Chapter 46 - Night Shift
After finishing the kitchen work in the cafeteria, Chen Fei left work carrying a fragrant boiled Baguettes, a bag of grilled lamb chops and a salad. The benefits of working as a kitchen helper can at least save some food expenses, and you can earn money while saving. It is not a fat job, but it is still a good job.
I went back to the dormitory, leaving half of the bread sticks, grilled lamb chops and mixed salad. I put the other half into the basket and carried it all the way to the northwest corner of the air base.
Now this place is surrounded by layers of standard containers. Walking along, it feels a bit like a maze.
When he came to a steel structure shack, he couldn't find the doorbell, so Chen Fei had to shout.
"Grandpa Barut, are you there?"
"Who is it? Oh, it's Xiao Chen, come in, the door is unlocked!"
There were several coughs in the room, and one The old voice sounded.
The mechanic who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside has already said hello to Barut, the old Neanderthal man in charge of Target's low-temperature nuclear fusion energy tower. Now that Chen Fei has found this place, the people in the room have already Have been waiting for a long time.
Chen Fei pushed open the door and the first thing he saw was a huge cylinder that was nearly four meters high and almost touched the ceiling of the shed. This big guy almost occupied his entire sight.
This is the Target low-temperature nuclear fusion energy tower that provides sufficient power guarantee for the entire 911 air service base.
High-efficiency energy technology from the Third Age civilization, using deuterium (heavy hydrogen) and tritium (superheavy hydrogen) as fuel, no radioactivity, no vibration, extremely safe and stable, and very reliable .
Even when it is running, it is still very quiet, and you can't even hear a sound.
In addition to the flashing indicator lights and the display screen that updates the output power curve and other related data in real time, it is almost difficult to feel that it is undergoing an ultra-low temperature fusion reaction to continuously convert electrical energy.
"Ultra-low temperature" does not refer to how many degrees Celsius below zero, but relatively speaking, the actual reaction temperature is still above zero degrees Celsius. Not to mention melting steel, there is still no problem in igniting paper.
This kind of incredible temperature naming is not a special case. For example, the "high temperature" of high-temperature superconductors is also not a real high temperature. It is still below zero degrees Celsius. The actual temperature is much colder than the freezer area of a household refrigerator.
It was not until the emergence of room-temperature superconducting materials that temperature naming returned to normal.
There is a circular hood on the top of the steel structure shed, like a big hat, which is slowly rotating to dissipate the excess heat released by the energy tower directly below.
However, some heat is still trapped inside the shed, making the temperature inside the room five or six degrees Celsius higher than outside.
The temperature difference between morning and evening in the Hindu Kush Mountains is huge. It can reach more than 20 degrees Celsius during the day, but it can drop directly to below zero at night.
If the roof hood is closed after dark, the waste heat generated by Target's low-temperature fusion energy tower is still enough to keep the entire shed warm as spring, even making it difficult to wear a warm coat.
After looking away from Target's low-temperature nuclear fusion energy tower, Chen Fei was immediately shocked by the various green plants that almost filled the entire shed.
This is simply a small garden, and it is also a greenhouse. The bright lights are like a small sun, illuminating the entire shed as if it were daytime.
The air is filled with the smell of ammonia, mixed with the unique fragrance of plants, but it is not too unpleasant.
Slightly drunken warmth rushed to his face. Chen Fei noticed the mechanical thermometer and hygrometer hanging nearby. The current temperature was 24 degrees Celsius and the humidity was 62%. Compared with the dry and cold outside, plus what he saw in front of him The lush green environment here is comparable to the Garden of Eden.
"Chirp!~"
The sleepy little bird hiding in Chen Fei's collar popped out, fluffed its feathers, looked around curiously, sizing up the place, suddenly fluttered its wings and rose In the sky, it landed among the flowers and grass, pecking here and there excitedly, chirping a few times from time to time, obviously treating this place as its own playground.
"Little Chirp, stop flying around and come back!"
Chen Fei quickly scolded, fearing that the bird would disturb the owner here.
The little bird heard the sound and flew back immediately, but it did not land on his shoulder as usual. It just jumped up and down on the branches and leaves of nearby plants, feeling a little unhappy.
"It doesn't matter, the birds are free. You can take off your coat and hang it on the hanger."
Barut, an old Neanderthal man, was wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt and was watering the flowers and plants. Shui, after hearing the chirping of birds, a smile appeared on his face.
The arrival of Xiaojiu brought him an unexpected surprise.
After the birds chirped in the originally quiet shed, it suddenly became a little more lively.
Barut's work here is more like a retired old man taking care of himself on a daily basis. He spends almost all of his boring days guarding the energy tower on these plants.
"Sorry to bother you."
Chen Fei took off his thick work clothes in an obedient manner, hung them on the hanger, then raised the basket and gestured.
"Grandpa Barut, I brought some snacks to go with the wine."
After drinking together last time, Chen Fei naturally knew that he should visit this Neanderthal elder. What kind of gift to bring.
Bread, lamb chops and salad are more than enough to go with the wine.
"Oh, you are really interested. Wait a minute, I'll get the wine."
Seeing the full basket, the old Neanderthal man nodded with a smile, put down the watering can in his hand, Go to a corner inside the shed.
When he came back, he had something in both hands, a glass bottle and two goblets in one hand, and a thick book in the other hand.
Leading Chen Fei to a round table, Barut put down the wine bottle, wine glass and book, and said: "I brewed my own blueberry wine, you have a taste, and this, I think you will need it."
As he spoke, he tapped the cover of the book with his fingers, then uncorked the bottle and poured the crystal clear wine like amethyst into the two goblets.
Chen Fei picked up the book and glanced at the cover. It was a technical manual about Target's low-temperature fusion energy tower. It included the design principles, operating procedures and fault instructions of the energy tower.
The entire book is brand new and has almost never been turned over.
Low-temperature nuclear fusion technology originally came from the Neanderthal clan of the Third Age civilization. Balut was completely familiar with it. He could understand every button and every button of this energy tower with his eyes closed. This is a component that the manufacturer is even more familiar with than Blue Star, so there is no need for this technical manual.
911 Air Base hired such an old Neanderthal man to look after the energy tower, not just because it was cheap.
After Barut poured the wine, he opened a pair of disposable bamboo chopsticks, picked up a piece of grilled lamb chop, and chewed it without even spitting out the bones. He chewed the whole thing and swallowed it. He went down and said vaguely: "This job is not difficult, it is very simple. Do the self-test procedure every day and pay attention to the output power curve regularly. You don't have to stare at it all the time. If there is any problem, it will send out a reminder and generate a fault report by itself. You do not need to repair it yourself. If there is a fault, just call for repair and send a fault report at the same time. The energy tower will not explode. At most, it will only automatically stop the fusion reaction. , once shut down, there will be a mechanical part to reset the reaction plug, and the fusion fuel will not leak.”
I have to admire that this old guy's teeth are really good and he doesn't even spit out the bones when he eats meat.
“Chirp!~”
As if smelling the fruity aroma of blueberry wine, the little bird brought by Chen Fei flapped its wings and flew over, landing on the goblet in front of him He opened his mouth and curiously looked at the purple wine inside.
"Go, go, go, you can't drink!"
Chen Fei had the experience of making a strange chirping sound after Xiaoqiu secretly drank coffee. He was not sure what kind of discomfort he would feel. It has such a good influence that it will never be allowed to secretly drink things that should not be touched by birds in the first place.
He immediately waved his hand and shooed the little girl away from the goblet, still flipping through the Target low-temperature fusion energy tower technical manual in his hand.
Before this, he knew nothing about low-temperature nuclear fusion energy towers.
“Chirp, chirp, chirp!”
The little chirp fluttered its little wings and landed on the table, jumping up and down, ready to move but not giving up easily. Balut looked at this little bird with black feathers and said in surprise: "It's actually a pure light bird!"
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(End of this chapter)