Chapter 176: Weapon Research Breakthrough
Although the Conqueror is super large in size and also very inflexible.
But that is a situation that occurs only in outer space, detached from planetary gravity.
Within the gravity range of Blue Star and the Moon, because its hull is equipped with anti-gravity technology, plus the power provided by the large number of thrust engines at the tail.
In fact, when traveling between Earth and the Moon, its speed exceeds that of humanity’s current fastest spaceship, the Peregrine Falcon!
What astonished Fan Ren the most was that, due to the presence of nano buffer in the cockpit inside the command room.
This spaceship, under high-speed movement conditions, does not need to decelerate in advance before reaching the destination.
The ship itself has super strong stress-bearing capacity, and relying on anti-gravity technology, it can decelerate directly to relative speed zero in an extremely short time.
Fan Ren immersed in the nano buffer, feeling the negligible thrust coming.
In front of him, the lunar far side was dark, almost overlapping with the universe background.
“Boss, we’re here. Guanghan Palace Base has already been notified to enter anti-impact preparations.”
A’dai’s caution was not unfounded.
Don’t underestimate this miniature nuclear fusion reactor; if deliberately detonated, the energy it can release is equivalent to the energy intensity released by 5 million tons of TNT explosive.
Not to mention the Moon; on Blue Star, it could even cause minor seismic reactions.
Although it’s over a thousand kilometers from Guanghan Palace Base, don’t forget that this experiment added one milliliter of liquid metallic hydrogen.
This stuff theoretically produces even higher energy than nuclear fusion reactions.
His ‘Super Brain’ told him that he must treat it with caution.
“Okay, you operate the experiment throughout.”
After Fan Ren gave verbal authorization, A’dai replied ‘yes’.
Subsequently, a view from below the Conqueror appeared in front of the command room.
A passage suddenly opened below the ship body, and then Fan Ren saw a tri-titanium alloy cube being dropped from the spaceship.
The Moon’s gravity is not high, but even so, under gradual acceleration over ultra-long distances, the cube’s speed still reached five times the speed of sound, rapidly smashing toward the Moon.
This process was somewhat lengthy, but neither Fan Ren nor Dan Wu showed any impatience.
For some reason, Fan Ren always felt that this elaborate experiment would definitely have results!
As the simulator in the command room tracked and simulated at close range, dozens of minutes later, the entire command room was instantly filled with a sky full of ‘smoke and dust’.
The tri-titanium alloy cube had landed.
“Internal structure intact, nuclear fusion reactor intact. Begin injecting fuel.”
Fan Ren’s heart was pounding, Dan Wu was somewhat baffled but treated it like a major enemy.
“Injection complete, lock fuel injection port, ion nozzle. Ignite in 10 seconds, 10.91, ignition.”
A’dai’s voice was quick and efficient, but immediately after, the command room suddenly became a blinding white, nothing visible.
“Explosion! Explosion, Boss!”
A’dai’s excited voice suddenly rang in Fan Ren’s ear, and Fan Ren knew what that meant.
The nuclear fusion container wall material uses tri-titanium alloy combined with carbon nanotube, and possesses high-strength hardness material.
And for safety, it has a three-layer heavily stacked safety protection mechanism.
But now, it actually exploded!
That means the liquid metallic hydrogen absolutely played a role in it.
Otherwise, the power of nuclear fusion alone is insufficient to destroy the container wall.
“Boss, brightness data exceeded the light brightness from a 50 million ton equivalent hydrogen bomb explosion, power too great.”
“Continue monitoring all data!”
A’dai didn’t hide from Dan Wu; at this moment, Dan Wu stared dumbfounded at the blinding white in the simulated scene.
He finally realized that the current scene was the result after that little thing just exploded.
They were now nearly 300 kilometers away in space, yet still affected by this huge brightness.
“Shockwave incoming, hull armor damage zero, hull pushed by shockwave, current movement speed 120 meters per second.”
Fan Ren did not interrupt A’dai and quietly waited for more detailed data results.
“Data from Guanghan Palace Base 2000 kilometers away: detected level 3 seismic fluctuations. Explosion fireball is weakening, expected to completely disappear in 10 minutes.”
As A’dai’s voice fell, the simulated scenery in the command room also gradually weakened from white.
Three minutes later, the simulated scenery could gradually make out the Moon’s outline.
Five minutes later, Fan Ren stared dumbfounded at the scenery before him.
This was the lunar far side, covered by such a large-scale glow for the first time.
Unlike the relatively flat Moon near side, the lunar far side surface has more huge craters caused by meteorite impacts.
But what surprised Fan Ren the most was not these.
It was the super wide deep pit right in front of them.
“Boss, this is the deep pit caused by the explosion. Calculated diameter reaches 80 kilometers wide, deepest depth reaches 20 kilometers. It’s already a medium-sized meteorite impact crater.”
Fan Ren nodded; what the naked eye saw was far more intuitive than the data.
Because the explosion fireball had not completely extinguished, although on the lunar far side, the deep pit below could be seen clearly uniform and neat.
Due to the Moon having no atmosphere, the raised smoke and dust fell rapidly, and soon the scene before them became even clearer.
“Boss, comprehensive estimation: this explosion produced energy equivalent to 80 million tons of TNT explosive.”
Fan Ren looked at the super large deep pit before him, and finally smiled on his face.
Ultra-high pressure and ultra-high temperature preconditions are the key to triggering liquid metallic hydrogen energy.
No matter what, at least at this instant, the stagnant weapon research work can step into a new domain.
Just like when nuclear fusion was discovered in the past, humanity excels most at destruction.
Although liquid metallic hydrogen’s energy cannot yet be effectively utilized, for making weapons, they are more proficient.
South Island Country, Shou Er Airport.
Today was obviously an important day; at the cabin door of an airplane printed with the Great Xia emblem, a long staircase was laid with a bright red carpet.
Below, rows of neat welcoming teams gazed intently at the airplane cabin door with their most serious attitude.
In the welcoming crowd, the South Island Country president and all relevant high officials were prominently present.
At this moment, their attitude was even more respectful than when receiving United States dignitaries in the past.
The cabin door opened, and first to appear was Dan Qin, dressed in a black suit with a simple outfit.
Dan Qin’s gaze swept over several key positions at the airport, and after confirming they were all occupied by Security Department security personnel, she turned and slightly nodded toward the inside of the airplane, then took the lead to briskly walk down the boarding stairs.
As she reached the front of the crowd and stood with her back to them, the welcoming team instantly stood at attention, and the neatly dressed band behind, under the conductor’s waving arms, played the welcoming tune.
At the cabin door, Jin Qiaoying listened to this familiar yet strange tune, and couldn’t help feeling a bit emotional inside.
However, she didn’t hesitate much, took a deep breath, and took her first step onto her homeland in 13 years.
