A reactor that simulates the burning of the sun…
Although neither of the siblings had ever seen what the real sun looked like, they had both heard that it was a luminous body with enormous energy, floating in mid-air outside of their home planet, very, very far away from Earth.
Before the anomaly occurred, all living things and plants on Earth needed energy from sunlight to survive, so the sun played a crucial role at that time.
However, after the anomaly occurred, a white fog formed by white gas enveloped the Earth, blocking out the sun's rays. Even the daytime sky became dark and oppressive. As a result of the anomaly, the animals and plants on Earth no longer needed to rely on the sun's rays to live and grow.
As a result, the importance of the sun gradually faded, and eventually, it completely disappeared from people's lives.
But who could have imagined it?
Deep underground inside the final fortress, there is actually a small sun.
Old Zhang walked slowly around the reactor, then frowned and said, "The technology of the final fortress is indeed very powerful. Just take this reactor as an example. Although it is only a simulation of the sun, the technological content is self-evident. This is already a controlled nuclear fusion reaction. It is a scientific technology that human scientists before the mutation could not complete even after many years of research."
Wang Lan and Sun Muchen exchanged a glance, then simultaneously gave Lao Zhang an awkward smile.
But Old Zhang smiled and said, "Do you know that this fireball is made from very rare chemical elements, deuterium and tritium, under high temperature and pressure, forming an extremely complex chemical reaction? By the way, Sun Muchen, you should know what a chemical reaction is, right?"
Sun Muchen was taken aback and nodded repeatedly.
Wang Lan, however, was completely bewildered.
Old Zhang continued, "You might not know this, but deuterium and tritium are elements found only in the core of the sun. That's why I said this reactor is the sun's energy source. If controlled properly, it will be an energy supply device that is almost a perpetual motion machine. Of course... there are two sides to every story. If not controlled properly, it will become a terrifying black hole, enough to destroy the entire safe zone!"
Wang Lan didn't understand and asked, "This reactor actually has such great power?"
“Don’t underestimate this thing,” Old Zhang said. “This is a reactor. Do you know what a reactor is? It’s a device used to conduct super energy experiments. It’s a weapon that can easily destroy a city, and even many years after it’s destroyed, the city will be barren.”
"Well……"
Wang Lan was speechless. As the saying goes, ignorance is bliss. Despite Lao Zhang's flowery words, Wang Lan could not imagine the terror of that so-called super power, and even felt that Lao Zhang was exaggerating.
But Sun Muchen listened with rapt attention.
Looking at the reactor in front of him, Old Zhang said, "However, the final fortress must have done a lot of work. Did you see those beams of light surrounding the fireball? That should be a way to confine the entire fusion reaction."
"And these four iron frames," Old Zhang continued, "while constantly absorbing energy from the reactor, should also be a device capable of creating a powerful magnetic field. After all, this is a nuclear fusion reaction, and the four frames together create a stable gravitational field. Otherwise, with the reactor's enormous suction force, it would be enough to destroy the entire safe zone..."
Before he could finish speaking, Old Zhang suddenly noticed a piece of iron the size of a palm flying towards the reactor from the corner of his eye. When the piece of iron reached the position of the four devices, its speed suddenly increased, and in less than a blink of an eye, it was sucked into the fireball, whereupon a ball of flames rose up.
"This suction is really powerful," Wang Lan said in surprise. The acceleration of the iron sheet in that instant was much faster than he had imagined.
"This is outrageous!" Old Zhang roared in anger. "Do you know what you're doing? This..."
He was halfway through his sentence when he noticed that the brother and sister's expressions had suddenly turned completely astonished. Old Zhang then seemed to realize something and quickly turned his head away.
On the surface of the fireball, from the spot where the iron piece had been sucked in, the flames were burning intensely, with ripples spreading outward from the point of absorption. The two blue beams of light that had been surrounding the fireball gradually became unstable and began to tremble.
Old Zhang shouted that something was wrong and rushed forward. Wang Lan also realized his mistake, but since he knew nothing about reactors, he could only stomp his feet in frustration, sweating profusely.
But his expression suddenly froze as he realized that the sweat on his face wasn't flowing down his cheeks, but instead detaching from his face and flying towards the fireball in front of him. This startled Wang Lan, and he subconsciously looked down, only to be surprised to find that the dust on the ground was also starting to flow towards the fireball.
reactor…
It seems to be sucking everything around it in!
Old Zhang walked to the four devices and skillfully clicked on them. Then, a palm-sized display screen extended from the middle of each device. Old Zhang's fingers quickly clicked and swiped on the display screen. After adjusting one display screen, he immediately went to another display screen. His technique seemed to be repeating the same actions. After he finished a series of operations, he continued.
The energy light flowing from the top of the four devices changed color in an instant, and the two blue beams that were constantly rotating around the fireball suddenly accelerated, even spinning faster and faster. Wang Lan and Sun Muchen could even hear the "whooshing" sound of the wind breaking, but the beams of light clearly had no substantial energy, so where did the sound come from?
Just as the brother and sister were puzzled, the rapidly spinning stream of light suddenly vanished, and the enormous fireball rapidly collapsed and shrank until it became a tiny point of light, along with all the light, disappearing completely…
Darkness swallowed everything visible in sight.
The sound disappeared as well.
The silence around us was eerily quiet.
Deep breathing sounds could be heard…
Finally, it turned into a heavy nasal sound.
"snort!"
Snap!
A crisp sound followed immediately.
In the darkness, a brilliant light appeared, then suddenly spread and expanded. At the same time, the four devices also lit up with dazzling light, and a blue ray shot out from the top of each device with a "poof". They connected together, and the initial light expanded into a fireball. The connected rays began to flow and finally turned into two beams of blue light, which entangled around the fireball.
"Clang!"
A loud bang came from afar, growing louder as it reached their ears, startling them so much that they trembled.
Old Zhang laughed and said, "It's alright. I restarted the entire reactor. This noise is the sound of all the mechanical components starting up again. Don't worry."
After saying that, he turned to look at the brother and sister, only to find that they were staring straight at him.
Wang Lan frowned and asked, "Who... exactly are you?"
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