94: From Technological Warfare to Space Empire

Chapter 125 Emergency Telephone Call, Late-Night Meeting!

"After Einstein's prediction came true, no one in the world could do it for 70 years."

"Right now."

"It's us."

"We've achieved the fifth state of matter!"

At that moment, the cheers that erupted in the laboratory almost lifted the roof off.

The sound traveled very, very far.

Even the guards outside the building heard it.

Chief Hou, who was sitting in his car outside the building smoking, looked up in shock immediately.

"—Cheers!?"

He quickly asked the guards around him.

"Have they been cheering for the past month?"

The guard thought for a moment, then answered.

No, it hasn't happened before.

Commander Hou's hands were trembling with excitement.

This will be announced globally later.

He immediately pulled out an encrypted radio and reported to his superiors.

"Urgent report: Lin Yu and Academician Zhou's joint team's findings on the fifth state of matter."

"A breakthrough in physics is imminent."

"Please send someone here immediately to assist with the follow-up matters!"

"Inform the think tank; we must maximize the impact of this matter!"

In the laboratory.

Several young students hugged each other and jumped around.

The most taciturn student squatted on the ground, vigorously wiping away tears with his sleeve.

Several girls hugged each other, crying and laughing at the same time.

After Academician Zhou and Lin Yu finished speaking, they both fell silent.

Instead, the team continued to work intensively on data processing.

Several professors also took notes on every step of the process.

Eventually, the experimental environment no longer supported the emergence of bosonic states.

When the spike on the screen disappeared, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Only now can this matter finally come to an end.

Lin Yu stood up, and the crowd surrounded him.

Professor Yang and Academician Zhou raised his two arms together.

The two elderly professors were just as excited as the young people, raising Lin Yu's arm in celebration.

As his arm was raised, Lin Yu instinctively shouted, "We did it!"

Then came another wave of agreement.

"We did it!!!"

Lin Yu was pushed around by the crowd, and someone shoved a glass of water into his hand.

I don't know who else put a piece of candy in his mouth.

Academician Zhou was greatly pleased and no longer took it seriously.

He sang a song with several young people.

The celebration finally ended after a long time.

Academician Zhou walked up to Lin Yu and extended his hand.

Lin Yugang and several young people finished dancing, and then grabbed Academician Zhou's hand.

The old academician's hands were thin with distinct knuckles, but he gripped them very tightly.

Academician Zhou only said three words.

"Good lad!"

Then she and Lin Yu held hands tightly, expressing their inner feelings.

Before long, the first rays of dawn appeared outside the window.

They stayed up all night.

And on that very night, an experiment that shocked the world was conducted.

The first ray of sunlight shone through the dusty glass into the laboratory.

It shone on that screen.

The screen displays a previous moment recorded by a CCD camera.

The sharp peak lay there quietly, motionless.

This is something that has never been seen before in human history.

That is the fifth state of matter, which Bose and Einstein pre-prepared 70 years ago.

This is the first time the Chinese have achieved this.

This is also the first time that humanity has achieved this.

We have reached the intersection of the microscopic quantum world and macroscopic classical physics.

Starting today.

The world's progress was accelerated.

This proof demonstrates the reality of the boson state.

It also laid the foundation for the practical application of various physical theories in the future.

From this moment on, humanity officially entered the quantum age!

The cheers continued until 5:30 a.m. before gradually subsiding at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

But everyone knew that no matter how much they cheered, it was just the calm before the storm.

Their little commotion is nothing compared to the huge uproar it's about to cause.

Turn off all the instruments.

Everyone returned to the lounge next door.

Before Lin Yu could even sit down, the door to the specially vacated laboratory was pushed open.

Commander Hou was the first to rush in, followed by seven or eight men dressed in Zhongshan suits or military uniforms.

Lin Yu knew some of them, and some he didn't.

But the expressions on everyone's faces conveyed a message.

It was either an overwhelming excitement or a solemn sense of impending doom.

All of them, stay focused!

Chief Hou walked up to Lin Yu, his voice dry and trembling, and asked cautiously.

"Is it confirmed?"

Lin Yu nodded: "Confirmed."

"We have created the fifth state of matter, Bose-Einstein condensate."

After Lin Yu confirmed his answer, Chief Hou felt as if the oxygen content in the air had dropped rapidly.

He felt a little short of breath.

Finally, he could only take a deep breath and turn to look at the people behind him.

Then these people spoke to Lin Yu on his behalf.

At his prompting, a middle-aged man wearing glasses stepped forward and extended his hand.

The middle-aged man was very polite and had no airs at all: "Comrade Lin Yu, I am Xiao Wang from the State Council Office, in charge of science and technology."

"We received a message from above instructing us to come here immediately."

He grasped Lin Yu's hand and shook it forcefully.

The emotions were expressed very effectively.

Lin Yu couldn't tell whether it was genuine or feigned affection.

"Thank you for your hard work! You've worked so hard!"

"We must activate the emergency response mechanism immediately!"

Before Lin Yu could react, another group of people rushed in from outside the door.

Some were wearing military uniforms, some were wearing Zhongshan suits, and some were wearing white coats.

A few people were still wearing their pajamas.

Fortunately, two weeks ago, after they got some initial results, the entire old building was sealed off and handed over to them.

The lounge is now quite large.

How can so many people still stand here?

As soon as they came in, they started asking all sorts of questions.

"Has the data been saved?"

"Has the repeatability been verified?"

"Do you have any photos?"

When will the paper be published?

Now, not only Lin Yu, but Academician Zhou was also surrounded by several people.

Professor Yang was also pulled aside and asked all sorts of questions.

Several students huddled in a corner, watching the scene helplessly.

But soon, they forgot all about being at a loss.

Those who didn't know Professor Yang, Academician Zhou, or Lin Yu surrounded them and started bombarding them with questions.

They were so frightened they trembled.

Finally, after much effort, Chief Hou slammed his fist on the table to quell the situation.

"Quiet down, everyone, get out of here!"

"I brought you here not to ask you all random questions."

"Let's go to the main conference room. This isn't the place to talk!"

After another hour or so of fussing, Chief Hou told Lin Yu to get some rest.

After a while, more and more people arrived. The old building of the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, did not have a large conference room.

The group of people were scattered around the conference room, which was filled with smoke.

The circular table was full of people.