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Chapter 260 Major accident investigation, visit request!
Continuous explosions, flashing flames, and thick smoke.

The experimental base quickly fell into chaos.

Explosions continued one after another.

In addition to the first big explosion, there were subsequent intermittent small explosions, which were related to the equipment and materials covered by the fire.

The big explosion came from the main laboratory.

The main experimental room is a large-scale equipment for strong magnetic interference super decay.

The large-scale strong magnetic interference hyperon decay equipment was formerly used for hyperon decay detection research. It is directly connected to the pipeline of the particle exchange machine, and the equipment itself is as high as two stories.

There are a large number of pipes, circuits and other cutting-edge devices around it, plus the subsequent superconducting electromagnetic ring control device, the laboratory is even larger than a three-story villa.

For such a huge device, an explosion inside would be very powerful.

When the explosion occurred, the connected pipelines, devices and peripheral equipment were also affected, causing a series of explosions and even affecting the particle collider pipelines and acceleration pathways.

Accompanied by explosions, thick smoke quickly spread throughout the base.

The main laboratory had been completely destroyed and was on fire. A wall of a nearby laboratory had been blown off and the roof had been blown off, also on fire.

The glass of all buildings within a 200-meter radius of the main laboratory was shattered.

People were still screaming and shouting, and everyone was running out of the base.

Inside the information room.

Deng Yunshan squatted under the table, rubbing her ears hard, and she stood up trembling.

The equipment was tilted all over the place, a large amount of documents were scattered on the ground, and some circuits were still on fire.

The window glass shattered to the ground and smoke spread in with the air flow.

At this time, I heard someone shouting, "Let's go out!"

It's Yu Fei.

Yu Fei grabbed Deng Yunshan's arm and shouted excitedly, "Hurry up, don't be stunned, hurry up!"

“Oh, oh~~”

Deng Yunshan quickly followed him and rushed out of the room.

There were already a lot of people in the corridor, and they were all walking down the stairs excitedly. The information room was on the second floor, and it was only a dozen steps downstairs.

Yu Fei dragged Deng Yunshan and rushed over 300 meters, and ran out of the base gate in one breath. The gate was already crowded with fire trucks and ambulances.

They stopped and gasped for breath, then looked back and saw thick smoke coming out of the main laboratory room from afar, with fear on their faces.

"What on earth happened?" Deng Yunshan was still very excited.

Yu Fei pointed to the distance and said, "It's obvious that the laboratory exploded."

"why?"

Yu Fei took a deep breath and said, "If I knew why, I would not come to participate in this experiment."

From a distance, another figure ran over. It was Liao Zhenyu.

Liao Zhenyu was also filled with fear, but he still said jokingly, "You guys ran so fast, I couldn't catch up with you."

"Team Leader Yu, if you were participating in the competition just now, you would definitely be the champion."

Yu Fei was in no mood for jokes.

Until now, he still feels a buzzing sound in his ears.

After calming down, he immediately asked anxiously, "Have the others come out? Where's Zhu Wang?"

"here!"

Zhu Wang shouted and walked over breathlessly with his hands raised.

Yu Fei looked around and asked other people in the group.

They quickly gathered together.

Yu Fei counted the number of people and found that no one from the group was missing. He was relieved to have survived a disaster, and said, "We have escaped a disaster!"

Liao Zhenyu followed up, "Fortunately, we were not allowed to participate in the experiment, otherwise..."

“That Jebiff, he gave me a cold look right at the beginning, as if I was trying to steal their confidential technology, but now, I feel like he is a messenger sent by God.”

Zhu Wang pursed his lips and said, "That's right, he has returned to heaven!"

A group of people looked over.

Zhu Wang looked around and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Everyone else was silent.

This is not the time to joke. There are quite a few people in the main laboratory and in the equipment room next to it. Many of them are researchers, engineers, and other staff.

Yu Fei, Liao Zhenyu and others felt frightened just thinking about it, and were also grateful that they were able to escape.

……

Just over ten minutes later, news of the explosion at the large experimental base made headlines in the media.

"A major accident occurred in the chaos field research!"

"An explosion occurred in the main laboratory!"

"This major accident occurred in the former CP destruction research team led by Zainke. Zainke himself has been investigated."

As reports came out one after another, the accident immediately became a hot topic in international news.

Large-scale experimental accidents rarely occur, let alone major explosion accidents, which rarely occur once in more than ten years.

Now a major accident has occurred. Not to mention the loss of life, the loss of equipment alone is staggering.

Strong magnetic interference superon decay experimental equipment, a large number of high-tech equipment between equipment, connected accelerator channels, including high-end superconducting magnetic field equipment...

and many more.

The losses caused by a series of equipment are conservatively estimated to be more than two billion US dollars.

The human losses were even greater.

After the fire in the base was put out, the death toll was quickly determined, with a total of 46 deaths and more than one hundred people injured.

The highest-level officials immediately issued an order for a detailed investigation into the accident, and a joint investigation by several departments.

Yu Fei and others have been detained.

Zaink was also detained because he was directly responsible for the experiment.

The investigation must first rule out terrorist attacks and other human factors.

The next step will be research and investigation. In fact, after the report came out, most scholars immediately attributed it to "uncontrollable and unknown physical phenomena that occurred in the experiment."

Chaos force field is itself a study of new physics. Combined with the last "thermal insulation penetration accident" that occurred in the chaos force field research group of the Institute of High Energy Physics, it is not surprising that an explosion occurred.

Scholars in the accident investigation team all believed that "the explosion must have originated from some unknown physical principle, which is directly related to the characteristics of the chaotic force field." "Zaink's team's experimental research has produced some new characteristics of the chaotic force field, which also caused the experiment to become uncontrollable..."

There have also been a lot of reports in the country.

The most popular media report that day was, "An explosion occurred in the chaos field research!"

Many people discussed the accident and the dangers of the research. "It was a study of a new type of physical chaotic force field, but I didn't expect the experiment to explode."

"Professor Zhang Shuo has been engaged in relevant research. It is really dangerous. You must pay attention to safety!"

"It seems that the last experiment of the Chaos Field Research Group had a problem of penetrating the insulation layer and causing damage to the equipment..."

"Damage to the equipment is always better than an explosion!"

"It's good that it didn't explode!"

"Will other related research also be in danger? New physics always has many uncertainties..."

Many people are concerned about safety issues.

Previously, research in the new physics direction has been very stable, and no major accidents have occurred. Even if there were problems with the equipment, they were only minor accidents that caused damage to the equipment at most.

The huge explosion this time made many people feel scared.

Mr. Wang from the Science and Technology Department and Mr. Li from the Science, Technology and Industry Bureau both called Zhang Shuo and repeatedly reminded him to pay attention to safety issues.

They also felt very scared because Zhang Shuo had been involved in a lot of related research and had always been at the forefront.

If there were a big explosion in research, it would be unimaginable.

Zhang Shuo felt the same way when he saw the news.

While others had only seen the news reports, he had actually experienced the experimental explosion and was deeply moved by it.

Although it happened at Fermilab, he was deeply touched.

Zhang Shuo immediately paid attention to the problems of Yu Fei's team, and found out that no one was injured. He breathed a sigh of relief and asked in confusion, "Why are they okay? Didn't they participate in the experiment?"

Teacher Wang responded, "I don't know, I just know that they are safe now. They have been taken away for investigation, and we are communicating with them."

"Anyway, I'm safe. I escaped a disaster!"

Zhang Shuo then thought about the explosion problem and said, "I have already warned Yu Fei's team about the risks during their last experiment. I asked them to suspend the experiment and not continue."

He didn't mean to complain, he just explained the situation, and then said, "The research on the chaos force field is very unknown. I personally think it may involve the issue of the 'guidance' transformation of the force field."

"Maybe it's strong force splitting, maybe it's nuclear force splitting, or maybe it's some other reaction with force field conductivity."

“But I’m not sure about the details.”

Zhang Shuo really didn't know the specific cause of the explosion.

The strong magnetic interference hyperon decay experiment to study the chaotic force field is a completely new direction. Even now, he does not have much understanding of the chaotic force field.

He could only give a '60%' explanation for the explosion he experienced in his previous life.

The remaining 40% is unknown.

He believed that the explosion was most likely related to the "directional change" of the chaotic force field and involved the conduction of the force field.

If it was just the decaying hyperons in the reactor, it would be impossible to cause such a strong explosion.

The unknown is all chaotic force field.

The chaotic force field may be a chaos of the four major forces, rather than one or two basic forces. The "guiding transformation" is the change in the chaotic force field caused by the influence of the environment.

The characteristics of the chaos field are mostly unknown, and only more in-depth research can reveal more.

The explosion at Fermilab was very similar to the explosions experienced in previous lives, but there were also differences.

The experiment was conducted on strong magnetic interference hyperon decay.

In his previous life, his team studied forced interference of strong force, and most hyperon decays are related to weak force.

There is a direct difference between the two.

Therefore, what can be confirmed is only the occurrence of a 'directional shift' in the chaotic force field and a force field conduction effect.

The explosion was caused by the conduction of force fields.

This is like the nuclear force splitting ion clusters and hitting matter. No matter what kind of matter it is, it will be affected by the force field conduction and cause an extremely violent reaction.

Of course, specific testing is still required.

"It would be nice to know what the explosive residue of the equipment is. Can you get the specific testing information?"

Zhang Shuo asked Teacher Wang.

Professor Wang gave an uncertain answer, because the research was conducted by Fermilab, especially since it may involve the discovery of new physical properties, the investigating party and subsequent research team will most likely not disclose any information.

……

Zhang Shuo was frightened by the explosion, but decided to study the chaos field as the next step.

The study of the characteristics of chaotic force fields is a breakthrough in theory and experiment.

The vision of a 'hydrogen bomb battery' requires that nuclear fusion be controllable and sustainable below 100 million degrees Celsius, and this requires understanding more about the properties of chaotic force fields.

In the study of chaos force fields, we must find a breakthrough.

Previously, there had been no progress in the research on chaos force fields, and it was very difficult to find a breakthrough. However, the experimental findings of Yu Fei's team may be a breakthrough in the research on chaos force fields.

“The experiment is very risky and it certainly cannot be done in a theoretical center. We need to find more professionals.”

Zhang Shuo thought about it and thought of a person - Tong Zhiguo.

Tong Zhiguo's team has conducted strong force splitting experiments and nuclear force splitting experiments, so it can be said that they are very experienced.

"It is indeed worth considering asking them to help with some experimental research."

After making the decision, Zhang Shuo did not immediately look for his superiors or contact Tong Zhiguo. Instead, he first made some theoretical analysis based on the data provided by Yu Fei's team and combined it with the original research.

These analyses can help us understand the directional transformation of chaotic force fields and provide theoretical guidance for experiments.

While the theoretical research was in progress, Professor Wang called again and told me about the latest progress in the investigation of the explosion accident.

One is that the investigation determined that it was not a terrorist attack and there were no human factors involved, it was only related to the experiment itself.

The second one is related to the first one. Yu Fei and others have gained a certain degree of freedom, but they still need to stay and continue to cooperate with the follow-up investigation. It is still uncertain when they will return to China.

Third, the investigation team assigned several scholars to form a small team to request to visit Zhang Shuo at the Theoretical Center.

The investigation team contacted the country in the hope that Zhang Shuo could give some professional academic explanations for the experimental explosion accident.

A major experimental accident occurred in the other party's research, and a domestic academic team was also involved. The higher authorities have agreed to the other party's request to visit the theoretical center.

Zhang Shuo thought about it and agreed.

He also wanted to know more about the experimental accident.

(End of this chapter)