Building a Sci-Fi Empire: Starting with Cold Nuclear Fusion

I left Xinghe Company.

Chen Yuan was preparing to go to the hospital designated by the company for a pre-employment medical examination.

He had just boarded the bus when he immediately shared the good news with Ah Yu.

Chen Yuan typed, "Ayu, I passed the interview."

This is usually during working hours, and he thought it would take Ah Yu a long time to reply to his messages.

Indeed, in the past, if he sent a message during this time, he would usually have to wait a long time to receive a reply.

Unexpectedly, today Ah Yu seems to be glued to her phone.

As soon as the message was sent, she replied immediately, "Congratulations, I knew you could do it."

Chen Yuan said in a good mood, "Thanks to your encouragement last night, I was full of confidence today, which enabled me to pass the interview."

Ah Yu posted a laughing emoji and captioned it, "In that case, how are you going to thank me?"

Chen Yuan blinked and typed, "Want me a small cake?"

He had said this many times before, but Ah Yu was not a gold digger and had never accepted anything from him.

Today, Ah Yu was a little different. She surprisingly agreed very readily, saying, "Okay, I want to eat the mini cakes from Gao Chao Cake Shop. They're very expensive, so be prepared."

Chen Yuan was in a great mood and said without hesitation, "Okay, send me the address and I'll order you some small cakes right now."

Ah Yu was probably busy, as she replied about five minutes later, "Are you really going to treat me to a small cake?"

Chen Yuan probed, "What, are you worried your company address will be leaked and I'll go there?"

Ah Yu sent a laughing emoji, "Don't worry, I'll treat you to a meal if you come. You're not going to eat me, are you?"

Upon seeing this, Chen Yuan was momentarily at a loss for words.

After all, the two are not a couple. If they talk too freely, people will misunderstand them as being improper. But if they are too serious, they will lack romance.

After a moment's thought, not wanting to lose points in the other person's eyes, he changed the subject, saying, "You sent me the address, don't worry, I won't go there."

"Okay."

Ah Yu responded and sent an address.

Chen Yuan looked closely and realized that A Yu's city was actually very close to him, only about 100 or 200 kilometers away.

He replied, "Oh, we live so close by. We should definitely meet up and have a meal sometime."

As he spoke, Chen Yuan switched to Douyin and opened Meituan to find the cake shop that A Yu had specified.

A moment later, it was found.

Surprisingly, the small cakes at this cake shop are not expensive.

The kind of cheesecake that Ah Yu wants to eat costs around ten yuan after the discount.

Needless to say, Ah Yu didn't intend to gain anything at all. She was just happy that Chen Yuan had joined the company, so she accepted this kind offer.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yuan not only ordered a small cake for the other person, but also a cup of milk tea.

After ordering takeout, I switched back to my Douyin private messages and received two more messages.

What would you like to eat for lunch?

"Are you at the office or at home right now?"

All the messages were from Ah Yu.

Chen Yuan replied, "I've ordered the small cake for you. It should arrive in about half an hour. I'm on my way to a medical check-up, so I'll just grab something quick for lunch. I should be home by now. What's up?"

Ah Yu confirmed, "Is this the address you gave me last time? Are you sure you're not going anywhere else for lunch?"

Chen Yuan was puzzled by the question, but still replied affirmatively, "Yes, I'm sure it's at home, at the same address you gave me to order milk tea from last time."

Ah Yu said, "Okay, I'll go to work first, and we'll chat again at noon."

Chen Yuan sent an "OK" emoji, ending the conversation.

……

I got home at noon.

Just as Chen Yuan took out his keys to open the door, his phone rang.

He took it out and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.

Just as I was about to answer, the elevator next to me went off with a ding.

A food delivery worker wearing a yellow uniform came out.

He looked at Chen Yuan standing in the doorway and asked, "Are you Mr. Chen from 908?"

Chen Yuan looked over and said, "Yes."

The deliveryman handed over the food, saying, "Here's your food. Please give me a good review."

My takeout?

I just got back and was about to order takeout, but this person hasn't even come inside yet, so I didn't have a chance to order.

Chen Yuan instinctively thought that there might be a mistake, but then he suddenly recalled the text messages he exchanged with A Yu on the bus.

Needless to say, this takeout must have been ordered by Ah Yu for herself.

He took the takeout, said "Okay, thank you," and then opened the door and went inside.

In the living room, Chen Yuan didn't eat the takeout immediately. Instead, he took out his phone and texted, "Why did you order takeout for me?"

Ah Yu replied instantly as always, "You treated me to cakes and milk tea, so of course I have to return the favor."

For some reason, Chen Yuan felt a sweet feeling in his heart and typed, "Last time you treated me to milk tea, I didn't reciprocate. No way, I have to make it up to you this time. Don't order it for me next time."

Ah Yu sent a smirking emoji, "Okay, whatever you say. Hurry up and eat your lunch. See if it suits your taste. If not, I won't order from this place next time."

Chen Yuan replied, "I like everything you ordered."

After sending the message, he reached out to open the takeout bag and saw a note on the paper.

Out of curiosity, Chen Yuan picked up the paper and looked at it. He saw that it read: "Please don't put chili in, thank you."

Ok?

I only mentioned briefly that I don't eat spicy food, but she still remembers?

Chen Yuan is from Suzhou and has almost never eaten spicy food since childhood.

He had mentioned this casually when chatting with Ayu before, but he had never said it a second time. Yet the other person remembered it. It would be a lie to say he wasn't amazed.

Chen Yuan had dated before, but he had never met a girl like A Yu who responded to everything and remembered what he said.

This touched him deeply, and he felt even more favorably toward Ayu.

Chen Yuan opened the takeout bag and took out a meal and two stir-fried dishes.

The disposable lunchbox looks very nice; this meal probably wasn't cheap.

He opened the lunchbox and saw that it contained one meat dish and one vegetable dish.

The vegetarian option is shiitake mushrooms and greens, while the meat option is braised chicken pieces.

All of these were dishes he had mentioned to Ah Yu when they were chatting before, dishes that suited his taste.

Chen Yuan secretly sighed, "Ayu is really too good."

How lucky I would be if I had a girl like that as my girlfriend?

Unfortunately, he didn't have the courage to confess his feelings, fearing that if he were rejected, they wouldn't even be able to remain friends.

Chen Yuan decided to take it slow and confess his feelings when the time was right.

He chatted with Ayu for a while while eating, until Ayu was about to get back to work, at which point he stopped talking.

To be honest, the two of them are quite inseparable.

With no more messages being sent, Chen Yuan was feeling a bit bored and instinctively wanted to scroll through Douyin (TikTok) for a while.

Suddenly, he recalled the "quantum spiritual realm".

Speaking of which, I owe a lot to the field of quantum physics today, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to pass that insane interview.

Chen Yuan remembered that when he dreamed before, he realized that new functions could be developed, but at that time he suddenly felt a little tired, so everything went black and the development stopped.

He was wondering if he should try developing something since he didn't have much to do at the moment.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan closed his eyes and cleared his mind.

As before, when he completely emptied his mind, his consciousness naturally entered the realm of quantum spirit.

Perhaps because Chen Yuan had previously "edited" the quantum spiritual realm, this time it wasn't like the first time; it still looked like a high-tech laboratory.

With a thought, he arrived in front of the "supercomputer".

Chen Yuan wondered to himself, "How should I develop new features?"

He carefully recalled the circumstances of his previous dream.

At that moment, I had a question, and then the particles in the quantum realm began to move violently.

Chen Yuan tried to find that state.

He found it very quickly.

Unlike previous dreams where particles moved violently.

This time, although the quantum realm has also changed, it is only limited to the virtual screen of the "supercomputer".

Chen Yuan saw countless particles converge and surge, gradually forming patterns on the virtual screen.

This is a very strange pattern.

It's as if countless particles of different colors formed something resembling a gamma-ray burst piercing through a galaxy.

Chen Yuan was confused. "What's going on? What can I do with it?"

He hadn't figured out its purpose yet, but he dreamed of becoming a great inventor like Tesla, so he instinctively wondered if this new feature could help him with his inventions.

After having this thought, Chen Yuan clearly saw the newly appeared, unnamed option, as if it had been activated, forming a simulator-shaped pattern with a blank center, as if he had to fill in something.

Chen Yuan couldn't think of anything to fill in for the time being.

Just then, an audio message came from the TikTok screen on my phone: "Avengers 5 has wrapped filming in the UK and will be released on December 18, 2026. It is reported that Downey will return, but he will no longer play Iron Man, but Doctor Doom..."

Ok?

Iron Man?

Chen Yuan suddenly realized that the core condition for the birth of Iron Man was a "miniature reactor", and that miniature reactor was actually a "miniature cold fusion" device.

From a current scientific perspective, cold fusion is pseudoscience and impossible to achieve.

Chen Yuan pondered to himself, now that he possessed the quantum spiritual realm, could he break through the shackles and make cold nuclear fusion a reality?

Thinking it over, he almost jokingly sent a command with his mind to fill the empty space in the middle of the simulator with a cold fusion device.

Well, it was just an experiment anyway; he didn't expect to succeed.

Unexpectedly, the simulator started working immediately when Chen Yuan sent the command.

A series of dazzling patterns flashed before my eyes, then collapsed into particles.

These particles surged again and coalesced into new patterns.

It's as if this simulator-like device is actually simulating how to develop cold fusion technology!

what?

This……

Could it really work?

Chen Yuan was somewhat incredulous.

It's important to know that this is cold fusion, which has already been classified as pseudoscience.

If I could actually simulate it using the quantum mental realm, it would probably cause a sensation throughout the world!

Although it seems to be still in the simulation process and it is impossible to know whether it can be truly simulated, Chen Yuan's heart was already pounding.

He desperately hoped that the simulator could replicate cold fusion technology. If it could, he could become a top inventor and even win the Nobel Prize, no matter what else he did in his life!