165: Chapter 165 will shock the whole world!

Listening to Lin Yuan's words, He Mingde was stunned for a moment, then nodded heavily.

"That's right, laboratory conditions and fusion reactor operating conditions are two different things."

"No matter how perfect the routine tests are, once it gets into that furnace of hundreds of millions of degrees, it could collapse in an instant."

He rolled up his sleeves, turned around resolutely, and beckoned to Zhou Changming and several veteran experts from the Materials Group.

"Old Zhou, hurry up and take the samples over. I'll arrange for someone to clear out the Radiation Simulation Test Chamber right away and strive to get the first round of operating data out as soon as possible—"

"Wait a moment."

Lin Yuan's voice wasn't loud, but it precisely cut off the deployment rhythm He Mingde had already started.

He Mingde paused, turned his head, his face still carrying a hint of impatient confusion.

Lin Yuan rested his hands casually on the edge of the table and smiled helplessly at this group of old gentlemen who were eager to start the tests immediately.

"Dean He, seniors."

"Everyone's thinking still hasn't shifted yet."

He Mingde's brow twitched, and he stood with his mouth open, not quite reacting.

Lin Yuan slowly raised his hand and pointed lightly toward the row of server cabinets on the side wall of the hall.

He Mingde looked in the direction he pointed and was stunned for a full two seconds.

Then, a certain string in his mind suddenly tightened, and his pupils contracted sharply.

"You mean..."

"Engineering applicability verification can also..."

Lin Yuan's smile deepened a bit. He didn't rush to answer but tilted his head to look at the testing equipment terminal on the console.

"After running that entire set of verification processes just now—zero resistance curve, Meissner Effect data, critical parameters, crystal structure, fatigue tests..."

"All the underlying physical properties and raw data have already been completely recorded in our detection system."

He withdrew his gaze and continued speaking unhurriedly.

"With this basic data, we just need to import it into the Computing Power Platform, overlay the extreme operating condition parameter models of the fusion reactor, and let the Artificial Intelligence run a full-environment simulation."

"There's no need to set up a separate physical test bench, and certainly no need to spend days slowly queuing for radiation testing."

Listening to Lin Yuan's words, He Mingde stood there dazed, his lips trembling twice.

He turned to look at the row of cabinets, then at the pile of precision instruments on the console that had just finished the verification process, and finally, his gaze fell back on Lin Yuan.

In the past, a complete engineering applicability verification would have cost a massive amount of manpower and resources just to build the experimental environment for simulating fusion reactor operating conditions.

But now, by pouring the ready-made data into the Computing Power Platform, the Artificial Intelligence could do all the work itself?

Zhou Changming stood to the side, holding the sealed container, opening his mouth and then closing it again.

The researchers from the Materials Group behind him also looked at each other, their faces filled with an indescribable daze.

Having done materials verification for a lifetime, when had verifying engineering applicability ever become so... effortless?

After a long while, Zhou Changming let out a long breath of turbid air and sighed softly.

"Times really have changed."

No one responded, but everyone present silently repeated those words in their hearts.

Lin Yuan didn't give them much time for sentimentality.

He walked straight to the operating terminal of the Computing Power Platform and quickly typed several sets of commands on the keyboard.

All the raw data in the detection system was packaged and called up, and after format conversion, it was directly injected into the Artificial Intelligence's simulation environment.

"Begin."

With a flat command, the huge projection screen on the side wall of the hall lit up again.

On the left was a multi-dimensional stress distribution map of the Room-Temperature Superconducting Material under all operating conditions of the fusion reactor.

Temperature field, radiation field, electromagnetic field, mechanical stress field...

Four thermal cloud maps were arranged side by side, with color scales from cold blue to blazing red, refreshing in real-time.

On the right were sets of jumping values for key parameters.

Cumulative operating time simulation, cumulative neutron radiation flux, thermal cycle fatigue count, critical current attenuation rate, quench probability...

Every number was jumping up at an extremely fast speed.

Forty or fifty people crowded around, layer upon layer.

No one spoke.

Everyone stared fixedly at the big screen, not even daring to breathe loudly.

The timeline in the simulation environment was advancing rapidly.

The Artificial Intelligence was using a speed countless times faster than human laboratories to throw the Room-Temperature Superconducting Material into extreme fusion reactor operating scenarios for frenzied stress testing.

[100,000-hour continuous operation simulation... Passed!]

[Extreme neutron radiation cumulative dose test... Material structure stable, superconducting performance no attenuation!]

[100,000 high-frequency thermal cycle fatigue tests... Mechanical strength remains above the safety threshold!]

[Critical current density attenuation rate under full operating condition envelope: 0.003%!]

[Quench probability: Approaching zero!]

The moment the last set of data was refreshed, a line of large green characters popped up in the lower right corner of the screen.

[Full operating condition engineering applicability assessment: Passed]

The entire test hall erupted once again in cheers ten times more violent than the celebration of the successful preparation earlier!

Successful preparation only proved that this material existed in the world.

But passing the engineering applicability verification meant that this key had been completely inserted into the door of Controlled Nuclear Fusion!

Lin Yuan stood at the back of the crowd. He waited for the cheers to last for about ten seconds before speaking unhurriedly.

"Everyone."

The waves of sound in the hall quickly receded.

Dozens of bloodshot eyes turned toward him in unison.

"The materials hurdle is now completely cleared."

"Now, it's time to enter the equipment assembly stage of the device."

He Mingde and the others also nodded one after another, trembling with excitement.

In the previous few days, the supporting materials for the other four groups had already been fully prepared and passed verification; the last sticking point was this toughest nut to crack, the room-temperature superconductor.

Now that the materials for all five major modules were in place, equipment assembly would follow naturally.

He Mingde rubbed his hands vigorously, his chest heaving twice, and suddenly let out an extremely emotional sigh.

"Room-Temperature Superconducting Material..."

"According to the version of the room-temperature superconducting device plan prepared earlier, the volume of the entire fusion reactor is more than ten times smaller than before."

Zhou Changming had his hands behind his back and clicked his tongue in admiration from the side.

"Exactly! The low-temperature cooling system was cut, the liquid nitrogen circulation pipeline was cut, the constant temperature maintenance module was cut..."

"With these big guys removed, it's hard for the device not to 'slim down'."

Lin Yuan listened to their discussion and smiled, saying nothing more.

This was precisely one of the most intuitive engineering values of Room-temperature Superconductivity.

The massive low-temperature maintenance system in the traditional superconducting route of Controlled Nuclear Fusion devices was the real space-hogging culprit.

Once Room-temperature Superconductivity came out, the space-hog was uprooted, and the device naturally shrank.

Lin Yuan withdrew his smile, turned his head to glance at the wake of simulation data still slowly refreshing on the projection screen, and spoke to pull the topic back on track.

"The materials and plans are all ready. The equipment assembly can be left to each group to push forward as planned."

He tilted his head slightly and looked at He Mingde.

"As for the technical side, we need to pick up the pace over the next few days."

Hearing this, He Mingde quickly straightened his back, waved his hands repeatedly, his face glowing.

"Academician Lin, rest assured."

He turned and pointed at the projection screen, his voice rising significantly.

"The simulation experiment data run by the Artificial Intelligence over the last few days has already been verified batch by batch by our Technical Group."

"In the area of Plasma Confinement, we can already see the dawn!"

"The performance of several parameter combinations is very impressive, more than an order of magnitude better than our best records from the past few decades."

Speaking of this, the old man's tone couldn't help but go up a notch.

"As long as we wrap things up over the next few days, my personal judgment is that getting a plan that can go straight to the machine will be no problem at all."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

It was not in vain that he had specifically directed Xiao Long to divert a significant portion of the computing power.

These veteran experts analyzed, annotated, and set directions during the day, while the Artificial Intelligence worked hard on iterations at night; the efficiency of human-machine cooperation had been squeezed to the limit.

The remaining path was shorter than expected.

The atmosphere in the hall had become completely lively.

Dozens of veteran experts gathered in small groups, discussing assembly schedules and process connections, each full of energy.

Lin Yuan did not participate in the discussion.

He stood on the periphery of the crowd, one hand in his pocket, his gaze casually falling on the line of green 'Passed' text on the projection screen that had already turned gray.

Deep in his mind, that light blue light screen hung there quietly.

[Current Lie: Complete the engineering implementation of Controlled Nuclear Fusion within half a year.]

[Current total confidence: 72.64%]

Looking at this number, a hidden sharp glint slowly flashed deep in Lin Yuan's eyes.

Although the confidence has been rising quickly during this period, there is still a significant gap from 100%.

However, as if thinking of something, an inexplicable smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

...

At four o'clock that afternoon.

Across the entire Xia Country, the mobile phone screens of hundreds of millions of people lit up at the same second without any warning.

A news pop-up with the highest level of push authority, accompanied by a crisp notification sound, rudely burst into everyone's sight—

[Major Breakthrough! Our country's research team led by Academician Lin Yuan has successfully developed Room-Temperature Superconducting Material!]