Beneath Deep Space

At 3:36 in the afternoon, a light that had never appeared before suddenly flashed in the Aikli Crater.

I saw a huge dark purple smoke column rising to an altitude of 20,000 meters in one second, and continued to rise, illuminating the entire earth with dazzling light!

The huge fireball, which was almost five kilometers in diameter, rolled and rose while turning from dark purple to orange. At the same time, the ball expanded rapidly, as if a natural force that had been bound for hundreds of millions of years was suddenly released!

The moon has no atmosphere and small gravity, so the scene of a nuclear explosion is completely different from that of the earth.

Since its surface is a vacuum environment, it cannot transmit shock waves, so the damage range is much smaller. However, the dust that rises into the sky instantly gains strong kinetic energy and continues to spread outward. Some even break away from the moon's gravity and fly directly. Toward space.

The scientists immediately became busy. The satellites began to continuously collect data, and various scientific instruments began to be mobilized. There was even a slight vibration under the feet. However, this shock was very weak when it was transmitted to the interior of the base.

Through the satellite images of the moon, we can see that the extremely powerful light radiation has almost no obstruction in the vacuum, and it shoots out in all directions in an instant. The extremely high temperature instantly turns the nearest dust into plasma.

The electromagnetic pulses were scattered in all directions almost at the same time, causing the entire screen to shake.

"This is...the satellite was overloaded by an electromagnetic pulse." A scientist stopped what he was doing and explained to himself. Satellites are designed to resist solar wind and will automatically shut down when exposed to large amounts of electromagnetic pulses to avoid damage.

"Activate the backup device!"

"Transmit the data collected by the lunar rover!"

This little trouble obviously didn't bother everyone, and one data after another was collected and recorded in the file.

Ding Yidong's eyebrows began to rise, and his face became obviously rosy.

Although the nuclear bomb explodes, it may not be successful. Only after data analysis, this test meets the level of one million yields can it be called a real success.

"Congratulations, Professor Ding."

"Congratulations! Celebrated in advance!"

"Thank you, thank you everyone!"

Although the final result has not yet come out, everyone has already begun to congratulate Ding Yidong in advance. These scientists are very sensitive to data. Although they have not yet used computers to analyze it, they can basically say that they are inseparable. An atmosphere of joy floated in the air.

"Okay, comrades!" Yu Yifeng was also slightly excited. He coughed lightly and said: "First of all, we would like to thank Professor Ding Yidong for his dedication over the years. The various technologies he invented played an important role in this experiment. He plays a vital role, and we would like to express our sincere gratitude to him! ”

There was thunderous applause. Many people had read Ding Yidong's paper, which was indeed very high-level. This is real talent and learning, not nonsense. Such people are always worthy of respect.

"Then, when everyone goes back, analyze the data. Then think about the possibility of using helium-3 nuclear bombs to replace hydrogen bombs. We will have another meeting at eight o'clock tonight."

Although the meeting was held at eight o'clock in the evening, which was relatively late, no one complained and everyone was used to it. In other words, everyone is very motivated when faced with new things, and they rush back to analyze the data one by one.

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The eight o'clock meeting started on time, and a debate on helium-3 began. Not only the scientists, but also a large number of engineer representatives came. It can be said to be a relatively important meeting.

The meeting had two themes. First, to discuss the possibility of replacing hydrogen bombs with helium-3; second, to discuss Professor Ding Yidong's "Gigaton Nuclear Bomb Promotion Plan."

"Comrades, good evening everyone."

Yu Yifeng stood at the front of the meeting. He was very used to this kind of scene. "Everyone already knows about the helium-3 nuclear bomb test this afternoon. Now let me report the final result: after calculation and analysis, our scientists concluded that the nuclear bomb in this test was finally released -"

"The energy of the explosion of 1.016 million tons of TNT is basically in line with expectations."

"This test was a complete success!"

The people below began to applaud enthusiastically, and it took a long time to stop.

"Okay, let's move on to the first topic of today's meeting: exploring the possibility of replacing hydrogen bombs with helium-3."

"First of all, let me explain why we do this. Because our energy shortage has caused serious delays in some engineering projects."

"In more than three months, we have only produced less than 4 million tons of steel, 500,000 tons of copper, and even less non-ferrous metals such as titanium and aluminum, which are seriously below expectations. The main reason is still due to insufficient energy."

Yu Yifeng listed a series of tables on the screen, which listed the progress of various projects in the base in the past three months, including metal smelting, internal facility construction, engine device construction, mining volume, etc.

The people present here are all responsible persons from all walks of life. They are familiar with their own projects, but they are not very clear about others. They all have an intuitive view of numbers. To be honest, the data given by Yu Yifeng are generally much worse than expected.

The atmosphere in the venue immediately became quiet, and some of the original whispers disappeared.

This poured cold water on many people's minds. They had just held a party yesterday and many people were still immersed in that kind of crazy ambition. After returning to reality, the cold data gave them a blow.

Only 56% of the projects are up to standard, and 44% of the projects are lagging behind! This progress is much worse than they imagined. Most of the people here know the truth that the moon is about to be destroyed. No matter whether the progress is good or bad, humans must leave the moon!

If you leave before the project is completed, the consequences can be imagined.

Those project leaders who were lagging behind lowered their heads in shame, feeling a little aggrieved. They really tried their best.

"Let me say something here, it's not a human problem, but an energy problem." Yu Yifeng came to the rescue in time: "Our previous calculations were still too optimistic, and there were some deviations. No matter how much we save, the energy is still not enough!"

"So I'm here to give you a solution... that is - cut off the hydrogen bomb program and replace it with a more energy-efficient helium-3 nuclear bomb, and use the freed energy for production!" He also gave some data on the hydrogen bomb program. A total of about 30% of the energy of the entire base will be consumed. If all this part is saved...

This plan sounded good, and the people below started talking about it.

However, asking them to overturn the original plan and change it to a new one is actually not acceptable to many people, or it takes time to digest it. Humans are creatures that don’t like to adapt. Even if the new plan is better and more complete, people will still feel awkward or risky for a while.

"Mr. Yu Yifeng, is the helium-3 nuclear bomb you mentioned reliable? We have only tested this kind of weapon once!" an engineer asked.

"Your worries are reasonable. Professor Ding Yidong should give an explanation on this issue." Yu Yifeng said.

Ding Yidong came on stage, took out the speech he had prepared, and started speaking with the slides. He has been preparing for a long time and tried his best to convert the profound content into something that everyone can understand.

The main content highlights two points: first, he has been researching it for more than ten years and has explored the core content very thoroughly; second, mainstream scientists agree with his plan.

No matter how you explain the technology, it is better to promote your own authority. There are specialties in the field, but most people can't understand it anyway. No matter how much you talk, it's better to just say "I am the authority, you must believe me!"

His method seemed pretty good, and many people's emotions began to stabilize and seemed to be somewhat acceptable. Looking at the mainstream scientific authorities, they are also relatively accepting of this plan.

Immediately, Ding Yidong brought up the final topic - "Gigaton Helium-3 Nuclear Bomb Propulsion Plan"!

"I'm here to give you a new plan. It's better to build a billion-ton helium-3 nuclear bomb to blast the spacecraft up in one go. It saves time, effort, efficiency, and speed!"

This time, it was like a bombshell was dropped into the crowd!