I am devoted to scientific research, but you want to trick me into having a love relationship?

Chapter 746 The Zero Fusion Ignition Protocol is about to be executed!
"Why are you back so late? Did something go wrong during the plasma and control system integration testing?"

"No, there was a small program bug when dynamically adjusting the magnetic field, which slowed down the system. The professor at the AI ​​computing center and I redesigned it."

Xu Qingzhou let out a long breath and ran his fingertips over the girl's rounded calves.

Song Yao put down her tablet and noticed the fatigue on Xu Qingzhou's face. She nudged his clothes with her foot and said, "Shall I cook you some more noodles?"

"Is this for me to eat?"

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Song Yao realized she had worried for nothing.

"No need. I ate two big bowls of rice, and I'm still full."

Looking at Song Yao's clenched fist, Xu Qingzhou coughed and got up to take a shower.

After walking a few steps and maintaining a safe distance from Song Yao, Xu Qingzhou stopped, glanced at the girl's long legs, and extended an invitation, "Want to go take a shower together?"

"Xu Qingzhou, I've already washed." Song Yao said expressionlessly.

Xu Qingzhou said, "Taking more baths is good for your health."

Looking at Xu Qingzhou's sincere expression, Song Yao didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Is that taking a shower?

Bah, vile!

"No."

Although she was quite tempted, Song Yao's proud and aloof nature made her subconsciously refuse.

"Ok."

Xu Qingzhou could only shake his head. He had almost slept on the floor of the lab during this period and was exhausted. He planned to go upstairs to take a shower first and deal with other things later.

Watching Xu Qingzhou's retreating figure, Song Yao pursed her lips, thinking to herself that this guy had given up so quickly today. Shouldn't he be coming over now and grabbing her tightly?
It’s exciting to think about.

Some strange images involuntarily surfaced in Song Yao's mind.

"Whoo~"

"too messy."

"It's all Xu Qingzhou's fault. He led me astray, and now I can easily get the wrong idea."

Song Yao patted her burning cheeks, quickly trying to banish those unpleasant images from her mind.

After taking a hot shower, most of the fatigue from the day disappeared. Xu Qingzhou dried his hair and snuggled up with Song Yao on the sofa. Holding her soft, fragrant body, even the last trace of weariness vanished.

"Is this stupid?" he asked, looking at the documents on the tablet of the girl in his arms.

“These are the two research groups I plan to invest in.”

Xu Qingzhou scanned the contents of the document.

The research on radio frequency superconducting accelerator devices by Academician Du Yuanhua of Peking University and the superconducting quantum chip project of the University of Science and Technology of China.

"Yes, radio frequency superconducting acceleration units can optimize the plasma confinement performance of fusion devices and can serve as a supplement to research institutes. Superconducting quantum chips are also a key area for future development, and both are very valuable for investment."

Xu Qingzhou put down the tablet and asked with a smile, "Is it settled?"

"I'll go see it in person next week before making a decision."

Song Yao decided to go to the site for inspection, since it involved an investment of more than 2 million yuan.

As she spoke, she pressed her face against Xu Qingzhou's chest; the strong scent of hormones emanated from him, and the powerful beating of his heart could be heard.

"Not working overtime tomorrow?"

She took a deep breath and asked in a low voice.

"We'll rest this week, and the first ignition will take place on May 15th. There's still plenty of time."

The installation was completed within 8 weeks, and the device achieved a steady state of 1 million ℃/kilosecond on its first ignition. To put it conservatively, their technology is at least one generation ahead of existing devices.

The speed is so fast thanks to many future technologies.

Modular parallel advancement combined with quantum sensing—this alone is a game-changer.

Currently, all tests are very fast. The core of the technological leap lies in the real-time closed-loop control of quantum sensing and AI, which basically rewrites the tokamak debugging rules.

At this point, I was certainly excited, but compared to that, I felt mostly calm.

However, Xu Qingzhou's attention wasn't on the research institute right now; the girl's warm breath tickled his chest.
"That girl is here again."

Song Yao snuggled closer to Xu Qingzhou, even giving him a light peck on the neck. Xu Qingzhou looked at the girl rubbing against him and asked, "What are you trying to do?"

"What do you say?"

Song Yao's eyes were sparkling, and she put her arms around Xu Qingzhou's neck. She wasn't acting anymore; she just wanted to cuddle.

"Stop fooling around, you're too tired today, go to bed early."

Xu Qingzhou wanted to tease her.

"Xu Qingzhou, are you really not going to make it?"

"Ha, let me tell you, using reverse psychology won't work."

"Professor Xu~"

Song Yao's voice is sweet and coquettish.

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Xu Qingzhou remained unmoved.

"Professor Xu~"

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"Xu Qingzhou!"

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Song Yao pouted. Seeing that this guy wouldn't cooperate and wouldn't listen to either soft or hard tactics, she simply used force and pounced on him.

crunch~
The two of them collapsed onto the sofa.

5 month 15 day.

The weather was exceptionally fine, with a few wisps of clouds dotting the azure sky. Inside the research institute, lush green trees provided shade, peonies and irises were in full bloom, and lupins and poppies were gradually reaching their peak, creating a vibrant spring atmosphere.

In the central control room in the southwest.

Xu Qingzhou stood in the center of the circular command platform, with three main screens unfolded at 180°. The quantum sensing system pre-check was completed, and a low-frequency buzzing sound maintained the air pressure at 10 Pa.

The only sound in the control room was the beeping of the equipment, and the cold light from the circular main screen reflected on everyone's tense profiles.

Not only on their side, but the atmosphere throughout the entire research institute was incredibly oppressive.

"Negative triangular configuration closure accuracy is 99.99%, and poloidal coil current fluctuation is ≤ ±0.1 kA. The quantum sensor array is ready, and the magnetic field distortion monitoring resolution reaches 0.01 femtotes."

"Magnetic field closure accuracy 99.99%, quantum sensor 12,580 nodes all green!"

"The temperature of the tungsten membrane with nanopores in the first wall is uniform, and the coolant flow rate is locked at 15 m/s. The thermal load preload of the divertor target plate is 25 MW/m, and the infrared thermal imager shows a gradient difference of <5℃/cm."

“燃料注入系统校准完成：氘氚冰丸填充率100%，密度8.3×10 m。中性束注入功率70MW待机，可支持离子温度1.2亿℃跃升。”

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Reports rang out in the hall.

Xu Qingzhou listened to the researchers' reports, his eyes fixed on the screen, his expression quite solemn.

The central screen shows that the negative triangle bend (L1/L2 legs) in the magnetic field topology diagram is a bright blue closed loop, with a magnetic field line deviation of 0.001%.

The right screen shows the thermal distribution on the surface of the tungsten film, with the highest point at 827℃.

The left screen displays a particle flow trajectory simulation, with the density of the negative triangle core region appearing reddish.

"The equipment is operating normally."

"The conditions for ignition have been met."

Xu Qingzhou thought to himself that he already had a thorough understanding of the current working status of the equipment.

In the hall, Ren Nan, Zhao Shengwen, Zheng Xu, and others were also staring nervously at the screen.

Although countless simulations and experiments had been conducted beforehand, everyone was still on tenterhooks when the project was actually launched.

"The system passed all self-tests, all 117 indicators met the standards, the vacuum chamber achieved a sealing performance of 10 Pa·m/s, and the superconducting magnet operated in a steady state at 4.2 K."

Ren Nan looked at Xu Qingzhou, paused, and slowly said, "The standard for executing the Zeroth Fusion Ignition Protocol has been met!"

In the hall, everyone held their breath, their eyes fixed on the young man in front of the control panel.

(End of this chapter)