Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

"Sir, we would like to know what you think of the latest results announced by Hua Guo Changyedui, which are obviously still far behind us."

The foreign media in the United States, after Changdui once again announced the research progress in 1939,

Interviewed the person in charge of the controllable nuclear fusion research project in the United States.

The person in charge who originally made the remark about 'candies from the candy shop on the next street' has been dead for some years now.

The person being interviewed now is the new person in charge of the United States' controllable nuclear fusion research project.

When facing the interview, the new person in charge was still very confident.

"No, no, no, there is one thing you said wrong. It is not an obvious gap. In fact, the latest data released by Changyedui just proves that there is no obvious gap between us and them on this path."

"We can see that China's long night reactor, both in terms of continuous operation time and Q value, is obviously still on the same order of magnitude as our controllable nuclear fusion experimental reactor."

"This just proves that Changyedui has not made that much progress in the past time."

"We have every reason to believe that we are now, in fact, standing in front of the same gate as Changyedui of China."

"The Q value breaks through one, which is definitely a great achievement and a historic breakthrough. But from one to two, the difference is only a matter of time."

Faced with the person in charge’s confident answer,

The reporter asked again,

"Then how long do you think it will take for the United States' controllable nuclear fusion project to catch up with the current achievements of the Long Night Reactor and surpass it."

"I believe we will do that very quickly."

The person in charge still gave a quite optimistic answer, but did not give an accurate or approximate time.

then,

The controllable nuclear fusion projects in Europe probably also have this attitude.

Although Changye Dui followed them and announced a number that far exceeded their results,

But basically everyone believes that they are already on the same ladder as Chang Yedui on the path of controllable nuclear fusion research.

There is a gap between the two sides, but this gap is still of the same magnitude and has not caused a qualitative change.

To a certain extent, this is actually not wrong.

But that doesn’t mean that going from one to two will be easy.

Perhaps on a larger time scale, the Q values ​​of 1 and 2 are completely on the same level.

In the future history books, Q value exceeding one may be a key point in the research process of controllable nuclear fusion.

But if it exceeds two, it may not be mentioned at all.

But this has never had anything to do with difficulty levels one to two.

…

In the years after 1938, even if there were long nights piled on it,

Throughout the world, there is indeed still a wave of controllable nuclear fusion research.

But at this moment, the results piled up over a long period of time are actually at least ten years ahead of Europe and America.

The outcome of this wave is destined.

Even though the entire world today is clamoring to invest huge sums of money in the research of controllable nuclear fusion,

The one who said that controllable nuclear fusion must be commercialized in the shortest possible time regardless of the cost.

But in the end, nothing happened.

After the Q value breaks through one, the research path continues downward.

Obviously, it was not because of breaking through a key bayonet that it became smooth sailing and the momentum was unstoppable.

After repeated attempts and unable to find an easier way,

What can be done is to keep the Q value lower than one for a while and continue to grind towards a higher value little by little.

And back then, it took them more than ten years to go from zero to nine to finally break through to one.

Now if we continue to study like this, the efficiency can be imagined.

then,

Whether it is the controlled nuclear fusion project in Europe or America,

The further down you go, the more silent you become and your voice disappears.

There is one thing they have to accept,

If the Q value exceeds one, it will not be of any practical help to further research.

The commercialization of controllable nuclear fusion is obviously not as good as the previous person in charge of the California controlled nuclear fusion project said,

It’s as easy as ‘after opening the door, just go to the candy shop next door and pick up the candy’.

As difficult as it was then, it is still difficult now.

…

In 43 years, a few years after the Q value collectively broke through.

Despite huge investment and extremely slow progress in controllable nuclear fusion research,

From Europe to America, the enthusiasm for controllable nuclear fusion has clearly weakened.

The most intuitive expression is,

Whether it’s Europe or America,

With the exception of China, the research funding for several of the world's most important controllable nuclear fusion research projects has been reduced again and again.

The number of researchers working on related projects has also declined sharply from its peak to the following years.

A certain European country that originally declared that it would do whatever it takes to commercialize controllable nuclear fusion,

They chose to default on funds for controlled nuclear fusion research projects that are being coordinated across Europe.

For a certain American country,

In addition to the disappearance of his enthusiasm for the realization of controlled nuclear fusion,

The hegemony declines and the economic situation declines.

All kinds of problems began to pop up.

This is also the reason why its investment in controllable nuclear fusion projects has declined sharply.

at the same time,

throughout the world,

The atmosphere of public opinion has also undergone earth-shaking changes compared to the beginning.

First, the overall speed of human technological progress has slowed down significantly in recent years.

What this brings about is a change in the overall trend of thought.

A considerable number of people believe that they should care more about their current life instead of looking forward to a future that they cannot see at all.

These people all feel that it is difficult for the entire world to make any disruptive progress while they are alive.

In fact, this is also true for these people in the first half of their lives.

There are also many people from a certain American country,

At this time, everyone believed that commercialized controllable nuclear fusion was simply a scam.

It's just that China is letting them invest a lot of money into a research project that has no practical significance at all.

Even across the world, a considerable number of scholars believe that,

Controllable nuclear fusion may not really be the most suitable source of energy in the next era.

then,

The person in charge of a controlled nuclear fusion project in an American country said in an interview:

He no longer has the confidence of his predecessor.

"Maybe we're doing something stupid, who knows."

…

In 2044, America's controlled nuclear fusion project was cut again.

The controlled nuclear fusion project cooperating with many European countries has once again been owed funds by many European countries.

This once led to the suspension of related controllable nuclear fusion research projects.

In fact, the two main parties except China have basically given up on the possibility of achieving controllable nuclear fusion in this century.

…

As for Changyedui, the situation is pretty good.

During the more than ten years of "magnificent events" in the outside world here, it basically had no great impact on Changyedui's research work.

During the more than ten years here,

In the entire research team of the Changyedui Project, some have retired, some have passed away due to old age, and a new generation of researchers has joined.

However, research on controllable nuclear fusion continues day after day, year after year.

Although in this long night, all the 'competitors' fell down,

But Changyedui is still walking alone.

At the beginning, the old leader promised Mo Dao the country's support and investment in Changyedui.

No matter how time changes, it will still be allocated on time every year without any reduction.