784 Commencement of the Revolution of Energy and Information (1/2)

The magic circle where silver and black brightness entangled raised electric light, enveloping the matter at the center that was in the middle of fission. The overwhelming energy generated was transformed by the magic circles nearby into the energy that the City in the Sky could make use of.

The fission reactor this time was no longer fierce and untameable like before. Although it still contained grave dangers, it was now steady and controllable.

”Master, congratulations to Granny Hathaway, Mr. Raventi, and President Morris,” Lucien said sincerely. He had barely made any contribution to the achievement except for proposing the fission reaction and helping with the analysis of the self-explosion. It was the product of the wisdom of the four legends.

Such a fission reactor was designed in different ways from that on Earth. Since it was a combination of reverse engineering and regular research, many unknown dangers might be lurking in the middle, and one might suffer explosions and curses after one moment of carelessness. Therefore, no personnel below legendary were involved in the project. Because of the shortage of hands, Fernando and Hathaway dragged Raventi and Morris, two legends in the school of elements, into the project.

Fernando was smiling, but he snorted and said, ”It should've been completed a long time ago. I was too idiotic and made many unnecessary mistakes.”

He did not even let go of himself when it came to rigorously demanding and habitually despising products.

”In any case, with a stable, enormous fission reactor, the City in the Sky will have a regular source of energy. It's safe to say that this is a major breakthrough in our research on the energy well. The energy problem that shackled us before will be solved effectively.” Lucien was rather glad to see the product.

Combing his messy hair, Fernando stared at the fission reactor with his slightly cloudy eyes. ”Next, we will focus on the minimization of fission reactors. By then, artificial planets, airships, cosmic observatories, and the steam trains that are in need of powerful defense and attack magic circles will be given a powerful 'heart'.”

By then, artificial planets and airships would be able to conduct attacks that consumed a great amount of energy, like electromagnetic cannons or laser beams. In a war, blockage would not only include the ground, the sky, and the space around, but also the cosmos… Lucien subconsciously thought of the paradigm shift of war. It would not be a dream to launch ”meteorites” on the enemy's head without resorting to any sort of magic.

Also, for a magic world, minimization was much simpler than stabilization!

”However, the energy of the fission reactor was still not good enough. If we can achieve the controllability, stabilization, and minimization of nuclear fusion, all of us will be the Sun King,” Lucien said humorously. ”Also, many particle experiments in the microscopic domain can be put on the agenda right now. The super large collider that I proposed in the meeting of the Highest Council can be included in the secret projects of the Magic Research Board too.”

In many projects of the microscopic domain, fission reactors were indispensable. They could provide many particles that could be found under normal circumstances, and they could directly participate in the experiments. Therefore, the stable fission reactor was the achievement that many researchers were in dire need of.

Lucien proposed the super large collider because the regular cyclotrons and colliding magic circles could not meet the demand of the senior-rank sorcerers.

”That's right. When we studied the nature of neutrons, I already discovered the importance of a stable reactor.” The moment arcana studies were mentioned, Fernando became solemn and grave. Then, he said self-mockingly, ”I didn't know that neutrons of different speeds could result in such great differences…”

As he spoke, he was deep in thought. ”The experiments on neutrons and protons give me the feeling that they are not necessarily fundamental particles. For example, the super heavy particle that can participate in the nuclear force is rather weird to me.”

In the past year, thanks to the new particle—muon—that Heidi discovered, more and more arcanists had devoted themselves to the study of cosmic rays. There were too many applicants in either the Atom Institution or the Tower, and it was anything but unusual to wait in line for three months. Among them, Annick discovered muons with a positive charge and those without charge, and Annonis of the Tower discovered a particle that was heavier than neutrons and protons. The new particle could also participate in the strong interaction—or to wit, nuclear force—and it had been named as ”hyperon”.

”I never said that neutrons and protons are necessarily fundamental particles. At the very least, no theory so far can naturally lead to the conclusion. I've always described them as the internal structure of the atomic nucleus.” Lucien understood that his teacher was merely reminding him based on his keen instincts, in case the founder and pioneer of the microscopic domain would lose his head when the more fundamental particles were discovered.

He had to admit that as time went by, the grand arcanists and the legendary sorcerers were no longer following him blindly in microscopic research but had their own expansion after the digestion.

Seeing that Lucien was open-minded, Fernando stopped saying anything else. There were no experiments or phenomena that could directly lead to the question after all. It was only his arcana institution.

”Alright. I have to seize the day to discuss minimization with Hathaway.” Now that everything was settled, Fernando left the core of the City in the Sky in a hurry, as impatient as before.

”Minimization… That's beyond the Earth level…” Lucien shook his head with a smile. It was both a beautiful and dangerous path. For example, would the minimized fission devices be easily damaged, and would there be ways to deal with the possible nuclear leakage? In that aspect, fusion devices were much safer. The explosion could only cause damages within a certain range. There wouldn't be any long-term problems. It was clean and safe.

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The moment he returned to the Atom Institution, Lucien saw Heidi's complaining eyes.

”Master, you're late…” Heidi had been preparing her presentation in uneasiness for a long time, but her teacher, who usually arrived early, was late.

Lucien said in a good mood, ”I was delayed by something unexpected. Let's begin.”