One hundred million nanorobots

Carbon and oxygen are not accidental impurities, but rather carefully designed!?

When Su Guo and Xia Yundi learned the truth, they were completely stunned.

The usually rule-abiding Xia Yundi was on the verge of a breakdown. "According to textbooks, carbon and oxygen, as impurities, should weaken the material. Yet, it's precisely because of them that the triple helix structure is truly stable? Good heavens, this violates all the materials principles I've ever learned!"

The usually carefree Su Guo remained silent for a long time, which was unusual for her. "Teacher, can I understand it this way: in the titanium-vanadium-chromium system, the atoms have a strong incentive to refuse to form a triple helix, so they need to find a trigger to form a specific structure?"

Hearing Su Guo's words, Xia Yundi was stunned. "But the radius of a carbon atom is 15 percent smaller than that of a titanium atom, and that of an oxygen atom is even smaller. Shouldn't the stress field they generate be weakened?"

"You're right when you look at this issue in isolation, but we need to consider not only individual cases but also the overall effect."

As Jiang Yuan spoke, he showed a simulation diagram that he had prepared in advance. In the diagram, a carbon atom was introduced into a titanium lattice, and the surrounding atoms were indeed shifted.

Then, in the second image, if carbon and oxygen are introduced with a precise periodicity, so that each carbon atom falls on a fixed node, the situation becomes completely different. Local distortions begin to interact and influence each other, eventually miraculously generating the standard triple helix structure.

Su Guo and Xia Yundi were speechless for a long time. According to elasticity, when impurity atoms are randomly distributed, the stress fields they generate will partially cancel each other out, and the remaining disordered residue will reduce the material properties.

However, if a periodic arrangement can be achieved, each impurity atom will generate a dipole stress field. These dipole stress fields will not only not repel each other, but will superimpose each other, eventually forming a strong internal stress.

In other words, following the Gangwon method, adding trace amounts of carbon and oxygen not only does not reduce material performance, but is a prestressing guidance process.

Subtle!

An unparalleled and ingenious design!

Xia Yundi and Su Guo felt that Jiang Yuan had once again refreshed their understanding of him. They examined Jiang Yuan's clean and clear face with the eyes of someone who had discovered something superhuman, and were amazed by his extraordinary appearance.

It is indeed ingenious.

Jiang Yuan thought so too. After all, in that highly advanced alien civilization, scientists spent a full twelve years to discover this amazing pattern, let alone Earth with its very low level of technology.

In fact, tritiated titanium alloy is not something that a civilization of Earth's level should possess; it is a prerequisite for the Great Space Age.

Whether it's a starship, an ion accelerator cannon, or even a warp drive, the materials used are all, without exception, titanium alloy.

Due to the transmission of knowledge, Jiangyuan introduced the most widely used alloy materials in the Great Space Era to Earth ahead of schedule.

This crazy move is destined to have a far-reaching impact and is destined to overturn everything in the past!

……

Beihang University.

Du Chengfeng and his team never dreamed that one day they would be firmly controlled by some unspeakable and powerful force.

All cell phones were confiscated, cutting off all contact with the outside world. Even if some students wanted to call home to tell their parents not to worry about them, they were absolutely not allowed to.

The students didn't even know where they were. They were simply blindfolded and put on a bus with all the windows sealed shut and equipped with a high-powered electromagnetic shielding device. Then the bus drove for a very, very long time.

Finally, when the students took off their blindfolds, they found themselves in the mountains, surrounded by heavily armed guards and layers of barbed wire seven or eight meters high.

"protest!"

"I want to protest!"

"Let me see your leader!"

"We're engineers from Beihang University, not prisoners! What are you doing with that plane?!"

As the team leader, Du Chengfeng stepped forward without hesitation.

then.

And that was the end of it.

No matter how hard he shouted, the fully armed guards seemed to have received extremely strict instructions and remained completely silent.

As darkness fell, a middle-aged man in military uniform appeared, carrying a leather bag and with a serious expression.

"My name is Zhang Weicheng."

The middle-aged man introduced himself in a calm yet somewhat impassioned voice.

"Thank you all for your hard work."

"The reason we invited you all here in this way is because we had no other choice."

"The project you are currently working on has the highest level of confidentiality. Please note that it is not secret or top secret, but the highest level. There is nothing above that level."

"Until the project is completed, none of us, including myself, can leave through this door."

Top-secret project?

Never heard of it?

Everyone was suspicious, but seeing Zhang Weicheng's serious and earnest expression, they felt that he was not joking, so their initial anxiety subsided.

Everyone was guessing that there must be some major project that required their participation, and because of the high level of secrecy, they were placed under personal control.

If that's the case, then it's understandable.

The land does not fail the heroes' tears; let us wield our sharp swords to pierce the sky.

If you enjoy reading history, you will find that Chinese intellectuals have always possessed a very simple and genuine national sentiment.

In 1938, more than 300 teachers and students from Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Nankai University formed a westward migration team. After 68 days, they traversed the three provinces of Hunan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, and finally arrived in Kunming, Yunnan, to establish the Southwest Associated University.

Many people know this history, but they don't know why a group of frail scholars were able to cross the bandit-infested western Hunan region unscathed.

The reason is actually quite simple.

Zhang Zhizhong, then chairman of Hunan Province, wrote a letter to the bandit leaders along the way. In the letter, he said the following.

In this time of national crisis, these few hundred people are the last remaining seeds of Chinese scholars and the foundation of Chinese civilization. We beg all the heroes along the way to show mercy.

As a result, they didn't encounter any ruthless bandits or even rabbits along the way.

All the outlaws, without prior agreement, abide by the oldest covenant of the Chinese nation: to always respect knowledge and those who read, no matter when or where.

Correspondingly, Chinese intellectuals have always upheld their commitment, turning the tide time and again, ensuring that the Chinese nation remains an unbroken civilization throughout human history.

As a result, the atmosphere quickly calmed down.

As it is a top-secret project, it must have extraordinary significance behind it.

Zhang Weicheng's gaze swept over everyone before he said, "The reason I invited you all here is because you all participated in the previous Jiangyuan lattice battery project and have relevant experience."

Du Chengfeng was slightly taken aback. "That's right. The containers used to manufacture high-molecular lattice polymers were designed by Jiangyuan's laboratory, and we were responsible for the construction."

"We didn't know him at that time. It was our teachers, Xia Hongsheng and Liao Zhongjing, who found us."

When talking about this, Du Chengfeng and the other classmates all looked proud, after all, it was a significant chapter in their life experiences.

Zhang Weicheng nodded slightly and took out a printed sheet of white paper from his schoolbag.

"This time, it's also a project from Jiangyuan, and it's also about building polymer reaction vessels."

"However, the materials and design used are very different from before... well, the difference is huge."

Do we need to build a reaction vessel?

Du Chengfeng didn't think much of it and took the printed paper from the other party. The paper contained the specific parameters of the three titanium alloys. As for the specific design of the container, it was too complicated to be shown on the spot.

Whoosh~

When Du Chengfeng saw the specific parameters of the tri-titanium alloy—its density, rigidity, temperature resistance, and functionality—he was shocked and jumped up from his chair, looking as if he had seen a ghost.

Du Chengfeng's fingers trembled slightly, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

"What...what material is this?"

"A new type of alloy."

"How could it achieve such density and rigidity!?"

"Yes, every number above has undergone our rigorous testing."

"This is just too incredible! I've never seen anything like it before, I've never even heard of any alloy material that can achieve this level of quality. You won't even find it in science fiction movies!" Du Chengfeng's voice was hoarse with excitement, and his volume unconsciously rose a few decibels.

Zhang Weicheng sighed softly, "To be honest, we've never seen it either."

"This alloy material was recently proposed by Jiangyuan. It is said that the polymers needed for the next generation of energy storage equipment react very violently, and only this alloy can withstand them."

"So Professor Du and all of you, your task now is to assist Jiang Yuan in completing the manufacturing of the next generation of polymer reaction vessels using this brand-new alloy material."

Apart from Du Chengfeng, the other students did not see the specific parameters of the three titanium alloys. Even so, they were still shocked.

Keep in mind that the lattice cell has only been around for a month, and there aren't even any physical products on the market yet. Is Jiangyuan already planning the next generation?

What the hell is that speed? It's too fast!

However, when they saw the specific parameters in Du Chengfeng's hand, everyone fell into a long silence.

It's outrageous!

The specific performance parameters of the tritiated titanium alloy are truly incredible!

Moreover, these clever students quickly realized that such a powerful new alloy was not just a matter of creating polymer containers; if it were used in other fields, the possibilities would be simply incredible…

Just then, Zhang Weicheng's words brought everyone back to reality.

"You're not the only ones working on this project at the same time; there are other teams as well."

"He who controls the materials controls the world."

"Faced with such an extraordinary new synthetic metal, we mobilized almost all of the country's top talents."

"Energy, aerospace, military industry..."

"Therefore, this was not a solo operation."

"Instead, we're launching a full-scale attack!"

……

When Musk woke up in his luxury villa at 4:15 a.m. Eastern Time, he had only slept for three hours and was sleep-deprived, but he couldn't fall back asleep no matter what he did.

After putting on a bathrobe and taking a shower, Musk went to his home office, took an energy drink from the refrigerator, sat in front of the huge computer screen, and clicked open the aluminum can of the energy drink.

Glug glug~

After gulping down two mouthfuls of his drink, he stared at the numbers on the screen, his brows gradually furrowing.

The figures show that the number of researchers and the amount of money spent on lattice cells in North America and the West have reached an astonishing level.

However, things took an unexpected turn and developed in an increasingly bizarre direction.

It's like a huge bottomless pit. The path to reverse lattice cells is right there, Jiang Yuan's paper is there, and the West has invested astronomical resources in it, but they still can't figure it out.

Weird!

Thinking about this upsetting matter, Musk rubbed his temples hard.

Besides this, there was another thing that also made him anxious.

That is, China suddenly decided to attempt to recover the first stage of the rocket again during the New Year period.

But this time it was different from the previous two. China did not intend to make it public to the whole society. Instead, it was a closed-door attempt to recover the information. The North American side only learned about it through intelligence networks.

"Why conduct the recycling process behind closed doors?"

Musk muttered to himself, having already finished his energy drink, and then took another one from the refrigerator.

The world's richest man admitted in his autobiography that during his entrepreneurial period, he used to drink energy drinks like water, consuming at least a dozen cans a day. It wasn't until later, when the companies he controlled achieved great success, that he gradually gave up the habit of drinking energy drinks.

However, it seems that this bad habit of his has quietly returned.

Musk continued to think, believing that there were only two possibilities for China's closed-door rocket recovery.

One reason is the fear of losing face.

Not long ago, China's Long March 12 and Zhuque 3 rockets suffered consecutive recovery failures, which dealt a huge blow to them. They were still not confident in their new attempts and did not want to be ridiculed by the outside world, so they chose to conduct a quiet, closed-door test.

Thinking about this, Musk shook his head, feeling that the possibility was slim.

With North America's advanced space surveillance technology, it's impossible for a major event like a rocket launch to go unnoticed.

unless…

Musk gritted his teeth. Unless China made a new breakthrough, a huge breakthrough that NASA and the entire West could not have imagined, and they did not want the West to find out too early, that's why they chose to launch behind closed doors!

A new breakthrough?

Musk racked his brains for a long time but couldn't imagine what aspects China could improve upon.

When it comes to rockets, the Raptor 3rd generation engine is the most powerful on Earth, bar none!

With a thrust of up to 280 tons and a combustion chamber pressure of 35 MPa, what's even more terrifying is that this powerful Raptor III weighs only 1.5 tons.

In terms of recovery, the Falcon has successfully recovered hundreds of times. Coupled with its stainless steel body, it is no exaggeration to say that Western rocket technology has moved beyond high-precision and cutting-edge technology and become a low-cost, mass-produced industrial product!

As the daylight outside the window gradually brightened, a meaningful smile finally appeared on Musk's lips.

Surpassing existing Western technologies?

With them?

Are you kidding me!