From university lecturer to chief academician.

The experiment has officially begun.

The first stage is to conduct strength testing.

Although the strength test is determined to be a stage, in fact, the planned time is only one week, because it does not involve particle issues, but only fills the strong annihilation force field with pure energy, and tests the stability of the equipment and collects relevant data in the process. , the strength test will be completed safely and quickly.

Everyone in the research team is very serious.

Those who are not directly involved in the experiment are carefully collecting and organizing data and conducting a series of detailed analyses.

Everyone involved wants the experiment to go well.

At the same time, people in Wang Hao's research group are also thinking about creating tachyons. The two are different ways of verifying the theory.

The current experimental goal is to 'discover the neutron annihilation phenomenon', and the creation of superluminal particles is to verify the superluminal phenomenon under conventional annihilation force fields.

Their new theory had many opponents.

Even though the theory is supported by a complete mathematical system, many scholars just cannot accept the results. The main point of contradiction is not antimatter or the explanation of annihilation neutrons, but hypervelocity particles. Tachyon particles are inconsistent with the Theory of Relativity.

If tachyons can be created, it will directly prove the theory.

People are fighting for their breath, and they also hope that their research can gain more recognition.

The same is true for Wang Hao.

When he thought about being able to create tachyons, he felt excited and looked forward to it. He took the time to contact the Institute of High Energy and wrote a letter to Academician Tian Guilin, whom he met.

This research must be conducted together with the Institute of High Energy.

……

Tian Guilin received the message quickly.

When he first met Wang Hao, Tian Guilin was not yet 60 years old. Now he is 67 years old, and his position has been promoted to deputy director and director of the high-energy particle department, directly responsible for the high-energy particle acceleration office.

Now Tian Guilin can be said to be one of the top figures in the Institute of High Energy.

Tian Guilin is very leisurely in his daily life. At the age of 67, he is no longer responsible for the research of any projects, nor is he responsible for complex work. Most of the time he just drinks tea in the office, and when he has time, he also cares about the project progress and personnel. Issues such as allocation.

Another reason is that the performance of the electron-positron collider has lagged behind, and the new collider is still under construction, and it certainly has nothing to do with the old Tian Guilin.

On this day, Tian Guilin came to the office.

Professor Zhou Yongxiang from an office helped make tea and brought it over, "Academician Tian, ​​have you heard? The nuclear fusion side has completed the second step and will soon be able to start ignition and power generation experiments."

"Yesterday's report said that after the second progress is completed, the next step can be trial operation."

"I can't believe it. How long has it taken? For such a big project, Academician Wang Hao is really amazing!"

Zhou Yongxiang sighed.

"Wang Hao!"

Tian Guilin's expression was complicated, "He only cooperated with us once, and then our spectrometer detection project was gone."

"...That's all in the past."

Zhou Yongxiang smiled awkwardly.

Tian Guilin also shook his head in a funny way. It is indeed a thing of the past, and it has no impact now. Some people in the institute also feel that a lot of money can be saved by eliminating a "cost-burning and fruitless" project. .

He picked up the tea cup and took a sip. He habitually read the magazine at hand. Then he turned on the computer and found a new email.

After looking at the sender, Tian Guilin suddenly became serious.

"what happened?"

Zhou Yongxiang noticed Tian Guilin's expression.

"Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao sent an email..."

Tian Guilin started to say with emotion, "Aren't you looking for someone from the High Energy Institute again? Academician Wang has always sent emails for nothing."

"That's true."

Wang Hao still has a lot of contact with the Institute of High Energy, but usually it is people or teams from the Institute to assist his team in research.

Tian Guilin opened the email and checked it, his expression slowly becoming weird, "Tachyons? What is Academician Wang thinking about again? This time he is not asking for people, he is asking to cooperate with us."

Tian Guilin suddenly reacted and said in surprise, "We really want to cooperate! Academician Wang said that he would create tachyons with us..."

"This research!"

"It's cooperation after all!"

Tian Guilin suddenly became very excited. He realized what the cooperation was and what the research findings meant.

Zhou Yongxiang came over.

Tian Guilin explained, "To put it simply, Academician Wang wants to work with us to verify their new theory - to overturn the Theory of Relativity and verify the existence of tachyons!"

Zhou Yongxiang was also shocked, "Tachyons? I have seen that research, which was completed by Helen and Chen Mengmeng, but do they really exist?"

"Whether it exists or not, now Academician Wang is looking for us."

Tian Guilin said, "You know what it means, right? If tachyons are discovered, it will subvert high-energy physics and the Theory of Relativity..."

Zhou Yongxiang nodded vigorously.

His face turned red with excitement as he thought about it carefully, "This project must be won! No matter whether it can be verified or not, no matter what the result is, the opportunity to cooperate with Academician Wang Hao is too rare."

"It would be best if it could be verified."

"Now Academician Wang has sent an email asking about our intention, right? Of course there is no problem. If we don't do it, Wucheng also has an accelerator!"

Tian Guilin was full of intelligence, "Yes, hurry up, we must win, I will write a reply now!"

"and also."

He explained, "Old Zhou, you lead a team to see Academician Wang at Xihai University. We must hurry up and not give the Wucheng group any chance!"

"it is good!"

Zhou Yongxiang nodded vigorously again.

Without waiting for Wang Hao's second reply, he directly found a few people in the office, packed up his things and went to Xihai University.

……

Wang Hao had no idea that after just sending an email asking for interest, the Institute of High Energy would send someone directly to Xihai University.

But the problem is that his research team is in a desert in no man's land.

Their experiments will take a long time, and they will definitely not be able to go back in the short term.

After seeing the email reply from Tian Guilin, he directly said that he was not at Xihai University and would not go back within a month.

In the end, Tian Guilin didn't care at all, "It doesn't matter, I'll let Lao Zhou and the others wait there."

"Academician Wang, they will be here whenever you go back! Waiting at any time. We are very interested in this project!"

"We can make an agreement and study it together!"

Faced with such an enthusiastic attitude, Wang Hao could only give a positive answer.

His mind was still on the experiment.

The first phase of the strength test was completed quickly and was basically consistent with the experimental plan. There were no problems in the first phase, but a large amount of data was collected.

The only one who gained something was Xu Hua.

For the test of first-order light waves, she completed a lot of related data measurements, and her expression was very excited, "Every piece of data here can be used to write a paper, and it can also be published in the top magazines."

This is how she described the results of the experiment.

"It's good to have something to gain."

Wang Hao didn't care at all. He was not interested in optical measurement.

The next step is the second stage. The second stage involves nuclear reactions at extreme energy intensity, which involves nuclear reactor issues. Even if the reaction is very weak, it needs to be treated with the most serious attitude.At this time, Liu Qingzhi's team finally started to get busy.

Most of the second phase of the work was completed by Liu Qingzhi's team, because the equipment was already there, and others were responsible for design, testing and data calculation. Liu Qingzhi's team was responsible for installing the nuclear reactor equipment, mainly the nuclear reaction raw materials and the accompanying safety equipment.

According to the experiment plan, a first-order metal barrier will be installed on the outer layer of the nuclear reaction raw materials to provide certain radiation protection.

The metal barrier will not isolate heat conduction, that is, it will not block energy, and will still allow the strong annihilation force field to be filled to the 'limit' with energy.

There are other protective devices around the metal partition to ensure the safety of personnel.

Even with extensive protection, other personnel will not approach the equipment.

Wang Hao, Paul Phil-Jones and others simply stayed two kilometers away from the experimental base and separated themselves from the cave where the experiment was conducted by a hill to ensure maximum safety.

"Even after the experiment, do not go near the equipment again."

"If you need to get close to equipment, you must wear full protective gear and it cannot last more than half an hour and you cannot touch anything."

Wang Hao constantly emphasized safety issues.

Liu Qingzhi said nonchalantly, "Academician Wang, there is no need to be so cautious in the first experiment. According to the experimental plan, the initial material temperament is only 0.1%. Even within the range of a strong annihilation force field, it is unlikely to trigger a nuclear reaction."

"And, as you requested, initially place a uranium rod..."

Liu Qingzhi didn't care at all.

He has conducted too many nuclear experiments and participated in the construction of several nuclear power plants. The lowest content of raw materials in the uranium rods of nuclear power plants exceeds 2%.

Even if the value is higher, it is only 5%.

Now it is only 0.1%. Under normal circumstances, raw materials with an abundance of less than 1% cannot allow the reaction to continue.

Even considering the strong annihilation field...

Wang Hao looked at Liu Qingzhi and said, "Professor Liu, you may not know much about the mechanism by which a strong annihilation force field promotes nuclear reactions, right?"

"This one……"

Liu Qingzhi nodded awkwardly. He really didn't understand the principle and mechanism.

There is no international literature related to the stimulation of nuclear reactions by strong annihilation force fields. What is relevant is that F rays can ignite nuclear reactions.

This is unmistakable.

People at the Institute of Nuclear Physics have participated in experiments in which F-rays stimulate deuterium-deuterium fusion reactions, but the specific excitation principle is not clear.

There is no public information on this at all.

Wang Hao nodded in understanding and explained, "The stimulation of nuclear reactions by a strong annihilation force field is fundamentally different from conventional thermal ignition."

"The strong annihilation force field is a field force and has a direct penetration effect. The metal barrier on the outer layer of the raw material is of no use at all. The field force will quickly act on each uranium element and greatly accelerate their decay rate."

"No matter what the abundance of the raw material is, every uranium element will be affected by the field force. If coupled with a strong thermal environment, the neutron impact effect will be stimulated, and it will become very, very full anyway!"

Liu Qingzhi asked understandingly, "Does that mean the reaction can be completed in an instant?"

"There is such a possibility."

Liu Qingzhi asked curiously, "So, what proportion of uranium elements will cause rapid decay with a strong annihilation force field?"

"We did not conduct experiments."

"Are you sure you can fully react instantly?"

"I told you, no experiments were conducted."

"Do high-magnification field forces and low-magnification field forces have the same promotion effect on uranium elements?"

"I said that……"

Wang Hao shook his head helplessly, "We have not conducted experiments and do not have relevant data. That is why we need to pay more attention."

"Ok."

Liu Qingzhi suddenly felt a little proud. He actually stopped Wang Hao from asking, and then said, "Don't worry, everything will go according to plan, Academician Wang, we will pay attention to safety."

"Please pay more attention."

Wang Hao didn't care. When the experiment was about to begin, he took the others away.

Their experimental environment equipment is not perfect, and they have not established a special testing room. Wang Hao and others stay away from them, which means they truly stay away.

The experiment was handed over to Liu Qingzhi.

The only others left behind were He Yi and a few engineers. He Yi did not stay in the cave, but commanded the opening of the strong annihilation force field from the outside.

During the experiment, He Yi also opened communication with Wang Hao.

Wang Hao can listen to the entire process from a distance——
"Test preparation and data reporting."

"Professor Liu, are the ingredients ready? Pay attention to safety measures and ensure safety!"

"Everything is fine!"

"Are you sure?"

"no problem!"

"Start the heat source device!"

"Report the intensity!"

"Get ready to activate the field power!"

"boom!"

There was a muffled sound in the equipment center, and then the shouts from the crowd were heard, and the sound seemed a bit chaotic.

Wang Hao waited with anxiety.

After a long time, I heard He Yi say to the communication equipment, "Academician Wang, one piece of good news and one piece of bad news."

"The bad news is, there was an explosion."

"The good news is that Professor Liu Qingzhi said there were no casualties, only he himself fell..."

Wang Hao and his group quickly returned to the experimental base.

They did not enter the cave where the experiment was conducted, but asked about the situation outside, only to learn that a minor explosion had occurred.

A staff member participating in the experiment said, "After the field force was created, there was an explosion immediately. It was a slight explosion, like a uranium rod exploding."

"However, the explosion did not break through the metal barrier and did not affect the equipment. It was just loud..."

"Professor Liu was more than ten meters away at the time. He fell to the ground, and then screamed in pain several times. He must have been injured."

When the staff member finished speaking, his expression became a little weird.

It was a bit scary at the time, it felt like they were recreating a 'real explosion'.

The result was just a weak explosion that didn't even affect the equipment.

Now that I think about it, everyone is fine, only Liu Qingzhi was so frightened that he fell and got injured, which does sound a bit weird.

Wang Hao asked, "Where is Professor Liu?"

"Went over there to check." The staff pointed to the office building.

"Fortunately there were no major problems."

Wang Hao breathed a sigh of relief, thought about it carefully, and said to He Yi, "You just said it wrong. An explosion without casualties... is good news!"

"This represents a new discovery!"

"That's definitely not a simple nuclear reaction, it's most likely a neutron annihilation phenomenon!"