In the next few days, the old people in Institute 501 unexpectedly discovered that this place seemed to be lively again. Most of the old people who stayed in Institute 501 were researchers from Institute 501. Because this place used to be a confidential unit, they In the past, there was no communication with the outside world.
After entering the 21st century, the elderly became increasingly unable to adapt to the changes in the outside world. Some elderly people returned here after leaving, intending to retire in this most familiar place.
Another group of people simply have no children and have no other place to go except 501.
And 501 has gradually transitioned into a place like a nursing home for these elderly people.
Like a formal experiment, it seems that it may not have been done for a long time.
Once such a 501 institution becomes busy, it will easily arouse the curiosity of the elderly.
Mr. Lin is such an old man.
He walked step by step to the familiar laboratory with a cane. No experiments had been conducted in this laboratory for a long time. He still remembered that there were many people here when he was young, and many people with special powers came here to conduct tests and experiments.
Among them, the ones who impressed him most were those with clairvoyance ability. They were on a table, surrounded by at least five surveillance personnel to prevent cheating, and there were also video recorders, which were rare and expensive in China at the time, to film and record.
The clairvoyant person blindfolds his eyes at the table and turns his back. Then others will place some items on the table and cover them with opaque covers.
Then you can ask the clairvoyant what things are on the table. They will first ask about the color, number, shape, etc. of the things.
A person with clairvoyance ability cannot answer correctly every time, but he answers correctly at least 70% of the time. Therefore, they determined that this person with clairvoyance ability really has special powers.
In addition, there are other special functions. For example, some people can remember everything that happened around them from childhood to adulthood without making the slightest mistake.
There are also people who have the ability to read minds, which he personally tested. He recited a number silently in his mind. Those with the ability to read minds can guess the number he recited silently in his mind. Of course, he does not guess correctly every time, but the accuracy is at least the same. half.
Every test conducted by their 501, each ability user's ability must be reproducible, eliminating the possibility of coincidence.
Thinking about this, Mr. Lin once again entered the laboratory built inside the mountain. It was originally built as a bomb shelter and was later allocated to the 501 Institute because some people felt that conducting experiments inside the mountain could reduce a lot of cosmic radiation or other human energy. interference, the likelihood of success will be greatly increased.
"Xiao Chu, what are you doing?" As soon as Mr. Lin came in, he saw Chu Xuan carrying a huge instrument. The steel structure had been formed, and many coil devices that had been wound were being lifted up step by step.
Mr. Lin did not walk in to take a closer look, otherwise he would have discovered that the weight of the things Chu Xuan was carrying completely exceeded the maximum load that a normal person could lift, because those coils were all wrapped, and Mr. Lin only It is thought that these coils are just wrapped around the outer part.
"Oh, we designed an experiment before, and we happened to see some materials left over from the past in the warehouse. We used them just right to prevent them from rusting and being completely scrapped after being left for a long time." Chu Xuan said.
"That's fine. If you don't use these materials, they might become rotten after a while. By the way, if you need any help, remember to tell me. I still have a little pension." Mr. Lin said with a smile. He liked everything. The place is bustling, at least he doesn't care about the pension, he doesn't have any descendants, and eating in the place is free, and buying two pieces of clothes every year is enough.
But Chu Xuan obviously didn't need it. The experiment he designed only used the materials in the warehouse.
Mr. Lin, on the other hand, came outside boldly and gossiped about the news he had just received.
A few days later, Chu Xuan was ready. All the experimental equipment was moved outside, and he chose a cloudy day for testing to avoid being discovered by satellites.
The experiment was about to officially begin. The old people from 501 who knew the news carried their small bags to the experimental equipment to wait for it to start. They all came to watch the fun.
While driving, they were still talking: "Hey, what experiments do you think Xiao Chu is going to do later? These instruments look quite high-end."
"What are they high-end? Aren't these the scrapped coils in the warehouse? Why, you don't recognize them after they are reinstalled?"
"Of course I know it's a scrapped coil, but that was its previous state. Now after Xiao Chu flips his hands like this, hey, it's no longer a scrapped coil!"
"You know so much? Then can you tell me what this coil is used for?"
"Then I don't know, but it's probably related to electromagnetic fields. Let's wait and see? Maybe it's an experiment in controlling electromagnetic fields by changing one's mind."
"What kind of experiment is that? Pseudoscience."
"You old man, didn't you study teleportation before? When you pick up the bowl to eat, then put down the bowl to curse? When you were doing research, it was special powers, but when you retire, it's pseudoscience?"
"You are unreasonable. It's just that I have studied a lot before and realized that controlling things with thoughts is false."
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Everyone was talking, and Chu Xuan also directly used the video recorder to record the video. He stood in front of the video recorder and said nonsense with a serious face: "Dear leaders and comrades, we are currently using special functions to assist strong magnetic fields to control nuclear fusion reactions. The experimental designer is Chu Xuan, a researcher at the 501 Institute, and the participant is Chu Li, the director of the 501 Institute.
The purpose of this experiment is to record the physical parameters when the nuclear fusion reaction occurs, so as to provide reliable data support for the actual completion of controllable nuclear fusion in the future. The next step is the experimental steps. First, the special coil is energized to generate a strong magnetic field..."
After hearing Chu Xuan's words, the voices of the old men and women below did not disappear. Although they became smaller, more people participated.
"Controllable nuclear fusion, doesn't that mean creating a little sun?"
"Is it possible? Can we, 501, come up with such high-end technology?"
"It's okay if you can't get it done. Nuclear fusion has no radiation, so you don't have to worry about failure."
"Hey, I'm afraid that Xiao Chu will fail this time and be unable to recover in the future. I care about young comrades."
"Wait and see, it's about to start."
Everyone's voices gradually disappeared, because when it comes to special function experiments, external interference must be eliminated as much as possible, and sometimes even the number of observers will be limited.
It's good that Chu Xuan didn't drive them out.
Then, Chu Li, the director of Institute 501, came out and nodded to Chu Xuan.
He looked at the energized coil. From time to time, some current penetrated the air, flashes of light appeared, and magnetic field constraints also appeared in the coil.
Chu Li directly poured the heavy water next to him that had been prepared by Chu Xuan for nuclear testing into the coil device.
Originally, the water should have fallen to the ground directly due to the gravity of the earth as soon as it entered, but a mysterious force lifted all the heavy water up.
They seemed to have lost gravity and condensed into a ball like water in outer space, with various irregular shapes appearing on the surface and constantly flowing.
"Wow!!!" came an exclamation from the old men and women. They couldn't figure out how the water could become like this.
Such exclamations did not disturb Chu Xuan who was doing the experiment. He continued to introduce: "This is heavy water extracted using ancient methods. Our comrades can directly separate deuterium gas from heavy water. Similarly, the deuterium gas required for nuclear fusion reaction Helium-3 is also extracted from the ground bit by bit, because our comrade, Director Chu Li, has finally been able to extract this rare element from the ground recently, so we decided to launch this experiment."
Old men and women thought this experiment was extraordinary.
However, when the experiment completely started, they felt that this experiment was really special.
After being ignited, a 'little sun' that continuously emitted light and heat appeared in the center of the magnetic field coil. Chu Li restricted the rate of the fusion reaction. This sun looked so beautiful and gentle that it shocked everyone. chin.
When the experiment lasted half an hour, Chu Xuan pretended to collect all the data recorded on the nearby instruments, and then said to Chu Li: "Director, the task is completed."
Chu Li nodded, and then put out the little sun with his own hands.
When the sun disappeared, some of the elders could not close their jaws, and some felt a little pity and asked: "Director, little...that researcher Chu, why did this little sun go out?"
In this regard, Chu Xuan explained: "Because the experiment has been completed, the data has been collected, and the coil has been used to this point and is close to scrapping, so the experiment can only be suspended."
After hearing this explanation, Mr. Lin took a closer look and discovered a big problem.
Many of those coils were deformed. After all, they were so close to the nuclear fusion reaction. Even though Chu Li had continuously controlled the power of the nuclear fusion reaction, such high heat directly caused these coils that had been stored for a long time to melt.
If everyone finds that the little sun has not disappeared after all the coils melt, wouldn't it mean to tell everyone that these coils are useless?
When Mr. Lin saw this result, most of the old people were still extremely surprised and their minds were still a little confused. He reacted quickly and asked: "By the way, Researcher Chu, how are you going to hand in this experiment?!"
"Ah, of course it is a normal process..." Chu Xuan said matter-of-factly.
"That won't work. It's hard to get the attention of the higher-ups quickly if you hand it in like this. I'll directly help you make an appointment with someone. You can see if you can replicate this experiment again. By the way, give me the experimental materials and videos as well. A portion." Mr. Lin said anxiously.
"This... is a bit inconsistent with the standards..." Chu Xuan hesitated.
"Hey, Comrade Xiao Chu, I will definitely not give this information to anyone else. I will give it to Mr. Qian. If you don't trust me, don't you trust Mr. Qian? In this case, I will call Mr. Qian now, in front of you. Let’s talk about it.” Mr. Lin said.
"Okay." Chu Xuan nodded directly and agreed, making Mr. Lin a little embarrassed.
But he soon stopped caring. This was a turnaround for Institute 501. In fact, Mr. Qian has always supported the research of special functions and has come to Institute 501 to give lectures many times.
Unfortunately, due to some other reasons and physical limitations, it will be difficult to come back.
But Mr. Lin believes that with Mr. Qian's reputation, he can definitely quickly get the attention of the 501 Institute and the experiments of the 501 Institute.
Soon, a call came to the capital, and an old man answered the phone.
And the plot of Trisolaris is running non-stop in another direction.
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Wang Miao felt that what he encountered in the past two days was a bit unusual. This unusualness began after he received the invitation from Science Frontier.
He felt that Science Frontier was by no means a simple scientific academic organization. Otherwise, how could he suddenly be relied upon by someone like Shi Qiang?
But after attending the meeting that afternoon, especially after seeing Yang Dong and the deaths of those scientists, he felt that he had to thoroughly understand the truth about this scientific boundary.
So he chose to agree to Shi Qiang and find a way to enter the scientific boundary undercover to investigate what this organization did and why did the scientists commit suicide one after another?
Why did Yang Dong say in his suicide note that physics never existed?
The most important thing is, that countdown number, what does it mean? What will happen to you when the countdown completely disappears?
For humans, a string of numbers is not scary, and a string of countdowns is not scary, but a string of countdowns that only one can see, and one does not know what will happen after the countdown is over, is the most terrifying. scary.
Wang Miao forced himself to calm down. He had to rest now and would have to return to the laboratory to conduct experiments tomorrow.
However, at this moment, his door was knocked again. Who would knock on his door at this time?
So if nothing else happens, there should be another accident.
Sure enough, after opening the door, standing outside the room was the police officer named Shi Qiang who was very reckless and violent in handling the case.
Seeing this, Wang Miao said subconsciously: "I will investigate the matter. You don't need to knock on my door at night."
As he spoke, he wanted to close the door, because he always felt that once this Shi Qiang came, there would be trouble waiting for him.
However, Shi Qiang grabbed the door and said with a smile: "Professor Wang, don't be afraid, something good will happen this time!"
"I don't want to hear it." Wang Miao wanted to close the door again.
"Hey, aren't you still asleep? You're sweating profusely. Why don't you turn on the air conditioner in the room when it's so hot? Let's go. Something really good is happening this time. It's related to Yang Dong. The chief asked me to pick him up. You can't even make calls." Shi Qiang said with a smile.
After hearing this, Wang Miao understood what Shi Qiang meant. Perhaps there were some highly confidential matters that he needed to be involved in, otherwise he wouldn't have come to see him directly without even calling.
At this time, he happened to be unable to sleep because of the countdown he saw, so he thought for a while and said, "I'll change my clothes."
"Okay, go ahead and I'll be waiting for you at the door!" Shi Qiang said.
(End of chapter)
