The sun rises from the east as usual.

At 8:30 in the morning, the employees of Mozi Technology clocked in and entered the experimental area on time.

It was all calm and looked just like yesterday.

But some sensitive employees smelled a hint of tension in the air: the security personnel at the door changed into all-black uniforms, and the laboratory suddenly entered a level 2 alert state.

What is even more strange is that Professor Li Mo has stayed in the High Energy Physics Laboratory for seven consecutive days.

What can ordinary people do in 7 days?

The artist can complete a simple sketch.

A salesperson can handle a single business.

The delivery boy can go around Yanjing.

Programmers can work on an ancient piece of code.

...

All Mozi Technology employees know that Professor Li Mo can solve a world problem in 7 days, come up with a theory worthy of winning the Nobel Prize, or complete the design of the Navigator.

Therefore, everyone is looking forward to the professor's new discovery.

In the high-energy physics laboratory, there is a silver "boiler" standing. The blue and green warning lights on the control panel flash alternately and make a "buzzing" sound.

Li Mo wore protective clothing and used a dropper to carefully drop a dark green mixed liquid into a glass tube extending from the "boiler".

An old man next to him, also wearing protective clothing, looked at the few drops of liquid flowing into the "boiler" with a distressed expression: "Boss, is this the 201st time?"

"Professor Jian, you made a mistake in your calculation."

Li Mo watched as the liquid followed the glass pipe and completely flowed into the "boiler". Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a wry smile: "If you count several operating errors, it should be the 208th time."

"Each reaction requires the dripping of 1 million worth of liquefied californium and innodium alloy reagents." Jian Taiyang quickly calculated and gave an incredible number: "We have wasted more than 2 billion in 7 days!"

"This is really a waste of money..."

Jian Taiyang shook his head repeatedly: "You can't burn money so fast. More than 2 billion...how many kilograms of wheat can you buy...tsk tsk."

"I think back then, when I was a young researcher at the Institute of High Energy Physics, my monthly salary was only 10 yuan. With these 10 yuan, I not only had to support myself, but also support my younger brother who was in high school.

..”

"Two billion...tsk tsk..."

Every word Jian Taiyang said made Li Mo feel a little uncomfortable. He looked at the few dark green liquids left in the test tubes on the table and muttered in his heart: Otherwise... we won't do the experiment...

Is this thing sold?

No... He immediately shook his head heavily. Based on the data calculated by Li Mo, the Zhurong Project team spent more than 3 months to find a catalyst that can increase the probability of quantum tunneling in controllable nuclear fusion.

.Unfortunately, this catalyst, which is mainly composed of liquefied californium and indium alloy, is too expensive.

Califenium is imported from Europe, costing US$30 million per gram. Nunorium is obtained by colliding high-level elements using a collider in the laboratory, and is worth US$40 million per gram.

The stingy Li Mo has already calculated that at least 3 drops of catalyst must be added each time to increase the probability of quantum tunneling. The probability can indeed be improved, but he has to face a new problem.

The increase in probability varies greatly! In liquefied alloy, the formula ratio of different ingredients can increase the probability of different levels.

Small probabilities are meaningless in the real world.

Therefore, the reason why Li Mo spent more than 2 billion and conducted more than 200 experiments was to obtain the catalyst formula that maximized the probability of improvement.

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The dark green liquid is liquefied californium and innodium alloy, and the "boiler" is a small controllable nuclear fusion generator.

Buzz...buzz...

As the catalyst dripped in, the noise in the "boiler" became even louder.

"Professor Li, the quantum tunneling probability inside the generator has been changed!"

"Some ions begin to undergo nuclear fusion reactions, and the reaction percentage is 10%...20%...30%..."

An experimenter stared at the data displayed on the big screen and reported the data transmitted from the "boiler" in real time.

Li Mo couldn't help but walk behind him, staring at the constantly beating numbers.

Response rate: 40%

Response rate: 50%

...

Response rate: 80%

Response rate: 90%

Response rate: 95%

...

Response rate: 98%

The numbers stop beating and the rising curve changes into a smooth line.

"It's 1 percentage point higher than last time, not bad!" Li Mo looked happy. The 1 million he just spent was well worth it. He pressed the headset: "Attention, fusion generator control team, prepare for the next round of experiments!"

There was a reply in my ears:

"Ignition team, under attack!"

"Monitoring team, under attack!"

...

Li Mo walked up to the experimental table and prepared to re-mix the catalyst.

"Boss, I think a 98% quantum tunneling probability is enough to achieve controllable nuclear fusion and meet the needs of the Zhurong Project." Professor Jian reminded him when he saw that he was starting to "waste" again.

Li Mo sighed and turned around: "Old Jane, there is a 98% probability that fusion can indeed be achieved, but according to the values ​​I calculated using pure mathematics, there is a collapse in the probability cloud."

"Imagine that once the reactor is built, the probability of quantum tunneling suddenly collapses, making it impossible to control the progress of nuclear fusion."

"What should we do then?"

Probability is a very magical thing. The success probability of a thing is as high as 99%. At a certain moment, it will also fail continuously. This is because the probability cloud collapses inside the event.

Li Mo found through research that the dividing line for quantum tunneling probability collapse in nuclear fusion is 99.1%. Only when the quantum tunneling probability reaches 99.1 or above can the collapse of the probability cloud be completely avoided.

"..." Professor Jian was speechless.

The experiment continues.

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The 209th experiment result: quantum tunneling probability 98.2%

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The 219th experiment result: quantum tunneling probability 99%

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The 239th experiment result: quantum tunneling probability 99.1%!

99.1%!

When Li Mo looked at the bright numbers flashing on the big screen, he jumped up excitedly: "Success!"

"Our Mozi Technology has succeeded!"

"Our country, China, has succeeded!"

"From now on, energy will no longer be a constraint on our development, and the stars and the sea will be within our reach!"

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In the laboratory, there was a burst of excited cheers. They knew the importance of this experiment.

...

After getting excited, Li Mo immediately issued an order through the headset: "Notify the chemistry laboratory to immediately produce the first batch of catalysts according to the catalyst formula used in the 239th experiment."

"Notify Zhurong Base and let them prepare for startup!"

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"The laboratory immediately enters level 3 alert status until the Zhurong base is successfully ignited!"

After issuing a series of orders, Li Mo felt a little thirsty. He entered the cleaning room, took off his protective clothing, picked up a glass of water and drank a lot.

After a moment, he seemed to have thought of something, took out his cell phone from his pocket, and dialed a number he had never called before.

The call is connected.

"Hey... Chief... the experiment was successful, and the official ignition is just around the corner!" Li Mo took a deep breath and reported the situation.

"...good!"
Chapter completed!