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Chapter 99 What's the temperature today?

Classes were suspended, and students were asked to study in their dormitories. But people still need to eat and drink, and they still need to go out. In this kind of weather, the risk of heatstroke is extremely high.

The pressure on the school hospital is increasing, and it's almost operating beyond capacity.

Professor Hu Zhengchu of the Archaeology Department, standing nearby, said with a wry smile, "Old Lu, when the president said he wanted to develop controlled nuclear fusion, who could have imagined it would actually cause such a huge stir?"

This is more than just a success; it's like creating a real-life "sun" and turning the entire school into a giant sauna.

"Now we can only hope that the principal and the others will step up their efforts and move to the next step as soon as possible." Lu Jianhua sighed. "Otherwise, we'll either have to relocate the entire school, or we'll have to turn off that 'sun'."

The longer it drags on, the higher the temperature will rise, and this place will eventually turn into a real volcano, barren of everything.

Unless Wei Ying and his team can overcome the challenges of energy storage before the temperature exceeds the critical point and lock in and utilize the "sun's" energy.

As time went by, the online buzz surrounding Haichuan University showed no signs of abating.

Almost every day, the topic "Today's temperature at Haichuan University" appears on the trending searches.

"What's the temperature at Haichuan University today? The weather forecast is completely inaccurate. Are there any reporters on the front lines?"

"Yesterday's average temperature was around 42 degrees Celsius, and it will only be higher today."

"I heard that many residents living nearby have temporarily moved away."

"My relative lives nearby. He moved to my house wearing short sleeves and shorts and caught a cold as a result."

The entire internet is watching this real-life "temperature challenge." Some netizens have even created a temperature change curve for the Haichuan University area, finding a clear upward trend.

From aerial footage taken from a distance, the red glow emanating from the seventeenth mountain grew stronger and stronger, becoming particularly striking at night.

Seven days later, at the Baihu Campus, the Seventeenth Mountain Experimental Base.

Wei Yingzheng, along with Qi Limin and other core researchers, is conducting the sixth assembly and testing of the super energy storage device.

This device has an extremely complex structure, consisting of more than thirty special pipes connected together. At its core is a huge ellipsoidal energy storage unit, designed to efficiently convert and store the energy generated by fusion.

To develop this product, they overcame more than two hundred technical challenges and experienced five failures; this was their sixth attempt.

Three hours later, the assembly of the device was completed.

"This time we have to succeed." Qi Limin and the other team members clenched their fists, their eyes fixed on the behemoth, their palms sweating.

The average outside temperature is now approaching 50 degrees Celsius. If they fail again this time, they may have to extinguish the "artificial sun" themselves.

That also means that the months-long effort to achieve controlled nuclear fusion will be in vain.

The logic is simple: creating the sun is a miracle, but if its energy cannot be harnessed, this miracle will only bring disaster.

Only by achieving the controlled storage and utilization of energy can this technology truly advance civilization.

Wei Ying took a deep breath, his gaze sweeping over every tense and exhausted face, and ordered in a deep voice: "Sixth integration test, begin!"

Seconds later, the massive energy storage device started up with a roar, and the thirty special pipes began to vibrate violently.

The central energy converter was operating at full power, creating a huge energy pressure difference between itself and the "artificial sun" in the center of the base.

An invisible suction force instantly formed, and a surge of immense energy rushed in through the pipe.

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"Buzzing—"

The entire experimental base was enveloped in a low, continuous rumbling sound.

"Everyone, evacuate to the safe zone!" Wei Ying frowned and gave the order in a deep voice, leading Qi Limin and other core researchers to quickly move away from the operating device.

In the first five experiments, energy runaway occurred midway through the testing, causing significant explosions.

"This time...it doesn't seem to have exploded?" Qi Limin stood at a distance, his eyes fixed on the enormous object in front of him.

He saw the extracted, violent energy flowing obediently into the pipes, undergoing a series of complex transformation processes, and finally being converted into stable electrical energy, which was stored in the core of the ellipsoid.

"Could it be that this time it's a success?" Everyone's heart skipped a beat when they saw this scene, and some people were so excited that their hands started to tremble.

"Observe for another three hours." Wei Ying waved his hand, not drawing a conclusion easily.

Everyone nodded, and no one left. They all stood still, patiently waiting as if awaiting judgment.

Three hours, both long and short.

The device operates stably and continuously, with massive amounts of energy being drawn from, converted, and stored from the "sun".

"Great! It really worked!"

The crowd erupted in cheers, many of whom jumped up and hugged each other in excitement.

The success of this device means that the "artificial sun" will no longer need to be forcibly extinguished!

The terrifying energy it generates can be effectively collected and utilized, allowing the research program on controlled nuclear fusion to continue moving towards its ultimate goal!

"Sisters, the food is here." Miao Xiaoxiao carried the packaged food into the dormitory, placed it on the table, and pulled out a tissue to vigorously wipe the sweat from her neck and face.

She was only gone for ten minutes, and she felt like she had been pulled out of the water; her whole body was sticky and she felt terribly uncomfortable.

"It's too hot, I have no appetite, and this lousy air conditioner seems to be getting less and less effective." The three roommates lay sprawled on the bed, too lazy to even move.

Despite the air conditioner blasting, the temperature in the dormitory was still close to thirty degrees Celsius.

They were dressed in as little clothing as possible, yet they were still irritable from the heat and had no appetite.

"I just came back from outside, and it seems a little cooler than a few days ago? Do you think it might be because our school has made a breakthrough in scientific research?" Miao Xiaoxiao was quite optimistic, wiping her sweat as she guessed.

"You must be imagining things, sis. It's almost 50 degrees outside, and you call this cool?" The roommates retorted weakly.

It's like an oven outside, completely unrelated to the word "cool".

That evening, more and more people began discussing the temperature changes on the school forum.

"Hey guys, does it feel like it's gotten cooler at school? I just went outside, and while I'm still sweating a lot, the burning sensation seems a bit less?"

"You felt it too? I thought I was just hallucinating from the heat!"

"Really! I have a thermometer, and I just checked the outside temperature; it's already dropped to 47 degrees Celsius!"

"Forty-seven degrees Celsius can be called a temperature drop? But it seems a bit better than fifty degrees?"

Students in each dormitory, after seeing the forum message, left their air-conditioned rooms with some skepticism and went to the corridors or balconies to experience it for themselves.

Although the heat was still intense and I was drenched in sweat, the intense heat that felt like it was baking me dry had indeed lessened somewhat.

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