Dalian Shipyard. Chen Nian sat in his office, concentrating on sorting out the technical documents used in 055D, and making the final check and filling in the gaps.

Like the output process, this is also a non-complex, but quite energy-consuming job, which, in the words of some leaders, is purely "transactional" work that should be left to other subordinate employees.

Of course, Chen Nian wanted to do the same, but helplessly, at the beginning of the birth of a technology, except for himself, the original developer, no one could see the errors in the data and process at a glance, and could not correct them.

So no matter how cumbersome it is, he can only get started himself.

However, the good thing is that every time you finish sorting out a document, your understanding of this technology will deepen in your mind, and even after reviewing the old and learning the new, you can sprout new ideas, new creations, and bring some benefits.

So on the whole, he didn't get tired of this work-—— doing these things was at least much more interesting than paying attention to the movements of the US Fifth Fleet.

That's right, Chen Nian received relevant information shortly after the Fifth Fleet started to expand, but he was not surprised at all.

Increasing troops and encirclement is only the most basic operation, and the island nation in the previous life even sent many frogmen in Djibouti to reconnoiter the situation of our ships and steal military intelligence by diving.

At that time, Chen Nian also came up with an idea on the forum, suggesting that the official sink a minesweeper to make a nest, and then use the main line with the fire line, the sub-line with the zero line, and adjust the drift to 20,000 volts, so as to directly solve the problem once and for all.

If the island nation protests, it will be said that the minesweeper is leaking-—— anyway, they swam over by themselves, and no one else can be blamed.

It is a pity that the military strength of Huaxia in the previous life was not enough to support its own side, and this plan was never implemented.

But now that Chen Nian has the right to speak, he really wants to do something like this.

However, let's wait for the arrival of the warship and see what happens.

The most important thing now is to continue to engage in technology, brush the source point, and strive to get the future technology of metal hydrogen battery out as soon as possible

Thinking of this, Chen Nian closed the sorted out document and called Chen Guo.

After the phone was connected, Chen Nian said bluntly:

"Professor Chen, I need help."

Chen Guo on the other end of the phone was not surprised by Chen Nian's request, and he immediately replied:

"No problem, all researchers nationwide can be transferred with you."

"Say, who do you want? I went to contact their authorities. ”

"If it's an insider of the Spark team, it's even more convenient."

Chen Nian smiled and said slightly teasingly:

"I'm afraid it's a bit troublesome this time, what I need is not a domestic person, it's a Harvard University professor named Isaac Silvera."

"Who? I've never heard of this name before! ”

Chen Guo's tone was a little puzzled, and Chen Nian was not surprised by this.

In fact, the professor, Isaac Silveira, really became famous until 10 years later, when his team published the "results of research on room-temperature superconducting materials".

At that time, he claimed that together with his research team, he had completed the first synthesis of metallic hydrogen in human history under the super pressure of 5 million atmospheres, and successfully measured its ultra-low resistance and super antimagnetic characteristics.

However, when the outside world asked him to show the results, he refused to display the samples on the grounds that "the samples have been lost due to improper operation".

Obviously, this will raise doubts about the authenticity of the experiment, and many researchers with the same conditions have tried to reproduce the results without success.

Isaac was quickly pushed to the forefront of skepticism, and in the end, he had to publicly admit that even if the process was strictly followed, the probability of success was extremely low.

As soon as the statement was issued, the academic community immediately divided into three voices:

The first is that Isaac did falsify it, and his experimental process is not credible at all, which is pure academic fraud.

The second is that Isaac did not falsify, after all, metallic hydrogen is a new material that mankind has never seen, and it is understandable that there were various accidents during preservation and testing.

The third argues that Isaac has a certain degree of fraud, but that the research ideas and experimental methods he proposes are feasible.

The view held by the Chinese side is the third one.

Of course, Chen Nian is too.

Therefore, the reason why he wanted to find Isaac was also very clear, that is, he wanted to determine the correct synthesis method and synthesis route of metallic hydrogen through communication with him.

No, Chen Nianke plans to cooperate with Isaac.

It never occurred to him to share a new technology at a strategic level, such as metallic hydrogen, with anyone.

He just wanted to use Isaac, using the other party's rich experience and long-term research results in this field, to provide himself with a basis for "trial and error".

This is one of the extended uses of the system, and if used correctly, it may save him a lot of source points.

After all, the source point consumption of a full 340 points, even compared to the average of 3.5 points in his current peak stage, is definitely a big number.

Not to mention that this average is constantly falling, and it may not be long before it falls back below 2

If you can save a little bit, you can prostitute others, why do you want to rush yourself?

Thinking of this, Chen Nian opened his mouth and replied:

"This is a scholar in the field of high-pressure physics, and he has a deep research on metallic hydrogen materials, which is technically credible."

"However, this person is not necessarily reliable."

"I don't need you to dig him up, I just need to get as much technical ideas as possible from him to make metallic hydrogen in the name of exchange and cooperation."

"See, you're trying to get inspiration from him, right?"

"That's right!"

Hearing Chen Nian's answer, Chen Guo did not hesitate, and immediately clapped his head:

"No problem, I'll leave this part of the work to the Materials Research Institute."

"In addition, we also have some research on metal hydrogen - although it is indeed far from the international advanced level, but it is also summarized and used as a reference."

"Of course—if you don't say so, I'll have to ask for you."

Chen Nian replied with a smile

So, the plan for metallic hydrogen was finalized.

Chen Guo immediately began to form a technical team, output an exchange plan, and began to get in touch with Isaac through various channels.

This kind of contact is not limited to academic and official contacts, but also includes the management of personal relationships.

To put it bluntly, it's to brush Isaac's favorability.

After all, only if Isaac is no longer resistant to Huaxia researchers, he can cooperate without prejudice, and the results that Huaxia can achieve will be more reliable

A few days later, Chen Nian appeared near the Dalian shipyard's newest 300,000-ton dock.

He is not here today to inspect the progress of the Deep Blue 16 project, or to check the progress of the construction of the 001 aircraft carrier.

He just wanted to be a witness to the iconic moment of the project, which was launched in 2004.

And this sign is:

Go to the name.

In fact, after three full years of transformation, the "Varyag" has long since ceased to be what it was when it first arrived at the Dalian shipyard.

The rusty exterior had long since been cleaned, painted with black epoxy asphalt to prevent rust, and the flight deck was painted with green and later yellow heat-resistant paint.

Although the entire aircraft carrier cannot be said to be refreshed, it has also swept away the atmosphere of decay and aging.

In addition to the appearance, the interior of the aircraft carrier has undergone a major overhaul.

The landing barrier has been repaired, and the hydraulic barrier is still in use, and will be considered for upgrading to an electromagnetic barrier in the future.

The core modules such as the elevator, optical landing system, and flight command system have all been repaired, while other electronic equipment that has been decided to be upgraded has also been welded to the base and reserved space.

At the same time, all the weapons and radars that have been old for a long time and cannot be replenished and repaired have been dismantled, living facilities and living quarters including life-saving, galleys, laundry, and medical care have been replanned, and even the decks and waterproof bulkheads, which are the largest and most difficult to repair, have been completed.

It can be said that the so-called "Varyag", apart from the fact that it still retains the name "Varyag", is not the same ship at all.

Chen Nian looked at the "behemoth" in front of him, and said to Liu Lao, who was sitting on the side, with some emotion:

"I've heard the story of the ship of Theseus before, and for a long time I thought it was just a philosophical speculation, but I never thought that such a thing could happen in reality."

Hearing his words, Liu Lao laughed and replied:

"It's not that exaggerated."

"Although the ship has indeed been remodeled a lot, and even a considerable part of the hull materials have been replaced, at the end of the day, its large frame has not moved."

"If it is really the ship of Theseus, then the deck of this ship should not be warped, but flat."

Hearing Liu Lao's words, Chen Nian keenly sensed the regret in his tone, so he comforted him:

"It's okay, after this ship is launched, our second self-developed aircraft carrier will quickly follow."

"It will only take two or three years at most, and the flat-deck aircraft carrier will be able to come out."

"When the time comes, you can see enough if you want to, anyway, it's our own ship, and no one will stop you."

Liu Lao shook his head lightly and said:

"My own body, I know much better than you."

"It's okay to hold on until this ship is launched, but it's difficult to wait for the next one."

"So, you say I don't regret it, that's impossible, after all, in my opinion, flat deck is the 'right way' in the future."

"But to be able to do it to this extent, everyone has indeed done their best, today is a happy day, don't talk about this!"

Liu Lao stopped speaking, but looking at his expression, Chen Nian felt full of emotion.

Yes, it is indeed difficult for him to see the launch of Huaxia's first flat-deck aircraft carrier.

According to the experience of the previous life, Elder Liu will leave this land forever in 2011.

Even in this world, his physical condition is relatively better, but there are some things that cannot be changed by man.

Regretful.

Whether it was for himself or for Chen Nian, this word was enough to describe their mood at this moment.

However, compared with Chen Nian, Liu Lao's mood seems to be more complicated.

His eyes were staring at the aircraft carrier in the distance without blinking, and his breathing slowly became rapid.

This caught the medical staff on the side a little off guard, he quickly increased the flow of the oxygen supply, and immediately squatted down to check Liu Lao's condition, but the latter directly pushed the medical staff away with an unquestionable attitude.

Perhaps, at this moment, he just wants to watch the whole thing quietly by himself.

Chen Nian could understand his thoughts, so he gave the medical staff a look and stepped forward to hold Liu Lao's hand.

The latter nodded silently, still not speaking.

This made Chen Nian curious.

Liu Lao, what is he thinking?

What was he thinking about that day more than 20 years ago?

Recalling that when this old man stood on tiptoe on the deck of the Kitty Hawk, trying to see the SH-2 helicopter clearly, his mood should have been extremely complicated, right?

In that complexity, there must also be anger, unwillingness, and helplessness.

He was not unwilling for himself, not for being stopped by nobodies, but for the entire Huaxia Navy.

When chatting with Liu Lao in private, Chen Nian heard him say this several times:

"I'm still a representative, how high my rank is, even I can't see it, where do we go to see our grassroots scientific research personnel, those grassroots technical officers?"

yes, where do they look?

Or to put it another way, if we really want to build an aircraft carrier, where should we start?

All the technology is blocked, if we are to figure it out on our own, how long will it take?

At that time, Liu Lao could be said to be pessimistic, and this pessimism was directly reflected in his outlook for aircraft carriers.

After all, according to his assumption at the time, Huaxia's aircraft carrier could have a 30,000-ton aircraft carrier with 50 fighters, and that would be fine.

He probably couldn't have imagined that China's first aircraft carrier would be 60,000 "surplus" tons.

And, according to the long-term planning of Deep Blue 16, the next flat-deck aircraft carrier will directly jump to the 100,000-ton level

If only it could be faster.

Chen Nian sighed and withdrew his somewhat chaotic thoughts.

At this moment, the work of denaming the "Varyag" aircraft carrier has also entered its final stage.

The insignia of Soviet naval aviation installed in the bow of the ship was removed and lay quietly on the deck, waiting for the next forklift to transport it away and mothballed it in a warehouse that may never be opened.

All Russian ships have been eradicated or destroyed by spray gun meltdown.

The slogans and guidance signs with Soviet-style and Ugandist-style styles were all scraped off and repainted, turning into a gray and white color.

It won't be long before these gray hulls are printed with a deep red.

Until the end, a line of small words that were not inconspicuous was sprayed on the bulkhead of the bridge:

“SL-16-001”。

Seeing this scene, Liu Huaqing's tightly held hand finally relaxed.

He turned his head and said to Chen Nian with a smile:

"From now on, this ship will officially belong to us!"