Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1711 Safety Rules
[Work Rule 12: Before entering the reactor building, a dosimeter wearing registration must be completed. Any personnel not wearing a dosimeter are prohibited from approaching the reactor main loop.]

[Work Rule 13: Safety instructions must be read aloud before each work session, and the work permit must be signed for confirmation]

[Work Rule 129: Maintenance workers are the guardians of the imperial wonders and should treat every bolt tightening with a high sense of responsibility.]

【Work Rules 130:】

"So, that's about it." Before the video finished, Shang Luo walked up to the projector. "Priest, do you know what you were just watching?"

"I find it hard to understand how a new, large-scale facility could have been developed while I was away. It seems to mention something called a 'reactor.' What is that?"

He couldn't understand not only the reactor, but also the operating rules.

While the earlier work rules were reasonable, the rules became increasingly mysterious as they progressed, even introducing abstract terms like "high sense of responsibility."

What constitutes a high degree of responsibility? How can one demonstrate a sufficiently high level of responsibility? After all, responsibility isn't an apple that can be weighed. Responsibility doesn't exist in the physical universe. A rule that measures compliance based on "responsibility" is simply unenforceable as a safety regulation.

Further on, there were some even stranger rules, such as "Don't turn around when you hear a hissing sound."

“Let me explain.” Fahrenheit stood up and switched to the next scene. “Here, on the northern shore of the Black Sea, in a place called Chernobyl. The Roman Empire’s experimental reactor and nuclear technology research and development facility was located here.”

"What research and development facilities?"

"Nuclear technology—simply put, is the development of a perpetual motion machine. By extracting a substance from seawater, we can make it exert almost inexhaustible power. The energy released by burning one liter of seawater is equivalent to 300 liters of gasoline, and all the potential fuels on Earth combined could burn for 150 billion years, enough to last until the end of time."

"My God Ammon! What magnificent magic this is!"

Phaethon shook his head: "It's a pity that Rome will never have the chance to witness the birth of such a great power. Aurora will take over this research facility. Although our research paths are different, this can provide some reference value for Aurora."

Shangluo nodded.

In fact, in terms of the progress of experiments, the Romans were actually ahead of the Ming Dynasty in nuclear testing.

After all, the research on spiritual energy in the Ming Dynasty was initially aimed at immortality, not at civilian power generation. While the immortality research hasn't yielded any significant results, the resulting doomsday weapons have already been put into use.

Rome, however, was different. Rome's nuclear tests were initially designed for power generation, because the Romans had an obsessive desire for perpetual existence; they wanted to continue existing indefinitely and naturally needed to prepare an endless supply of energy. Therefore, the Chernobyl nuclear facility was already capable of generating electricity.

Although current research progress is limited to nuclear fission, nuclear fusion experiments have actually been successful.

"My God Amun!" the priest exclaimed in surprise. "I thought this was some kind of vision. It turns out it has already come true?! This perpetual energy source can already be put into use?"

“That’s right,” Phaethon nodded.

“I don’t understand. Why did Rome still perish even with all that? Such power, such power!” “Because it cannot be replicated,” Phaethon said helplessly. “In fact, the Romans broke through nuclear fusion not long after they broke through nuclear fission.”

For the Romans, this was like the breakthrough from the atomic bomb to the hydrogen bomb—it could have taken as little as three years. The Romans were slower, after all, their mathematics wasn't very good, and their models weren't perfect, so it took them eight years.

In other words, Rome now has a reactor that generates electricity using controlled nuclear fusion—but it cannot be replicated.

Because the reactor at Chernobyl was operating under the protection of a demon.

To be precise, they are the twin gods: the one who controls nuclear fission but not nuclear explosion, and the one who controls nuclear fusion but not nuclear explosion.

The Romans did not actually possess nuclear fusion technology at all; they couldn't even make a hydrogen bomb because making a hydrogen bomb required another god.

Fortunately, the hydrogen bomb could be used immediately after it was built, without the need for the demon god to constantly monitor it. However, this reactor, which uses controlled nuclear fusion, required the support of supernatural powers to maintain the demon god's enchanted state at all times.

"So supernatural powers are really that powerful?!" The priest was still in shock. "Why didn't I learn supernatural powers back then? Maybe I would be immortal by now, and wouldn't need to rely on alchemy to become what I am now."

"Tsk tsk tsk." Phaethon shook his head. "Listen to me first. Actually, this experiment simply cannot proceed. Do you know why?"

"why?"

"Because once it starts operating, the initiative will be in the hands of the Demon God. The Demon God only needs to move a fingertip to control it."

boom------

“That’s it,” Fahrenheit explained. “So it’s a political issue. This has happened before: after the reactor started operating, the demons started to increase their demands. If we didn’t agree, they would stop enchanting the reactor and turn the entire facility into a hydrogen bomb. That’s why you see such a long, constantly updated set of rules here.”

As the experiment progresses, these rules will continue to increase, seemingly endlessly.

“But don’t misunderstand,” Phaethon cautioned. “The addition of rules is not a bad thing—in fact, this is the basis of the scientific experiments of supernatural powers. We gradually approach the truth by constantly imitating ‘real science and technology.’ We believe that as long as we continue to experiment and summarize enough rules from them, we will one day truly master nuclear fusion technology.”

This is what Phaethon meant by "regret." As long as we keep moving forward, the road will continue to extend; this is the hope that supernatural powers give us.

"So, what went wrong with your experiment?"

Fahrenheit nodded: "The problem is that, relying solely on human will, there is no way to continue the experiment."

Roman magic often has a dozen or even twenty rules, some of which, if followed, can unleash tremendous power.

It's not difficult; after all, there's a question bank of thousands of questions for getting a driver's license.

(End of this chapter)