Starting from Zero

We can’t explain Yin Jiu’s incomprehension to her, but fortunately, we don’t have to explain to her. Seeing that she doesn’t ask us again, we will not say anything and proceed directly to the advent. operate.

When everyone was preparing for Lei, the supervisor also told me about Lei's general situation. According to the director’s introduction, Lei should be the first biological weapon of our Longyuan Group that is truly capable of nuclear fusion. Although this technology was found in the fourth zone a long time ago, it is like throwing a whole set of cars to the primordial people. They can’t build a car like a blueprint. Controllable bionuclear fusion is a technology that is so high level that many people think it is absolutely impossible. Can you imagine how far this is from our current technology?

Before the invention of the steam engine, you had to tell people that there was a car that could run without being pulled by animals. Others would definitely say that you have a problem with your head. Before the First World War, you have to tell people that humans can fly into the sky, and others will still say that you have a problem with your head. Before the successful launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, you have to say that humans can run to the moon, and there are still a group of people who say that you have a problem with your head.

Just like those things, controllable bionuclear fusion technology is such a high level technology that an ordinary person simply cannot accept. As a pre-technology for controllable bionuclear fusion, a technology that must exist is cold fusion technology.

Normal nuclear fusion can only be carried out at a high temperature of tens of millions of degrees. Humans cannot control this kind of high temperature at present, so the only thing we can make in the end is nuclear weapons, because that thing does not need to be controlled. , Detonate once and it's over. However, if nuclear fusion is to be used as an energy source instead of just being used as a bomb, it is necessary to control these tens of millions of degrees or even higher temperatures. But the problem is that humans currently cannot find any material that can withstand high temperatures to tens of millions of degrees. Moreover, even if there is something that can withstand this temperature, it is useless. First of all, tens of millions of degrees is only the starting temperature of nuclear fusion. Once nuclear fusion begins, the energy emitted during atomic fusion will instantly push this temperature upward. It is normal for temperatures to exceed several hundred million degrees. In this case, materials that can only resist high temperatures of tens of millions of degrees are obviously not enough, and must resist high temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees.

In addition to the non-compliant high-temperature materials, there is another problem with the ignition device.

When the hydrogen bomb explodes, it only needs to react all the nuclear materials at once, so only one ignition is required. However, if it is used as an energy source, it cannot be ignited only once. If it is to build a large-scale nuclear power plant, the nuclear fusion reactor in it can of course be fired for a few years or several decades without stalling, but the problem is that we are not building a power station. What we need is conventional portable energy.

For an organism, the energy produced by nuclear fusion is too much, so we are impossible to continue nuclear fusion, otherwise, if the energy exceeds the upper limit of carrying capacity, the energy of the organism will be overloaded. Burnt. Therefore, bionuclear fusion technology should actually be a single single-atom fusion, using only one deuterium and one tritium atom for the fusion reaction at a time. The energy produced in this process will be the lowest energy released by nuclear fusion. .

Of course, this energy is still amazing, so even if only two atoms are used to react, the organism has to react intermittently to ensure that its energy is not overloaded. Then the problem is coming. With the characteristics of biotechnology, it is very easy to output exactly one deuterium atom and one tritium atom at a time, but how do you ignite them?

The nuclear fusion reaction in the hydrogen bomb relies on a small formidable power atomic bomb for fission reaction to generate high temperature to ignite the fusion reaction, but organisms can’t use a low-level nuclear fission to ignite the fusion reaction every time. ? Besides, even if you can do this, the organism's body simply cannot withstand the high temperature. This is why Yin Jiu doesn't believe us. In her opinion, we can't make the organism withstand such high temperature, so she thinks we can't do it.

However, just as humans believed that they could land on the moon after the first man-made satellite, Star Into Cultivation, entered orbit, as long as you see an understandable fulcrum, you can imagine what follows.

Our technical fulcrum is cold fusion technology. The name cold fusion knows that it is a kind of nuclear fusion that is carried out at room temperature, or slightly higher than normal temperature, but at a temperature within the tolerable range.

The advantage of this kind of nuclear fusion is that it does not require the high temperature environment of tens of millions of degrees, so there is no need to worry about materials. Although the biochemical cells we use in Dragon Clan are more than N times stronger than human cells, to put it bluntly, we are still flesh and blood, and the strength is indeed much stronger than that of humans. We can also maintain a high temperature of several Baidu for a period of time, which is thousands of degrees. We can also fight the burn for ten to twenty seconds, but the problem is that nuclear fusion is not thousands of degrees or tens of thousands of degrees, that is tens of millions of degrees. At this temperature, we don’t even need a second. Will be directly vaporized.

In short, we are impossible to use thermonuclear fusion technology in organisms, at least not now, unless we solve the high temperature resistance of thermonuclear fusion in the future.

The controllable bionuclear fusion technology used in Lei’s body is such a super-reaction system based on cold fusion technology. This system relies on a set of special organs to store a certain amount of The next two atomic quantities of output atoms enter the reaction chamber, and then the reaction chamber will use super-strong electromagnetic activation technology to make nuclear matter enter an active state at low temperatures, and then nuclear fusion. After that, nuclear fusion will produce ultra-high temperature and full-band radioactive energy, but the inner wall of the reaction chamber will be wrapped in a thick layer of deposits, and these deposits are actually a special chemical substance.

The energy of human cells comes from the decomposition of ATP, and this substance will take effect in Ray’s body instead of ATP. No, it should be said that the decomposition of this substance will replace ATP to produce energy. When nuclear fusion occurs, high temperature and full-band energy radiation will be absorbed by this substance, and then this substance will be decomposed by absorbing the heat and radiant energy, and the product of decomposition will be two liquid substances with different specific gravities.

The two liquids will be absorbed by the outer wall of the reaction chamber and then transported to the cells throughout the body. After the two substances enter the cells separately, they will play the same role as ATP. They undergo a chemical reaction in the cell, release energy, and then change back to the original kind of magic compound, and are collected again through the internal circulation system and sent back to the reaction chamber to wait for the next fusion reaction to release energy to make it decompose again.

This kind of circulation alone is obviously not enough. Therefore, in fact, there are a total of eight such reaction chambers in Lei's body, which together are just slightly larger than the entire human digestive system. Considering that Lei’s body is a circle larger than humans, this volume can fit into his abdominal cavity. Anyway, with this thing, Lei’s digestive system only needs to retain the most basic digestion ability. All the energy used by the body comes from the fusion reaction, and eating is only used to supplement material loss. If it is combined with Dragon Clan's ultra-efficient autocirculation system, in fact, Lei may not need to eat for several decades.

After explaining Lei’s special features, the supervisor cautiously said to me: "Shenlin. I have also told you about this situation, so please, please use it carefully. Your subordinate’s ability. Because there are eight nuclear reactors in the body, you can imagine how powerful his energy is, and this is the first time we officially use this thing, so we’re not sure if it’s really safe, you You must pay more attention to him. In case of leakage or abnormal response, you must immediately figure out a way to take him away from crowded areas. Although theoretically, even if the reactor has a problem, it is at most a small-scale radiological leak. After all, the radioactivity of the fusion reactant is lower than that of the fission reactant, but we are not afraid of 10,000, but we are afraid of the accident. We can't guarantee that the nuclear material stored in his body will not have an accidental reaction during the battle, especially if it is blocked. After being attacked and injured, you should pay special attention at this time."

"I know this. After all, the current Lei is basically a walking nuclear power plant, no matter how careful you are, it is not too much."

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The supervisor finally felt relieved when he heard me say that, at least he didn't take this matter seriously without carefree, but took the issue quite seriously. However, after talking about this, he quickly became excited, and then said with a smile: "Although those eight reactors are quite worrying, but thanks to the powerful output energy of these eight reactors, your subordinate There will be tens of billions of megawatt-level directed energy weapons that you all person have not equipped so far."

"What did you say? tens of billions of megawatts of directed energy weapons? You, you, you...you Put the positron cannon on the killer satellite on him?" The supervisor's words almost didn't scare me and sat on the ground. Ten billion megawatts! What is that concept? Remember the secret base where the Americans helped the Japanese make neutron stabilizers last time in the Pacific Ocean? At that time, I used a killer satellite to send a shot to the island, but the entire island was evaporated. This was shot down from space, and more than 30% of the energy was scattered by the atmosphere. What do you say if this formidable power fires in front of the enemy? I think you don’t expect anything to block this kind of attack anyway. A shot can go from one end of the city to the other. Everything in the middle will be vaporized. Maybe the nearby things will be evaporated together, and the rays may also return. It will shoot through the atmosphere until it hits the space. If you are unlucky, you might be able to kill a few passing satellites along the way.

"What are you talking about? How come the boss reacted so much?" When Sgoot found out my reaction here, he leaned in and asked.

Sooner or later, they will know about this kind of thing. I didn’t intend to hide it. I just looked up and said: “They have installed eight fusion reactors for mines, and they are also equipped with tens of billions of megawatts of energy weapons.”

"One hundred, one hundred, one hundred...tens of billions of megawatts?" Skeet and I didn't know much about it, and they both trembled. "You are going to give him melee use? Are you sure it's not used to hit satellites? Is this a conventional weapon? Is the planet defense gun holding his grandfather, OK?"

"Aiya, you guys Don’t react so much. This thing speaking of which is tens of billions of megawatts, but it’s not as scary as you think. The one I’m talking about is the ultimate power, and you can drain your comrades by playing that kind of big trick once. In normal use, it should still be launched with regular formidable power, and at most tens of thousands of megawatts."

"Tens of thousands of megawatts? That's acceptable."

Tens of thousands of megawatts does sound like a large number, but in fact, energy weapons of this level are slightly more powerful than general kinetic energy weapons. If you want an intuitive understanding, you can say so. A megawatt-level energy weapon can scorch a person in about a second. For metal, it can penetrate a thickness of more than ten centimeters per second. If you continue to irradiate it, you can go deep into it. , On the battlefield, it’s definitely useful to hit a tank and point an airplane, because the airplane will almost never fly as long as it is continuously illuminated for more than 0.3 seconds. Tanks are a little harder than airplanes, but they can hold up to the sky for three to five seconds at most. As for warships, it depends on where you fight. If you want to sink the ship, it will take a few minutes, but if you just want the battleship to lose the battle strength, it's simple. It is OK to irradiate the antenna area at zero point for one second, ensuring that the opponent becomes deaf and blind immediately.

Anyway, this energy weapon on Lei’s body is definitely a huge might weapon, and it’s better not to use it. After all, the power is too large, and the associated damage is definitely not small, even if it is a directed energy weapon. , After the output reaches a certain level, there will still be diffusion damage.

After calming down a bit, I asked what type of energy weapon Xia Lei’s weapon was, but the other party said that Lei had more than one type of energy weapon, and the formidable power was very large. Let's try it by ourselves in the future.

Since we let us try it ourselves, I didn't ask any more, and started the most basic guidance.

First, log in to the game to find Lei, and then talk to him about taking him to the real world. However, unlike the previous two, Lei's intelligence level is not very high, and his appearance is very different from that of human beings. It can be said that it is a state between humanoid and non-humanoid creatures. In addition, Lei's personality is relatively calm, but he tends to become violent when excited, but I can control his emotions, so it is not a big problem.

Based on the feature of being relatively quiet when Lei is not fighting, I didn’t say much, just reminded him of the precautions for a while to keep him from struggling, and then quit the game and waited for him outside. .

As soon as I regained consciousness, the people around me knew that the preparation was completed, so I started the download process, and then saw the armor plate around the isolation room in the middle of the room surrounded by a pile of reinforcement devices. It sank to the ground. As the armor plate sinks, what appears inside is actually Second Layer armor, and looking at the color and texture, it turns out to be ceramic armor. No wonder the weakened electromagnetic induction hardly penetrates into it.

After the outer armor sinks, the ceramic armor layer also spreads around like a flower with the help of a set of mechanical arms, and inside this layer of ceramic armor is a circular glass column. The diameter of the glass column is about four meters, but the inner diameter is also about two meters, because the thickness of the glass column is more than one meter.

As the ceramic armor unfolded, the finally strengthened glass isolation layer began to rise slowly, and the thunder inside finally appeared in front of us completely.

In reality, Lei’s body still maintains a humanoid shape, but it feels more like a werewolf, because his leg has an inverted arch, which looks like it has one more joint than a human leg. , But it’s just an illusion caused by the difference between the standing posture and the length of part of the skeleton. In fact, his legs have the same structure as a human. The extra arch should be the position of the human heel. People are on tiptoes, only the tip of the toes touches the ground. But don't think that he is unstable like this, because Lei's sole structure is different from that of a human, so he is actually much more stable than a human standing like this. Moreover, this structure is more conducive to sudden speed bursts, and will be better than human leg structure in athletic ability.

Except for the legs that look like werewolves, Lei’s body and arms are almost the same as humans, and the shape and position of his head are roughly the same. The only difference is the details.

Lei has no skin, or human skin, his body has an outer skeleton like an arthropod. The outer skeleton is golden and looks gleaming, as if wearing golden armor. In addition, Lei’s palms and toes have sharp claws extending from the outer skeleton, which means that Lei actually tends to be predators with sharp claws. Of course, as a predator, fangs are also indispensable.

The Thunder in the game does not have a real mouth, but there is obviously such a design in reality. I guess it may be left deliberately in consideration of eating problems.

Lei’s head looks like an exaggerated eagle helmet. The entire face is a shield-shaped golden outer skeleton. The surface is extremely smooth and you can see his reflection when you are close. It can almost be used as a mirror. The shape of Lei’s head is longer than that of a human being, similar to the structure of a wolf’s head. This visor probably starts from the tip of the nose and extends back and upwards. , It feels like the head of an eagle, so I said it looks like an eagle helmet.

Under this visor are nostrils, but not two but four, and they are only hidden in the lower part of the visor, which is not visible from the front. As for the mouth, it is a little bit below the nostril, and it is like a wolf, but this mouth does not extend forward beyond the visor, but extends backward. If you can’t figure it out, imagine putting a visor on the wolf’s face. The lower part of the visor is at the tip of the wolf’s nose, the upper part is on the top of the wolf’s head, and the lower part of the visor is where the mouth is.

Although Lei’s mouth is a movable part, it also has a hard outer skeleton to protect it. It will separate up and down when opened. The closed lower jaw and a part of the surrounding outer skeleton will be wrapped by a slightly larger outer skeleton around the upper jaw. Live so that as long as Thunder does not open your mouth, your mouth will not be exposed.

The overall appearance of Lei looks like a werewolf wearing a golden armor with a eagle helmet. Although it looks slightly forward, it looks like a hump, but even so, it is more than two meters tall. , And even at this height, it doesn’t look slender at all, but it feels very solid. Of course, this is due to his terrifying muscles. Although the outer skeleton is solid, it grows close to the muscles. Compared with real armor, these outer skeletons are more like tight clothes, so Ray's muscle lines are especially obvious.

"Huh? Why don't you have eyes?"

Yin Jiu, who hasn't spoken since he didn't believe us, suddenly noticed a detail, that is, Lei has no eyes. If you look at the body structure of a human or werewolf, the position where Ray should grow his eyes is covered by the monolithic visor. So I can't see the eyes at all.

None of us explained this, because this is how it is in the game. Lei didn't have eyes at all. In the game, he relied on bio-energy to distinguish the surrounding environment. As for the thunder in reality, there are actually eyes, but they can't be seen from the outside.

In fact, Lei’s visor looks like a whole from the outside, but the thickness is actually different. There are only two places in which only a thin layer of cartilage and membrane is wrapped. This layer of cartilage is completely transparent, while the outer film has the same characteristics as unidirectional glass. It looks golden from the outside and looks like a mirror, but it is basically transparent when viewed from the inside.

The advantage of this design is obvious, that is, most people don't even know where Ray's eyes are. Even if you want to find weaknesses to attack, his head is so big, do you know where the eyes are?

Because we all knew it, we didn’t bother Yin Jiu’s doubts, making her sulking there alone, but we didn’t care about her at all, but looked excitedly at a monitor next to her. Shows the progress of the stream of consciousness implantation. The progress bar went very fast, it came to an end in less than one minute, and then I saw the thunder there suddenly twitched, and then the whole body bowed upward, shaking the metal frame that fixed him. .

In fact, Thunder is not soaked in liquid. The inside of the glass cover is basically a gas environment, and there is also a metal frame like a torture instrument. There are several fixed locks on this shelf, which lock Lei's wrists, ankles and neck respectively, but now it seems that this thing is in danger of breaking at any time.

Just when we thought Lei would ruin the thing, Lei suddenly stabilized, then turned his head, and then turned his head to look at his fixed wrist.

When I saw this action, I knew that Lei should have completed the transfer of consciousness, and quickly used the wireless signal to connect to Lei's thinking.

"Thunder."

"Master?"

"It's me. How do you feel now?"

"Everything is normal, It’s just a little strange physically. I seem to feel that I have many abilities that I didn’t have before."

"Don’t you feel muscle weakness?"

"No."

When I got this answer, I was also puzzled. After asking the supervisor, I realized that Lei was different from us. During the test, his body used a special auxiliary brain to operate those nuclear reactors, so this body has The second body of consciousness, therefore, cannot be regarded as the first awakening. It should be said that it has been activated before. It was just like sleepwalking at the time. Only the second body of consciousness was operating. Now it is equivalent to the activation of the first body of consciousness, just like a human being. Just like waking up after sleeping, it is impossible to have too much discomfort.

Since I know the reason, I don’t worry anymore, and I directly notify the researcher to open the holder. The Lei over there stood up from the shelf immediately after the holder was opened, moved his hands and feet first, and then stepped out of the isolation area in one step, making Yin Jiu and Xu Feng two steps back together. Human beings are instinctively afraid of things bigger than themselves. This is instinct. Anyone has it, but the degree of severity is different.

Although I really want to test the ability of the mine, first the attack power of the mine is too scary, and secondly, there are still two companions who have not picked up, so we have to temporarily give up the plan of experimenting. Of course, people still have to introduce it. Fortunately, everyone is surrounded by companions. In the game, everyone has lived together for a long time. In reality, it is only a small change in appearance, so soon everyone reacquainted with each other.

Take Lei to the mechanical research area with us. The last two companions are here. Along the way, Yin Jiu and Xu Feng were constantly studying Lei, either touching here or squeezing there, but Lei didn’t take seriously the harassment of the two of them. It really doesn't feel like being pinched a few times.

Although I have not been notified which two people are the last two people to be picked up today, since the place to pick up people is the mechanical power zone, then I also know the general situation.

There are many different types of creatures in my summon creatures, but there are only three construct creatures in total. One of them is Spirit Physique. It shouldn't be appeared in reality, so the rest There are only two goals.

"Ivrit and Brigitte should be greeted this time, right?" Vina asked aloud. Obviously everyone has guessed the situation.

Although I don’t have an answer, I still nodded and said: "It should be correct. However, I need to see it to be sure."

Because the mechanical zone is not far from here, so We soon arrived at the machinery area. This place is different from the place where we used to stay. It is mainly for the research and development of technical equipment. Of course, some machinery and equipment are also manufactured. Of course, most of them are robots.

Longyuan’s main business projects are arms and pharmaceuticals. The medical and military robots produced by the group are very popular. Of course, we have only seen military models, and medical ones are not produced in this base.

"That's it." Seeing the mark on the electronic coordinate, I pointed to a door and said.

The electronic door opened automatically after we approached, and we didn't see the isolation room at all after we entered, and we directly saw two companions standing there.

"Damn, it's Inverite and Brigitte." As soon as Skott saw these two companions, he ran over.

The reason why Scarlett can recognize at a glance these two are Ivorite and Brigitte, the reason is the shape. The two humanoid robots in the room in front of you, their appearance is exactly the same as those of Inverite and Brigitte in the game, and they didn't even move the surface painting, exactly according to the game. It looks like copied down.

The bright painting of Ivorite’s big red looks dazzling and dazzling, and Brigitte’s golden shape and the circular Moon Wheel on the back look exactly the same as in the game. . If this is still not recognized, then we must be a counterfeit.

"It's actually Ivorite." Xiaochun walked to Ivorite and knocked Ivorite's thigh, only to hear Dangdang two metal crashes.

The Ivorite in the game is a constructed creature. To put it bluntly, it is a machine lifeform made by magic. There is no magic in reality, so Ivorite and Brigitte are actually two Robots, but there is one difference from real robots, that is, they both actually have electronic brains like us.

The electronic brain does not refer to the electronic computing part installed in our brain, but the whole assembly of the biological brain, the electronic chip, the circulatory life support system and the basic walking parts. This is the electronic brain. The key to identifying whether it is Dragon Clan is not the body shape, but whether there is an electronic brain. This is the core of Dragon Clan. In fact, for us, the body we use now is like a car, ship, or airplane driven by a human being, an extension of the body. For us, the electronic brain is the basic irreplaceable body. The outer part that looks like the body is actually something that can be discarded at any time. If necessary, we can change seven sets a week, one style per day. In fact, considering that our Dragon Clan often needs to appear in some more dangerous places, our body has always had a spare set, and even our spare body has been destroyed, as long as the electronic brain is okay, temporarily use someone else’s It's actually okay to make do with your body. No matter how bad you are, you can try Lucky and Bailang's body and feel the different feelings of the animal-shaped structure.

Because they are robots, Ivorite and Brigitte of course do not need to be soaked in liquid, but are placed directly in the center of the room. However, they did not land at this time, but were hung in the air.

There is a set of guide rails on the ceiling of this room, on which two very sturdy mechanical arms extend. The front end of the mechanical arms is a huge thing like a gas gun used in a gas station. This gadget is now inserted behind Inverite and Brigitte. While connecting many pipelines, it also supports their weight and hangs them completely in midair. Now their feet are still one foot away from the ground.

The reason why Ivorite and Brigitte are not allowed to land is mainly due to the purpose of anti-static. After all, the main thinking has not been loaded yet, and now we must ensure an absolute zero potential state, otherwise Unexpected activation of the electronic brain can be troublesome.

Because Ivorite and Brigitte are both constructive creatures, their thinking is absolutely rational. Even in Dragon Clan, they are super stable, so the guidance for them is simple too much.

After communicating with the supervisor here, I entered the game, and then briefly talked to them, and after they confirmed that they remembered my words, I quit.

The next thought loading process takes about the same time as other people, but the characteristics of the mechanical body determine that they do not have muscle soreness. The eyes of Inverite and Brigitte who just regained consciousness suddenly Two spheres of light and shadow flashed up, and then slowly raised their feet and observed them, and finally fixed their eyes on my face together. Before I could use the wireless connection, Ivorite spoke first. Of course, adhering to the design in the game, it is also a pragmatic design, and Ivorite did not install a mouth. There is only a piece of metal armor on his mouth, and it can't be opened at all. The sound is emitted from the speaker under the armor of the mouth. It sounds exactly the same as the sound in the game. Obviously, it is restored very well.

"Master, is this the real world you said?"

"It feels more suitable for us than that world." Brigitte followed.

I also understand what she means. As constructive creatures, Inverite and Brigitte are more inclined to the existence of science and technology, and the technological knowledge assistance in "Zero" is not the mainstream, but in contrast to this, science and technology are the foundation of everything in reality, even if It's that we now have abilities that look like superpowers, but in the final analysis this is still a product of technology.

As soon as Brigitte woke up, she found the computer and various wires, rails, and robotic arms in a room here. Of course, she immediately liked the real world. For them, this is like their world.

"How do you two feel now?" Although they all asked their own questions, I didn't answer them. Now is not the time to answer.

Ivorite and Brigitte also asked casually. Upon hearing my question, they immediately replied to their upright state seriously, and then Ivorite blinked twice. replied: "The system self-check, the completeness rate is 100%, and I feel very good."

Brigis followed: "The self-check completeness rate is 100%, I feel very good. In addition, I detected an external signal input , Do I need to defend this?"

"No, that's a detection signal. Don't worry about it. If you are okay, I will let you down, are you ready?"

"Anytime."

I gestured to the researcher over there, who immediately clicked on the computer. The two mechanical arms immediately began to descend, and with two bangs, the feet of Inverite and Brigitte finally stood on the ground.

After the two of them landed, there was a sound of pu chi leaking from the robotic arm, followed by the robotic arm actively falling off them and began to retract from the ceiling and slide towards the corner Past.

"Okay, you two move a little bit now to see if you can control walking normally."

I regretted it after I said it, because I didn't have to try. The biggest difference between silicon-based life and carbon-based life is the accuracy of silicon-based life. Both Ivorite and Brigitte are robots. Their calculations of force such as gravity and pressure are all digitized. These things must have been stored in the various auxiliary computing units inside the body early in the morning. In this case, there is no need at all. Try, there will neve