Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

At the age of 76.

It has been more than a year since Mo Dao stepped down as the person in charge and chief designer of Changyedui.

Mo Dao's departure from the controllable nuclear fusion project is of course a big event for the field of controllable nuclear fusion research.

From EAST to the Long Night Reactor, Mo Dao led the research team to make historic breakthroughs in controllable nuclear fusion research.

Mo Dao actually became an unavoidable figure in the field of controllable nuclear fusion research.

The current head of Europe’s controlled nuclear fusion project lamented in public,

Mo Dao's resignation means that China's Changye Reactor, a controllable nuclear fusion research project that has always maintained a leading position, has basically failed.

Researchers in the field are generally more pessimistic about controllable nuclear fusion research because of Mo Dao's resignation.

However, for the general public,

Basically no impact.

Except for a few occasional news articles that mentioned this matter, the media did not make a special trip to report on this matter.

At this moment, people who are generally somewhat negative about the future of technological development,

There won’t be too many emotional ups and downs because a technology that we don’t expect to see a breakthrough in the short term becomes more distant.

It's just that some older people who have experienced Changyedui's historic breakthrough felt a little emotional when they saw this news.

In more than a year after Mo Dao left office,

There is not much progress or surprise in the field of controllable nuclear fusion research, and there is no new news.

At home and abroad, the field continues to be quiet throughout the world.

…

This year, early summer.

After Mo Dao and Qin Huaishi went out for a walk, they returned to their residence near Capital University.

It was also at this time,

Mo Dao later took over as the person in charge of the Changyedui project. In the name of congratulating Mo Dao on his birthday that year,

I came to Mo Dao's residence specifically to visit Mo Dao.

"Teacher Qin, I'm here to visit the teacher."

The person who took over Chang Ye Dui's work was a student whom Mo Dao brought up when he was in his fifties.

At this time, this student was already close to fifty years old.

"He is thinking about some issues in the study. Do you need me to call him?"

Qin Huaishi responded.

"No, I'll just wait here for the teacher to finish..."

Qin Huaishi poured a glass of water for the current person in charge of Changyedui.

The person in charge quickly took it with both hands.

In response, he asked hesitantly and carefully,

"Teacher...are you still doing theoretical research on controllable nuclear fusion plasma turbulence?"

"Um."

"He's going to take some time to think about it."

The current person in charge of Changyedui, a student from Mo Dao, heard this, held a disposable paper cup, lowered his head and fell silent.

The person in charge waited in the living room for a while longer.

After Mo Dao finished his work there, he finally met his student in the study.

…

"Teacher, your birthday is coming soon. I just have some time, so I came over to visit you. I also wish you congratulations on your birthday in advance."

The current person in charge of Changyedui followed Mo Dao into the study room and saw some manuscript papers that Mo Dao simply put away on the desk.

A moment of daze, then sadness.

During his postgraduate period, he studied directly with Mo Dao for more than seven years from master's degree to doctoral degree.

Since then, I have been working with Mo Dao in Changyedui.

He knew that his teacher, Academician Mo Dao, was definitely a proud man and a genius in the field of physics when he was young.

Even outside of controllable nuclear fusion research, there are occasional achievements in theoretical physics.

It is enough for his teacher to leave his name in the theoretical physics community and become one of the first-class theoretical physicists.

Even today, his teacher's theories still have many followers.

Many times people can’t help but wonder if his teacher, Academician Mo Dao, had spent more energy on the research of theoretical physics.

Perhaps even more impressive achievements can be achieved.

And it is such a genius,

Teacher Mo Dao still fell down on the theoretical issues that need to be faced in the commercialization of controllable nuclear fusion.

This is a pretty desperate thing.

Even if he knew it, this problem had trapped Teacher Mo Dao for decades.

Now, his teacher is over seventy years old.

"Um."

Mo Dao glanced at his student and did not pursue the many problems in his student's words.

He just responded and motioned for his students to sit down.

He poured another cup of tea for his student.

"Teacher, I will do it myself."

The student quickly stood up and

"Sit down. How is the situation in the long night?"

Mo Dao waved his hand and sat across the desk in the study room from the student.

Simply communicate.

"It's not going well."

Although it has been some time since I completely took over the work of Chang Ye Dui,

But facing Mo Dao at this moment, the student still showed a somewhat troubled expression.

"In the latest experiments, the Q value still hovers between 3.01 and 3.03."

After Mo Dao completely resigned from the Changyedui project,

For more than a year, the researchers of the entire Changyedui project,

It can be regarded as a better understanding of the current situation and pain of controllable nuclear fusion research projects in places such as Europe and America.

If we say that when Mo Dao was around,

Although the research on controllable nuclear fusion has not yet achieved another breakthrough in magnitude and quality,

But at least it's still slow, and occasionally you can see some numerical growth.

After Mo Dao left, Chang Ye Dui's operational experiment data was basically completely stuck.

In the last year after Mo Dao left Changyedui, he led the Changyedui project and the Q value broke through to three.

And now...

"Um."

Mo Dao only responded and didn't comment much about it.

"Teacher, are you still doing research in this area?"

The student turned his head, looked at the calculated manuscript papers beside Mo Dao's desk, and asked again.

"right."

Mo Dao did not deny it.

"Teacher...what progress have you made recently?"

The student couldn't help but ask, even though he knew it might be small.

But I still can’t help but have some expectations.

Mo Dao looked at his students again,

He said very calmly,

"I am over seventy years old. Compared with when I was young, my advantage is only some accumulated knowledge and experience on this issue."

"But the decline in thinking ability is inevitable, and my body can no longer support me in long-term and high-intensity thinking."

"Teacher, it's the students who are useless."

The student said with some sadness in his eyes.

He wanted to say to his teacher,

Let his teacher no longer have to worry about this problem,

Leave this problem to these students and the next generation of researchers to solve.

But he is really not qualified to say this.

Even now, his teacher Mo Dao is researching plasma confinement and turbulence theory in controlled nuclear fusion.

He is still the one who has gone the furthest.

They haven't even touched the boundary opened up by Mo Dao, so what qualifications do they have to continue to find the answer to this problem on behalf of Mo Dao.

Sometimes, people can breathe a sigh of relief unconsciously when they think that Mo Dao is still delving into this problem.

"I never felt that this was the responsibility of any of you."

Mo Dao never thought about who needed to solve this problem for him.

Even though it seems that after this problem is solved, many people will benefit.

"I just picked a question and wanted to find the answer."

For Mo Dao, it doesn't matter how much time is spent on this issue.

Looking at his students, Mo Dao said a few more words calmly,

After another pause,

"You came here today. Do you have anything else to do?"