Amidst the piercing alarm, the atmosphere inside the laboratory plummeted to rock bottom at a visible speed.
As the project leader, Ding Chengwang, standing in front of the control panel, also sighed subconsciously.
"Failed again..."
He shook his head with a wry smile, and his once straight back visibly bent a little.
Unlike ordinary experiments, the creation of materials with strong interaction requires a large amount of resources each time.
Although it may not seem like much to the large Human Union, Ding Chengwang's 149 experiments consumed the vast majority of the Materials Research Center's resources for the other laboratories.
If it succeeds, that would be great.
Unfortunately, the experiment could only produce a small fragment about one micrometer square.
Since the strong interaction materials were a key project supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the other researchers at the Materials Research Center did not express any opinions. However, Ding Chengwang knew that since their own research resources were involved, everyone would have some complaints.
Therefore, Ding Chengwang's anxiety gradually intensified in the face of the failure of the 149th experiment.
At this moment, Lü Yongchang, who had been acting as an invisible figure, seemed to have figured something out, and his tightly furrowed brows quickly relaxed.
He strode forward and, before Ding Chengwang could react, grabbed the holographic image in front of him and circled several experimental data points and steps on it.
"There are problems in these areas."
"You haven't considered the impact of the Grand Unified Field on the surrounding spacetime."
"This is also why the critical size of strongly interacting materials is one micrometer."
"Professor Lü... Professor Lü?!" Ding Chengwang's eyes widened suddenly, and he exclaimed in surprise, "When did you arrive?"
Lu Yongchang did not respond to Ding Chengwang's question. His eyebrows rose slightly, and his expression became increasingly serious: "Did you hear what I just said clearly?"
Seeing Lü Yongchang's serious expression, Ding Chengwang quickly pulled himself out of his jumbled thoughts and focused all his attention on the holographic projection in front of him.
“But…” Ding Chengwang looked at the highlighted data and steps and said with a puzzled expression, “We had already taken into account this spacetime distortion effect before the experiment.”
"The data you circled is already corrected."
Lü Yongchang slowly shook his head: "No."
"This thing doesn't apply to the original spacetime theory; it's related to the latest spacetime theory, so it's normal that you're not aware of it."
"It involves higher-dimensional space, and even within the spacetime theory research center, there are very few people who can fully explain it."
Lu Yongchang smiled apologetically at Ding Chengwang: "Speaking of which, this is my problem."
"I haven't been paying attention to the research progress on strong interaction materials. I didn't expect that you guys would be stuck on this thing."
As he spoke, he turned his head again, raised his hand, and casually wrote lines of formulas on the holographic projection.
Ding Chengwang did not speak, or rather, he simply did not have the energy to speak.
He widened his eyes as much as possible and racked his brains, trying to keep up with Lü Yongchang's train of thought on the blackboard.
As a senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, being able to understand Lü Yongchang's messy handwriting is a basic skill.
However, following Lü Yongchang's handwriting and thought process is not a basic skill.
To this day, within the entire Chinese Academy of Sciences, the number of academicians who can successfully follow Lü Yongchang's line of reasoning is probably in the double digits.
Ding Chengwang was naturally not one of them.
Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and the anxiety in his eyes gradually intensified.
Even after 149 consecutive failed experiments, he never felt this much pressure!
As a Class I academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he realized his own dullness for the first time.
Lu Yongchang caught a glimpse of Ding Chengwang's anxious demeanor out of the corner of his eye. His hand paused slightly, and then he slowed down his deductions again, showing many of the processes that he thought were easy to prove.
This time, the confusion on Ding Chengwang's face was visibly reduced, and his anxiety was greatly relieved.
...
After an unknown amount of time, Lü Yongchang finally stopped writing.
He gently rubbed his wrist, looking at the dozen or so small holographic projections in front of him, his face filled with emotion.
Normally, he could probably deduce the final result using just a holographic projection.
I didn't expect the detailed deduction process to be so extensive.
"Do you understand?"
While rubbing his wrist, Lü Yongchang asked in a gentle tone.
Ding Chengwang did not reply, continuing to stare at the holographic projection in front of him.
After a few seconds' delay, he suddenly realized what was happening, quickly turned to look at Lü Yongchang, and nodded repeatedly: "I understand now!"
"I'd like to save this deduction process for further study. What do you think..."
Lu Yongchang waved his hand casually: "Take it, it's nothing special."
Ding Chengwang's expression suddenly froze.
That hurts, Lao Lü.
"Professor, what brings you here this time..."
To avoid further provocation, Ding Chengwang quickly changed the subject.
"Oh, the construction plan for the stellar-class starship has been put on the agenda." Lu Yongchang pointed happily to the huge holographic projection, in which scientific research robots were repairing and cleaning the experimental area. "I originally wanted to add a layer of dense neutron armor to the surface of the stellar-class starship."
"Now it seems..."
"This seems a bit too difficult."
Hearing Lü Yongchang's sigh, Ding Chengwang's eye twitched slightly.
That really hurts, Lao Lü!
"Professor, I will improve the experimental procedure as soon as possible and begin the next one..."
He said hastily.
"No, no, no." Lu Yongchang said with a faint smile, "It's not that easy."
"If I'm not mistaken, even if the problem of spacetime perturbation is solved, the size limit of a single dense neutron material will not exceed ten centimeters square."
"This is related to the intensity of the unified field; it's a matter of hard power."
"It can be used in simple applications, but deploying it on a massive starship..."
"Leaving aside the issue of resource consumption, the sheer scale of this project is enough to give anyone a hard time."
Ding Chengwang stared blankly at Lü Yongchang, his eyes somewhat vacant: "The new materials for the starship..."
Let's compromise.
Lu Yongchang let out a long sigh of relief and voiced the thought that had been swirling in his mind: "Armor made with dense neutrons is still too extravagant for a Level 6 civilization."
"Let's change it to dense atoms."
“Using dense atomic layers to construct the outer armor of a starship should be a good idea.”
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