Chapter 18: Copycat is also a technical job (Part 2)
It’s okay to use a cyclotron to create new elements at extremely high costs and with a very low success rate. After all, this project is similar to the belt-tightening project of the time when we launched the “two bombs and one satellite” project. The first thing to consider is the “haves and have-nots” The problem is that I can’t worry about cost control for the time being.
But the problem is that based on current experience, this kind of new elements produced by cyclotron particle accelerators are generally impossible to truly stabilize. In fact, most of the new elements created artificially can only exist before they decay. From seconds to milliseconds, even billionths of a second! !
Otherwise, why can't they exist stably in nature and can only be synthesized by artificial means?
And Tony. Since the new elements created by Stark are to be put into large-scale commercial production, they must be highly stable, at least stable enough to be stuffed into reactors for use. And there is no fear of leakage, there is basically no radioactive contamination, and it can perfectly replace the use of palladium in the Ark reactor!
(You see at the end of "Iron Man 3", in order to make the beauty Pepper Potts smile, Tony actually blew up more than 20 Iron Man suits equipped with Ark reactors over the port to set off fireworks. If the Ark reactor is damaged, it will If there is pollution, that place may become Fukushima. Also, in "Iron Man 2", he also casually exploded an Ark reactor in a crowded Monaco racing track)
Indeed, as early as the 1970s, as various severely unstable radioactive artificial elements were discovered one after another, some scientists proposed the "Island of Stability" theory, believing that the new elements at the end of the periodic table whose rankings are constantly increasing are , it cannot always be like this unstable, but "in the ocean of unstable chemical elements that are swaying and turbulent, there are two legendary islands of stability, and the islands are rich in treasures of super-heavy stable elements." But the problem is that until the time has entered the 21st century, the "Island of Stability" is still just a hypothesis. Human beings still have not discovered any stable artificial super-heavy elements, let alone whether this "Island of Stability" exists. If Existence, and where exactly is it?
——Until Wang Qiu traveled through time and space and brought them a sample of the new Ark reactor... But even after obtaining a sample of this new element, relevant experts only figured out its serial number, and so far they still don’t know why. Why can it maintain the strange property of being stable and non-radiative?
Finally, even if the process of copying this new element goes smoothly, how much output can be produced by starting the cyclotron accelerator once?
The answer is simply infinitely despairing: For example, for element 113 produced by cold fusion in Japan, it took nearly a year before and after the entire experiment to obtain only a few atoms! The output of several other synthetic elements is similar! It is conceivable that, judging from the current technical conditions of mankind, if you want to use new elements to make any parts, it is even crazier than using platinum to pave a railway!
In any case, the expert research team convened by the central government said that with their talents and brain power, they were simply unable to undertake this difficult task.
Previously, these domestic giants in various fields were quite proud, thinking they were not as good as Iron Man Tony. Stark, a super academic who "made a circuit board at the age of four, an engine at the age of six, and graduated first in MIT at the age of seventeen," can still be considered a top student.
But the cruel facts prove that they are actually just a group of poor students.
——A top student can figure out the problem-solving process by himself after looking at the answer from the god of study, but a bad student can’t understand it even if he holds the answer.
This is them, these academic scumbags, and Tony, the god of academics. A decisive gap in Stark's intelligence level.
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"...Well, to sum up, can we understand this - the process of large-scale synthesis and mass production of this new element can only be mastered by Tony Stark. And even if he lost the entire set of process information, In front of you, you can’t follow the same pattern at all?”
Wang Qiu reached out and touched his chin, looking at the researcher in the white coat in front of him with disdain, "...Isn't this too outrageous?"
"...There is no way, the basic technology between the two sides is too different. This is the gap between the two industrial systems, not the gap between two products! For example, even if you can collect a certain model If the actual smartphone and drawings were given to scientists from the World War II era, would they be able to imitate a Xiaomi mobile phone using electron tubes? It is simply an impossible task! ”
The man in the white coat smiled wryly and spread his hands, "...In "Iron Man 2", Tony created new elements in his warehouse. The particle accelerator he built was only as big as a room. After completing the debugging and assembly of the instrument, he only It takes just a few minutes to synthesize a piece of heavy metal into a new element and insert it directly into the reactor. It can be used in reactors! And the diameter of our accelerator is measured in kilometers. The startup process takes several weeks or even months, but it can only produce a few atoms of new elements... …With such a big gap in technology trees, I really don’t know how many years it will take to catch up!”
——Well, what is more desperate than the backwardness of a specific technology is the overall backwardness of the entire industrial system.
The former at least has a direction to work towards, while the latter simply leaves people completely helpless. There are so many holes missing in the basic part of the knowledge structure that I don’t know how to fix them even if I want to fix them. Unless you go back to school and start over, and you have to get textbooks and information...
According to this researcher in a white coat, if you want to bring the industrial technology of China in the real world to the level of the United States in the Marvel world, then at least a major change similar to the Westernization Movement of the late Qing Dynasty is needed, such as a transformation to the Marvel world. Only by sending hundreds of overseas students, purchasing a large amount of machinery, equipment and teaching materials, and spending several to more than ten years cultivating talents and absorbing technology can we achieve our goals.
Unfortunately, Wang Qiu and the others are currently unable to do such a thing, because the traffic between the two worlds is not one-way. If it cannot be kept secret and safe, it is possible that a superhero or super villain, well, SHIELD or Hydra can control Wang Qiu, and then stage a tragedy of "Marvel world invading the real world"... …If things really come to this, that’s really fucked up!
"...No wonder you have been asking us to find ways to collect textbooks, encyclopedias and academic journals from the United States in the Marvel world. It turns out that there was a problem with the accumulation of basic knowledge, so we had to become students again? Do you know I know this is causing problems for us!”
Wang Qiu sighed and shook his head, "...On the one hand, Americans are popular about happy education and anti-intellectualism, encouraging the poor not to study. On the other hand, they keep knowledge secret much better than China. You can't find anything on the Internet. Free teaching materials and information, only some boring entertainment information.
And Yankee textbooks are not cheap at all. Even if we go to a used bookstore to buy second-hand goods, we still almost spent all the money we collected during the New York War, as well as Tang Marie’s savings from many years of serving as a soldier. In order to add money to her bank account in this world, we even had to secretly find ways to sell gold... Although nothing happened, it still made us quite nervous. ”
"...Well, this is really hard for you." The researcher in the white coat was speechless for a moment and could only say.
"...Then, why can't we still see much success? If the Ark reactor is like this, other technologies will have even less success, right?"
"...Well...if you want to climb up the technological tree so high and make up for so many missed lessons, how can it be done so quickly?"
"...So, you are going to give up this new element and reuse the old version of the Palladium Plate Ark Reactor?"
Wang Qiu picked up the already cold instant coffee on the table in front of him and took a sip, "...But, didn't you say before that except for that new element, other components of the Ark reactor have been successfully copied or substitutes found? Is it okay? Just plug in the palladium plate? ”
"...How can it be such a simple thing?! Even though they are both called Ark reactors, the new Ark reactor that uses artificially synthesized new elements and the old Ark reactor that uses metal palladium are two completely different things. Son! If the palladium plate is inserted directly, it is just like pouring gasoline into a diesel engine because it is called an internal combustion engine! It will definitely explode."
The researcher couldn't help but became anxious for a moment, "...We currently only have the physical objects and data of the Ark reactor using new elements, and we have only studied it to the point where we know it but don't know why it is, and can barely copy the cat. If we directly do this, Basically, building a palladium reactor is equivalent to asking engineers from the steam engine era to develop gasoline engines with drawings of diesel engines! Isn’t this too difficult?”
"...But you asked me to find a way to contact Iron Man to negotiate and obtain technical information. Isn't it difficult to force someone to do so?"
Wang Qiu rolled his eyes and complained casually, "...I think, with Iron Man Tony Stark's conceited, arrogant, arrogant and never willing to suffer character, if he knew that someone had stolen his Ark Reactor If you don't give me the money and you take it back to imitate it, and if you can't imitate it, you still ask him for technical assistance. I guess the first reaction is to just put a cannon in our face first, and it has to be a high-power chest cannon! ! ”
"...This...haha, I can only trouble you. The party and the country will never forget your efforts."
The researcher in the white coat scratched his head and laughed dryly, "...I think, based on Tony Stark's difficult situation in "Iron Man 3", if we can find a way to get on the line with him and show enough superb trading skills, Maybe it's still possible to reach an agreement, anyway, all we need is
It's just obsolete technology from the old original model of the Ark reactor... It should have a certain success rate, right? ”
"...You put it lightly! I'm not that optimistic." Wang Qiu sighed, "...If it doesn't work, is there a backup plan?"
"...Well, the only alternative that I can think of right now is to use the [Replication Mirror] and [Synthetic Mineral Element] in Doraemon's props to produce as many artificial new elements as possible in the Ark reactor in this world. , and then take it back to stockpile it. Now, we have synthesized three relatively large veins underground on this farm, and it is estimated that we can mine thirty to fifty tons of new elemental heavy metals..."
"...There are already thirty to fifty tons of nuclear fusion raw materials?! Oh my God! This is enough for the people of the country to use free electricity for decades, or to drive a space fleet to the stars and the sea, okay? ?! Are you still urging me to commit suicide in front of Iron Man!"
"...Well...this...is for the sake of sustainable development! We can't imitate the oil hegemons in the Middle East and just sit back and have nothing..."
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All in all, although he felt very scratched, Wang Qiu still reluctantly accepted the task of "contacting Iron Man Tony Stark and trying to obtain the palladium metal old-fashioned Ark reactor elimination technology" - of course, let me state in advance that this is just a try and cannot be used. Guaranteed success rate.
Next, the first thing to do is to collect intelligence, at least to identify Tony. Where exactly is Stark?
What makes Wang Qiu slightly surprised is that it seems that the influence he had in "Avengers 1" caused the plot progression of "Iron Man 3" to also change. Although it is now Christmas Eve, December 24th, the news media is still calm. Except for a certain Broadway stage actor who dressed up as "The Mandarin", he is still making various comments about terrorist attacks. Apart from the clamor that triggered discussions among news anchors, there were no reports of a bombing attack on Tony Iron Man's beach house in Malibu, California.
"...So Tony should still be in Malibu, California, not at Stark's corporate headquarters in New York or somewhere else."
While Wang Qiu drew a mark on the map, he muttered, "...but this guy's taste is really...the company is in Manhattan, New York, on the Atlantic coast, but the villa is built in California, on the Pacific coast! Go to work You have to cross the United States once... Should we say that rich people really know how to play? ”
In addition, U.S. officials and spokesmen for certain large conglomerates have also made many remarks to smear superheroes and attack their lawlessness, in an attempt to reintroduce laws and rules to these unruly strong men. The reins, but it is obvious that he is already strong and weak, and he is unable to do what he wants.
Because no matter how strong their rhetoric is and how they confuse right and wrong, they cannot change such a pale reality:
The peace of this world must be maintained to a large extent by superheroes. The era of personal heroism in which strength is respected has arrived.
In response, Wang Qiu couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile.
Whenever the world faces a moment of drastic change, some knowledgeable vested interests are always sensitively aware that their monopoly position is being threatened and challenged, but even if they clearly understand everything, they may not be able to make any effective decisions. response.
——The Neanderthals in the Ice Age could realize the competition brought by Homo sapiens, but they could not overcome their imbecility, so they became extinct; the Aztecs who ruled Mexico could realize the malicious intent of the Spanish colonists, but They were unable to withstand the poison of smallpox and could only become relics of history; the landlords and gentry who ruled the Ming Dynasty were also aware of the threats posed by refugees and the Qing army, but they could not change their greed and excessiveness and had to shave their heads and leave them in braids. The British Empire was also well aware of the ambition of its American cousin to replace its hegemony, but in the end it could only accept the fading of the crown sadly.
Are they unable to defeat powerful enemies? No, they are unable to overcome their own shortcomings.
The era when money and conspiracy could be used to manipulate the world behind the scenes has passed. The future Marvel world can only be dominated by the most direct violence.
The extraordinary beings in this world are destined to rise, just like the bright red sun is destined to jump out of the horizon from the east.
Of course, as visitors from another world, Wang Qiu and his companions are not concerned with such grand issues about social change.
The only thing they have to carefully plan now is how to contact Iron Man Tony.
In order to ensure 100% safety, Wang Qiu racked his brains and finally came up with an imaginative plan.
"...Um...Comrade Xiao Wang, do we really have to dress up like this to meet Iron Man?"
Political Commissar Guo frowned and examined the brightly colored tights in his hand, with obvious resistance on his face.
"...Of course, how can you pretend to be an alien if you don't dress differently?" Wang Qiu said carelessly.
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