Rebirth 1999: Opening up the era of black technology

Has anyone seen an apocalyptic movie?

At this time, the people in the shipyard seemed to be in a movie. Maybe this movie would also add a cyberpunk style. The super offshore platform did not have a trace of decadence in the afterglow of the setting sun. Instead, it felt like it was still shining even in the dark night.

That sense of calmness and security is really reassuring.

It is said that the first super offshore platform can reach the designated Arabian Sea in just one week. This is a distance of almost tens of thousands of nautical miles. One nautical mile is about 8 kilometers. If you convert it, you will know how far it is.

So after calculation, it exceeds hundreds of kilometers per hour. How much thrust is needed for such a huge platform and such a speed?

This thing starts at the 500,000-ton level, which is bigger than an aircraft carrier.

This is still the cruising speed, far from the maximum speed. The maximum speed even exceeds 300 kilometers per hour. It is simply flying on the water. Considering the actual working conditions, it is generally not driven at the maximum speed.

Looking at such a powerful propulsion capability, many people are speculating that if it is directly installed on a spacecraft, will it be able to reach very fast speeds? In fact, it is not possible at all. This kind of thruster can levitate a large platform.

In the air, it becomes a real aircraft carrier, but it can only be used on the earth. Because the principle of its operation is still fluid power, which relies on pushing the fluid to generate reverse thrust to achieve the purpose of advancement or suspension.

But once you enter space, where does the air come from?

People have to save their breathing, and all they do is recycle air, and it must not be used for combustion.

That's why we need to develop an ion actuator, which relies on solar energy to convert electrostatic fields and electromagnetic fields to eject cations to propel the spacecraft.

But this is only limited to propelling some smaller satellites, space stations and the like. If it is a deep space voyage, this thrust is simply not enough. The one led by Chen Xiao is called a particle engine, which is a genuine particle engine. It uses a super collider to

The force generated after colliding particles pushes back the spacecraft, so it is called this name. It sounds a bit more boring than ions.

Particles can be particles of any element. They are smaller than atoms. More than 30 types have been discovered so far, including more than 300 types of resonance states. Each type has a certain charge and spin.

Average life span, charge. So the main types are neutrons, photons, protons, electrons and even a series of particles discovered in cosmic rays and high-energy nuclear experiments.

It can be understood from the description that particles come from a wide range of sources. There are rays everywhere in the universe. If two beams are captured, the synchrotron pipeline is started. After reaching a critical state, they collide. Energy and thrust are available, and even God particles are present.

Already.

Most of the particles are unstable, and it is too difficult to peel off anything that is too stable. Today's experiments on the earth mainly use particles radiated from nuclear materials as the source, and the main focus is simplicity and convenience. If you go to space, the radiation will not be enough.

In this case, this can be a backup material.

If we could always encounter stars, the number of high-energy charged particles would be considerable, and we would no longer have to worry about raw materials.

However, to achieve this technology, the miniaturization of the super particle collider is the most basic premise. Since the computing power of the virtual world gave way to this project, the people in the aerospace department have hardly slept, guarding the data every day, and starting from

Find a more concise method from the data to shorten the calculation time and also try to reduce the difficulty of manufacturing.

After practicing for two and a half months, Gu Yu took the initiative to contact Chen Xiao.

"It's done!"

"Okay!" Chen Xiao didn't care at all that it was four o'clock in the morning. He got up as soon as possible and took the special plane while understanding the situation at the scene through the biochip.

Chen Xiao only got a general idea and ordered: "Everyone should take a rest, at least take turns. You have been busy for so long, so squint your eyes first. When I arrive, I will just find someone who has taken a forced break to explain it to me. The others will take a rest immediately!"

"we do not……"

"Follow the requirements, otherwise you will not be allowed to participate in the project!"

"yes!"

This may seem a bit awkward, but in fact it is also a mechanism to protect the brain. Even if Changtian Technology is engaged in scientific research, it cannot let people go without rest for a long time.

In Chen Xiao's view, staying up is useful but not so useful. Inspiration is the factor that changes the world. If you don't get enough rest, where can you get inspiration? So after working overtime for so long, everyone must take a mandatory break and sleep for at least ten hours.

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An hour later, Chen Xiao arrived at the Northwest Space Base, where a prototype of a small particle collider had been built.

The person who received Chen Xiao was a young man. He had just finished his mandatory break. Everyone else had gone to take a mandatory break. Apart from the security members, he was the only researcher in the entire base. In this case, it doesn't matter even if he is a bad guy. Every step is taken care of.

All were accurately recorded.

This young man also understood what happened after receiving Guyu's information. In this era, it is not cost-effective to cause damage. Every step will be recorded in detail, and it can be copied. Points will be deducted for himself. It is not cost-effective.

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"Mr. Chen, hello..."

"No need to be polite, please tell me about the situation. I'll get a rough idea and catch up on my sleep." Chen Xiao also took some time off from his busy schedule, so there's nothing wrong with getting up early and going back to bed.

The employee nodded, explained, and demonstrated while talking.

As early as half a month ago, the material deduction ended. After that, the production department began to manufacture prototypes for experiments. However, the experiments did not go smoothly. Even if the deduction success rate reached 95%, problems still occurred.

Because there are too many details in this kind of project, if there are 10,000 details, then 50 details will be unstable, let alone hundreds of thousands of details. There is no other way, so we can only use the old method.

I first divided the area and then narrowed the scope to investigate slowly. At the same time, I recorded and deduced the investigation process. Only then did I solve the problem completely two days ago.

When notified this morning, a continuous power-on experiment had been carried out and it had been running stably for more than 24 hours. Only then did I call Chen Xiao.

While talking, the equipment was fully activated. In this example, the collider is spherical and about six cubic meters in size. The vacuum pipes inside are stacked in multiple layers. Under the force of the magnetic field, the particle flow can continue to accelerate and eventually

Entering a critical state, this process is similar to that of a tokamak device. The difference is that the things required are different. The tokamak device needs to engage in nuclear fusion, and this is to obtain the reaction force of the collision.

When the equipment was started, the indicator light came on completely, and the collider began to work. The experimenter began to add nuclear fuel the size of a fingernail, and then closed the small cover door.

After a while, the numerical values ​​on the device showed the acceleration and energy of the particles. When the two particle streams collided, the diversion port on the other side began to eject an invisible ray stream. The stress on the entire device

Records also began to be recorded.

"The power just now was not the maximum. If it were the maximum power, this device would fly out, and then the place would be directly burned through by the rays."

"Can't ultra-temperature superconducting materials also block it?"

"It can be blocked, but it requires the cooperation of the magnetic field, and then it is not easy for us to observe. After all, fluids will have the Bernoulli effect on the earth, so there is no blocking."

"Good job. Can it be loaded onto the spaceship?"

"There is still a little bit to go. We need to fix the corresponding launch system so that the spacecraft can fly in various environments."

"Okay, you guys do it, just tell me what you need."

"We want to allow us to go up and experience it when we do a test flight..."

"no problem!"

Chen Xiao walked out of the Space Ministry base with satisfaction, looked up at the sky, with infinite pride in his heart. What about the universe? Human beings finally have the basic confidence to go out of the house.

"Space! I'm coming!" Chen Xiao yelled in his heart, and then started wandering around the aviation base. Days have passed here, and the construction situation is really good.

The various test sites are reasonably planned and each performs its own duties. Materials, power, and communications are arranged in categories. When a certain node is reached, comprehensive assembly experiments will begin.

This aviation base covers an extremely vast area, with more than 10,000 acres currently enclosed, and hundreds of kilometers of open space around it. The local management department will also take into account aerospace needs to scientifically plan where people live.

Near the aviation base, an aerospace city has been slowly built, which has a very rich composition. There are family members of base employees, people from ancillary industries, and a large number of service industries, such as takeaways, express delivery, and entertainment. Everything is available here.

The area that has been barren for thousands of years is now prosperous like a pearl in the desert, shining brightly when photographed in the night sky.

After walking around for a while, Chen Xiao came to the spacecraft manufacturing department, where he was responsible for designing the spacecraft hull and conducting wind tunnel experiments, radiation experiments, and impact experiments.

It has to be said that the noise prevention work in these factory areas is very good. There is no sound at all outside, but once inside, the movement becomes lively. The workers are busy wearing noise-cancelling headphones with excellent performance, and

Didn't see Chen Xiao walk in.

"The ultra-high temperature experiment will be carried out below. The temperature is set at 10,000 degrees Celsius! Control the nuclear power furnace and make sure nothing goes wrong!"

"What does it matter? In the worst case, I can just change my body."

"Shit! That's a nice thought. You've lost a few days of work, and I still have to go to work for you. Hurry up!"

The atmosphere of the staff is very relaxed, and they get things done while laughing and joking. This kind of relaxation is more conducive to achieving results, and being too tense will cause mistakes.

After hearing what they said, Chen Xiao suddenly thought of something.

"Hey! What are you doing standing there! Come back to your job quickly! The experiment is about to begin!" Suddenly someone patted Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao turned around, nodded apologetically, and walked aside.

"Ah! Mr. Chen! I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you who came to inspect the work!" The supervisor immediately nodded and apologized.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. This is the company's policy. The inspection cannot delay the work. I am not standing in the right place. You can go and do your work."

"Okay! Take your time and look here. If you need to change places, let us know and we will guide you to prevent you from going to an inappropriate place."

"OK."

So the technicians went about their business.

Looking at it, Chen Xiao discovered a huge problem. Now that Changtian Technology has the opportunity of virtual immortality and the ability to cultivate life forms, everyone's work is... quite unrestrained. Security details are not that important, even if

It is an industry with high radiation and high pollution.

Anyway, Changtian Technology will regenerate new bodies for employees. If it breaks down, just replace it with a new one, which will only waste a few days of work. After a few days, you will be a good man again.

The benefits of such an unrestrained working style are obvious, that is, the progress is fast, the results are good, and scientific research and production are advancing rapidly. However, the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, the cultivation of living organisms is very common, and almost every key production department must be equipped with several sets.

In some places, there are even more than ten or twenty sets of equipment for cultivating life forms.

Under such circumstances, Chen Xiao is not worried about money, and the cost of this thing is not high. What Chen Xiao is worried about is the feelings of his employees. Step by step, the body is moving towards the point where it has to cultivate living bodies. How painful will this process be?

These are living people, not consumables! From a humanitarian point of view, Chen Xiao is psychologically uncomfortable.

"Solve this problem? How to solve it?" Qu Ping's biology department once again ushered in great work.

"Why are you so screwed up? Turn the genes of tardigrades into injections or oral medicines, so that humans can quickly obtain the abilities of tardigrades. Even if they don't gain all the abilities, they will be less painful. Besides, genetic medicines will be in the future

The research and development direction. We cannot always use the method of directly cultivating living organisms. This is limited by the site, and it is destined to only be used in distant voyages."

Qu Ping also nodded: "Understood." She had also felt before that although the living body cultivation equipment could adjust genes, it would be troublesome for everyone to do it. But if we want to develop a drug that directly changes genes, this

The difficulty is obviously not low. It is not about the gene chain, but various substances and elements to influence the genes to express the characteristics you want. How difficult!

No matter how difficult it is, it must be achieved. Human beings will not always stand still. Besides, it is not necessary to obtain all the abilities of tardigrades. In the relatively safe greenhouse of the earth, humans only need part of the abilities. Like this time Chen Xiao

The requirements focus on radiation protection and pollution prevention, and there is no requirement for genes that can withstand high pressure in the deep sea.

From now on, whoever does what job will be injected with the genetic agent for that job. Of course, if development goes smoothly, it will be even better if humans gain all the powerful abilities of tardigrades.

"The next step is to wait for the progress of ray capture technology and energy fields. With these two technologies, humans can begin long voyages. I'm really looking forward to it!"

Chen Xiao subconsciously rubbed his hands. The most difficult task of miniaturizing the particle collider has been completed, and deep space voyages can be expected! ()