Chapter 72 Building Blocks: The Reactor is the Heart
Zhao Tiezhu's roar still echoed over the shipyard, while Zhao Di had already run back to the temporary laboratory.
What is the most crucial element in creating a "big black fish"?
It's the heart.
Without a heart, a fish can't swim, let alone catch bad guys.
Zhao Di sat on a small stool next to the tall experimental table, with a large pile of things in front of her that made one's scalp crawl.
There were lead blocks, graphite blocks, and several silver-gray rods encapsulated in special glass tubes.
Those were "uranium rods" extracted from special metals in the waste pile and previously brought nuclear fuel refinements, under the guidance of the system.
Although the dose was very small and protective measures were taken, Professor Liang's calves still cramped a bit as he stood at the door.
"Platoon Leader Lin... is this... is this really safe?"
Professor Liang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his voice trembling.
"That's radioactive material! Even though it hasn't reached the critical level, it's still ridiculous for a child to be playing with it like that..."
Lin Jianguo was also a little nervous, but looking at his daughter's focused little face, he gritted his teeth.
"Chief Engineer Liang, I trust Zhao Di."
"She never makes a mistake in what she does."
In truth, Lin Jianguo wasn't entirely sure either, but he knew that his daughter had a powerful patron.
Would a deity harm his own daughter?
Zhao Di had no time to care about the adults' worries.
Because in her little head, the system is issuing her new "rules of the game".
[Ding! Core component materials detected as ready.]
[Start the mini-game: Build a block castle.]
[Game Rules: Please follow the instructions of the holographic projection and build a beautiful little castle from these "blocks." Note that the red blocks cannot touch the green blocks; they must be separated by a black wall.]
[If you build it incorrectly, the castle will get angry and burn your hands!]
[Mission Reward: One strawberry ice cream cone!]
Ice cream cone!
That was the most delicious thing Zhao Di had ever seen on TV (system projection)!
It's crispy on the outside, cool on the inside, and has strawberry jam on it!
I'll go all out for an ice cream cone!
Zhao Di stretched out her chubby little hand and grabbed a heavy lead block.
"Heave-ho!"
She called out the work song in her childish voice as she placed the lead weight on the bottom pedestal.
The action was no different from building a sandcastle in a sand pile.
Professor Liang's glasses almost fell to the ground.
"That's the shielding layer! That's the first shielding layer!"
"Is this girl... is she finding her level by feel? She's not even using a spirit level?"
However, what terrified him even more was yet to come.
Zhao Di picked up the silver-gray uranium rods.
This thing is the very core of the core!
If not handled carefully and the arrangement is too dense, it could lead to a nuclear accident!
"Don't move! Girl, don't touch that!"
Professor Liang couldn't help but shout, trying to rush over to stop him.
"Sh-!"
Zhao Di turned her head, put her index finger to her lips, and made a shushing gesture with a serious expression.
"Hey grandpa, stop making a fuss!"
"I'm installing a 'heart' for the big black fish. If I do it wrong, the big black fish will be heartbroken!"
Professor Liang was frozen in place by the shushing sound.
Zhao Di's small hands were as steady as iron clamps.
She picked up the uranium rod without looking at any markings or using any robotic arm.
He simply inserted his bare hand into the hole in the graphite base.
One.
Two.
Three.
The insertion depth of each one was exactly the same!
Professor Liang rubbed his eyes and quickly went to the monitoring instrument next to him to look at the data.
"This...how is this possible?"
"Gap error...zero?"
"Depth error...zero?"
"Even the most precise CNC machine tools couldn't achieve this level of precision!"
Professor Liang felt that his values were being trampled on.
A three-year-old child can manipulate radioactive materials with his bare hands, and his precision is far superior to that of the machine?
Is this scientific? No, it's not scientific at all!
But this is very attractive.
While humming an unknown children's song, Zhao Di covered the last few pieces of graphite reflective layer with the graphite.
Then, she took a glass bottle containing a silver liquid out of her pocket.
That was a special liquid metal left over from previous steelmaking, which had been modified into a coolant.
"Give your heart some water, and it won't feel hot anymore."
Zhao Di carefully poured the liquid into the complex structure.
As the last drop of liquid was injected.
"Buzz—"
A deep, resonant hum, seemingly containing boundless power, emanated from the device, which was only the size of a basketball.
Immediately afterwards.
Suddenly, a faint blue light shone from inside the seemingly drab "block castle".
The light wasn't dazzling, but it possessed a breathtaking beauty.
That was the light emanating from Cherenkov.
It is the color of death and life intertwined.
"It's lit up! It's lit up!"
Zhao Di clapped her hands happily and jumped off the stool.
"Daddy, look! The big black fish's heart is beating!"
Lin Jianguo didn't understand radiation; he just thought the light was beautiful, like stars falling into a bottle.
But Professor Liang, who was behind him, suddenly collapsed to his knees and knelt on the ground.
It wasn't from being scared.
It is to kneel and worship a miracle.
His hands trembled as he picked up the sketch that Zhao Di had casually drawn on the scrap paper.
It was covered with a few crooked squares and circles, but in Professor Liang's eyes, it was a treasure map to the future.
"Liquid metal cooling..."
"Miniaturized reactor..."
"Natural circulation for heat dissipation..."
"This system is only one-tenth the size of its Soviet counterparts, yet it has three times the power!"
Professor Liang read it while tears streamed down his face.
He looked up at the little girl who was still happily spinning around for her ice cream cone.
Where was the slightest trace of disdain from his eyes?
This is hardly a child.
This is clearly a gift from the heavens, sent down as the God of Literature because they saw how much suffering China was in!
"Genius...no, this is a prodigy! A genius!"
"This technology is at least fifty years more advanced than those old Russians'!"
"Fifty years!"
Professor Liang cried and then laughed, laughing like a madman.
"With this heart, our 'Little Black Fish' can not only swim 500 meters deep, but it can even catch the Dragon King in the Dragon Palace!"
Zhao Tiezhu had just returned from dealing with the prisoners of war outside.
As soon as I entered, I saw Professor Liang kneeling on the ground, crying and laughing at the same time.
"What's wrong? Have they gone mad?"
Zhao Tiezhu was completely dumbfounded.
Professor Liang suddenly jumped up, grabbed Zhao Tiezhu by the collar, and spat in his face.
"Commander! We're saved!"
"Our navy is saved!"
"This heart...this heart is too strong!"
"Get me the materials right now! I need to make the outer shell tonight!"
"Anyone who dares to waste my time, I'll fight them to the death!"
Zhao Tiezhu was dizzy from being shaken, but he understood two words: There is hope!
He glanced at Zhao Di, who was licking a non-existent ice cream cone (a virtual reward from the system) next to him.
His eyes were filled with complex emotions.
This little devil is a bottomless pit!
Give it a little sunshine and it will flourish; give it a little waste and it can be used to build a nuclear reactor.
"good!"
"Give me whatever you want!"
"Extra meal tonight! Stew a big pork knuckle for the little darling!"
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