Provincial Jiaotong Brain Computer Center Dormitory.

Zhou Xiangnan had just finished eating and was playing a game with his pregnant girlfriend.

As a turtle with overseas research experience, he has developed a good habit - unless he is really interested, he must leave work when it is time to leave, and there is no need to stay in the laboratory all day to do some face-saving work.

Coupled with the large expansion of the provincial diplomatic department this year, as a young teacher and associate professor, he will also take classes and take graduate students in the second half of the year, so after becoming a teacher, the time will definitely become less and less.

Now that I'm not busy at work, it's naturally best to spend more time with my wife.

The games they play are all based on an online social game on the Yin Ta platform, which is a pioneering and construction game developed from scratch by an unknown small factory in China according to the setting of "Minecraft".

Zhou Xiangnan likes to play because the game is developed based on the Aita architecture, and all the "knowledge" that Aita has mastered is naturally built-in.

In this kind of game, which completely simulates real-world scenarios and physics rules, knowledge is really wealth.

As a materials scientist, Zhou Xiangnan was able to maneuver in it, and soon synthesized many rare materials, such as special steel for making steel ships, such as aviation aluminum.

Theoretically, in this game, you can build everything according to the rules of reality. Then the rich boss will naturally not be stingy with the money in the real world to satisfy himself in building an invincible armada or kingdom in the virtual world.

"Lao Zhou, I almost have rubber when I build a car, do you have it there?"

"Sold out."

"Who are you, all rubber is sold?" His wife's voice sounded in his ears: "Everyone is throwing money into the game, are you okay, put this family at the mouth of the lake?" - How much did you sell? ”

"Hahaha, if the game currency is counted as RMB, it is about eight yuan."

“…… I'm convinced. ”

With his wife's voice, Zhou Xiangnan cut out of the game and opened the VR system interface - in fact, this is similar to a 3D desktop, in which all the operations and tasks on the flat screen can be completed.

He wanted to scrape together the game currency because he wanted to design the deuterium-tritium fusion engine in the game.

In the game, rare earth is a very common material, and at the same time, dysprosium has also been synthesized...... So theoretically, in the scope of Aita's computing power and rules, it is no problem to build a controllable nuclear fusion engine.

Just as he opened the built-in search engine, a news item on the homepage of Aita instantly caught his eye.

-- "The First Ignition Experiment of the Helium-3 Fusion Reactor of the Kuafu Project Was a Complete Success"

He was stunned for a moment, and then opened the page instantly.

The content of the news is simple, even rudimentary.

"Recently, the controlled nuclear fusion project team in Jiangcheng has made great achievements in China's controlled nuclear fusion scientific research, realizing the ignition experiment of helium-3 fusion for the first time, and creating a record of continuous operation for 5 hours, which marks that China's controllable nuclear fusion is once again leading the international level."

After reading it three or two times, he immediately took a deep breath.

"Grass! Ye always ran to light the fire! ”

"What's wrong with Mr. Ye?"

Zhou Xiangnan took off his glasses and took them off for his wife, and then he opened the browser of the notebook.

Needless to say, this kind of news must be on the front page.

……

8th District East time, April 15, 7 p.m.

A message was broadcast on the news channel in SMS mode, and then the major news media accounts followed up synchronously, and within ten minutes, it spread throughout the entire Chinese social networking platform.

As soon as the news came out, the majority of netizens who were still releasing the "preview" a few days ago instantly smiled.

"I don't mean anything else, I just think it's awesome to praise my father."

"Now the round has come to Lao Mei's side."

"Ambush him! Well, the ambush is beautiful. ”

"Can you tell us a little more about that? Is it possible to generate electricity, or is it a fusion engine? ”

……

Of course, Zhou Xiangnan didn't continue the game.

He returned to the study and clicked on Zhihu.

As expected, less than 30 minutes after the news came out, it was directly on the first place on the hot list.

There are very few replies below, and many of them are one-sentence answers.

So far, the highest is only one word and an exclamation point.

"Cool!"

Obviously, the emotions of netizens are understandable.

A few days ago, everyone was sourly commenting on the news that Lao Mei was about to ignite helium-3 fusion...... And today, all of a sudden, the Kuafu group made a big news.

You say not excited?

That's obviously impossible.

The same is true for Zhou Xiangnan.

It's just that as a big V, he still has to cherish his "feathers" and write something different.

After all...... "the world" knows that he and Ye Ming are in the same unit.

Even he knew that Ye Ming also followed his Zhihu account, and when he chatted, he would ask - for example, once Ye Ming teased him, saying that the quality of his answers had declined.

You say, how dare he answer nonsense?

After taking a deep breath, he began to write down his answers.

"It's time for the first round."

"I glanced at the private message, I'm sorry, Professor Ye is really busy, I really don't have inside information, and I'm just like everyone else, so I just got the news from the news."

"Therefore, I feel the same way as everyone else."

"The difficulty and significance of helium-3 fusion has become a common question in past answers, if you are interested, you can take a look at my previous answers, followed by a link."

"I'd like to talk about the motivation for why the Kwafu group suddenly announced the results of the experiment this time - first of all, this is purely my personal speculation."

"We know that since Lao Mei began to pull small groups, many technical progress has been no longer announced. For example, a few days ago, Lao Mei only announced the ignition notice, and before, we didn't know anything about the progress of Lao Mei helium-3 fusion project. ”

"We must be aware that competition has become more open, and even from the previous trade and the actions of various organizations, it is moving in a white-hot direction."

"When I came up with the space program, I mentioned that I was going to play the same tricks that I used during the Cold War for 678 years."

"Now it seems that they are indeed unswervingly moving down this path - whether it is the space program, or a few small groups, or the previous Maple Leaf Country's supply of our tritium, helium-3 and other materials, or Musk occasionally jumped out, indicating that it is ......one step closer to landing on Mars."

"And a few days ago, plans for helium-3 fusion were announced."

"All of this shows that the United States is relying on the inherent rhythm and skillful means to repeat the story of the past, and strengthen the confidence of its allies - you may forget that when Jiangcheng held the conference of the Controlled Nuclear Fusion Alliance last year, many countries signed cooperation agreements with us."

"But the latest news is that whether it is Europe or Australia, the cooperative partner of controlled nuclear fusion power plants is the United States, not us."

"Therefore, the announcement of the success of helium-3 fusion by the Kuafu group before the old United States ignited the fire, in my opinion, means more of a change in the country's attitude towards dealing with this competition."

"From a passive response in the past, to a proactive challenge now."

"I'll make a bold guess — don't blame me if I'm wrong — and we'll probably get more of that in the future."

……

……

A day later.

"How did they do it?"

"Isn't that who? Helped them in the past? ”

"And you tell me, is it an engine or a generator?"

The owner of the White House was like an old lion, waving a document in his hand and snarling angrily at a group of scientific advisors.

Everyone was silent.

Of course, everyone knows the news of the successful helium-3 fusion on the other side.

If that's all there is to it...... It's nothing more than being preempted - and only after announcing the ignition time yourself.

Frankly speaking, this kind of "ambush" method is actually not very good, and it is not frank.

Critical are a few photos from the space-based infrared system high-orbit early warning satellite.

There is no doubt that in the entire espionage system, Jiangcheng is the key object of observation, not only are there various high-definition satellites patrolling at any time, but also infrared early warning satellites are also staring at all times.

The so-called space-based infrared early warning refers to the use of infrared remote sensing satellites to monitor infrared images of key areas in real time, and once the tail flame of the missile is found in the air, the early warning system will be transmitted to the X-corner, and then the emergency plan will be activated.

This is also a link in the entire missile defense system.

And just yesterday, infrared satellites photographed a "terrible" tail flame at a certain base in Jiangcheng.

The reason why it is terrible is that this tail flame lasts for up to two hours and is ...... It can't be on top of all the thrusters out there!

Combined with the name of the base and the news that the other party announced the success of the experiment......

Then there is only one possibility.

It was they who experimented, not a simple helium-3 fusion reaction, but a helium-3 fusion engine!

"Who answered me."

The master clasped his hands on his waist and stared at the crowd, and finally his eyes fell on Professor White.

Professor White was silent, his brow furrowed.

Of course, he also looked at the photos and the data.

Undoubtedly, that is the tail flame of a controlled fusion engine.

Then I thought about the project I took over from my mentor...... It was the engine from the beginning, and ten thousand unwillingness rose in his heart.

This should be a feat done by yourself!

In the silence, another voice rang out.

"So, the space program, flying into space is the key."

Musk looked at the owner of the white house.

"They have a fusion engine, which means they have the ability to exploit space resources."

"So I suggest that NASA convene a global space cooperation program and invite them to work together to develop a treaty on space development, especially the development and utilization of lunar resources."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Musk said in a deep voice: "Their eyes must be on the moon." ”

"Why?"

"Because their chief designer Ye Ming's ambition is the moon, if they don't sign an agreement for development...... Then, the Artemis program must be completed as soon as possible, at the very least, before they land on the moon with a spaceship. ”

"We have to know that the fusion engine, one flight, is carried to the sky by a factory."

In silence, the official from NASA nodded slowly.

"Then the Artemis project will not be postponed again, and it must go up next year."

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