121: Chapter 121 successfully cooled down; Hou Yi succeeded! Ai Chongfeng fell ill...

Professor Ai Chengfeng's current condition,

121: Chapter 121 successfully cooled down; Hou Yi succeeded! Ai Chongfeng fell ill...

Professor Ai Chengfeng's current condition,

in the terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine, could be described in four words:

Beyond all hope!

The fact that he had managed to hold on until now without collapsing

could already be considered a medical miracle!

"Chief Designer Bai, I'm fine,"

"I've just dragged it out for too long. It's probably just chronic pneumonia."

After supplementing some salt and sugar,

Ai Chengfeng's spirits improved considerably.

Whether it was due to pain or not, fine beads of sweat kept appearing on his forehead.

Although he was already extremely weak,

he still forced himself to talk and laugh, though it was unclear if he was comforting himself or others.

"Sigh! Why did I have to get sick out of nowhere like this?..."

"Old Xiang, you should still help me contact that hospital director classmate of yours. I really have to go this time. I'll head to the hospital as soon as the ignition is complete."

Speaking to this point,

a light seemed to flash in Ai Chengfeng's eyes,

and his voice rose by several decibels.

"My only wish right now is to see a successful ignition!"

Chief Designer Bai Yannian stood up,

looking at Comrade Lin Mo, hesitating to speak.

Thinking of the hopeful look in Ai Chengfeng's eyes, he ultimately didn't say anything.

Perhaps this obsession was the only thing sustaining Ai Chengfeng until now!

"Comrade Lin Mo, then let's not delay!"

Chief Designer Bai Yannian signaled Lin Mo with his eyes.

Lin Mo understood,

nodded,

and looked at everyone to speak.

"Leaders, the preliminary work is finished. We can ignite at any time."

"Then let's prepare to start now!"

Hearing this,

everyone nodded one after another,

and the members of the Cold Nuclear Fusion Working Group began to grow excited.

Under everyone's watchful eyes,

Lin Mo walked into the control room,

skilfully opened the safety device, and revealed the laser ignition button.

Accompanied by a countdown,

Lin Mo pressed the red button.

The Xihe Device,

suddenly flickered with a faint blue light!

The members of the Cold Nuclear Fusion Working Group were all inexplicably excited.

The operation was very stable!

Ignition was successful!

"Good, good!"

Ai Chengfeng, on the sofa chair, forced his back straight,

and clapped joyfully.

Regarding the successful ignition,

the members of the Thermonuclear Fusion Working Group were quite calm.

As the saying goes, 'first time is difficult, second time is easy.'

Having already experienced one ignition,

and having slept beside the 'Jinwu' for three days,

everyone's main trait now was composure.

Soon,

the blue light of the preheating stage slowly turned into the yellow light of the discharge state,

and the various operating parameters on the observation room's large screen refreshed.

"Xihe Device operating smoothly, comprehensive stability rate: 99.99%..."

"Plasma discharging, transformer docking successful, high-voltage current output stable..."

"Output power: 1 MW (Unit: Megawatts)..."

"..."

"Output power: 200 MW (Unit: Megawatts)..."

"Continuous discharge in progress..."

"Continuous discharge duration: 10 seconds!"

"..."

Soon,

the output power of the Xihe Device reached its peak—200 megawatts.

Don't be fooled by the fact that this power was only one percent of the 'Jinwu';

the hourly power generation

still reached a terrifying 200,000 kilowatt-hours.

The electrical output power was already comparable to a regular thermal power plant!

What did this mean?

It meant that if the Xihe Device were made into the power engine for the 'Xuannü' fighter jet,

it would be equivalent to carrying a thermal power plant with enough fuel to continuously generate electricity for half a year,

eliminating any need to worry about consumption!

In fact,

the technology of the Xihe Device was originally a supporting sub-technology for the second-generation 'Xuannü',

paired with a superconducting energy storage battery technology.

The energy system formed by these two technologies

was fully sufficient to support the second-generation 'Xuannü' fighter jet for dozens of trips to the moon!

"As expected!"

Xiang Guangming smiled with satisfaction.

"The Tokamak succeeded, so it's even more impossible for the Stellarator to have problems."

The disadvantage of the Stellarator magnetic confinement device was its lower power,

but its advantage was that its stability was far higher than that of the Tokamak magnetic confinement device.

The main reason it couldn't be developed before

was the limitation of room-temperature superconducting materials.

Now,

it could be said that success followed naturally.

"Next is the most critical part."

A sharp light appeared in Lin Mo's eyes.

"After ignition comes cooling!"

When the stable discharge reached 10 minutes,

Lin Mo said decisively:

"Cooling group in position, activate the rapid cooling system immediately!"

Due to the super-strong magnetic field stability of the Stellarator device,

the nuclear fusion reaction inside was tightly bound within the miniature magnetic field at the very center.

Combined with the 'zero resistance' characteristic of room-temperature superconducting materials,

the heat dissipated would become minimal and controllable.

Combined with a multi-layer insulating Dewar made of rare-earth heat-resistant ceramic and a specially made coolant,

by rapidly cooling the outer shell after entering the stable discharge stage,

the reaction device's outer shell would reach a stable normal temperature state (not room temperature),

thereby achieving 'hot first, then cold' controllable cold nuclear fusion!

"Yes!"

Upon receiving the order,

the senior engineer in charge of cooling work acted immediately,

starting the open-cycle cooling tower

to rapidly lower the temperature of the Xihe Device's outer shell.

Mist spread through the site,

and soon,

the surface of the Xihe Device's outer shell quickly reached the ideal temperature.

Within just dozens of seconds,

the temperature values kept refreshing,

constantly jumping between 80°C and 90°C,

but gradually trending towards a stable value.

The large screen in the observation room displayed the relevant parameters.

"Surface temperature: 81.2°C..."

"Surface temperature: 81.0°C..."

"Surface temperature: 81.1°C..."

When the temperature fluctuations completely stabilized,

the many researchers who had been holding their breath instantly erupted into enthusiastic cheers!

"Success! We succeeded!"

"We achieved cold nuclear fusion; we have created history!"

"This is a miracle, a miracle we created with our own hands!"

"..."

At the very front of the observation room,

the project's high-level officials breathed a huge sigh of relief,

and smiles instantly bloomed on their faces.

Although they hadn't yet gone through the 72 hours of safety observation,

everyone knew in their hearts

that the result was bound to be a success!

"The first phase of Project Houyi has ended just like that?"

The two old academicians, Elder Yu and Elder Cheng, murmured softly,

feeling as if they were in a dream.

Beside them, Bai Yannian was full of anticipation.

"Yes, it's over... but at the same time, this is only the beginning!"

Everyone was so excited they could hardly contain themselves.

The birth of the miniature cold nuclear fusion reaction device

meant that the history of China's scientific research would officially turn a brand-new page!

Next,

every blank page

would be filled with those future mechanical creations full of sci-fi atmosphere!

Lasting eighteen days,

involving two working groups

and over seven hundred top scientists,

Project Houyi

had successfully completed its mission!

While everyone else was lost in celebration,

on the sofa chair,

Ai Chengfeng had a smile on his face.

Listening to the deafening cheers around him,

he happily closed his eyes.

With his wish finally fulfilled,

it truly felt like a dream!

Just like,

a dream...

...