This Game Is Too Realistic

Dawn City Nuclear Power Plant, power generation room.

Blue and green signals alternately pulsed on the console screen, and bursts of low noise echoed in the spacious space.

An old reactor is located in the center of the factory building. There is a dark crowd surrounding the reactor.

The faded logo and production serial number make this reactor look quite antique, but the streamlined cast shell and exquisite design are still quite remarkable.

It's not just the league itself that thinks so.

Even the engineer from Ideal City thinks so.

It was precisely at this time that the residents of the shelter fished out this [spare reactor] from the deepest part of the Xizhou City subway line and built a power station for it. This reactor has been working as the heart of the alliance industry. .

Even more than that, this reactor also serves as a demonstration teaching material for researchers at Camp 101 to learn and refer to.

It is precisely because of these many auras that Wang Zhengyi, the nuclear fusion engineer at Dawn City Power Station, showed off this great achievement.

Although the management wants them to learn from the academy, they can't be looked down upon by others, right?

Besides, if the students’ things are good enough, then the teachers can show more real skills in teaching!

Of course, Master Wang's true inner thoughts are not that complicated. He just wants to show off in front of the Alliance College.

However, what he didn't expect was that after seeing this "crystal of civilization in the prosperous era", that young boy in his twenties just curled up the corners of his mouth in a nonchalant manner, and even didn't give him any face. A few words of ridicule.

Master Wang's face was already red as a lantern, and the people next to him looked at him worriedly, for fear that this guy wouldn't be able to control his blood pressure.

However, the young man named Zhong Jingchu had no intention of stopping at all, and even made a final stab without hesitation.

"So original."

"You are so original!" Wang Zhengyi choked back and said angrily, "You guys are awesome! You are amazing! What can I use to ignite without laser ignition?"

Zhong Jingchu smiled lightly and said slowly.

"We don't ignite, we cold start."

Wang Zhengyi was stunned for a moment, as if a basin of cold water was poured on his head.

"...cold start?"

He had heard people from the company say this word, including experts from Camp 101, but neither party recommended choosing this technical route, even if it was more energy-saving and efficient.

The reason is simple.

Although controllable fusion was a non-renewable resource before the Earth-Moon flights were restored, there are also many leftover reserves from the Prosperity Era that can be found in the wasteland.

The current scale of industrial production activities on the surface is still insufficient compared to the economic crisis period of the old era, and there is no need to consider frugality at all.

There is no need to consider it for at least ten years.

Looking at the confused old engineer, Zhong Jingchu did not answer immediately. Instead, he took a bottle of mineral water from the hand of the android assistant on the side, unscrewed the bottle cap and poured two splashes on the ground.

This time, not only the old engineer had a confused look on his face, but other engineers at Dawn City Nuclear Power Plant also showed confused looks, not knowing what this guy wanted to do.

Facing those confused eyes, Zhong Jingchu continued in an easy-to-understand manner.

"... If you want to fuse two metal balls into one, the most efficient way is not to put them on a press, but to melt them."

"The same goes for atoms. Whether it is laser ignition, inertial collision, or indirect ignition... they are all methods from the early prosperous era or even the old era."

"This is actually understandable."

"After all, in an era when we still know nothing about the nature of the four basic forces, we can only imagine in our minds a conceptual 'forge' and a skilled 'smith', using the roughest and most brutal An inefficient way to smelt, beat and destroy the atomic nucleus, forcing it to release the energy contained in the nucleus."

"When our professor discovered the existence of gravitons, everything changed drastically. At first we used laser technology, but it was no longer used for ignition, but to polarize atoms to form special bonding states. To close the distance between two atoms, we later found a way to directly use graviton interference force fields, and then we tried to weaken the repulsive force between atoms and break the balance of repulsion and attraction... and still later. , a miracle occurred that we all did not expect.”

"Atoms are fused together like water."

Hearing this, an engineer muttered.

"Isn't it just a graviton? It goes around in so many circles... But even if it is a graviton, doesn't it still have to input energy first?"

Several other engineers had similar opinions.

The energy consumed to drive gravitons is not low, and it is certainly cheaper than laser ignition.

"Yes, there is a give and a take, and the energy for ignition is inevitable," Zhong Jingchu nodded and suddenly changed the subject, "But by interfering with the force field, we can further reduce the energy for ignition and maintenance of the reaction."

"The object of our intervention is not an airship as big as the Heart of Steel, but just a few reacting atoms. The energy consumed is more than an order of magnitude lower than using lasers to heat plasma... and it is more stable and efficient."

"Going back to the miracle I mentioned before, we discovered that the method of combining atoms through gravitons caused the originally intense fusion reaction to occur under mild conditions...at least the first moment was extremely mild."

"And that's what's called a cold start."

Looking at the engineers who were listening attentively, Zhong Jingchu smiled lightly and continued speaking at a gentle pace.

"Based on similar technical principles, researchers from the People's Federation have also discovered a series of more convenient and efficient methods such as how to maintain the fusion reaction at normal temperature and pressure, and how to make the fusion reaction proceed more gently. "

"Including the portable reactor you created through the black box, it was actually born from this process."

Wonderful!

Except for a few nuclear engineers, the staff and unrelated people watching the excitement around the reactor couldn't help but applaud.

Although the nuclear engineers from the alliance did not applaud, they all had expressions of admiration on their faces.

Although they learned some reactor maintenance techniques from Camp 101, as wastelanders they really don't know where these techniques came from.

Including their teacher - the professor of Camp 101 must also know.

After all, the teachers in Vault 101 don't teach everything.

The young man made up for their knowledge blind spots, and in a few words, he recounted a period of history that almost all the wastelanders had forgotten.

From technical principles.

To the origin that is closer to the essence than the principle!

Although he admired this boy's profound knowledge, Master Wang was not completely convinced, only half-convinced.

I admire you, no matter how many cliches you talk about, they are just things that have happened before.

These memories serve neither as fuel nor as a shell for the reactor.

He was more concerned with practical things.

"The experiments I mentioned are just like the ones you did." Wang Zhengyi held it in for a long time and finally got something out of his mouth.

Zhong Jingchu said with a slight smile.

"It is true that I did not do the experiments, but we have done every experiment ourselves, and not only do I clearly remember every detail, but I also know 'why it is like that'."

Wang Zhengyi held his breath, and his eyes gradually became fanatical.

"Is this true?"

Zhong Jingchu nodded with a smile and spoke in a gentle tone.

"Of course it's true, and my mentor said it's time to hand this legacy over to you."

"About where these technologies come from, how to use them, and how to conduct experiments and improvements based on previous generations."

After hearing these words, Master Wang lost his temper and was completely convinced.

And his face, which was originally the color of pig liver, returned to a cheerful expression.

Mr. Manager is really not joking, those guys from the college have a lot of tricks up their sleeves!

If an expert at a certain level tried to show off to him, he would certainly not be happy.

Besides, it was psychologically unacceptable for him, a forty-year-old middle-aged man, to bow his head to a young man in his early twenties.

However, after this conversation, he was sure that this guy was much stronger than him, and had even stood on the atmosphere... There was no comparison between the two sides.

If he could learn some real skills from the academy, he wouldn't mind lowering his head.

At worst, I'll learn how to show off to the people in the company.

When Wang Zhengyi was thinking this, the other engineers' faces were already filled with passionate expressions, and they were completely surrendered.

"Brother, that cold ignition... bah, you have to teach us how to not ignite it!"

"Oh, why didn't I think of this!"

"Brother, please give me some advice!"

"Brother, if you don't mind, I'll call you Shi!"

Looking at these wastelanders who were thirsty for knowledge, Zhong Jingchu smiled calmly.

Although he could hardly hold the gun down at the corner of his mouth, he still maintained the expression of a master from outside the world accepting his disciples.

"You're welcome."

"I'll tell you everything I know!"

In addition to the employees of the nuclear power plant, there were also a few idle gamers among the crowd near the reactor.

Although under normal circumstances, no players would go to this kind of background-like facility, but it is obviously not the normal situation recently.

The college sent a team of experts to the alliance, and this matter made the headlines in Dawn City's "Survivor Daily"!

Although the academy has sent researchers and prospectors to Shuguang City a long time ago, the number is rare after all, and they are always elusive. Unless they accept the mission of the scientific expedition team, it is difficult to encounter them.

It was precisely because of this that when they heard that these researchers were hanging around the nuclear power plant, they all ran past to join in the fun.

This is much more interesting than the mammoths in the zoo!

In fact, this is indeed the case.

After watching the show, [Single-player jungler] couldn't help but clap along with the NPCs.

"Oh my god, it's the people from the academy who can pretend!"

[The Beaten Shooter] looked at him.

"Are you talking about installing nuclear fusion?"

Single-player jungler: "What about nuclear fusion? I'm just showing off."

The shooter who was beaten: "Pfft——"

[Hunger strike mid laner], who had been silent all this time, just smiled and suddenly interjected.

"I found out that there are quite a lot of tsunderes in the academy."

"For example, that...Jiang Xuezhou?" The single-player jungler thought for a long time, and he remembered the name of this one, the academy researcher, and he heard about it by chance on the forum.

The hunger striker in the middle of the stream let out a sigh of relief.

"And Yin Fang."

The beaten shooter: "?"

Single-player jungler: "?"

The middle laner in the hunger strike stream: "Hey, don't you think so? Although you have a tough mouth, your body is very honest."

Single-player jungler: "No, I just think there's something wrong with you..."

Hunger strike mid laner: "...?"

On the other side, the android engineer of Vault 100 was also humming and whispering.

They are not experts in nuclear fusion research. They are somewhat familiar with various models of fusion reactors. It can be heard that the researcher named Zhong really has two skills.

At this moment, the young man named Zhong Jingchu had already talked about the core difficulties of fusion reactor cold start technology from the history of science part, as well as the main ideas for solving the problem.

Not only the Alliance's nuclear engineers, who knew nothing about nuclear fusion, but also the [Lone Wolf of the Apocalypse] were mesmerized and drooled when they heard it.

But it's a pity.

The first one was able to get a clue, but the second one was just listening to the fun. When he came back to his senses, he realized that he had listened to it and not listened to it, and he still knew nothing.

He looked back from a distance without finishing his thoughts, and said with emotion on his face.

"MMP! It's a pity that I'm studying automation... By the way, Professor Yan, you're studying physics. Can you tell me about that cold fusion reactor... is it reliable?"

Feeling the heat in the sight of Yu Yu, Kuangfeng sighed and said.

"I'm just a person studying physics, not a god... Don't think too much, let alone try to create an era of prosperity in one go. Just lay the foundation first."

Not to mention advanced things like cold start and cold fusion reactors. According to the standards in the game world, in reality fusion technology does not even have the concept of "controllable".

The two are not even the same thing, and the technical principles they rely on are completely different.

The lone wolf in the apocalypse still had an expression on his face that he didn't want to give up. He looked at Guang Feng who shook his head and couldn't help but say.

"It's always possible to produce some inspiring works, right? For example, technical routes or something..."

"Are you talking about the technical route of nuclear fusion cold start?" Guangfeng couldn't help laughing for a moment, looking at his colleague and said, "Let me put it this way, in the high-energy physics community, there has always been a question about the unification of the four fundamental forces." I guess many mathematicians and physicists have struggled with this, even their whole lives.”

The lone wolf in the apocalypse looked at him blankly. Seeing that there was no further explanation for a long time, he couldn't help but ask.

"…Then what?"

Kuangfeng was silent for a while, then turned his attention to the researcher not far away.

"That's just a guess for us."

"And the game world...that is, here, in line with the grand unified theory, the 'gravitons' can be 'touched'."

"Do you know what this means?"

The lone wolf in the apocalypse looked at him blankly.

"……have no idea."

Kuangfeng stared at him for a while, sighed, and looked away.

"...As if I didn't say anything."

Lone wolf in the apocalypse: "???"

His brother Fang Chang always feels that "Wasteland OL" is not just a game world, but more like a living world. As a physicist, he has a different view.

Just from the perspective of a physicist, he felt that this place was more like another universe.

In reality, the laws of physics are not completely applicable here, or in other words, they are only applicable within a limited range.

The further you enter the microscopic realm, the greater the probability of this phenomenon occurring.

For example, the most classic double-slit interference experiment, "Wasteland OL", the requirements for instrument accuracy in the game world are higher than in reality, and this also means that the "uncertainty" of the microscopic world here is smaller.

Inversely speaking, the Planck constant in the world of "Wasteland OL" is smaller than the Planck constant in reality, even if the offset is so small that it cannot be calculated, or it is infinitesimal in the mathematical sense. .

Even if it is infinitesimal, it is different.

This is actually a very scary thing to think about.

A smaller Planck constant means that the quantum size is smaller, the probability of quantum effects occurring is smaller, the universe is more stable, and there are fewer uncertainties.

Give an easy-to-understand example.

If the God who created all things in the world is compared to a computer, or a graphics card with limited computing power but a large amount of computing power, then there are two gods AB, and each adjusts its own computing power to create AB. Two different worlds.

Among them, A can only generate models of cities and citizens, and the holes on the citizens are blurred. Only when the camera zooms in on the citizens' faces, the holes will be generated immediately. Before the observation behavior occurs, the holes will be generated immediately. There are no pixels belonging to the hole.

Even where the camera cannot observe, the "villains" born in World A will occasionally pass through the wall... which is commonly known as "passing through the mold."

The B graphics card is different. It can not only create holes in a city and its citizens at the same time, but can even create textures that are so detailed that they can only be seen under a microscope... No matter whether the observer brings his eyes so close, the textures belong to those pixels. They are all existence, or we can say that their existence does not depend on observational behavior.

In the graphics card-generated world, it is impossible for people to pass through walls. At least "villains" walking in the city cannot pass through molds, no matter where the player can see or cannot see.

If you want to find a "mold-through" BUG in the graphics card production world, it will be on a microscopic scale that cannot be seen with a microscope.

Such as Nano.

When the wafer is small enough, microscopic particles such as electrons will cross the potential barrier, which is the so-called "quantum tunneling" effect.

To use an inappropriate and vivid metaphor, if the world created by graphics card B is called "Earth OL", then the world created by graphics card A is "Night City".

Moreover, it is a night city among countless human universes that is not affected by the continuous interference and observation of "Earth OL" players.

In particular, the item "not subject to continuous interference and influence" is extremely critical. After all, any interference can iteratively create N different worlds based on the "frame rate". In fact, the archives of different players are indeed Different.

At the same time, for the game world where thermodynamic experiments are impossible, "frame rate" is one of the important parameters for calculating Planck's constant.

And based on the frame rate, Planck's constant is calculated, which must be less than 1 and larger than Planck's constant in reality!

And it’s much bigger than that!

"Wasteland OL" does not have the concept of frame rate. The precision of both the graphics and the physics engine is much higher than that of traditional 3A masterpieces.

Not to mention thermodynamic experiments here, even nuclear tests can be done. Planck's constant can be calculated by directly applying the method in reality, and the violent wind has indeed done this.

In the beginning, he actually did the experiment with a playful mentality.

After all, he knew in his heart that this kind of behavior was pinching his nose to deceive his eyes. After observing his behavior, the game server could either ignore him or directly retrieve the encyclopedia data to give him the result he wanted.

However, the results of the experiment surprised him, just like when he first came into contact with quantum mechanics——

God disappeared.

Or rather, it was hidden.

Theoretically, the Planck constant of "Wasteland OL" should be greater than that of "Earth OL", just like Gta5 (Los Santos), Cyberpunk (Night City), Girl Scroll (Skyrim Province)...

However, the calculation result is exactly the opposite——

The value of the former 䭾㱕 is infinitely close to the latter 䭾, and is smaller than the latter 䭾!

No matter how many times he calculated or even repeated the experiment, the result was the same.

This means that "God B" lives in the house of "God A", and a graphics card with a lower computing power is running on a graphics card with a higher computing power... and the latter can run the program before the former cannot?

He has been alive for more than thirty years, and this is the first time he has seen such an outrageous thing!

Either A Guang is targeting him!

Or there are aliens behind Aguang, that is, the mainstream media speculates that extraterrestrial civilizations have targeted him and deliberately induced him to calculate such a result through a specially designed algorithm...

For a period of time, he fell into confusion and self-doubt because of his discovery. He even asked for a long leave from his workplace and went on a trip with his luggage. After adjusting his mentality for a long time, he recovered from the self-doubt and confusion. Walked out.

In fact, there is nothing to be confused about.

Whether matter exists or not is an objective phenomenon, but its "existence" is determined by subjective consciousness.

After taking a look at the lone wolf in the apocalypse who was still struggling with gravitons and nuclear fusion, Kuangfeng said calmly.

"...The game world is the game world. You cannot expect to discover physical theorems in games or film and television works that are not found in reality, and it is not difficult to make up a conjecture that cannot be proven or falsified."

After a pause, he stretched out his index finger to touch the bridge of his nose out of habit.

The pair of glasses that should be placed high on the bridge of the nose does not exist in the game world.

In this world, "Blast" is his name, and Iwakaze is just another person living in another world and has nothing to do with "Blast".

"Of course, since Planck's constant is so close...their theory did give me some inspiration. Maybe we can find something similar to the graviton."

The lone wolf of the apocalypse looked at Professor Yanfeng blankly and said with a wry smile.

"Your speech is becoming increasingly difficult to understand..."

…

(PS: The explanation is over. It’s not a spoiler to say this. Guang Feng just fell into his own “well” and his seeing it does not represent my outline. Two different worlds are real and exist in the universe. It's a certain corner, but the dimensions are different, it's not a computer simulation, although it's not that mysterious. In addition, the world of Shelter 101 is a simulation, and the computing power can probably simulate a planet, which is almost the limit of Prosperity Era technology. Vault 404 is different from Vault 101, the former is the real "singularity").