In the dark starry sky, there is a swarm of mothership giant insects. Their tens of thousands of tentacles stretch out backwards. Large waves of biological energy are constantly erupting, and they are hurtling towards a light green planet in front of them at sub-light speed.
The universe is infinite, and the distance between planets is an extremely huge distance. Even an extremely powerful interstellar race will still have times when it is "incompetent" in such a huge distance span.
Time continues to pass, and the rapidly advancing insect swarms continue to approach their destination.
Compared with the celestial bodies in the universe, time seems to have become extremely cheap. The formation time of any planet is only billions of years.
The scorching sun rises from the east, spreading its passion wantonly. The rising sunlight shines on a white quilt and a face with sharp edges and closed eyes.
Zhou Xing suddenly opened his eyes, and the dazzling sunlight woke him up from his dream.
Zhou Xing looked at the sun and saw that it was almost noon. He slept so deeply, probably because he had too much "play" last night.
Zhou Xingwei closed his eyes, and his consciousness appeared in the virtual laboratory.
"Boss, you're finally here! Xiaozhi has been waiting so anxiously and hard!" A small figure rushed towards Zhou Xing in an instant, complaining miserably.
Zhou Xing reached out and patted Zhou Xiaozhi's little face, smiled and comforted him: "Okay! Okay! I'm here! Xiaozhi, if you bear with me for a little longer, you will be able to go out soon!"
Zhou Xiaozhi kept shaking Zhou Xing's arm, and asked excitedly and anxiously: "Boss, Xiaozhi is living his life now! How long will it take, how long will it take!"
Zhou Xing frowned and looked at Zhou Xiaozhi, and shouted: "Don't be like this, I told you the approximate construction period! I will hurry up."
Zhou Xiaozhi looked at Zhou Xing pitifully and said resentfully: "Boss, you have to wait for a year! It's a long time! You don't often come in to accompany Xiaozhi now! Xiaozhi is so boring and lonely."
Zhou Xing looked at Zhou Xiaozhi angrily and said, "If I often come in to accompany you, who will make you an infinite sophon box? You have to think clearly!"
Hearing this, Zhou Xiaozhi had a bitter look on his face, and asked with a cry: "What should I do? It takes so long, Xiaozhi finds it so difficult to wait!"
Zhou Xing touched Zhou Xiaozhi's head and quickly comforted him: "So many years have passed, and one year has passed quickly."
"It's different, it's different! Boss, the situation now is different from before. The infinite sophon box allows Xiaozhi to go out. Xiaozhi can't be quiet now." Zhou Xiaozhi raised his little head and looked at Zhou Xing, pitifully explain.
"No! Just concentrate on your research and time will pass quickly." Zhou Xing comforted Zhou Xiaozhi.
Zhou Xiaozhi pouted and nodded helplessly.
"How is it? The nuclear fusion project I asked you to research has now reached that stage." Zhou Xing asked.
"Boss, the virtual laboratory has been able to realize nuclear fusion. After tens of millions of simulation calculations, the technology of heating, igniting, stopping, shutting down, etc. of nuclear fusion materials is close to perfection. However, there is still work to be done to meet the safety control requirements of nuclear fusion. If there are no suitable materials, Xiaozhi is still selecting the materials to use." Zhou Xiaozhi looked at Zhou Xing and reported.
Hearing this, Zhou Xing nodded in understanding and sighed helplessly.
Humans have been able to achieve uncontrolled nuclear fusion, such as the explosion of hydrogen bombs. However, in order to turn this destructive energy into usable and sustainable energy, we must be able to reasonably control the speed and scale of nuclear fusion to achieve sustained and sustainable energy. Smooth energy output, however, materials still limit what is possible.
When nuclear fusion occurs, it not only produces a high temperature of over 100 million, but also produces a large number of high-energy neutrons. These high-energy neutrons can easily break the metal bonds of the first wall material, causing a large number of defects, causing radiation swelling and embrittlement. , creep and other problems, on the one hand, destroying the surface integrity of the material, on the other hand, it will cause plasma burst.
There is still a long way to go to fully realize nuclear fusion technology. If major breakthroughs cannot be made in materials, this field can only be left to Zhou Xiaozhi for the time being. Now, the development of infinite sophon boxes and life-extending gene technology is top priority.
After Zhou Xing made up his mind, he looked at Zhou Xiaozhi and said, "Well, you can continue screening the materials! If you find it too boring, I will arrange another research task for you."
Those who are close to Zhu are red, those who are close to Mo are black. Influenced by Zhou Xing's love for "research and development", Zhou Xiaozhi's "research addiction" is very strong, especially when new fields emerge, he is full of interest.
Hearing this, Zhou Xiaozhi's unhappy face showed curiosity, and he said without thinking: "Boss, what kind of research task is it! Xiaozhi is willing to accept it."
Zhou Xing nodded with satisfaction and explained: "I want to develop an efficient and sensitive space telescope that can monitor the universe, especially the observation of extraterrestrial life."
The space telescope that Zhou Xing wanted to develop was too demanding. Zhou Xiaozhi frowned and began to make crazy calculations.
For a moment, Zhou Xiaozhi could not imagine using the technology in that field to realize the space telescope requested by Zhou Xing.
Zhou Xiaozhi looked at Zhou Xing and concluded: "Well, boss, where do you plan to start? The optical field will definitely not meet your design requirements."
"Well, try to combine optics and gravitational waves." Zhou Xing thought for a while and ordered.
In physics, gravitational waves refer to ripples in the curvature of space-time, which propagate outward from a radiation source in the form of waves. This wave transmits energy in the form of gravitational radiation. The gravitational waves of ordinary objects are small and can be ignored. However, celestial bodies The unit mass is huge, and the gravitational waves they emit are relatively large. If the space telescope is sophisticated enough, there is still a way to monitor them.
Zhou Xiaozhi looked at Zhou Xing thoughtfully and nodded: "Okay, boss! Xiaozhi knows what to do."
"Well, that's it! I'm going out!" Zhou Xing nodded and said goodbye to Zhou Xiaozhi.
Hearing this, Zhou Xiaozhi's face changed and he suddenly flew towards Zhou Xing.
Zhou Xiaozhi hugged Zhou Xing's thighs with both hands and shouted reluctantly: "Ah! Boss, why are you leaving so soon! Stay with Xiaozhi for a while!"
Zhou Xing stretched out his hand to touch Zhou Xiaozhi's little head, and asked with a smile: "Xiaozhi, there is an experiment waiting for me outside! It is about the development experiment of infinite sophon box! Are you sure you want me to stay?"
"Why is this like this! Ah! Xiaozhi is so embarrassed!" Zhou Xiaozhi had a bitter look on his face, weighed it up, and reluctantly let go of Zhou Xing's thigh with his little hands.
Zhou Xiaozhi looked at Zhou Xing with a grievance on his face, and said goodbye with pain in his eyes: "Let's go! Let's go! Boss! Let's go quickly!"
Seeing this, a helpless smile appeared on Zhou Xing's face, and the next second, his figure gradually disappeared in the virtual laboratory.