Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 25

The experiment, which involved bombarding a small piece of biological material with a mixture of various types of heavy nuclear radiation, X-rays, gamma rays, electron radiation, neutrons, and protons, lasted only three seconds, and the first experiment was over.

The biological material was carefully removed and placed in a refrigerator, and the second experiment began.

Each test, including equipment startup, material placement, and radiation modulation, takes approximately 5 minutes in total. Thus, on average, 12 formulas can be tested per hour.

An hour later, 12 sets of materials were collected, and the refrigerated box was taken away and sent to the laboratory for inspection.

Various methods will be used to examine the damage to these biological materials under different “formulas” of radiation bombardment.

The overall radiation dose is very low, and under normal circumstances, it is completely insufficient to cause significant damage to these biological materials. However, if a particular sample of material suffers severe damage after being exposed to such a low dose of radiation, it clearly means that we have found the correct formula and cracked the secret of doomsday radiation.

The experiment was carried out repeatedly in a solemn and respectful atmosphere.

At the Doomsday Project Command Center, Gu Changshan still stood there like a mountain, watching the numbers on the big screen.

The number is one at this moment. This means that only one piece of equipment has been upgraded and is now in the testing phase.

But in less than two minutes, the number became two. Then it began to soar like a rocket.

10, 50, 100, 1000...

In just one day, the number skyrocketed from the initial 1 to the current 9856, with less than a thousand pieces of equipment still yet to be upgraded.

At this point, the growth in numbers began to slow down.

Gu Changshan knew that it was because those accelerators were too large and sophisticated.

However complex and large-scale they are, they will all be upgraded and transformed within three days at most.

At that time, large particle accelerators will be responsible for a smaller number of experiments that require extremely high energy levels. The vast majority of small particle accelerators will be responsible for the experiments that require lower energy levels but are the most numerous.

Three days flew by.

On the sixth day of the third cycle, the number on the big screen changed to 10758/10758.

All the requisitioned accelerators have been put into operation.

Based on an average of one formula being verified every four minutes by an accelerator, from this moment on, approximately 160,000 radiation formulas will be tested every hour.

Including the approximately 500 million recipes previously excluded, a total of approximately 2200 million recipes can be verified before the end of the world.

Hundreds of different types and energy levels of radiation will be tested, resulting in up to 2200 million combinations. If the hypothetical "radiation formula" truly exists, it is quite likely to be present in these 2200 million combinations.

Looking at the large screen in front of him, Gu Changshan gently clenched his fist.

Jiang Yang and Zhou Yu arrived one after the other.

"What's going on now?"

Gu Changshan said, "All the accelerators have been upgraded and are currently being tested at a rate of about 16 formulas per hour."

Jiang Yang took a deep breath.

The learning during this period was not limited to the theoretical level, but also included a lot of popular science knowledge.

At the theoretical level, we need to deepen our knowledge; at the popular science level, we need to broaden our knowledge. Only by combining the two can Jiangyang grow at the fastest speed.

That's how he learned about particle accelerators. Every particle accelerator is an energy guzzler. Even the smallest one has a power output of over 300 kilowatts.

Large-scale scientific research-grade particle accelerators have a peak power output comparable to an entire city.

With more than 10,000 particle accelerators operating at full power simultaneously, Jiang Yang was able to calculate their approximate total power with just a simple calculation.

It is at least 2.2 million kilowatts or more.

This means that on average, up to 50 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity are consumed by these power hogs every day.

In comparison, the Three Gorges Dam generates only about 5 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per day. The average daily electricity consumption of an entire large city is only about 3 to 4 million kilowatt-hours.

At this moment, in order to find that radiation formula, under the impetus of the Doomsday Project Command, a power equivalent to the total power generation of ten Three Gorges Dams, or the total power consumption of more than a dozen large cities, was put into the experiment.

The scale of this investment, the human resources and infrastructure involved, is simply unimaginable.

No individual or institution other than the state could possibly mobilize such a massive amount of resources.

"5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a day. I used to rent a place and each kilowatt-hour cost 70 cents. That would amount to 35 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a day. I'm afraid even Jack Ma couldn't afford that..."

Jiang Yang muttered to himself, slightly stunned by the number.

He knew that although this project was already so massive, it was not the whole doomsday plan.

In addition, the Doomsday Base No. 7 is undergoing a comprehensive upgrade and renovation project, and countless detectors and radiation meters are being deployed to every corner of the vast Earth, while a large number of weather balloons and satellites are being launched into the high atmosphere.

A giant web, equally enormous but different from the previous cycle, is being constructed.

The theoretical physics experts, led by Professor Lu Zhaoming, are also working day and night.

With the help of supercomputers and large scientific instruments, people are trying to find other possibilities that could cause acute radiation sickness from low levels of radiation, and are attempting to build a theoretical framework for this, and then use the theory to guide practical work.

The entire nation has been mobilized in every aspect related to the doomsday plan.

Given the absence of any new ideas or solutions at this moment, achieving this level is already the limit for the nation, and even for the entire civilization.

There was nothing else to do.

So all that's left is to wait.

Either the particle acceleration experiment will eventually prove a result, or the plan will ultimately fail, the human world will be destroyed once again, and I will start another cycle with the relevant information.

Jiang Yang took a deep breath, turned around and left with Zhou Yu, and once again immersed himself in his continuous studies.

On the seventh day, Jiang Yang received another report.

"Doomsday 7 and more than 1000 other experimental bases are all ready."

In addition, more than 100,000 radiation tracing devices located in various environments, such as space, the edge of the atmosphere, the seabed, lake bottom, and underground, have all been installed.

This comprehensive network for tracking radiation sources is now complete.

Jiang Yang looked at Gu Changshan: "There are still no results from the particle acceleration experiment?"

Gu Changshan remained silent for a moment, then gently shook his head: "Not yet. But we still have time, and we still have hope."

(End of this chapter)