"Let's go!"

With Luo Jia's order, the double-helix stellar fusion reactor, located one hundred and seventeen meters underground, began its first operation.

Fusion occurs inside the reactor, and people cannot see the reaction process from the outside, and the most intuitive manifestation is the constantly beating temperature on the screen.

5,000 degrees!

20,000 degrees!

150,000 degrees Celsius!

The temperature is rising sharply, and it is quickly exceeding the limits of ordinary people's imagination.

The boiling point of water at standard air pressure is 100 degrees Celsius, the melting point of iron is 1,535 degrees, the melting point of tungsten is 3,422 degrees, and the temperature of controlled fusion can easily reach tens of millions of degrees Celsius, or even hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius.

All the materials known at present cannot resist hundreds of millions of degrees of high temperatures, and according to normal logic, the outer wall of the reactor will soon be melted down because it cannot resist the high temperature, which will eventually lead to a disaster.

But that's where science is interesting, and to use the simplest example of it, it's bathing.

As we all know, the temperature of water vapor is 100 degrees Celsius, when we take a bath, the white water vapor rises, crosses our body, condenses a layer of white water mist on the mirror, in the process of bathing, we come into contact with 100 degrees of water vapor, but are we hurt?

Apparently not, because there is an issue of energy density involved.

Hot water of more than 50 degrees can make you scream like a pig, but you can tolerate 100 degrees of steam, precisely because the density of steam and water is different, and the results are different.

Of course, if you die and enter a relatively dense vapor, after about 30 minutes, the delicious steamed human can be served.

In addition, the fusion reactor shell is not in direct contact with the high-temperature plasma, the plasma is confined in the longitudinal magnetic field, and the charged particles perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field are subjected to the Lorentz force to move in a circular motion, and if there is a plasma current, then the charged particles have a motion component in the direction of the magnetic field lines, and the circular motion will become a spiral motion.

Anyway, charged particles can't fly out of the plasma membrane, and only neutrons can fly out, which is the neutron bombardment phenomenon that Luo Jia talked about before.

In short, the plasma is confined to a vacuum chamber, and the heat is also confined to it, and the controlled fusion temperature is exaggerated but very safe.

"It's over a million degrees Celsius!"

"So far, there have been no problems with the reactor! The core temperature is steadily increasing! ”

"It's worthy of Xingchen Technology, you know, this is their first fusion experiment, and they can do it to such an extent!"

Everyone was surprised, and they all said that failure is the mother of success, but this law does not seem to apply to Xingchen Technology, they are a group of overdeveloped men, but also a group of lucky men, the first test of the double helix stellarator, its smooth operation, beyond everyone's expectations.

"After all, it is the design of the energy civilization, the double helix stellaroid has existed in the energy civilization, it has been more than four epochs, it is a quite mature product, even if it is weakened according to the earth technology, there will be no problems."

"However, the double helix stellar is not the strongest technology of the energy civilization, it is said that before the era of war, the energy civilization used antimatter as an energy source, and the power of antimatter is far more than controllable fusion many, many times, but unfortunately in the later era of civilization annihilation, all the technologies related to antimatter have mysteriously disappeared."

Luo Jia thought in his heart, he was quite unimpressed by everyone's surprise, and if he could make a mistake by directly copying the technology of energy civilization, Luo Jia should doubt his IQ.

"Three million degrees Celsius! Mr. Luo, how do you measure the fusion temperature? Someone asked.

Luo Jia smiled slightly, "To measure nuclear fusion, of course, you can't use a resistance thermometer, the method we use is to emit a laser inside the plasma, after all, the temperature is different, the optical properties are different, and the spectrum is also different." ”

"Look at your question, Xingchen Technology has a lithography machine production line, and their optical department has long been the first in the world!" Some people praise the optical department of Xingchen Technology.

"Can't be wrong, Lu Chengfeng's old-timers are Taishan Beidou in the domestic optical field, Zhang Yuechuan's strength is also obvious to all, as for the laser project, I heard that Wen Chengling has been in charge in the past two years."

"Wen Chengling? Two brothers, one in life sciences and the other in lasers, the two brothers who disappeared somehow a few years ago? ”

"It's them, I heard that it was because my parents died in Amazon, and I couldn't think about it for a while, so I lived in seclusion in Brazil, and I was just invited back by Xingchen Technology two years ago."

"This is the attraction, Xingchen Technology is now the most wanted company for scientists around the world, there is no one, even Japanese and South Korean scientists have also come, Luo Jia They have also made contributions to the East Asian Union."

Everyone whispered, for Xingchen Optics, everyone praised each other, and about the Wen brothers, they didn't know much, mainly because the Wen brothers deliberately concealed the past, for them, it was a sad past that could not be looked back, and it also completely changed the fate of the two geniuses, turning the two once very simple scientists into one of the few ruthless characters among scientists, daring to step on the corpses and blood all over the ground without any hesitation.

"Ten million degrees!" A few minutes later, someone exclaimed again.

There is no definite number as to how high the temperature is required for nuclear fusion, the core temperature of the sun is 15 million degrees, which is lower than most man-made fusion devices, but can you say that the temperature of the sun is not high enough?

To understand the question of nuclear fusion temperature, we first need to know what nuclear fusion is.

Nuclear fusion is the process by which light atomic nuclei collide with each other and fuse with each other through strong interactions to become heavy atomic nuclei, which release a large amount of energy because the binding energy of heavy atomic nuclei is greater than that of light atomic nuclei.

So how does nuclear fusion happen?

As we all know, the nucleus is positively charged, and at lower temperatures, there are electrons around the nucleus, and the electron is more in the way, just like when you and your girlfriend are in the way, you are followed by an uninteresting light bulb, and if you want to do something with your girlfriend, it is best to do the light bulb around you first, so at this time, you need to sacrifice the first condition of nuclear fusion, plasma.

Plasma is the fourth state of matter, in a high temperature state, the nucleus will be separated from the electron, the obstructive light bulb around you is thrown off, and you, the nucleus, finally have a chance to be alone with the nucleus named girlfriend.

Of course, in the great cause of picking up girls, it's not enough to be alone, there is electrostatic repulsion between the nuclei, even if you occasionally approach your girlfriend, it's nothing more than hugging and hugging, doing something in a hurry, and you can't do anything.

So, how to overcome the repulsion of electrostatic electricity, so that you and your girlfriend can truly achieve a harmonious body and mind?

This requires two conditions, one is high temperature and the other is high pressure.

Now, everything has finally come to light, although the core temperature of the sun is only 15 million degrees, but people are the sun after all, and the core pressure of people is as high as 2.5 million atmospheres!

The heat is not enough, the pressure is to make up, so the sun can easily achieve nuclear fusion, and the earth scientists can't create such a pressure against the sky, so they have to try to increase the temperature as much as possible, and when the pressure is not enough, the temperature comes to make up.

Therefore, nuclear fusion is actually desperately raising the pressure and temperature, forcing the nuclei to fuse with each other, just like when you go back to your hometown, your parents force you to go on a blind date.

Nuclear fusion does not have a fixed temperature or a fixed pressure, everything is adjusted according to the situation, if you want the reactor to have a high energy output, increase the temperature and pressure, and vice versa, lower the temperature and pressure.

"It's 50 million degrees!"

"EAST has been reached!"

Everyone couldn't help but exclaim, the full name of EAST is called the fully superconducting tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device, located in the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, before the double helix stellar fusion device of Xingchen Technology, EAST is the world's most powerful tokamak fusion device.

The highest record of EATS is 100 million degrees Celsius for 10 seconds, and 50 million degrees Celsius for 10.16 seconds, which is the world record so far.

It is not difficult to see that the operation of fusion reactors at extremely high temperatures will increase correspondingly, EAST can run for 100 seconds at 50 million degrees, and can only run for 10 seconds at 100 million degrees.

Xingchen Technology's ambition is obviously more than 50 million degrees, and the numbers on the screen are still climbing rapidly.

"Seventy million degrees!"

"Mr. Luo, I don't know how much your test temperature is set?" Finally, someone couldn't help but ask.

Luo Jia turned his head, his gaze swept over everyone's faces, and then said lightly: "150 million degrees Celsius." ”

Rumble~

The feeling of sudden congestion in the brain made everyone dizzy, you know, it has not yet been built, weighs 23,000 tons, and concentrates the world's top scientific research forces, the super tokamak fusion device ITER, its ultimate operating temperature is only 150 million degrees Celsius, and the first fusion experiment of Xingchen Technology rushed towards a record height!?

France ITER, Huaxia CFETR, these two have not yet been built, in the face of the future fusion device, the performance is not as good as the double helix stellar of Xingchen Technology, what kind of madness is this!?

You must know that ITER and CFETR are both super fusion reactors weighing tens of thousands of tons, while the double helix stellarum is only a small test reactor, weighing only 142 tons.

I have to say that the gap between different civilizations is too big, and it is difficult for earthlings who are still in the stage of primary planetary civilization to imagine the development of a cosmic society.

"100 million degrees! It's 100 million degrees Celsius! ”

"The fusion device is still stable!"

"The temperature is still increasing rapidly, it's incredible, what kind of magic does Xingchen Technology use!?"

Everyone exclaimed in a low voice, inside the double helix stellarator, under the unimaginable terrifying high temperature and pressure, the nucleus of the atom was undergoing a ferocious fusion reaction.

When the fusion device actually climbed to the 150 million degrees Celsius that the test was scheduled for, the crowd began to fall silent, not wanting to make a sound and destroy the sacred meaning of the night.

150 million degrees, this is a new record, the previous record was 100 million degrees Celsius, running for 10 seconds, the record was also set by Chinese scientific researchers.

However, with the addition of Xingchen Technology, the old records are completely obsolete, according to Luo Jia's words, the reason why all records exist is to be broken!

One minute...

Three minutes...

Five minutes...

Ten minutes...

"That's it, let's end it." In the communicator, Luo Jia said lightly to Dr. Xie Tian: "The first trial does not need to run for too long, the important thing is to collect data. ”

It wasn't until Dr. Xie Tian carried out the order that the temperature of the reactor began to drop, and everyone woke up like a dream.

This is not a question of the reactor running for ten minutes, nor is it a question of how many lamb skewers can be grilled at a running temperature of 150 million degrees, but that Xingchen Technology has achieved free retraction and perfect control of every step of the fusion reaction! It's like a stroll!

Banzai!

People could no longer hold back the excitement in their hearts, hugging each other, shouting loudly, and shedding tears.

This is an epic miracle, human beings without controllable fusion are like children lying in the crib of the earth, and controllable fusion is the pair of wings that human beings have been waiting for for a long time, which will help human beings grow up and go to the stars and beyond.

The unstoppable history is rolling in, the seventh year of the establishment of Xingchen Technology, on March 5, the double helix stellar simulator test was successful!

……

"The test was successful, Luo Jia's fusion reactor test was successful!"

"It ran for a full ten minutes, and Luo Jia took the initiative to end the operation, he said that he was not in a hurry, the first time he mainly collected data, and the fusion reactor durability test will be done later."

"Can you imagine? When Luo Jia said that he was not in a hurry, the expressions of the bigwigs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, they looked at Luo Jia, they were simply looking at a monster! The eyeballs are so hanging and falling to the ground! ”

"Now all the experts are in a frenzy! They were celebrating wildly, drinking champagne glass after glass. ”

"General, General, are you listening?"

Lu Junlin immediately called the general who was far away in the capital and reported to him the good news of the success of the test, and the general also stayed up all night, sitting on the sofa in the living room and waiting, looking at the wall clock.

"Well, I'm listening." The general was silent for a moment and then said: "I already understand the situation you said, congratulate Luo Jia on my behalf, and invite him again for me, let him come to the capital after finishing the matter in Chengdu, I want to invite him to drink two glasses." ”

"You invited him to drink?" Lu Junlin was slightly stunned.

"Is there something wrong?" The general said disapprerovingly: "Tonight's success is not only the success of Luo Jia and Xingchen Technology, but also the success of our entire Chinese nation!" ”

"The greatest glory of being a soldier is nothing more than being loyal to the country, shrouding the body in horse leather, resisting foreign enemies, and expanding the territory!"

"In the past hundred years of humiliation in modern times, every inch of land that has been lost is like a sharp blade, deeply inserted in the hearts of our soldiers, who only hate that the international order has been established, and are powerless to get back what has been lost."

"But Luo Jia made me see hope, he kept saying that the earth is too small, human beings must go to the sea of stars if they want to develop, we have missed the first Age of Discovery, when the earthlings go to the sea of stars and open the second Age of Discovery, it should be led by our Huaxia!"

"For this reason, Luo Jia also told me a story."

"A story?" Lu Junlin had a puzzled expression on his face.

"Yes, Luo Jia told me a story written by Liu Cixin, called the Western Ocean, saying that in a parallel world, when Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty went to the Western Ocean, he did not reach Africa and returned to sail, but decided to move on, the fleet bypassed the Cape of Good Hope, and finally arrived in Europe, and then pointed at London, shelled Amsterdam, and established the Ming Dynasty across the Eurasian continent."

"In the blink of an eye, hundreds of years have passed, and the rule of China has expanded to every corner of the world, and everyone is proud to speak Chinese, learn Chinese etiquette, and be proud to marry Chinese people, opera, Chinese painting, calligraphy, and poetry have swept the world."

Lu Junlin was dumbfounded, he had only read Liu Cixin's book on the Three-Body Problem, just as 90% of people who claimed to be science fiction lovers had actually only read the Three-Body Problem, Lu Junlin had not read many science fiction works, and he didn't know that Liu Cixin had written such a YY thing.

However, thinking about it carefully, Lu Junlin couldn't help but have his heart beating faster, his blood was racing, as a soldier, as long as he thought of the humiliation of the modern century, he couldn't help but redden.

It was once said that the territory of Russia, although vast, not an inch is superfluous.

Isn't that the case in Huaxia!?

At this time, the general's voice was excited: "Luo Jia said that he will open the road to the sea of stars, and we soldiers will complete the expedition that we failed to complete hundreds of years ago in the Second Age of Discovery!" For the Chinese nation, open up the territory! ”