Chapter 1259 Magnetic Slingshot

The purpose of Director Carson's visit to China is very clear.

One is to strengthen cooperation with Huaguo in the field of space, such as talking about the rent for the use of the lunar mass accelerator, etc., and the other is to buy time for the US aerospace industry.

However, Huaguo didn't seem to leave much room for him to negotiate, while the White House had great expectations for his visit, but there was no way to provide him with more support.

It can already be seen from the silence of the White House on the issue of Guanghan City.

Even if they were extremely reluctant, they still had to, or were forced to, make compromises on many issues.

The controllable fusion power station in California has pulled the entire west into the pro-China camp. Maybe the people of California don’t like Huaguo’s culture and products that much, but they at least hope that the authorities will not offend Huaguo. It’s better to forget it for a while. They, as if they didn't exist.

After all, the citizens of Los Angeles have enjoyed clean and cheap fusion energy, and the social development of the entire western region has once again entered the fast lane.

Now let them go back to accept bad and expensive thermal power and chemical energy, not to mention that most people will not accept it, and there is no way to accept it.

That's what society is all about.

It can only be compatible with the next stage forever.

If you take a step backward...even a small step back, it will cause very serious problems.

If the relationship between the two sides deteriorates and the Chinese withdraw their experts and equipment, even if it is in the national interest of the United States, the resulting consequences are not willing to be borne by the people of California and even the citizens of the entire western region, especially those who expect Unacceptable to politicians who take votes from the masses...

All in all, the meeting in Shangjing went quite smoothly.

No matter how furious he is in his office, no matter how he curses the competitors in front of him in meetings on weekdays, Director Carson sitting here is as docile as a sheep, behaves humbly and full of demeanor, like a very A politician from a developed country.

This situation is actually very rare.

People only show humility when facing the strong, and when facing the weak, even if they abide by the rules of politeness, the condescending arrogance in their eyes cannot be hidden.

After the meeting, Director Li came to the office of the Presbyterian House with a memorandum of the meeting, and reported the situation of the meeting to the old man sitting behind the desk.

After quietly listening to his report, the old man tapped his index finger on the table and spoke.

"Let me draw a line for you, and you can talk according to this."

Director Li said respectfully.

"Please speak."

"Economic cooperation is welcome, but political compromise is out of the question."

Director Li looked serious, nodded and said.

"I see."

Although it is only a short sentence, the amount of information is not generally large.

Economic cooperation is welcome, which means that the leasing of the lunar surface mass accelerator is negotiable. On the premise of meeting its own transportation needs, part of the excess transportation capacity can be sold to international customers.

There are also the construction of public facilities in Guanghan City, the supply of daily necessities and consumer goods for the residents of Guanghan City, and Huaguo has no plans to monopolize all of these markets. If they can offer better service at a lower price, no one will say no.

As for political compromise, it is better to understand.

In a simple sentence, do business honestly, make money together, don't make irresponsible remarks on the Guanghan Special Economic Zone, we can still be friends.

Old man: "Is there anything else?"

Director Li: "There is one more thing."

"Say it."

"That Carson hopes to bring back some lunar soil from us...or meteorites from the moon, as a token of our friendship."

Hearing this sentence, the old man smiled, and after thinking for a while, he said,

"A friendly country repays you with peaches, and I should respect you with plums."

"They gave us 1g of lunar rock samples before, and we have no reason to refuse such a request. You can go to the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee to say hello and ask them to pack a kilogram of lunar soil, and wait for that Carson to leave. It's time to let him take it back."

"Also, remember to ask him to send a message back."

"The resources of the moon belong to all mankind, not the United States. No country has the right to own it alone, but it has the right to develop and use it. We welcome any country and organization to join in this exploration of the future of all mankind."

"As long as everything is under the framework of peace."

"As long as they understand the principle of seeking common ground while reserving differences."

...

Jinling.

The villa of Zhongshan International.

Sitting in the study, Lu Zhou was playing with the new toy he just got from the last system mission.

It was a black wristband, the shape was similar to most sports watches, and even the design of the LED screen embedded on the surface was exactly the same.

However, his intuition told Lu Zhou that the materials and technology used in that screen probably did not exist on Earth. In addition, on the side of this bracelet, there are five grooves.

When his index finger lightly touches the screen, five small black metal balls with a diameter of less than 10mm will pop out from the five grooves. These small balls move slowly under the tug of a changing magnetic field, which looks amazing.

Lu Zhou tried to turn his hand over, or wave his arm, and the five black metal balls seemed to have spotted the bracelet on his hand, and followed his arm closely.

"interesting……"

Lu Zhou tried to pinch one of the balls with his left hand, pulled it away from the magnetic field above the ring, and then let go. I saw that the small ball seemed to be tied by an invisible spring, and the moment he let go, it bounced back like a slingshot.

"A toy from an alien civilization?"

Looking at the black metal ball above the floating palm, the interest in Lu Zhou's eyes became more and more obvious.

The system's description of it was very vague, and it didn't even give a specific name, but according to his exploration, he had discovered some functions of this bracelet.

For example, at the most basic level, like other sports bracelets, it can measure heart rate and record time.

In addition, it has another main function, which is to form a constantly changing electromagnetic field around the bracelet, which can control the movement of the metal ball.

At the same time, there seems to be a special brain wave recognition device built into the bracelet, which can identify the received nerve signals, convert them into electrical signals and process them through the built-in chip, and then feed them back to the magnetic field control unit in the bracelet. Use this to manipulate the trajectory of the five small black metal balls in the air.

As far as the effect is concerned, this phenomenon is very strange, as if it is magic. As for what it is used for, Lu Zhou is a little confused.

In fact, this is understandable.

It's like an alien without long legs. If you get a pair of A cones from the earth, I'm afraid you won't be able to figure out what it is used for.

The only thing Lu Zhou can conclude now is that the core materials used in this bracelet, the design of the electromagnet, and the control technology for the magnetic field have far exceeded the existing technical level on the earth.

But at this moment, Lu Zhou, who was groping for the bracelet, suddenly found a familiar symbol inside it.

He vaguely remembered this sign, he had seen it in a certain dream...

"Xiao Ai."

The drone floating on the side, dangling with a small TV, flew over.

【What's matter? Owner. (▽)】

Staring at the five metal balls floating in his hand, Lu Zhou thought for a moment and asked, "In your database, is there any information about this thing?"

When issuing this order, Lu Zhou actually didn't have any hope in his heart.

After all, he has asked similar questions countless times, but he didn't get any valuable answers.

The only thing he can conclude now is that Xiaoai is probably the intelligent navigation program on the spaceship that the Jialan civilization sent to the center of the galaxy last.

Unfortunately, however, the memory of the previous universe seems to have been completely deleted from its database, leaving no valuable clues——

[In Xiaoai's database, there seems to be information about this thing. ()】

Lu Zhou: "...???"

At the beginning, Lu Zhou thought he was wrong.

It wasn't until he confirmed the line of text on the small TV again that he suddenly came back to his senses and asked immediately.

"Call out the information about it, all of it!"

【I'll try and find it……()】

Very rare, this time Xiao Ai disappeared for a bit long.

Just when Lu Zhou wondered if it had crashed or deserted to play games, the light blue text finally emerged from the small TV.

【Strange... There are obviously traces left in the cache, but it seems to be deleted... Σ(°△°|||)︴】

【All in all, this seems to be a weapon that once belonged to an officer who seemed to be very powerful. (＠_＠;)]

Lu Zhou: "...?"

All in all what the hell? !

But what surprised him even more was something else.

If there is no problem with Xiao Ai's expression, then it probably discovered that in its "memory", there seems to be traces of something being deleted.

But then again, does artificial intelligence have such a thing as "memory"? And can this kind of memory thing exist independently of the hardware?

Just as Lu Zhou was thinking about this question, another line of text appeared on the small TV.

[How about, master, give it a try, use your imagination and so on... launch it in a certain direction? (°ー°〃)】

imagination?

arms?

launch?

Staring at the five metal balls floating on his palm, Lu Zhou fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, his heart moved, as if thinking of something, he quickly looked towards the vase by the wall.

"If it's a weapon..."

His attention gradually focused on the flower pot. Although he knew that he might look a bit secondary, but considering that there were no other people in the study, Lu Zhou didn't care.

The heart rate index on the wrist began to change. I don't know if it was Lu Zhou's illusion. He felt the five metal balls floating above his palm began to tremble slightly.

For a moment, it was as if a trigger had been pulled.

The huge back force climbed up the wrist and forearm. Before Lu Zhou recovered what was going on, the vase he was staring at burst into pieces with a "snap".

like...

Like being shot by a bullet,

At the same time, one of the metal balls floating on his palm was missing.

Looking at the deep bullet hole left on the wall, Lu Zhou's eyes finally became serious.

"Magnetic slingshot?"

or something like that.

After all, he doesn't know how to call this thing. The only thing he can conclude is that there is probably some kind of special controlled electromagnet installed inside the metal ball. When he "gives an attack command", it is stored in the The electric energy in the energy container is released in an instant and converted into a magnetic field that repels the bracelet.

The entire ball is like a projectile placed on a slingshot, and is ejected in an instant.

Although it is just a very simple thing in principle, it actually sounds quite incredible.

What kind of electromagnet can make a 10mm larger metal ball be fired like a bullet? Not to mention, it is extremely difficult to integrate the electromagnet and the control chip into a small ball with a diameter of less than 10mm.

At least Lu Zhou can feel the recoil from his wrist, and the magnetic field driving this thing is probably not small.

Staring at the shards of glass in the corner, Lu Zhou fell into contemplation. After thinking for a while, he spoke.

"...let's clean this place up."

Xiao Ai: 【Okay, Master~】

Have the opportunity to study the structure inside.

For this kind of [sample] that is too much beyond the earth's technological level, Lu Zhou does not expect to be able to restore all the technology from it through reverse engineering, and reproduce an identical knockoff in the real world.

However, referring to some of the designs, it may still be able to inspire a lot of science on earth.

For example, more advanced magnetic field control technology.

For example, magnetic levitation technology and so on.

Controlling the drone, it swayed over and cleared away the broken glass on the ground. At the same time, Xiao Ai also helped Lu Zhou recover the metal balls embedded in the wall, and repaired the bullet marks on the wall with repair foam. clean up.

Watching Xiaoai controlling several drones and sweeping robots to clean up the scene, Lu Zhou took off the bracelet on his right hand, and put the five metal balls back one by one.

Just when he was about to put this matter aside, turn on the computer and continue to browse the literature, looking for that "great enough research topic", there was a knock on the door suddenly.

After closing the laptop he just opened, Lu Zhou got up and went downstairs to the entrance, and opened the door.

He thought it was Wang Peng who heard the noise in the room and knocked on the door to see how he was doing, but he didn't expect that it was Brother Luo who appeared at the door.

Lu Zhou glanced at Senior Brother Luo unexpectedly, and asked with a strange expression.

"...Why did you run over from Shanghai?"

"What you said, I am also a professor at Jinling University, isn't it normal to come back?"

Seeing the "brilliant" ridiculous smile on Senior Brother Luo's face, Lu Zhou restrained the urge to roll his eyes, and asked with a sigh.

"Tell me, what is it?"

"It seems you don't know yet." Luo Wenxuan said with a chuckle, "There was a call to your office just now."

"Telephone?"

"Hmm, guess who hit it?"

"who is it……"

"The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences!"

The moment Lu Zhou heard the name, he froze for a moment.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what day it was.

"Could it be..."

"Hahaha! That's right! It seems you guessed it!"

Finally, there was no need to act any more, Luo Wenxuan burst out laughing, he was even more excited than he had won the grand prize, he stretched out his arm and hooked Lu Zhou's neck, and patted his face hard with all his might Forced Lu Zhou's shoulder.

"Awesome, Junior Brother Lu!"

"congratulations!"

"You have won the prize again!"