My science and technology museum

"I thought you weren't even going to participate in the official operation and testing of our first fusion power plant. Dean, are you really so confident about leaving the entire project to me?"

Monday, January 22, 2029.

Laba Festival.

Binjiang City.

Longhu fusion power station.

In the main control room, Pei Hongyin looked at Xu Lei beside him and said hello easily.

Speaking of which, when he was first assigned to be responsible for the fusion power plant construction project, Pei Hongyin was really worried. Because of this, he repeatedly wanted Xu Lei to participate in the work and guide the work.

The results were all rejected on the grounds of developing Qiankun No. 2.

As a result, he could only bite the bullet and complete various tasks of the fusion power station.

For a person whose entire body has to be buried in the ground, this is really not an easy task.

Fortunately, Li Chengzhe and other people from the Chinese Academy of Sciences were there to help.

Otherwise, it will definitely not be completed in the short term.

Now that the Longhu Fusion Power Station has been successfully established and has entered the operational testing stage, Pei Hongyin is undoubtedly completely relaxed.

After all, it can be said to be a foregone conclusion at this time.

No matter what the result is, we can only wait for re-planning, design and construction later.

Xu Lei knew from the beginning that building a fusion power station was a sure thing for Pei Hongyin, so what he saw before him was within expectations.

After listening to what Pei Hongyin said, a warm smile suddenly appeared on his face and he quickly responded.

"Everyone can see Mr. Pei's abilities, so of course I am relieved."

"But after all, this is the world's first fusion power plant operation. It contains such great historical significance. I will definitely come to participate in the test in person."

For this fusion power station.

Because it is located on the outskirts of Binjiang City and is mainly built with future technology.

Xu Lei personally named it Longhu Fusion Power Station.

But I have to say that Xu Lei was still a little nervous at this moment.

Whether the Longhu fusion power station can be successfully operated and passed this test is related to the subsequent construction of fusion power stations in other provinces in the country.

It must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

Who told Xu Lei that if he wants to gain influence, the only things he can count on are the fusion power station and the newly developed Qiankun II.

If the Longhu fusion power station operates smoothly to provide electricity for the entire province and bring a high amount of influence to it, then Future Technology will definitely start building fusion power stations in other places at the same time. While harvesting a large amount of influence, it is equivalent to completing the domestic Transformation of the energy system.

It is an execution plan that will benefit everything without any harm.

But as for the final test result, it can only depend on luck.

After all, although Xu Lei believed in Pei Hongyin's strength, the construction of the entire fusion power station was not the responsibility of one person.

No one can be sure of the final performance.

And when these thoughts appeared frequently in Xu Lei's mind, Li Chengzhe next to him suddenly said: "It's almost time, it's time for the test, teacher."

And if you listen carefully, you will find that there is a slight vibrato in Li Chengzhe's words.

Trills of excitement.

Since Li Chengzhe was able to take over the banner of the person in charge of the artificial sun project from Pei Hongyin, he must have been very interested in this field.

Otherwise, we would not have been working hard for so many years, and we would not even hesitate to agree to the joining of overseas laboratories.

But the advent of controllable nuclear fusion technology completely destroyed his remaining pride.

And even the artificial sun project has been terminated.

Originally, he thought that he and his team could only do some research on ordinary projects, but he never expected to be invited by the Future Technology Fusion Institute to participate in the research and construction of fusion power plants.

Although he was amazed at Xu Lei's speed, he started building a fusion power station in a short time.

But there was absolutely no reason to refuse such an invitation.

On the contrary, everyone can take this opportunity to come into contact with real controllable nuclear fusion technology, and it is too late for everyone to be happy.

It is from this idea.

After Li Chengzhe joined the Longhu Fusion Power Station project team, he was attracted by the various fusion and real-time knowledge involved within a few days.

The whole person is completely immersed in it and cannot extricate himself.

In a way, he is also responsible for the completion of the current fusion power station. Seeing it successfully operating is a disguised realization of his dream.

When Pei Hongyin heard Li Chengzhe's reminder, he subconsciously looked at Xu Lei.

Usually everyone at the station listens to his arrangements, but today Xu Lei finally came over, so naturally he wanted to blame everything on Xu Lei.

Let the other person experience these troubles.

However, Xu Lei was so shrewd. As soon as he caught Pei Hongyin's eyes, he said before he could say anything: "Mr. Pei, you don't need to look at me. Just follow the normal procedures."

"I think you might as well not come today." Pei Hongyin looked helpless.

Although Xu Lei also felt like he was bullying the old man, he felt relieved when he thought that Pei Hongyin really loved nuclear fusion.

Anyway, after the Longhu Fusion Power Station is completed, he will be completely free.

Because of the example of Longhu Fusion Power Station in other parts of the country, the construction of fusion power stations in other parts of the country will only be faster and smoother.

After all, fusion power plants can be replicated.

As Xu Lei said, Pei Hongyin really loves the research of nuclear fusion.

No matter what he said, his mind was always on business, and he didn't waste any time because of it.

Almost as soon as Xu Lei finished speaking, he glanced at the leaders of Binjiang City beside him and confirmed to them the preliminary preparations for the operation test of the fusion power plant.

"Director Li."

"Have you implemented everything I arranged?"

"Don't worry, Academician Pei, the entire province has been without power tonight, and all emergency measures have been implemented." When he heard his name was called, Li Ming gave an accurate answer without hesitation.

The impact of a province-wide power outage will certainly not be small, so the relevant notices were issued several days in advance.

In addition, Longhu Fusion Power Station will soon provide power energy support.

Basically minimize the impact.

in addition.

The province's major power generation facilities are also on standby.

For two situations.

If the Longfor fusion power plant operates successfully, these traditional power plants will cease operation forever.

But if the operational test fails, they will still need to continue working to restore power to the province as soon as possible to avoid greater impact.

Pei Hongyin confirmed the situation from Li Ming, then looked at the time, and then told Li Chengzhe: "Let's get started, Xiao Li. It's time to reap the rewards after working hard for so long."

"is teacher."

When he heard that he was scheduled for the final start-up, Li Chengzhe suppressed his excitement.

After nodding sharply in response, I seemed to be able to hear my own heartbeat.

Next, under the gaze of many pairs of eyes, he slowly walked to the console and decisively pressed the button to start the fusion power ignition.

…

Although the news of the blackout was announced several days in advance, there are always some people who don't pay much attention.

When there was a sudden power outage, it exploded instantly.

Because the built-in battery of the virtual helmet only ensures that the user can safely leave the virtual world after encountering special circumstances, it cannot maintain the user's state in the virtual world for a long time.

Not to mention continuing to play virtual games.

So when everyone was forced out of the virtual world by the system, they all took out their holographic terminal equipment and went online to inquire about the situation.

At first, these people who didn’t understand the situation were quite angry.

But after being explained by others and knowing that his own Longfor fusion power station was about to be officially put into use, his attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees, and he took the opportunity to start Versailles.

I don’t know how many lemon essences have been attracted on the Internet.

"Who knows why the power went out? I'm dating my girlfriend in the virtual world!"

"I'm in Binjiang City, and there's actually a power outage. Do you even dare to cut off the power of Future Technology Company?"

"Not to mention Binjiang City, the power supply in the entire province has been cut off."

"Don't you all know that the Longhu Fusion Power Station in Binjiang City is officially running and testing today, so there will be a short power outage."

"Good guys, even a person from Yangcheng like me knows this better than you."

"It turns out that our Longhu Fusion Power Station is about to be put into use. Nami is wet!"

"I suspect you are in Versailles, and the evidence is abundant."

Let’s talk about the Longhu Fusion Power Station.

While the outside world was waiting for the power to be restored, everyone in the main control room couldn't help but feel nervous.

I am afraid that something will go wrong and the entire project will be wasted.

Fortunately, things went smoothly.

Since the Qiankun No. 1 nuclear fusion device has been running perfectly and successfully, it means that its technology is very mature, so there will definitely not be any sudden changes.

Under everyone's expectations, the core nuclear fusion device of the Longfor Fusion Power Station was successfully ignited and put into operation.

It made a sound that was shocking and indescribable in words.

And because the Longhu fusion power station has more complete functions than the Qiankun No. 1 in the research institute, detailed data on the energy input-output ratio was quickly fed back.

"Teacher, look."

After getting this data, Li Chengzhe just glanced at it and couldn't wait to hand it over to Pei Hongyin.

"OK!"

"The ratio of Longhu Fusion Power Plant far exceeds that of Qiankun One."

"We succeeded."

As Pei Hongyin took the data and said these words with great excitement, the entire control room suddenly burst into warm applause.

Everyone's face is filled with joyful smiles.

Although Xu Lei didn't look at the data separately, he knew that the Longhu fusion power station was successful.

As for what's next, it's time for him to reap his influence.

"This is good news. Let's all attend the celebration banquet tonight and relax." Xu Lei finally left these words and left by car in a good mood.

The Longhu fusion power station can be built in such a short period of time, which is definitely inseparable from the joint efforts of everyone.

After working so hard for so long, we must let them celebrate and relax.

The reason why Xu Lei chose to leave was not only because he was now focusing on influence, but also because he didn't want to put too much pressure on everyone.

After all, if someone as outstanding as him stayed, others would not be able to let him go.

at the same time.

With the successful operation of Longhu fusion power station.

The province's power supply will be restored immediately, and the price of electricity will be adjusted in the future, completely getting rid of the traditional fossil energy conversion.

When the good news was announced, the entire Internet suddenly fell into heated discussions.

Many people hope that the next fusion power plant will be built in their own province.

Overseas, naturally, they are even more envious, especially since the price of oil has plummeted. If they continue to exploit, they will just throw money directly into the sea.

It has become of little value.

For this reason, some small forces had to show their utmost sincerity and wanted to cooperate with Yan Fang.

Hope that clean nuclear fusion energy can be used.

Although for small forces like them, only one fusion power station can meet their needs, they still need to wait patiently for a while.

Until the domestic energy structure is completely changed, others can only watch helplessly.

After returning to Longhu High-tech Park, the first thing Xu Lei did when he walked into his office was to control his consciousness and enter the science and technology museum space.

The booth where controllable nuclear fusion technology is located in the hall.

When Xu Lei walked here again and looked at the information screen, familiar data suddenly broke into his sight.

Name: Controllable nuclear fusion technology

Level: First level civilization

Evaluation: The illuminating lamp of the universe, a sign that civilization has entered the first level.

Influence: 1.26 million/10 million

Collection unit: Universe Civilization Science and Technology Museum.

"It actually directly increased the influence by more than one million, I really didn't expect it!"

Looking at the data in the influence column, Xu Lei was quite surprised. He didn't expect that a single fusion power station would provide him with an influence of over one million.

At this rate, as long as a few more fusion power stations are built across the country, the influence of tens of millions will not be a problem.

But it’s normal if you think about it carefully.

Although these influences are only provided by a fusion power station, this fusion power station serves tens of millions of people.

As these thoughts appeared in his mind, Xu Lei suddenly felt that the construction of other fusion power stations should be put on the agenda.

Especially considering that the world's population is now close to 8 billion, if all of them are allowed to use fusion energy, I believe the impact will reach a very terrifying figure.

Of course this takes a lot of time.

As the saying goes, one bite cannot make you fat, so for him, the most important thing is to first gather enough influence of tens of millions.

In this way, even if the upper space still cannot be unlocked, at least new exhibits can be unlocked.

After deciding on the next plan, Xu Lei did not stay in the museum hall for long, and soon controlled his consciousness and left the space.

But it is worth mentioning that when he left, he couldn't help but glance at the elevator leading to the upper floor.

——

After the news of the great success of the Longfor Fusion Power Station spread, in addition to a large number of comments from netizens on the Internet, responsible representatives from many places even took the initiative to contact Future Technology.

They all want Future Technology to be the first to build fusion power stations in their area.

Because this matter happened to be in line with Xu Lei's plan, he naturally would not choose to refuse.

The number of people in the Naihe Institute who can participate in the construction of fusion power plants is limited, and Pei Hongyin is indeed old and no longer suitable for such a laborious project. Even with the help of Li Chengzhe and others, at most two fusion power plants can be built at the same time.

In this way, the remaining places can only queue temporarily.

In the end, after Xingtong's simulation calculations, the two easiest places were selected from the fusion power plant construction locations submitted by various regions.

This will ensure that the fusion power plant will be completed in a shorter time.

At the same time, you can also train new people.

In addition, this approach also convinces others that they are willing to wait patiently for the next opportunity.

Although the location of the two new fusion power plants can serve a larger population, it is still far from reaching 10 million in influence.

But Xu Lei didn't have much to worry about.

The spacecraft, which mainly uses the Qiankun 2 nuclear fusion power device, is about to depart for Mars. In addition, it will be broadcast live globally, and it has far-reaching significance. According to Xu Lei's judgment, it should also increase its influence a lot.

The two combined may be enough to have an influence of tens of millions.

Even if it's still close in the end, when the fourth fusion power station is built, it will definitely be enough.

As the date of the Mars mission is getting closer, the popularity of Longhu Fusion Power Station did not remain online for too long.

Soon the topic of discussion shifted to Mars.

As the fourth planet closest to the sun, Mars is covered in hematite, which makes the entire planet appear orange-red.

In addition, due to early human exploration of Mars, it was discovered that there is a large amount of water ice under the surface of the poles and mid-latitudes of Mars.

And it is very possible that there once was life.

These circumstances have led to everyone's high expectations for Mars, and it has become mankind's first choice for interstellar immigration.

In some respects, Mars attracts no less attention than the moon.

The key is different from the previous launch of a rover to Mars. This time, astronauts are actually sent to land, and military bases and galaxy monitoring stations will also be built.

It can be called a historic moment for mankind.

By then, when military bases and monitoring stations are completed, mankind's understanding of Mars will also reach a very high level.

Maybe we can find more signs of life.

Even surviving life.

These will play a vital role in the development of human civilization.

Seven days later.

With the arrival of the right launch window, the live broadcast that has captured the hearts of audiences around the world has finally begun.

Since the spacecraft uses a nuclear fusion power plant, carries seven astronauts, and has enough equipment and resources to survive on Mars for several months, the spacecraft is much larger than the previous ordinary Shenzhou spacecraft.

Not even a space elevator can complete one-time transportation.

In this case, the personnel of the space agency had to take the lead in using the space elevator to transport the spacecraft in batches.

The docking is completed after arriving at the near-Earth spaceport.

As for this live broadcast, seven astronauts took a space elevator into the spacecraft, and then the nuclear fusion power device ignited to propel the spacecraft to the distant Mars.

Preliminary calculations indicate that astronauts will need to travel in space for at least two months.

This is a great torture for the mind and body.

So this time, the selection of astronauts is mainly based on elderly people who have performed relevant missions.

At the beginning of the live broadcast, the screen first showed a nuclear fusion-powered spacecraft located in a near-Earth space port, and an engineer explained it.

So that everyone can have a clearer understanding of the performance of nuclear fusion-powered spacecraft.

However, for the large number of viewers in the live broadcast room, while everyone is paying attention to the nuclear fusion-powered spacecraft, they also show great interest in the near-Earth space port.

In order for the space elevator to operate successfully, the space agency frequently launched rockets to complete the docking and assembly of the cornerstone modules of the near-Earth space port.

Nowadays, the near-Earth space port is very complete and has been put into use.

In addition, the space agency has also built a near-lunar spaceport in lunar orbit to better transport lunar resources.

However, because the spaceport has not been publicly announced to the outside world, and there are no similar live broadcasts, everyone is not too impressed by it.

With the opportunity to observe the nuclear fusion-powered Mars spacecraft, I was able to see almost the entire view of the near-Earth space port. I was quite happy and excited inside, so much so that the number of barrages in the live broadcast room increased rapidly.

"Damn it, is this our near-Earth spaceport? It's so spectacular!"

"It feels like there are only a few star battleships missing."

"Who would have thought that our aerospace industry has already achieved such results? Looking overseas, there is almost no one that can beat us."

"What the heck, those people overseas are basically screwed in the space industry."

"I guess your focus is wrong."

"Show me the nuclear fusion-powered Mars spacecraft. It's super cool, okay?"

"The main thing is the nuclear fusion power device produced by future technology, otherwise it will be impossible to carry out a Mars mission in the next few years."

"I wonder if life can be found on Mars?"

…

After completing the explanation of the nuclear fusion-powered spacecraft, the live broadcast screen immediately switched to the seven astronauts performing the mission.

And soon everyone spotted a familiar figure.

"Hello everyone."

"I am astronaut Ye Junmin, and I will lead the team on this Mars landing mission."

"Please stay tuned and look forward to our triumph."

Yes.

Among the astronauts participating in this Mars landing mission was Ye Junmin.

And he is also the captain.

From the newcomer who participated in the first lunar landing mission to the construction of the Guanghan Palace lunar base to mine resources, he has grown rapidly.

Today, I have to shoulder a huge burden.

Not only must the mission be successfully completed, but one must also do his or her best to ensure the safety of the team members.

Not long after.

When the seven astronauts finished sharing their feelings at the moment, they immediately entered the space elevator.

Prepare to rendezvous with the nuclear fusion-powered spacecraft.

"Start the elevator."

"Tiangong is ready to receive it."

"Guanghan Palace Lunar Base pays attention to locking the status of the spacecraft to ensure the safe docking of astronauts."

Dengtian Island.

Ground station control center.

As the general person in charge, Wu Chuping decisively issued the start-up order and quickly updated several new orders. At this moment, the whole person was in a state of high tension.

Because only when the astronauts successfully enter the spacecraft and successfully ignite and push it, the mission will be considered an initial success.

Only then can you relax a little.

Faced with Wu Chuping's instructions, the staff naturally did not dare to slack off, and soon a series of status reports sounded in the control center.

Finally, with the global audience watching in the live broadcast room, the astronauts successfully arrived at the Tiangong space station.

It enters the near-Earth space port in a special way and completes the docking with the nuclear fusion-powered spacecraft. Next, the astronauts will operate the ignition and start the spacecraft internally.

And this operation also determines the success or failure of the mission.

In such a thrilling scene, many viewers even held their breath unconsciously and watched with great anticipation.

At the same time, this also included Xu Lei, who was watching the live broadcast in Binjiang City, but his face was relatively calm.