American comics: I became a god at the beginning, I chose to practice both science and magic

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome! Welcome to this great experiment... and of course, welcome to the distinguished Mr. Dane Davis, who has taken the time to come despite his busy schedule..."

Otto, the lab director, appeared and gave a speech, but Jessica was so sleepy that she didn't listen carefully.

But I roughly understood that the other party was talking about new clean energy or something like that.

She asked Dane curiously, "Clean energy, haven't you and Tony Stark been working on it?"

To this, Dane responded: "Because we have a technological monopoly."

Neither Stark's tokamak magnetic confinement reactor nor Umbrella's new element clean reactor is for sale.

Even the drones produced by Umbrella only have second-rate high-energy batteries as their energy source. Even so, the official cannot crack the technology behind them.

Circuit integration and mechanical structure may be cracked through reverse engineering, but special new materials are the common trade secrets of the two companies.

For those who don’t understand, this thing is a non-renewable resource just like vibranium.

Therefore, in the new energy plan, Umbrella and Stark only sell electricity produced by clean reactors.

In New York State, electricity freedom has been achieved in both the bustling city center and the remote suburbs.

Even if you are a homeless person, you don’t have to worry about your mobile phone running out of battery, because there are free charging sockets everywhere.

But outside of New York State, the distribution of new energy projects is less even.

This plan is certainly good, but it will definitely face a lot of capital resistance. Traditional energy giants are unwilling to exit the stage of history and are still fighting stubbornly.

In northern areas far from New York, electricity is more expensive in winter, so there are still people who freeze to death because they have no money to pay their electricity bills.

Stark is still struggling with those regions that are unwilling to accept change, while Dane has already expanded his business to the whole world.

Clean energy and cheap electricity are valuable to the world, except for capitalists who don't want their profits taken away from them. There are many people who know what they are talking about.

Even if electricity prices are reduced to historic lows, the project can still be profitable because the cost of producing electricity is lower than the low electricity prices.

For some countries that urgently need to vigorously develop their industries, the low electricity costs of new energy projects are very attractive conditions.

Even if it is just "small profits but quick turnover", new energy is enough for Umbrella or Stark to make a full profit.

Under such circumstances, Osborne attaches more importance to this project.

Otto's "Micro Sun" project is also a project that uses atomic energy to attempt to obtain unlimited energy.

But unlike Stark and Umbrella, Otto's research direction is the previous mainstream - thermonuclear fusion.

Before the cold nuclear fusion reaction technology matured, all countries' research directions were thermonuclear fusion.

The advantage of cold nuclear fusion is that fusion reactions can be carried out at room temperature or low temperature (but still requiring very high temperature) conditions, without the need to maintain ultra-high reaction temperatures like thermonuclear reactions.

Thermonuclear fusion usually requires heating the fusion nuclei to hundreds of millions of degrees and conducting fusion reactions under high temperature and high pressure.

This involves the issue of input-output ratio. In order to maintain such a high temperature, the external input energy needs to be compared with the energy output of the reactor after the reaction.

The input is greater than the output, so the reactor is meaningless.

If the energy of the two cancels out, the reactor can just barely be self-sufficient.

This reaction is promising only when the output is greater than the input.

The advantage of thermonuclear reactions is that once this method can be stabilized and the reaction is sufficient, it can be as inexhaustible as solar energy, producing far more electricity than cold nuclear fusion can produce.

Very suitable for large energy-consuming projects.

The advantage of cold nuclear fusion is its convenience, and its energy density far exceeds that of ordinary energy batteries. But even so, a miniature Ark reactor can only support the Iron Man suit to complete two or three high-intensity battles.

Tony Stark didn't care in the past because his suit would usually reach its limit faster than the arc reactor.

He would not wear the same suit for more than three battles, so he would frequently replace both the suit and the reactor, as he had the money anyway.

Moreover, when cold nuclear reactors are used in the energy industry, they can be directly modified on old traditional transportation routes without replacing the existing power grid system.

However, thermonuclear reactors are not only difficult to miniaturize, but also require the circuit transportation system itself to be modified and upgraded when generating electricity, which is a lot of trouble.

But even so, Osborne still chose the thermonuclear fusion project because the energy output of the reaction promised by Otto surpassed that of cold and fusion reactors of the same scale.

It utilizes atomic energy more efficiently than cold fusion and can release greater energy.

For some larger energy consumers, this is a more cost-effective way to generate electricity than cold fusion.

And this is a new track that is not afraid of falling into patent traps. Once successful, Osborne will become a new energy giant.

For humans, energy is never enough, especially after absorbing the technology of the Chitauri people, knowledgeable people among humans have gradually turned their attention to space.

However, to develop deep space, aerospace technology is indispensable, and to develop aerospace technology, the energy problem must be solved.

Even with cold nuclear fusion, energy issues remain a challenge for some longer-distance development projects.

The emergence of thermonuclear fusion has solved this problem.

Chapter 935 An accident happens

Dane was fortunate enough to witness Dr. Otto attach a four-clawed steel tentacle to his back.

According to him, these four steel tentacles are used to assist him in conducting experiments.

Because extremely high temperatures are generated during the thermonuclear fusion process, Otto, as the experimenter, must operate it personally to ensure that the experiment proceeds as he wishes.

That's why he created these four flexible tentacles, which are connected to Otto's spinal nerves and can be directly controlled by his brain, allowing him to directly interfere with the experiment instead of his hands.

These four tentacles are resistant to high temperatures, friction, corrosion, and have certain anti-magnetic functions, and each has independent artificial intelligence.

In order to control them, coordinate the relationship between the four and make them always obey Otto's orders, Otto installed a master control chip at the back of his head to restrain them.

This was not the first time Otto used this thing, but he took it off before the experiment and put it back on in front of the audience.

This seems to be to demonstrate his talent and to give investors some confidence in advance.

Compared with the well-funded Umbrella and Stark, Osborn Corporation's foundation is not that strong, so the source of Otto's research funding is relatively complicated.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please open your eyes! You are witnessing the future... But before that, please put on your sunglasses. The light intensity during the experiment will be brighter than you can imagine!"

Dane put on the sunglasses he brought with him, which can adjust their light transmittance as the external light intensity changes.

"You've been prepared?"

Jessica didn't have this foresight, so she could only wear the sunglasses prepared in advance by Osborne Enterprises. The large lenses covered half of her palm-sized face.

"I must look so funny right now."

"No, it's quite cute," Dane soothed.

Jessica rolled her eyes behind her sunglasses, but she felt a little secretly happy in her heart.

"Now that everyone has put on their glasses, the experiment officially begins!"

Otto immediately commanded his tentacles to turn on the high-energy laser launchers on both sides. The laser hit the target element in the center. Within a few minutes, it gradually formed a small fireball emitting orange-red light.

The strong light it emitted instantly shone on everyone present, giving people a warm feeling at first, but as time passed, it began to become more and more scorching.

At the same time, Dane, who was sitting in the audience, could clearly feel the temperature in the room rising sharply.

Otto was a very courageous guy. He had never seen anyone do such a crude experimental demonstration.

When Captain America was conducting the experiment, the audience at least stayed on the second floor and observed through the high-strength explosion-proof glass windows.

What a guy, Doctor Octopus, except for a pair of sunglasses, he didn't provide any personal protection for the audience, leaving them directly exposed to the thermonuclear core.

He observed that some people were already feeling a little uncomfortable.

Otto's "miniature sun" project began to bear fruit, as he actually created a sun whose light contained an excess of ultraviolet radiation.

Dane noticed that Norman Osborn also noticed the changes in the audience around him, and his face began to turn ugly.

He thought for a moment and said to Norman, "Didn't you consider this question before you presented it?"

Norman said helplessly: "I neglected it."

Dane figured it out immediately. Norman Osborn had been injected with human enhancement drugs a long time ago. His physique was different from that of ordinary people, so he didn't care about the harmful radiation at all.

His strong personal qualities made him ignore this problem. Dane guessed that Otto had also been injected with strengthening potions.

Otherwise, it cannot explain why he dared to be so close to the reaction center, as if he was not afraid of getting skin cancer at all.

When the temperature of the reaction center reached a certain level, Otto suddenly turned off the high-energy laser beam.

The target element suspended in the air automatically maintained the reaction, and the force field provided by the surrounding devices bound it in mid-air, just like a real sun.

"It worked!" Otto's face was filled with joy and excitement.

Norman Osborn, who was sitting in the audience, also smiled. Although there was a small mistake, the result of the experiment was good, and that was enough.

Just as he was about to stand up and applaud, Dane suddenly held his hand and said, "Wait."

"what happened?"

"Something is not right."

Through the connection between telekinesis and electromagnetic force, Dane can observe that there is something abnormal in the nearby magnetic field.

"Jessica."

"What?" Jessica was completely confused.

"You might have work to do later..."

On the other side, in the experimental center, Otto's assistant suddenly noticed that the readings on the instrument were a little abnormal.

"Doctor...something is not right..."

"Why? We have successfully achieved 10 billion watts of power generation, and nuclear fusion is also proceeding successfully."

"Yes, but we observed that its energy exceeded the shield's capacity!"

The target elements are confined around the nuclear fusion reactor by an electromagnetic shield, which ensures that energy does not overflow outside the shield when nuclear fusion occurs.

But it is obvious that this shield cannot prevent its light radiation energy from being radiated to the outside world, nor can it prevent the nuclear fusion reaction from changing the magnetic field environment around it.

Jessica wasn't paying attention and the silver ring on her finger flew off and fell into the miniature sun in the reaction center.

"What's going on?" Jessica stood up immediately.

Dane said to Norman, "There was an unexpected experiment. It seems that some of Dr. Otto's calculations are problematic. Did you foresee this happening?"

"This is just a normal power outage, don't be nervous!" Otto was still speaking in front of the reactor, trying to calm everyone.

Dane looked at Norman: "You think so too?"

Norman hesitated because success was so close.

However, as time goes by, the energy of the target element becomes stronger and stronger, and the size of the "sun" increases.

The inward attraction it generated became stronger and stronger. Among the audience, anyone carrying any metal material was snatched away by the "sun" in front of them.

After receiving these "tributes", the size of the "Sun" became even larger. Otto had to dig his four tentacles into the ground to stabilize his body and prevent himself from being sucked away by the "Sun".

After the small object was swallowed by the "sun", the large equipment on the scene began to be attracted by it and flew towards the "sun".

"Do you want to continue waiting?"

Amidst the chaos, Dane remained meticulous. He looked at Norman Osborn, waiting for his decision.

If this continues, let alone the current laboratory, the appetite of the "Sun" may break away from the restrictions of the electromagnetic shield and expand to the outside world, until it swallows up the entire city and may not be able to satisfy its appetite.

"Shut it down quickly! Otto!" Norman made his decision.

What he could not accept even more than failure was the casualties among the audience, as these were all people of high social status.

"No! Osborn, I control it!"

"You can't." Dane said bluntly, "Jessica, go!"

"You just order me around." Jessica complained, then flew up and came to the control console.

She didn't know which power switch was which, or how to turn it off, so she just raised her fist.

"Wait!" Otto subconsciously commanded his tentacles to swing over, trying to stop Jessica's actions.

But Dane quietly activated his telekinesis, freezing him in place and making him unable to move.

Jessica successfully smashed the control panel with one punch, cut the wires and destroyed the power grid.

Without energy supply and high-pressure environment, the target element lacks another necessary condition for fusion.

The "sun" shone brightly one last time, then retreated inwards until it disappeared.