The Three-Body Problem: The Most Competent Wallfacer of All Time

Chapter 216 Nuclear Motive

Bill introduced to Jiang Yu that all the cars in Guanghan City are now highly intelligent, and are dispatched and commanded by a huge central computer.

Therefore, there is no need for traffic lights at all, and the central computer of each vehicle's running track is "knowledgeable".

Born in the golden age, Jiang Yu, who has experienced traffic jams in Beijing, saw the speed of the cars at the intersection, and the cars in the four directions crossed each other and reached the opposite side quickly and safely.

Although I understand the principle, I still feel a little bit weird.

Especially the scene that seems to be disordered and dangerous, but actually keeps a safe distance, which can easily make people feel a sense of reverence for technology.

If Beijing had this system back then, it would not have spent hours commuting every day.

After driving for more than ten minutes, the car came to a huge square, which was newly built, except that the area was many times larger than the square Jiang Yu saw when he came last time, and there was a unique design on the top of the head.

The top of the square is much higher than other places, and has an arched structure that protrudes outward.

The raised part is like the sky, except that instead of white clouds and blue sky, there are stars and the earth.

Bill said that this is actually a real-time image of the outside of Guanghan City.

It was originally intended to design a large transparent structure, but transparent materials have relatively poor impact resistance and radiation resistance, so such a projection structure was designed.

Not only can you see the starry sky and the earth, but you can also see the sun for a while.

As usual, the administrative hall is on one side of the square. Burton asked Jiang Yu: "Would you like to take a rest first, or listen to our report first?"

Although Jiang Yu is a little weak, he is in a good state of mind: "Find me a more comfortable chair. Let me first understand how much you have brought to the solar system after using it for 70 years."

Burton smiled and said, "Okay, first of all, I would like to invite the dean of the Academy of Sciences to report to you our scientific and technological achievements."

Then Burton took Jiang Yu into a small meeting room, and every chair in it was very comfortable.

Of course, this is mainly due to the low gravity of the moon and the lack of effort on the body, which makes the muscles of the whole body feel more comfortable.

Originally, Jiang Yu thought that the current dean of the Academy of Sciences was still Bill, but he did not expect that the person who came to report was a strange middle-aged man.

He has obvious Western ancestry, with a high nose and blond hair.

The middle-aged man introduced himself: "Hello, Wallfacer, my name is Donald, and I am the current president of the Academy of Sciences."

Jiang Yu first asked him about the current personnel situation of the Academy of Sciences. It turned out that Bill retired to the second line 16 years ago. Although he is still working in the Academy of Sciences, he no longer participates in cutting-edge projects.

In fact, Bill has reached the retirement age, but he still hopes to contribute his last bit of enthusiasm, so he brought two research groups that will not have much results in the near future to lay the foundation for the future scientific and technological strength of Guanghan City.

And Gu Zhize participated in the "Reinforce the Future" project in the 32nd year of the crisis because he and Bai Xiangdong couldn't pee in the same pot.

After Bai Xiangdong retired from the Academy of Sciences, Gu Zhize was awakened.

Now he has taken over Bai Xiangdong's research group and is still doing genetic research.

It's strange to say that Gu Zhize originally had a lot of opinions on Bai Xiangdong's aggressiveness, but now Gu Zhize's work style is more and more like Bai Xiangdong.

No. [-], who was sitting next to Jiang Yu, heard Donald's evaluation of Gu Zhize, and explained, "Gu Zhize talked to me about this.

"He said that he only realized in recent years that under Sophon's blockade, if he is not crazy, there will be no achievements at all."

Then he continued: "After 30 years of the crisis, in order to curb the rapid development of Guanghan City, the PDC passed the "Anti-Immigration Act", which stipulates that many categories of high-level talents cannot immigrate to space or other planets.

"For this reason, we have borrowed from the 'reinforcement of the future' plan proposed by Zhang Beihai of the Space Army, and have reserved a group of high-quality management and technical personnel.

"Later, the PDC legalized the genetic modification technology of the trisolarans, and there were even fewer high-end talents who could come to Guanghan City.

"On the one hand, we are actively cultivating talents through Lunar University, and on the other hand, we are stepping up the implementation of the 'Increasing Staff for the Future' plan.

"The PDC has been weak in the past ten years, and Lunar University has cultivated enough talents, so the plan was cancelled.

"And in order to prevent the reserved talents from hibernating for too long and being out of touch with Guanghan City, the reserved senior talents are gradually awakened.

"Gu Zhize is one of them."

Jiang Yu nodded and asked Donald to sit down: "Tell me about your achievements."

"Yes!" Donald first pressed and held on the conference table for a few seconds, and then a touch-screen keyboard appeared on the table, and at the same time a gap was opened on the conference table, protruding a thin computer screen.

The lights in the meeting room then dimmed, and Jiang Yu also saw where the projector was, and an image appeared on the opposite wall.

Donald first reported Guanghancheng's achievements in the field of space technology. Just three years ago, Guanghancheng developed the first nuclear fusion drive engine.

This achievement is self-evident, and it is a remarkable breakthrough in the entire history of mankind.

If we only look at the entire stage of industrial civilization, the invention and improvement of the steam engine and the internal combustion engine are the signs of the new industrial revolution, and the nuclear fusion engine, referred to as the nuclear engine, is the sign that mankind has entered the third stage of industrial civilization.

The successful assembly of this engine marks that mankind has entered a new stage in the application of nuclear energy.

It is conceivable that this will be a brand new stage, and there will be infinite possibilities in the future.

For example, in previous nuclear power plants, nuclear energy was converted into thermal energy in the form of boiling water, then thermal energy was converted into kinetic energy, and then kinetic energy was converted into electrical energy.

Now that many intermediate links have been omitted, Donald briefly talked about the theory of nuclear motivation, which can directly convert nuclear energy into kinetic energy.

Unlike the explosion of an internal combustion engine, the classic mechanical structure is used to generate power.

The nuclear motor is the power that controls nuclear fusion, and converts energy from the microscopic level into forward thrust. It is a brand-new concept engine.

It also completely escapes the category of classical mechanics, and more uses the theory of quantum mechanics.

At present, the acceleration of the nuclear engine is relatively slow in the early stage, but its accumulation speed is faster than that of the liquid fuel engine, so this type of engine is more suitable for long-distance sailing.

After building this engine, all the theoretical reserves Sophon left for mankind will be exhausted.

Especially in terms of quantum mechanics, it has been impossible for any new theory to be induced or discovered.

　Thanks for the 100 points reward from [She is very good].

　　
　
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