Free Web NovelChapter 1000: Chapter 500 Anti-Gravity Experiment, Success!_2
This time, the superconducting antigravity experiment also used a niobium alloy material.
At the beginning of the experimental preparations, others suggested using pure niobium metal, as its superconductivity would be somewhat better, but considering the cost of creating ultralow temperatures, they ultimately chose the niobium alloy.
In fact, for Zhao Yi, the type of superconducting material wasn’t very important, because the performance differences between superconducting materials are quite minor. Perhaps to others, a better superconducting material would seem to make the experiment more likely to succeed, but Zhao Yi didn’t rely on his eyes to judge the success of the experiment; a single cost-free use of "Causality Law" was enough.
Therefore, it was still best to save funds where possible, avoiding unnecessary expenses.
Finally.
It was nine o’clock.
Li Ning couldn’t wait to remind, "It’s almost nine, Academician Zhao."
Zhao Yi acknowledged and stood up, then put on his protective suit, which was mainly for electric resistance insulation to prevent electric shock accidents during the experiment.
Once everything was ready and he saw that everyone was looking at him, Zhao Yi nodded and said, "Is everyone prepared? Shall we power it up?"
"Oh, yes!"
"Power up! Power up!"
The professors weren’t very professional executing the experiment and seemed a bit flustered, but they managed to turn all the switches on and then stepped aside to watch.
The power was switched on.
Everyone turned their eyes to the elliptical experimental equipment, especially to several strands of white cotton thread placed at the very center on the top.
The cotton thread was very light, and if the antigravity device worked, it could potentially float up.
But nothing happened.
The entire setup showed numbers only on the monitoring instruments, and the lights for high-voltage detection lit up—no other physical phenomena occurred.
"Has it failed?"
"It must have failed, right? Not even the cotton thread floated up!"
"Nothing happened!"
"It’s probably not working, we might need to try a few more times, or maybe..."
The others didn’t finish their thoughts.
Their first reaction to the failure was, "Li Ning’s theory is wrong."
The professors from the School of Sciences had immense trust in Zhao Yi, but since the theory of superconducting antigravity was proposed by Li Ning, they didn’t have much trust in him.
Li Ning continued to stare at the cotton thread, but no matter how long he looked, nothing changed. For a moment his mind went blank, he took a deep breath and his breathing started to quiver.
"Nobody move, no talking!"
"Quiet!"
Zhao Yi suddenly stepped forward and asked, "Does anyone have a cigarette?"
"A cigarette?"
A few professors were taken aback.
One of them, a short professor named Tian Dahai, said, "Wait a moment, Academician Zhao."
He turned to his briefcase, pulled out a pack of cigarettes, walked over, handed one to Zhao Yi, and also put one in his own mouth, pointing at the door he said, "Academician Zhao? Outside? Together?"
"Lighter!" Zhao Yi put the cigarette in his mouth.
Tian Dahai took out a lighter, and just as he was about to say something, Zhao Yi grabbed the lighter, ignited it, lit the cigarette in his mouth, then handed the lighter back.
He muttered, "It’s not good to smoke in the lab, right?"
As he was about to light his own, Zhao Yi promptly reminded, "You can’t smoke in the lab, Professor Tian, you should be careful." He pointed to the warning sign in the corner with four big characters—No Smoking.
Tian Dahai gaped, at a loss for words, his mind racing with many idioms about the irony of self-indulgent authority, but before he could react, he saw Zhao Yi, with the cigarette still in his mouth, step into the antigravity device. He took a deep drag and then gently exhaled the smoke toward the top of the elliptical device.
Just then, something magical happened.
Normally, the smoke would have dispersed in all directions, but as it reached the top of the elliptical device, it clearly started rising vertically.
The smoke above the elliptical device seemed to be pulled upwards, all of it rising straight toward the ceiling.
"This..."
"This is..."
"Is it a success? It’s a success? This is a success!"
"Whew!!"
The people in the laboratory couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.
Zhao Yi took another drag of his cigarette and blew a smoke ring upward. The smoke above the oval device continued to rise vertically.
He smiled slightly and turned his head, "Next, you know what to do, right?"
"Continue the experiment."
"Record all the data and find a way to calculate how much the gravitational force has decreased."
Zhao Yi gave a brief instruction and then went to the doorway to take off his protective suit before leaving the laboratory.
Inside the laboratory.
The professors’ exclamations did not cease, and voices from outside could still be heard, "Try it again, try it again!"
"Tian Dahai, have one yourself!"
"But Academician Zhao said no smoking..."
"Idiot! When it’s time to smoke you don’t, hurry up and check. No, I’ll do it!"
"Let me try!"
Everyone in the laboratory understood that the reason why the cotton thread had not floated up was because of its density. The smoke could float on its own; a slight weakening of gravity would make it rise.
This meant that the effect of the gravity reduction was not that obvious.
But a reduction meant success.
Zhao Yi, listening to the sounds from the laboratory, walked out calmly; he still had to visit the Medical Science Center to see how the chimpanzee was doing.
Recently, he had been focusing on the superconducting antigravity problem, but he would occasionally visit the medical center, mainly concerned about the health of the chimpanzee.
Whether Deng Bingcheng’s research had made progress was one aspect.
The chimpanzee was indeed pitiable.
If anything went wrong with the experiment, he would feel terribly heartbroken.
On the road, Zhao Yi ran into Dai Tianqing.
Dai Tianqing, upon seeing Zhao Yi, was puzzled and asked, "Zhao Yi, what brings you here? Weren’t you supposed to be doing an experiment? I think it was today, right?"
"That’s right."
Zhao Yi answered, "It’s done."
"Done?"
Dai Tianqing checked the time, saw it wasn’t yet nine-thirty, and asked in confusion, "How come so..." He stopped mid-sentence as he realized that the experiment must have failed.
"It must have failed!"
"If there were any results, it wouldn’t have finished this fast. It failed, and there was no helping it, that’s why you came over here."
Dai Tianqing, thinking of consoling Zhao Yi, suddenly spotted Yan Xuelin coming out and immediately waved, "Old Yan! Old Yan!" free𝑤ebnovel.com
Yan Xuelin walked over.
Dai Tianqing leaned in and whispered into Yan Xuelin’s ear, "The physics laboratory failed." He subtly gestured toward Zhao Yi.
Zhao Yi was somewhat bewildered. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Yan Xuelin nodded in understanding and immediately smiled, saying, "Zhao Yi, no worries, failure is the mother of success. Everyone fails at times. Look at like..."
"Old Dai!"
"This guy has been around until now and still isn’t very well-known. Many of his projects have failed. When you first came to the research institute, those uncompleted projects, quite a few were from his lab."
"Would you say he hasn’t failed? What’s the big deal? He’s still cheerful and optimistic. So you see, it doesn’t matter if you fail. If the east doesn’t shine, the west will. If the physics experiment fails, just focus more on medical experiments. I believe in you; the neural transmission project will surely be a success!"
Dai Tianqing’s face turned dark at the mention, but considering that Zhao Yi had just experienced failure, he held back his retort.
"How about this!"
After consoling him for a while, Yan Xuelin said, "Tonight, at the Swan Lake Restaurant, I’ll foot the bill. Let’s have a good meal!"
"There’s such good news?"
Zhao Yi was stunned when he heard this, then nodded promptly, without explaining, "Then it’s settled! Director Yan, you can’t back out now!"
"Of course! I, Yan Xuelin, am a man of my word; what I say, I do!"
"I’ll reserve the place in advance, call your laboratory colleagues, and Doctor Deng."
"Old Dai, you come too!"
Yan Xuelin slapped his chest generously, feeling indeed that he should console Zhao Yi.
Moreover, the physics experiment’s failure was actually good news for them. Wouldn’t Zhao Yi then be able to dedicate more energy to the projects of the research institute?
It was worth it!
