Dong Lihua suddenly said, "That’s right! We’ve set up a fixed small workspace at the center of the experintal device, where soone is doing data detection work. Could there be any danger?"
Zhao Yi thought for a mont and said, "There shouldn’t be any danger inside. Have him report the situation at all tis, once every half minute, and don’t let the communication get interrupted."
"Okay!"
Dong Lihua imdiately went to arrange the work.
At this ti, the commanding officers asked if it was ti to start. Zhao Yi waited for a mont for Dong Lihua’s side, and then imdiately gestured with a wave of his hand, "Begin now!"
The experint officially started.
This experint was the sa as before since the anti-gravity effect was certain, there was no need to use balloons or the like for marking, and the command center was only checking various data indicators.
During the experint, only the sounds of small machinery could be heard, and there was hardly any loud noise.
Halfway through, Zhao Yi left the command center and took a few steps toward the anti-gravity device, when he was imdiately stopped by personnel behind him, "Academician Zhao, you can’t go any further!"
"What if there’s danger!"
"The air circulation is poor on this side; don’t take the risk, and you said it yourself, there might be accidents, right?"
The last sentence was said by Dong Lihua. When he heard Zhao Yi say ’there might be danger,’ he imdiately beca very cautious.
Zhao Yi thought for a mont and said, "In that case, find a vehicle and drive it in, slowly, to the area underneath the device, then drive back. If you encounter any danger, abandon the vehicle quickly!"
"Okay!"
Dong Lihua nodded vigorously.
This job was dangerous, but there were still many people who volunteered to do it, probably because of the selfless dedication characteristic of the Chinese people. Many ordinary staff mbers were willing to risk themselves for the experint.
Soon a military vehicle started making rounds, driving back and forth inside and outside.
This was a new experience because driving into the anti-gravity zone gave a sensation of weightlessness. A fifty percent reduction in gravity was very noticeable to the human body, and if one weren’t sitting in the vehicle, it felt almost uncontrollable.
For more than an hour, the experint continued like this.
The device was running.
The various detection devices were also operating normally, while the vehicle outside continued its rounds.
Zhao Yi was standing at a distance watching, with a very serious expression on his face. Most of the ti, he stayed motionless, and occasionally when he did move, it was to approach a bit too closely. Dong Lihua couldn’t help but want to speak up, thinking of asking whether to proceed with the experint.
The anti-gravity device had been continuously operating for nearly an hour and a half, which was relatively too long because the piping wasn’t made from insulating material. Filled with high-energy beams, the heat had been accumulating, causing temperatures to rise incessantly. Maybe so unforeseen danger would occur, potentially damaging the experintal device.
At that mont, an accident happened.
A staff mber from the command center rushed out, shouting, "The connection is lost!"
"What?" Dong Lihua asked anxiously, "Be more specific."
The staff mber imdiately said, "Wang Enping, the monitoring room at the center of the device, the communication is down! The walkie-talkie is silent, and the direct line is not receiving any signal..."
Before he could finish, another person ca over, shouting, "The electric power supply is cut off!"
"It seems like there’s a big problem!"
"Then shut down the device quickly!" Dong Lihua cried out in a panic, turning his head to look at the anti-gravity device, and suddenly said, "Is it my eyes, or does it seem blurry?"
A group of people looked toward the anti-gravity device and felt the sa blur as Dong Lihua, but it was only a montary sensation, and the next mont everything returned to normal.
Soone reported, "The device has stopped; it must have been caused by the disconnection just now."
"Communication with the central monitoring room has been restored. Wang Enping reports that everything is normal."
"Electrical equipnt is functioning normally..."
"Left side pipeline passage is normal..."
"..."
Amidst various reports of ’normal,’ Zhao Yi exclaid loudly, "Just as I thought!"
"How is it?"
Dong Lihua imdiately looked over.
Zhao Yi’s face was full of excitent, and he felt a rare thrill. Taking a deep breath, he said, "The experint can stop now."
He called Dong Lihua and Zhang Qican to return with him to the command center. Once they were in the soundproofed small office, he explained, "If I’m not mistaken, what we encountered was a spatial energy barrier that can be understood as, a space layer that blocks all energy transmission. This includes electricity, light, and all other forms of energy—none can pass through!"
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