Interstellar Energy Tycoon

At noon on the 26th.

The convoy arrived in Zhangquan City and entered a foothold prepared by Tianlong Aerospace in advance.

Just had lunch.

He didn't stop to rest much to relieve the fatigue on his body.

The huge convoy set off again and went to the Fangniu Mountain launch site more than 20 kilometers away. They booked all the nearby sightseeing areas, set up a temporary camp, and pulled up a cordon to prevent unrelated people from entering.

At this time, the Fangniu Mountain launch site has undergone very big changes.

The launch pads used to launch the Star Force 1 rocket were all dismantled and turned into pieces of concrete flat ground.

At the top of the mountain, an area has been flattened by construction machinery, and a high-grade cement field with an area of ​​about 1,800 square meters has been built. In the center of the site, a ship about 25 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 15 meters high is parked. The main structure is relatively square, and there is an oval "turtle back" device on the top, which looks like a sci-fi and simple interstellar spaceship.

"Xingyuan" air and space transport aircraft!

Stand under the plane.

"Old Fang, how is the test work going? Is it reliable?" Li Xingyang asked as he patted the silver-gray surface of the plane.

"Done more than fifty lift-off tests and performed flawlessly."

Fang Yujun on the side said: "Mr. Li, don't look at the size of this plane, but the internal structure is actually very simple. The metal absorber on the top is used to absorb light energy to generate electricity. This is the core energy module; there are also The 20-ton battery and superconducting capacitor module, this is the energy system that comes with the aircraft, which can independently supply energy for a period of time. Then there are 80 ion engines evenly distributed under the wings, which can be controlled flexibly, and then Some communication modules, control modules, etc., but the three core pieces, as long as they are done well, it will be a huge brick, and it can fly steadily into the sky, and the reliability is guaranteed to be high enough."

"That's good."

Li Xingyang nodded. Fang Yujun was right. The reliability of any aircraft and spacecraft is mainly related to the three major systems of energy, power, and control.

If the energy system is not up to standard, the failure rate will be surprisingly high. For example, the old ugly nuclear-powered aircraft carrier looks very good, but it has been lying around for more than ten years. The nuclear reactor weighs hundreds of tons, with complex structure and complicated maintenance. , There is also the risk of nuclear radiation and nuclear leakage.

The combination of lithium iron phosphate battery + superconducting capacitor is light in weight, occupies a small space, has high energy density, high output power, and is more reliable than nuclear power plants.

In terms of power system, such as a turbofan engine with a complex structure and countless blades, no matter how easy it is to use, it only takes about 10,000 hours, and it needs to be overhauled every so often. , It’s no problem to use it for 1 million hours, and because the weight is only 50 kilograms, if something goes wrong, you only need to disassemble and replace it as a whole.

In terms of the control system, the Xingyuan space transport aircraft does not need to do any complicated maneuvers, just take off and land vertically, and fly smoothly. It does not use the complex flight control system on the fighter jet, and the control difficulty is several orders of magnitude lower. Reliability is naturally very high.

It is estimated that this aerospace transport aircraft will not have any problems and can enter space at any time to perform transport tasks.

But today's protagonist is not this plane.

Instead, there are three 'dwarf mushroom' devices that have been placed on three concrete flat grounds - floating relays.

This equipment has also been tested for a very long time in Suhong City, and there is no problem with its reliability. However, Suhong City is a city with a high population density, so it is not suitable for high-altitude suspension and light column energy supply tests. It can only fly at a low altitude of 100 meters, and the high-altitude test can only be carried out at the Fangniu Mountain launch site.

"Let's start testing the floating relay immediately, try to finish it within a day or two, and then officially execute the task." Li Xingyang gave instructions.

"Yes, Mr. Li." Chief Technical Engineer Bao Chunlin and others said humanely.

Immediately the intense testing work began.

"Charge the device!"

"Charging in progress..."

"The charging progress has reached 100%."

"Get ready for liftoff!"

"Start the engine and lift off!"

"Buzz~"

On three circular concrete flats, twenty ion engines on three floating relays accelerate the ejection of a large number of ionized air molecules. A small pit was burned.

Nearly 50 tons of thrust exploded!

It is enough to push the floating relay to counteract the gravitational attraction, and rush to the sky with a relatively fast acceleration.

300 meters

500 meters

1000 meters

3000 meters

5000 meters

10000 meters!

The height is getting higher and higher, the speed is getting faster and faster!

But when it rose to an altitude of 20,000 meters above the ground, the thrust of the engine was insufficient, the blue tail flame faded, and its internal power reserve was almost exhausted.

Then began to slow down slowly, and climbed to a height of 30,000 meters where the air was thin, and the speed dropped to close to 0. It seemed that it was about to fall to the ground, and this was a very dangerous thing. The weight of a ton falls to the ground from a height of 30,000 meters, and its destructive power is comparable to several tons of explosives.

This test has also reached the moment with the highest degree of difficulty!

"Energy relay satellite, start supplying energy to the floating relay!" Command and control center issued a command.

"Yes, the energy supply of the beam of light has started!"

One order.

At this time, the energy relay satellites deployed in space were all activated online, and aimed the parallel light lens at the floating relay at an altitude of 30,000 meters.

The spectroscopic mirror devices on the three light sail reflectors on the energy main road are also all activated, splitting out one after another diluted light beams, and hitting the nearest energy relay satellite.

The photovoltaic power generation base array located at the orbital position of 1800 kilometers above has been increased to three parallel light lenses, and the angle has also been adjusted, so that three beams of light yellow light beams are respectively hit on the three floating relays - because During the day, the photovoltaic array can supply energy to the floating relay for 12 hours, but it cannot be done at night because it will be blocked by the blue star and needs to be relayed by energy relay satellites.

So in the quiet and deep space.

First, the light sail reflector and the photovoltaic matrix emitted seven or eight beams of light.

Part of this light hits the metal absorbing ball of the energy relay satellite; part passes through the thin atmosphere hundreds of kilometers thick, and directly hits the metal absorber of the floating relay.

And the energy relay satellite, after being irradiated by the light beam of the spectroscope, will also enter the relay relay state, immediately convert the light energy into high-energy short-wave, and then launch it straight! When passing through the thin atmosphere, it also hits the floating relay - in this process, the energy relay satellite will lose 25% of the light energy, and it will lose 10%~15% when passing through the thin atmosphere, plus the floating The 25% loss of the relay itself is actually only about 40% of the light energy, which is effectively absorbed by the floating relay.

Even if only 40% of the light energy utilization rate!

In addition to the three parallel light lenses of the photovoltaic array, the light energy of more than 600,000 KW power (an average of 200,000 KW per beam) is passed through the dissipation of the thin atmosphere and the conversion loss of the floating relay. The rate is only over 60%, but each floating relay can also receive an effective power of more than 120,000 KW.

The two are added together.

Each floating relay can get nearly 150,000 KW of optical power.

enough.

This is perfectly adequate.

Under the irradiation of such powerful light energy, it only takes less than ten minutes to be fully charged, and it can also drive the ion engine while charging, and re-explode a large thrust, so that the floating relay can maintain a stable floating state , remain relatively stationary with the ground.

Therefore, when in space, these energy-supplying beams are precisely hit on the floating relay from different directions and angles, and with sufficient energy supply, they will soon be able to remain still and hover stably in the sky.

And this whole process happened in just one or two seconds!

And the effective power of more than 120,000 KW, the floating relay itself is impossible to use up, the consumption caused by the ion engine + charging is only 20,000 KW at most, and the extra 100,000 KW power can be fully converted into The high-energy short-wave with a slightly longer wavelength (long-wave penetration is strong), and then sent vertically to the ground for use-this can minimize the loss caused by the dense air below.

Finally, 25% of the loss of the "Xingyuan" aerospace transport aircraft was removed.

It can make no less than 45% of the light energy be effectively used on the ground, that is, 45,000 KW.

This is completely enough for aerospace aircraft, and even a spacecraft weighing four or five hundred tons can be directly towed into space.

ten minutes later.

"The three floating relays are fully charged, do you want to carry out the light energy conversion and irradiation test?" An operator asked.

"Let the floating relay move above the sea first, and then irradiate the uninhabited sea."

"yes!"

The three floating relays in the sky drifted hundreds of meters east together, and came directly above the sea.

subsequently.

The irradiation test begins!

Three pale yellow beams of light nearly ten meters in diameter hit the uninhabited sea at a vertical angle.

This scene looks very shocking and gives people a dreamlike feeling. No matter who is witnessing this scene, they can't help but look up at the sky and find three beams of light arranged in parallel, like three pillars supporting the sky.

Like a scene in a myth, it happened before my eyes.

And this is just the beginning.

From the 26th to the 27th, during the test that lasted more than 30 hours, three beams of light frequently appeared.

In the beginning, it was just an ordinary irradiation test, and there was no requirement for accuracy, as long as the beam of light was sent out, the test was considered successful.

But the second item is the precise irradiation test. On the Fangniu Mountain launch site, a number of red target circles with a diameter of only ten meters were set up, and then the circles were aimed at the irradiation. It was also successful, and the error could not exceed 0.1 meters.

The third item is precise long-term irradiation. The beam of light must be aimed at the red target circle for more than half an hour. It is required that the beam of light should remain stable without vibration or displacement.

The fourth oblique angle irradiation test requires that the beam of light can still accurately illuminate the ground target at an inclination angle of 5°, 10°, 15°, 30°, 45° or even 75°—even if the inclination angle is larger, the air will bring The greater the loss.

There are other tests, such as the nighttime exposure test, etc., which were all successful without any problems.

The biggest problem is that it aroused a very heated discussion on the Internet, because the beams of light were shot down, were photographed with mobile phones, and after uploading to the Internet, many netizens were very surprised and shocked one by one.

"Computer special effects, must be computer special effects, right?"

"Xingyuan Group is doing these fancy things again, does it make sense?"

"I admit that it looks very beautiful. I saw it through the screen of my mobile phone. If I could see it on the spot, I would definitely say hello."

"Then I'll go to the scene to see what the Xingyuan Group is doing?"

"I'll go too! I have a hunch that brother Xing is going to make a bigger move this time."

Driven by curiosity, a large number of netizens drove to the vicinity of the Fangniu Mountain launch site, and the number gradually gathered more than 100,000.

Especially most of the experienced players of "Galaxy: Energy Tycoon". They vaguely guessed something, but they are not completely sure.

...

The morning of June 28.

The test work of the floating relay has been completed.

However, the three floating relays floating in the sky have not landed on the ground, and are still floating in the sky. They have to enter the actual use stage directly from the testing stage.

For this reason, the energy relay satellites in space have also made some adjustments. In order to ensure safety, there is an energy relay satellite that has changed its orbit, slowed down its speed, and moved it to the vicinity of the main energy road. Head' immersed in it, ready to absorb abundant light energy, to ensure an absolutely stable energy supply.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the technicians began to put pieces of super photovoltaic panels into the huge cargo warehouse of the aerospace transport aircraft, weighing as much as 100 tons, and it took more than an hour to install them.

At 8:30 in the morning, Xingyuan Group launched a live broadcast on the entire network, allowing professionals to explain and introduce the upcoming scene.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, nearly 20,000 employees and executives from Star Group and Tianlong Aerospace were present in the tourist area.

There are hundreds of thousands of curious netizens, surrounding villagers, and senior players standing in the outer area to watch, and they can also clearly see the movement of the aerospace transport plane on the top of Fangniu Mountain.

At 9:30 in the morning, the launch site staff was evacuated and the site was cleared.

"Mr. Li, are you starting to irradiate and take off?" Fang Yujun asked into the communication headset in the command and control hall.

"Start!" Li Xingyang, who was at the scene of the sightseeing area, nodded and said into a headset.

"Okay, let's start!"

Fang Yujun said loudly.

So in space, an energy relay satellite slowly dipped the mushroom head into the red energy main road, absorbing a full 200,000 KW of power generation.

Then 150,000 KW of high-energy short-wave power is precisely irradiated on one floating relay—the other two floating relays do not participate in energy supply, but play a backup role.

And this floating relay, and then vertically project nearly 100,000 KW of light energy to the big turtle back of the aerospace transport plane on the ground.

Although nearly 40% is dissipated by the air, after 75% conversion, there is still an effective power of 45,000 KW, which can be used by the aircraft to continuously generate electricity.

"Xingyuan has reached 100% charge and is starting to take off!"

"Buzzing~" All the ion engines started.

Aerospace transport aircraft overcomes the influence of gravity, slowly ascends into the sky, and continuously accelerates upwards.

But from the perspective of the audience of hundreds of thousands of people in the tourist area.

What they saw was——

A golden beam of light dropped from the sky, penetrating the sky and the earth!

Hit the turtle back of that sci-fi plane.

After a while.

The plane is moving!

off the ground.

Like riding an invisible elevator, along the straight beam of light, it slowly flew upwards, and the speed increased until only the azure blue tail flame from the plane could be seen.

This scene was a bit unremarkable, without a long and bright tail flame, and it didn't make a huge movement like a rocket launch.

But everyone in the tourist area was stunned and stood up one by one.

Although they didn't hear much movement, it was as if countless thunder exploded in everyone's ears!

In the brain, a brand new door was opened, and everything was awakened in an instant.

Then countless exclamations, screams and shouts sounded:

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!!"

"I buy Karma! I buy Karma!"

"Space elevator? Light energy elevator? Or light energy transmission channel?"

"This, this is too dreamy, too sci-fi!"

"Did I have hallucinations? Did that plane have an anti-gravity engine, ignoring the attraction of the blue star, and just go up to the sky like that?"

"Hahaha, I was right to invest in Xingyuan Group, Brother Xing is better than him, Brother Xing will never let us down!"

"No, it's impossible, it's impossible! How can the light energy in space be used like this? Isn't it going to be sent to the ground for power generation? Why do you want to play such tricks?"

"Brother-in-law is awesome! Brother-in-law is awesome! I swear to work hard, and I will be as awesome as brother-in-law in the future, women are nothing!"

Xu Zexu's eyes widened, he was completely awake at this moment, and he also yelled, what kind of shit goddess, what kind of shit love, compared with the scene in front of him, it was nothing, with no value or meaning at all.

"Brother, now you are like the sun god, manipulating the light as you like, doing things that others can't do, being your sister is the happiest thing for me, but the gap between us is too big , How can I work hard to be qualified to stand beside you and let everyone recognize and accept that I am your sister?"

The girl Vera looked at the smiling man with great admiration. While the girl was happy for him, there was also endless inferiority in her heart.

...

the other side.

Wentian launch site, inside the command and control hall.

Through several large screens, I witnessed that the aerospace plane, powered by the beam of light, has entered space and rushed towards the photovoltaic array.

The experts and leaders present were shocked and astonished, but also felt lonely and emotional.

"Times have truly changed!"

"Starting today is the beginning of all traditional space rockets being completely eliminated."

"That young man really did it. I always thought that only by conquering controllable nuclear fusion can humans enter the era of great interstellar voyages, but he proved to us that we can still conquer the stars and seas without nuclear fusion!"

"No, isn't the sun the largest nuclear fusion system? As long as we can make full use of the sun's energy, why bother to master nuclear fusion? We are all limited by our mindset."

"Hmph! Xingyuan Group has developed an air-to-space transport plane so quickly, which can transport hundreds of tons of supplies in one trip, and that Mr. Li has hidden a hand from us again!" Expert Wang Mingyi was very upset.

"No matter how many hands are hidden, we can start the development of the 'Giant Dragon' aerospace plane with a cargo capacity of 200 tons immediately, and there is no further delay." Chief Expert Long Yonghao said.

"That's right, theoretically, it's no problem for the beam of energy supply to send an effective power of 100,000 KW to the ground. We've developed a three- to four-hundred-ton aerospace plane, which will definitely be able to move!"

...

It was past ten in the morning.

All the media platforms in China seemed to explode, reporting the same news and discussing the same topic.

All the TV channels also stopped the original program broadcast schedule, all switched to the news channel, and played the same video screen, and the audience who saw these screens all stood still, staring at the screen, one by one. It's like a fixation technique.

Tianhai International Airport, Terminal 1 Hall.

Pan Dawei, holding a passport and air ticket in his hand, is in his forties this year. He has a very decent job and achieved financial freedom earlier.

Today, he took a ticket to the ugly country, obtained a long-term passport for going abroad, and made the decision to immigrate to the old ugly. This decision was firmly opposed by his wife and children, and there were many conflicts. He can divorce his wife and divide the property, and even a pair of children don't want him as a father, and no one is willing to leave him.

He became alone.

Even so, he will not change his inner decision.

Run!

He must be moist, and no one can stop him.

By the way, it's already 2027, long past the best time for Run, why did he still make the decision to immigrate? Isn't the development of Huaguo today not good enough?

It's not that it's not good, but Pan Dawei always feels that the things he wants to pursue can only be found outside, not in China, and will never be found. In this case, Run is the only choice. I won't regret it.

While waiting for the flight.

The TV screen, which was originally broadcasting commercial advertisements, suddenly jumped to the news channel.

In the news, the hostess said: "At 9:30 this morning, at the Fangniushan launch site in Zhangquan City, Fudong Province, the Xingyuan Group's aerospace transport aircraft carried out the first take-off experiment powered by beams of light. The experiment was a complete success, which means..."

On the TV screen, under the golden beam of light, the air-to-air transport plane slowly rose into the sky.

Pan Dawei was stunned.

The passport and air ticket in his hand fell to the ground with a snap.

The trolley case at the foot also fell to the ground.

When he came back to his senses, he made another important decision!

"I'm not going to run anymore, I'm not going anywhere. It turns out that the light I'm looking for is not outside, but the land under my feet!"

PS: I have been trying to procrastinate this moment. It stands to reason that this climax should be written at about 500,000 words, and the pace is obviously too fast. Of course, it may be that many poisonous points have not been written.