Lu Xuanxin was startled by the sudden sound and wondered if this system was a bit biased?

She thought about it for a moment. Although option one seemed easier and didn't require her to do anything, option two had a gold mission and a richer reward.

Lu Xuanxin had made a decision in her heart, and she did have something to say.

She took a deep breath and her eyes became firm.

"I choose two!"

Lu Xuanxin muttered to himself.

Then she turned calmly to Zhang Jinhong.

"I think Professor Qian's views may be biased."

As soon as Lu Xuanxin finished speaking, a discussion broke out in the conference hall. The academicians all showed surprised expressions, and Professor Qian also looked at Lu Xuanxin in confusion, not understanding how this young female professor dared to question his point of view.

Professor Qian said somewhat unhappily: "Professor Lu, this is a ministerial meeting, not a children's game. You must be responsible for what you say!"

Lu Xuanxin did not back down, she looked straight into Professor Qian's eyes.

Zhang Jinhong smiled and said to Professor Qian: "Professor Qian, Professor Lu is still young. This is her first time attending such a meeting. Please don't discourage her enthusiasm."

After that, he turned to Lu Xuanxin and said, "Professor Lu, just say whatever you want. Don't be afraid of offending anyone."

Lu Xuanxin nodded, and then continued: "Of course I agree with Professor Qian's point of view. We should concentrate resources and develop superior technologies. However, I have reservations about the technical route of Tokamak."

As soon as she finished speaking, there was an uproar in the conference hall. Who dares to question the technical route of Tokamak? This is a technology that has been verified by scientists from many countries!

Professor Qian sneered, looked at Lu Xuanxin and said, "The Tokamak technology route has been verified for decades and is used by many countries. You say it has problems? Then tell me, what is the correct technology route? Are scientists all over the world inferior to you? This is ridiculous!"

Lu Xuanxin was not frightened by Professor Qian's words. She said seriously, "I think the stellarator technology route has more potential. Its advantages are obvious and the technology is relatively mature. Moreover, the development of Helicon 7-X is about to be successful, which fully proves the feasibility of the stellarator route. Compared with the tokamak project, the stellarator has more advantages, but it is more difficult to develop and has higher engineering requirements."

As soon as she finished speaking, the conference hall fell into a brief silence. Professor Qian and other academicians fell into deep thought.

Hearing Lu Xuanxin's words, a sneer flashed in Professor Qian's eyes. His face became a little gloomy, and he said coldly: "Professor Lu Xuanxin, what you said is just a rehash of the old tune! If the stellarator is really that good, why have we still been using tokamak technology for so long? You are too naive!"

Ms. Lu Xuanxin stood there, looking calm. She frowned slightly and said to Professor Qian, "Oh? Professor Qian, do you mean that the data I saw about the stellarator and tokamak are all fake? Or are the data you have different from mine?"

Professor Qian was embarrassed by her question. He calmed down and replied, "The data you saw is indeed real, but real does not mean excellent. The internal structure of the stellarator is extremely complex. Even if there are some advantages, it is difficult to make up for its high cost. So, why should we choose the stellarator?"

Ms. Lu Xuanxin nodded gently and said seriously, "Professor Qian, you are right." Then, she turned to all the academicians present and continued, "But what is the purpose of investing so much effort in studying tokamaks?"

After hearing this, all the academicians looked at each other and laughed. One of them asked doubtfully: "Of course it is to build a successful nuclear fusion reactor!"

Lu Xuanxin nodded and continued, "Since our goal is to build a successful reactor, why should we worry too much about the cost? If the stellarator can help us achieve this goal, but tokamak technology has not made any progress, then do we gain or lose?"

After hearing this, all the academicians fell into deep thought. Professor Qian glared at Lu Xuanxin angrily and said angrily, "Lu Xuanxin! Don't get carried away! How can you easily deny the tokamak technology? This is the hard work of countless engineers and controlled nuclear fusion researchers over the years! This is a technology route recognized by the mainstream in the world! How can you say it is not as good as the stellarator?"

Ms. Lu Xuanxin calmly replied: "Why? Let the data speak for itself!"

In fact, Ms. Lu Xuanxin did not want to be so tough, but Professor Qian was a senior after all, and since he had spoken, he had to distinguish right from wrong. She knew very well that a weak attitude would not be beneficial to the country's scientific and technological progress.

Zhang Jinhong, who was sitting nearby, was secretly delighted when he saw this scene. He knew that truth needed debate to be clearer. In the past, when he presided over such meetings, he was always worried that the atmosphere in the venue would be dull and lack vitality. But today, with such doubts and debates, he was naturally happy. Regardless of whether these doubts were reasonable or not, they would promote the progress and improvement of the results.

Professor Qian saw that Lu Xuanxin was so determined, and shouted angrily: "Then show me your data!"

Ms. Lu Xuanxin nodded and walked to the blackboard, ready to present her data and arguments.

Seeing Lu Xuanxin's back, those academicians all showed strange expressions on their faces, and Professor Qian also felt a little regretful.

Suddenly, he recalled that Lu Xuanxin was not an ordinary person. She was an expert who used the power of mathematics to study high-energy antimatter particles. Her mathematical talent was unfathomable, and what she said must have her basis. What if she really made a major discovery, how should they deal with it?

Thinking of this, Professor Qian regretted it even more, but it was too late to regret. He could only wait and see what Lu Xuanxin would show next. In the conference hall, the academicians were full of curiosity, watching Lu Xuanxin walk to the blackboard. They had all heard of her name and knew that she was a world-class scientist.

Lu Xuanxin had already walked to the blackboard and started writing formulas on it. The academicians were stunned when they saw it. What was this? However, the academicians were all experts in mathematics and knew that physics and mathematics were closely related. Without mathematics, physics research would be difficult to carry out. They all stared at the blackboard, except Zhang Jinhong and some officials from the ministries and commissions, who looked at the formulas on it with confusion and could not understand it at all.

Is this a math class? Zhang Jinhong and the others were confused. Lu Xuanxin quickly wrote a lot of equations on the blackboard, and then said, "This is the result of my previous calculation. Although the difficulty of building a stellarator may exceed that of a tokamak, according to my calculation, the probability of success of a stellarator is actually higher than that of a tokamak."

Lu Xuanxin looked at the academicians, all of whom were looking at the blackboard with frowns on their faces. Although Lu Xuanxin had simplified the equation as much as possible, it was still too complicated for them. They all looked at it hard, trying to understand it.

The conference hall suddenly fell silent. Lu Xuanxin stood in front of the blackboard, waiting for everyone's reaction. Professor Qian looked at Lu Xuanxin, his face changed for a long time, and then he said: "Professor Lu, do you know that tokamak research now occupies more than 80% of the resources. What you mean is that the whole world is wrong, and you are the only one who is right?"

Lu Xuanxin replied calmly: "I don't know, and I don't want to know. Science is a discussion about the pursuit of truth. I don't know if anyone has done the same calculation as me. But I believe in my own calculations, which show that the probability of success of the stellarator is mathematically higher than that of the tokamak!"

After hearing Lu Xuanxin's words, the academicians present looked at each other in surprise for a moment, but they soon understood the profound meaning of her formula and conclusion.

What Lu Xuanxin said does make sense!

From the perspective of data significance, her point of view does hold water!

Lu Xuanxin looked at Professor Qian firmly and said, "Professor Qian, these data are about the Tokamak device, which you should be familiar with. As for the data of the stellarator, I obtained it from Germany's most advanced Helicon 7-X stellarator project. This project is nearly completed. You are also an expert in this field, so you should be familiar with these data, right?"

Hearing Lu Xuanxin's words, Professor Qian's expression changed several times, his eyes flickered, and a trace of anger passed across his face.

After a long while, Professor Qian looked at Lu Xuanxin and said, "Even if that's the case! Helicon 7-X is indeed the most advanced stellarator project in the world today, representing the pinnacle of German technology.

This project has been planned since the end of the 2005th century and construction began in . It took more than ten years and a huge investment of more than billion euros, or more than billion yuan.

This is their advantage project, but our country is almost blank in the field of stellarators and has no relevant technical accumulation. Professor Lu, do you have any new technology that you want to make a big splash in this field?"

There was a hint of sarcasm in Professor Qian's words, and he looked at Lu Xuanxin intently.

Lu Xuanxin's expression remained calm. She said calmly, "I don't have the relevant technology."

"Haha!" Professor Qian laughed. "Then what's the point of bringing this up? Even if the success probability of the stellarator is slightly higher, it doesn't mean it will definitely succeed! Our country's technological accumulation determines that we should continue to follow the tokamak path, which is the most cost-effective option..."

"That's not what I meant." Lu Xuanxin looked at Professor Qian calmly. "In the scientific community, different probabilities of success can mean a world of difference. For example, if the success probability of a tokamak system is only 10%, it means we need to invest ten times the money and time cost to succeed. Can you accept such a result?"

Hearing this, Professor Qian's expression changed again and he glared at Lu Xuanxin.

Lu Xuanxin was unmoved. She continued, "I don't mean to refute anyone or offend those with vested interests. I just want to say that this matter concerns the interests of the country. Otherwise, why would I say more?"

After saying that, Lu Xuanxin closed his eyes and stopped talking.

She knew in her heart that her words had offended Professor Qian and his school, but they were all arguing for the future of the country, so even if it offended someone, it was worth it.

At this point, Academician Zhang Jinhong stepped out to smooth things over: "Everyone, please stop arguing. We are all here to attend this discussion for the development of controlled nuclear fusion. Freedom of speech but stay rational. The truth will become clearer the more we debate."

He turned to Lu Xuanxin and asked, "Professor Lu, do you mean that both the tokamak and the stellarator have the potential to achieve controlled nuclear fusion?"

Lu Xuanxin nodded: "According to my calculations and analysis, it is true. From the perspective of statistics and probability, the success probability of the tokamak is about 10%, while the success probability of the stellarator may be 20%."

Zhang Jinhong nodded thoughtfully: "That is to say, the probability of the two is nearly double, but this does not mean that there is no hope for Tokamak?"

"That's understandable," Lu Xuanxin said calmly, "Both are likely to succeed or fail. But from a probability perspective, the stellarator has a higher chance of success."

Hearing this, everyone in the meeting fell into deep thought. Zhang Jinhong also looked at Lu Xuanxin and asked, "But we can't say that the stellarator is definitely better than the tokamak, right?"

"That's true," Lu Xuanxin replied, "but from the perspective of probability theory, if we develop both routes at the same time, the probability of success can reach 28%. If we only stick to the tokamak route, the success rate can only be 10%."

After saying this, Lu Xuanxin paused for a moment, then glanced at the people present, her face still maintaining a calm expression.

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