Chapter 1085
Elder Hong's Advice, the Sinister Intentions of the Western Tribes
"You're a slippery little devil, thinking you can just make me stay like this? I'd like to see what you're really capable of!"
Hong Bin sneered, took the experimental data and logbook from Su Dingping, and examined them carefully. It took him a while to finally finish reading them.
"The idea is good, but the standards you're demanding for the core materials are too high, and this is only the first step. You've already experimented so many times without making a breakthrough. Are you really confident?"
Su Dingping was certainly confident, because he had already manufactured a star-simulating device in the field of forging, but he couldn't say that.
"Even with a tokamak device, it's impossible to succeed on the first try. Failure is the mother of success, and I believe we will definitely make a breakthrough!"
Hong Bin nodded: "You're pretty good at making decisions. Here's a suggestion: your super-strong steady-state magnetic field strength isn't enough. If you could reach over 40 Tesla, plus a femtosecond laser interferometer, you might be able to succeed!"
Su Dingping frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, his eyes lit up: "Old Hong, are you referring to a composite solution of super-strong magnetic field interference and laser interference patterning?"
Hong Bin was somewhat surprised. He had only put forward an idea, but he did not expect that Su Dingping could not only understand it, but also quickly put forward a solution. He was simply a genius!
He thought to himself, if he had met Su Dingping twenty years earlier, perhaps their nuclear reactor would have already made a breakthrough!
But then I thought about it again. Su Dingping is only twenty-two years old now. He was only two years old twenty years ago. Even if he is a genius, what can a two-year-old child do?
Following Hong Bin's line of thought, Su Dingping's mind began to race: "To achieve the solution you mentioned, our super-strong steady-state magnetic field strength is not enough; 30 Tesla is already the limit."
"In that case, we can first improve the super-strong magnetic field. The core component, the niobium-titanium magnet, is not enough. If we replace it with a niobium-tin superconducting magnet, the critical magnetic field will be even higher..."
"Multi-coil nested deconstruction... superconducting magnet quenching protection..."
He put forward a series of ideas, and even thought of how to improve the super-strong magnetic field, which left both Elder Li and Elder Hong dumbfounded!
Without any testing, just through brainstorming, they came up with a truly core improvement plan. They all suspected that Su Dingping's brain was comparable to a computer!
Jiang Tianzheng and Guo Xueyun, who were standing to the side, were also inwardly turbulent.
Keep in mind that they are scientists as well, and they know how complex the calculations and simulations are required to come up with an improvement plan, all of which are done in their minds—it's unheard of!
When Su Dingping regained consciousness, he was startled to see the stunned people in front of him: "Old Li, Old Hong, what's wrong with you?"
Old Li stepped forward and stared at him for a long time: "Sometimes I really want to open your head and see what's inside!"
Su Dingping chuckled: "Please don't tease me."
He then approached Elder Hong, grabbed his hand, and said earnestly, "Elder Hong, please join my team! With you here, we can break through to a higher level. You are truly our lucky star!"
"Xueyun, Deputy Director Jiang, you must take good care of Elder Hong. I'll go and write down the improvement plan for the super-strong magnetic field first. The rest of you will conduct the experiment on the stellarator device!"
After arranging everything, he rushed to his office and wrote down everything he had just come up with.
Seeing the surprised looks on Elder Li and Elder Hong's faces, Guo Xueyun stepped forward and chuckled, "Don't be surprised, seniors. Director Su is just like that. Once he gets into work, he doesn't care about anything else."
"Hehe, it is precisely because he has such a spirit that he has been able to get to where he is today. No one can live without being obsessed!" Old Hong nodded with great appreciation.
"No wonder he's so determined to research stellarators. With that kind of drive, what can't he do?"
Jiang Tianzheng was overjoyed: "Old Hong, are you going to stay?"
Hong Bin smiled and nodded: "Yes, even I, an old man, want to see a breakthrough in nuclear fusion in my lifetime. Let me do my part again!"
Originally, masters like Hong Bin and Li Lao should have retired and enjoyed their later years, but now they still shine and contribute. Guo Xueyun and Jiang Tianzheng felt a deep sense of respect for them.
Professor Li was also happy for Su Dingping, as the presence of such a leading figure would surely be of great help to the laboratory.
“By the way, Elder Hong,” Guo Xueyun suddenly said, “if you want to join the Dragon Heart Laboratory, you’ll need to write an application report, and it will have to be approved by the higher-ups.”
Old Li and Old Hong looked at each other and burst into laughter.
"Application report? We haven't written one in decades. I never thought we'd still have to write one in our old age. There's no escaping it!"
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In the Eastern Wilderness tribe, Cabinet Chief Noda Taro is presiding over a meeting.
Minister of Science and Technology Hiroshi Ishihara stood up and reported: "Chief, the leader of the Eagle Tribe has asked us to lift the blockade on high-precision instruments and precious metals and to fully open them to China, but the price must be high!"
Noda Taro frowned: "What's wrong with the Eagle Tribe? Have they been possessed? Why are they helping the Dragon Summer Tribe?"
He was somewhat flustered. After all, if the Eagle Tribe wanted to reconcile with the Dragon Summer Tribe, what would happen to their Eastern Wilderness Tribe? Wouldn't they be abandoned?
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Jiro Koizumi, stood up and said with a smile, "Your Excellency, there's no need to worry. I know what the Eagle Tribe is doing. They're not helping the Dragon Summer Tribe; on the contrary, they want to bring them down!"
"Some time ago, the Eagle Tribe's bill imposed a technological blockade on the Dragon Summer Tribe, and then the restrictions were lifted and prices increased, all because the Dragon Summer Tribe established a new Dragon Heart Laboratory."
"And this laboratory is going to develop a nuclear fusion reactor stellarator device, which is completely different from the mainstream tokamak. Long Xia wants to forge his own path!"
"Is the news true?" Noda Taro asked.
Koizumi Jiro shook his head: "Your Excellency, as you know, Longxia has now established some kind of Strategic Deception Bureau, which spreads false information all day long. The information our spies send back is a mixture of truth and falsehood."
"This news may not be true, but the Longxia tribe is indeed making great efforts to acquire high-precision instrument components and various rare metals, which is definitely related to nuclear fusion research."
"Whoosh!" Noda Taro laughed. "I understand now. The Eagle Tribe is blocking technology on one hand, and allowing the Dragon Summer Tribe to conduct research on its own on the other. This is draining the Dragon Summer Tribe's national strength!"
"They're putting all their resources into research on stellarators, which will definitely hinder their national development. That's good news for us!"
"Let's do as the Eagle Tribe says. Now I want to see how the Dragon Summer Tribe dies!"
At this moment, numerous Western tribes, Indian tribes, and Nordic tribes all received news of the Dragon Summer tribe's research into star artifacts, and they were all gleefully preparing to watch the show. Want raw materials? Sure, but more money!
Need technical skills? Sorry, not available!
This is their current attitude!
Finally, half a month later, scientists from various tribes who were researching tokamaks gathered at the Eagle Tribe. They all signed a confidentiality agreement, strictly prohibiting them from disclosing the results of their exchanges to the scientists from Longxia.
If you disobey, the Eagle Tribe's warships will be at your doorstep the very next day, so no one dares to disobey.
"I heard the Longxia tribe has started researching stellarators? Isn't that just nonsense? They haven't even figured out the tokamak yet, they're really aiming too high!"
The scientists from the bear tribe were all arrogant and their words were full of disdain.
Previously, the Longxia tribe needed to rely on their Maoxiong tribe, but now it is showing signs of surpassing the Maoxiong tribe. How could they tolerate this? So whenever they have the chance, they take the opportunity to belittle the Longxia tribe.
A weak neighbor is a good neighbor!
Little did they know, the Longxia tribe thought the same thing!
The scientists from the Eagle Tribe stepped forward and greeted them warmly: "Yes, they are aiming too high and will definitely fail, but we can't let them give up their research, it's a bottomless pit!"
"When they dedicate all their resources to researching stellarators, their national strength will stagnate, and they will no longer pose a threat to us. So whatever they want, just give it to them!"
Scientists from different countries burst into laughter. No one believed the Longxia tribe could succeed. How could the newly risen Longxia tribe possibly succeed on a path that even they dared not tread? What made them think they could?!
The exchange meeting officially began, and scientists from various countries started to present their research findings to corroborate each other, while also belittling the Longxia tribe. What should have been a friendly exchange meeting turned into a self-indulgent exercise for them.
Meanwhile, in the Dragon Heart Laboratory of the Longxia Tribe, Su Dingping is leading researchers to improve the ultra-strong steady-state magnetic field.
These days, he has conducted many experiments in the military industry forging space, and the final result was naturally successful. So he asked the researchers to make improvements based on the last experiment.
"Director, I don't think this place should be like this. Doing it this way will increase the intensity of the magnetic field at the edge, decrease the overall magnetic field stability, and may even trigger an explosion!"
One researcher raised objections regarding the details.
Su Dingping wasn't angry. Instead, he began to explain why he should do it this way. Since he had already succeeded in the forging space, he knew that doing it this way would definitely succeed.
However, he still needs theoretical knowledge to convince these researchers.
"Look, here we use the powder sleeve method... the outer coil uses magnetic field superposition and compensation... here we can monitor the magnet status in real time..."
After the explanation, the researcher understood, but still didn't quite grasp it, because what he had learned before differed from what Su Dingping was saying in many ways.
Seeing that the researcher was getting stuck on a nitpicking issue, Su Dingping's expression immediately turned serious: "I told you this on my first day at Longxin Lab."
"Your first task is to obey my orders. Of course, if anything goes wrong, I will bear the consequences alone. You just need to do what I say."
"You can ask questions, and I can answer them for you. If you don't understand, just do as I say!"
These words made many researchers uncomfortable. They are all geniuses, so why can't they raise objections?
But in the end, they did as Su Dingping said, for no other reason than to see what Su Dingping would say if they failed!
After the core materials and other adjustments were completed, Su Dingping had people leave the laboratory, closed the hatch, and activated the improved ultra-strong steady-state magnetic field.
As the magnetic field gradually lit up, its intensity reached the previous limit of 35 Tesla, which made all the researchers nervous.
"Increase the intensity, directly to 45 Tesla!" Su Dingping calmly gave the order.
Upon hearing this, the researchers began to increase the magnetic field strength, from 38 to 40 to 45, until it finally stabilized at 45 Tesla.
This is about 10 Tesla higher than the highest strength of Western tribes!
The magnetic field is operating stably, and the monitoring magnet has not changed. The liquid helium immersion cooling is working well. Time has passed: one minute, ten minutes, thirty minutes!
All the researchers cheered at this moment. The fact that it could run stably for thirty minutes proved that there was no problem with the improved super-strong steady-state magnetic field.
Some researchers who had previously been looking forward to seeing Su Dingping make a fool of himself were now speechless. They couldn't understand how the parts they thought were wrong could operate smoothly.
Did they learn something wrong before?
Su Dingping saw through their thoughts, slowly walked to their side, and said calmly, "Science and technology are constantly advancing. Those who cling to outdated ideas will never be able to progress."
"You did nothing wrong, but you still need to work hard to learn new knowledge."
Several researchers lowered their heads, feeling deeply ashamed.
"Director Su, we're sorry, we questioned you before."
Su Dingping waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's a good thing to question me. I'm not infallible either. We can only improve if we question you. But if you want to question me, you should first understand the situation before you can know whether it's right or wrong."
"Keep up the good work! I have high hopes for you!"
Several researchers were moved to tears. Su Dingping not only didn't blame them, but even had high hopes for them, which touched them deeply and made them vow to work even harder than before!
"Alright, now that we've solved the problem of the ultra-strong steady-state magnetic field, let's continue our core material experiments."
"Test number 104, prepare!"
Su Dingping couldn't wait to begin, and the researchers immediately got busy. Because of this experiment, the instruments and experimental methods were improved.
So he had to go there in person and teach them step by step before he finally got the preparations for the experiment sorted out.
"In the 104th experiment, the ultra-strong steady-state magnetic field was improved and enhanced, using a composite scheme of ultra-strong magnetic field guidance and laser interference patterning..."
"Preparing the ultra-strong steady-state magnetic field...preparing the femtosecond laser interferometer..."
"Experiment begins!" (End of Chapter)