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Chapter 276 Having come to this point, it is impossible to pause!

"During yesterday's press conference, the press officer specifically warned of the risks of the chaos field experiment!"

"The experimental accident that happened last year shocked the world and made everyone realize that the chaotic force field experiment contains unknown risks. The research in the new physics direction is full of unknowns. The unknown represents infinite possibilities, but also means unknown risks..."

"In a laboratory with dense equipment, the consequences of a major accident are unimaginable..."

"..."

"Professor Zhang Shuo reminded us that the chaotic force field targeting the node location carries great risks."

“He does not recommend continuing the research until the risks are manageable.”

"..."

"It's a bit ridiculous to warn about the risks of the experiment at the press conference. They are also doing this research."

"Currently, around the world, only nuclear organizations and high energy institutes can conduct chaos force field experiments. In fact, they are obviously targeting nuclear organizations."

"..."

"Some scholars believe that Professor Zhang Shuo is conducting in-depth research in the new physics direction, and his special warning is enough to illustrate the risks of the experiment."

"Some scholars believe that risks can be avoided, and last year's experimental accident helped people recognize the risk issue."

"As long as we do a good job of warning and protection, we cannot avoid risks, and research is very important..."

After the press conference, a large number of domestic and foreign media reported on the experimental risks mentioned by the press officer, which was enough to show the public's attention to the incident.

Ultimately, it was because the press officer mentioned Zhang Shuo in his reminder.

In the direction of new physics, Zhang Shuo is the most influential scholar. His research supports the discovery of chaotic force fields and has shaped the canonical theory of energy force fields with great influence.

He completed the basic force relationship model and became the pioneer of the source point theory.

Through theoretical research, he also experimentally developed the technology to create artificial gravity.

Although there is no clear evidence, most people believe that the unknown nuclear reaction technology contained in ion-to-air weapons and gold manufacturing is also closely related to Zhang Shuo.

With Zhang Shuo's academic influence, whatever he says will immediately attract international academic attention.

Some media outlets reported the experiment in a sarcastic and mocking manner and expressed various disapproving attitudes, but Zhang Shuo's personal influence, coupled with the experimental accident that occurred last year, made most people believe that the chaos force field experiment was very risky.

At the same time, some people believe that experimental risks can be avoided.

Some scholars in the nuclear community hold this view.

The external support of the organization, including representatives of some state institutions and some political figures, makes it more confident that risks can be avoided.

In fact, they are more concerned about the relationship between research and unknown nuclear reactions.

If the experiment can discover unknown nuclear reactions and clarify the physical principles involved, it must be done even if the experiment involves great risks.

The impact of ion-to-air weapons and artificial gold is so huge that it involves many fields such as military technology and economy, and its impact directly radiates to technological competition and national competition.

When it comes to this point, whether you believe it or not, it is impossible to pause the experiment.

Arthur Kaster, head of the nuclear organization chaos force field research team, also felt tremendous pressure.

As an experimental physicist and a scientist, exploring new physics is an irresistible temptation. He certainly hopes to continue his research, or rather, everyone in the team hopes to continue his research.

But at the same time, he has to consider safety issues.

Arthur Kaster believed in Zhang Shuo and he was sure that the experiment involved great risks.

This point must be taken into consideration. He is the person in charge of the experiment. If a similar experimental accident as last year occurs, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Custer even wishes he were an ordinary researcher so he wouldn't have to think about so many issues.

But it's no longer possible.

If he insisted on maintaining the bottom line of safety and delayed the experiment, the result would certainly be that he would be fired, and someone would immediately take his place, and he would not even be qualified to continue participating.

So the only thing he could do was to increase security measures as much as possible.

At routine meetings on safety renovations, Custer insisted on drawing up a number of clauses, including installing explosion-proof measures and improving the internal temperature change alarm system.

In addition, personnel who do not necessarily need to participate in the experiment are required to stay away from the scene.

and many more.

Only after most of the suggestions were passed did Custer breathe a sigh of relief.

……

Zhang Shuo's reminder made the nuclear organization pay more attention to safety issues.

But the effect is still not great.

The nuclear organization still decided to continue the experiment.

Zhang Shuo had no way to deal with this, he had already tried his best to remind them.

Personally, he really doesn't want any experimental accidents to happen.

This has nothing to do with scientific boundaries or anything like that. It's all because he had experienced an explosion accident, and the momentary despair he felt when he was in it was unimaginable.

In addition, when major accidents occur during scientific experiments, the victims are often the scientists, engineers, etc. who participated in the experiments.

Most of these people are fully committed to scientific research instead of thinking about technology, competition, etc.

In addition, Zhang Shuo never considered what technology could be developed from the nuclear organization experiment, because the chaos force field experiment has nothing to do with technology and is purely basic physics content.

Even if there are important experimental discoveries, such as the exploration of the transformation of chaotic force fields, they are still in the category of basic physics, which is similar to the meaning of particle collision experiments to improve the standard model.

These contents are far more than technical issues and their only function is to improve the theory.

However, it is not surprising that the nuclear organization insisted on the experiment. When the experiment itself is related to gold manufacturing and ion cannons, it is impossible to suspend the experiment.

Every country would like to possess gold manufacturing and ion anti-aircraft weapon technology.

This also makes the situation much more complicated.

Zhang Shuo has arrived at the gold manufacturing base. The area of ​​the base is a little larger than the last time he came. A new road has been built inside. Cars, trucks, military vehicles, and people walking back and forth make the base look more lively.

Zhang Shuo and Liu Xu were walking together, they were going to the testing center.

Halfway through the journey, we saw a transport truck loading cargo. The cargo was in the form of large boxes being packaged. When we took a look inside, we discovered a large amount of golden metal particles.

"Is this the preliminary refined gold? What is its content?" Zhang Shuo asked with interest.

Liu Xu smiled and said, "Now it is all standardized extraction, which simplifies the steps, but the content after initial extraction is more than 85%."

"These are to be sent out after being refined, and will be further refined by large companies to meet the standards for industrial use."

"Some of them are refined with high precision and can also be made into various gold products."

Zhang Shuo watched the packaging and transportation process, then continued forward and asked, "How is the recent production?"

"At present, we can reach more than 450 tons per month, and it will increase in the future. We will strive to increase production to 600 tons by the end of the year, which has reached the expected goal."

"That's a lot." Zhang Shuo commented.

"It's mainly because we have more experience and our technology has improved faster than we thought. In addition, we have standardized manufacturing and our superiors are also very supportive..."

Liu Xu said a lot of things in a row, and then he said depressedly, "My job may also need to change. It is impossible for me to be in charge of this manufacturing base forever."

He complained, "I just sorted out my work, and finally I can relax a little..." Zhang Shuo immediately laughed, "You are a general, you have to study cutting-edge technology, how can you retire here?"

"I would rather live a more comfortable life." Liu Xu sighed.

They came to the testing center together.

There is a large data room inside the testing center, which contains all the data since the experiment began, including the detection data of material debris in the ion cannon strike experiment.

Zhang Shuo came here hoping to analyze a material that could resist strong diffusion effects.

The material is preferably a single element substance, since each element reacts differently to the effects of strong diffusion.

If the material is a compound or even an organic substance, it should be only the elements in it that work.

Therefore, the ultimate goal is to study what kind of elements can resist the strong diffusion effect.

After getting the information, he took a general look at it and then created a task -

【Task 3】

[Research project name: Finding an element that blocks strong diffusion effects (Difficulty: C).]

[Progress: 4.359%]

(The task can be canceled. Currently, the number of scientific research coins required to cancel the task is 0.)
(The remaining progress requires 96 scientific research coins.)
“It’s not difficult!”

The research difficulty of Level C is relatively low.

But it is normal if you think about it carefully, because the number of elements is fixed, even if you don't rely on data for analysis, you can detect them through experiments one by one. It's just that due to the complexity of the nuclear force splitting reaction, there is no difference between experimental analysis and direct data research.

The barrier of elemental materials to strong penetrating effects is not manifested in the elemental reaction itself, but in the fact that the material after the strong diffusion conduction of the elemental material is less affected by the reaction than other materials in the same position.

Another point to consider is that the data from the analysis of experimental debris materials may not be accurate because normal elements and compounds may react differently to the strong diffusion effect than high temperature or ionic substances.

After reading a lot of information, Zhang Shuo found that research was not that simple because there was too much data.

He immediately asked Liu Xu to mobilize a team to conduct the analysis together.

Because the data to be searched had a clear direction, many people came together to analyze it and soon a clear result was obtained.

Inert gas elements!
They found three inert gases in the experimental data, namely neon, xenon and helium.

These three inert gases show a "protective" effect on the "substances behind".

Although the data differences are very slight, careful study still reveals that the three elements are inert gases, so it cannot be described as a coincidence.

Therefore, it can be concluded that inert gases have a certain resistance to the strong diffusion effect.

How big this effect is and what the manifestation will be under high temperature conditions still requires experimental research.

……

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

Liu Xu's team cooperated with Zhang Shuo's research to conduct experiments and also reached a definite conclusion.

Inert gases resist the strong diffusion effect, and the larger the atomic nucleus, the stronger the resistance.

Resistance does not mean that the nuclear fission reaction will not occur, but that the conduction effect is very low when the reaction occurs.

"The nucleus of helium is highly reactive but poorly conductive."

"Radon has a large nucleus and its reaction characteristics are not strong, but it still has a certain conductivity."

"In the chaotic force field experiment, what elements can be used as isolation materials? Further research is needed..."

"Conductivity and reaction characteristics must be balanced!"

"Or, a mixture of gases?"

The reaction characteristics are strong, that is, the proportion of elements reacting is very high.

The reaction itself will generate high heat and will definitely have an impact on the internal components of the equipment.

Conductivity is directly related to the conduction of the strong diffusion effect. The reaction ratio of radon is low, but the barrier effect is smaller.

Therefore, we need to find a "balance" between the two. On the one hand, the reaction cannot be too strong, and on the other hand, the diffusion barrier of the force field needs to be increased.

The resistance of inert gas to strong diffusion effects is just one of the gains made in the past month.

Zhang Shuo also gained another thing - in the conception of hydrogen bomb battery - the research direction of strong materials that can maintain the continuous reaction.

He has always hoped to find a "regulatory material" that can emit strong force to maintain nuclear fusion in a steady state under a specific high-temperature environment.

This kind of material is not just a single element, but two or more elements that, when mixed together, can continuously maintain a strong balance.

When the temperature environment drops, the reaction efficiency increases, and when it reaches a certain temperature, the reaction efficiency becomes stable.

This allows nuclear fusion to be maintained even if it has not reached the sustained reaction temperature (100 million degrees Celsius).

"Mixed inert gas with some elements with strong reaction characteristics, perhaps we can achieve a certain effect."

“This should be the direction of future research.”

"But at present, the research on the chaos force field is more important. The research on the chaos force field can not only help improve the theory, but also supplement the theoretical basis for the research and development of hydrogen bomb batteries."

After clarifying the goal, Zhang Shuo went to the experimental base of the Institute of High Energy Physics and found Yu Fei's team.

Recently, Yu Fei, Liao Zhenyu and others have been very idle because the safety transformation work has been suspended.

When the renovation of the device was suspended, the experiments became uncertain and they didn't know when they could resume work.

After Zhang Shuo came over, a group of people took the initiative to greet him at the gate of the base.

"Professor Zhang Shuo, you are finally here!"

"We really can't wait! We had agreed to continue the experiment, but it has been suspended again. We can only wait and wait..."

Yu Fei's face was full of excitement, and the others nodded, "Yes, Professor Zhang Shuo, we have been talking about this issue."

“When can the safety transformation work be restarted?”

"Can you tell me about the situation?"

After listening to this, Zhang Shuo looked at Yu Fei, Deng Yunshan and others and asked curiously, "You have experienced experimental accidents before, so aren't you afraid that something might go wrong with the experiment?"

"Uh~~"

Several people looked at each other.

Yu Fei smiled bitterly and said, "I am really afraid!"

"But I still want to experiment. This is cutting-edge physics research."

"I can't continue the experiment. I can't eat or sleep well..."

Yu Fei expressed the thoughts of many people.

As an experimental researcher, it is a mental torture to have new physical discoveries but not be able to continue experiments.

Zhang Shuo nodded and smiled, "Don't worry, we will be able to resume work soon."

"However, before that, we still need to conduct some experimental tests to ensure safety..."

(End of this chapter)