Chapter 23: The Contest Between Humans
The three of them returned to the headquarters of the coalition government, and by this time the representatives of the various members of the government had gathered and seemed to be deciding something important.
Also present were scientific elites from all walks of life, who seemed to be responsible for the nuclear fusion experiments of superconducting ores.
And since the coalition government would be in such a hurry to call Qiao Lu and the others back, the results of the experiment are already self-evident.
A young technician stood on the podium of the conference, and he was none other than Li Yiyi, a mad scientist who proposed the plan to ignite Jupiter with Liu Qi.
"Delegates, our team has successfully tested the energy released by this superconducting ore under heavy nuclear fusion conditions. Truth be told, this energy is comparable to antimatter, and we took only a small piece of ore for experiments and almost blew up our entire lab. If you use this thing to drive a planetary engine, the power it can provide is unimaginable. โ
Sure enough, as Qiao Law expected, the system would not let itself collect this superconducting ore for no reason, since there is such a task, it naturally has its intention.
On behalf of all the directors, Luo Feng asked Li Yiyi: "So how many ores do you need to collect to get the earth out of its current quantum state?" What happens when you start the planetary engine? โ
Li Yiyi replied: "I'll talk about the result first, the earth will enter subspace at a speed faster than the speed of light, that is, the time crossing phenomenon that we have experienced before will happen again. Although this cannot completely eliminate the unstable quantum state of the earth, at least it will not be destroyed by the collapse after three months, at least it can be bought for another three months. โ
"To put it simply, as long as I run fast enough, collapse can't catch up with me, that's what it means."
It's not easy to get the Earth to move faster than the speed of light.
In the original plan of the Wandering Earth, humans planned to accelerate to 5/1000th of the speed of light in 500 years, so as to reach Proxima Centauri in more than 2,500 years.
And now, how much energy would it take for the Earth to accelerate beyond the speed of light in less than three months?
What's more, can the earth's crust hold up this thrust?
Li Yiyi went on to explain: "Regarding the feasibility, you don't have to worry. We've calculated that if we could get all 10,000 planetary engines powered by superconducting ore, we would be able to accelerate the Earth into subspace in 24 hours. โ
"As for the bearing capacity of the earth's crust, please don't worry. At present, the earth is not in a normal state of existence, and the result of quantum instability is not only the collapse after three months, but also the formation of a quantum whole of the earth, as long as the acceleration time is short enough, there will be no problems in the earth's crust. โ
Although most of the people present could not understand what technical terms he was talking about, they understood at least one meaning, that is, the earth can be crossed again.
"So, at least how much superconducting ore will we need before we can make this plan a reality?" Luo Feng asked this crucial question again, after all, their time was running out.
"Roughly calculated, it must be enough for at least 10,000 planetary engines to burn for 24 hours, that is, 10,000 tons."
Sure enough, this number is also the same as the task released by the system, at least 10,000 tons of superconducting ore on the planet Pandora are needed to solve this quantum crisis on the wandering earth.
After obtaining this accurate figure, the representatives of the coalition government council present immediately began a heated discussion.
"Isn't it just 10,000 tons of broken stones? Gather all the miners now, and we'll land on that planet and hollow it out! โ
"But there are alien tribes and human military bases on that planet, will they let us go?"
"It's simple, why don't we just launch a nuclear bomb and wash the surface of the planet? Anyway, our miners are wearing protective clothing. โ
"Are you sure this won't affect the properties of the mined superconducting ore?"
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Looking at their indiscriminate discussions, Qiao Lu couldn't help but stand up and say:
"Let's stop for a moment, the biggest problem we face at the moment is not the Na'vi tribe or the human military base, but we only have three months. What does three months mean, Li Yiyi, you can explain. โ
"Yes!" Although he didn't know how Qiao Lu knew his name, Li Yiyi, who knew the identity of his envoy, hurriedly stepped forward and replied:
"According to the report of the previous exploration team, veins rich in superconducting ore have indeed been found on the planet Pandora, such as the homestein tree vein discovered by Special Envoy Qiaolu, which has more than 10,000 tons of superconducting ore buried."
"But the problem is that we simply don't have enough time to dig up these 10,000 tons of ore, and even if we start cutting down trees and mining from now, it would be good to be able to build a mining station in three months, let alone dig up 10,000 tons of superconducting ore."
That's the biggest problem at the moment, the people who mine and the minecarts that transport them can be ready on the wandering earth.
But only the heavy booms tens of meters high and the huge pits hundreds of meters deep can't be completed overnight.
Three months have passed since the mining station was built, and even with millions of tons of superconducting ore veins underneath, the coalition government does not have enough time to mine them.
Everyone immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, there was not much time left for the earth, and the solutions they had proposed before could not solve this biggest problem.
Suddenly, everyone's attention returned from the obstacles on Pandora to the most realistic time problem, and no one was able to come up with a feasible solution for this alone.
After all, a large mining station with a daily output of several hundred tons cannot be built in a month or two, which is an indisputable fact.
How to mine 10,000 tons of superconducting ore in three months, even with the efforts of 3.5 billion people in the world, it is difficult to find an answer.
Just when the meeting was at an impasse, Luo Feng noticed that Qiao Lu still had a calm expression on his face, so he took the initiative to ask him:
"So, Qiao Lu, do you have any good suggestions?"
Qiao Lu smiled slightly: "Actually, it's very simple, no guns, no cannons, the enemy made it for us." Three months is not enough time for us to build a large mining station, but they have already built these things after colonizing this planet for many years. โ
He snatched the remote control in Li Yiyi's hand, and with a light press, a satellite photo immediately hit the projection screen of the meeting.
That's the picture of the Gates of Hell, a human military base on the planet Pandora.
Humans from two different worlds are finally going to compete on the planet Pandora.