Chapter 254: Come on, let's go to the moon!

Hey, I'm Zhang Wen.

What's wrong?

Zhang Wen asked doubtfully.

Wang Cheng's tense voice came through the phone.

Director Zhang, are you there?

Our helium-3 is almost used up.

Could you send some more?

Upon hearing that,

Zhang Wen was instantly dazed.

Ah?

It's only been a few days.

It's already used up?

And didn't I just send a lot to Director Liu's place?

Could it be that he himself didn't apply for it from Director Liu?

Director Wang, isn't there still some at Director Liu's place?

Want to try applying again?

Upon hearing Zhang Wen's words.

Wang Cheng could only say helplessly: "Director Zhang, it's gone, all used up."

I already applied to Director Liu's side.

If it weren't truly unavoidable.

I wouldn't have specially called you.

Please help me; the experiment is at a critical juncture.

It really can't be interrupted.

Ah?

Zhang Wen had a dazed expression.

It wasn't because Wang Cheng used up all the helium-3 that left him dazed.

But because.

If I didn't remember wrong.

What Wang Cheng is researching should be nuclear fusion!

Your experiment, any progress?

Zhang Wen said with a dry mouth.

That's right; before, we could only last up to a thousand seconds.

But since we switched to helium-3 as the reactant.

The experiment's progress has greatly sped up.

We can see the dawn of success right before our eyes.

But we have no experimental material left.

This feeling makes me want to die.

Director Zhang, you're also a scientist; you should understand this feeling, right?

Don't worry, I understand; I'll head back as soon as possible.

I'll arrive in a few days.

Zhang Wen finished speaking.

He then directly pulled Zhu Xinghan and ran toward the Zhenhai.

He told Wang Shouxin he wanted to go back.

And Wang Shouxin said nothing.

He immediately set off.

After all, guarding these two scientists, Zhang Wen and Zhu Xinghan, is Wang Shouxin's main task; transporting supplies and familiarizing himself with the local hydrology are merely incidental.

After traveling day and night.

Zhang Wen finally took four days to return to the country.

Upon arriving at the airport.

Zhang Wen then immediately went to Wang Cheng's nuclear fusion research institute.

Only after passing through multiple checkpoints did Zhang Wen finally meet Wang Cheng.

Upon seeing Wang Cheng, Zhang Wen looked at him in surprise.

Wang Cheng now bears none of his former vigorous spirit.

Instead, he is gaunt.

Upon seeing Zhang Wen.

He immediately lunged at him.

Director Zhang, I can finally say I've met you!

Wang Cheng shouted while crying.

Calm down, calm down, calm down!

Zhang Wen was genuinely frightened.

He hurriedly let him calm down.

What on earth is going on now?

Zhang Wen asked doubtfully.

Wang Cheng led Zhang Wen to the front of the nuclear fusion facility.

He said: "Look, this is our latest nuclear fusion experimental device that uses helium-3 as raw material."

Now there's only one left inside.

So how many seconds of stable operation can we achieve now?

Zhang Wen asked.

10,000 seconds.

Wang Cheng said immediately.

Hiss.

Zhang Wen heard this figure.

He couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

Ten thousand seconds?

Before, it took who knows how many years.

Only just managed to break through a thousand seconds.

How long has it been?

And now it's broken through ten thousand seconds?

Why was it finally stopped?

Zhang Wen asked Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng sighed and said: 'One reason is insufficient cooling.'

Another reason is.

Not enough raw material.

These two factors combined.

That's why we haven't broken through ten thousand seconds.

Actually, now we can already run stably for a period of time.

After all, there are still ways to cool it.

The dumbest method is to continuously cool it with liquid nitrogen.

Or directly go find the Antarctic ice cap.

Use the natural environment to lower temperature for cooling.

But the raw material is insufficient; we really have no way.

Wang Cheng said helplessly.

How much do you need?

Zhang Wen asked directly.

500 tons.

Wang Cheng coldly spat out this number that could directly drive Zhang Wen mad.

What?

Can you say that again?

500 tons?

Do you know what 500 tons means?

Zhang Wen asked in surprise.

Even adding an extra bottle of water on a spacecraft requires precise calculation.

Even my Kunpeng.

Its total mass isn't that much, is it?

Can't we just take it slow?

Wang Cheng laughed embarrassedly.

One trip at a time, slowly.

Slowly?

Zhang Wen was so angry he held his forehead and let out a long sigh.

Let's put it this way. Even if we go by maximum load capacity.

If we have to complete your collection task within a year.

Dongda Aerospace wouldn't have to do anything else this year.

At least we'd need to launch over 1,000 lunar rockets this year.

Even if my Kunpeng is super awesome.

We still have to respect Old Man Newton.

It needs a rocket to bring it into the sky.

Zhang Wen said helplessly.

No matter how hard, we have to do it!

This is nuclear fusion, after all.

Once completed.

That is truly an infinite, boundless source of energy.

Wang Cheng said somewhat unwillingly.

Seeing Wang Cheng like that,

Zhang Wen also had to say helplessly.

"What else do you need?"

"Let me see if I can manage to get it for you."

Wang Cheng, upon hearing Zhang Wen's words,

His eyes lit up immediately.

"You mean, you have a way?"

"Hahaha!"

"I knew you'd have a way!"

Wang Cheng laughed.

Immediately afterwards he said: "I still need a piece of land at least 500,000 square."

"It is completely uninhabited."

"????"

"Are you sure you're not just messing with me?"

Zhang Wen directly asked Wang Cheng.

"500,000 square?"

"Land or sea?"

Zhang Wen was still thinking, if it were at sea it would be easier to solve.

But unexpectedly,

Wang Cheng directly said: "It's land."

Upon hearing this,

Zhang Wen now felt as if he could see the stars in the sky.

As you know,

Currently, there are only 50,000 square units of uninhabited area.

That amounts to only two places.

One is the Sahara Desert.

But heat dissipation there is completely impossible.

Another place is Antarctica.

But wanting to conduct an experiment in Antarctica

is not something Dongda alone can decide.

After all, Zhang Wen knows

Why does Wang Cheng need 500,000 square kilometers of experimental land?

If the nuclear fusion experiment fails,

then the resulting explosion and radiation would cover roughly that area.

But if the explosion occurs in Antarctica,

then the resulting chain reaction would be huge.

"Wait."

"I suddenly thought of a place!"

Zhang Wen suddenly thought of it.

"How heavy is your experimental device?"

"About 100 tons."

Wang Cheng immediately said.

Zhang Wen heard that number.

He immediately thought of it.

It is entirely possible to directly use one's own survival base on the Moon to build a brand-new nuclear fusion experimental base.

"Let's go."

"Come with me."

"To the Moon!"