For the space shuttle, Lu Zhou unexpectedly couldn't help much.

Although with his current engineering level, there is probably no problem in self-learning knowledge in related fields, but after all, a person's energy is limited, and it is the most suitable choice to devote limited energy to the career with the highest rate of return.

These days, Lu Zhou has basically been improving the acoustic fusion device, in order to increase the volume energy density of the reactor as much as possible, and at the same time let the discharged heat in addition to power generation, more concentrated in the ionization chamber of the Hall thruster, so that the excess heat can be discharged through the high-temperature plasma to the spacecraft, so as to alleviate the problem of heat dissipation in the space environment.

Fortunately, because of Xiao Ai's existence, his work is much less difficult.

As long as he has a laptop, even sitting in the office, he can remotely operate the reactor with the help of Xiao Ai through an industrial robot more than ten kilometers away, and verify some interesting ideas through experiments.

At present, Lu Zhou has successfully increased the power of the acoustic fusion device to around 200M, and at the cost, it has only increased the volume of the core by 20% and the weight by 10%. On the whole, both the volume energy density and the mass energy density have improved a lot.

Although there is still a certain distance from the minimum lower limit of 500M, Lu Zhou believes that he is not far from success.

In addition to the modified fusion battery, there are also tender documents.

The year-end bidding conference will be held in less than a month, and there are many aerospace companies participating in the bidding conference, not only the two major aerospace central enterprises in aerospace and aviation science, but also excellent private aerospace companies such as onespace and Blue Arrow, and even the three giants of BAT have come to respond to the call of the country...... Or rather, join in the fun.

After all, investing money in aerospace can enjoy tax incentives in other businesses, and for these large taxpayers, it is simply the state to subsidize them to develop the aerospace business, and the opportunity should not be in vain, not to mention that they also have communication launch needs.

Time passed day by day, and soon it was late September.

And in the last week of September, Senior Brother Luo finally came back from Europe.

Looking at the senior brother who walked into the office, Lu Zhou asked jokingly.

"Did you find any inspiration?"

Luo Wenxuan coughed dryly and said.

"Inspiration is this thing...... I can't be in a hurry, fate will naturally come to it. ”

"Then don't wait, I have a task for you here."

As soon as he heard that there was a new project, Luo Wenxuan immediately came to his senses.

"What task?"

Lu Zhou didn't immediately tell him what he was going to let him do, but continued to ask.

"How long have you been at CERN?"

Luo Wenxuan: "It's about three years. ”

"Three years?" Lu Zhou nodded, "Do you know more about the Hadron Collider?" ”

I don't know why Lu Zhou asked about this, but Luo Wenxuan still replied truthfully: "I know a little bit, I have a good relationship with Professor Greer, he often takes me to visit the tunnel underneath, as well as the maintenance work of several detectors of ATLAS and CMS, I have also seen it on the side." ”

"Grell?" A nostalgic smile appeared on Lu Zhou's face, "It's an interesting guy." ”

"You know each other, too?" Luo Wenxuan glanced at Lu Zhou in surprise, then patted his head and said, "Oh, yes, I almost forgot, you also went to CERN for an internship." ”

"Yes, but I don't know much about CERN, especially the LCHb Large Hadron Collider," Lu Zhou paused for a moment and finally got to the point, "I'm going to build something like this to study theoretical physics." ”

"Build a similar?" Luo Wenxuan's eyes widened slightly, and he looked at Lu Zhou in disbelief, "Are you going to build a collider?" Do you know how much that stuff costs? ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "It's about tens of billions, and it's still dollars?" In fact, maybe not that much, and ...... I didn't intend to build it on the ground, but in space. ”

Shocked by this crazy idea, Luo Wenxuan opened his mouth and spoke for a while.

“…… I feel like I need more money. ”

Lu Zhou: "You don't need to worry about money, that's what I have to worry about." And it's not time to spend money yet, and what I need you to do is the design side. ”

Luo Wenxuan said with a slight embarrassment: "...... But I'm not in engineering physics. ”

"I know, but you are an expert in theoretical physics, and you have at least three years of work experience at CERN," Lu Zhou continued, looking at Senior Brother Luo, "I will leave the engineering matters to a special person, and you are responsible for providing theoretical support to the design unit." Of course, if you're not interested, I'll ask someone else. ”

"How could it not be interested...... I'm just afraid of trapping you. ”

"It's okay, I'm not afraid of what you're afraid of," Lu Zhou patted Senior Brother Luo's shoulder and said with a smile, "I'm optimistic about you." ”

The idea of building a Large Hadron Collider in outer space for research in the field of theoretical physics in a low-gravity, non-magnetic environment has always been an idea, but it is difficult to realize it.

Now that the controlled fusion technology has made a breakthrough, the advanced electric propulsion system will open the prelude to a new era of aerospace, an idea that once seemed unrealistic, and now it may not be impossible to realize.

Whether or not it seems difficult now, the design work can already begin.

Stretching out his hand and scratching his head vigorously, Luo Wenxuan sighed and said.

"Okay, if there's anything you need my help with, just tell me."

Lu Zhou nodded.

"Well, I'll send you the specific things I need you to do in two days to your mailbox, and you can go back first if it's okay."

Luo Wenxuan said with a smile.

"Is this driving me back? Don't invite me to a cup of coffee before leaving. ”

Lu Zhou looked up at Kong Jie, who was standing in front of the coffee machine with his arms crossed, waiting for the water to boil, and shouted.

"Kong Jie, please help me make two cups of coffee, one instant and one pure black, unsweetened kind."

"Okay." Nodding his head to Lu Zhou, Kong Jie took out an instant coffee and a can of coarsely ground coffee beans from the drawer, skillfully brewed a cup of coffee for the two of them, and put it in the tray and walked over to this side.

"Your coffee, please use it slowly."

"Thank you."

Kong Jie pursed her lips and smiled, her index finger gently swept the long hair with slightly curly sideburns, and her gestures were as full of the intellectuality and elegance of a mature woman as ever.

"You're welcome."

After bringing coffee to the two of them, Kong Jie returned to the coffee machine, made herself a cup, and then walked back to the desk by the window and sat down, and began to continue today's work.

Reaching out and picking up the coffee cup, Lu Zhou leaned close to his lips and sipped it gently.

Not bad.

The fragrance and temperature are just right, and it is a familiar taste to him.

The cup was put down, Lu Zhou glanced at the other cup that was lying on the tray and did not move, looked up at Luo Wenxuan, who was stunned and motionless, and spoke.

"Didn't you ask me to treat you to a drink? Why don't you drink it again? ”

"I ......"

Luo Wenxuan opened his mouth, as if he was dumb, and he didn't speak for a long time.

I saw him nervously look behind him, and then at Lu Zhou, with an expression that wanted to speak and stopped.

Uncomfortable with his expression of "obviously having something to say and not knowing how to speak", Lu Zhou sighed and put down the cup in his hand.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Luo Wenxuan: "Well, I suddenly want to consult with you...... Issue. ”

Lu Zhou looked at him with a bored expression.

"Say."

She ...... Is it your assistant? ”

Lu Zhou was slightly stunned, followed Senior Brother Luo's line of sight, and saw Kong Jie, who was sitting at the desk by the window, sorting out his Chinese documents.

“…… Well, what's wrong? ”

Seeing Lu Zhou nodding, Luo Wenxuan continued to speak.

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

The moment he met Senior Brother Shangluo's fiery eyes, Lu Zhou almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of coffee, put down the coffee cup in his hand with a snap, glared at him fiercely, and said in a low voice.

"I warn you! I don't have a problem with you harming others, if you dare to do something to my students or someone in my office—"

"Am I that kind of person! I ......" glanced at Kong Jie's direction in a panic, Luo Wenxuan then turned his head to look at Lu Zhou, his expression was rarely a little embarrassed, and then his wandering gaze drifted out of the window again, "...... I'm serious this time. ”

Lu Zhou had a speechless expression.

His ears were callousing when he heard something like that.

"Which time were you not serious?"

"Every time it's ...... But this time it's different, and it's different every time. Lu, you know what? Love is so sudden, like an electron outside the nucleus of an atom, you never know where it will appear in the next second, but I know that it is now. ”

No more......

Spit and vomit......

His right hand snapped on the table, and Lu Zhou made a retching motion.

Luo Wenxuan pretended not to see it, and kept his eyes on the scenery outside the window.

"Look me in the eye and repeat the previous sentence."

"No, I only look at beautiful women."

"I believe you're a ghost!"