"The United States has made a statement: It is conducive to regional stability and is willing to provide convenient conditions."
"The aircraft carrier battle group withdrew from the Persian Gulf, and people in IRAN ran to celebrate."
"The United States has expressed its position: Appropriate military exchanges should become a common practice, and the United States is willing to take the first step."
"The spokesperson said: The actions of all parties are normal interactions and there are no provocative behaviors as rumored."
After the joint exercise plan was confirmed, there was a brief wave of confusion in world public opinion, but soon, many countries took the lead in expressing their stance, fundamentally confirming the "justice" of the exercise.
These remarks not only stunned some media, but also shocked most of the people.
Don't they know what this so-called "leap-over" exercise means?
Although the scale was small, only half of the light-armored synthetic battalion participated.
Although the direction is not clear, the objectives of the exercise are "anti-terrorism", "rescue" and "handling sudden natural disasters".
Although the participating parties are relatively simple in power, there is no obvious alliance or alliance.
But the question is, after this exercise is over, will the world still be the same world?
Or don’t be so exaggerated and look at it with the most conservative attitude. Is the Middle East still the same Middle East? Is the Arabian Peninsula still the Arabian Peninsula?
Will the teams that have completed the exercises at the base in Ras Lakela withdraw?
The question is self-deceiving, the answer is known to everyone on the road.
In the largest forum in China, the discussion about this "little thing" continues to become more popular, even vaguely surpassing the popularity of the EAST project itself.
Because everyone understands that this is the first major impact that EAST has brought to the world.
"So the United States has really given up this time, right? It has completely given up on the Middle East, completely given up on the Arabian Peninsula, and completely given up on competing with China for hegemony. It is even vaguely suspected of being a dog-legger?"
"It's not okay to be a dog-legger. According to the saying we used to use in the past, it should be called 'hide your strength and bide your time'."
"It's true that they are hiding their capabilities and biding their time. EAST has dealt a huge blow to the United States. Their national ignition device was originally thinking of overtaking in a corner, but before even one hair was lit, we were already preparing to connect to the grid to generate electricity."
"I have long said that the United States has taken the wrong path in lasers. They are engaging in incoherent synthesis? The power you have to penetrate the sky is only so small, it is not as good as the current Shenguang 4."
"If EAST hadn't been so fast, Shenguang 4 would have successfully ignited."
"That's not that exaggerated. It will take at least five or six years. Moreover, inertial constraints are different from magnetic constraints. It is actually more difficult to achieve energy export."
"No matter what, we have nuclear fusion anyway. We should have the final say in this world now, right?"
As soon as this comment was posted, the comments below were immediately divided into two groups.
Conservatives used the perspective of the subsequent development of room-temperature superconductivity and nuclear fusion to try to prove that China's control of the world is unquestionable.
Radicals, on the other hand, think conservatives are not blowing hard enough.
In their view, based on the Fermi Paradox, China is now not only the center of the world, but also the center of the universe.
After all, we haven’t discovered aliens yet.
If we don’t find it, we don’t have it. If there are no aliens, then we are the strongest.
"To be honest, many people have no idea about room-temperature superconductivity and nuclear fusion. Do you know what this means?"
"This isn't the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this is a group of great apes who finally discovered fire!"
"No, it can even be said that the combined influence of these two achievements is even more exaggerated than the discovery of fire by apes."
"After all, from a cosmic scale, the discovery of fire can only allow humans to master the earth, while the discovery of nuclear fusion and room-temperature superconductors can allow humans to reach farther into the sea of stars."
"So a new era is indeed coming, right?"
"Yes, not only is a new era coming, but good times are also coming."
The atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic. At this moment, what appeared in front of everyone was an extremely bright prospect.
These ordinary people cannot be said to have "suffered a lot", but they have indeed endured too much and too heavy pressure. They are deeply aware that their lives will change with the rolling wheel of history.
Does the success or failure of a country matter?
Of course it's important.
But more important than that is what we, the people who make up this country, will gain in the process.
An electrical engineer trekking through the mountains and forests climbed to the last mountain peak in front of him. Above his head were high-voltage transmission cables cutting through the sky like a skyway. The planning of the new power grid has been launched, and he is one of the first to explore the way. By.
Looking back at the mountains he had crossed, he saw those iron towers standing silently under the gradually dissipating fog.
Maybe soon, my name will remain on those towers.
The researcher in the laboratory is carefully drawing the blueprint of the battery. From conductor to energy storage material, he has a long way to go, but thanks to the complete technology, he feels that this road is not difficult.
On the table is a flying car model from The Fifth Element given to him by his son. The flying car that was originally supported by a thin wire has been replaced by a metal hydrogen base. Now, this originally somewhat funny toy has become a A true "speeding car".
On the Indian Ocean, the captain turned the rudder calmly. His cabin was filled with gas that had once been valuable and gushes from the desert. But he knew that the purpose of this thing had long been exhausted. changed.
In his mind, he was silently calculating the benefits of this voyage and pondering the lifespan of this industry.
Sooner or later, I will say goodbye to the sea. By then, maybe I should try to be a suspended train driver? I heard that it will become easier and easier to get a train driving license.
The coal worker who had just risen to the surface from a mine shaft hundreds of meters deep had not had time to wipe the dust off his face, so he couldn't wait to pick up his mobile phone to report to his family that he was safe.
He told his family on the phone that a large number of new machines are said to be entering the market in a few years. This industry, which is already approaching its end, may be eliminated.
However, he is not worried about this. In addition to the official promise that the generous funds from overseas will be used to pay the subsidies he deserves, he also sees his own way out.
The bright moon hung high in the sky, and its slightly cold moonlight cast his shadow on the desolate ground.
He raised his head and looked at the moon, and what the young man had said to him flashed through his mind.
ten years? Or five years? In short, my future self will no longer dig coal. Maybe I will go to the moon.
For most people, fusion and superconductivity are a piece of cake.
But it wasn't drawn.
Because everyone can see that someone is already making noodles.
AH.
Chen Nian never expected that after he had witnessed the grand ignition of EAST in his usual "hidden way", participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the superconducting-fusion industrial complex, and was about to leave Hefei and return to Chengdu, he would actually be there. On Science Island, I met an old friend I hadn’t seen for a long time.
Qiao Mai.
When he saw her for the first time, Chen Nian almost didn't recognize her.
Of course, this is not because she has changed much. In fact, she is the same as Wang Jiancheng. Apart from being a little more mature than the last time we met, she has not changed much overall.
After all, it’s been too long since we last met, and my face is already raw.
——
On the contrary, all the security personnel responsible for protecting Chen Nian recognized her, so that when she stepped forward and patted Chen Nian on the shoulder, Chen Nian was really shocked.
After all, this kind of thing hasn't happened in a long time
He didn't react at first, and it wasn't until Qiu Mai called his name that a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Qiu Mai? When did you come?"
"Don't you work at the Heavy Machinery Institute now? Why are you here?"
Hearing this, Qiu Mai pursed his lips in feigned displeasure and replied:
"Your news is too late. Don't you know about the complex project?"
"Hey, that's not right, you are already here, you shouldn't not know."
Chen Nian smiled awkwardly and said:
"Damn, I've been so busy lately that I didn't bother to ask around. Did you think of it? Are you going to come over and make industrial hydraulic presses?"
"Yes, we will design the hydraulic system of the new factory with Teacher Zhang Wen."
Hearing this, Chen Nian finally remembered what Chen Guo told him some time ago.
Yes, Qiu Mai is indeed no longer the student who was still studying for a Ph.D. in my memory - after the industrial application of metallic hydrogen spread, the talent gap in the hydraulic field has reached an astonishing level of tens of thousands, and with her This group of newcomers represented by the Communist Party of China have also gone to the front line.
"Awesome. Have you started to take the lead now?"
Qiu Mai shook his head and replied humbly:
"It doesn't count, I'm just participating - what about you? It's also an industrial complex project?"
"no."
Chen Nian thought for a moment and then replied:
"I am purely involved in fusion projects, and I am also involved in plasma control."
The information he spoke of was part of the public identity Starfire had created for him and did not need to be kept secret.
After hearing his answer, Qiu Mai didn't ask too many questions.
Anyway, in her eyes, Chen Nian has always been a mysterious figure. Let alone making a plasma, even if the entire EAST project was his handiwork, she would not be surprised.
After a brief exchange of greetings, the two of them walked to the coffee shop on Science Island's "Business Street". After finally sitting down, chatting about their respective lives and getting acquainted with each other again, the two finally found a place where they could get along comfortably. state.
Chen Nian was half leaning on the sofa, while Qiu Mai rested his head on his hands and looked at him curiously.
"You have changed a lot in the past two years. Your hair has turned a few gray. Are you so tired from work?"
"No, it's a genetic problem."
Chen Nian quickly waved his hand and said teasingly:
"It's pretty good for me. You haven't seen Wang Jiancheng. That guy is a serious young man named Bai - but I heard that people with white hair are less likely to go bald. He is probably a blessing in disguise."
Hearing this, Qiu Mai couldn't help but laugh.
"You're not bald either. By the way, what is he doing now?"
"He? Working on an intelligent project, but I don't know much about it."
"Well, I'm not interested anyway - honestly, I'm more interested in you right now."
Qiu Mai's words stunned Chen Nian, and he subconsciously asked:
"Why? Because of EAST?"
Qiu Mai shook his head.
"It has nothing to do with this."
"I actually have a question I've been wanting to ask you for more than five years now."
"I originally thought of letting it go. It's okay if I don't know the answer. If I really know the answer, I might be in trouble."
"But I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence today, so I thought... I might as well ask."
Looking at Qiu Mai's expression, Chen Nian's heart rang with alarm bells.
For a moment, he even doubted whether Qiu Mai was going to confess to him.
But in the end, what Qiu Mai asked was far beyond his expectation.
"Chen Nian, can you see the future?"
Chen Nian's heart jumped suddenly, but long-term training made him calm down immediately. He looked directly into Qiu Mai's eyes and asked calmly:
"Why do you say that?"
"Because of the integration of mechatronics and hydraulics."
After hearing this keyword, Chen Nian finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to explain, but Qiu Mai continued.
"For a while, I thought you recommended this direction to me because of Wang Jiancheng's mechanical exoskeleton project."
"But later I discovered that this project was actually just a foreshadowing - not even a foreshadowing."
"Its real future is bound to metallic hydrogen."
Having said this, Qiu Mai took a deep breath.
"There is a popular saying recently."
"After the birth of nuclear fusion, the gears of everyone's destiny began to turn."
"But actually, that statement doesn't apply to me."
"It should be said that the gears of my destiny began to turn many years ago when we first discussed the GLEEBLE1500 hydraulic system in the cafeteria of NPU."
"You've been consciously steering me in this direction, right?"
"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be where I am today - Chen Nian, it's no exaggeration to say that when I recall these things, what I feel is a sense of fate - more accurately It feels epic."
"It feels like...I'm on the chessboard and you're outside the chessboard."
"So tell me now, what's the truth?"
Chen Nian shook his head helplessly and replied:
"It's just a coincidence. But it's not bad, right?"
"It's very good."
Qiu Mai nodded slightly.
"However, there is one problem."
"You know this sense of destiny, where else have I felt it?"
"What is it?"
"spark."
After Qiu Mai finished speaking, both of them fell silent.
Chen Nian frowned tightly. He did not expect that today's encounter would develop into such a situation.
But soon, he was relieved again.
It's a matter of time.
It is impossible to hide one's identity forever, and the first ones to notice the abnormality must be those around oneself.
How could she not notice when the storm surrounding her intensified?
Instead of "isolating" her, it would be better to just turn her into a gay.
So, he said simply:
"Okay, now that it's all said and done, do you want to join?"
Qiu Mai's eyes lit up instantly.
"So, you're really Starfire's?"
Chen Nian shook his head.
"Nah"
"Starfire is mine."
