The End of Technology

Just when Chen Luo lamented that his PhD life was extremely miserable, he heard even more heartbreaking words from his junior sister.

"Elder brother, Director Ning told me before that he can leave at any time as long as I complete the tasks assigned to him. He made an agreement with Uncle Zhuo. I will call Uncle Zhuo and he will arrange a boat to pick me up tomorrow. . Of course Director Ning also said that I must have a leave note approved by you or him. So, Senior Brother, you will definitely grant me leave, right?"

As he spoke, Chen Xi put his hands together and made a praying gesture towards Chen Luo.

She really didn't know how much the privilege given by her mentor to leave the moon base at any time would hit her beloved senior brother.

At this time, Chen Luo was a little lost. He thought of his mentor's instructing him: "Don't always think about getting privileges. No scientist in so many laboratories in the three bases has privileges. Even the theoretical chief executive of the base You can't leave just when you want. What's more, it is very expensive to make a special trip for such a big ship. We are still in the early stages of space exploration, and resources must be used sparingly. As my student and the senior brother of my junior brothers and sisters, You have to lead by example, right?”

At that time, he felt that the big boss's sincere words were right, but now he felt that his mentor was really good at pulling off tricks.

The most annoying thing is that the instructor actually asked the junior sister to approve the note before leaving.

Is this encouraging the little girl to show off in front of him?

"Senior Brother, Senior Brother, what are you thinking about? Can you help me issue a certificate? I'll tell you."

Chen Xi's urging voice woke Chen Luo out of his distraction. He glanced at the cute little junior sister in front of him, and Chen Luo said seriously: "Little junior sister, have you ever thought that we are still in the early stages of space exploration and have limited resources..."

"Wow, the teacher is really good at predicting things. He told me that if I ask you for approval, you might teach me to save resources at the base... Let me tell you, there is no need to talk about this. He has already told me Uncle Zhuo told me to have Duabo send a small boat to take me to the Wu Gang, and then follow the ferry boat on the Wu Gang back to Earth. The cost does not need to be charged to the base."

"Who is Du Abo?" Chen Luo asked with a frown.

"Um...Mr. Dupont? Wasn't Base No. 3 sponsored by them?"

Chen Xi blinked and replied, then as if he had thought of something, he explained like a treasure: "By the way, the instructor also said that he didn't prepare this passage for you because he hoped that you could calm down in the lunar base and get the nuclear power as soon as possible. After the fusion project is completed, his Mars transformation plan lacks the key technology chain here. He doesn’t want you to not get a diploma after you are 30, that would be too embarrassing.”

"Chen Xi, is that what you said? Can you blame me? I would like to ask if you have ever seen any doctoral supervisor set a threshold for students to graduate. Only after controllable nuclear fusion can be ignited and run stably and continuously for more than half a year can they graduate. ?Do you think this is normal?"

"Um...it's not too much, right? The instructor said that he gave you all the previous research materials, and even equipped you with an intelligent assistant. As long as you don't have too many problems with your brain, you can definitely do it. And my graduation The requirement is that I must rely on my own efforts to win the Fields Medal in Mathematics before the age of 26, and they also say that I will not graduate if I am over 26 years old. Well, this requirement is also difficult, right?"

"Forget it, where's your portable computer? I'll give you an approval note." Chen Luo didn't want to say anything anymore and just showed his hands.

He was too lazy to explain to the little girl that he had the honor of being his mentor, so he would most likely only need a letter of recommendation to get the award. Chen Luo didn't want the ugly academic stories to cast a shadow on the pure academic heart of the junior sister.

He can just bear this pain alone.

Who makes him the senior brother?

"Thank you, senior brother. Apart from my mentor, you are the best!"

Chen Luo took the portable computer handed over by his junior sister, pressed the electronic fingerprint on the already written leave application form, and then clicked to import the system. After the prompt that the system passed, he handed the palm-sized auxiliary computer to Chen Xi.

"Okay, the report has been made. You can contact Director Zhuo. Thank you, senior brother. I will bring you the most delicious spicy chicken wings next time you come to Chang'e Base."

"Just remember to bring two extra pairs of flat shoes."

Before Chen Luo could finish his words, he saw that Chen Xi had jumped up and disappeared, and he couldn't help feeling depressed again.

God is indeed the fairest. He gave the little junior sister a genius mind, a beautiful face and a cheerful personality, and then confiscated her stupidity, ugliness and autism.

MMP!

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Watching the junior sister disappear at the corner of the passage, Chen Luo shook his head subconsciously, then turned and walked to the intersection on the other side, turned right to the elevator, verified his identity and walked into the elevator. Pressing the button for the -5th floor, when the elevator opened again, a huge circular machine appeared in front of Chen Luo.

This is the controllable nuclear fusion project that Chen Luo is personally responsible for. It is also his graduation project, codenamed Rigel 1.

Before the emergence of the base's N-series humanoid robots, it was completely impossible for a doctoral student to be responsible for such an ambitious project. Of course, it is actually unlikely even now. But when this project is supported by massive data, various key materials are backed by eighteen world-class laboratories throughout the base, and is supplemented by breakthroughs in research on anti-gravity materials, plus robots that can construct by inputting drawings, It becomes very simple.

Moreover, when the uncles and aunts in the large research base laboratory of the University of Space Exploration learned that Chen Luo's graduation project was to independently build a controllable nuclear fusion machine, they really felt sorry for this senior brother who was specially recruited by Ningji. Basically all his scientific research needs are directly prioritized.

Even if it's just a small screw...

So whenever Chen Luo faced this machine alone, all the anger in his heart disappeared, and he calmed down instantly.

Because Chen Luo knew everything he disliked about this base, but it might be a level that ninety-nine point infinite nine percent of his peers could not reach in their lifetime. This was the life he chose. Ha, transforming a planet and making the desolate Mars, where the storm was raging everywhere, become as livable as the Earth. Just thinking about it made his soul tremble.

I have to say that his big boss is really good at brainwashing and painting.

The design concept of Betelgeuse 1 is a variant of laser nuclear fusion. The principle is actually very simple. It can be roughly understood as heating a very small diameter fuel ball uniformly to about 100 million degrees. Under this high temperature and pressure, the electrons outside the nucleus can escape from the shackles of the nucleus, so that the two nuclei can attract each other. Then they met. When two nuclei come together they create a heavier nucleus. This process is accompanied by a huge release of energy.

The theory is clear, and all reaction data have even been processed in great detail at the mathematical level, but it is extremely difficult to make this thing run stably. Not to mention it's controllable. It is extremely painful to fully understand the complex internal wiring alone.

But Chen Luo has spent seven years on this machine.

After Ning Zi determined that he was capable of obtaining a master's degree, he assigned him this task. During this period, all the papers he published were based on this machine. Winning many awards has indeed solved many problems.

For example, how to improve the efficiency of converting the total energy of the incident laser into the implosion energy of the target pellet; to separate the heating and compression processes during the implosion compression process to greatly improve safety; and how to effectively control the instability of the plasma fluid during the implosion process. Non-linear growth.

It is no exaggeration to say that in Chen Luo's opinion, the machine in front of him is definitely more important than his life.

The only problem is that the current controllable nuclear fusion generator can only operate stably for about a hundred hours, and various unknown problems will occur.

It is true that they are all agnostic problems because many problems arise randomly.

However, Chen Luo is not discouraged. Firstly, this machine already represents the most advanced nuclear fusion technology in the world. Secondly, Director Ning just helped him test the machine some time ago and gave him some suggestions on how to solve some minor problems. If the machine can run stably for more than 300 hours, then it will not be a problem to run stably for half a year or even longer.

Although there were many complaints about the unreliability of his tutor in other aspects, Chen Luo unconditionally believed in Ning Zi in terms of academics. Because the mentor never missed any academic debate, from the lunar base to the extremely complex Mars artificial mass capture plan. During the specific implementation, a group of big scientists in the Nuwa's command room had to quarrel every day, quarreling back and forth, and finally It all depends on which side his mentor is on, whichever side will definitely win. Even win unilaterally.

That demeanor of arguing with the scholars with detailed arguments... Forget it, there is actually nothing much to say about the scholar's demeanor. Chen Luo has long been used to it.

After gathering his emotions, Chen Luo came to the operating console and turned on the operating computer connected to Rigel 1. After turning it on and verifying his identity, he took out his personal computer from his pocket and put it directly on the operating console. The system would prompt at any time that it was ready. connect.

Basically, the operating system of all smart brain devices in schools is the Hongmeng system jointly developed by the base and Youwei Group. The biggest advantage is that it has a cross-platform compatible database, as well as an intelligent and secure multi-device verification mode and a high-speed data interactive transmission mode between devices.

Simply put, it is safe and convenient.

It was as if Chen Luo was synchronizing with the operating computer of Betelgeuse 1 at this time. After receiving Chen Xi's calculation results yesterday, he was fine-tuning the internal signal structure of Betelgeuse 1.

This fine-tuning is mainly based on the calculation results of the junior sister. After simulation in the brain, it is believed that the frequent problems that occur after Betelgeuse 1 has been running for a period of time are mainly due to insufficient internal ablation pressure, which causes the fuel to be lost in a certain link during the polymerization process. Mixing results in uneven internal energy distribution, resulting in non-linear growth of the pressure cylinder load.

When the pressure cylinder is in an unstable state for a long time and reaches a critical value over time, it will trigger the safety strategy designed by Betelgeuse 1 and cause an active shutdown. At the same time, because of its unstable internal load and the special environment of high temperature and high pressure, the sensors around the body cannot accurately determine the internal status, so there are frequent error reports.

Chen Xi is only responsible for calculating various variables through mathematical methods, and then using his brain to simulate the range of possible errors. Specific adjustments can only be made by Chen Luo himself.

No, it can't be said that he did it himself. He just re-modified the design on the brain. After inputting it into the main control computer, there will naturally be a robot responsible for carrying out the practical operations according to the instructions.

Yes, the most advanced laboratories in the world currently have such a workflow. There are very few places where resident scientists are really required to do it. The situation where graduate students once washed bottles until they vomited has almost disappeared with the popularity of robots.

Now the N-series scientific research robots have begun to develop the sixth generation. Even the poorest laboratory can buy second-hand N1 series scientific research robots at an extremely low price. Calculated, it is more trouble-free than letting students wash them, especially if they are used for cooking. The preparation work before the test is definitely much more reliable than doing it manually.

Free students may be lazy and may complain or even cause mischief, but robots will not.

Of course, this does not mean that the pressure on students has been reduced. For graduate students in this era, it may save a lot of repetitive and boring work, including but not limited to preparing various consumables, tedious data recording, post-test inspection, cleaning, etc. work, but there are also things that must be learned, such as how to deal with the auxiliary robots in the laboratory.

The biggest pressure is probably that it is more difficult for graduate students from prestigious universities to graduate.

Although Chen Luo always complains a lot when he is free, he probably never thought that his academic experience itself has become a legend in the eyes of others, and can even be said to be a benchmark that makes people speechless.

Especially when other tutors need PUA.

"Do you know Chen Luo? Academician Ning's students have won Nobel Prizes, but they are not qualified to graduate yet. Think about it for yourself why? Is it because the instructor deliberately made things difficult for him? Is it because the Nobel Prize is not valuable? Yes? It's because of the instructor's love for him! Do you think I want to prevent you from graduating? You're wrong, I hope to do more for you!"

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Well, for Chen Luo, these are just clouds. Doing research with his mentor automatically insulated him from other distractions in the world. He just needs to do his own thing well.

Just like at this time, when he successfully uploaded the content that he spent a day working on yesterday, and after it was verified twice by the brain, the instructions were issued to the machine engineers who were on standby. At this time, as the sound of the machine starting up sounded, the machine engineers also began to take action.

Robots of various models and sizes were already standing in front of the maintenance port of Betelgeuse 1 according to the tasks assigned by the intelligent brain. When the mechanical arm opened the door, the robots filed in. At the same time, the computer in front of Chen Luo automatically displayed the estimated time required to complete the construction—fifteen hours and thirty-one minutes, and then started counting down.

At the same time, the screen automatically switches to the internal monitoring screen, and you can switch to the screen that needs attention at any time.

Chen Luo rubbed his hands excitedly.

He had a hunch that maybe he could graduate if he persisted for a while!