Son of the Stars

Chapter 26 Focus
When Lu Chen chose clinical medicine as his future career direction, he imagined many possible "hardship scenes".For example, working overtime all night, such as the endless medical history, and such troublesome family members who do nothing but toss the doctor.

But he really didn't expect that one day, he would still be related to the survival of human civilization, and then be locked in the belly of a mountain.To be honest, when he participated in Mu Zhiran's experiment, he thought it was a bit too much. Now this encounter can be called outrageous.

Although cross-border academics are indeed the hottest and easiest way to obtain breakthrough results.But letting clinical medicine guide quantum physics research is still too outrageous.

But now, sitting in the belly of Mount Argentario in the Mediterranean Sea, Lu Chen was very... at a loss.

"I always thought that the Mediterranean region only had wilderness caused by nuclear pollution." Mu Zhiran admired the landscape outside through the thick light yellow glass while eating a boxed lunch, "This place is really beautiful."

Mount Argentario used to be the dividing line between two major European countries. The main peak is more than 5000 meters above sea level, and the mountains stretch for more than [-] kilometers—the distance from the sea is only about [-] kilometers.

The mountains are close to the Mediterranean, so vegetation is abundant at lower elevations - but only on the northern slopes.The southern slopes are mostly dry, with exposed rocks and cliffs.

As for such a mountain, the interior was almost completely hollowed out, and various experimental equipment was stuffed into it.

Moreover, all this is carried out under high secrecy.Even Tang Qinglong hadn’t heard of it—when Academician Tang saw the collider that was bigger, more advanced, and faster than the collider owned by the Central University Institute of Physics, his entire face turned pale. of.

"I knew those bastards were fooling me." Tang Qinglong, who had been a good person all his life, walked to the window cursingly, sat down on the sofa in anger, grabbed the teacup on the coffee table, and poured it into his mouth. Instead, "...in order to build a collider in school, I begged my grandpa to sue my grandma! It turns out that the collider here is better than the one I applied for, and it was built earlier!"

Mu Zhiran followed by, "And the machine here is very new, hardly used much."

"And they don't use it!" Tang Qinglong shouted angrily, "It's too wasteful!"

This kind of "comedy" has been staged several times. Tang Qinglong looked like an old landlord who was looted by bandits along the way. He expressed similar opinions on almost every experimental equipment he saw. Help the dog, the equipment I have worked so hard to obtain is not as good as the one they hid in the cave, and they still don't use such a good equipment!
"The coalition government has always maintained the highest level of vigilance for new experimental equipment - we need scientific and technological development. But we cannot accept the dangers that may be brought about during the technological development. High-energy physics is especially a fringe project that requires vigilance, and we don't want to do it on Earth. Create a black hole. Therefore, all new experimental equipment approved by the committee must first manufacture a test original. Only after the test original is proven safe, the new equipment will be released." A somewhat familiar voice suddenly came over , Lu Chen turned around and saw an acquaintance.

"Director Li?" Lu Chen was really surprised now, "Why are you here?"

"It's not thanks to you." Director Li Xiaohui glared at Lu Chen and the angry landlord Tang Qinglong and said, "Now I am also an insider, and I have to accept intelligence control like you!"

Tang Qinglong glanced at Director Li who was also angry. He didn't care why Li Xiaohui came in now.As a rich landlord who was robbed, Tang Qinglong only cares about one question now—"How do you know about testing the original?"

"Because of the special nature of the National Mental Health Center." Director Li Xiaohui said with a sigh, "We have to analyze the statistics of the incidence of major crashes every month, and then compare them with the tests here. If there is an increase in a certain experimental equipment If there is any possibility of morbidity, it must be destroyed as soon as possible.”

Speaking of this, Tang Qinglong can only accept it no matter how upset he is—the job of the coalition government is to prevent the extinction of mankind. Although it seems stupid for them to do this...but it is indeed the safest solution.

"Now, thanks to you—I'm locked in too." Director Li Xiaohui changed the subject again, "You guys had better quickly prove that the explosion has nothing to do with quantum contagion. I don't want to stay here forever."

"Please don't worry, the information control is only a temporary act." Watanabe poked his head out from the control room of the collider and shouted, "The control should be lifted soon!"

However, no one present was willing to believe Watanabe's explanation-this is not a question of reasoning with evidence, but a question of trust.

People who have been scammed must immediately regain their trust in Watanabe, that is called a brain trap.

"The current situation is like this. On the recommendation of the committee, the coalition government authorized us to form an interdisciplinary research team." Watanabe got out of the control cabin and explained to everyone, "The equipment here can be Use it casually—just as if it were in a laboratory.”

Lu Chen stood up and said, "We don't mind staying here to do research for the sake of civilization and the survival of species—but you must at least tell the truth first. We need all the bombing data, the common characteristics and relation."

Tang Qinglong, an old wealthy landlord who had been looted, quickly agreed, "This is the basic condition for doing research—first of all, you can't hide it."

Lu Chen's purpose is actually very simple. According to Watanabe's explanation in the committee, there must be at least eight bombings.Eight independent incidents, logically speaking, should be enough for experts to analyze some results.

However, Yang Weimin finally put forward the theory that "explosion is an infectious disease", which was even recognized by many experts in the same group.

Since some experts have endorsed such an outrageous hypothesis, it means that there should be evidence to support this theory in these cases.

However, Lu Chen and the others were able to obtain only four cases, and all the files were erased with black markers.

"That's no problem, I'll bring all the materials in half an hour." Unexpectedly, Watanabe agreed without hesitation, "These materials are all top-secret and cannot be read on the vehicle. Now at the Argentario base, the level of confidentiality and security is sufficient-providing detailed documents is not a problem."

"Then, the second question." Mu Zhiran excitedly threw down the lunch box in his hand and asked, "Can we make hot and sour noodles here?"

Director Li Xiaohui covered her face, she said melancholy, "Is there something wrong with your focus?"

(End of this chapter)