After that, it was the era of electric energy. First, in the late 19th century and early 20th century, two scientific research giants, Edison and Tesla, opened the prelude to the electric age for mankind with a series of inventions such as direct current, alternating current, electric lights, electric motors, radios, transformers, etc. Then, more and more electrical equipment such as trams, telegraphs, telephones, radios, televisions, air conditioners, televisions, etc. quickly filled every corner of the earth and were integrated into everyone's life and work. Even the automation, networking, and intelligence that have been launched in the past two decades have all developed on the basis of the electric age. It can be said that ubiquitous electricity has become the cornerstone of modern society and the guarantee of human beings' affluent life.

However, electricity is a secondary energy source. The earliest electricity was generated by burning coal, boiling water, and driving generators. Later, oil-burning internal combustion engine generators or gas turbine generators were added. The above two power generation methods still use old fossil energy, which is costly, polluting, and has many problems. In order to further reduce the cost of power generation and reduce pollution, scientists have successively developed new power generation methods such as hydropower, wind power, nuclear power, and solar power generation. However, these new power generation methods are very limited, and the construction investment is quite high. The proportion of electricity generated is still not high. The electricity used by people in daily life is still mainly generated by fossil energy. The only possibility to change this situation is to achieve controlled nuclear fusion.

As early as the 2s, the principle of nuclear fusion was proposed, that is, a form of nuclear reaction in which two lighter nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus and an extremely light nucleus (or particle). Small-mass atoms, mainly deuterium, can, under certain conditions, such as ultra-high temperature and high pressure, allow the extranuclear electrons to break free from the constraints of the nucleus. The two nuclei can attract each other and collide together, and the nuclei will aggregate to generate new heavier nuclei, such as helium. Although neutrons have a relatively large mass, they are not charged, so they can also escape from the constraints of the nucleus and be released during this collision. The release of a large number of electrons and neutrons is manifested as a huge release of energy. From Einstein's mass-energy equation E=mc^, where E is energy, m is mass, and c is the speed of light, it can be seen that although the mass lost in the process of nuclear fusion is not large, the energy converted is quite huge.

Like many high-tech technologies, nuclear fusion was first used in weapons. The hydrogen bomb, the most powerful weapon in human history, was developed based on this principle. The thermonuclear fusion used in hydrogen bombs is uncontrollable nuclear fusion, which ends in an instant. At the moment of the hydrogen bomb explosion, the energy generated is huge, which is why the hydrogen bomb is so powerful, but this instantaneous energy burst is too short and too difficult to control to be used for power generation. If you want to apply the principle of nuclear fusion in the field of power generation, you must make the nuclear fusion process gentle, slow, and controllable, which is possible. This requires the introduction of the concept of controlled nuclear fusion.

Controlled nuclear fusion refers to a nuclear fusion reaction that controls the speed and scale of nuclear fusion under certain conditions to achieve safe, continuous and stable energy output. There are forms such as laser confinement nuclear fusion and magnetic confinement nuclear fusion. It has the advantages of sufficient raw materials, excellent economic performance, safety and reliability, and no environmental pollution. Research and experiments on controlled nuclear fusion began as early as the 1950s. At that time, nuclear physicists optimistically estimated that it would take only 50 years for humans to light up the light of fusion and achieve true energy freedom. Obviously, those scientists at that time seriously underestimated the difficulty of achieving controlled nuclear fusion, so that today, a full 60 years have passed, and controlled nuclear fusion is still a long way off. If you ask a nuclear energy expert how long it will take to achieve controlled nuclear fusion, the answer he tells you is likely to be still 50 years. This shows how difficult controlled nuclear fusion is. As for whether the light of fusion can be lit in 50 years, no one knows the answer.

In his last life, Qiao Ruida lived for thirty years. At least at that time, the controllable nuclear fusion technology had not been conquered, and the main source of electricity used by people was still coal-fired thermal power plants. However, Qiao Ruida was reborn with a golden finger in this life, and the history of energy development must be rewritten because of him. Qiao Ruida now has mastered the technology of small Ark reactors, which is the circular power source embedded in the chest of Mark Armor. And this Ark reactor is a miniature cold fusion reactor. The palm-sized Ark reactor has quite good output power and durability. It can supply Mark Armor to fly and hide, and it will not run out of energy for several days and nights. If the full power operation is ignored, it is not a problem to use the Ark reactor to supply the power consumption of a large city. It can be seen how powerful the Ark reactor is.

Cold nuclear fusion refers to a nuclear fusion reaction that occurs under conditions close to normal temperature and pressure and relatively simple equipment. In a nuclear fusion reaction, multiple hydrogen nuclei are forcibly aggregated to form a heavy nucleus, accompanied by energy release, also known as a low-energy nuclear reaction. Analyzing from the scientific and technological knowledge currently mastered by humans, cold fusion is more like a scientific hypothesis and is basically impossible to achieve. But scientists in the Marvel world obviously don't think so, at least Iron Man Tony Stark doesn't think so. In the first "Iron Man", in order to save himself, Tony Stark developed the first generation of Mark armor, and the power source used was the original version of the Ark reactor. After several optimizations, the output power of the Ark reactor has become larger and larger, the endurance time has become longer and longer, and the safety has become higher and higher. It has become an ideal miniature cold fusion reactor.

Qiao Ruida has copied dozens of Mark armors and analyzed and obtained relevant information about these armors, including the production methods of several Ark reactors. However, with the current material level and machining capabilities of the earth, it is difficult to manufacture even the initial version of the Ark reactor. Unless Qiao Ruida recklessly copies the entire set of new material production lines and machining equipment in the Marvel world, it will be possible to complete the mass production of the Ark reactor. Not to mention whether these production lines have appeared in Marvel movies, even if they are really found, they cannot be copied mindlessly. A safe and secret place must be found to store these devices. Because there are too many of these devices and they are too advanced, it is easy to expose the existence of the system if others see them.

The Ark Reactor is not easy to manufacture, but its prototype, the Arc Reactor of Stark Industries, is much easier to manufacture. Unlike the Ark Reactor, the Arc Reactor is a controlled thermonuclear fusion reactor similar to a tokamak device. It was developed by Tony Stark's father during his lifetime and is one of the cornerstones of the rapid rise of Stark Industries. The Arc Reactor is much larger than the Ark Reactor, and the materials and processing precision used are not as extreme as those of the Ark Reactor. With the current industrial level and machining capabilities in China, it is still possible to make it with a little effort. The technology used in the Arc Reactor may be a little backward, but its size is huge and its output power is much greater than that of the Ark Reactor. It is just right for Qiao Reda to make it and use it in its own Reda Space City or large spacecraft. The anti-gravity engine that is being studied and cracked requires a huge amount of energy when working, and only a controlled fusion reactor such as the Arc Reactor can provide sufficient energy for the anti-gravity engine.

Qiao Ruida opened the video website and found the movie "Iron Man". After clicking it, he kept fast-forwarding. In the location in his memory, he found the shot containing the arc reactor. He immediately paused and took a screenshot. At the same time, Qiao Ruida also opened the system interface and used the camera function to take a photo of the arc reactor. The next step was to open the system's analysis function and analyze all the data related to this reactor. The amount of data was quite large, and even with Qiao Ruida's brain, which had been strengthened many times, it was not very easy to receive it. After a full ten minutes, the data was transmitted. At this time, layers of hot sweat appeared on Qiao Ruida's forehead, which was a sign of overusing his brain.

Qiao Ruida closed his eyes and rested for a while, and then sorted and marked the data that had just been transmitted. In terms of raw materials, the arc reactor only involves two new materials, one is room-temperature superconducting material, and the other is the first wall-to-wall composite material that intercepts neutrons and hydrogen ions. The preparation of these two new materials is somewhat difficult, but it is still within an acceptable range. It is nothing more than spending more money to buy some high-end production and processing equipment. The overall structure and working principle of the arc reactor are somewhat similar to the currently popular tokamak device. Both rely on strong magnetic fields to bind high-temperature plasma to form a donut-shaped closed cycle. Deuterium-tritium fusion occurs in this closed chamber. Some peripheral parts of the arc reactor can be handed over to external machining plants for processing. For confidentiality reasons, those core components can only be produced by Ruida Group itself, so that they can be foolproof.

"It has been decided that the main task of the next stage is to develop controlled nuclear fusion technology, strive to build an arc reactor within a year, and conduct fusion experiments."

If the Ruida Group masters the real controllable nuclear fusion technology, it will step into the energy field and be no less inferior to those old oil giants. As long as the arc reactor is successfully manufactured, it can play a huge role whether it is used in cooperation with the State Grid to generate electricity, or placed in its own factory or used secretly. Compared with traditional thermal power and hydropower, the cost of arc reactor power generation is lower, and the fusion process does not produce nuclear radiation, which is a real clean energy. If fusion power plants are built on a large scale in China to replace old thermal power plants, it is not impossible to reduce the electricity cost to less than 1 cent per kilowatt-hour. China is an industrial power with almost all industrial categories, which is also a prerequisite for China to become the world's factory. Almost all industrial production requires electricity. If the cost of industrial electricity is reduced by ten times to less than cent per kilowatt-hour, the production cost of products can be greatly reduced, allowing the goods produced in China to once again kill all quarters.

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Just when Qiao Ruida was formulating the development plan for Ruida Group in the next few years, the domestic Go world was stirred up by an online player whose name had never been heard of.

Mr. Nie is a professional Chinese Go player, Go coach, honorary chairman of the Chinese Go Association, and technical consultant of the Chinese Go Academy. In the 1970s and 1980s, Mr. Nie led the Chinese Go team to win the Sino-Japanese Go competition, defeating the Japanese nine-dan players many times and becoming a hero of that era. In recognition of Mr. Nie's outstanding contribution to the Go industry, the State Sports Commission and the Chinese Go Association awarded him the title of "Go Saint". After entering the 21st century, Mr. Nie was getting older and felt that he was not energetic enough, so he retired behind the scenes and became a Go coach to train the next generation of Go talents and continue to contribute to the Chinese Go industry.

That night, after dinner, Mr. Nie watched TV for a while and went to bed early. But not long after he lay down, the phone on the bedside table rang.

"Old man, your cell phone is ringing. I don't know which little bastard is so unethical that he calls you so late at night and disturbs your sleep?" The old man who slept next to Mr. Nie was a light sleeper and was the first to be awakened by the ringing of the cell phone. He pushed her husband and said.

Old Nie opened his eyes dazedly, reached out to take the phone, took a look, and said, "The call is from Old Wang from the chess academy. Maybe something happened at the chess academy."

As he was talking, Mr. Nie had already sat up and answered the phone, "Old Wang, what's the matter with you calling me so late?"

"Mr. Nie, I'm sorry to disturb your rest. What happened is this: tonight I led the young players of the Youth Go Team to play a practice match on the Yicheng Go platform. We ran into a very powerful folk Go master named Yishen, who defeated all the young players of our Youth Go Team by himself. The young players were not convinced and called some older seniors to help. As a result, some professional players of the sixth and seventh dan levels were powerless against Yishen, and were defeated by him. They had to resign in less than half an hour."

"What did you say? Did I hear correctly? Professional 6th and 7th dan players are no match for him. When did China have such high-level players? Could it be that high-level players from the island countries or South Korea came to our domestic online Go platform to fish for fish?" The so-called "fishing" refers to the behavior of players with high game skills who use certain means to maliciously play games among low-level players for a long time. Although Mr. Nie is very old, his mind is still very active, and he can speak all kinds of Internet buzzwords. (End of this chapter)

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