Chapter 18 Zhang Bo Reports

The Tianqin Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is a research institute located on a planet 1.5 times larger than the Earth.

The land area of ​​this planet accounts for 45%, and the ocean area accounts for 55%. Because of the lack of water resources and the proximity to the stars, there are large tracts of land that are deserts.

But at this time, the entire planet is dotted with various human buildings. The most conspicuous one is the huge atomic orbital accelerator that surrounds the equator of the entire planet, like a giant snake coiled on the planet.

In the past, Zhang Bo liked to watch all this quietly in space, and sigh at the strength of the country by the way, but now he is not in such a mood, but hurriedly landed, and then entered the Central Research Institute, and found He Huan, a colleague in the same institute but with a different research direction.

He Huan is a doctor of physics and particle science. The project he is currently researching is particle thrusters, which is also a direction of China's next-generation engine.

"Zhang Bo, how come you have time to come to me?" He Huan was lying in front of the monitor, staring at the data on it, and by the way, he took a pen to write and draw on paper and calculate some data.

"I want to ask you a question. If you want to increase the acceleration of the Giant Whale X6 to 15G, how much thrust of the engine is needed?" The engineering man spoke directly without any nonsense.

"Oh? Why, the plane can't satisfy you anymore, you want to drive a mining machine? But it is true that if you win the competition with a mining machine, you may feel more accomplished?" It's like you drive a Wuling Hongguang to win luxury cars such as Lamborghini and Bugatti Veyron, which is naturally very pretentious.

"Don't make a fuss, I'm serious!" Zhang Bo was speechless. Although I like racing, I never talk about these in the institute!

"Okay, seriously, wait a moment, I'll calculate it for you!" He Huan found the design drawings of the Giant Whale X6. This kind of drawings is actually confidential, but this is the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is confidential elsewhere. Anyone with a higher qualification here can see it!

"The Giant Whale X6 is the mining machine designed by Dr. Liang's team. It has comprehensive functions. I especially like the two scissors installed on it." He Huan found the data of the Giant Whale X6, made a simple calculation, and shook his head: "No, the materials used in the Giant Whale X6 do not support such high acceleration. If it is really replaced with such an engine, it will fall apart. Besides, we don't have such an advanced engine now. If it is replaced with Chengfei's 20 cores, it can probably reach 12G! This is already the limit!"

"Are you sure?" Zhang Bo frowned and handed a USB flash drive to He Huan: "Then take a look at this..."

"What!" He Huan plugged in the computer and found that this was actually a video record on Zhang Bo's spacecraft.

"Pull it straight to the end!"

Soon, He Huan slammed the table: "This is impossible!"

"But this is a fact. The ship was right in front of me and ran away with an acceleration of 15G, and that was in the asteroid belt! I have reason to believe that it has slowed down because of the environment in the asteroid belt. If it is in a vacuum star area, it can be faster!" Zhang Bo said seriously, "He Huan, you know what this means!"

"This means that the specific impulse of the ship's engine is several orders of magnitude higher than the best engine we are using now, and even the nuclear fusion engine we are still experimenting with is much worse than this!"

The specific impulse of the engine is the thrust of the engine. The greater the specific impulse, the stronger the thrust.

The thrust is related to the speed at which the engine ejects particles. The current mainstream engines are hydrogen-oxygen fuel engines, which burn hydrogen and eject water vapor.

This engine is certainly not good, but there is no way, because the current controlled nuclear fusion is still in the theoretical stage!

But even if nuclear fusion is successfully developed, it cannot reach this speed!

"Unless!"

"Unless?"

"Unless he is not using hydrogen fusion, but a higher energy level fusion reaction!" He Huan looked at the video again, and the speed data, and continued to calculate.

Soon, he put down the pen and said: "Our hydrogen fusion is still in the theoretical research stage. I don't know how the higher energy level fusion releases energy, but according to the existing formula, this ship should be using elements between lithium and carbon for fusion. I am more inclined to use carbon."

"Isn't that heavy nuclear fusion?" Zhang Bo was shocked.

Heavy nuclear fusion is a term derived from the distinction between hydrogen fusion. The elements that can be used are lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, and silicon.

Among them, lithium, beryllium, and boron are difficult to find, nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine are gaseous, sodium and magnesium are unstable, and aluminum has a low energy density. Therefore, even with such technology, the best elements to use are carbon and silicon, that is, coal and boulders.

Burning stones will have a higher energy level and a faster speed, but the giant whale in the video is obviously not that fast, so He Huan concluded that it should be burning coal.

"So, are you sure he is a human? Not an alien?" He Huan frowned and asked.

"Of course, I even chatted with him!" Zhang Bo thought about it and was not sure. Being able to speak does not mean that he is a human. He may also be an alien who can speak Chinese.

Even if the video is useless, it may be an alien wearing human skin.

"This matter is very serious. We can't handle it anymore. Let's report it first!" He Huan thought for a while and said.

"Yeah!" Zhang Bo nodded. It might involve aliens, so Zhang Bo also became serious.

The starry sea is not a gentle world. Although the earth has only encountered one kind of aliens, the Wallo people, the aggressiveness and greed of the Wallo people have told the earth that peaceful coexistence is impossible, and one side can only be destroyed by the other.

Now there is a suspected alien in their own territory. Of course, the two doctors dare not hide this matter.

The two got up and rushed to the director's office next to them. Soon, an old scientist who looked more like 60 years old, but was actually 110 years old this year, took the two to a more advanced research institute.

Various information was constantly reported, and the signals were constantly connected. Finally, half an hour later, the two were placed in an empty room.

Sitting next to them was the director of the two institutes, named Yang Anqiong, a materials scientist.

Next to them was Bai Chunli, the dean of the Tianqin Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a professor of physics.

"Next, we are going to have a meeting. Don't be nervous, just say whatever you want to say. Don't hide anything, and don't mix personal ideas!" Bai Chunli said with a gentle smile.

The two young men nodded like quails. Although they all entered the Star Sea and took drugs, their mental strength was very strong, and they were even stronger than the dean above.

But the dean has served the country for many years, and this contribution deserves their respect.

What's more, the dean sat obediently beside him, which shows that there are more important people participating in this meeting!

Soon, the projector in front was turned on, and faces were projected on it.

A soldier wearing a dark green military uniform and a serious expression.

A middle-aged man wearing a suit, sitting in the office.

An old policeman wearing a dark blue police uniform, with a few young people sitting next to him.

An old man wearing a Zhongshan suit, with a gentle smile, but a sharp look in his eyes, and a hint of murderous intent.

There is another one, wearing a Taoist robe, in a foggy mountain, a Taoist priest?

He Huan and Zhang Bo watched the big guys they wanted to see but couldn't see in the past appear on the screen. The smiles on their faces soon couldn't be held back, and turned into nervousness and humility.

Especially the appearance of the Taoist priest made the two even more confused. How could he come?

"So, shall the meeting begin?" People came very quickly, and they were all present in just 30 seconds. Sitting in the office, wearing a suit, with regular features, thick eyebrows and big eyes, the middle-aged man who looked like a decent big guy said: "My name is Cao Yi, everyone should know me. How about I record this meeting?"

"No problem!" The other big guys nodded one after another. Cao Yi was the secretary-general of that one and the general manager of Tianchao in Xinghai.

"Okay, then, He Huan, Zhang Bo, you come and tell everyone what you encountered!"