduced into the platform through three scaffolds, and the nearly 10,000 tons of mechanical insects connected to the platform absorb all this electrical energy and store it in the body.

"Zizi~" A powerful current overflowed, and countless electric snakes instantly appeared outside the pyramid-shaped brackets and small balls on the platform, entangled the entire platform.

The thunder hidden in the dark clouds in the sky seemed to be stimulated, and the roar was even worse, and the thunder was bursting with light.

Finally, "Boom! "A thunderbolt fell from the clouds like a silver snake, hitting the tip of the ball accurately, and suddenly the thunder snake danced on the platform, and the scene was terrifying! It's like the god of thunder descending into the world!

From above, the area of several nautical miles changes to daylight, with the platform as the center, the sea temperature rises suddenly, and the nearby fish flee one after another, as if the world is apocalyptic!

And as the fuel is consumed, the fusion plasma, which is confined to the center, is slowly shrinking at a tiny rate.

Nie Yun was sweating profusely at the moment, carefully controlling the next step.

I saw that on the inner wall of the transparent ball, four spikes slowly stretched out, aiming at the plasma in the center in the shape of a triangular pyramid, and then sprayed out uniform deuterium-tritium fine particles in unison to supplement the consumption of nuclear fusion.

Finally, after the consumption and supply are maintained in equilibrium, the size of the plasma does not change, and a large amount of energy continues to be supplied stably.

At this time, the dense laser spikes had already been removed by Nie Yun, and then the transparent sphere slowly changed color, and finally turned into a silver-white metal sphere, which was quietly placed at the top of the pyramid with the electric snakes that sprang out from time to time.

Losing the light source, the pierced darkness descended on the sea again.

"Huh...... feeling the majestic energy transmitted from the silver ball, Nie Yun finally let out a long breath!

A look of surprise appeared on his face, and through the distance, his eyes were blazing at the seemingly inconspicuous metal ball, which would be his energy heart in the future!

Nuclear fusion technology – in hand!