Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
This was probably the most tiring flight Lu Zhou had ever taken.
It was also the longest.
Lu Zhou carried his suitcase as he walked down the airstair. He looked tired as he pinched his eyebrows and felt his entire body was discombobulated.
He thought about it carefully and realized this was the first ti in his life that he was ever confessed to.
And it’s by my own student...
I guess being handso is really a curse?
Wang Peng saw how exhausted Lu Zhou was, so he paused for a second and imdiately took Lu Zhou’s suitcase.
“Are you jet-lagged?”
Lu Zhou yawned and casually said, “I am, I didn’t sleep on the plane at all...”
Wang Peng was astonished, and he looked at Lu Zhou.
“Didn’t sleep? What did you do during the dozen-hour long flight?”
Being able to stay awake during a dozen-hour long flight was a nutty achievent in and of itself.
“I just thought about so stuff... regardless...” Lu Zhou diverted the conversation and coughed before he said, “Just take to Zhongshan International. I just want to sleep right now.”
Wang Peng nodded and said, “Okay... Do you need to hold you?”
Lu Zhou: “... That’s not necessary.”
...
After Lu Zhou returned to China, he imdiately threw his attention into the controllable nuclear fusion project.
The professors used Lu Zhou’s previous thesis on the stellarator plasma turbulence model as a reference. The computer science departnt and physics departnt of Jin Ling University finally finished writing the code for the plasma control sche.
And almost at the sa ti, the construction of the supercomputer was also completed.
The superconductive coil and the main computer control sche was written. Now there was only one thing left for him to do.
Which was to conduct the experint.
After so discussion in a eting, Lu Zhou finalized the next experint plan. He also assigned tasks to various research units. The ti of the experint was finally decided to be on August 20th.
Even though Lu Zhou didn’t plan on doing any dangerous experints, he still decided to report to the Jin Ling city governnt.
However, he didn’t expect that this ordinary experint would be taken so seriously.
August 20th, under the Purple Mountain, outside of STAR Stellarator Research Institute.
Lu Zhou looked at the armored vehicle and helicopter parked outside of the institute entrance. He coughed and spoke to Regint Commander Dai.
“Is this really necessary, it’s not a nuclear experint.”
Regint Commander Dai smiled and said, “Please don’t be nervous, Professor Lu, we’re doing this just in case. The military general even called , and he said that if there is an accident, the equipnt can be left behind, but the people must co out alive.”
If the accident you imagined really happens, it’s not like we can escape with the help of a helicopter...
The neutron beam of fusion reactions was different from the fission reaction of gamma rays. From the perspective of the neutron beam, armor was the sa as cardboard, the only thing that would help was to dive underwater... However, it might not make that big of a difference.
Lu Zhou explained in a serious manner, “I have to clarify that controllable nuclear fusion is safe. It’s completely different from nuclear weapons.”
Regint Commander Dai still had a smile on his face as he said, “I know. We’re doing this just in case.”
Lu Zhou: “...”
Since Regint Commander Dai was so persistent, Lu Zhou let him be.
An armored truck and helicopter didn’t take up much parking space anyway.
After Lu Zhou and Regint Commander Dai passed through the security check, they followed the guards and went into the laboratory that was under the mountain.
The engineers and researchers were already here, and they were working in their respective workstations.
Other than that, Lu Zhou saw a man and a woman dressed in casual wear.
The young woman’s eyes lit up when she saw Lu Zhou, and she imdiately walked over to him.
“Professor Lu, hello, I am Wu Qingqing from Jinling Daily, and this is my assistant Zhang An.”
The young man, who was holding a cara, nodded and smiled brightly. “Professor Lu, hello!”
Lu Zhou frowned. He didn’t look at these two. Instead, he looked at Sheng Xianfu and asked, “Why did you invite reporters?”
Sheng Xianfu was helpless, and he said, “I didn’t invite them, they were waiting at the entrance in the morning... I thought you invited them.”
Wu Qingqing saw that Lu Zhou didn’t seem like he was happy that they were here, so she imdiately explained, “Professor Sheng had nothing to do with this. Jin Ling city governnt invited us to do a live interview... If we are interfering with your research, we can leave.”
Lu Zhou sighed and said, “Forget about it. Since you’re already here, if you want to stay, you can stay. But after the experint begins, I hope you guys can remain quiet. Don’t say anything, don’t walk around, and don’t you dare take a phone call. Also, if you want to take any photos, take them now.”
Many Chinese and international theoretical physics and plasma research institutes liked to promote themselves using the dia. CERN was a pri example of this. Even when they weren’t conducting any experints, they would still hold a press conference every couple of days or so.
However, Lu Zhou didn’t have this habit. In his opinion, other than the final experint result, all of the in-progress results were worthy of celebration, but they weren’t worthy of publication.
After all, theoretically, he could produce as many tiny in-progress results as he wanted.
Wu Qingqing smiled and said, “I understand! Oh yeah, before the experint begins, can I interview you?”
Lu Zhou thought for a bit and said, “If it doesn’t take too long.”
“Professor Lu, please rest assured, it’s only a few simple questions, it won’t affect your work.” Wu Qingqing smiled brightly and opened her notebook as she said, “Many people turn their eyes when they hear the word ‘nuclear’. What I want to ask you is that, is controllable nuclear fusion really as safe as the experts say? Or rather, what will happen if there is a nuclear leak in the STAR machine?”
When Lu Zhou heard this outsider’s question, he smiled.
“Have you seen a hydrogen bomb explode?”
Wu Qingqing paused for a second and said, “... I’ve seen it in movies.”
Lu Zhou said, “If an accident happens, you’ll probably see a flash of light or you might not see it at all. Then the temperature from the explosion will turn every inch of your body into gas, but I promise this process won’t feel painful at all.”
Seeing that the two young people were nauseous, Lu Zhou chuckled.
“Just kidding.”
“Hahaha...” Wu Qingqing snorted and said, “Professor Lu, you’re such a codian.”
Do all scientists make jokes like this?
Honestly, it’s not funny at all.
Lu Zhou spoke in a calm voice, “Relax, there’s a fundantal difference in fusion and fission reactions. The experint today is only regarding plasma confinent, it won’t actually involve any fusion reactions.”
When Wu Qingqing heard that there wasn’t going to be any fusion reaction today, she quickly asked, “What is the difference between plasma confinent experints and fusion reaction experints?”
Lu Zhou: “The difference is that the nuclear fuel we use is hydrogen, not its isotope; deuterium.”
While they were speaking, the engineers had completed the final preparations for the experint.
Lu Zhou stopped ssing around and gestured the two reporters to quietly step aside. He signaled the staff to turn off their mobile phones and caras. He then looked at Sheng Xianfu.
“Is it ready?”
Sheng Xianfu solemnly nodded and said, “It’s ready.”
Lu Zhou nodded and looked at the ti on his silver watch.
It’s two minutes until 3 pm.
Everything was in place.
He looked through the floor-to-ceiling windows and looked at the steel behemoth in the middle of the laboratory.
Lu Zhou spoke in a steady and serious voice.
“Then begin the experint!”
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