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

Three or four days passed in the blink of an eye.

Today is Thursday. If Chen Yuan can just hold on for one more day tomorrow, he can sleep in at home the day after tomorrow.

He has two worries these days.

Needless to say, his first problem was that his attempts to simulate cold nuclear fusion using quantum computing were completely ineffective.

Although it was still in the simulation process, Chen Yuan saw that the surging particles and the patterns they formed seemed no different from those of the previous few days.

He once doubted whether he was really good at quantum computing.

The second problem is that Chen Yuan has been working for almost a week, and Lao Qin has never taken him and Zhen Yuhan to the lab once.

He could finally be certain that what Zhen Yuhan had said before made sense.

Although Chen Yuan hadn't been to the lab in the past few days, and rarely even saw Lao Qin, he got along quite well with Zhen Yuhan, who was related to him, and they could be considered good friends.

In the morning, at the company.

We just finished the morning meeting.

Zhen Yuhan leaned closer and said, "Chen Yuan, I probably won't be able to play with you today."

Chen Yuan asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Zhen Yuhan pointed to Lao Qin's back as he wrote a document on the computer, and pouted, saying, "It's not that Lao Qin is unwilling to teach. I told my uncle about it, and he spoke to Minister Zhao and got me a different mentor. Originally, I wanted you to come with me, but my uncle said that wouldn't be good, and Lao Qin would lose face. So you might have to be patient for a while. Later, when he finds an excuse, he will 'accidentally' bring this up with Minister Zhao."

It must be said that although Zhen Yuhan is a relative, she seems to be a good friend so far.

Chen Yuan didn't stand on ceremony and said directly, "Okay, thank you."

Zhen Yuhan waved her hand and said, "No need to be polite, we're all brothers."

As they were talking, Old Qin got up and walked over.

He glanced at Zhen Yuhan expressionlessly, then looked back at Chen Yuan, "Come with me to the lab."

what?

Are you asking me to go to the lab with you?

Chen Yuan really didn't expect that after ignoring him for several days, the other party would actually be willing to take him to the lab today.

He quickly stood up and said politely, "Thank you, Brother Qin."

Old Qin remained silent and turned to walk outside.

Chen Yuan greeted Zhen Yuhan, saying, "I'm going to the lab now. We'll talk again at lunchtime."

Zhen Yuhan seemed to have anticipated this situation, and said with a strange smile, "Okay, see you at the cafeteria at noon."

……

Chen Yuan followed Lao Qin out of the office.

As Old Qin walked forward, he said slowly, "That kid surnamed Zhen, didn't he say he'd help you find a new master later?"

Huh?

How could you guess that?

Chen Yuan was somewhat surprised, but how could he answer such a question?

Old Qin walked very fast, and arrived at the elevator in just a few steps.

He said bluntly, "His uncle is the company's vice president and a member of the board of directors, and he also owns some shares, so he is indeed in a high position of power. But do you really think someone like him, who's just here to gain experience, can really get along with you?"

Chen Yuan was taken aback. "Brother Qin, what do you mean by that?"

Old Qin didn't mean to mock you, but calmly recounted: "He's only superficially enthusiastic towards you, treating you like a tool. Some of the things he says to you are just empty promises. I've experienced similar things before. Don't be fooled by how nice he is to you now. He might be laughing at you right now, thinking that you're not well-liked by me, while he has connections that allow him to easily switch to a more favorable master."

When Chen Yuan first entered society, he really couldn't tell whether Zhen Yuhan or Lao Qin's story was more truthful.

With a ding-dong, the elevator doors opened, but there was no one inside.

Old Qin stepped into the elevator, still saying, "I just can't stand his smug look, so even if I'm busy today, I'm going to take you to the lab. Otherwise, you'll have to finish reading all the contents of the book I gave you before I'll take you to the lab."

As he pressed the floor number, he asked, "By the way, have you finished reading the book I gave you?"

Chen Yuan followed him into the elevator and nodded, saying, "I've finished reading."

Old Qin asked again, "How much have you remembered?"

Chen Yuan answered truthfully, "I remember every single word."

"Um?"

Old Qin's usually emotionless face showed a hint of surprise. "You remember everything?"

Chen Yuan nodded and said, "That's right."

Old Qin frowned slightly and asked again to confirm, "If I remember correctly, this book related to battery cell research and development has a total of 181 pages. You only read it for three or four days. Can you really remember all of it?"

Indeed, most people can finish reading 181 pages in three or four days, but to say that they can remember all the contents is almost unrealistic.

Chen Yuan is just an ordinary person, and under normal circumstances, he wouldn't be able to remember it. However, since he has the quantum spiritual realm, he can naturally use the "quantum recombination" function to remember the contents of the book.

Knowing that Lao Qin was skeptical, he proactively explained, "Brother Qin, I have a pretty good memory. Like during the interview assessment before..."

"Alright!"

Old Qin's attitude changed drastically, and he waved his hand, saying, "No need to say anything, let's go to the lab."

He is a straightforward person; otherwise, he wouldn't still be on the front lines of research and development at his age.

People his age usually get promoted to management positions long ago.

The reason Lao Qin brought Chen Yuan to the lab today was indeed, as he said, because he couldn't stand Zhen Yuhan's smug and self-satisfied behavior.

He originally thought Chen Yuan was a young man just entering society, and he had neither good nor bad feelings towards him.

He had only asked a few simple questions, but he never expected the other party to boast so much.

How can someone claim to have memorized the entire contents of a 181-page book in just three or four days?

You're not kidding, are you?!

Let alone the fact that all 181 pages are about battery cell technology, even if it were all 181 seven-character quatrains, who could guarantee that they could memorize them all in three or four days?

That's right, Lao Qin thought Chen Yuan was bragging.

This disgusted him, a person who was dedicated to research and development.

Naturally, his originally kind tone turned cold, and he even seemed unwilling to talk to people.

Chen Yuan naturally noticed it.

He originally wanted to prove himself, but seeing the other party's indifferent attitude, he couldn't be bothered to speak.

Or perhaps he knew in his heart that even if he explained, the other party wouldn't believe him.

……

After passing through the factory area, we arrived at the laboratory on the southeast side.

This is a very large laboratory.

It has a silvery-white metallic texture and an oval shape at the top.

It occupies a large area, and if someone who doesn't know it sees it, they might think it's a large shopping mall.

This was Chen Yuan's first time here, and his eyes couldn't help but reveal his curiosity.

He had heard that it contained many of the world's top instruments and couldn't wait to see them.

He exchanged protective suits with Lao Qin and then went inside.

As soon as I arrived at the entrance of Laboratory No. 1, a pretty young woman in her late twenties came out.

Old Qin greeted her, "Xiao Yun, where are you going?"

The woman, referred to as Xiaoyun, hurriedly said, "Engineer Qin, I was just looking for you."

Old Qin walked inside and casually asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiaoyun followed behind and reported the situation: "I checked the test data from yesterday this morning and found something very wrong. Our project's fifty-seventh experiment may have failed again."

Old Qin frowned. "Let me see the test data."

Xiaoyun replied "Okay" and walked towards the west.

Chen Yuan continued to follow behind Lao Qin and saw that there were dozens of people here, all busy working in front of equipment or instruments.

Before long, the two arrived at a horizontal white device.

Next to the device is a computer desk with two computers on it.

Old Qin ignored Chen Yuan's reaction and sat down at the computer on the left.

Chen Yuan stood at the back, constantly surveying his surroundings.

A moment later, the computer turned on.

Old Qin casually clicked on a few files and opened a battery cell design diagram.

Chen Yuan glanced at the screen and learned that it was a design drawing of a "1175Ah battery cell".

Currently, there is only one company in the world capable of producing 1175Ah battery cells, and this technology was developed by Haichen Company in China.

Because of its early advantage, Haichen Company is now overflowing with orders.

Seeing this, other new energy companies must be extremely envious and want to get a share of the pie.

Chen Yuan estimated that this was the reason why Xinghe Company allowed Lao Qin to take the lead in independently developing 1175Ah battery cells.

He stared at the design drawings for a moment and roughly understood that there were errors in them, otherwise the experimental data would not have been problematic.

But Chen Yuan, being new to this field, really didn't know where things went wrong.

He studied applied physics, not battery cells.

He wanted to look away, since he didn't really understand it and there was no point in looking any further.

Suddenly, Chen Yuan recalled his newly developed "quantum computing" skill, which he had been unable to use to simulate cold fusion technology.

He was wondering if cold fusion technology was too difficult, so quantum computing couldn't simulate it for the time being.

If we were to use the 1175Ah battery cell we have now, could quantum computing simulate it?

With that in mind, Chen Yuan decided to give it a try.

So he emptied himself as much as possible and entered the realm of quantum physics.

Immediately, Chen Yuan used quantum recombination to copy the design he had just seen into his mind, thus initiating quantum computing.

The cold fusion simulation was temporarily suspended, and the focus shifted to filling in the cell design drawings.

Because the cold fusion technology simulation had been stalled for several days, he assumed that this simulation of the battery cell would be the same, so he decided to withdraw from the quantum spiritual realm for now and come back to check on it when he had some free time.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the cell design was entered into the simulator, the particles in the simulator immediately converged and reconstructed the design!

Most importantly, there wasn't just one design, but more than a dozen different designs.

what?

How did you complete the design of the 1175Ah battery cell in just one moment?

Chen Yuan found it unbelievable and even wondered if quantum computing was playing a joke on him.

After all, the technology of this battery cell is currently among the world's best; Haichen Company spent several years developing it.

Can your quantum computing system simulate a design blueprint in an instant?

Who would believe that!

He really couldn't believe it, but then he thought, what if the design diagram simulated by quantum computing is correct?

If that's the case, it can only mean two things.

First of all, quantum computing is actually very powerful.

The second point is that the reason why quantum computing has been unable to simulate cold fusion for so long can only mean that either the number of simulations has not been sufficient and the correct "answer" has not been found, or that cold fusion does indeed violate the rules of physics and cannot be designed.

In fact, as long as it is proven that quantum computing does work, and as long as the cold fusion simulation is not over, there is hope.

With this thought in mind, Chen Yuan's eyes lit up, and he decided to try to verify whether quantum computing was actually useful.

If so, I might actually have a chance to use this skill to simulate cold fusion technology.

As for how to verify it, it couldn't be simpler. If there's a problem with Lao Qin's cell design, he can simply point out and modify it based on the design generated by quantum computing. Wouldn't that prove whether the design generated by quantum computing is correct or not?

If this is true, then it means that quantum computing is indeed useful.

If that's not right...

Well, not only might my impression score in Lao Qin's eyes be completely ruined, but I might even be fired just a few days after starting the job.

If a new employee tries to boss the project leader around and doesn't produce results, it's no wonder they'll be fired!

Chen Yuan is now conflicted; should he take a gamble?

He finally found a job with such good pay and benefits, and to be honest, he really doesn't want to give it up.

After much deliberation, Chen Yuan finally made up his mind—to take a gamble!