This game is too real.

Chapter 416 The Reignited Tinder!
When the door of the ward was opened again, all the "sick patients" had already gone back to bed to lie down, one or two were like frosted eggplants, without the slightest bit of vigor before.

Standing next to Yunyou, Yufeng pressed the center of his eyebrows, feeling a little headache, but he was just a merchant apprentice, so he couldn't say anything.

After putting on his shirt again, Shen Rui walked out of the room with an embarrassed expression on his face. He wanted to say something to change the subject, but Yun You in front of him spoke before him.

"what is that?"

"Pop, poker."

Shen Rui smiled embarrassingly, rubbed the back of his head and explained, "It's... the card game invented by those blue coats, and it's quite famous in the taverns around here."

Yunyou frowned slightly, the lenses of the glasses reflected a sharp light.

"Tavern?"

"Uh, alcohol won't affect the treatment, and it also has the effect of interfering with the spread of the mutant slime mold... This is what the doctor told us." Seen by that sharp gaze, Shen Rui glanced around his eyes a little guilty, for fear A doctor happened to pass by in the hallway.

Yunyou was silent for a while, then sighed.

"Before I came here, I heard about your affairs, and I was always worried about your safety... Now it seems that I think too much."

Hearing the sigh, Shen Rui quickly explained.

"Well, it can't be our fault. Life outside the city is too monotonous. We have to find some... er, entertainment to pass the time."

"So the way you pass the time is to gamble?"

Shen Rui, who felt wronged, stopped talking.

Cleaning up discipline is not my job after all, Yunyou didn't continue on this topic, and after a short pause, he talked about the future arrangements.

"Two days later, we will transfer to Xizhou City and take the return flight back to Yunjian Province."

Hearing that he could go home, Shen Rui finally had an expression of joy on his face.

Although life here is quite interesting, it is only suitable for sojourning, not for long-term living.If you can't access the "endpoint cloud" and have no immersive virtual entertainment space, it will still be boring after a long time.

Otherwise they wouldn't be playing cards.

"...You have lived here for a while, tell me about the situation here."

Hearing Yun You's question, Shen Rui who came back to his senses hastily said.

"What do you want to know about?"

Yun You thought for a while and said.

"For example, what kind of organization is this alliance?"

This question is a bit abstract.

Shen Rui scratched the back of his head, thought for a while and said.

"Their own explanation is...the survivors' self-rescue alliance under the leadership of the residents of the shelter. The full name seems to be the United Front of Human Revival, referred to as the New Alliance."

Human revival is okay.

Yun You slightly raised the left half of his eyebrows, his expression was a little weird, but he didn't say anything.

There are many settlements of survivors with strange names in the wasteland. There is a kingdom of three people, a tribe of 1 people, and a federation of ten small villages.

It seems that there is nothing strange about the "Alliance" that claims to revive human civilization.

Seeing that Yunyou didn't speak, Shen Rui continued.

"...No matter what they are called, the people here are quite friendly, but it is true that the folk customs are tough. Occasionally, wastelanders who don't understand the situation come to make trouble, and they will soon be controlled by the residents of the shelter ..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something and continued.

"Oh, by the way, many of those blue coats are Awakened! Including their managers! Their biotechnology is very strong, and they should have mastered the technology that can stably cultivate Awakened."

Yun You nodded, not feeling very strange.

It's not that there are similar technology companies, it's just that, like human cloning technology, it's a taboo technology that's not used much.

After all, awakening is not a good thing, and the price is to sacrifice the probability of having offspring. In terms of the overall fertility rate of society, it is not suitable for large-scale promotion in a stable society.

Ideal City has continued the legal and moral values ​​of the Renlian era to a certain extent. Although it recognizes the identity of the awakened, it does not respect it like the precarious wastelanders.

Through mechanical exoskeletons and bionic organs, you can become a "superman", not only the direction of reinforcement is more stable and controllable, but also without sacrificing personal happiness.

However, it was nothing more than transforming the residents of the refuge into awakened ones. The manager actually awakened himself.

This was beyond her expectation.

It seems that I still underestimated that guy's ambition.

"I understand the basic situation."

After listening to Shen Rui's statement, Yunyou pondered for a moment, then continued, "It seems that the situation here is more complicated than I imagined...including the manager."

Shen Rui asked suspiciously: "Complicated?"

"Well," Yun You nodded, and continued in a flat tone, "Ambition, city government, and leadership...he has all the potentials an ambitious man needs, and he is better at disguising and hiding than ordinary ambitious men. He will make himself look harmless, so it is impossible to know his real intentions."

Shen Rui scratched the back of his head and said with a delicate expression.

"However, I feel that he is a very upright person, and the residents here like him very much... Could it be that you think too much?"

He wasn't alone in feeling that way.

Anyone who has been in contact with that man can feel that he is a very easy-going person, and the evaluation of him by the residents living here does not seem to be false pandering and flattery at all.

It was a far cry from the survivor colonies they encountered along the way.

He has seen cannibal tribes who devoured people alive, and survivor communities who pretended to be cannibals. In exchange for the civilized weapons in their hands, the village chiefs who claimed to be civilized people even offered to give them eleven or twelve-year-old girls as slaves ...Of course, they refused.

Rather than being a careerist, Shen Rui felt that that person was somewhat similar to Lu Yang, the leader of the Pioneer... more like an idealist.

However, this is just his personal opinion.

Like some guy who calls himself Mr. House and curses him on the radio a lot.

"It's not that I think too much, it's that you think of people too simply," Yunyou said lightly, "I don't deny that he has an upright side, but that doesn't mean that what I said is invalid."

After a pause, she continued.

"This is not my opinion alone. According to the calculation results of the 'Intelligent Brain', there is a 37% possibility that the alliance started this war."

Intellectual Brain is the main server of Ideal City, the core of the "End Point Cloud" network, and also the business core of End Point Group.

Although the other four major groups seldom rely on AI for decision-making, Endpoint Group has a high degree of intelligence, even higher than Kangmao Group, which employs a large number of bionic workers.

Shen Rui showed a surprised expression, glanced left and right in the corridor, then looked at Yunyou again, and said cautiously.

"I think...judgments made based on limited information may not be reliable, even if it is a brain. To be honest, I don't believe in that stuff, and it's better not to discuss this in other people's territory... After all, they are victims. Or, many people died that day.”

Yun You's expression didn't change at all, and he said in a calm tone.

"It's just a reasonable suspicion. The Pioneer was first attacked by the Legion in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City, and shortly after they left here, they were intercepted by the Legion again... Many coincidences make me feel that things are not that simple. .”

"Of course, this is just a suspicion. I will not submit unverified guesses as evidence to the council for consideration. Unless we have enough clues to prove that he is trying to defraud us of aid, or he has actively provoked it for his own selfish desires. This war."

This is not her own opinion.

In the endpoint group, there are many people who hold similar opinions.

Deep down, unlike Silver Wing and Changge Group, Endpoint Group's business is mainly concentrated in Ideal City, and most of the survivors' settlements do not use their AI technology and cloud computing services at all. It's useless.

Therefore, even putting aside personal emotional factors, it is impossible for them to support this war from the perspective of interests.

Even if they finally vote yes.

Shen Rui opened his mouth, and finally shrugged helplessly.

"Well, I can't guarantee that he must be a good person, I'm just saying my own opinion... I have a good sense of that person."

"Understood, let's not talk about this," Yunyou changed into a relaxed tone and continued, "By the way, I almost forgot to ask, how much is your treatment fee?"

Shen Rui was slightly taken aback.

He hadn't paid much attention to this.

After thinking for a while, he replied in an uncertain tone.

"It seems to be... five hundred?"

"So cheap?" Yunyou looked at him slightly surprised.

Shen Rui: "Uh, it should be five hundred a day."

Noticing that the expression on Yunyou's face gradually became unfriendly, Yufeng, who had been silent all this time, gave a dry cough and quickly explained.

"It's silver coins, silver coins...not Cr."

……

The next morning.

The sky is bright.

The doomsday lone wolf in casual clothes yawned and walked out of the shelter, and found Gale Feng waiting there in the Resurrection Square.

As a life professional player and salted fish player, unless it is a large-scale event, he rarely appears directly on the front line, and rarely forms a team to make money.

After all, he has a deep self-knowledge about the matter of delaying his legs.

Therefore, he usually either exchanges professional issues with a few players in Factory No. 81 in the industrial area, or goes fishing by the lake with a fishing rod and Shao Zaizi.

Although being dragged by the colleague in front of me to fill out the form, due to the large difference in game style, the two of them didn't have much overlap in the game.

Basically, they play independently, and occasionally get together.

It was the first time in the past few months that we formed a team early in the morning like today.

"What's the matter? I have to say it in the game."

The lone wolf looked at Gale in bewilderment, trying to read some clues from his face.

However, although this guy's game ID is not generally wild, but his personality is very sullen, whether in the game or outside the game, the expression changes are not very obvious.

"Things in the game, of course, have to be said in the game." Kuangfeng said solemnly, "Come with me, I will show you something good."

Lone Wolf asked subconsciously.

"What good stuff?"

However, Kuangfeng didn't give any explanation, just said in a concise manner.

"You'll know when you get there!"

Good guy.

It's also sold out.

Lone Wolf raised his eyebrows, his eyes couldn't help showing a hint of curiosity.

What interested him was not the tricks this guy was showing off, but the excitement and excitement flickering behind that paralyzed face.

What kind of baby can make this guy so excited?
Curious, the lone wolf followed behind the wind, all the way to the train station in the northern suburbs of Shuguang City, and got on the train to Xizhou City.

The turbulence of nearly a hundred kilometers is over.

It was almost noon when the two got out of the car.

Seeing that he hadn't reached the place yet, the lone wolf who was following behind Kuangfeng finally couldn't help asking.

"How far is it?"

however--

There was still only one sentence in response to him.

"almost!"

Lone Wolf: "..."

The only consolation is that the excitement in that voice is getting stronger and stronger, maybe it is just like what this guy said, they are very close to the finish line.

Go deep into the urban area of ​​Xizhou City.

Fengfeng skillfully set up his gun to check the situation on the street. Seeing that there was no danger, he led the lone wolf behind him through a ruined building and arrived at the entrance of the subway station.

The grass swaying through the cracks in the concrete, and the shadows under the concrete wall are covered with moss and reddish-brown rust patterns.

It was quiet around.

Not to mention people, they don't even look like living things.

Looking at the dark passage, the lone wolf swallowed, but seeing that the strong wind had no intention of stopping at all, he also followed.

Walking along the subway tunnel with anxiety, just when the lone wolf couldn't help repeating the question he asked half an hour ago, the strong wind who was walking in front finally stopped.

Standing in front of a rusty iron door, Gu Feng reached out and knocked on the door three times.

Not long after, there was movement behind the door, and then it opened with a "squeak".

Two soldiers wearing Type [-] light cavalry exoskeletons stood on either side of the door.

After seeing the marks on the breastplates and helmets of the two soldiers, Lone Wolf suddenly had a surprised expression on his face.

Guards?

Why is the manager's personal guard here?

"Please show the VM," said one of the soldiers.

The wind immediately handed out the arm wearing the VM.

The soldier who opened the door for them took a step forward, checked his vm, and then looked at the lone wolf who stood there motionless.

"What about this one?"

"He came with my team, can I take him in?"

Hearing the request from the residents of the refuge in front of them, the two soldiers exchanged glances, and one of them replied.

"Please wait a moment, I will ask the administrator for instructions."

The wind nodded.

"Thank you!"

After waiting for a while, the two soldiers received the order to let go and let the passage at the door open.

Seeing that the manager accommodated his request, Kuangfeng breathed a sigh of relief, waved to the lone wolf, and led him through the corridor behind the door.

The security level here is pretty tight.

Not just sentries at the door, but cameras installed at the corners of the corridors, and hanging automatic machine guns.

Anyone who tries to force their way in will be sieved the moment they break into the hallway.

Looking at the strict security around him, the lone wolf then looked at the VM map, and found that this area was not recorded on the map, and he couldn't help but feel excited.

"Is this a hidden map? It's so mysterious."

Kuangfeng didn't answer, just pointed forward with his chin, and led the lone wolf through the alloy door that opened in front of him.

The moment the two passed through the door, the scenery in front of them suddenly opened up.

The empty hall was hundreds of square meters in size. People in overalls walked back and forth here, creating a busy scene.

On the door directly opposite the hall, there is a doorplate of [Reaction Room].

Following the footsteps of the strong wind, he walked straight into the reaction room, and a metal cylinder with a diameter of about ten meters quickly caught his eyes.

Numerous pipelines are connected to the alloy casing, leaving only a small window the size of a palm, through which one can see that the hollow cylinder is connected with complicated and delicate parts.

Lone Wolf's face was full of surprise, even shock.

Unexpectedly, there is such a big mystery hidden in this humble subway tunnel!
What surprised him even more was that the azure blue power armor - the manager of the alliance was also here.

Not only that, there were quite a few people standing beside that power armor.

Including Yin Fang, the head of the scientific expedition team, Boss Xia and Xiao Yu who were Shenyin in several versions before, and the genius girl who went to No. 81 Steel Plant and Goblin Technology... He remembered that her name seemed to be Pai .

The lone wolf lowered his voice and asked excitedly looking at the wind beside him.

"Is this going to be a ceremony?"

"The controllable fusion reactor is ignited!" With excitement on his face, Gu Feng restrained the excitement in his tone, and answered him with a slightly trembling voice.

After the scientific expedition level reaches LV6 (maximum LV10).

Players can inquire about the scientific research team's research plan and experiment schedule in the shelter through the VM, and apply for permission to observe.

Hearing these words of Kuangfeng, Lone Wolf had a look of astonishment on his face.

What surprised him was not the controllable nuclear fusion itself, but the fact that the professor of the School of Physics of Jinling University made such a fuss.

By the way, in "Wasteland OL", controllable nuclear fusion is not a particularly rare thing, is it?
After all, in terms of setting, those are all research results on the eve of the prosperous era, and there are so many black technologies darker than this in the sky!

"Controllable fusion reactor... Isn't there a reactor in the shelter?" Lone Wolf said with a strange expression.

"Yes."

"Is it necessary to come here to see?"

Gale made a silent gesture, staring intently at the reactor.

"Stop talking, it's time to start!"

Seeing this guy's dedication, although the lone wolf was confused, he still kept his mouth shut and decided to accompany this colleague to the end.

Not far away, the manager standing by the guardrail glanced at the time, then looked at the researcher standing aside, indicating that it was time to start.

The factories in Dawn City have suspended production one after another, and the thermal power generation unit of the power station has increased the output power to the maximum, allocating all the electrical energy to this thermonuclear reactor.

As the capacitor was fully charged, the researcher standing next to the control terminal flicked on the touch screen, and soon the cylindrical device made a whimpering sound.

When the last button was pressed, the magnetic field in the entire space became restless like a pot of boiling water.

Taking out the compass from his pocket, Kuangfeng looked at the needle that was going mad like a sheep, with frenzy in his eyes, and he couldn't stop muttering.

"Magnetic Confinement! It's Magnetic Confinement!"

Lone Wolf stared at him blankly, not knowing what to say.

Not far away, Yin Fang, who was standing next to Chu Guang, touched the center of his eyebrows and said with a headache.

"Magnetic flux leakage... Sure enough, too much time has passed."

Chu Guang, who was standing aside, frowned.

"Does it matter?"

Before Yin Fang could speak, Pai, who was standing aside, couldn't wait to answer.

"Don't worry, little problem! Wait for a while for the magnetic confinement device to run stably, and the problem of magnetic field overflow will naturally disappear."

Yin Fang nodded.

"Well, it should be."

The magnetic field inside the reactor will be adjusted according to the shape of the plasma. When the plasma stabilizes, the magnetic field will naturally stabilize.

Obviously, this reactor does not rely on a Faraday cage for magnetic field shielding, or even has this redundant design at all.

It is precisely because of this that the outermost wall of the reactor will leave a small window for "visual observation" of the plasma operation.

Seeing that the two researchers assured that there was no problem, Chu Guang continued to read patiently.

A blue light appeared behind the palm-sized window, and as the energy continued to gather, it quickly turned into pure white light.

That should be the plasma wrapped by the magnetic field.

Even through the thick reactor shell, Chu Guang can still intuitively feel the scorching heat that can melt everything and the terrifying energy contained in it!
not far away.

The technicians standing in front of the workbench completed the work at hand and reported the current situation one after another.

"The plasma temperature has reached a critical value!"

"The probe observed the reaction happening!"

"The core is in good condition and the restraint is working properly!"

"The energy surplus reaches the self-sustaining condition!"

"Cut off the external power supply!"

"The voltage difference has been adjusted!"

"The phase difference returns to zero!"

"Frequency synchronization complete!"

"..."

"Connect to the grid!"

As the last command was issued, a huge current passed through the cables buried in the wall, and a vast ocean-like energy instantly filled Dawn City's power grid.

At the power station next to the new industrial zone, the thermal power generating units operating at full capacity have been shut down one after another.

Up to this moment, they have completed their mission.

In the days to come, the alliance no longer needs to burn firewood and coal to generate electricity, and clean nuclear energy will cover the entire territory of the alliance through the grid.

From the flickering electric arc in the steel factory, to the electrolysis room in the hydrogen production plant, to the light bulbs, fans and even air conditioners in every house in the residential area...

The energy running in the alliance grid has never been so abundant!
Looking at the gradually stabilizing white light in the reactor, Chu Guang's tense expression finally turned into a relieved smile.

From this moment on, the league officially entered a new era.

And on this barren ruins, the fire of civilization has finally ignited again!
History will remember this moment!
Chu Guang looked back at the people standing next to the reactor, and there were faces that were either excited, joyful, surprised, or bewildered.

He removed the visor of his helmet and said approvingly.

"Good job."

"You've worked hard!"

……

Reactor ignition ended.

Including the manager, the NPCs are all busy with their own business.

Only Kuang Feng walked out of the reaction room with a compass in his hand as if he had lost his soul.

"Hey, brother, the ignition ceremony seems to be over." Looking at the strong wind standing stupidly in the hall, the lone wolf reminded in a low voice.

Things like nuclear fusion are beyond his professional scope, and he didn't see any tricks after looking at it for a long time.

Hearing his colleague's voice next to his ear, Feng Feng finally recovered from his daze.

However, the expression imprinted on his face was no longer excited and excited.

but lost...

Even disappointed.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Lone Wolf asked with concern.

Kuangfeng was silent for a long time, then suddenly shook his head and let out a sigh.

"The difference is too big..."

The cooling device was not seen, perhaps integrated inside the reactor.

However, he was completely at a loss as to how the reactor with a diameter of less than ten meters contained the terrifying energy.

What made him even more unbelievable was that he was able to see the outline of the plasma with his naked eyes through a small window, without being burned by the scorching light...

Whether it's materials or design techniques, that reactor is like a black box to him, and even if he puts it in front of him, he can't understand the mystery inside.

Instead, it made him feel that common sense had been subverted...

The lone wolf looked at him in surprise.

Too big a gap?
good guy...

Is it possible that you still plan to make one in reality? !

Gu Feng looked at the compass tightly held in his hand, the previously jumping needle had stopped trembling at some point, and was steadily pointing in the direction it was supposed to point.

The only thing he can be sure of is that at the moment of ignition, a huge magnetic field should be confining the plasma.

However, after the ignition is successful, the overflowing magnetic field disappears completely.

So much so that he couldn't even determine whether the overflowing magnetic field was sealed, or the reactor was not relying on the energy of the magnetic field at all to restrain the scorching heat that far surpassed the stars...

The lone wolf scratched his hair and said thoughtfully, "I remember... it was mentioned on the official website that the fuel used by the reactor in the shelter is pure helium three?"

Kuangfeng: "Yes."

Lone Wolf: "Can that thing be obtained on Earth?"

Kuangfeng: "I can't get it."

Lone Wolf: "..."

Glancing at the closed alloy door, a wry smile suddenly appeared on Kuangfeng's expressionless face.

He suddenly realized that it was completely pointless to worry about how to restrain the plasma.

Deuterium-tritium fusion can also be ignited with a laser.

However, trifusion of helium...

Given the harsh reaction conditions, he couldn't think of any other way to ignite this reactor on Earth...

……

The news of the successful ignition of the reactor in Xizhou City quickly spread its wings, and under the propaganda of newspapers and radio, it quickly spread throughout the streets of the alliance.

Chu Guang is not worried that the reactor will be missed.

The company's aviation base is next to the tributary of Tianshui. Except for the Great Rift Valley, no one in the entire river valley province should dare to provoke those guys.

What's more, here is different from the earth in the parallel world. Controlled fusion in the wasteland is not a rare thing, and even nuclear fuel is far more rare than the technology itself.

In the case of being unable to digest excess energy, thermal power may not be as useful as nuclear power.

Of course, for the league, there is no need to worry about this issue at this moment.

Twelve "Killer Whale" transport planes from the enterprise have been transferred from the airport in the north of Shuguang City to the open space near the tributary of Tianshui in the north of Xizhou City.

Cables as thick as pythons were inserted into the side of the plane, drawing energy from the alliance grid like a long whale sucking water.

In addition, the river water from the tributary of Tianshui was also drawn together.

A series of fuel cells, including solid-state hydrogen and metal hydrogen batteries, are fundamentally different from chemical batteries. The former does not carry oxides, but extracts oxygen from the air to participate in redox reactions.

Using the entire atmospheric environment as the cathode is also the reason why the energy density of fuel cells is much higher than that of general chemical batteries.

However, metal-hydrogen batteries will be a little more troublesome to supplement energy. It needs to meet the two conditions of reliable power grid and sufficient water source at the same time.

Standing in the aviation base circled just now, Yi Chuan beamed and said to Chu Guang next to him.

"...At this rate, we can fully charge the battery in one day at most! After the charge is completed, we will be able to send the second wave of supplies in three days at the latest!"

At present, there are only twelve aircraft companies with a range of [-] kilometers, but it won't be long before they can assemble another twelve.

24 large transport aircraft were installed.

Relying on the power grids on both sides, they can create a stable air corridor between the southern part of the River Valley Province and the east coast, and continuously send equipment and supplies to the front line!

Chu Guang said with a smile.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome," Yi Chuan said with a hearty smile, "We are allies on the same front, this is for our common victory, to defeat our common enemy!"

"Even if it is for a common victory, we will not forget your helping hands at critical moments."

Averting his eyes from the warm-hearted young man in front of him, Chu Guang "casually" looked at the planes not far away.

After a pause, he suddenly sighed.

"But having said that, it's a pity that these planes go back empty, or... take some special products back from us."

"Special products?" Yi Chuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved his hands, "No need, our assistance to you is free! This is what we should do!"

Seeing the sunny smile on the young man's face, Chu Guang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if only everyone would be as generous as he is.

but……

This is obviously impossible.

Now is the honeymoon period between alliances and enterprises, he must seize this time window.

Whether it is for short-term considerations or long-term considerations, he needs to take advantage of this opportunity to bundle more interests between the two parties.

Otherwise, when the war is over, the River Valley Province will not be so important to the enterprise, and he will have to fight with the faceless rich man next door across the air.

Clearing his throat, looking at Yi Chuan who declined, Chu Guang said in a solemn tone.

"I know your assistance is free, and we are grateful for your generosity, but we can't always reach out to you when we are in trouble, it will make my conscience feel bad!"

"We have a saying here called reciprocity, and we have prepared some gifts for you."

"Although it is not something expensive, it is also a little bit of our heart!"

(End of this chapter)