This plane was probably the most tiring Lu Zhou ever sat on.

It was also the longest one.

Dragging the suitcase and walking down the gangway of the plane with a tired face, Lu Zhou pinched his eyebrows that were a little sour, feeling groggy and groggy.

Come to think of it, this seems to be the first confession he has encountered since he was a child?

And it was ...... by their own students

Sure enough, is it also a sin to be handsome?

Looking at Lu Zhou, who looked tired, Wang Peng, who was waiting outside the gangway, was stunned for a moment, and immediately stepped forward to take the suitcase from his hand.

"Didn't the jet lag go backwards?"

Lu Zhou yawned and said casually: "It's not that I didn't knock it down, I didn't sleep at all......

Wang Peng looked at Lu Zhou with a surprised expression.

"Didn't sleep? How did you spend the more than ten hours? ”

Being able to sit on the plane for more than ten hours with your eyes open is, in a sense, quite awesome.

"Thinking about something...... Don't talk about it," ending the topic perfunctorily, Lu Zhou coughed lightly and continued, "Send me back to Zhongshan International directly, I just want to sleep now." ”

Wang Peng nodded: "Okay...... Do you want me to help you? ”

Lu Zhou: "...... That's not necessary. ”

……

After returning to China, Lu Zhou immediately threw himself into a controlled nuclear fusion project.

Referring to his previous paper on the plasma turbulence model in the stellarumer, professors from the School of Software and the School of Physics of Jinling University finally completed the preparation of the plasma control scheme.

At about the same time, the construction of the supercomputer was also completed.

The problem of the superconducting coil has been solved, and the problem of the main control computer and the control scheme has also been solved, and now there is only one thing left for him to do.

That's the experiment.

After a meeting and discussion, Lu Zhou finalized the plan for the next experiment and the work schedule of each research unit until the day of the experiment. The time for the next experiment was finally set on August 20th.

Although he didn't plan to do anything dangerous, Lu Zhou still reported the upcoming experiment to the Jinling Municipal Government.

What he didn't expect was that what was supposed to be a very ordinary experiment ended up as if it was martial law.

On the day of August 20th, at the foot of the Purple Mountain, outside the STAR Stellar Simulator Research Institute.

Looking at the armored car and helicopter parked at the entrance of the research institute, Lu Zhou coughed lightly and said to Commander Dai who was walking towards him.

"Don't be so exaggerated, it's not a nuclear test."

Head Dai smiled and said, "Please don't be nervous Professor Lu, we're just in case." The head of the military region made a special phone call to explain to me that if there was an accident, the equipment could be dispensed with, but someone would have to bring it out. ”

And if there is really the kind of accident you imagined, you can't run away with this thing......

There is still a difference between the neutron beam of the fusion reaction and the gamma rays of the fission reaction, and in front of the neutron beam, any armor is the same as paper paste, and it is a little more useful in diving...... Although I don't know how much it will be useful.

Lu Zhou explained solemnly: "I have to explain again that controlled nuclear fusion is safe, and it is not the same thing as the fusion of the Second Artillery. ”

The smile on Captain Dai's face did not change: "I know, we are just in case." ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

Seeing that Captain Dai was so persistent, Lu Zhou also went with him.

Anyway, an armored car and a helicopter parked outside don't take much of a place.

Passing through the curfew at the mouth of the tunnel, Lu Zhou, followed by Captain Dai and his guards, stepped into the laboratory embedded in the mountain.

Earlier than him, the engineers and researchers in the institute were already working in their respective positions.

In addition to this, Lu Zhou also saw two men and women in civilian clothes.

After seeing Lu Zhou, the young woman's eyes lit up and she immediately walked over to this side.

"Hello Professor Lu, I'm Wu Qingqing, a reporter from Jinling Daily, and this is my assistant Zhang An."

The young man carrying the camera nodded, showing a bright smile, "Hello Professor Lu! ”

Frowning slightly, Lu Zhou didn't look at these two people, but looked at Sheng Xianfu, who was commanding at the scene: "Why did you invite the reporter?" ”

Sheng Xianfu said helplessly: "I really didn't invite this, I saw them waiting at the door early in the morning...... I thought you had brought it in. ”

Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't seem to like them standing here, Wu Qingqing immediately explained: "It has nothing to do with Professor Sheng, it was the Jinling Municipal Government that invited us to come here for an on-site interview...... If we disturb your research, we can go out now. ”

Lu Zhou sighed: "Forget it, you're all here, if you want to keep it, keep it." But after the experiment begins, I'd like you to be quiet. Don't make a sound, don't walk around, and don't talk on the phone. Also, if you want to take pictures, it's best to take advantage of it now. ”

In the two fields of theoretical physics and plasma physics, many research institutions at home and abroad seem to like this kind of propaganda, and the typical one is probably CERN, whether it does experiments or not, it opens a press conference every three or five times.

However, Lu Zhou doesn't have this habit, in his opinion, in addition to the final success of the experiment, even if those phased results are worth celebrating, there is really nothing to promote.

After all, those things can theoretically be as much as you want.

Wu Qingqing said with a smile: "I know! By the way, can I interview you before the experiment begins? ”

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "If it won't be delayed for a long time." ”

"Please rest assured, Professor Lu, it's just a few simple questions that won't delay your work," said with a smile, Wu Qingqing opened his notebook and said, "When it comes to the word nuclear, many people talk about it. What I would like to ask Professor Lu is, is controlled nuclear fusion really as safe as experts say? Or what would happen if there was a nuclear leak at the STAR device? ”

Hearing this layman's question, Lu Zhou grinned.

"Have you ever seen a hydrogen bomb explode?"

Wu Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "...... I've seen it in the movies. ”

Lu Zhou continued: "If there is an accident, you will probably see a beam of light, or you can't see it at all, and then the temperature of hundreds of millions of degrees will evaporate every drop of water in your body, and you will probably be detonated by the water in your body before it is scorched. I promise, though, that the process won't hurt you. ”

Looking at the two young men whose faces were gradually pale, Lu Zhou smiled.

"All of the above is what I lied to you."

"Ha, haha," Wu Qingqing laughed awkwardly, "Professor Lu, you are really humorous." ”

Is that what scientists joke about?

Truth be told, the joke wasn't funny at all.

Reining in his smiling expression, Lu Zhou continued in a soothing tone: "Take it easy, there is an essential difference between a fusion reaction and a fission reaction. Take 10,000 steps back, today's experiments are only plasma confinement experiments, and will not involve real fusion reactions. ”

Hearing that today's part of the fusion reaction was not involved, Wu Qingqing hurriedly asked, "Is there any difference between the plasma confinement experiment and the real fusion reaction ignition?" ”

Lu Zhou: "The difference is that we inject hydrogen into the chamber, not its isotope, deuterium-tritium, which is used as nuclear fuel. ”

While he was talking, the engineers who debugged the equipment had completed the final preparations before the experiment.

At this point, Lu Zhou motioned for the two reporters to stay quietly, and at the same time motioned for the staff to confiscate their mobile phones and cameras and turn them off, and then looked at Sheng Xianfu, who had been waiting there for a long time.

"Are you ready?"

Sheng Xianfu nodded solemnly: "Ready." ”

Lu Zhou nodded and glanced at the silver watch on his wrist.

There were still two minutes left, and it was 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

The work that needs to be done has been done before that.

The gaze passed through the floor-to-ceiling window and landed on the steel behemoth prostrate in the center of the laboratory.

In a solemn and steady voice, Lu Zhou spoke.

"Let's get started!"