Half an hour later.
Halfway up the calm Vesuvius volcano, in the center of Pompeii town, in a conference room in the four-story stone building of the business center.
Dozens of wizards were sitting around a rectangular table. Rommel sat at one end of the rectangle, occupying a dominant position and presiding over a meeting. The wizards sitting on both sides spoke one after another under Rommel's roll call.
Richard was at the corner of the table, sitting upright without saying a word. He seemed to be listening to others' speeches very seriously. In fact, most of his thoughts had left the conference room where he was now and flew to other places. .
Speaking of which, half an hour ago, Rommel suddenly called him by name and asked him to participate in this meeting. He was a little stunned, thinking that Rommel had discovered some doubts and asked him to explain in a formal occasion.
As a result, after attending the meeting, I discovered that Rommel had neither discovered the underground space beneath his residence, nor discovered that he was stealing volcanic energy, nor did he discover that he was secretly manufacturing a terrorist weapon—an implosion-type atomic bomb in the Garden of Eden.
Rommel also made no mention of the magical electromagnetic pulse that caused the collapse of Pompeii's energy system. It was obvious that he really did not realize the truth of the Pompeii accident and only attributed it to unexpected factors.
This relieved him.
The reason why Rommel asked him to attend the meeting was mainly about the transformation of the energy system.
Now the energy system is undoubtedly completely damaged, and repair is almost impossible. The only feasible way is to build it from scratch. Rommel obviously remembered that after he first visited Pompeii, he proposed improving the topology of the energy system transmission channel, so he asked him to give some technical suggestions.
Naturally, this is not difficult for him. As long as the manufacturing of nuclear weapons is not discovered and he fails at the last moment, everything will be easy. Therefore, he gave constructive suggestions without any psychological pressure, ensuring that if the energy system is built according to his suggestions, the anti-interference ability and stable performance will be greatly improved.
After hearing what Rommel said, he basically accepted it, and then asked the other wizards about the difficulty of implementation and whether it could be improved again, and the meeting has continued until now.
From Richard's point of view, the current meeting obviously has no meaning to him. After losing the worry of having his details exposed, and after describing his opinions, he really didn't want to waste a second here.
After all, a waste of time is a waste of life. The mess in the Garden of Eden hasn't been dealt with yet, so we have to rush back as soon as possible.
The reason why he insisted on staying here and listening attentively was just to prevent himself from acting out of line, attracting attention, and causing trouble.
This is the same as when he saw a fire in Pompeii before and took action to put out the fire - although emotionally, he did not have much identification with Pompeii or even the Society of Truth as a whole. As the culprit of the disaster, he did not have much Guilty, but on the surface he is still a core member of the Truth Society.
Before you are ready to "reveal your true identity", some disguise is necessary to do things that fit your identity.
Therefore, he must actively put out the fire, and he must work hard and not be suspected of paddling. After all, his character in the Truth Society was that of a powerful member who was valued by Rommel and specially promoted.
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"Director Rommel, I think it is better not to set the energy core on the top of the mountain for the newly built energy system. There are three reasons: the first is..."
The wizard's voice echoed in the venue, and the meeting continued.
Richard maintained his character and "listened carefully", while his mind began to think about some things about the electromagnetic pulse spell.
The accident in Pompeii can show that the attenuation amplitude of the magic electromagnetic pulse is relatively large after it exceeds the range of action. Therefore, only the spell system of Pompeii Town collapsed and the wizard was not injured.
In this way, in order to increase the effect of magic electromagnetic pulse and expand the range of magic electromagnetic pulse, it is necessary to greatly increase the amount of material that causes magic electromagnetic pulse.
So the question arises, is the material that generates the magic electromagnetic pulse the isotope uranium-238 or the trace amount of uranium-235
In his mind, he was more inclined to think that the answer was uranium-235. In the explosive experiment, the trace amount of uranium-235 in the target was actually higher than that of ordinary uranium ore.
If the distribution of these uranium-235 elements happens to be relatively concentrated, a certain degree of nuclear fission can occur after extrusion. Although the density is not large enough and the number is not large enough to reach a critical state, it cannot maintain continuous chain nuclear fission and cannot produce a nuclear explosion, but it can still release some energy.
Part of this energy may be converted into magic electromagnetic pulse due to some special characteristics of this world.
Of course, this is just speculation, and it cannot be counted as evidence until detailed data are obtained through reasonable experiments.
Speaking of which, he remembered that uranium-238 metal had been used before to make depleted uranium warheads for miniature spell-seeking missiles. During the experiment, the depleted uranium warhead was squeezed and did not produce a similar magic electromagnetic pulse. This may be considered as side evidence - otherwise, if it was really uranium-238 that produced magic electromagnetic pulse, he should have discovered it many times before. .
Therefore, the probability of uranium-235 producing a magic electromagnetic pulse is relatively high.
If it is really uranium 235, what is the principle
As guessed, it is the energy released by nuclear fission, a transformation caused by the special characteristics of this world
So what is the conversion process? How is this world special
If you want to study these, I'm afraid it will be difficult to design experiments. Like some previous doubts, you need to collect some data and get some results through the explosion of nuclear weapons.
In short, nuclear weapons must be produced.
Then after this meeting is over, go back and deal with the damage to the Garden of Eden with all your strength, try to deal with it in two days, and then use three days to complete the assembly of the nuclear weapons.
In this way, it adds up to five days.
"Five days." Richard said in his heart.
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"Five days." Just as Richard was making a plan in his mind, a middle-aged wizard in the conference room, about forty years old, said.
"According to what was discussed before, if there are no problems, we can complete the preliminary work of the new energy system in only five days." The middle-aged wizard said, paused and continued, "Of course, this requires your cooperation. , support from the organization, and understanding from the rest of the organization.
In order to better build a new energy system, some conflicting buildings need to be demolished. For example, there are several stone buildings in the third, seventh, and eighth areas, and yes, there are also all the stone buildings in the tenth and twelfth areas. "
"All the stone buildings in area 12?" Richard suddenly broke away from the "listening carefully" state and looked up at the speaker. There is no other reason, because his stone building No. 1248 is in area 12.
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