Technological Hegemony

North America, Tennessee, a small town called Clinton.

As the main executive body of the famous Manhattan Project in World War II, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a city built out of thin air in a barren city. This city is independent and houses tens of thousands of the smartest brains on the planet. , living a monotonous life of two points and one line between the apartment and the laboratory all the year round.

As one of the most important top scientific research institutions in North America, Oak Ridge Laboratory is affiliated to the National Department of Energy, and it has six other sister institutions that are also affiliated to the Department of Energy, namely Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Argonne Laboratory, Fermilab , Brookhaven Laboratory, Lowes Laboratory, and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.

This is like a top-level laboratory cluster, and the focus of this laboratory cluster is to fight against the challenges from China in the field of controllable nuclear fusion and all energy-related fields.

The seven laboratories under the Ministry of Energy are all among the top 15 on earth!

This is North America's attitude towards controllable fusion technology. They are bound to win. After successive major setbacks, North America will never be reconciled to losing its nuclear hegemony.

As for Huaxia's nuclear energy field, the national team has been working on it. Xingchen Technology has a fusion pre-research center. Although it is small in scale and can only be regarded as a second-tier medium-sized department in the company, its annual budget is as high as 17 billion yuan. It also has the right to supplement the secondary budget.

According to the budget system of Xingchen Technology, once the annual budget is determined for those laboratories of a general nature, the headquarters will not increase the budget. If the budget is spent in advance, the workload can only be reduced and the budget for the next year will be released.

And if it is the material department, the life science department, such a key department, the budget can be added. Since the research task is extremely important, even if Lu Tao, the financial director, wants to grab it, he must fully support them in carrying out the research. The fusion center is precisely the company's A member of the key department.

These circumstances show that Luo Jia attaches great importance to the fusion center, but due to the sensitivity of nuclear forces, it is inconvenient to conduct research with great fanfare without the permission of the national team. doing.

In addition, Stellar Technology has a tradition of concentrating its efforts on major tasks. At present, the entire company's strength is concentrated in the space elevator project. The Life Science Department is relatively strong because of its independent operation. Although research fields such as controllable fusion and quantum It is important, but it can only be ranked behind the three major items of energy, semiconductors and space.

All in all, by observing the research directions of major scientific research institutions in North America, we can judge their plans and visions for the future, as well as the fields in which our country will start a life-and-death struggle with North America.

North American flag,

The number one research giant is NASA, which is in charge of the space program, followed by the Ministry of Energy, which has seven laboratories under it, which are extremely powerful. The only difference is that the Ministry of Energy adopts a strategy of differentiation and independent operation. There is no doubt that they will be the second NASA.

It can be seen that space and energy are the focus of North American development.

The third-ranked scientific research direction is computer. Lincoln Laboratory, which is closely related to MIT, and Bell Labs, a century-old store, are the main representatives of this research direction. In addition, other laboratories including NASA and Oak Ridge also have Computer-oriented research projects.

Ranked fourth is the direction of medicine and life sciences. In this field, pharmacological research mainly relies on major research institutions under the North American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as pharmaceutical giants headed by Pfizer, as well as laboratories of major medical schools. It is impossible not to mention the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, which is known as the world's number one life science.

After being defeated by the Life Science Department of Star Technology, the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory went underground. The main researcher disappeared overnight, and they didn't know what the hell they were doing.

This phenomenon not only did not reassure Luo Jia, but made him worried. He repeatedly urged the Wen family brothers to increase investment in the field of life sciences, in case guys like Watson and Reinhardt one day, Jump out of nowhere and startle the world.

Ranked fifth is artificial intelligence, which mainly relies on the development of Internet companies led by Google and various universities. However, in recent years, the signs of the North American national team entering this research field have become more and more obvious, especially the intelligent assistant Xiao Xingxing of Star Technology. After it was born, national forces including Argonne Labs began to deeply intervene in this field, and outside of North America, the joint project team of the Cavendish Laboratory in the UK and the University of Cambridge has also achieved amazing results. Progress, they are all pressing for the little star's status in the arena.

The sixth is the direction of quantum and superconductivity, which is the project in charge of Chao Anbang, the top genius of Xingchen Technology. Quantum typically belongs to the field of the future. It may open up a new perspective and dimension for human beings when facing the universe. The theory is still under construction. On the road of development, it is still far away from development, but the potential is absolutely huge.

Anyway, the great power struggle, the pinnacle duel in human history, is by no means as simple as ordinary people imagine. There are too many fields where China and the United States will compete.

At this moment, Shulakel came to the high-level meeting room of the Oak Ridge Laboratory in high spirits and waited for the call. He was only 24 years old, and he had already successfully won the 3D chip project. This is definitely enough to be recorded in history. .

However, Shula Keer, who is on his way to the pinnacle of his life, is full of thoughts about a man, with messy hair like a chicken coop, who always looks like he is not awake, and seems to have no interest in the real world. His voice and appearance.

"Cao Yuan! You have become a god in the field of materials science, and I will also reach the pinnacle of the semiconductor field!"

Shula Keer silently recited Cao Yuan's name, and gradually clenched his fists, as if harboring some kind of resentment towards Cao Yuan.

If you know Cao Yuan well, you will understand that there is nothing unusual about Shula Keer silently resenting him.

Because Cao Yuan has a physique that is hated by others, which comes from his obsession with abusing food. He is already one of the most important scientists in the world. Cao Yuan's time should be more precious than gold, but he spent a lot of money. For a long time, he went to various games, abused food with his powerful talent, and never tired of it.

In fact, when Cao Yuan was younger, he was more interested in arguing with others on the forum than in arguing with others. However, as he grew up, he understood the truth that words are rights, and that being a keyboard expert is not enough. To promote social progress, those who are stubborn by nature will not wake up because of their wise views.

Therefore, Cao Yuan gave up the idea of ​​saving those stubborn idiots, and devoted himself to abusing food in the game. Anyway, he made all his opponents depressed, and he was happy.

Shula Keer was one of the victims. He will never forget Cao Yuan's coquettish shot, which directly blew his head off. Shula Keer was dumbfounded when he saw the bright red blood splashing all over the screen, and deeply remembered The name of the assailant Cao Yuan was recorded.

In this world where only lunatics and paranoids can survive, Shulakel can stand out, relying on the capital of not only talent, but also stone-like stubbornness and persistence.

Fight again in the next round, Shula Keer died, and the perpetrator was Cao Yuan.

In the next round, Shula Keer died, and the perpetrator was Cao Yuan, and after the kill was completed, Cao Yuan arrogantly let out a smile with an upturned corner of his mouth. This dismissive attitude completely stabbed Shu Lak. Er's self-esteem made him feel his blood rushing up, and veins popped up on his forehead.

People have two sides. Cao Yuan is an unparalleled genius, but at the same time, he is also the most arrogant abuser in the game. People always see Cao Yuan with a harmless smile on his face. All the emotions were vented in the game, leaving everyone happy and awake forever.

Shulakel's character is too stubborn. In the research of 3D chips, it is inevitable to encounter the problem of electron migration. Countless scientists are at a loss for this, and even give up. Since the goal of chip technology, there has never been even the slightest wavering.

Putting such a character in the personal grievances between him and Cao Yuan is an endless challenge. Cao Yuan has the habit of constantly changing games. After playing for a while, he feels that the game is no longer fresh, and Cao Yuan will immediately delete the account. Switch to another game.

Shula Keer kept a close eye on the dynamics of Cao Yuan's social account, wherever Cao Yuan went, Shula Keer followed him wherever he went.

Thinking about it is also true love, one year, two years, three years, four years, it is already the fifth year in a blink of an eye, poor life is too short, how many five years can there be.

...

Northwest China, Jiuquan Aerospace Base.

After dinner, Cao Yuan lay in the bathtub as usual, took out his mobile phone, and logged in to the game interface.

"It feels so familiar." After double-killing a guy named Klein on the Internet, Cao Yuan shrugged and said to himself.

Habit is an existence that is difficult to change. When walking, step forward with the left foot or the right foot first. When eating noodles, drink a sip of soup first, and then eat noodles.

The game is also the same. Some people's game style is as cunning as a fox, who likes to hide in the corner to intimidate the enemy.

Cao Yuan keenly noticed that the style of this netizen named Klein seemed familiar. In fact, whenever Cao Yuan started a new game journey, he would always meet someone similar to Klein. His name might be Cristiano or Brown. Ning Salgado has different names and images, but his fighting style is always the same.

Swish Swish Swish~

Cao Yuan didn't think too much, and with a wonderful roundabout kill, he killed Klein for the third time, and then moved along the edge of the map to the next assembly point.

"It's so boring. Always fighting against such boring opponents will make my game level regress, but this guy just likes fighting me."

Thinking of this, Cao Yuan typed on the game chat channel, "Please, can you stop following me and find someone else to play with, I'm very busy..."

...

Tennessee,

The hand holding the phone is shaking, but the heart is bleeding.

"Dr. Shulakel?"

Hearing the sound, Shulakel let out a long breath, looked up, and saw a beautiful secretary with a head of blonde hair smiling at him.

"You are the scientist who likes to play games the most I have ever seen. You have to play a game at this time. I really don't know how attractive the game is. The director asked me to inform you that the guests from Washington are ready. , they want to see you." Miss Secretary said.

Shulakel stood up, thought for a while, and unwillingly turned the phone to silent, then put it in his trouser pocket, and strode towards the meeting room.

"Congratulations, Dr. Shulakel! I was in the conference room just now, and I heard the director and the guests in Washington were full of praise for you!" The secretary added behind Shulakel.

Full of praise?

Shulakel didn't have any pride in his heart, and all he could think about was the Chinese man with messy hair like a chicken coop, who always seemed to be insomnia, as if he couldn't wake up.

That name is Cao Yuan, his fateful opponent.