Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

“… four burning horses, carrying sparks of sunshine in the air, from east to west, morning and evening, make the light shine in the world. ”

Sitting in an extended sedan, hitting Hayao, listening to the same tone as a song, retrieving his gaze from the window of the ark, he looked at Minister Novak sitting next to him.

“What are you talking about? ”

The hairy man laughed and was kind enough to show that he was in the hands of the Russian Ministry of Energy. Instead, he was like a passionate tour guide, explaining to the ark with a funny mouth kiss.

“Homer Epic! Description of Helios… is also the nuclear power plant we are about to arrive at! ”

As he spoke, his tone brought emotion.

“In an attempt to bring the light closer to the ground, the son of Helios accidentally lit the earth, turned Libya into a desert and burned the skin of the Ethiopian inhabitants into black, two or three thousand years ago Homer probably would not have thought that, a thousand years later, not only did the great work that the gods could accomplish, but even transcended the gods and found a gentle way to unleash the energy of the sun. ”

Ark: “… how come the version you're talking about is a little different from what I've heard? ”

Minister Novak said with a smile: "It's not surprising that there are many versions of this spoken word of mouth in itself, and that later people go through a certain amount of artistic processing, and if you're interested, we can find an opportunity to talk about it, and I happen to have some research on it. ”

The ark gently refused: "Thank you, but I'm not particularly interested in mythology. ”

For him, spending a day dealing with things that were not academically relevant was the limit he could accept.

Especially at this juncture when the IMU Assembly is about to begin.

“Well, I understand that not everyone has the gift of being a poet…” He shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and Minister Novak's gaze fell out the window, looking at the shrugged wall not far away and saying, “Here we are. ”

The Helios nuclear power plant is situated on the shores of the Baltic Sea, surrounded by a raised high wall and, like the fusion plant in Haizhou, manned by Russian troops.

On the stone tablet in front of the main entrance to the wall, the Ark saw three trademarks, two of which were the Guangzhou Nuclear Construction Group, which had been responsible for the construction of the heap, and the East Asian Power Supply, which was responsible for the core of the heap, and the other, Rosatom, the real owner of the fusion power station.

As an oligarchy in Russia's nuclear power sector, Rosatom controls almost all of Russia's entire production chain, from top to bottom, and even the vast majority of uranium mines in Siberia.

Working with such enterprises is both an active option for East Asian electricity and an option that is officially supported by Russia.

Under the East Asian Electric Power Contract with Rosatom, East Asian Electric will also have engineers stationed at the Helios nuclear power plant to provide 20-year technical services while selling the core to Rosatom at an expensive price.

These technical services include maintenance and upgrading of the core control system, including checking the safety of the core, in short, making every effort to ensure that the core is functioning properly.

At the same time, East Asian electricity will also be diverted 13 per cent of the profits generated by the core provided by East Asian electricity over the past two decades.

Although this stuff sells you, and the way you work together to make money from it, it smells a little bit like an inequality treaty, who wants only one East Asian power company in the world right now?

While the EU and North America were still rocking, Russia said nothing about signing this agreement, and that's why they succeeded in becoming customers of East Asian electricity's first overseas core project.

And now, the core from China finally arrives here.

In anticipation of the historic moment of core ignition, not only did the Russian Minister of Energy personally visit the site, but he also dedicated himself to the journey on the side of the Ark, adjusting the ignition to the beginning of August.

In fact, if it wasn't for the Ark, they could have lit it a week ago.

At the door of the Helios Fusion Station, an elderly man with white hair stood there, and when he saw the ark coming down from the car, his eyes gleamed with joy, smiling and welcoming him up.

“Welcome, Professor Lu! We meet again. ”

“Hello, Mother Vassili. ”

Grabbing the old man's extended hands, he swayed, and the ark smiled amicably, then looked at another seriously middle-aged man standing beside him.

“Who is this? ”

“Lemontov,” proactively extended his right hand, unlike the enthusiastic Vassili Maester, this serious middle-aged man didn't seem very cold to him, just briefly, "said one of the directors here. ”

Not mindful of the person in charge's attitude towards himself, the ark nodded amicably to him and continued to look at the door.

At this point, he suddenly encountered an unexpected figure.

“Master Wang? Why are you here? ”

Chief Engineer of Nuclear Industry Group, Academician Wang Zengguang!

He was one of the senior bulls in the nuclear power field who lit the fusion fire in Haizhou!

Regardless of Pan Changhong, Zhou Shengfu academicians of the last era, and Li Jianxian Academy of Materials of the Chinese Academy of Sciences with low presence, these three are basically the three giants in the nuclear industry of China.

Mr. Wang's influence in the nuclear industry may not be as great as his because the Ark does not issue engineering articles, does not accept students and even resigns from his position.

This time, the ark was truly amazing. He really didn't expect it. Wang Yaoshi came too.

“After all, it was our first overseas nuclear fusion project, I can't ignore the question,” Wang Zenguang smiled and squeezed his eyebrows at the surprise ark, continuing, “Come on, the people at Rosatom have been waiting for us for a long time, haven't you seen our Mr. Lemontov have been impatient? Let's not stand at the door. Come on in. ”

The walkers did not stay too long at the door.

Minister Novak did not intend to keep the ark standing at the doorstep, even without the urging of the king's academicians.

He couldn't wait for the upcoming ignition ceremony.

On the way to the command tower of the fusion power station, the ark learned from the chatter that, as a representative of the nuclear industry group, the monks arrived much earlier than themselves, even within a week.

And the ignition should have started a week ago, just because it was postponed to this point for a variety of reasons.

Although this has nothing to do with the Chinese side, mainly its own arrangements on the Russian side, a number of technicians and management personnel at Rosatom are quite subtle about this.

After all, a week late for ignition means a week late for electricity, and a week late for electricity means that their money chain has to be under pressure for another week.

If the ignition had been delayed for security or other technical reasons, it would have been a bit unpleasant just to wait for a Chinese flight and for a minister's political show to adjust the ignition date backwards for a whole week.

But anyway, this moment has finally arrived.

At this moment, the command tower stands blackened by a group of people.

The man standing at the head, naturally Minister Novak, is beside him mostly senior officials of the Russian Ministry of Energy, as well as the core technical personnel of several nuclear power companies.

Camera footage stood around the command room, and journalists with guns in their hands made the otherwise spacious command room even more crowded.

However, no one cared about the end of these twigs, staring at the screen and buttons on the console in front of them, and almost all the Russians present held their breath.

All work was ready a week ago.

Now it's just one last push!

In the eyes of all, Minister Novak, standing in front of the console, tried to flatten his heart, watching the button in front of him repeatedly rubbing his forefingers and thumbs.

Finally, taking a deep breath, he shifted his gaze from the console and glanced around at the reporters who were waiting for the camera, as well as Rosatom's engineers, and spoke with a solemn voice.

“This is a great moment! ”

“It bears witness not only to the fact that the Russian people have finally ushered in an indelible fire, but also to our friendship with the Chinese people… May it last as long as the sun, and may our world continue to live in peace forever because of eternal energy. ”

Go ahead, under all sight, he pressed the button.

Then…

Doesn't seem to be responding?

Staring at a series of indicators such as radiation data and plasma temperature on the console, the ark frowned slightly, wondering if it was his illusion. It always seemed a little different than when he pressed the button on the Haizhou side.

This was apparently also seen by the Wang and Vassili monks, who grew heavily in unison.

However, the journalist standing next to him, and Minister Novak himself, who pressed the button, did not seem to have noticed anything wrong or even made a cheering noise.

At this point, however, the door of the command room was suddenly pushed open, and an engineer in a helmet quickly walked up to Minister Novak, his face trembling in disgrace, he said.

“Mr. Minister! ”

He also had a cheerful expression on his face. After seeing the engineer's face, he realized something might be wrong. His face collapsed.

Nevertheless, he remained reluctantly calm and asked with a dignified expression on his face.

“… what happened? ”

“The core seems to be in a bit of a condition. ”

The command tower suddenly became quiet.

Journalists taking pictures stopped.

The expression on Minister Novak's face stagnated for a moment.

After returning to God, a cold sweat brush appeared on his back in front of his forehead.

“What exactly happened?! What do you mean, something happened to the core? ”

The engineer in the helmet swallowed his mouth and continued with a trembling voice.

“Our core...”

“It doesn't seem to be lit. ”