Great Power Technology

Chapter 87
The so-called negative thermal expansion material does not increase in volume but decreases when the temperature rises.By controlling the ratio of the two materials to obtain a material with an expansion coefficient of zero, a real high-temperature-resistant material can be obtained. However, the raw ore collected from the ground now obviously does not have an expansion coefficient approaching zero.

Even if it is brought up, further synthesis experiments will be done.

Ye Zhou modified his mental modeling again, adding a part of temperature testing. In addition, he also added a detection program for the detector. Before completing all the operations and the detector starts to ignite and rise, he wants to try to Solve the problem that the parachute cannot pop out, and ensure that this detection is 100% successful!

[Dragon Heart plot simulation begins]

Ye Zhou entered a coma step by step, and the subconscious program started to take effect. He completed all the tests under the control of the program, and by changing the temperature of the experimental cabin, he successfully measured the effect of temperature on the properties of the ore.

It is indeed a material with negative thermal expansion. When the temperature of the experimental cabin drops, the ore ore even grows at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After confirming this point, in fact, for Ye Zhou, it also confirmed the key to the heat resistance of this material.

He then began a comprehensive self-test on the detector.

This process was completely mechanized. Without any clues, Ye Zhou listed all the risk factors that might cause the parachute to fail to eject, and eliminated them step by step.

After the program was executed, he activated the ignition ascending system.

The detector quickly rose above the ground, and the moment the sunlight hit, the thinking program received a stop signal, and Ye Zhou regained his active consciousness.

He waited expectantly.

However, everything was not as smooth as he thought.

The parachute still wouldn't pop out.

In the last 2 minutes, Ye Zhou ignited the thrust reverser engine according to the requirements of the ground command, minimizing the damage to the detector caused by the heavy fall, and ensuring the integrity of the information brought back from the ground.

But it was really impossible for him himself to survive such a fall.

Under the violent impact, Ye Zhou returned to the void again.

[Dragon Heart Stage [-] plot simulation ends]

[This simulation rating: B]

[Reward: 10 energy points (clue reward)]

[Clue Discovery: Target Material Synthesis Conditions]

He looked at the settlement interface suspiciously, somewhat confused about the reason.

Obviously all the information has been collected, why is the ending still not reached?

Could it be that the researcher really had to survive in the scenario simulation?
Not so much.

The original purpose is to explore the formation conditions of new materials, why do people have to live?

The information has also been passed on, and the material samples have also been brought up, so what else?

Ye Zhou felt that his spirit was extremely exhausted, but he really didn't want to quit the simulation now, because once he quit, it meant that he had to repeat the programming process.

After sighing, Ye Zhou had no choice but to enter the sea of ​​strings again.

It seems that it is impossible to detect parachute anomalies programmatically.

This is also normal. Programs can only perform fixed activities, and are not very useful for activities that require creativity and do not have any clear direction. This is also an important reason why humans can be distinguished from artificial intelligence at this stage.

He modified the thinking program that he had compiled before, canceled the part that automatically detects the abnormality of the parachute, changed it to rise from the detector to above the Moho interface, and automatically wake up after entering the safe range, and then operated by his subjective consciousness.

After entering the simulation step by step, Ye Zhou woke up on time during the ascent phase of the probe. The first thing he did was to turn on the communicator to contact the ground command.

"Tudi Temple, this is Tu Xingsun! There is a problem with my detector parachute, and I need your help to check immediately!"

After a brief pause, the command's reply came through with a loud noise.

"Tu Xingsun, the system detects that your parachute is normal. What's your problem?"

"My parachute won't pop!"

Ye Zhou replied anxiously.

After the engine is ignited, it cannot be extinguished, and the process of ascent cannot be suspended.

At this time, it was less than 4 minutes before the probe left the ground and lifted off. He had to find and eliminate the abnormality within these 4 minutes.

"Tu Xingsun, you haven't entered the stage of parachute ejection yet, how did you find out that the parachute cannot be ejected?"

Ye Zhou was taken aback by the question, but in an instant, his thoughts suddenly opened.

Yes.

Why should I step by step to check which link went wrong?
That's the only strategy you need to use when you only have one chance.

But am I not in the simulator now?As long as I try to manually open the parachute at various times of the ascent, until the parachute fails to open, the problem will naturally surface.

This is the most reliable and most effective way.

After all, he didn't know at all whether there was a problem with the parachute from the very beginning, or if the problem occurred during the ascent.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhou immediately put down the communicator, directly cut off the remote connection with the headquarters, then found the emergency control button, entered the password and obtained full control of the detector.

Then, he entered the command to eject the parachute.

The pre-buried explosive cable was excited by the electric current, part of the outer shell of the detector was thrown away, and the main parachute popped out.

Under the huge disturbance, the probe completely lost its balance and crashed into the tunnel.

Ye Zhou returned to the void with satisfaction, which at least proved that the parachute was still working normally at a depth below 8 kilometers.

Looking at the 45 energy points displayed on the settlement interface, Ye Zhou entered the simulation again without hesitation.

8-6 km, the parachute works fine.

6-4 kilometers, normal.

4-2 kilometers is still normal.

2-0 kilometers, this time, the main parachute did not pop out.

found it!
Ye Zhou entered the playback interface and began to use the "Master of Structural Science" talent to check the status of the detector frame by frame.

After a long time, he finally found the key to the problem.

The surface of the probe had already been wounded by falling rocks, and a small piece of the remaining stardust heat-shielding coating on the surface was scraped off, but because it was only a local damage, the self-inspection system of the probe did not find it.

And this damaged area happened to be the weak shell used for parachute throwing.

During the subsequent ascent, the high temperature dissipated from the engine and the temperature of the ground caused a slight deformation of the shell that lost its coating protection, which distorted the arrangement of the explosive cables, resulting in the energy of the explosive cables not being completely released outward according to the predetermined design during the shell ejection process. , eventually destroying the throwing mechanism of the parachute.

Ye Zhou watched the replay speechlessly. The reason for this incomparable coincidence was something he never thought of.

What's worse, he seems to have no way to simply change this matter.

The stone is there, destined to fall.

The probe is doomed to be smashed.

What can I do?
At the beginning of the detector's design, this situation was actually taken into consideration, so the stardust coating is left with a margin, even if there is an impact from falling rocks, it will not cause too much damage to the overall structure.

But by coincidence, the stone hit directly above the explosive cable, and there was a one percent chance of hitting it.

If you really want to solve this problem, you must start monitoring from the descent stage, find out the source of the falling rock, and then avoid it by controlling the descent speed.

It was another long and uninteresting job.

However, as long as it can survive, it is meaningful.

(End of this chapter)