No matter how surprised the overseas media and melon-eating people were, Lu Zhou, who was standing in the underground laboratory, was completely shocked by his own Xiao Ai.

It's probably a bit incorrect to say it's a bumblebee.

To be precise, what was presented in front of him was a model of a bumblebee. The sleek, flat aluminium casing glows shiny metallic under the incandescent light of the lab ceiling, and the mechanical structure beneath the streamlined casing is a perfect fit for the complex aesthetic.

Although it has not been colored, because the degree of restoration is too high, Lu Zhou, who has a deep impression of the Transformers series of movies, can still be recognized at a glance.

Although this large figure is still a little bit finished, there are still materials left in the laboratory, and the industrial robots leaning against the wall have no intention of stopping.

I saw that the eight mechanical arms were like octopuses, flexibly flipping the aluminum alloy plate in their hands, and the files and hammers in their "hands" were clanging and rubbing on them, and the skillful movements were not known how many times faster than when it first got these new toys.

Through algorithms similar to neural network learning, Xiao Ai can quickly apply a tool to the extreme, as long as he adapts to it. This application is not limited to the control of plasma, it is clear that machining and automatic assembly are also within its reach.

Merely......

Lu Zhou: "You...... What are you doing? ”

The non-stop mechanical arm stopped.

The fuselage of the drone floating next to it swayed from side to side, as if it was tilting its head.

Soon, Lu Zhou's mobile phone received a message from Xiao Ai.

[Didn't the owner ask Xiao Ai what kind of body she wanted? I didn't want to trouble the master, so I did it myself. (*°▽°*)】

Lu Zhou: "......"

[How's that, isn't Xiao Ai's new body cool! ] (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧】

[Praise me, hurry up, hurry up, praise me and take the master for a ride! ] ヾ(≧▽≦*)o】

Okay, Lu Zhou admits that this thing is really cool.

But......

Is this thing hairy?

Although he didn't want to dampen this guy's enthusiasm, Lu Zhou couldn't help but ask, "How are you going to put yourself in?" ”

Eight robotic arms slammed into each other.

After a while, a message popped up on the phone screen.

[Can't you go in?] Σ(°△°|||) ︴】

Lu Zhou: "...... No, I can't. ”

Although this model is well done......

But in any case, robots are not designed to be used to get into them.

Not to mention that there are no motors and servo motors, and there are not even control chips and signal receivers, hasn't this guy thought about where to install his program?

This kind of common-sense thing, Lu Zhou doesn't know how to complain.

After a long time, a string of bubbles popped up on the phone, and the mechanical arm on the side of the wall also threw away the alloy plate in his hand and hung listlessly.

【…… QAQ】

Looking at this news with only three letters, Lu Zhou sighed in his heart.

This guy ......

Is it mentally retarded?

Even children should be able to distinguish between movies and reality.

"Anyway, stop playing for now, come and help me work."

It's not even good at comforting people, let alone comforting artificial intelligence.

Ignoring Xiao Ai, who was depressed, Lu Zhou walked straight to the side of the wreckage No. 3, reached out and uncovered the plastic sheeting on it, and then returned to the side of the control terminal of the industrial robot.

Lu Zhou, who had changed into new equipment, finally climbed in to take samples clumsily without holding his own pliers this time.

With the help of Xiao Ai and these eight industrial robots, he easily completed the dismantling of the wreckage No. 3.

In fact, it wasn't particularly laborious to disassemble.

Although the material of the casing is strong, considering the repair aspect, it is impossible for the designers of this device to say that it was welded to a structure that cannot be disassembled, like the armor of a ship's hull.

Comparatively speaking, the engines located in the back or belly of the spacecraft are relatively safe parts.

Of course, this is only relative.

The wreckage was neatly dismantled into three sections, and looking at the mess inside, Lu Zhou's brows twitched vigorously.

The situation was worse than he had imagined, as the massive impact had completely destroyed not only its parts, but also its internal structure.

For example, the metal conduits that were flattened on one side of the inner wall, Lu Zhou could only roughly guess based on his existing knowledge and brain holes, this thing was probably similar to a temperature exchanger, or the feed port of a plasma engine.

Behind the flattened fracturing catheters is a special oblate cylindrical hollow structure.

"Electrode...... Heat exchanger ...... Is this an ionization chamber? Is it really Hall thrusters? ”

Staring at the picture captured by the industrial camera, Lu Zhou, who was leaning back in his chair, touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

Behind this empty trough structure, a spout shaped like an Erlenmeyer flask is connected.

Further back, there is a bowl-shaped structure at the very end of the wreckage.

Through the analysis of the internal structure, Lu Zhou made a bold conjecture.

The engineers who designed the device probably took a rather avant-garde approach to design...... Or rather, it was a common practice in his civilization.

That is, the ionization chamber is taken out separately, and then the nozzles for emitting plasma are designed as Hall propulsion units, which are integrated at the rear of the ionization chamber.

By heating and applying voltage, the vaporized propellant is ionized in the ionization chamber, and the volume expands to form a high-temperature plasma, which is fed into the "Hall propulsion unit" connected to the back of the ionization chamber, which is a spout that looks like an Erlenmeyer flask.

By special design, these Hall propulsion units are able to more efficiently handle the high-temperature plasma in the ionization chamber and eject them out of the engine.

At the same time, the mid-** integrated into the tail rectifier ring neutralizes the ejected plasma plume and prevents the ejected plasma from being sucked back into the ionization chamber......

Theoretically, as long as the electrical output is large enough and the plasma is emitted fast enough, the power of the engine can be increased infinitely before the critical current, ionization chamber pressure and temperature of the superconducting magnet are reached.

Based on the direction of the cracks in those conduits, Lu Zhou could even speculate that the pilot of the spacecraft probably performed some kind of dangerous evasion operation before it was "destroyed", so that the power of the engine was under overload and remained for a while.

Looking at the flattened conduits, Lu Zhou fell into deep thought.

I always feel that the secret behind this system seems to be getting more and more incredible......

By comparing the images taken by Xiao Ai, Lu Zhou quickly found the "fuel tank" of this engine, that is, the location where the working fluid is stored.

However, the question then arises, where does the electricity come from?

No matter how the Hall thruster is designed, the thrust provided per kilowatt is not too high, even if this advanced civilization has achieved a rather exaggerated jet speed of the plasma plume, making its thrust exceed the order of μN, mN, and even eventually reach the order of N, and the electrical energy required to make a spacecraft of more than 100 tons reach an acceleration of at least 1G, which is also a rather terrifying number.

At the very least, the output of electrical energy must be on the order of M.

Such a huge power consumption is obviously not something that ordinary batteries can withstand.

At least what lithium-sulfur batteries are definitely not playing.

Presumably that the energy storage unit should be not far from the fuel tank where the working fluid is stored, looking at the arc-shaped double-layer structure connecting the fuel tank and the temperature exchanger, Lu Zhou always felt that this thing was a little similar to something, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

However, at this moment, a crazy and unrealistic idea suddenly popped into his head.

Could it be......

Nuclear fusion?

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Thanks to the book friend "Interpretation of the Holy Demon" for rewarding ~~~~

Trying to repay debts...... QAQ