Free Web NovelChapter 1024: Chapter 509: Building a UFO Base Spaceship?!_2
"I must work hard and understand it all. I was a top student when I studied, how can I be the worst now!"
"Looks like I’m working overtime today..."
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Zhao Yi didn’t research the foundational logic of light propagation but studied a method that could maximize the rotation of photons.
It was now meaningless to investigate whether photons possess antigravity properties because quantum optics had many unsolved mysteries. Unless one could completely solve the problems of light, it would be impossible to thoroughly prove their existence.
What he did was design complex pathways that allowed light to rotate as much as possible during propagation. But because the microscopic was uncontrollable and lacked underlying theoretical support, he could only create macroscopic chaos and rotation.
The design on the macroscopic level was definitely different from the intrinsic rotation at the microscopic level, and the difference would be huge. However, he believed that as long as photons were not theoretically ’perfectly linear in propagation,’ they could have antigravity properties. Then, the device would surely have some effect, perhaps even a good one.
Photons were one of the tiniest particles, theoretically massless, and the smaller the particle, the better the antigravity effect.
If we were to assign a ranking, with one hundred representing perfect antigravity, photons could reach ninety-nine points. In contrast, ionic lattices, composed of a large number of ions (atoms stripped of electrons), might not exceed five points, or even less.
If the antigravity effect of photons can be utilized by just five percent, it would surpass the maximum effect of ionic lattices.
They were not on the same level at all.
Zhao Yi began to patiently conduct research and design. Obviously, research couldn’t be completed quickly. He stayed in his office for a week straight and didn’t go to the medical center’s lab at all. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
Zhang Wei and Zhu Qi were waiting for Zhao Yi to come over for experiments. When they asked, they found out Zhao Yi was immersed in other research and felt quite frustrated.
Zhu Qi was the most frustrated. He wasn’t very familiar with Zhao Yi and couldn’t help complaining in the laboratory, "Why did Zhao Yi break his promise? We had agreed to experiment together..."
"What about our experiment? Are we just going to shelve it?"
Zhang Wei was already used to it. It didn’t bother her much, "Zhao Yi is always busy. He has many research projects."
"You’ll get used to it."
"Besides, we just had some results. The pace of development has already exceeded our expectations."
"Let’s just write the paper for now. When Zhao Yi is free, he can come over and we can continue the experiments."
"...Alright."
Zhu Qi was still a bit frustrated about Zhao Yi breaking the appointment, but the excitement from their experimental progress cheered him up. They had achieved real results by experimentally proving that tactile sensation was transmitted through the vibration of cell membranes—a first in the international medical field.
There had been similar views before, but they were unverified and could only be considered conjecture.
Publishing this finding would definitely attract significant attention in the international biological medical research field, and he, Zhu Qi, was an important contributor.
Probably... ranked third?
Zhu Qi glanced at Zhang Wei and finally understood why she always had major achievements.
This was the benefit of working with Zhao Yi!
Everyone was just conducting experiments, but Zhao Yi was able to quickly identify the key aspects of the experiments. Even spending just a little time, he produced results far beyond others.
Zhang Wei had been working on projects with Zhao Yi all this time. Of course, she would have numerous achievements.
"Looks like I need to work more with... no, Zhang Wei’s team in the future!"
"It’s probably difficult to work with Zhao Yi alone, but it’s pretty good to work with Zhang Wei. And if you look at Li Ming, he has no results at all, just slaving away at research..."
"So lucky!"
But with this comparison, Zhu Qi felt even better.
...
Soon.
Another week passed.
That day Zhao Yi called Li Xiaotong and Kuang Xiaohong over and also invited Jiang Hui and Xu Kuisheng from the High Energy Institute, responsible for the manufacturing of experimental equipment.
Jiang Hui was the project leader sent by the High Energy Institute; Xu Kuisheng was an engineering designer who directly coordinated with Zhao Yi’s team.
A few people held a meeting.
Zhao Yi still assigned tasks first to Li Xiaotong and Kuang Xiaohong, asking them to research a device that could stimulate high-energy beams.
"A high-energy beam is needed and must be adjustable in intensity," he said.
"I need this device embedded in the experimental apparatus, and I need a lot of them, probably several thousand."
Li Xiaotong grimaced as she listened. "Several thousand? Similar devices are very expensive, ten thousand yuan probably won’t be enough."
"That’s okay."
Zhao Yi said, looking at Jiang Hui, "The budget is not an issue." He turned to Jiang Hui.
Jiang Hui nodded and said, "We have a lot of funds, tens of millions can be taken out."
"Then that’s settled."
Although everyone was nodding, they were still shocked by Zhao Yi’s big spending; just mentioning several thousand high-energy beam devices and they were talking about expending hundreds of millions.
If this were to happen a few more times, the technology department would have to reallocate funds.
After Li Xiaotong and Kuang Xiaohong left, Zhao Yi started discussing the construction of the experimental apparatus with Jiang Hui and Xu Kuisheng, emphasizing that there had to be enough space inside for the installation of high-energy beam devices. The design needed only minor modifications or additions.
At the same time, Zhao Yi also stressed, "The location of the device must remain absolutely secret, absolutely not to be known by a third party."
He used ’absolute’ twice.
Jiang Hui and Xu Kuisheng nodded gravely; coming from the High Energy Institute, they understood what ’absolute secrecy’ meant, though they were completely puzzled as to why the location for the high-energy beam device was such a crucial secret.
After the short meeting ended, they left Yanhua University together and headed to the location where the apparatus was being built.
It was in a secluded area in the northern mountain region, surrounded on three sides by high mountains, not only hidden but also featuring beautiful scenery with clear streams and lush greenery.
Jiang Hui and Xu Kuisheng drove to the nearby mountain road.
It was a road closed to the public, accessible only by specific vehicles. The car stopped halfway up the road, and from the roadside, they could perfectly see the experimental apparatus under construction.
Jiang Hui got out of the car and stood by the roadside, looking down to see a giant circular structure.
Xu Kuisheng came over as well.
The structure was a huge circle, almost fifty meters in diameter, about half the size of a football field, mainly built of cement, with upper layers and the interior out of metal.
At the very center was a control room about ten meters in diameter, which was split into two levels. The lower level was larger, with a fifteen-meter diameter, while the upper level was about ten meters in diameter, topped with a round ceiling.
During the construction process, when they viewed it from the ground, they hadn’t noticed anything strange.
But looking down from the mountain, both Jiang Hui and Xu Kuisheng noticed something.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Hui said, "Xu, do you notice that this apparatus looks like a... UFO?"
"It does indeed! It resembles a UFO. If someone took a picture here, it would definitely be mistaken for an alien base."
"So are we building an alien base? Or perhaps a super-sized UFO spacecraft?"
"..."
After a moment of silence, Xu Kuisheng suddenly said, "Director Jiang, is there any chance that Academician Zhao is actually planning to build a UFO? Or that he is researching how to make one?"
"If it were anyone else, I’d definitely say it’s just a coincidence. But with Academician Zhao..."
The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously burst into laughter, knowing of course that they were just joking because the High Energy Institute had some understanding of the project and knew Zhao Yi was researching anti-gravity.
The facility they were building now only resembled a UFO in shape but was certainly not any sort of flying disc that could take off.
Jiang Hui sighed, "I don’t know if Academician Zhao’s experiment will be successful, but even if it’s not, I think this project won’t be at a loss."
"Just the appearance of this apparatus; once the experiment is over, frame it as a tourist attraction, call it ’UFO Base Park’..."
"I guess they could sell quite a few tickets, right? Maybe develop the area with a few hotels and restaurants nearby, and it might just take off."
Xu Kuisheng also laughed, "If such a park exists, I’d bring my kids to visit. Later I could even boast that I’ve worked on an alien base... haha..."
