Interstellar Energy Tycoon

The characteristics of star core crystals have attracted the attention and attention of the entire scientific community.

A lot of research was done.

This has also caused the price of star core crystals to skyrocket repeatedly, with supply exceeding demand, to the point of triggering panic.

It has also led countless space adventurers and space meteorite fishing practitioners to find ways to find more star core crystal materials to realize their dream of getting rich overnight. After all, a star core crystal the size of an adult's fist is now worth several million. Between 10 million and 10 million, if you can get a few hundred tons, you can become a super rich man, with more money than you can spend in a lifetime.

Li Xingyang also attaches great importance to this material, and spent a lot of money to purchase a lot of it. He also invested tens of thousands of scientific research efforts to deeply understand the characteristics of star core crystals, and found that it is extremely important to the development of Xingyuan Group. meaning.

Because this special material can store extremely large amounts of energy in a small volume, it is a very excellent energy storage material. However, the process of releasing energy is relatively slow, and there is almost no upper limit on the amount of energy it can hold. It is similar to superconducting capacitors. Two different extremes.

Moreover, even the Red Star Federation, where Zhan Yuantian once belonged, has never discovered such magical materials as 'star core crystals', but they exist in small amounts in the solar system.

Subsequently, after extensive detection, scientists discovered that there are many "star core crystals" in the interior of Jupiter. The reserves are not small, estimated to be tens of thousands of cubic meters. Under the influence of high temperature and high pressure, they have It has absorbed a lot of energy and may have reached a certain saturation state.

It's just that with the current level of technology and strength of mankind, it is very difficult and unrealistic to enter the interior of Jupiter. The time is not yet mature now. We can only wait a few years for mankind's technology to reach a higher level. With the level of technology, if there is a way to mine the massive resources inside Jupiter, we can obtain a relatively large amount of 'star core crystals', allowing them to be used more widely.

However, since this special material is distributed in the solar system, then other star systems and surrounding areas may also have "star core crystals", but the difference is between more and less.

But no matter what.

This kind of very potential material will definitely not be isolated in one place, but it will be found everywhere in the universe. It may even be very abundant and have huge reserves.

As for synthesizing this magical 'star core crystal' through artificial synthesis, it may be possible. After all, Xingyuan Group has even produced powerful materials under the influence of consuming huge amounts of energy. 'Star core crystal' should not be impossible to synthesize artificially.

So the next period of time.

Scientists and researchers are racking their brains to study and decipher the nature of the 'star core crystal'.

On the other side, at the application level, we are exploring the specific uses of ‘star core crystals’ and developing some commercial uses.

Researchers from Xingyuan Group have discovered that 'star core crystals' are very suitable as a super material for storing large amounts of energy. Whether it is light energy, thermal energy, mechanical energy, electrical energy, or other energy sources, star core crystals can Absorbing a large amount of energy, the color will change significantly as the absorbed energy increases. When the charge reaches 30%, it will appear light cyan. When the charge reaches about 50%, it will appear green. When the charge reaches an almost saturated state, it will appear opaque white, indicating that it can no longer absorb excess energy.

certainly!

Star core crystals can also release energy in reverse. As long as a special bioelectricity is applied to it, it will feed back tens of thousands to millions of times the current. It is precisely because of this magical characteristic that it can be used in many applications. When put on a virtual gaming helmet device, even extremely weak brain wave bioelectricity can be amplified millions of times, so that the probe does not need to pierce the scalp, let alone make a hole in the head, to experience It is close to the real sensory experience, and the effect is simply a subversive improvement. Therefore, there are countless rich players, regardless of the cost, to buy virtual game helmets made of 'Star Core Crystal' material, no matter how high the price is, they are willing to pay for it. Even super virtual helmets priced at 50 million or hundreds of millions were sold out instantly.

However, the total amount of star core crystal material is currently only ten cubic meters. Except for the interior of Jupiter, no new reserves have been discovered. After being divided up by the scientific research circle, very few can flow into the market. Extremely It is so rare that countless commercial companies want to search the entire solar system and then the surrounding star systems. As long as they can find it, they will definitely make a fortune and become a super rich man who attracts the attention of all mankind.

At the current technological level of mankind, although the warp engine and super-light speed technologies have not yet been conquered, the technology of conventional power has also reached a peak.

For example, the thrust of the ion engine uses high-temperature and impact-resistant strong materials as the reaction chamber and casing of the engine. The thrust-to-weight ratio of the current ion engine can be increased to more than 100, accelerating the ejected ion flow. It can exceed 30,000 kilometers/second, and the specific impulse is very high. In addition, the nuclear fusion reactor has also been successfully miniaturized. The smallest volume can be slightly larger than a refrigerator, but the power generation is in the millions. More than 10,000, many medium-sized space planes can also be equipped with small fusion reactors, and then introduce more working fluids, they can have extremely exaggerated space endurance, reaching 0.3 times the speed of light at the fastest. If the prepared working fluids are enough There is no problem in accelerating to 0.5 times the speed of light.

This allows some interstellar spacecraft to have the ability to carry out interstellar flights, and the time is ripe to travel to other surrounding star systems, because at a speed of 0.5 times the speed of sound, even a star 20 light-years away will only take 40 years. It can be reached in about 20 minutes, and considering that human life span is about to be extended to over 200 years, the time spent on the road for just 40 years is still relatively cost-effective, and some people are willing to pay this price.

What's more, the human medical field is about to achieve breakthroughs in deep sleep, allowing humans to maintain a long-term sleep state, reducing the consumption of life span, and not causing damage to the body. This will undoubtedly make long-distance interstellar travel more practical. feasibility.

only……

At present, there are still very few companies or individuals who are considering and willing to develop in the surrounding stars. Public opinion generally believes that the time is not mature yet, and there are not many people who are willing to make contributions and take risks.

The reason is very simple.

The resources in the solar system are already enough for every human being, divided into tens or tens of billions of tons. Now there is no shortage of resources at all. Even if involution still exists in a few areas, most human beings have lived a better life. The material is very rich and clean, and you can live an extremely happy life just lying down. In addition, the country helps to guarantee the bottom line. Even if you are a good-for-nothing waste and only know that being addicted to the virtual world is a big burden, you can still receive monthly income. I get a lot of unemployment benefits and minimum security subsidies, which are about 3,000 to 5,000 yuan a month. I live in a house for free, the water and electricity network is very cheap, and the prices are very low. I can occasionally receive a large amount of free materials, which makes quite a lot of money. A proportion of citizens have become parasite-like existences in society, unable to make any contribution but simply consuming and wasting resources.

But even though there are many such people lying down.

Public opinion and experts will not criticize them too much. Instead, they will acquiesce in the existence of this group, neither praising nor belittling, nor affirming, nor insulting or discriminating, but just treating it as some kind of useful group. Necessary resources are population resources.

After all, with the development of the times, the value of other natural resources is decreasing and depreciating, but the importance of population resources is constantly becoming more and more prominent, because the population represents the consumption power and whether the factory can continue to operate. Going forward, it is the source of top talents. Although the proportion of real geniuses is a very small group, as long as the population base is large enough, talents will emerge in an endless stream. There will not be a shortage of talents and inability to develop in the future. Talents The importance is self-evident.

Due to the large number of resources in the solar system, the attraction of immigrating to other stars has suddenly weakened. In addition, the development of medical technology is not very fast. The average life span of human beings is still difficult to exceed 300 years, reach 500 years or even immortality. This makes long-distance interstellar travel less cost-effective. It is better to wait until medical technology is developed enough to break the constraints of human lifespan and embrace immortality. Then no matter how far away the star is, adventurers among humans will I am still willing to take a risk, because when the cost of time is reduced to a very low level, no matter how far the journey is, it will not seem so far away.

It's a bit far-fetched.

Let’s go back to the characteristics of the magical material ‘Star Core Crystal’.

As scientists' research continues to deepen, they slowly discover that the 'star core crystal' seems to have some kind of soul energy characteristics, and can be affected by weak bioelectricity, thus making huge feedback. Scientists also discovered that , when someone uses the spirit to directly control the 'Star Core Crystal', as long as your mind is strong enough, you can even control the 'Star Core Crystal', releasing a more terrifying current, and even having a certain degree of destructive power.

And the huge amount of energy that the 'star core crystal' can store.

Under the control of certain personnel, the 'Star Core Crystal' can continuously release strong current, as if it has some kind of 'super power', it can freely control the current and perform many operations that ordinary people cannot do. , and a significant change in people's mentality, making them feel that they are 'omnipotent' and like a 'superman'.

There are even a few crazy scientists who even plan to integrate the "star core crystal" into their own bodies, and then give themselves "superpowers". They can not only control electric current, but also absorb all kinds of energy, making full use of it. The magical properties of 'Star Core Crystal'.

It's just that most scientists who dare to make such attempts end in failure, and are injured at least, or pay with their lives at worst, because the 'star core crystal' is not as easy to control as imagined, and after entering the human body, it will cause Destructive changes, the human body is generally fragile and cannot withstand the direct impact of huge energy. Even if the energy released by the 'star core crystal' appears to be very mild in the eyes of scientists, when it acts on ordinary people, the fragile body often Will suffer huge damage.

Therefore, after several scientists died, the scientific and technological community issued regulations prohibiting the integration of 'star core crystals' into the body, introduced the dangers of this approach, and curbed the impulse of a considerable number of scientists.

Since direct integration is not possible.

Is it possible to achieve fusion indirectly?

Some other scientists have begun to conceive of non-contact indirect fusion solutions. They still want to tap the huge potential of the material 'star core crystal', and the desire to gain control of huge power drives more people. Scientists have adopted a variety of methods.

After some trying.

Most of them failed, and almost none succeeded.

However, a senior scientist proposed a brand new idea, which was subject to heated discussions and debates. They all believed that although it was a bit imaginative, as long as it could be successful, it might be able to bring about a lot of results and even changes. The whole world.

The plan proposed by this scientist is called the ‘Law of Superpower Manifestation in the Virtual World’.

In the scientist's article, he proposed a very magical theory of completely bridging the 'virtual world' and the 'real world', that is, finding a way to use a set of extremely powerful supercomputers to simulate an environment that is infinitely close to the real world. , the degree of realism must be at least ninety-nine, and there are almost negligible nuances in the real world.

Then, in the virtual world, we will continue to study the ‘star core crystal’, allowing it to absorb and store a large amount of energy, and then study how to release and utilize the energy in it.

Because according to the law of energy conservation, since the 'star core crystal' can absorb so many kinds of energy, it can certainly release various kinds of energy in turn. Even if there will be a certain amount of loss and waste in the conversion process, this loss It must be a smaller proportion, but most of it can definitely be retained.

Then it is to use the bioelectric 'spiritual power' possessed by human beings to exert various influences on the 'star core crystal' and simulate all the characteristics of the crystal.

With the study and operation of countless players, as long as they can find the rules and use supercomputers to summarize experience, it is estimated that it will not take long to get a lot of results, and even explore the ultimate use method of the crystal, allowing humans to successfully master the crystal. The use of crystals can control the control methods of various energy sources, and even allow you to do many magical things.

However, scientists have discovered that powerful supercomputers require powerful chips, which only chip queen Nan Yibing’s company can produce.

Nan Yibing has been researching 'star core crystals' and has achieved a lot of results. (End of chapter)