Chapter 37 Unexpected Situation
One month later.
Canghai Bay, Xiaguo.
The sea was calm, and an aircraft carrier was quietly docked in the sea area more than ten kilometers away from the shore for "repair".
The camera zoomed in, and you could clearly see that the guns and missile ports on the deck of the aircraft carrier were all in the open state!
Inside the aircraft carrier, the all-weather radar was running at maximum power!
To outsiders, this war fortress was just a simple docking for repairs.
However, it was ready to launch an attack at any time!
On the shore, countless garrison soldiers patrolled the designated area in an orderly manner.
The safety of every soldier's gun was already opened!
Since the past two days, the Canghai Bay area has been completely under military control!
It is no exaggeration to say that at this time, even a dog passing by in Canghai Bay would be slapped twice!
The reason for all this is that the Pangu No. 1 fusion reactor on the shore of Canghai Bay will start its first ignition test in the near future!
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Pangu No. 1 fusion demonstration reactor main control center
Lv Yongchang stood on the central control console with a serious face, staring at the data on the big screen in front of him.
"Prepare to start the first ignition!"
Lv Yongchang slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and said in a deep voice: "Attention, all departments, start checking the operation of various equipment!"
With the issuance of Lv Yongchang's order, all the researchers in the entire main control center started working seriously!
In the past few days, every researcher has been constantly reviewing the process of fusion reactor ignition operation, all just to avoid any mistakes at the moment of fusion reactor ignition!
"The cooling system is operating normally!"
"The reactor is working normally!"
"..."
Lv Yongchang took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Start powering on!"
As the voice fell, a low humming sound slowly sounded outside the main control room!
"The current has reached the critical value! Confirm that the magnetic field strength meets the standard!"
A researcher stared at the computer screen in front of him and reported loudly!
"Turn on the heating equipment and inject fuel!"
As this order was issued, Lv Yongchang's eyes flashed with a sigh.
Finally, the last step!
With a serious face, he resolutely reached out and pressed the red button in front of him.
"Start ignition!"
In the reactor, a high-energy laser instantly heated the temperature of the deuterium-tritium plasma to hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius!
Lv Yongchang stared closely at the large screen in front of him that monitored the various data of the fusion reactor.
The neutron dose increased significantly!
The fusion reaction was successfully triggered!
A flash of excitement flashed in the depths of his eyes.
In less than half a year, will the light of fusion burn on the land of Xia? !
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A corner of the central control room of Pangu No. 1.
Lu Hezheng looked at the temperature curve in front of him with a solemn expression.
He reached out and gently rubbed his right eye.
For some reason, since the ignition procedure began, his right eyelid began to jump uncontrollably!
As a native of Xia, Lu Hezheng couldn't help but think of the old saying.
Left eye twitching means wealth, right eye twitching means disaster.
Although Lu Hezheng didn't really believe this from the bottom of his heart, but...
To be honest, he was nervous now.
Suddenly, he saw the temperature curve on the screen suddenly turned upward and bounced!
Although it was only for a moment, it frightened Lu Hezheng's heart.
He quickly reached out to support the glasses on the bridge of his nose and carefully checked the temperature curve.
At this time, the temperature curve was calm and returned to the normal fluctuation range again.
It seemed that the terrifying curve fluctuation just now was all an illusory scene.
Lu Hezheng swallowed slightly, and his hands trembled slightly as he grabbed the ballpoint pen and draft paper beside him.
Lines of scribbled formulas appeared on the draft paper.
No, no, no!
A trace of blood appeared in the depths of Lu Hezheng's eyes.
The abnormal temperature fluctuation just now was definitely not just an accident!
In such a sophisticated instrument, any data fluctuation that exceeds the normal range should be taken seriously!
But... what went wrong?
Lu Hezheng substituted the data from the previous moment into the formula.
Looking at the calculation result, Lu Hezheng's pupils instantly shrank to the size of a needle tip!
This...
"Quick! Stop the fusion reaction! Something happened!"
Lu Hezheng stood up suddenly and shouted loudly!
In the quiet central control room, Lu Hezheng's roar was particularly harsh.
The smile on Lu Yongchang's mouth disappeared instantly!
He didn't have time to think. The moment he heard Lu Hezheng's voice, he reached out and pressed the forced termination button in front of him!
"Buzz..."
A low humming sound came.
The current passing through the superconducting coil slowly decreased, and the magnetic field in the reactor gradually dissipated.
The fusion reaction also weakened until it stopped!
Looking at the rapid decrease in the dose of Chinese characters on one side of the large screen in front of him, a discussion was heard in the entire central control room instantly.
"What's going on..."
"Isn't that Lu Hezheng who is in charge of the temperature module? What happened?"
"The current temperature... is quite normal!"
At this time, Lu Yongchang stared at the big screen in front of him, and only turned around and looked at Lu Hezheng with a frown until he confirmed that the fusion reaction had completely stopped.
The moment he saw Lu Hezheng, Lu Yongchang's heart trembled violently!
At this time, Lu Hezheng's face was pale, his hands were trembling slightly, and his pupils had shrunk to the size of a needle tip!
He looked like he was too frightened!
"Quiet!"
Lv Yongchang shouted in a deep voice.
The noisy discussions in the central control room gradually dissipated.
"Professor Lu, what's going on?" Lv Yongchang asked with a frown.
Hearing Lv Yongchang's question, Lu Hezheng's body trembled slightly, and then he hurriedly grabbed a few draft papers on the table and ran to Lv Yongchang.
"Professor Lu, look!"
As he spoke, Lu Hezheng handed the draft paper with scribbled handwriting in his hand to Lv Yongchang.
"This is the abnormal temperature data just now, and this... is the temperature data I calculated ten minutes later."
Lv Yongchang frowned and looked at the draft paper in front of him.
The handwriting on the draft paper was very scribbled. Obviously, Lu Hezheng was very hurried and flustered when calculating the data just now.
He carefully identified the data on the paper.
When he saw the forecast data for ten minutes later, his face changed suddenly.
"How... how is this possible?!"
Lv Yongchang's exclamation made the atmosphere in the central control room even more depressing.
Countless researchers looked at each other, and even Fang Xu, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but walk to Lv Yongchang quickly, frowning and asking softly: "Yongchang, what happened?!"
"Is there a problem with the temperature module?"
Lv Yongchang's face was gloomy, and he handed the draft paper in his hand to Fang Xu: "Look at this data."
"Everyone, stop your work and prepare to fully troubleshoot the fault!"
