Chapter 1582 A Promise Beyond Time

49% success rate is already very good.

At least according to the calculation results of the supercomputer on Ceres, even if the probability of 51% really happens, the design scheme proposed by Lu Zhou failed, and the risk of causing a major accident is much lower than the other schemes.

After discussion by the expert group, it was almost unanimously approved. The space elevator project team finally decided to use this design plan as the construction blueprint, and East Asia Heavy Industries and other engineering units were responsible for the construction.

After a three-day meeting, and after all the preparations were in place, Academician Ge Huaizhi rushed to Jinling in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration without stopping, and found Academician Lu's home.

When Academician Ge arrived, Lu Zhou happened to be fiddling with newly purchased equipment in the laboratory in his front yard, so he asked him to wait outside the laboratory for a while, and after finishing the matter at hand, he told Xiao Ai Invite him in.

"Academician Lu, I have found you!"

After stepping over the cardboard boxes piled up at the entrance of the laboratory, Academician Ge Huaizhi strode towards Lu Zhou.

Guessing something from his expression, Lu Zhou said casually.

"It seems that you have something to discuss with me. How is it? Does that design work?"

A wry smile appeared on Academician Ge's face, and he said, "I don't know if this will work or not... But for now, it's the best choice."

Frowning slightly, Lu Zhou looked at him strangely and asked.

"What's the meaning?"

Without concealing anything, Academician Ge told Lu Zhou what happened at the expert review meeting and the results calculated by the quantum supercomputing array on Ceres.

After listening to Academician Ge's words, Lu Zhou sighed and said.

"Calculation is just calculation after all, it does not mean absolute, it can be used as a reference at most. There is no modeling that can completely restore reality. Any tiny variable that is not considered may affect the final calculation result. make an impact."

Academician Ge sighed and said: "Of course we have considered what you said, but after all, there is no precedent for the things in the space elevator. Apart from this method, we can't think of a better way to compare which schemes It's more appropriate."

"So this requires you to think about how to innovate," Lu Zhou filled a tube of metal powder with a special mark into the 3D printer, and pressed a few buttons on the 3D printer, and said at the same time, "Just like the earliest The controllable fusion reactor in China was also unprecedented for the people at that time. Isn’t it what we scholars should do to create miracles and make the impossible possible?”

Academician Ge: "You are right, I agree with your point of view very much! But I have to admit that not everyone has the ability to create miracles."

Hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou paused slightly, and suddenly felt a bad premonition in his heart.

What do you say?

Whenever he feels something like this, trouble will come to him.

Sure enough, before he could speak, Academician Ge looked at him intently and spoke sincerely.

"After discussion and research by our expert group, we agreed that it is really overkill for you to be the general counsel."

"...What do you want to do?"

Academician Ge smiled embarrassedly, coughed dryly and said.

"...We hope that you will be the chief designer of this space elevator project. We have already applied to the director for this matter, and he has already approved it, saying that as long as we can convince you, everything is OK."

Lu Zhou: "..."

Seeing that Lu Zhou's expression seemed reluctant, Academician Ge said quickly.

"Don't rush to refuse, if you have any request, you can put it forward, we will try our best to meet your request!"

Seeing the sincerity of Academician Ge Huaizhi, Lu Zhou couldn't utter a strong refusal for a while.

After a moment of silence, he sighed and said.

"It's not that I don't want to be the chief designer, but that you should try to learn to think about some problems by yourself. You can't expect me to always come up with brilliant ideas or a sudden inspiration to solve all the troubles you encounter."

Why not?

Academician Ge wanted to ask this question in his heart, and he almost asked it.

However, looking at the expression on Lu Zhou's face, he reckoned that the boss probably wouldn't want to hear this answer, so after hesitating for a moment, he changed to a tactful rhetoric.

"I don't quite understand why you must insist on letting us solve these problems alone? You are still young, even after I am buried, maybe you will be in your prime... At my age, I can understand you mood, but for you, isn’t it too early to start thinking about cultivating a successor?”

Is it too early?

Lu Zhou smiled when he heard this sentence, but for a while he didn't know how to answer this question.

At this moment, the 3D printer that was placed aside suddenly stopped rumbling.

With the unfolding of the black metal shell, the finished products in the cabin are also revealed.

Attracted by the oblate and wide hourglass-shaped object on the printer, Academician Ge asked casually curiously.

"what is that?"

"Z Particle Oscillator."

"...Z Particle Oscillator?"

"Well, no one has studied this thing these days? To put it more generally, it is the key to open the hyperspace channel, the core of the warp drive or the superluminal communication device..." Seeing Academician Ge's face gradually With a dull expression, Lu Zhou quickly added a paragraph after this sentence, "Of course, this thing is just a part of the experimental product, and it is far from what you understand."

"Beyond the speed of light... Can this kind of thing really be done?"

Looking at Academician Ge who couldn't believe his face, Lu Zhou was silent for a while, then sighed and said.

"To be honest, I didn't expect that 100 years after the discovery of the Z particle, someone would still ask this question."

A hundred years ago, he had proved the hyperspace theory and the related physical properties of the Z particle through experiments. Although this Academician Ge Huaizhi is not a researcher in related fields, it is understandable not to know about research in this area, but he has never even heard of it. Thinking about it, there has not been much research on the Z particle in the past hundred years. attention.

Looking at Academician Ge who was gradually showing a trace of shame on his face, Lu Zhou continued.

"About 100 years ago, or 101 years ago to be precise, I once opened a hyperspace channel through two Z particle clocks, but due to the conditions at that time, there was no way to make it exist stably. After coming to this era , I consulted a lot of literature, and I have some new ideas on how to maintain the hyperspace channel. If it weren't for that damn mission... I mean the trouble that a certain director threw me, in fact, I would rather That solves the problem."

"Why……"

"There is no reason, because I want to travel to a very distant place. If I want to go there, a warp drive is necessary. I once promised a person to leave a legend about us on it."

Seeing Lu Zhou who said this sentence as if nothing had happened, Academician Ge opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly he closed his mouth as if thinking of something.

He thought of a rumor.

Or legend.

That was a century ago. Academician Lu once promised to give his fiancée a star, and set up a future benchmarking fund in her name, hoping to send a colony ship to the In the distant Tiancangwu, legends belonging to two people were engraved there.

Is this the romance of a scientist...

Although he is also a scholar, he doesn't particularly understand this crazy idea.

Although the opinion of the academic community is that, considering the brightness of Tian Cangwu's star, there may be a habitable terrestrial planet there, but what is the difference between sending yourself to a non-civilized and uninhabited planet and self-exile.

No, it's suicide...

The Adam's apple moved slightly, and Academician Ge spoke with difficulty with an even more inconceivable expression on his face.

"You can't... Seriously?"

"Do you think I'm joking?" Glancing at him, Lu Zhou said, "Don't mention the matter of the chief designer, I still hold that point of view, you should learn to solve some problems by yourself instead of putting everything together. Hope is pinned on me. If you are in trouble, just come and ask me, and I will try my best to help you where I can help you."

After a pause, Lu Zhou continued.

"What's more, I have solved the problems of materials and design drawings for you. If this space elevator can't be built..."

"It can only be said that the conditions are not yet ripe, and we are not worthy of having it now."