Annihilation of the solar system

"Lin Jie, this superconducting electromagnetic coil accelerator has also completed the final inspection before operation! Everything is normal." An engineer closed a small door on the superconducting electromagnetic coil structure and said.

Although Li Linjie was appointed as the project general manager of the lunar high-energy particle accelerator project, he likes his colleagues to call him by his first name. In such a cruel environment like the moon, the obedience of superiors and subordinates is far less than the trust and affinity between friends.

Easy to use.

Li Linjie made an "ok" gesture with his hand. He looked at the black collision induction tower rising from the ground under the central crater. There were also four pseudo-stellar helium-3 fusion towers surrounding the base of the tower that occupied most of the low-lying terrain in the center of the crater.

Reactors. They are covered by alloy steel domes, like four round shields lying flat on the ground. And the tower is like a sharp spear.

In the past week, Li Linjie led the engineers to inspect each part of the high-energy particle collision project that he was in charge of and took four years to complete. The superconducting electromagnetic coil behind him is

This is the last distribution project tested this time.

"Okay, let's go back to the project department and prepare for a joint trial run." Li Linjie said.

After saying that, several people jumped down from the high platform. The razor-edged crater cliffs were very steep, with a vertical drop of hundreds of meters. Even under the gravity of the moon, a fall from such a height would be fatal.

But as soon as they jumped up, the jetpacks on their backs started working. The nozzles facing in all directions automatically controlled their falling posture, allowing them to touch the ground at a very suitable speed. This backpack could not help them achieve true success on the moon.

flying, but it allows them to jump over a wide range and drop from high altitudes. These functions are particularly useful in craters.

There was a lunar rover parked in a slightly gentle place. Li Linjie and his team took the lunar rover back to the project department outside the crater. This is the temporary cabin where he and Zhou Cheng met, and it was later expanded into the project department. He is already here

He lived there for 4 years and never returned to Earth.

"All unit projects and branch projects have completed the final inspection and can start joint trial operation. I think it's better for me to do it. Lin Jie, you should stay here to take charge of the overall situation. After all, you are the project general manager. What's going on?

It is convenient for overall command." said an older engineer.

After taking off his aerospace helmet, Li Linjie's face had completely lost the childishness and shyness he had when he first arrived at the lunar base 8 years ago, replaced by the tenacity and perseverance carved by the years.

"Old Chen, I know you are thinking about me. But we have already agreed on this matter. You stay here to take charge. I will be responsible for starting the trial operation of each project, and we will not argue." After that, Li Linjie

As everyone looked at her with complicated eyes, she put on her space helmet again and walked into the airlock.

It's not that they don't want to stay, but they all know the behavior of this project general manager. As the largest single construction project on the moon, Li Linjie has devoted almost everything to this high-energy particle accelerator. He understands every channel and every fiber here.

Pillars, and even every weld.

Li Linjie drove the lunar rover alone into an underground tunnel not far from the project department. This underground tunnel leads directly to the main control center located in the collision sensor tower in the central crater.

In Liu Chaowen's initial design, this tunnel and the main control center did not exist. All subsystems of the entire lunar particle accelerator base are completely controlled directly by the Shuchuan High-Energy Particle Research Center on Earth through the remote control center.

However, during the review of the design drawings and the actual construction process, the EDA Academy of Engineering, the Academy of Sciences, and the Lunar Construction Department all agreed that after the construction is completed, if it does not go through the test operation of each link, this huge and complex machine that carries hope will be directly used.

Delivering it to the Sichuan High Energy Particle Research Center does not conform to engineering construction practices and appears to be too hasty. Even if this is the initial design proposed by Liu Chaowen.

Once this project fails, the loss to mankind will be unacceptable, both spiritually and materially. Therefore, without changing any of the original design, experts added a purely manual master to the system of the lunar high-energy particle accelerator.

Control system. It is designed to facilitate the joint trial operation of each system before delivery and the testing of each subsystem during daily maintenance.

Liu Chaowen did not raise any objection after learning about this situation. He just requested that the remote control system should have the first priority control rights in the entire system. The additional main control system can only be connected in parallel to the remote control system. Moreover, any changes to the accelerator ring cannot be made.

A little initial design, not even the placement of a single wire will do.

Li Linjie passed through the towering crater through the tunnel and arrived at the central crater. He drove past the fusion reactor covered with an alloy dome and arrived at the collision induction tower. The main control center is at the bottom of the tower. The equipment inside is brand new but looks like

A product of the past era.

There is no LCD monitor or computer keyboard here. The console is full of rows of mechanical switches and buttons, and there are colorful indicator lights on the wall. This design allows the entire main control system to operate even under high-energy rays.

It has excellent reliability even in harsh environments.

"Get ready to start the joint trial operation, all departments are in place." Li Linjie gave the order via radio.

After confirming that all parts were ready, Li Linjie started rescue projects such as emergency power supply and indoor fire extinguishing, to auxiliary projects such as constant temperature systems, and finally to large-scale independent projects such as starting up fusion reactors.

The entire central crater was gradually activated as Li Linjie pressed more buttons on the console.

"All subsystems are working normally. You can enter the last system, the accelerator test." Li Linjie looked at the colorful and flashing indicator lights on the console and said to the radio.

The last system is the particle acceleration orbit that surrounds the top of the entire crater. Although it does not have a real physical pipe to wrap it, people are still used to calling it this. The test of this system was conducted by the Sichuan High Energy Particle Research Center

Experts are responsible for guiding.

The trial operation only needs to complete the acceleration of the two beams of protons at 30% energy level in the circular acceleration orbit. In this way, it can be inferred from the operation data whether the performance of the particle accelerator can meet the standards without actually completing the collision.

The full-energy level experiment can only be realized by gradually increasing the energy level in successive experiments. Because of such a high energy level, no one is sure whether the results will be completely consistent with mathematical derivation. There is still a blank in the field of high-energy particles.

Too many.

Under the guidance of experts, Li Linjie gradually turned on each system of the accelerator track. Dozens of superconducting electromagnetic coils on the top of the crater began to emit faint blue light, and as the energy level gradually increased. A group of experts in the project department outside the crater

and engineers could already see a very thin band of light moving rapidly along the top of the crater.

They are two beams of protons containing extremely high energy, which are accelerated along the direction constrained by the Lorentz force of the electromagnetic coil. The two light beams initially shine like fluorescent lamps in the dark, bright and gentle.

But as the acceleration energy level gradually increases, the light begins to become dazzling. When it reaches the 30% energy level, the two light bands on the top of the crater seem to be mixed together and can no longer be distinguished with the naked eye. Its luminosity is completely illuminated.

A range of tens of kilometers around the core of the central crater.

"The test is successful, you can return to standby mode!" The expert looked at the data jumping on the display screen of the project department and shouted excitedly into the radio.

Li Linjie breathed a long sigh of relief and pressed the biggest red button on the console:

"Copy that, now completely hand over the control of the Lunar High-Energy Particle Accelerator to the remote control center. Wish you good luck!"

When Li Linjie walked out of the collision sensor tower and was about to board the lunar rover, he suddenly felt dizzy and staggered, almost falling. He increased the oxygen content of his space suit, and after taking a few deep breaths, he felt better. He didn't care and drove.

Then we took the lunar rover into the tunnel and returned to the project department.