With the shutdown of the second-generation controllable fusion experimental reactor, the bright aurora over the Yangtze River Delta city group also merged into the night behind it. One by one, until the light completely disappeared from the field of vision, the whispers of discussion spread like waves in the stadium of the Heart of Asia.
Slowly putting down the camera in his hand, Clooney muttered to himself as he stared at the deep night.
"Is this the gift from Academician Lu?"
It's simply amazing!
Compared with the shock of a reporter, the shock felt by the leaders of various countries sitting in the VIP seats of the exhibition hall was obviously much stronger.
After looking at the aurora that lit up the night sky, Minister Otosky of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Slavic Union showed a solemn expression on his face.
After taking a deep breath, he glanced at Chairman Wilgef sitting next to him and said in a serious tone.
"Aurora … Incredible. It is almost impossible to form an aurora in mid-latitude areas under natural conditions. Unless … "
Wilgef, who had just recovered, asked immediately.
"Unless what?"
"Through some special technology, atmospheric ionization has been artificially caused. Or in other words, they 'ignited' the air with lasers, microwaves, or similar things. "
Ignited the air?
The look on Wilgef's face moved slightly, and he quickly asked.
"Can this kind of thing be done? Isn't it dangerous? "
Otosky shook his head and said.
"It's not dangerous. The Earth's atmospheric environment is tougher than we think. As long as it is not a long-term effect in units of ten or twenty years, the impact is still very small. But I have to admit that it is not easy to create an artificial aurora of such a scale, even if it is only for a short period of two minutes. "
Glancing in Li Guangya's direction, Otosky moved closer to Wilgef, lowered his voice, and continued.
"The aurora that can be seen in the entire Yangtze River Delta city group … A rough estimate is that they need at least a high-power laser transmitter with a power of 1GW or even 1000GW!
"Not only that, but what is even more surprising is how they did it in space. I am afraid that the power of a nuclear fusion generator set may not be enough to power this kind of laser transmitter, and it is even more difficult in space where heat dissipation is difficult.
"You know, even the peak power of Guanghan City is not as exaggerated as 1000GW …"
Even if all the solar power stations on the Moon were to be used, it would be impossible to meet this level of energy demand.
If the laser emitter could be achieved by integrating multiple dot matrix lasers into a firing array, then the energy source alone was almost unsolvable with the current technology and practical conditions.
No matter how rich that Academician Lu was, it was impossible. This wasn't a problem that money could solve!
After hearing Otoski's explanation, the expression on Wiljeff's face became more and more serious, and he asked in a serious tone.
"What is your conjecture …"
"There's only one possibility."
Looking at the expression on Ottosky's face, Wiljeff was slightly stunned. He quickly read something from his eyes, and his serious expression was gradually replaced by a touch of incredible shock.
"Could it be! You mean … "
"Yes." Otoski nodded and continued in a complicated tone, "Although this may sound a bit weird … The second-generation controllable fusion research that has been stagnant for a century may have been solved by them."
It wasn't just the Slavic Alliance.
The leaders of the North Sea Alliance, the North America Alliance, and the Iberian-French Alliance, who were sitting not far away, also learned some information from their aides or the leaders of the research and development department.
In fact, this wasn't difficult to guess.
It was already well-known that East Asia Power was researching second-generation controllable fusion technology. Even at the beginning of the year, the residents of Guanghan City were emotional about this matter, and the major media were following up on the progress of related events.
Prior to this, the fusion technology research centers of various countries had unanimously made a comprehensive evaluation report on the second-generation experimental reactor project of East Asia Power. Including technical feasibility demonstration, project success rate, predicted completion cycle, possible technical routes … Basically, everything that could be analyzed was analyzed.
This was especially true for the success rate of the project. Almost none of the research centers gave a rating above optimistic. The expectation of making significant progress in the short term of the project was almost all pessimistic.
These reports were even used by the capital market for reference, and they became the theoretical basis for many international capitals to follow Song Yangwei's lead in shorting East Asia Power … Although because of a certain big shot who didn't follow the rules, it caused their heads to explode.
However, no one expected that East Asia Power actually made this technology?!
It wasn't just the high-level officials of the various regional alliances …
Even the chairman of the Pan-Asian Cooperation didn't expect this!
There was applause in the venue.
This ingenious gift was beyond everyone's expectations and imagination. Even if the exhibits of the entire Heart of Asia were placed together, or even the Heart of Asia itself was overshadowed by the vast aurora.
After all, the former was just an artificial thing.
The latter, although most of it was also an artificial thing, its magnificent scale and momentum were as breathtaking as a mysterious power beyond nature.
Even if it only lasted for a short two minutes.
Bathed in those pairs of fanatical and excited eyes, as well as the applause and cheers resounding throughout the audience, Lu Zhou smiled and waved his hand. He ended his opening speech and turned back to the backstage.
Almost as soon as he returned to the backstage, the news about the aurora that appeared over the Yangtze River Delta city group, which had never been seen in ten thousand years, had already been on the Internet in major virtual reality network communities.
People were talking about it like crazy. In those short two minutes, what did Academician Lu do?!
Chairman Li Guangya looked at Lu Zhou, who bowed and left the stage, walked around the backstage, and returned to the VIP seat to sit down. Chairman Li Guangya couldn't wait to ask.
Chairman Li Guangya couldn't wait to ask, "What was that light just now?"
Hearing this question, Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Isn't it obvious enough?"
"… Second-generation fusion?"
Lu Zhou didn't speak. He just nodded simply.
After receiving a positive answer from Lu Zhou, Li Guangya took a deep breath. After a while, he recovered from the shock.
"… I didn't expect you to really do it."
"I said that I never joke about what I decide to do." Lu Zhou asked casually as he looked at the large-scale cultural performance that had already begun on the stage, "How long will this celebration end?"
"If you are asking about the opening ceremony, it will end at nine o 'clock." Li Guangya glanced at the time on the holographic watch and said softly, "If you are asking about the entire celebration, the closing ceremony will be held three days later."
Lu Zhou smacked his tongue and said.
"It's actually been three days."
"After all, there are a lot of exhibits. Scientific research institutions and high-tech companies from all over the world will come to join in the fun … Even in the distant Mars colony."
When he said this, Li Guangya's heart was full of complicated emotions.
Although the breakthrough of second-generation controllable fusion technology was a good thing to be happy about, he really didn't expect Lu Zhou to choose here and suddenly take it out in such a way.
Although the expressions on the faces of the leaders of the regional alliances made him very happy, the consequence was that now, not only were the exhibits in the entire Heart of Asia overshadowed by that light, but the important event that he originally planned to announce at the closing ceremony was not sure if it could overshadow the limelight of second-generation controllable fusion.
At this moment, he finally experienced it.
Those people in modern history had a love-hate feeling for this big shot …
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