[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me-":3,"chapter-i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--chapter-773":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm Focused on Science, But You Want to Trick Me Into Love?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2333909,4563,"Chapter 773","i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--chapter-773",773,"\u003Cp>At the Materials Research Institute, Xu Qingzhou was having tea with Academician Li Gang from the Plasma Physics Research Institute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re putting on quite a show—America’s getting nervous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Gang smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, America’s series of announcements all sent one signal to the public: we are not falling behind; look, we’re even planning for future Mars colonization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“America still has deep reserves, but catching up will take considerable effort.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou smiled; in this year’s experiments, he had deployed no small amount of black technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, America’s opponent isn’t just him—with his mind artificially enhanced—but the accumulated scientific and technological progress of the next decade or more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On their end, they can only rely on the most primitive method: pouring in massive manpower and funds, improving fusion device development speed through repeated iterations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even we were stunned when we first heard the news—let alone the Americans.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Gang gave a bitter laugh. “Going from seconds to hours? Who could possibly keep up?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We were just lucky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou said modestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Gang and his team were here to discuss future experimental collaboration: EAST’s experimental data covers the Lawson criterion’s critical range, allowing cross-validation with Qiankun-1’s engineering feasibility for achieving the 1.18×10 kev·s\u002Fm triple product target, and helping predict electromagnetic interference risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, Xu Qingzhou was a little envious of their researchers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Gang looked at the young man before him and sighed, “You’ve probably given Professor Zhang a real headache—he must cringe every time he sees you now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We were just following standard experimental procedures—we never intended to embarrass anyone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if someone willingly offers their face, there’s nothing to be done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Gang took a sip of tea and said, “If you need personnel from our side, just say the word.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>EAST still has a long way to go before achieving net energy gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They felt regret, yes, but mostly excitement—they had spent decades on fusion, and now they had a chance to witness controlled nuclear fusion become reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh, I was just about to bring this up. With both the demonstration reactor’s construction and device design going on, my team is stretched thin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So that’s it—you’ve been eyeing my people all along.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>November 15.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Xu Qingzhou and his team, Qiankun-1’s one-hour sustainment was only the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demonstration reactor is not merely a scaled-up experimental reactor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The experimental reactor can be shut down at any time, but the demonstration reactor must maintain stable operation for months under extreme conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here are the four sets of data from the isotope substitution experiment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Xu handed over a stack of reports.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The isotope substitution experiment aimed to resolve hydrogen isotope retention issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Particle retention causes impurity buildup, reducing plasma purity and performance, thereby lowering the demonstration reactor’s operational stability and affecting first-wall materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The experimental reactor’s one-hour validation marked a “zero to one” breakthrough in hydrogen isotope retention, but the demonstration reactor must validate the “one to one hundred” level of engineering maturity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why isotope substitution was necessary: the demonstration reactor requires radioactive tritium (H) fuel, but tritium is highly radioactive—direct experimentation demands strict shielding and complex approvals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, deuterium (H) is typically used in experiments instead of tritium (H); deuterium is non-radioactive but chemically similar, allowing safe validation of hydrogen isotope retention behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Deuterium permeation rate—1.2×10 mol\u002F(m·s)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thermal desorption peak temperature—798 K\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>】\u003C\u002Fp>",564,"2026-06-20T21:06:45.888Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","19c8a499a96d2880019151e1948db9218bd695b0997c85085d69f1b0555a2bfe","i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--chapter-774","i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--chapter-772",790,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--cover.jpg"]