The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 444 Director of the Magic City: Mr. Shen, you think too highly of me!

There are only a few ways of generating electricity currently used in our country.

Hydropower, wind power, solar power, and tidal power generation, which is more experimental than practical.

Then, there is traditional thermal power generation and nuclear power generation.

Tidal energy is classified as hydroelectric power generation. Shen Le discovered that the only energy he could try to incorporate into the Five Thunders was probably, perhaps, possibly, nuclear energy?

"So can you find a nuclear power plant so I can try to absorb the electricity?"

Shen Le called carefully. It was meaningless to bother Gu Yulin with such a request, so he called the director of the Magic City Special Affairs Bureau directly and asked him to coordinate.

The director was stunned by the question:
nuclear power plant?
What kind of unit do you think a nuclear power plant is, one that I can coordinate with whenever I want?

Although they are all department-level units, which is on the same level as my current level, accidents at nuclear power plants are extremely troublesome, so the management is extremely strict, and troops are stationed there on a daily basis.

Not just anyone, anyone, can come and say hello!
For example, "We have a non-staff member who wants to visit the nuclear power plant for personal reasons. It would be best if he could connect to some electricity from the nuclear power plant to taste it..."

If I dare to make such a request, I will probably be examined first...

"Which nuclear power plant would you like to coordinate?"

He tried his best to keep his tone calm, not letting the turmoil in his heart leak out, and asked in a serious and calm manner. Shen Le thought for a moment:

"I don't have any special requirements for the nuclear power plant. Its power is already very high... But, for other power plants, it would be best if they were larger?"

As expected, this request was rather troublesome. The director quickly typed on the computer to look up information while gently asking:

"Which aspect is bigger? The overall scale? The single installed capacity? The rated output voltage of the generator? Or something else?"

"Uh... I don't know the details..."

Shen Le hesitated. He was also talking on the phone while quickly asking Xiao Youdeng in his heart. However, Xiao Youdeng couldn't explain it clearly, so he could only repeat:

【Big! Big! The bigger the better! 】

"Maybe it's 'big' in the metaphysical sense... I don't know how to translate it into the physical sense..."

"...I see. Anyway, we should try to find the biggest one, right?"

The director tried to calm his breathing:

"For example, if it's hydropower, then you can look for Wushan Hydropower Station or Baihe Hydropower Station? Wushan Hydropower Station is the largest hydropower station in the world, and Baihe Hydropower Station is the second largest in the world, with the largest single installed capacity. Which one do you think meets the requirements better?"

[Wushan! Wushan!] Without waiting for Shen Le to discuss in his heart, Xiao Youdeng, who was silently listening to the phone, could not wait to shout:
【It’s the biggest! 】

"Then let's go to Wushan Hydropower Station..."

The director choked on his breath and almost passed out. Then?
Then?

You mean you're still a bit picky and not quite satisfied?

It would be best if there is a thing that is the world's largest in total volume and the world's largest in single-unit installed capacity, which can perfectly meet your requirements? !
Also, do you know how high the level of Wushan Hydropower Station is?

He is at the vice-ministerial level! Vice-ministerial level!

I am only a department-level official! There is a huge gap between us!

Even so, it is only because of the high level of Shanghai that my rank has been raised. If I were to go to a smaller city, such as a prefecture-level city, I would at most be at the department level!
Just like that, you just talk nonsense and ask me to coordinate?

"Mr. Shen, this coordination is really difficult..."

He talked nonstop, spewing out a lot of bitterness. Shen Le listened in silence, then asked earnestly and sincerely:

"...Last time, I mean the time when you helped me go abroad to rescue Lao You. What level of unit did you coordinate that time?"

The director could not catch his breath, and he lay on his desk, coughing heart-wrenchingly. Last time? Was that a serious matter last time? !
Last time we asked the military to take action!
Of course, the last time before that was the White Mountains and Black Waters Secret Realm, and the last time before that was the East China Sea Secret Realm, the military was also asked to dispatch.

From this perspective, Shen Le has expanded your territory for you several times, so it is only right for the military to repay him once, and it was easy to coordinate...

However, the power system doesn’t owe us anything, so we still have to humble ourselves and coordinate carefully…

The problem is, Shen Le's words were not a rebuttal or an argument, he was simply asking.

It is too much to ask an outsider to understand the twists and turns of the system...

"...Okay, I'll go and coordinate." The director patted his chest and agreed decisively. Shen Le breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said:

"Then I'll leave it to you! - Just tell me how many points you need and I'll row right over!"

...To be honest, things within the system are not decided by money.

If the conditions are good enough and the connections are strong enough, it can be done without any money.

For example, in the power system, grassroots electricians are organized to visit large-scale power plants every year, such as the Wushan Hydropower Station and Baihe Hydropower Station that Shen Le has been thinking about, without the electricians having to pay a penny;

If you don't have the conditions or connections, it's useless even if you have a lot of money. How much money would it take to get you into a nuclear power plant?

Is it enough to spend enough money to build a nuclear power plant?

It's not enough. Who knows what you will do after you go in? What if it explodes? The loss will not be covered by the money you paid!
Of course, if the money is really enough, it is not impossible to negotiate. For example, pay the money to build 10 space stations and ask for the permission for the Chinese people to go to the space station to take a look...

The director prepared himself mentally and went to work calmly. He wrote reports, made phone calls, reported to his superiors in person, and urged them to help coordinate...

Anyway, a week later, Shen Le was pleasantly surprised to receive the following news:

"We've coordinated. Which power plant do you want to go to first?"

"According to previous research, the best order for using the Five Thunders is to follow the order of metal giving birth to water, water giving birth to wood, wood giving birth to fire, and fire giving birth to earth." Shen Le answered honestly:

"So, the first place we should go to should be the nuclear power plant - which one did you help me coordinate?"

"Longpeng Nuclear Power Plant. Just go there directly. Someone will pick you up when the plane lands."

Longpeng Nuclear Power Plant is the first large-scale commercial nuclear power plant in my country. Although its scale is not ranked among the current nuclear power plants, and its technology is not advanced - its main unit is a second-generation reactor, and now China has upgraded to a fourth-generation reactor - but the title of "first" is still very impressive.

At least, Xiao Youdeng was very satisfied with this reactor. The car drove far towards the factory area, and before it got close, it was already jumping up and down with excitement while checking passes and passing checkpoints one by one:

[It’s so big! It’s so strong! It feels so amazing! I wish I could be this strong someday! ]

Wake up, if you are this strong, I will not live! I don't want to live next to a nuclear reactor!
And it is a core, without a thick cement shell on the outside and without any protective facilities!
“Does this nuclear power plant meet your requirements?”

The young man from the Special Affairs Bureau who accompanied Shen Le followed closely, asking nervously while praying silently in his heart. It must be in accordance with the rules! It must be in accordance with the rules!
If this doesn't meet the requirements, or if nuclear power doesn't meet the requirements, and it's not something like "Golden Thunder", it would be very difficult to find one that meets Shen Le's requirements!

"Maybe it fits... I don't know." Shen Le didn't dare to jump to conclusions. He followed the Special Affairs Bureau guy and the nuclear power plant employee who came to pick them up and walked inside, looking around:
"where are we going?"

"…The core? The place closest to the core? Aren't you going to check that out?

"I don't want to go to the core!!!" Shen Le's hair stood on end. Are you kidding? I just want the little oil lamp to get some electricity, electricity generated by the nuclear power plant, without any other additives -

If we are stuffed into the core, what if the nuclear fission reaction is too intense and extinguishes the spirit of the small oil lamp? !

That is a loss we cannot afford!
"Oh, I don't want to go... okay..."

The guy from the Special Affairs Bureau was a little disappointed. He hadn't even seen the core yet!
Ordinary people don’t have this opportunity!
He originally wanted to take the opportunity to accompany Shen Le to the place closest to the reactor to broaden his horizons - it is said that one can directly see a pool of heavy water!

Why is Shen Le so timid!

"I just need to find a line that draws electricity directly from the nuclear power plant and give it a try! Just take me there!"

The line that directly transmits electricity from the Longpeng Nuclear Power Plant is called the Nuclear Horizontal Line, which is a 220kv high-voltage line. However, it is impossible for the small oil lamp to directly consume this line:
"The sudden loss of such a large power supply will put a lot of pressure on the entire power grid! We need to communicate and report in advance! Anyway, you just need to try it first. Come on, I'll take you to find a lateral line..."

Part of the electricity generated by a nuclear power plant is directly used by the nuclear power plant itself as its own power supply.

The power station staff led Shen Le and his team further and further away, and finally, they arrived at a remote substation and opened a switch cabinet:

"There are protections here. Even if there is an overload, at most this switch cabinet will trip - take it easy! Don't trip the entire factory's power supply! If you need more electricity, communicate in advance and I will adjust other circuits!"

"Did you hear me? Take it easy!" Shen Le patted the small oil lamp and handed it to the boy at the power station, asking him to put it as close to the switch cabinet as possible and then put the peach wood sword next to it.

After a series of operations that made the professionals' eyes bulge, Xiao Youdeng reported with great satisfaction:

[That's it! - This is the golden thunder I'm looking for! The effect is very good! Now, as long as I consume enough electricity, I can use thunder and lightning to refine the peach wood sword and it will be done! ]

Shen Le breathed a sigh of relief. Thank God, nuclear power is really the golden thunder among the five thunders.

He nodded to the guy from the Special Affairs Bureau, who uttered an "ah" and his eyes bulged out:
"What? Really? Really?!"

What's the point?
The electricity generated by hydroelectric power stations is gentle, while the thunder generated by thermal power stations is violent. Isn't this just a joke on the Internet? Is it really true?

Also, the lightning generated by nuclear power plants is classified as golden lightning. Where does this logic come from?
It's not necessarily the case. It's the thunder from the nuclear power plant, which is based on atomic fission, and uranium 238 is also a kind of metal...

Things in the field of mysticism are really unreasonable!

He was complaining madly in his heart, but he could only put on a smile on his face and try his best to communicate with Shen Le and help him convey his request. Even though this request sounded really outrageous:
"Probably, it needs... five hundred... one thousand... five thousand times the electricity that this line consumes?"

"Can we eat slowly here?"

The guy at the nuclear power plant calculated the amount of electricity needed, and his hair stood on end. This amount of electricity would either take 5,000 hours in the switch cabinet, or the entire nuclear power line would be freed up to give him one hour of electricity.

The switch cabinet can be used as it pleases, and even the surplus electricity in the entire nuclear power plant can be freed up and it doesn't matter if it is used for hundreds of hours.

If we could free up the entire nuclear horizon for an hour, that would be a big deal!
"I'm afraid... it's not possible." Shen Le talked to the little oil lamp for a moment and shook his head in embarrassment:

"The key is not the quantity, but the size - it must consume the electricity of the entire unit. The electricity separated from a secondary line is useless!"

The power station guy's forehead was buzzing. He could decide on a switch cabinet, and he could decide on all the surplus power used by the plant.

To free up the entire nuclear power line for an hour, this is not his authority, not even the authority of the nuclear power plant, he has to report it to the provincial power grid, and may have to continue to report it...

"Can you do it technically?" At the critical moment, the guy from the Special Affairs Bureau delivered a powerful assist:

"I remember that your nuclear horizon also had a renovation project, and some problems occurred there - I have checked the documents and papers..."

It is really hard to fool an expert, even a semi-expert who can check papers. The guy at the power station smiled awkwardly, thinking:

Of course it is technically possible, but the price to pay is...

Not to mention the pressure during the work process, just the documents and materials that need to be written after work are not something that can be done by staying up all night or two!

"How about this, please help me find out which level I should communicate with - or, with your highest authority, which level I can communicate with. Then I will talk to your superiors."

The young man from the Special Affairs Bureau smiled warmly and confidently. He stood in front of Shen Le and bravely took on the clerical work that the non-staff experts were too lazy to do or didn't want to do:
"Anyway, let's get the process straightened out and get things done. As soon as possible, okay?"

He worked hard to push the guy at the power station to move up in management, and at the same time he also worked hard to move up in management, spurring the director of the Magic City Special Affairs Bureau to run around.

After a whole day, Shen Le finally got his wish and stood in front of a huge 220kv substation.

The guy at the power station looked at him warily:
"First of all, you must strictly abide by the safety operating procedures..."

He muttered a lot, and finally placed the small oil lamp near the switch, and laid out the hundred peach wood swords one by one. Back off, close the switch -

Crack!

Crack!

Crack, crackle, crackle——

Lightning flashed down, and the peach wood swords turned into ashes. The young man at the power station watched from afar, jumping up and down anxiously:

"I told you this wouldn't work! There's no load on the electrical appliances, the switch is open, and the wooden sword has been broken!"

"Wake up, there is no time--" Shen Le calmly comforted him:
"Look carefully, if there are any vacancies, they will not be called out from left to right, row by row!"

(End of this chapter)