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Chapter 973 The old guy burst into gold coins!

Dawn City Nuclear Power Plant, power generation room.

Blue and green signals alternated on the console screen, and bursts of low white noise echoed in the spacious space.

An old reactor is located in the center of the factory building, and there is a dark crowd surrounding the reactor.

The faded logo and production serial number make this reactor look quite antique, but the streamlined cast shell and exquisite design are still quite remarkable.

It's not just the league itself that thinks so.

Even the engineer from Ideal City thinks so.

It is precisely because of this that the residents of the shelter fished out this [spare reactor] from the deepest part of the Xizhou City subway line and built a power station for it. This reactor has been working as the heart of the alliance industry.

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Even more than that, this reactor also serves as a demonstration teaching material for researchers at Camp 101 to learn and refer to.

It is precisely because of these many auras that Wang Zhengyi, the nuclear fusion engineer at Dawn City Power Station, showed off this great achievement as if to show off.

Although the administrators ask them to study like an academy, they can’t be looked down upon by others, right? Besides, if the students are good enough, then the teachers can teach with more real skills!

Of course, Master Wang's true inner thoughts are not that complicated. He just wants to represent the alliance and show off in front of the college.

However, what he didn't expect was that after seeing this "crystal of civilization in the prosperous era", the young boy in his twenties only curled up the corners of his mouth in a nonchalant manner, and even showed no face at all.

He was ridiculed for a few words.

Master Wang's face was as red as a lantern, and the colleagues next to him looked at him worriedly, fearing that this guy wouldn't be able to control his blood pressure.

However, the young man named Zhong Jingchu had no intention of stopping at all, and even added a stab at the end without hesitation.

"So original."

"You are so original!" Wang Zhengyi choked back and said angrily, "You guys are awesome! You are amazing! What's the point of ignition without laser ignition?"

Zhong Jingchu smiled lightly and said slowly.

"We don't ignite, we cold start."

Wang Zhengyi was stunned for a moment, as if a basin of cold water was poured on his head.

"………………Cold start?"

He had heard people from the company say this word, including experts from Camp 101, but neither party recommended choosing this technical route, even if it was more energy-saving and efficient.

The reason is simple.

Although controllable fusion is a non-renewable resource before the resumption of Earth-moon flights, there are also many leftover reserves from the prosperous era that can be found in the wasteland.

The current scale of industrial production activities on the earth's surface is still insufficient compared to the economic crisis period of the old era, and there is no need to consider frugality at all.

There is no need to consider it for at least fifty years.

Looking at the confused old engineer, Zhong Jingchu did not answer immediately. Instead, he took a bottle of mineral water from the hand of the android assistant on the side, unscrewed the bottle cap and poured two splashes on the ground.

This time, not only the old engineer had a confused look on his face, but other engineers at Dawn City Nuclear Power Plant also showed confused looks, not knowing what this guy wanted to do.

Facing those confused eyes, Zhong Jingchu continued in an easy-to-understand manner.

"...To fuse two metal balls into one, the most efficient way is not to put them on a press, but to melt them."

"The same goes for atoms. Whether it is laser ignition, inertial collision, or indirect ignition... they are all methods from the early prosperous era or even the old era."

"This is actually understandable."

"After all, in an era when we still know nothing about the nature of the four fundamental forces, we can only imagine in our minds

A conceptual forge, and a skilled blacksmith, smelt, beat and destroy the atomic nucleus in the most crude and inefficient way, forcing it to release the energy hidden in the atomic nucleus."

"When our professor discovered the existence of gravitons, everything changed drastically. At first, we continued to use laser technology, but it was no longer used for ignition, but to polarize atoms to form special bonding states between two

distance between atoms. Later we found a way to directly use gravitons to interfere with the force field, and then we tried to weaken the repulsive force between atoms and break the balance of repulsion and attraction... And later, let

A miracle occurred that none of us expected."

"Atoms are fused together like water." Upon hearing this, an engineer muttered.

"Isn't it just a graviton? It goes around in so many circles... But even if it is a graviton, doesn't it still have to input energy first?"

Several other engineers had similar opinions.

The energy consumed to drive gravitons is not low, and it may not necessarily be cheaper than laser ignition.

"Yes, there is a give and a take, and the energy for ignition is inevitable," Zhong Jingchu nodded, and suddenly changed the topic and said, "But by interfering with the force field, we can further reduce the energy for ignition and maintenance of the reaction.

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"The object of our intervention is not an airship as big as the Heart of Steel, but just a few reacting atoms. The energy consumed is more than an order of magnitude lower than using lasers to heat plasma... and it is more stable and efficient."

"Going back to the miracle I mentioned before, we discovered that the method of combining atoms through gravitons caused the originally violent fusion reaction to occur under mild conditions...at least at the first moment it was extremely mild."

"And that's what's called a cold start."

Looking at the engineers who were listening attentively, Zhong Jingchu smiled lightly and continued speaking at a gentle pace.

"Based on similar technical principles, researchers from the People's Federation have also discovered a series of more convenient and efficient methods such as how to maintain the fusion reaction at normal temperature and pressure, and how to make the fusion reaction proceed more gently."

"Including the portable reactor you made through the black box, in fact it was the wonderful thing that was born in this process!

Except for a few nuclear engineers, the staff and unrelated people who gathered in front of the reactor to watch the excitement could not help but applaud.

Although the nuclear engineers from the alliance did not applaud, they all had expressions of admiration on their faces.

Although they learned some techniques for maintaining reactors from Camp 101, as wastelanders they really don't know where these techniques came from.

Including their teacher, the professor at Camp 101, may not know. After all, the teachers at Vault 101 don’t teach everything.

The young man made up for their knowledge blind spots, and in a few words, he recounted a period of history that almost all wastelanders had forgotten.

From technical principles.

To the origin that is closer to the essence than the principle!

Although I admire this guy's profound knowledge, Master Wang is not completely convinced, he can only be regarded as half-convinced. I admire him, but no matter how many clichés he talks about, they are just things that have happened before. These memories can neither be used as a reactor.

fuel, nor can it be used as the shell of the reactor.

He cares more about practical things.

"The experiments I mentioned are just like the ones you did." Wang Zhengyi held it in for a long time and finally got something out of his mouth. Zhong Jingchu said with a slight smile.

"It is true that I did not do the experiments, but we have done each experiment personally, and not only do I clearly remember every detail, but I also know 'why it is like that'."

Wang Zhengyi held his breath, and his eyes gradually became fanatical. "Is this true?"

Zhong Jingchu nodded with a smile and spoke in a gentle tone.

"Of course it's true, and my mentor said it's time to hand over these inheritances to you."

"About where these technologies come from, how to use them, and how to experiment and improve on the basis of predecessors."

After hearing these words, Master Wang lost his temper and was completely convinced.

And his face, which had turned the color of pig liver, regained its smiling expression.

Mr. Manager is really not joking, those guys from the college have two skills!

Of course he wouldn't be happy if an expert of the same rank tried to show off to him.

Besides, he couldn't accept it psychologically for a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties to bow his head to a young man in his early twenties.

However, after this conversation, he was able to confirm that this guy was much stronger than him, and had even stood on the atmosphere... There was no comparison between the two sides.

If he can learn some real skills from the academy, he won't mind lowering his head. At worst, he will learn to show off to people in the company.

Just when Wang Zhengyi was thinking this, the other engineers' faces were already full of eager expressions, and they were completely surrendered.

"Brother, that cold ignition... Bah, you have to teach us how to not ignite the fire!" "Oh, why didn't I think of it!"

"Brother, please give me some advice!"

"Brother, if you don't mind, I'll call you master!"

Looking at these wastelanders who were thirsty for knowledge, Zhong Jingchu smiled calmly.

Although he could hardly hold the gun down at the corners of his mouth, he still maintained the expression of a master from outside the world accepting his disciples. "You're welcome."

"I'll tell you everything I know!"

In addition to the employees of the nuclear power plant, the melon-eating crowd surrounding the reactor also included a few idle players.

Although under normal circumstances, players would not go to this kind of background board-like facility, but recently it is obviously not the case.

It's a general situation.

The college sent a team of experts to the alliance, and this matter made the headlines in Dawn City's "Survivor Daily"!

Although the academy has sent researchers and prospectors to Shuguang City a long time ago, the number is rare after all, and they are always elusive. Unless you accept the mission of the scientific expedition team, it is difficult to encounter them.

It is precisely because of this that when they heard that this group of researchers was hanging out near the nuclear power plant, they both ran over to join in the fun.

This is much more interesting than the mammoths in the zoo!

In fact, this is indeed the case.

After watching the show of pretending, [Single-player jungler] couldn't help but applaud along with the group of NPCs. "Oh my god, these guys from the academy can still pretend!"

[The beaten shooter] looked at him. "Are you talking about pretending to have nuclear fusion?"

The single-player jungler: "What's nuclear fusion? I'm talking about showing off." The shooter who was beaten: "Pfft-"

[Hunger Strike mid laner], who had been silent all this time, just smiled and suddenly interjected, "I found out that there are quite a few arrogant people in the academy."

"For example...Jiang Xuezhou?" The single-player jungler thought for a long time. It seems that this is the only academy researcher who remembers his name, and he heard about it accidentally on the forum.

The mid laner in the hunger strike stream said sheepishly, "There is also Yin Fang."

The shooter who was hit by the stream: "?" The jungler who was clicked by the stream: "?"

Hunger strike mid laner: "Hey, don't you think so? Although you have a tough mouth, your body is very honest." Single player jungler: "No, I just think there's something wrong with you..."

Hunger strike mid laner: "...?"

On the other side, the android engineers in Vault 100 were also whispering to each other.

They are not experts in nuclear fusion research, but they are somewhat familiar with various models of fusion reactors. It can be heard that the researcher named Zhong does have two skills.

At this moment, the young man named Zhong Jingchu had already talked about the core difficulties of fusion reactor cold start technology from the history of science, as well as the main ideas for solving the problem.

Not only the alliance's nuclear engineers' eyes lit up when they heard it, but the [Doomsday Lone Wolf] who knew nothing about nuclear fusion was also fascinated by it and his mouth watered.

But it's a pity.

The former can at least get a clue, while the latter is just listening to the excitement. After coming back to his senses, he realizes that listening is almost the same as not listening. He who knows nothing is still ignorant.

He looked back from a distance without finishing his thoughts, and said with emotion on his face.

"MMP! It's a pity that I studied automation... By the way, Professor Yan, you are engaged in physics. Can you tell me about that cold fusion reactor... Is it reliable?"

Feeling the heat contained in his sight, Kuangfeng sighed and said.

"I'm just a physics researcher, not a god... Don't think too much, let alone expect to have a prosperous era in one go. Lay the foundation first."

Not to mention advanced things like cold start and cold fusion reactors, if according to the standards in the game world, the real fusion technology does not even have the concept of "controllable".

The two are not even the same thing, and the technical principles they rely on are completely different.

The lone wolf in the apocalypse still had an expression on his face that was unwilling to give up, and couldn't help but say while looking at Guangfeng who was shaking his head.

"It's always possible to have some inspiration, right? For example, technical routes or something..."

"Are you talking about the technical route for cold start of nuclear fusion?" Kuangfeng couldn't help laughing for a moment, looking at his colleague and said, "Let me put it this way, in the high-energy physics community, there has always been a conjecture about the unification of the four fundamental forces.

Many mathematicians and physicists have struggled with this, even their whole lives."

The lone wolf in the apocalypse looked at him blankly. Seeing that there was no reply for a long time, he couldn't help but ask.

"…………Then what?"

Kuangfeng was silent for a while, then turned his attention to the researcher not far away.

"That's just a guess for us."

"And in the game world...that is, here, the "gravitons" that conform to the grand unified theory can be "touched."

"Do you know what this means?"

The lone wolf in the apocalypse looked at him blankly.

"have no idea."

Kuang Feng stared at him for a while, sighed, and looked away.

"forget it."

Lone Wolf in the End of the World: "???"

His good brother Fang Chang always feels that "Wasteland OL" is not like a simple game world, but more like a living world, but as a physicist, he has a different view.

Just from the perspective of a physicist, he felt that this place was more like another universe.

The physical laws in reality are not completely applicable here, or they only apply within a limited range. The closer you enter the microscopic realm, the greater the probability of this phenomenon occurring.

For example, in the most classic double-slit interference experiment, the requirements for instrument accuracy in the game world of "Wasteland OL" are higher than in reality, which also means that the "uncertainty" of the microscopic world here is smaller.

The reverse is that the Planck constant in the world of "Wasteland OL" is smaller than the Planck constant in reality, even if the offset is so small that it is almost impossible to calculate, or it is infinitesimal in a mathematical sense.

But even if it is infinitesimal, it is different. This is actually a very scary thing to think about.

A smaller Planck constant means that the size of the quantum is smaller, the probability of quantum effects occurring is smaller, the universe is more stable, and there are fewer uncertainties.

Give an easy-to-understand example.

If the God who generates everything in the world is compared to a computer, or a graphics card with limited computing power but a large graphics card, then there are two gods AB, each using its own computing power to generate two different worlds AB.

Among them, A can only generate models of cities and citizens, and the pores on citizens are blurred. Only when the camera zooms in on citizens' faces, the pores will be generated immediately, and they will not exist before the observation behavior occurs.

Pixels belonging to pores.

Even in places that cannot be observed by the camera, the "villains" generated in World A will occasionally pass through the wall... which is commonly known as "passing through the mold."

The B graphics card is different. It can not only generate the pores of a city and citizens at the same time, but can even produce textures that can be seen under a microscope... No matter whether the observer brings his eyes so close, the textures belonging to those pixels are still there.

, or that its existence does not depend on observed behavior.

In the world generated by the B graphics card, it is impossible for people to pass through walls, at least "little people" walking in the city cannot pass through molds, whether they are visible or invisible to the player.

If you want to find "mold-crossing" bugs in the world generated by the B graphics card, you have to do it on a microscopic scale that is invisible even with a microscope.

Such as Nano.

When the chip is small to a certain extent, microscopic particles such as electrons will cross the potential barrier, which is the so-called "quantum tunneling" effect.

To make an inappropriate but vivid metaphor, if the world generated by graphics card B is called "Earth OL", then the world generated by graphics card A is "Night City".

Moreover, it is a night city in countless parallel universes that is not affected by the continuous interference and observation of "Earth OL" players.

In particular, "not subject to continuous interference and influence" is extremely critical. After all, any interference can iteratively create N different parallel worlds in units of "frame rate". In fact, the archives of different players are indeed different.

of.

At the same time, for a game world where thermodynamic experiments are impossible, "frame rate" is one of the important parameters for calculating Planck's constant.

And the Planck constant calculated based on the frame rate must be less than 1 and larger than the real Planck constant! And it is much larger!

"Wasteland OL" does not have the concept of frame rate, and the precision of both the graphics and the physics engine is much higher than that of traditional 3A masterpieces.

Not to mention thermodynamic experiments here, even nuclear tests can be done. Planck's constant can be calculated directly by applying real-life methods, and the violent wind has indeed been calculated in this way.

In the beginning, he actually did the experiment with a playful mentality.

After all, he knew in his heart that this kind of behavior was pinching his nose to deceive his eyes. After observing his behavior, the game server could either ignore him or directly retrieve the encyclopedia data to give him the result he wanted.

However, the results of the experiment were beyond his expectation, just like when he first came into contact with quantum mechanics - God disappeared.

In other words, it was hidden.

Theoretically, the Planck constant of "Wasteland OL" should be greater than that of "Earth OL", just like Los Santos in Gta5, Night City in Cyberpunk, Skyrim in Scroll of Girls...

However, the calculation result is exactly the opposite——

The value of the former is infinitely close to the latter, and smaller than the latter!

No matter how many times he calculated or even repeated the experiment, the result was the same.

This means that "God B" lives in the house of "God A", and a graphics card with a lower computing power is running on a graphics card with a higher computing power... And the latter can run programs that the former cannot?

He has lived for more than thirty years, and this is the first time he has seen such an outrageous thing!

Either A Guang is targeting him!???.s??520.???

Or the aliens behind A Guang, that is, the extraterrestrial civilization speculated by the mainstream media, have focused on him and deliberately induced him to calculate such results through a specially designed algorithm...

For a period of time, he fell into confusion and self-doubt because of his discovery. He even asked for a long leave from his workplace and went on a trip with his luggage. After adjusting his mentality for a long time, he finally recovered from the confusion of self-doubt.

Walked out.

In fact, there is nothing to be confused about.

The existence or absence of matter is an objective phenomenon, but "existence" itself is determined by subjective consciousness.

After taking a look at the lone wolf of the apocalypse who was still trying to figure out gravitons and nuclear fusion, Kuang Feng said calmly.

"...The game world is the game world. You can't expect to discover physical theorems in games or film and television works that have not been discovered in reality, and it is not difficult to make up a conjecture that cannot be proven or falsified.

.”

After a pause, he habitually stretched out his index finger to touch the bridge of his nose.

The high-profile glasses that should be placed on the bridge of the nose do not exist in the game world.

In this world, "Blast" is his name, and Iwakaze is just another person living in another world and has nothing to do with "Blast".

"Of course, due to the closeness of Planck's constant...their theory did give me some inspiration. Maybe we can find something similar to gravitons."

The lone wolf of the apocalypse looked at Professor Yanfeng blankly and said with a wry smile.

"Your speech is becoming increasingly difficult to understand..."

(PS: The book will be finished next year, so it’s not a spoiler to say a few words. The storm just fell into his own "well", and what he saw does not represent my outline. The two different worlds actually exist somewhere in the universe.

It's just a different dimension. It's not a computer simulation, although it's not that mysterious. In addition, the world in Vault 101 is a simulation, and the computing power can probably simulate a planet. This is almost the limit of Prosperity Era technology. No. 404

Vault is different from Vault 101, the former is the real "singularity".)




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