Magus Tech (Technological Wizard)

Bright Castle, main building No. 1, basement 15th floor, furnace maintenance room.

Li Cha, Lorenz, Schrödinger and other managers walked in here, and several supervisors from the maintenance room immediately greeted them.

Siemens, the blond-haired steward, said straight to the point: "Lord Richard, all indicators of the furnace are normal. As long as there are no accidents, it can continue to operate for a long time. You don't have to worry about it."

Li Cha listened, nodded his head, and walked to the deepest part of the maintenance room. Through the glass wall, he could clearly see the operation of the furnace.

It can be seen that the so-called melting furnace is a huge flat water tank-shaped device, which is quite exaggerated in size, with a height of twelve meters and a diameter of twenty meters.

At this moment, the furnace was like a kettle filled with boiling water, and the sound of "gurgling" was constantly coming from inside, making the furnace tremble slowly as a whole, and even the entire maintenance room trembled a little. And in this process, a massive amount of energy is pouring out of the furnace, along the dense lines laid under the ground, and transmitted to the main energy line of Bright Castle to play a role.

Li Cha looked at the furnace carefully for a while, and couldn't help sighing in his heart: It's not easy.

It's really not easy.

This melting furnace is the so-called "sun in a bottle" entity, and the principle involved in it is the controllable nuclear fusion that is beyond reach.

Yes, controlled nuclear fusion.

Nuclear fusion is relatively simple, the opposite of nuclear fission - nuclear fission is the smashing of a heavier atomic nucleus, making it into two or more lighter atomic nuclei, and the mass lost in the process is converted into energy, thus showing the horror Power; nuclear fusion is to allow lighter atomic nuclei to combine into heavier atomic nuclei under certain conditions, and the excess mass in the process is converted into energy, thus demonstrating terrifying power.

Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion are the guiding principles of atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs respectively. In terms of difficulty of realization, the latter is greater than the former.

This is because the nuclear fission of the atomic bomb can automatically detonate only by accumulating enough nuclear materials. Nuclear fusion is different, because it is a light atomic nucleus, generally hydrogen isotopes - deuterium and tritium, no matter how much it accumulates, it will not work by itself. They require a very harsh condition, relatively high temperature, at least ℃, that is, 40 million degrees Celsius.

This is not something that can be achieved casually, and it can even be said to be difficult. One of the few ways that can be achieved is to use the atomic bomb to explode.

The interior of a hydrogen bomb is often filled with a small atomic bomb—the atomic bomb is detonated first, and the high temperature generated by the atomic bomb explosion allows the hydrogen bomb raw material to undergo nuclear fusion, thereby releasing its power.

Originating from this technical logic, any nuclear-armed country on earth will first possess the atomic bomb and then the hydrogen bomb, not the other way around.

The reason why countries with nuclear weapons will try to master the hydrogen bomb after mastering the atomic bomb is because the hydrogen bomb is much more meaningful than the atomic bomb.

It must be clear that although the power of the atomic bomb is terrifying, it is not infinite. This is because of the existence of the critical mass - enough atomic bomb raw materials are piled up in one piece, and as long as the critical mass is exceeded, a nuclear explosion will occur on its own.

Although this effect can be reduced through special design, the effect still exists, like an iron hoop, tightly locking the upper limit of the power of the atomic bomb.

Therefore, the most powerful atomic bomb tested on the earth is the Ivy King, with an equivalent of 500,000 tons.

In comparison, the hydrogen bomb is much freer, as long as there are enough raw materials for the hydrogen bomb, the power can be increased infinitely.

For example, the famous "Big Ivan" hydrogen bomb,

The power has reached 50 million tons equivalent, and this is still a reduced version. According to the original design, it should be 100 million tons equivalent.

From this perspective, it can be seen that nuclear fusion has more "future" than nuclear fission.

It is precisely because of this that Richard did not stop researching in this area after he independently produced the atomic bomb. After establishing the Black Sun Castle, he even guided the staff of the Black Sun Castle to develop many high-yield hydrogen bombs, which are the so-called new Black Sun arms.

However, compared to the destructive power of nuclear fusion, Richard actually values ​​another value brought by nuclear fusion. To put it bluntly, it is the reasonable use of the energy released by nuclear fusion.

The energy released by nuclear fusion is undoubtedly terrifying. It belongs to the level of truly destroying the world. Compared with nuclear fission, this energy is clean and pollution-free. If you can find a way to use this energy, you can fundamentally change this world without oil resources. wizarding world.

However, it is not easy to use it.

When the hydrogen bomb is detonated, the nuclear fusion produced is uncontrollable and one-time, and all energy is released in a very short time.

To really use it, nuclear fusion must be made controllable and run continuously.

This is a big problem.

On the earth, scientists have done a lot of research on this. In order to obtain endless clean energy and achieve nuclear fusion conditions in a controlled environment, several major countries on the earth have adopted many methods, such as the electromagnetic confinement method, the inertial confinement method, and even This freak of cold fusion was developed.

what's the result?

It cannot be said that it was completely unsuccessful. On the contrary, it can be said that controllable nuclear fusion has been successfully achieved. But there is a problem that the input energy of controlled nuclear fusion is more than the output energy.

What's the meaning?

To explain, in order to achieve and maintain the conditions of controllable nuclear fusion, a certain amount of energy must be consumed to complete it with the help of special devices. Due to technical limitations, the amount of energy consumed is so large that the energy obtained after successful controllable nuclear fusion cannot be filled.

To give an example, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to build equipment, consumes ten units of energy, and the final output is... five units of energy.

To give another example, it's like investing 100,000 yuan, and after a lot of hard work, finally produced... counterfeit money worth 50,000 yuan.

Even without considering various consumables and risks, it is still a loss.

Of course it doesn't make sense.

Only when the output energy of controllable nuclear fusion is greater than the input energy can it have real practical value and motivation to promote it.

Many scientists on the earth have been researching, hoping to achieve this, and constantly claiming that it can be realized within 50 years... It turned out that it was like this ten years ago, and it will still be like this ten years later-the slogan of realizing it within 50 years has not changed.

Having said that, the reason why the sun and other stars emit light and heat is because nuclear fusion is used to obtain endless energy, and the energy is transmitted to the planets, giving life to all things.

Mastering controllable nuclear fusion, even mastering the power of stars in a certain sense, is naturally extremely difficult.

But even so, Li Cha didn't expect to spend fifty years on research like the earth. From the beginning, his plan was to use a few years to get a result.

It's not that he is so arrogant that he thinks he can beat all the scientists on Earth, but the extraordinary power of the current world gives him confidence.

The earth has been propagandizing for fifty years, which is caused by many reasons, the most important of which is the slow progress of scientific development in many fields. There are many ideas for the realization of controllable nuclear fusion, but very few of them can be actually tested.

To give an example: One day, a scientist on Earth suddenly announced that he had created a new model of controllable nuclear fusion. The model is low in cost and low in risk. As long as it is manufactured, the energy crisis can be eliminated from now on. But there is a small problem, that is, the core part of the model needs a material that can withstand ultra-high temperature and ultra-high pressure, and this material does not exist on the earth.

Therefore, even the best model has become a fantasy.

In comparison, the current world is slightly different. Although there are no materials that can withstand ultra-high temperature and ultra-high pressure, a certain material can be amplified to this state through a series of spells.

In a sense, extraordinary power is like a cheating device, which can help Richard solve the difficulties in controllable nuclear fusion in a way that the earth's conventional science cannot do.

During this process, the knowledge of many ancient spells obtained from Balta, an ancient wizard civilization, came in handy, and even achieved unexpected effects.

The first is to let Richard and many stewards of Bright Castle cooperate to create a "melting furnace" - if you take the furnace apart, you can see that there are layers of complex structures inside, and each layer of structure has magic lines at work , to achieve the desired specific effect on the design diagram.

Afterwards, the multiple test runs of the "melting pot" allowed Richard and the people in Bright Castle to collect a lot of data, and during this high-energy process, reversely studied some properties of ancient incomplete spells, extraordinary factors, ethereal spirits, etc., and even more Learn more about the underlying principles of the extraordinary power of this world.

In the end, the "melting furnace" was successfully operated and achieved positive energy output, that is, the output energy was greater than the input energy. In addition to proving many supernatural power research conjectures, it successfully realized valuable and controllable nuclear fusion.

This is not easy.

It sounds simple, but it took more than three years for Richard and Bright Castle to achieve it, and countless resources were invested.

However, in any case, it was finally done.

Although, it is not yet clear how much it will change the world, but the seeds have been planted.

Afterwards, as the seeds germinate, it will give the world a big surprise.

Squinting at the furnace in operation, Li Cha began to think about the arrangements behind... Now that the controllable nuclear fusion has been successful, the next step is to try to shrink and expand the equipment... The reduction of the equipment is for portability and wider application , the expansion equipment is used in more important places.

During this process, there should be many problems that need to be solved, and it will take time to achieve the effect he expected. If the Truth Society still sends people from heaven to make trouble, it may take longer, but no matter what, the final result will not change.

When this stage is completed, it is time to take out some follow-up plans that have been prepared for execution...

When the follow-up plan is almost implemented, it's time to really deal with the things in the sky...

It won't be long...the seed has been planted and sooner or later it will bear fruit.

"It won't be too long..." Looking at the furnace, Li Cha said softly.

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