Annihilation of the solar system

The turbid night like ink has enveloped the entire city, and the continuous drizzle has brought a frosted lens to this dim city. From a distance, it looks like a woman holding a pipa under the candlelight with her face half-covered. This person from the past Time, even if the weather is the same, the noisy night market, blooming neon lights, crowded traffic, the veil of the city that never sleeps has just lifted a corner.

At this moment, there was a bleak scene outside the car window. Shen Manling, who was sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help feeling angry and sad. She said to Zhou Cheng who was driving next to her:

"The speed of adjustment in this country is really fast. The transition period announced today has immediately begun to restrict electricity consumption. All advertisements and decorative lights on the roadside have been turned off, and the street lights are only 1/3 of their previous brightness. The night markets that used to be noisy have all been closed. The girl in the city who was in bloom yesterday suddenly became an old man in her twilight years, which is really touching. "

Zhou Cheng didn't say anything, just nodded "Yeah!" and continued to drive his wife's small-displacement car. Shen Manling seemed to notice that her husband was worried, and her touching smile appeared on her face again. I also got rid of the sadness just now:

"But, it's not all bad. I remember you taking me to and from get off work like you do now, before you got a doctorate."

A smile appeared on Zhou Cheng's stiff face:

"Yes, after I started studying for my Ph.D., our work and rest schedules didn't exactly match each other. We all drove to and from work separately. Now we have entered a crisis era, and one of our original two cars has been out of service. Maybe it will be replaced soon. It will be demolished and refurbished."

Zhou Cheng was inevitably a little sad when he said this. After all, the beauty of machinery and the joy of driving are romances that belong exclusively to men. When the transitional management department asked him to stop using one of their two cars, it was he who took the initiative to stop using his own car. That car with a larger displacement.

Although the large-displacement Land Cruiser was his pursuit in his youth. Every detail on the car was taken care of by himself, and his car was always clean and spotless. Occasionally, he could take it with him in his spare time. Taking his wife with him, he made an appointment with a few friends to go to the countryside to play. Traveling through the wilderness, eating picnics and looking at the pristine scenery were his greatest pleasures.

But in the face of such a crisis, he still chose to save resources as much as possible with a clear sense of justice. Shen Manling still had the same gentle tone just now:

"I think it's good like this. I go to and from work with you every day, and our family is allowed to keep a private car. Because of the nature of our work, we are also given a quota of 200 liters of gasoline every month. If an ordinary family They only have 50 liters of gasoline per month, which is considered extra care for us."

Zhou Cheng's face seemed calmer. He drove on a road with almost no traffic and glanced at the time on the dashboard:

"Look at 9 o'clock now. If you change it to the previous time, you can run up to 40 yards. Today it is almost 80, and the urban arterial roads are like highways. Hey, by the way, how is the work of your Space Defense Research Institute going? How's it going? Is it going well?"

Shen Manlin frowned slightly:

"How can I put it, it's going smoothly. Our current research objects are mainly the biological characteristics on Europa and Titan and the speculation of how they arrived on the earth. The work has just begun to be arranged, it is very busy, and it is easy to make mistakes. But everyone They are very enthusiastic about their work. Xia Lan and his team have done the hardest part for me, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to leave if you had come to pick me up today.”

Zhou Cheng's face was filled with relief:

"These young people are very hard-working. The young guys and girls in my research group live directly in the dormitory of the Academy of Sciences and rarely go home. Their motivation gives me hope."

Shen Manying thought of her students and said:

"Yes, Xia Lan and the others live in the research center. They work overtime day and night. By the way, what's the situation over there?"

Zhou Cheng's face returned to the previous serious expression and he shook his head:

"Today, Dean Xia, Dean Shao of the Academy of Engineering, and leaders of several other departments convened an emergency meeting with several of our leaders in theory and application. The main purpose was to solve the power supply problem of the Fuyao system. .The current request put forward by the Engineering Academy is a power demand of 50 million kilowatts. With this level of power consumption, and considering the location of the Fuyao system construction, the only way is to build power generation equipment on site."

Shen Manling turned slightly towards Zhou Cheng, with a hint of sadness on her face:

"But currently our most advanced fission reactor technology has to reach a power of 50 million kilowatt hours. The construction scale is unimaginable, and the construction period is probably difficult to guarantee!"

Zhou Cheng's face was solemn, and the corners of his eyes kept twitching:

"At least 35 units must be built to ensure electricity consumption. The construction period will take at least three years, and the Fuyao system must be put into use within one and a half years at the latest. The initial plan is to build the foundation of the nuclear power plant and at the same time, provide emergency services from the surrounding area. Build a transmission network to provide temporary power supply. Wait until all units are completed before canceling the temporary power supply."

The sadness on Shen Manling's face looked even deeper under the dim light:

"I heard that the Fuyao system is located in an inaccessible place on the western plateau. Building a temporary power transmission network in such a place? Wouldn't that cause a huge waste of manpower and materials?"

Zhou Cheng sighed helplessly:

"Yes, how can we afford such a huge waste of resources now, so the plan has not been finalized yet. Now let us go back and review the plan, and we will make the final conclusion in a week."

Shen Manling pursed her lips:

"Alas! Old Zhou, didn't I hear you say before that there is a big breakthrough in controllable nuclear fusion technology? It will be put into practical use soon."

Zhou Cheng snorted coldly:

"Hmph! From a scientific research point of view, it is indeed a breakthrough. But the test machine that has just begun to have preliminary self-sustainability will still take at least several years to come out of the laboratory.

If a controllable nuclear fusion reactor can be realized, then all problems with the power supply of the Fuyao system will be solved. Only two units that can back up each other can meet the full-time power demand of the Fuyao project, and the power station is only the size of a fission power station. One-twentieth of. But, where do we get so much time? I am particularly afraid of the sky like this now."

As he spoke, Zhou Cheng reached up to his neck and looked at the dark sky through the windshield wiped by the wiper, and then continued:

"I'm afraid that one day they will be covered in flames and appear in front of us, and we haven't done anything yet."

The car stopped in front of the dark villa in the drizzle. In the past, the lights on the porch and balcony would always be on even if there was no one at home.

Walking into the living room, Zhou Chengban was lying on the sofa, squeezing his eyes and rubbing his temples. He felt exhausted mentally and physically. He didn't care about the physical fatigue. He only hated that he had so much knowledge but could hardly help at such a critical time. Shen Man Aya came over with steaming tea in her hand:

"Stop lying here, go take a shower. Then go to bed early. The days to come will definitely become more difficult day by day, and we must be prepared."

Zhou Cheng was about to speak when his cell phone rang. It was the sound of receiving an email. He took out his cell phone and looked through it and said:

"Okay, I will sort out today's information later and then rest. You should also rest early, your work is not easy. Tomorrow..."

He was startled by the content on the screen of his mobile phone. The text message prompt on the screen read:

"4% of the files "Design and Application of 2h Controllable Nuclear Fusion Reactor" were downloaded, totaling 742.5g."