From all-round academic master to chief scientist

He returned to his office with his voice recorder - as the chairman of the academic committee, of course he had his own independent office here.

Then he looked at the radiation-proof box, with a slightly excited expression on his face.

Before this, there had never been anything that he could look forward to for so long. Even when solving world-level problems, he had never spent all his time on it.

This even made him not very interested in proving that gravitons were real some time ago. He just regarded it as completing an ordinary task of his.

However, what the staff member said just now made him curious again.

No radiation value can be detected on this thing?

Although the material of this recording pen itself is definitely not the kind of material that will produce radiation, or in other words, it is not any radiation source material, but if it stays in that kind of radiation area for a long time, generally speaking, any item will also Contaminated with some radiation source, right?

That is the neutron activation phenomenon in physics. Some stable atomic nuclei can capture neutrons, so when they are irradiated by neutrons, they will react with neutrons and combine to form new atomic nuclei, and these new atomic nuclei may not be stable, thus becoming a new radioactive source.

Just like the molecular atoms that make up the human body, when receiving radiation, the internal atomic nuclei may undergo similar changes, turning the entire person into a radiation source.

As long as there is something with an atomic nucleus, this situation is basically unavoidable.

However, no radiation value can be detected now. Is it because the material is very special?

Lin Xiao felt quite curious in his heart.

In fact, he had always been curious about the material of this pen, and even thought about experimenting with it, but he was worried that it would affect its function, so he gave up the idea.

"If it cannot detect radiation, doesn't it mean that its internal structure is very stable, and even in a high-radiation environment, neutron activation will not occur in its internal nuclei?"

With this conjecture in his mind, Lin Xiao couldn't help but widen his eyes. The material that can be used as the inner wall of controllable nuclear fusion is actually in his hands?

Lin Xiao patted his head and even felt speechless for a moment.

Of course, knowing this does not mean that he can develop this pen based on its materials.

After all, this is still a reverse engineering, and even the reverse engineering is 100% future technology. There is neither theoretical guidance nor relevant experience, so unless the system tells him directly, he basically doesn't have to think about it.

He touched his chin and decisively asked the system in his mind: "How many truth points are needed for the material of this recording pen?"

System: "Considering the host's current relevant subject level, this material requires ten thousand truth points."

Lin Xiao couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard the system's quotation.

Good guy, so expensive?

Ten thousand points of truth, but ten times more expensive than controllable nuclear fusion materials.

So, what exactly is this material?

The legendary strong interaction material?

Or is it a material made of fundamental forces that humans have never discovered?

After all, as far as current physics is concerned, no one can guarantee whether there are any new interactions that have not yet been discovered.

Just as he was thinking, the system's voice sounded in his mind again: "Another note: It is recommended that the host does not consider this material. Based on the host's civilization level and production level, there is no condition to manufacture this material."

Hearing this reminder, Lin Xiao's face suddenly showed helplessness.

This is true. After all, if there is neither theoretical support nor supporting production capacity to produce this kind of material, even if the preparation method is known, it will definitely not be possible.

"Forget it, why are you thinking so much? The level of civilization must be improved step by step."

It is obviously not possible to become a big fat man after one bite.

Lin Xiao shook his head. Sometimes he really felt that the world was designed.

The development of civilization requires continuous upgrading and breakthroughs. At the same time, there are countless branches on the upgrading tree of science and technology.

For example, in the use of energy, first we only used the thermal energy of fire, and then we used steam engines to learn how to convert thermal energy into mechanical energy. However, obviously these methods were very inefficient in energy utilization, so the second industrial revolution and the age of electricity came. .

However, even if the age of electricity has arrived, electricity is still not the optimal solution. The waste of resources and environmental pollution caused by thermal power have become increasingly serious, leading to various "fog city" incidents. The conductors generate heat when energized, and the resistance affects electrical efficiency. All exist with the use of electricity.

But as luck would have it, the designers of this world have specially designed a material called superconductor, which can avoid the electrical efficiency and loss problems of the latter two, and at the same time bring about the complete possibility of controllable nuclear fusion. clean energy.

But obviously, just like playing a game, if you want to get a perfect equipment, you need to constantly spend krypton gold to achieve it, and the development of controllable nuclear fusion is something that requires constant krypton gold to achieve.

At the same time, even if this perfect equipment called [Controllable Nuclear Fusion] is developed, the equipment still needs to be strengthened, so controllable nuclear fusion can also be iteratively upgraded, from the first generation of deuterium and tritium fusion to the second generation of Deuterium-helium ternary fusion, and then to the third generation of helium ternary fusion, is another area that needs to be crossed step by step.

It’s just that helium-3 is very rare on the earth. Even if it is prepared, it is very difficult. But at this time, it is a coincidence that the moon near the earth is full of helium-3.

It's like the earth is a novice village, and then we need to challenge the copy of the moon. As long as the challenge is successful, helium fusion will become within reach.

This feeling, like upgrading monster-killing equipment, gave Lin Xiao a very coincidental feeling.

As I was talking, I felt a little worried.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao shook his head.

Forget it, I thought too far.

No matter how much you think about it, how can it compare to the fear caused by the system?

"Let's take a look at the recorder first."

Lin Xiao finally remembered the topic at this time.

He turned his attention back to the radiation-proof box in front of him.

Since the staff member just said that there is no radiation value detected on the recording pen, there is no need to worry, just take it out. As for why it is installed in this radiation-proof box, it is probably just in case.

So Lin Xiao opened the box directly and took out the recording pen inside.

The recorder was still recording, and then Lin Xiao pressed the depression, and then the system's voice sounded again: "The recording fragments of the [Truth Recorder] have been received. Please intercept the required fragments and send them later." The clip will be interpreted.”

"Choose segments where protons are violently colliding."

Lin Xiao said, although the clip he chose was not determined by the timeline, he believed that the system would understand what he meant.

The system did not let him down.

"The time interval has been selected and interpretation is in progress. Please wait patiently..."

Hearing the sound of the system, Lin Xiao waited quietly.

At the same time, the system's interpretation process also made him think about it.

If there is really a civilization behind the system that he cannot imagine yet, then this truth recorder must also belong to this civilization. Then, is the process of system interpretation now like a computer running on earth? Are you using a similar decompression software, or is it software like Adobe that is analyzing this audio software?

So that means that this system that can be stored in the brain is the computer in that civilization?

As for that voice, it is equivalent to artificial intelligence.

This idea makes perfect sense. After all, systems call themselves systems, and this is obviously not a system in an abstract sense, such as a social system or a personnel system, but something similar to a computer in a concrete sense. system.

So in this case, what kind of computer does this system belong to?

There is no way that a chip or something was secretly implanted in his brain.

In this case, this civilization will really collapse.

So, perhaps a purely consciousness-based computer?

If this is the case, doesn't it mean that this civilization has mastered the super technology of why life can produce consciousness and how to install a system-like disembodied computer for life consciousness?

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows, feeling as if he had discovered some secret.

It's a pity that it can only be used for masturbation. Even if he knows this secret, he can't use it.

And at this moment, the system's voice finally rang.

"Ding! The audio recorded by the truth recorder has been decoded. Do you want to accept it?"

Hearing the sound of the system, Lin Xiao came back to his senses.

Then, he took a deep breath.

According to the introduction of the Truth Recorder, although the sounds recorded will mainly be those with more intense reactions, other reactions may also be recorded.

It feels like drawing a card.

"No matter, accept it."

Lin Xiao no longer hesitated and spoke directly.

And then, he felt many strange symbols pouring into his brain.

It's just that these symbols finally turned into the letters and numbers he was familiar with.

At the same time, he felt a very magical picture emerge in his mind - in the picture, he saw countless particles flying from a distance, as if they turned into light, and until finally, these particles collided On top of another group of particles.

Then, a violent reaction occurred.

He saw these particles break apart due to this high-energy collision, and other more particles were separated from these particles.

Even during the process, he saw that from time to time, a dark hole would appear at the collision point, but these dark holes would disappear in an instant, and then other particles would be ejected, and then there would be various other wonders. Such a scene.

However, until the end, these wonders suddenly disappeared, and only a bunch of other particles were left in the picture, and these particles were exactly the ones that were originally broken, and Lin Xiao could still clearly see that between these particles , there is something trying to maintain the connection between those broken small particles.

"Those are...gluons?"

Lin Xiao's face showed shock.

Gluons, aren’t they just particles that transmit the strong interaction force?

And at this moment, the picture was zoomed in closer again, and he once again saw an even more shocking sight...

Time passes quickly, as if a long time has passed, as if we are walking side by side with the light. However, it is also because of the light that we can realize that even if we walk with the light for 300,000 miles, only half a second has actually passed.

So in an instant, Lin Xiao returned to reality.

But what remained in his eyes was the shock at the scene just now.

"I... actually saw the microscopic world?"

And then, his mind once again seemed like a lot of knowledge. Although it was not a picture, when Lin Xiao "read" this knowledge, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"So, this is the strong interaction?!"