Zhao Yi answered directly, "Fifty percent."
The others grinned wryly upon hearing that.
When leaders ask such questions, the standard responses are, "We will absolutely complete the mission!" or, "We will make our greatest effort to ensure the success of the experint."
Of course.
Those are slogan-like responses.
But when speaking with the top leadership, it’s normal to start off with a slogan and then, when pressed further, to provide a detailed explanation.
Zhao Yi skipped the slogan part and went straight to discussing the probability of success.
Minister Zheng didn’t mind; he actually nodded and said, "Fifty percent, that’s higher than I expected." He continued, "I’ve asked a few people, and for research like this, the chances of success are very slim. Internationally speaking, there might not be any progress for decades or even a century. Otherwise, antigravity wouldn’t mostly be found in science fiction films."
The others nodded along.
Antigravity!
Even though the antigravity experint was about to begin, the re thought still felt unbelievable.
Zhao Yi appeared very calm as he explained, "This experint is extrely important. I’ve verified the superconducting antigravity characteristics with Professor Li Ning. Photon antigravity is completely different from superconductivity."
"My research suggests that the more a particle is devoid of mass, the better the antigravity effect. Photons are massless particles, and their antigravity surface characteristics can multiply the antigravity effect."
"For instance, if the antigravity effect reaches fifty percent, then with a double layer, the effect would be seventy-five percent."
"With superconducting materials, this can’t be done because the spin of the superconducting ionic lattice creates very chaotic surfaces that aren’t purely planar; the multiplicative effect would be very poor and might even bring about a counteraction."
Zhao Yi elaborated a bit more, causing astonishnt among the surrounding people as they realized just how strong the practicality of a multiplicative antigravity effect could be.
Just like Zhao Yi’s analogy, with a fifty percent antigravity effect, a double layer would result in seventy-five percent effect.
What about three layers?
Four layers?
As the levels of antigravity increase, the effect improves progressively, theoretically approaching one hundred percent.
Of course, in most cases, an antigravity effect over fifty percent is already very good, but in future applications, whether in experints or in reality, the ability to multiply the antigravity effect will significantly increase controllability in terms of cost, scale, and construction thods.
Minister Zheng also took a deep breath and, patting Zhao Yi’s shoulder, laughed and said, "Hearing you explain it like this, I’m truly looking forward to the experint’s success."
"We’ll have to see the results," Zhao Yi replied, not committing to certain success in the absence of absolute confidence.
Afternoon.
The weather was clear and windless.
The day’s conditions were very comfortable, and the experint could proceed on schedule.
As the experint was about to start, Zhao Yi stayed in the control room the whole ti, personally checking the equipnt and controls, striving to ensure that nothing would go wrong during the experint.
At the sa ti.
Minister Zheng and his entourage, including other leaders and the person in charge of the High Energy Institute, stood on a road atop a distant hill.
Next to the winding mountain road was an open area where the staff and personnel were gathered to observe the experint.
This location was relatively far and, consequently, relatively safe.
Concerned about potential dangers from the experint, they had built a safety wall several ters thick behind them, as if they were worrying about the risk of an explosion.
As the person responsible for the High Energy Institute, Jiang Hui stayed next to Minister Zheng and pointed at the safety wall, saying, "Building this was totally unnecessary, no need to worry. This is an antigravity experint, not a demolition test."
"The core of the experint is to use a high-energy beam to produce an antigravity effect. High-energy beams do have lethal potential, but if we were to combine those high-energy photons all together and direct them from the experint towards us, there would still be no danger."
"Our distance is simply too far, the energy loss too great."
The others nodded in agreent.
Minister Zheng nodded as well and even bravely took a few steps forward, standing on the very edge of the road.
The people nearby hastily grabbed him, "Director Zheng, we still need to pay attention to safety!"
"Mm."
Minister Zheng dismissed it with a wave of his hand and then asked, "What reactions can we expect if the experint is a success?"
Jiang Hui pointed towards the experintal base and said, "Do you see those balloons at the center? If the antigravity effect is good, the balloons will rise straight up."
"What’s inside those balloons?"
"Just regular air."
Minister Zheng thought for a mont before asking further, "What else?"
"Also..."
Jiang Hui appeared sowhat perplexed and quickly looked to the others for help.
Xu Kuisheng curled his lip, giving Jiang Hui a look as if to say, "Do you really want to spell it out?"
Jiang Hui shot back, "No nonsense, hurry up."
Xu Kuisheng cleared his throat and stepped forward to say, "There might be... wind. If the air at the center rises, the surrounding air will undoubtedly rush in to fill the space, forming wind."
"Wind?"
The group stared at the safety wall behind them and suddenly understood why the wall had been built.
It was to block the wind!
Jiang Hui had ntioned ’preventing an explosion,’ but the guy was just feigning knowledge!
Minister Zheng gave Jiang Hui a look that seed to say, "Were you trying to pull one over on ?"
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