Otherworld Girl Development Guide

Bingbing looked at the stellarator-structured fusion reactor behind her and said calmly, "...In half an hour, our commercial demonstration reactor will be ignited. Let's look forward to igniting a sun."

Wait... what's going on?

【? ? ? 】

Am I still half asleep?

[How did I get transported to another world when I just woke up? I'm going to sleep a little longer!]

[That explains the rumors circulating online a while back about electricity price cuts...]

......

The barrage immediately filled with question marks. They had previously thought it was just a regular publicity stunt, like an experimental reactor being set on fire. They were just there to watch the excitement, and then they would go play their games or throw bricks at each other.

After all, the rabbit had been muttering about this thing, but it never expected that it would suddenly turn from an experimental reactor into a commercial one.

The little rabbits repeatedly checked the live stream room, and after confirming it was an official live stream platform, they were still completely confused.

Goodness, has the rabbit been enlarged?

Cloud-based trolls, keyboard warriors, haters, pseudo-scientists, experts, Baidu users, Zhihu users, half-baked individuals, entertainers, sarcastic commenters, nuclear physicists, and bullet screen masters all started pontificating in the live stream.

"I Teach Experts How to Build Nuclear Reactors" series

[Impossible! We're at least fifty years away from nuclear fusion; this is just a publicity stunt!]

Yes, even Europeans haven't figured it out yet...

For a time, some comments caught the attention of the hunters in the live stream. After noting down the speakers' IDs, they began to think about how to use entrapment tactics.

First, you need to disguise your gender, then gather information, and finally meet in person...

"Alright, everyone, now it's time to ignite our 'artificial sun'..."

As the countdown to ignition in the control room reached zero, the chief engineer in charge of ignition pressed the ancestral button, and the laser ignition device immediately ignited the nuclear fuel in the reaction chamber.

hum!

Immediately, the entire commercial demonstration reactor entered a stable operating state and began testing in an orderly manner.

Soon, magnetohydrodynamic power generation supply steadily increased.

"The fusion reactor is operating normally... and has been connected to the power grid," the chief commander said in a monotone tone.

Click... The electricity generated by the reactor was fed into the civilian power grid.

[Guys...am I hallucinating? Why do they seem so skilled?]

I have the same feeling; maybe it was rehearsed beforehand?

What do you know? This is called composure...

Discussion began in the live chat.

"Dear viewers, our commercial demonstration reactor will continue to operate for 24 hours. After that, our second reactor will be started, and the first reactor will undergo maintenance..." Bingbing's rosy cheeks and beautiful eyes narrowed: "...After 48 hours, the second reactor will be shut down, and the third reactor will be started."

"In other words, our controlled nuclear fusion commercial demonstration reactor has been a complete success. Next, we will hold a press conference. Let's look forward to it."

However, things took a turn that the rabbits found somewhat surreal, and there was a sense that it had all been planned in advance.

The commercial demonstration reactor had barely been announced as successful when the government announced plans to continuously lower electricity prices over the next twenty years and phase out all domestic thermal power plants within the next fifty years. After all, one must take things one step at a time; taking too big a step will only lead to disaster.

However, the kangaroo was no longer smiling. The rabbit had made it clear that coal would no longer be used as fuel, but as an industrial raw material, for example, to synthesize urea... Incidentally, due to industrial transformation, urea exports would decrease by 80%.

Chapter 310 Bring it here, Lagrange (5/13)

Almost at the same time as the fusion reactor was announced as a success, China's CNSC had already laid out its work for the next decade.

Seize Earth's Lagrange point and build a rabbit-sized space station there!

Lagrange points are extremely important!

The Lagrange point, also known as the translation point, is one of the five particular solutions to the restricted three-body problem in celestial mechanics.

A small object is at a point in space under the gravitational pull of two large objects. At that point, the small object remains essentially stationary relative to the two large objects.

The existence of these points was deduced by mathematician Euler in 1767 for the first three, and mathematician Lagrange proved the existence of the remaining two in 1772.

In other words, there are only two such "feng shui treasure lands" on Earth, and whoever gets them first gets to keep them!

Lagrange points are outposts for venturing into the entire universe and the best anchoring points for kilometer-class space stations!

The rabbit's goal is to capture the closest of the two Lagrange points.

Two CNSC White Bird spacecraft were parked at the end of the runway. Their mission was very important: to declare the "ownership" of Lagrange.

While other countries focus their attention on commercial demonstration reactors for controlled nuclear fusion, deploy space station components on the Lagrange and, incidentally, clean up some of the space debris that's taking up space without contributing anything.

"This is BN-3, airframe in good condition... Requesting takeoff."

"The airspace is cleared; takeoff is permitted."

"understand!"

The engines of BN-2 at the end of the runway started, propelling the white bird into the sky. Half an hour after BN-2 took off, BN-3 took off.

At the same time, China has arranged a launch plan for ten large rockets with a payload of 50 tons each, which are expected to deliver 500 tons of prefabricated space station modules to the Lagrange point.

For safety reasons, a gravity field actuator will still be installed in the kilometer-scale space to prevent the space station from crashing down.

If it weren't for the fact that the mass accelerator wasn't reliable enough, and that China even planned to launch a kilometer-level space station in a short period of time, we would have missed too much already. This time, we won't miss it again!

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The press conference was packed with people. Some VIPs sat in the guest section, while the person in charge of the announcements was a refined and courteous diplomat.

"Hello Ms. Hua, I am a reporter from Rabbit Radio. I am very excited about our mastery of controlled nuclear fusion. Could you please tell me how we plan to use this technology? Thank you."

"Regarding this issue, we just want to be better versions of ourselves, making electricity prices cheaper and people's lives happier... Next."

Ms. Hua selected a foreign journalist.

"Hello, I am a reporter from CNN. I am very impressed by your country's achievements. Will your country start a new round of 'energy blackmail'?"

"We will not stand still on this issue. We can build fusion power plants for our friends and train workers to maintain them. However, we need to conduct safety assessments, as it involves the international issue of nuclear non-proliferation."

Ms. Hua said with a smile that the foreign reporter nodded and sat down. She felt that the other party had said something, but it was as if he hadn't said anything at all.

"Ms. Hua, hello. I am a reporter from the BBC. As far as I know, your country was previously testing an experimental reactor. Is there some hidden secret behind the success of this commercial demonstration reactor? Or is it a challenge to the United States?"

"Regarding this issue, I can only say it requires accumulation and innovation, and also some luck. We don't intend to challenge anyone; it's just that some countries have lost their confidence..."

After Ms. Hua finished speaking, she looked around and smiled, saying:

"...I hereby announce the conclusion of the press conference for the commercial demonstration reactor of controlled nuclear fusion."

Just as the press conference ended, some foreign journalists received phone calls, their faces filled with shock.

"what?!"

"The rabbits are starting to create wonders?!"

"Quickly, publish it as soon as possible! This is a hot topic!"

Ms. Hua, who was packing her things, seemed to remember something and looked up, saying:

"Our 1,000-meter-class International Space Station is under construction and will be used for space research in the future. We welcome everyone to actively learn Chinese..."

in space.

With its guidance engines activated, the White Bird low-orbit spacecraft slowly flew toward its designated Lagrange point.

Inside the hangar, a professionally trained pilot of the Iron Ball crawled into the cockpit and began checking the Iron Ball's condition... As a space capsule for space operations, the Iron Ball carries an electric propulsion system and various devices for space operations at its rear.

With the assistance of attitude control engines, the two Shiratori low-Earth orbit spacecraft slowly flew to the Lagrange point. After the spacecraft came to a complete stop, the cargo bay of the Shiratori low-Earth orbit spacecraft opened, and then the robotic arm unloaded the prefabricated modules inside the cargo bay into space.

The cargo floated silently in space. Four "iron ball" space work capsules slowly flew out of the White Bird's hangar, used mechanical claws to assemble the prefabricated modules together, and then used plasma welding guns to weld them in space.

The plasma welding torch emitted twinkling lights, illuminating the dark universe. Ground-based telescopes could even see the fluorescence emitted by the welding torch in contact with the pre-set module in space.

The high-energy laser emitter on the White Bird rose up and began intercepting all space debris passing through the Lagrange point to prevent accidents during construction.

Soon, the US's early warning radar detected that China had launched a rocket into space. After tracking it, it was confirmed to be a satellite launch vehicle, with its destination being the Lagrange point!

boom!

The King of Knowledge angrily smashed the Coke cup on the ground. The rabbit was too cunning; it didn't even bother to tell the eagle!

"What is NASA doing?!"

"My esteemed King, NASA is currently underfunded..."

"Mazefak!" Trump roared, unable to contain himself any longer. "Tell them to take the other Lagrange point no matter what. We can't just stand by and watch the rabbits take our Lagrange points!"

"Your Excellency, if we do this, we might be dragged into the space race..."

At this moment, the US is in a dilemma. Aerospace is a bottomless pit. It can't afford not to follow, or it will be eliminated!

"Sir, you must understand! This is a day darker than darkness in the history of our beacon nation, and we have no choice but to follow suit! Let the beacon nation be great again!"

"I understand! I'll contact NASA right away..."

Chapter 311 The Confidence of a World Power!

The next day, the rabbit submitted the "Pricing List for Nuclear Waste Cleanup" to the state.

Having mastered controlled nuclear fusion, the disposal of nuclear waste has become much simpler.

The reusable portion of nuclear waste recovered using plasma technology is used, while the unusable nuclear waste with a half-life of tens of thousands of years is directly packed into containers and transported into space, then launched at the sun, which is a giant "garbage incinerator".

I dedicate my fuel to the sun!

These nuclear wastes will be completely burned in the sun, which is efficient, environmentally friendly, pollution-free, and can even generate revenue.

I just wonder if some stingy countries are willing to spend this money...

However, this news was a bit too far removed from the lives of the rabbits; what they were really concerned about was something else... electricity prices had dropped! Right after the official press conference on controlled nuclear fusion, the State Grid announced: electricity prices would be reduced by 30 cents!

Although it's only three cents, the meaning it conveys is: We've already started doing it; let the dust settle for a while, and the electricity price will come down.

After all, societal transformation takes time; we can't expect to leap forward in just six months... If cultural development lags behind, it can easily create hidden dangers or even lead to collapse!

This is not an exaggeration. Some people are still digging the ground with hoes, agriculture is not yet fully mechanized, and there is not enough food to eat. Others are already traveling out of the solar system in spaceships... or even interstellar colonization.