Chapter 175: Spiritual Pass Flashes
Fan Ren spoke with resolute certainty.
At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten the previous minor incident and returned to his initial state.
Upon hearing this, Li Jiandong and Liu Shengzhan exchanged a glance.
Then they nodded solemnly in agreement.
Fan Ren’s words brought a sense of urgency to everyone.
Perhaps in 49 years, they would no longer be around, but holding high positions, their ideals were never cheap personal interests.
Which of the chiefs present did not have lofty ideals?
At the end of the meeting, Fan Ren stood up, bowed deeply to the group of elderly people, and only straightened up after a long time.
“I’ve been talking big here for so long, thank you chiefs for your diligent efforts over the years, allowing me to fool around.
I guarantee here”
Crisis countdown: 49 years.
Xinghai Materials Laboratory.
A’dai’s voice sounded in Fan Ren’s ear: “Boss, the molecular density of the liquid metallic hydrogen has exceeded that of the Conqueror’s outer armor, but because its arrangement is quite disordered, it does not possess a solid form.”
Hearing this, Fan Ren sighed softly in his heart.
He had originally thought that the liquid metallic hydrogen generated under such pressure, due to the highly tight molecules, caused the electron clouds outside the atoms to fuse with each other, giving it metallic properties.
So he had been thinking of mixing this liquid metal into tri-titanium alloy and using electric shock to see if there would be any reaction.
But the result disappointed him.
Materials science was truly too important; the weapons lab had yet to develop a weapon capable of damaging the Conqueror’s armor.
Once humanity could develop such a material, Fan Ren would absolutely not take a spaceship at 10% speed of light seriously.
Fan Ren turned to look at the screen, which displayed the molecular arrangement diagram of the Conqueror’s outer armor material, observed using an ultra-high-magnification electron microscope.
Neat and orderly, extremely elegant.
This material processing technology could eliminate the electromagnetic force of atomic nuclei in the material, allowing the strong interaction force to overflow, and extend its range to atomic size.
At a certain distance, this interaction force would manifest as repulsion.
At this point, the peak points of repulsion and attraction coincide, firmly locking the distance between each atomic nucleus and preventing nuclear fusion reactions.
From the display screen, the atoms were arranged in neat rows as if meticulously placed, making the overall material extremely stable.
Every time Fan Ren saw this image, he marveled at the future humans’ prowess in material processing technology.
At the current stage, they could at most artificially intervene in molecular arrangements.
For example, in lithography machines, liquid crystal displays, optical fibers, storage disks, polymer materials, and so on—these categories had already mastered molecular arrangement technology quite proficiently.
Even in the nanorobot materials researched by Xinghai Technology, certain molecular arrangement technology was applied to prevent repulsion between these nanorobots and enable functions like conductivity and energy storage.
These were all mature technologies.
But atomic arrangement technology was currently limited to simple arrangements of atomic structural materials under specific conditions.
There was still a very long way to go for large-scale use and material preparation.
Not to mention this technology that could eliminate atomic electromagnetic force while ensuring no nuclear fusion occurs when atoms cluster.
Fan Ren rubbed his buzz cut and got up to walk to the next room.
“Boss, the testing work on liquid metallic hydrogen is currently nearing completion.”
“The result?”
Fan Ren could guess that if A’dai hadn’t mentioned it proactively, the result must not be ideal.
He pushed open the door and instinctively waved his hand in front of his nose twice.
The room was filled with the smell of smoke.
At this moment, several scientists who had gone inside Jupiter with him were in the lab, each frowning deeply and sighing.
Fan Ren was momentarily speechless, then smiled and walked in.
The scientists engaged in scientific research fully displayed their characteristic ‘charm’ at this moment.
For this chairman of Xinghai Technology, whom all the chiefs of Great Xia had to show some respect to, they merely nodded slightly before sinking back into their own furrowed-brow contemplation.
Fan Ren didn’t mind; he had the same personality.
Being able to focus attention on research was the proper duty of scientists, and in his view, that was what a normal researcher should be.
Because they required a lot of mental activity, they often truly lacked the energy to ponder interpersonal relationships.
Fan Ren came to the workbench and glanced at the monitor.
“Boss, we just conducted a combustion test, and there was no practical effect.”
“Have you tried bombarding it with high-energy particles?”
“Not yet, want to try, boss?”
“Give it a try.”
Fan Ren nodded without objection, then casually walked to the corridor, lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and waited for the test results.
“Wait!”
“Huh? What’s up, boss?”
“Do this: take a drop and put it into a nuclear fusion reactor to test the effect.”
Fan Ren’s eyes lit up; he quickly extinguished the cigarette butt and hurried into the lab in big strides.
“We haven’t tried that, right? Try it! Quick, immediately arrange a miniature nuclear fusion reactor, add the minimal dose of liquid metallic hydrogen, lock it down, and test.”
A’dai didn’t think too much and immediately replied: “Indeed, we haven’t tried it, but due to safety uncertainty, it must be tested in outer space.”
“Okay, arrange it as soon as possible. I’ll take the Peregrine Falcon to observe on site.”
After saying that, he hurried out of the lab again in big strides.
The group of scientists puzzledly looked at this inexplicable person, and soon sank back into their contemplation.
At the port, a Peregrine Falcon was already in position early; as soon as Fan Ren boarded, he saw Dan Wu silently sitting in the cockpit.
“Brother Dan.”
He greeted him, then without further words, sat down in his seat.
“A’dai, depart, find a safe spot.”
“Got it, boss. I’ll set up the experiment on the lunar far side. We’ll take the Conqueror to the Moon’s geostationary orbit to observe the process. The Conqueror has better observation equipment and on-site simulation scenarios.”
Fan Ren nodded; a fuel selected by that highly advanced previous human civilization would absolutely not have such a simple energy density.
They had previously estimated that relying solely on a fusion engine, to drive the Conqueror to 3000 kilometers per second, the fuel tank capacity on board simply wouldn’t suffice.
This also indirectly calculated that the energy density of liquid metallic hydrogen was higher than that of a nuclear fusion reactor.
Soon, a miniature nuclear fusion reactor about 50 centimeters long, wide, and high, along with a small box, was delivered to the Peregrine Falcon by researchers from the lab.
Fan Ren thanked them, placed the two super high-energy experimental materials properly, and returned to the cockpit.
Under A’dai’s control, the passage linking the port to the Peregrine Falcon slowly retracted, then the fixed hooks disengaged, and the Peregrine Falcon, like a nimble falcon, began moving out of the port.
After adjusting the ship’s orientation, the nose pointed toward a spot 200 kilometers away in space, then the tail engines ignited, and the spaceship shot out.
There, the Conqueror had been stealthily lurking in space.
