How did you, a prisoner on death row, become an important weapon of the country? Yecheng Gao Weiming

Ye Cheng ignored the system prompts for the time being, but frowned and asked nervously.

"What? What happened? Why can't we go on?"

You know, controllable nuclear fusion is the key to making the entire Dragon Kingdom take off.

The reason why mankind has stagnated for so long is because it has not discovered and utilized energy.

Since the discovery and utilization of energy such as coal, oil and natural gas in the last century, rapid development has begun.

In just one hundred years, it has gone through a long journey of two to three thousand years.

Controllable nuclear fusion is undoubtedly the best energy source so far, bar none.

Photolithography machines, individual mechas, and sixth-generation machines are completely incomparable in the face of controllable nuclear fusion.

When energy is inexhaustible, any crazy experiment can be carried out as desired.

There is no common saying.

Can’t we build a photolithography machine?

Then build a fucking photolithography factory, photolithography area, and photolithography group!

When you have unlimited energy, you can magnify something infinitely, and no matter how difficult it is, it becomes a piece of cake.

and so……

When he heard that controllable nuclear fusion could not be carried out, Ye Cheng was really anxious.

Faced with Ye Cheng's questioning, Wang Heping and Qi Hongchang blushed.

People asked you to copy the answers to the test papers, but you couldn't understand them even if you copied them.

"Ahem... Heping, you... tell Xiaocheng."

In the end, Qi Hongchang couldn't let go and signaled Wang Heping to explain to Ye Cheng the problems he was encountering.

Wang Heping nodded and said briefly.

"Xiaocheng, that's what happened!"

"Didn't we build a miniature stellarator in Jiangcheng? We successfully ran controllable nuclear fusion and even supplied power to the entire Jiangcheng."

"Subsequently, the superiors asked us to build a large-scale controllable nuclear fusion base in the desert of the northwest, striving to replace Dragon Kingdom's existing energy sources as soon as possible."

"No money? Or no one?"

Ye Cheng interjected, his brows furrowed.

Logically speaking, this kind of thing should be done with a nationwide effort. It can't be without money and no one can do it, right?

"No no no..."

Wang Heping quickly waved his hand: "How is it possible that there is no money and no one? To put it bluntly, next year we will go all out to develop controllable nuclear fusion even if we don't build armaments."

"If this thing is built, it can change the entire Dragon Kingdom. It's a hundred years... no, a thousand years of planning!"

"only……"

Wang Heping sighed: "We have money and people, but we don't have the materials!"

"Material?"

Ye Cheng's heart sank, as if he had guessed something.

"Yes! It's the material."

Mr. Qi finally took over.

"Child, you also know that the most important materials in controllable nuclear fusion are the two isotopes tritium and deuterium."

"Let's not talk about deuterium. Although extraction is complicated, we can always find a way to extract pure deuterium from seawater, which is enough for us to use."

"Could it be that it's tritium? It's really ruining my nose."

"You know, there are only 2 kilograms of natural tritium on the entire earth, of which 10 grams are stored in the atmosphere, 13 grams are stored in groundwater, and the rest are in the ocean."

"It is too unrealistic not to mention the idea of ​​extracting natural tritium. And it is not enough."

"The tritium used in hydrogen bombs today is all artificially synthesized."

"How to synthesize it? You must also know. There are two ways."

“First, build a nuclear fission reactor, then use the neutrons in the nuclear reaction to react with lithium-6 (Li6) to generate tritium containing impurities, and then use a cyclotron to bombard the Be target and extract trace amounts of pure tritium. "

"This process is extremely complex and the yield is extremely low. This is not just our country, but all countries around the world that can produce mushroom eggs are facing this problem."

"After they extracted a part of it, it was used in the production of hydrogen bombs, and a small amount was used in scientific research."

"That is to say..."

Ye Cheng took a breath and said helplessly: "In other words, even if a large-scale controllable nuclear fusion facility is built, there will be no corresponding tritium supply?"

"exactly!"

Wang Heping smiled bitterly and said: "Yes! Let me tell you this, Xiaocheng. The micro-controllable nuclear fusion we did in Jiangcheng has used up all the national reserves of tritium."

"But all this is only 3KG, which is not enough to support large-scale controllable nuclear fusion facilities."

"To put it bluntly, there are no technical difficulties for us in controllable nuclear fusion, it's just..."

"Make bricks without straw!"

Ye Cheng made the final summary.

As soon as these words were said, the two old men fell into deep helplessness and sorrow.

Yes!

This is like a Star Destroyer or an alien's top light speed spacecraft placed in front of you.

You have the instruction manual, you have control rights, and you can even reproduce this light-speed spacecraft.

pity……

You have no fuel!

This is nonsense!

It can only be seen but not used, and it can make a person angry to death.

The truth is that the tritium extraction process is too complicated and the final yield is too small.

If it is enough to make mushroom eggs, but it is a strategic resource to replace coal, oil and natural gas...

Far from enough.

"and!"

Mr. Qi said again.

"For example, even if we have new technological breakthroughs that can greatly reduce the cost of synthesizing tritium, controllable nuclear fusion is still full of instability."

"Xiaocheng, I was unable to participate in the last experiment in Jiangcheng. It is a lifelong regret."

"But I later found out through review."

"There is a lot of instability in the controlled nuclear fusion reaction using tritium and deuterium."

"The protium formed by the two of them is fine for a short time, but after more than a few hours, it will continue to fuse into helium-2."

"And helium-2 will decay into deuterium again at an extremely fast speed. Once deuterium appears, the entire controlled nuclear fusion will completely fail."

"so……"

Qi Hongchang could no longer speak, and Wang Heping on the side had no choice but to sigh and tell the truth.

"So, until these two issues are resolved, we are asked to remain cautious about controllable nuclear fusion projects."

"If it is built at the expense of people and money, and the key issues are not solved for a long time, it will still be a joke in the end..."

After saying this, the two old men looked at each other and looked at Ye Cheng eagerly.

Say a thousand and a thousand.

Controlled nuclear fusion was invented by Ye Cheng.

This time, I came to Ye Cheng with my last hope for help.

What?

Is there any way to solve the problem of difficulty in extracting tritium and the easy decay of tritium and deuterium?

But the two of them also knew.

Nuclear physicists around the world cannot figure out these two questions.

There is little hope of asking Ye Cheng for help.

But there was only one chance in ten thousand, or one in a million, that both of them expected a miracle to happen.

Let's just say...

Maybe Ye Cheng's brain has really evolved.

He can be compared to Einstein and plan a new era for mankind.

Unexpectedly, Ye Cheng fell into silence for a long time, obviously thinking continuously.

The two of them didn't dare to interrupt and just waited quietly.

This wait is a full hour.

Within an hour, there was dead silence in the operating room.

Finally, Ye Cheng raised his head and smiled.

When the two of them saw Ye Cheng's appearance, they were instantly ecstatic and were about to ask him what he could do.

Ye Cheng's words were shocking.

"Since tritium is difficult to extract, tritium and deuterium decay quickly."

"Why don't we use helium-[-]?"

"Helium three?"

After the two of them heard this, their heads were about to explode!