"Antimatter?"
At the Pan-Asian Cooperation headquarters, after hearing Secretary Wei's report, Li Guangya, who was writing the articles of association of the Human Alliance, was stunned. His index finger on the holographic screen stopped involuntarily.
"Yes …" Wei Song nodded vigorously. He gulped and continued quickly, "According to the news from the destroyer we deployed in orbit around Mars, they saw a beam of light shooting from the ground to the satellite in orbit, and then the satellite seemed to be lit up. Then the laser suddenly disappeared, but the energy will not disappear into thin air … According to the calculations of the engineers on the ship, if that energy is stored in that satellite, I am afraid that only the energy density of antimatter can meet their calculation results. "
After hearing this, Li Guangya's expression moved slightly. He immediately spoke.
"Which department does that satellite belong to? Wait, is it ours? "
"It's ours … But it's not a department, it's Academician Lu."
Academician Lu?
The moment he heard this name, Li Guangya was stunned, but soon his face showed an expression of "I knew it".
If it's Academician Lu, all of this makes sense …
After breathing a sigh of relief, Li Guangya looked up at Secretary Wei, who was standing at the desk, and continued.
"And then? Is there any problem with Academician Lu's experiment? "
"There are no problems as you understand them … But there are a lot of problems." Wei Song showed an awkward expression on his face and continued, "The key lies in the antimatter energy pile."
Li Guangya raised his eyebrows and looked at him.
"Oh?"
Faced with the chairman's inquiry, Wei Song nodded and continued.
"According to the analysis of our experts at the Military Research Institute, according to the calculation of the input energy and energy conversion rate, if an explosion occurs, the energy released in an instant can easily destroy a space base or cripple a mothership."
After hearing these words, Li Guangya was silent for a while.
After a long time, he sighed and spoke.
"I'll call Academician Lu later and ask …"
Wei Song nodded and spoke with a bitter smile.
"That's what I suggested."
Although they all believed that Academician Lu wouldn't do something as dangerous as they imagined, they couldn't be at ease with such a ticking time bomb.
In particular, if this satellite was stolen by air pirates active in the nearby airspace, the entire First Fleet would be exposed to danger.
Because of that experiment, the entire mothership battle fleet deployed in Mars orbit had entered the highest level of alert …
This antimatter energy pile floating in orbit made the Pan-Asian higher-ups and the security forces of other colonial cities on Mars nervous, but the energy tower not far from Tiangong City was full of cheers and excitement.
"We did it!"
Although Feren was equally amazed by the energy tower in front of him, he still couldn't empathize with the engineers here.
Looking at the people cheering and hugging each other, he muttered in a low voice.
"Is there a need to be so excited …?"
Unfortunately, this sentence was heard by an engineer standing next to him. He immediately cast a contemptuous look at Feren and said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Is there a need to be so excited? I can't believe someone would ask such a stupid question. This is a historic moment … Forget it, even if I tell you, you won't understand. "
Feren snorted and didn't speak.
Professor Leonard, who was standing next to him, raised his head and glanced at the open dome. He suddenly looked at Lu Zhou thoughtfully and spoke.
"That antimatter energy pile … is in the sky?"
"Yes." Lu Zhou nodded. With a smile on his mouth, he continued, "We transmit the nuclear energy generated by the second generation of controllable fusion to the energy receiver of the antimatter satellite in orbit through a laser emitter. Through a series of complex physical processes, this energy is finally transformed into a magnetic field that constrains antimatter and is used to generate high-energy antiparticles. "
Leonard said thoughtfully, "In other words, the antimatter energy pile is not an energy generation device, but an energy storage device?"
"You can understand it this way." Lu Zhou nodded, smiled, and continued, "It's like a battery with higher energy density."
Speaking of batteries, he really missed it. He still remembered that the first application he completed was to solve the lithium dendrite problem, thus completing the lithium anode battery in the true sense.
He didn't expect that a century later, this energy density bottleneck would still be solved by himself.
Looking at Professor Leonard, who was silent, Lu Zhou thought for a while and suddenly spoke.
"Remember the question you asked me before?"
Leonard: "Which one are you talking about?"
"The source of the fossil."
Leonard was slightly stunned. He looked at Lu Zhou in disbelief.
"Are you willing to … tell me?"
"Of course, but not now." Lu Zhou smiled and looked up at the sky. He said, "One year at most, maybe half a year. When I set off for Tau Ceti, I will tell you the exact location of the Martian civilization ruins. I will leave the secrets of billions of years ago to you. "
An excited expression appeared on Professor Leonard's face.
"Really? The ruins of the Martian civilization really exist? Don't forget … "
"Don't worry." Lu Zhou nodded and continued with a smile, "I will definitely not forget … Wait, I have a call."
Lu Zhou pointed to the personal terminal that suddenly lit up. He then walked to the side.
There was no need to see who was calling. He could guess that this call was most likely from Li Guangya.
Sure enough, the moment he pressed the answer button, a familiar face immediately appeared in the video window.
Before Lu Zhou could say hello, Chairman Li Guangya, who was sitting on the other side of the camera, couldn't wait to speak.
"Did you make that antimatter satellite?"
"Do you mean the one in orbit?" Looking at Li Guangya in the video window, Lu Zhou smiled and said in a relaxed tone, "To be precise, its name is the antimatter reactor."
Hearing this name, Li Guangya sucked in a breath of cold air. After a while, he said with a bitter smile.
"Why haven't I heard you mention it before?"
"Didn't I mention it? I remember I seemed to have posted an article on LSPM before … "Scratching his head, Lu Zhou thought carefully for a while and said," Forget it, let's not talk about these details … What do you want? "
"What else can I want besides that satellite?" Li Guangya sighed and continued, "To be honest, if that satellite explodes, what is the yield?"
"If it's fully charged, it's probably equivalent to a dozen conventional hydrogen bombs … By the way, why did you blow up the antimatter container?"
When Li Guangya heard about a dozen hydrogen bombs, he almost vomited.
"… In other words, you put more than a dozen hydrogen bombs in orbit around Mars?"
"Don't you understand what I'm saying?" Lu Zhou sighed and explained, "Under normal circumstances, this thing won't explode. Compared to using it as a bomb, it clearly has many more useful uses."
Of course, Lu Zhou did not deny the power of this thing.
For example, if this satellite was charged with energy and detonated on Ceres, it would not be a problem to blow up a corner of the entire asteroid. It might even cause the asteroid to deviate from its original orbit.
"I'm not planning to make it into a bomb." Li Guangya coughed lightly and said awkwardly, "I just hope that next time you do such a dangerous thing, at least tell me in advance."
"Don't worry, this is probably the last time." Lu Zhou said this meaningful sentence with a smile. He did not give Li Guangya too much time to reflect on this sentence. He continued without pause, "Speaking of which, I have something to ask you."
Li Guangya: "What is it …"
"If I'm not mistaken, the network connection between Tiangong City and Earth should have encountered some technical problems, right?"
Upon hearing these words, Li Guangya was shocked. His eyes widened in disbelief.
"How did you know?"
Lu Zhou smiled and did not explain.
Of course, he would not say that he got the hint from a system from a higher civilization.
After the advancement mission of energy science, the next was information science …
After a pause, Lu Zhou spoke.
"The traditional network connection model can no longer adapt to the communication of the interstellar era … Let alone the communication of the interstellar era, when I was on Earth, I felt that just the amount of information on Earth was already too much for the existing network connection model to handle."
Li Guangya immediately asked, "Is there a solution?"
Solving the network connection problem between Mars and Earth was one of the promises he made at the first conference of the Human Alliance.
Although he did not expect Lu Zhou to take the initiative to help solve this problem, since this rare opportunity was already in front of him, of course, he would not miss it.
Looking at Chairman Li Guangya's eager face, Lu Zhou smiled softly and continued.
"The solution is to build a new quantum network based on the framework of quantum communication technology. Under this new rule, we will exchange information with higher efficiency. As for how this is achieved, it will be very complicated to explain, especially for a layman … Just make do with what you understand. "
"As for the specific problems, leave it to me."
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