82: Section 82

Although the material chosen this time was said to be able to withstand high temperatures of 160 million degrees Celsius.

However, in their project team's previous experiments, every material that had been highly anticipated began to melt when the temperature reached around six or seven thousand degrees Celsius.

Even if it could continue to operate at 100 million degrees Celsius, it couldn't maintain it for more than a second or two.

In fact, over several years, the number of times it could sustain operation above 100 million degrees without issues was no more than twice!

This made the engineers and researchers of this project show worried expressions at this stage.

"Attention all units, the temperature has reached four thousand degrees Celsius!"

"Attention all units, the temperature has reached five thousand degrees Celsius!"

"Six thousand degrees Celsius! The equipment is operating well, and the bundled coils show no signs of melting!"

When it reached six thousand degrees Celsius, Engineer General Yang Boru couldn't help but hold his breath, but upon hearing that the bundled coils still hadn't melted past six thousand degrees Celsius, he finally let out a huge sigh of relief!

Six thousand degrees Celsius could almost be said to be the watershed for validating the materials used.

Even if this superconductor started to melt at seven thousand degrees Celsius, it could at least ensure that the Nuclear Fusion reaction would last for more than one second!

Don't underestimate one second!

In the process of Nuclear Fusion, the energy generated by each second of reaction is immense!

Even in Lighthouse Country's successful cases, the highest record was only a little over one hundred and eighty seconds!

It was difficult to sustain even one more second beyond that!

Therefore, every second represented incredibly valuable progress!

"Attention... seven thousand degrees Celsius!"

"Operation is still good!"

"...Eight thousand degrees Celsius!"

"...Nine thousand degrees Celsius!"

"…"

"…"

"Attention! The temperature has risen to one hundred million degrees Celsius!"

"Equipment operation, still good!"

"Superconductor bundled coils... no, no signs of melting!"

The person responsible for observing the equipment, seeing this result, even though he witnessed it firsthand, found it hard to believe at this moment.

He even strongly suspected that his computer was wrong, or that the internal detection function of the equipment was broken.

But seeing that all data showed everything was normal, and the Nuclear Fusion reaction was gradually proceeding.

He then, both nervous and excited, stammered out the results to everyone.

At this moment, Engineer General Yang Boru was also dumbfounded upon hearing this result.

"One hundred million degrees Celsius, still no signs of melting???"

"It actually withstood the test?"

Although he knew that the research institute had indeed released materials claimed to withstand one hundred million degrees Celsius.

But what he thought was that it would be like the materials used in previous Nuclear Fusion experiments.

The so-called endurance merely meant that after exceeding six thousand degrees Celsius, the melting speed would be slower, allowing it to last longer when the temperature reached one hundred million degrees Celsius.

The result... it actually truly withstood it!

Absolutely no signs of melting!?

"Hiss..."

"Experiment continues!"

"Detection shows the Nuclear Fusion reaction has begun, the power grid is automatically operating, and timing can now start!"

General Yang Boru excitedly pressed the button at hand.

One of the screens immediately lit up with red Arabic numerals—

1, 2, 3... Each jump of the numbers made everyone present's heart pound in unison.

Three seconds passed!

It had already surpassed Huaguo's own highest experimental record!

Five seconds passed!

Ten seconds!

Thirty seconds!

One hundred seconds!

One hundred eighty seconds!

It had already reached the highest duration in Lighthouse Country's successful experimental cases!

"Hiss—cough, cough, cough..."

In the utterly silent monitoring room, an abrupt gasp and violent coughing sound came from an unknown source.

It startled everyone present who had unconsciously stood up.

"Cough, cough... sorry everyone, I was so engrossed just now I forgot to breathe..."

It turned out to be a member of the project team, who, looking at the jumping large red numbers, was so excited and nervous that he subconsciously held his breath.

As a result, the numbers kept jumping, showing no sign of stopping (bhab).

This led to him almost becoming the first researcher in history to forget to breathe and suffocate to death.

"Three minutes!"

"This absolutely represents the greatest three minutes of technological progress for our Huaguo!"

"No, it's more than that, the Nuclear Fusion reaction is still ongoing, and we don't know what the upper limit for this time will be!"

No one was willing to take their eyes off the timing screen.

Even Chief Yun, and the various high-level leaders who came with him, couldn't help but stand up and intently watch this scene.

Five minutes passed!

Ten minutes passed!

Twenty minutes passed!

Thirty minutes passed!

One hour passed!

Bang!

The silent monitoring room was once again interrupted by a sudden sound.

Everyone turned around to see an elderly member of the project team, whose legs had gone soft from standing still for too long, losing his balance and falling back against the wall.

Others quickly came over to help him up and seated him on a nearby chair.

At this point, Engineer General Yang Boru re-examined the equipment's self-check status and found that the superconductor, after continuously operating at 100 million degrees Celsius for an hour, showed no signs of damage whatsoever!

Even the outer wall of the equipment had fulfilled its mission and was not damaged by the extreme heat!

It perfectly protected the other components of the equipment, allowing it to continue operating.

Seeing this situation, the smile on Yang Boru's face was irrepressible.

He could guarantee with his fifty years of work experience that no accident would occur, at least in the short term.

So, he confidently left his position and personally came to the monitoring room, excitedly announcing to everyone:

"Academician Jiang, esteemed leaders!"

"This experiment was a complete success! And a major success at that!"

"The materials for the superconductor and the core outer wall have been proven fully capable of withstanding high temperatures of one hundred twenty million degrees Celsius!"

"Next, we will test the upper limits of these two materials, as well as the operational performance of this equipment!"

"The duration may be quite long, so all leaders can return and await our news!"

He felt that if he didn't come out to persuade these leaders now.

They would probably wait until their legs went numb and they collapsed, still not necessarily waiting for the experiment to end.

Among those present, except for Academician Jiang, who was the chief person in charge and had followed the project from beginning to end, and thus had considerable confidence.

Everyone else was inwardly nervous and anxious.

After all, this epoch-making step was actually taken by their Huaguo as the representative.

This was a source of great honor for everyone present!

And seeing the truly great success result at this moment, everyone's hearts couldn't help but swell with pride.

In previous technological breakthroughs, in most cases, they only explored the path after Lighthouse Country had achieved the breakthrough first.

But this time, it was different; they had completely forged their own path!

And they were the first to walk this path!

"Congratulations Academician Jiang, congratulations General Yang, the successful realization of controllable Nuclear Fusion is inseparable from everyone's efforts and contributions!"

Chief Yun was also extremely delighted at this moment.

However, just then, one of the equipment monitoring instruments emitted an alarm sound.

Immediately, everyone's attention was drawn to it.

Yang Boru, worried about the experimental results and potential equipment failure, immediately rushed over with concern.