After taking a look at the buildings that had not responded, Charles reluctantly agreed to Richard's request.
He really didn't want to argue with Richard endlessly over such a small matter.
The mice that went to the circular building were quickly selected out, and Richard controlled his body and touched their heads with a smile.
"Comrades, the difficult task is now handed over to you. Remember, if you can drag out anything with words on it or anything that looks valuable, try to do so. If you can't drag it out, come out and tell me so we can go in and look for it again. Come on, little Lily, translate it for me."
As he watched the two mice running towards the circular facility, Richard had a smug expression on his face.
"As expected, people always like to compromise. For example, if you say that the room is too dark and a window must be opened here, everyone will definitely not allow it. But if you advocate tearing down the roof, they will compromise and be willing to open the window. Don't you think so?"
"Stop talking nonsense." Charles took over control of the body.
Everyone stayed quietly in the dark, waiting for the two waves of rats to return.
But what surprised Charles was that it was the rats in the ring facility that came out first.
One of them was dragging a piece of iron plate, and the other was dragging a small iron box the size of a matchbox.
"Mr. Charles, Maomao said that it's very big but very run-down inside. There's nothing good in there, just garbage. These are all they could find." Lily translated the squeaking information from the two mice.
Charles glanced at the still motionless buildings in the distance and took the mouse from the iron plate. "Nuclear Fusion Reactor Group C"
Charles' scalp suddenly went numb when he saw the information recorded on the sign. He looked in horror at the small box next to him that Lily was playing with curiously.
Richard also felt something was wrong, and said in a trembling voice: "Hey, hey, hey, this thing can't be radioactive, right?"
The next second, Charles quickly grabbed the thing and threw it away with all his strength.
"Mr. Charles, why did you throw it away? Maomao picked it up with great difficulty." Lily asked, tilting her head.
Ignoring Lily's questions, Charles picked her up and looked at her two little paws nervously. When he found that there was no sign of redness or blackening, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"It should be fine. If there really was nuclear radiation, the mice wouldn't be able to make it out and would have died on the way."
"You're the one who caused this. Could you please stop causing trouble for me?" Charles didn't want to talk to him anymore. He put the mouse in his pocket and continued to look at the gate in the distance.
Time passed little by little. After two hours, not only did Charles become more and more impatient, but even Tuba next to him didn't want to stay any longer.
"There's nothing interesting here. Are you going in or not? If not, I'm going back." Tuba said frustratedly and was about to leave.
"Wait, it will be there soon." Charles reached out and grabbed Tuba. He couldn't let this madman leave for the time being. He knew his plan, and it would be troublesome if others could trick him into revealing the secret.
"Then... then you have to tell me more stories."
"Okay, no problem. Once we get out of this island, you can tell as many stories as you want."
After calming Tuba down, Charles continued to squat and look into the distance. Just as he was hesitating whether to send a few more mice over, Richard's voice sounded in his ears.
"Dude, that's not right. This torus facility is a nuclear fusion reactor, not a nuclear fission reactor. Nuclear fusion reactors use deuterium atoms as fuel. That thing doesn't emit radiation."
"What does the existence of radiation have to do with us now? After all, it's just a facility used by the Foundation to generate electricity. The Foundation is gone, and this facility is also useless. Be quiet."
"No! This contains very important information! Do you remember what we learned about nuclear energy in school? The uranium needed for fission reactors not only produces strong radiation that harms the human body, but also leaves waste that is difficult to deal with after thousands of years of harm. On the contrary, the radiation from nuclear fusion is almost non-existent, and the fuel for nuclear fusion can be said to be inexhaustible! !"
"What on earth are you going to say?"
"Don't you understand? Nuclear fusion is an advanced technology. It must be carried out under a temperature of nearly 100 million degrees. This temperature can only be reached when an atomic bomb explodes. When we came, no country in the world had this technology. The Foundation can make a nuclear fusion reactor, which means that the technology they possess may have already surpassed the surface of the earth!"
Charles' mind suddenly became quiet, and both Richard and Charles stopped talking.
Charles recalled the appendix information recorded in the data of 1002. "The various knowledge in this sea area can advance human development by a whole dimension. This will be the second technological explosion in human history."
Charles looked up and looked at the giant circular building beside him in shock. It seemed that the Foundation had indeed achieved its goal.
Their ideals were great. If they had not disappeared and brought this technology to the surface, the technology on the surface would definitely have changed drastically.
What would it be like if humans possessed inexhaustible and infinite energy
"Mr. Charles, look, Tiaotiao and the others are back."
Lily's voice quickly brought Charles back to his senses. He saw the mouse running back in the distance, dragging something.
No matter how the Foundation did it, it had nothing to do with him anymore.
Whether or not to pass on this shocking news to the people above after getting out is a matter for the future.
Compared with the high technology that benefits mankind, what Charles lacks more now is the fuel to return home.
The mice came back and gathered around Charles excitedly, squeaking at Lily in his pocket.
"Oh, come one by one. It's too chaotic and I can't hear you clearly." Lily climbed down Charles' trouser legs.
Charles half squatted down, picked up the things the mice dragged back, and observed them in detail.
This fist-sized black and blue ball has a three-fingered hand on it. It feels soft to the touch, a bit like a balloon filled with jelly.
As Charles kneaded, the little hand naturally climbed up his fingers.
"Lily, what's the situation in there? Why did they bring this thing out?"
Charles half squatted down and asked the white mouse.
"Jump and the others said there was a big hole in there, bigger than... bigger than three of our ships."
The Narwhal is 65 meters long, and the three Narwhal ships lined up together are nearly 200 meters long. There is a large pit with a diameter of 200 meters inside. Charles calculated quickly in his mind.
"Some black monsters with big heads taller than two people floated out of the cave."
(End of this chapter)