166: Chapter 166 Smashing the Wall of Physics, Launching the Lunar Development Project!

Alien civilization navigation timer, Day 46.

10:10 AM.

Pangu Laboratory, Level B2.

The giant red error box on the main screen was still flashing.

"The physical limit." Su Che stood up. "The 3-nanometer process has reached its end. The computing power pool is bottoming out, and optimizing the code is useless."

He turned off the power to the main console.

"Everyone, take the day off." Su Che picked up the jacket draped over the back of his chair and draped it over his arm; it was too hot outside to wear it. "Go back and sleep. We start work promptly at nine tomorrow morning."

Liu Huaqiang took off his black-rimmed glasses and wiped the lenses with the hem of his shirt.

Academician Qian Zhenhua crawled out from under the operation console, holding that red ballpoint pen.

Fourteen days of non-stop work, only to result in a wall that could not be broken through.

Someone else might have started throwing keyboards by now.

Su Che did not. If the road was blocked, he would just find another path.

He walked out of the operation area, where Lin Waner was standing at the entrance of the breakroom holding a tray.

"Let's go, let's go home." Su Che took the tray from her hands and set it on the empty table next to them.

12:00 PM.

Third Ring courtyard house.

Su Che took a hot shower, put on clean clothes, and lay down on the bed in the main room.

In his mind, a mechanical voice popped up.

[Ding! Core computing power of the luan bird aerospace carrier detected to be exhausted. Main R&D mission triggered!]

[Mission Name: Smash Through the Hard Wall of Physical Limits!]

[Mission Content: 3 nanometers is already the limit of silicon-based chips, but it is far from the end of interstellar technology! Please develop a sub-nanometer, full-field, atomic-level quantum lithography and deposition integrated machine. Thoroughly subvert traditional lithography logic, achieve single-atom directional deposition and in-situ quantum state calibration, and build a true supercomputing brain for deep space radar and the hundred-thousand-ton carrier!]

[Mission Rewards: 600,000 skill points, unlock exchange permissions for sub-nanometer atomic-level lithography, single-atom directional deposition, in-situ quantum state calibration, full-field ultra-precision anti-vibration temperature control, nano-level quantum field precision regulation, and atomic-level precision real-time calibration technology. Requires 350,000 exchange points.]

[Current host main skill point balance is insufficient; virtual ecological independent point balance is sufficient. Do you wish to use independent points to exchange?]

Six hundred thousand in rewards, three hundred fifty thousand for the exchange.

"Use independent points to exchange." Su Che closed his eyes and issued the command.

[Ding! 350,000 independent points consumed. Core technology unlocked!]

[System Prompt: Supporting auxiliary technology/blueprints/plans have not yet been exchanged.]

[Includes: Integrated machine architecture blueprints (30,000 exchange points), sub-nanometer light path design (20,000 exchange points), atomic deposition arrangement plan (20,000 exchange points), deep space ultra-low vibration constant temperature chamber design (15,000 exchange points), quantum state stability locking process (15,000 exchange points). Total exchange points: 100,000.]

"Exchange all, deduct independent points."

[Ding! 100,000 independent points consumed. Auxiliary technology all unlocked!]

A massive data packet flooded his consciousness space. Su Che spent two minutes straightening out the technical framework.

This integrated machine could not be called a lithography machine at all; it was an atomic-level 3D printer that stacked individual atoms like building blocks to create sub-nanometer quantum chips.

He pulled up the accompanying list of materials and equipment.

Ultra-high purity single-crystal substrate, deep space-level ultra-low vibration constant temperature manufacturing chamber, ultra-low temperature quantum power supply unit, atomic precision measurement and control array...

These could barely be scraped together on Earth.

His gaze landed on the last line: Quantum Ultimate Isolation Medium.

Su Che searched his memory bank; this thing did not exist in reality, nor had it been built in previous R&D projects.

This was a special substance capable of completely isolating external quantum state interference. Without it, single atoms would decohere instantly during the deposition process.

It could not be built on Earth.

[Ding! Detected that the core material "Quantum Ultimate Isolation Medium" exceeds the current manufacturing limits of Earth civilization.]

[Super Magic Modification System starting upgrade...]

[Upgrade progress: 10%... 50%... 100%.]

[System upgrade complete. Current version: Interstellar Magic Modification Version.]

[Interstellar material library opened. The host can directly exchange for super-limit materials and equipment that do not exist in reality by consuming skill points.]

Su Che opened the newly appeared Interstellar Material Library panel.

There were many categories. He searched directly for "Quantum Ultimate Isolation Medium".

The item icon lit up, with the exchange price marked below.

[Quantum Ultimate Isolation Medium (dosage required for a single integrated machine): Requires 3,000,000 independent points.]

Three million.

Su Che pulled up his virtual ecological independent point pool balance.

One million nine hundred seventy-four thousand.

Still short by over a million.

After the Mirror World was fully opened, global users were contributing points every day.

But the figure of three million was too large; the regular accumulation speed could not keep up with the R&D progress.

Su Che opened his eyes and fished out his encrypted handheld communication device from beside his pillow.

He dialed Jiang Yingxue's private line.

"Chief Engineer Su." There was the sound of typing on a keyboard on Jiang Yingxue's end.

"What is the current total global distribution volume of Star Sea Glasses?" Su Che asked.

"Including the first two batches and subsequent additional orders, the total production and sales volume has just exceeded one billion units," Jiang Yingxue reported the number quickly. "Currently, the daily active users are around 800 million, and there is still surplus capacity on the production lines."

"Increase the scale of channel expansion." Su Che sat up and leaned against the headboard. "Limit it to one month; produce and sell another billion units for me."

There was a two-second pause on the other end of the phone.

"One billion units in one month." Jiang Yingxue confirmed the number. "That means pulling a quarter of the global population into the Mirror World. This will require mobilizing national power to break through trade barriers in some fringe countries."

"Break through them. Tell Qin Lan that this is a top-priority political mission. Have her report it directly. No matter what method is used, I want to see two billion users within a month."

"Understood, I will arrange it immediately." Jiang Yingxue hung up the phone.

The point gap had a solution.

As long as the user base doubled, the growth rate of independent points would skyrocket.

Su Che threw the handheld device back onto the nightstand.

In his mind, the mechanical voice sounded again.

[Ding! Detected that the R&D of the sub-nanometer full-field atomic-level quantum lithography and deposition integrated machine is blocked due to insufficient material exchange points.]

[Lunar development industry chain side mission activated.]

[Mission Name: Lunar Lamplighter!]

[Mission Content: Earth's resources will one day be exhausted! Please develop a small-scale Controlled Nuclear Fusion energy station on the moon. Utilize compact tokamak confinement technology and lunar Helium-3 efficient extraction fusion technology to provide an inexhaustible source of power for subsequent lunar infrastructure construction!]

[Mission Rewards: 100,000 skill points, unlock exchange permissions for compact tokamak confinement technology (extraterrestrial version), lunar Helium-3 efficient extraction fusion technology, and extreme environment fusion stability control technology. Requires 50,000 exchange points.]

[Current host independent point balance is sufficient. Do you wish to exchange?]

Su Che glanced at the mission panel.

There were six lunar side missions in total.

"Exchange."

[Ding! 50,000 independent points consumed. Core technology unlocked!]

[System Prompt: Supporting auxiliary technology has not yet been exchanged, including: small nuclear fusion reactor structure blueprints (4,000 exchange points), Helium-3 cryogenic separation module design (3,000 exchange points), lunar radiation-resistant fusion protection material formula (3,000 exchange points), energy station assembly plan (5,000 exchange points). Total exchange points: 10,000.]

"Exchange all."

[Ding! 10,000 independent points consumed.]

The technology for the lunar energy station relied entirely on the small-scale Controlled Nuclear Fusion that had already been completed.

The core difficulty lay in adapting to the extreme extraterrestrial environment and the direct utilization of Helium-3 resources in lunar soil.

Su Che organized the data packets.

He rolled out of bed, walked over to the desk, pulled out the chair, and sat down.

He opened a secure terminal and connected directly to the backup machine of President Liu Huaqiang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

It rang five times before connecting.

"Chief Engineer Su." Liu Huaqiang's voice sounded like he had just woken up.

"Sorry to wake you." Su Che looked at the blank document on the screen. "How is the national preparation for the Lunar Development Base project coming along?"

"The Elder has signed off on it, and it has been listed as a military-industrial project. The preliminary preparatory work has been completed, just waiting to start."

Liu Huaqiang cleared his throat. "General General Shen Wangchuan is in charge as the commander-in-chief. According to the plan, the construction period for the entire lunar base is two years."

"Too slow. I am re-planning it to compress the construction period as much as possible."

Su Che sent over the material list he had just organized.

"First, add the production plan for the prefabricated parts of the lunar small-scale Controlled Nuclear Fusion energy station. The beryllium-copper alloy vacuum chamber, high-temperature superconducting coils, and lunar Helium-3 detector blueprints—I will bring them to the laboratory tomorrow morning."

"Received." Liu Huaqiang did not waste words.

He hung up the connection.

Su Che pulled up the real-time monitoring screen of the low-Earth orbit.

At an altitude of 400 kilometers, the outer shell laying of the 100,000-ton luan bird space Dry Dock was proceeding steadily.

The massive metal skeleton had already been covered more than halfway by dark gray special heat-insulating panels.

Five hundred space infrastructure robots were working precisely in the microgravity environment like tireless worker ants.

This low-Earth orbit space base would be completed according to the original plan.

There was a Dry Dock under construction in the sky, a development base to be built on the moon, and a distribution mission of one billion glasses on Earth.

All the gears were meshing at maximum speed.

Su Che turned off the screen.

He walked to the door and pushed it open.

A few leaves on the old locust tree in the courtyard had begun to turn yellow.

Lin Waner was sitting by the stone table, holding a pair of scissors, trimming a pot of bamboo.

She heard the door open and looked up.

"Are you hungry?" Lin Waner put down the scissors.

"A little." Su Che walked over and sat down on the stone stool.

"I stewed some pork rib soup in the kitchen. I'll go get some." Lin Waner stood up.

"Add some noodles," Su Che said.

Lin Waner nodded and walked into the kitchen.

Su Che looked at the bamboo on the stone table; the surface of the soil in the pot was covered with a layer of moss.

A day is very short.

At nine o'clock tomorrow morning, the lights in Pangu Laboratory Level B2 would light up again.

He would personally smash through that wall called the physical limit.