The Nuclear Fusion Engine

Amidst the murmurs of the crowd, Gu Jinlai entered Private Space Number Three.

The so-called private space is actually a small workshop.

The workshop is not large, only about 30 square meters. In addition to some basic tools, there is another cubicle of about 10 square meters for sleeping and writing.

"What materials and tools do you need? I can do a simulation, and I can also prepare them in person."

Ziyang Road.

The Aries constellation naturally possesses a wide variety of celestial tools.

"The tools... are not needed; it seems we'll have to use simulations throughout."

This Gu Jinlai.

The reason he didn't immediately complete the True Dragon Pass assessment and receive the reward after successfully crafting the wind turbine was because he had personally witnessed the methods Ziyang demonstrated when simulating the crafting of the wind turbine.

That ability...

Aside from the inability to realistically recreate objects, it is no different from the true creator.

Therefore, he wanted to try to see if he could use Ziyang's power to restore the nuclear fusion engine.

Anyway, with that wind turbine as a backup, there won't be much loss even if it fails.

The nuclear fusion engine he built utilizes inertial confinement fusion.

According to information from Blue Star, small fuel spheres need to be irradiated with lasers or particle beams to generate ultra-high temperatures, producing an ion slurry with a density a trillion times higher than that of magnetic confinement fusion, thereby generating fusion.

The biggest problem with this engine is how to detonate the fuel balls with a particle beam or laser, especially when dozens of them are detonated per second.

If this were on Blue Star, just starting up an instrument that emits lasers or particle beams would require an enormous amount of energy.

Fortunately, the timeless furnace- Cultivation Method from Gu Jinlai provide a perfect solution.

Everything has a spirit.

In a shared spiritual way, the fuel sphere, mainly composed of nuclear materials, will fuse on its own.

What he really needs is to make use of this power.

"We will continue to do it orally."

Gu Jinlai, "First, we need a trace element, and I found this element in the game."

Zi Yang glanced at Gu Jinlai with some surprise.

Kryptonite can be considered a high-end spiritual material.

The reason his wind turbine achieved a score of 120 is largely due to the use of a spiritual material called "Thunderstone".

After all, if you use spiritual materials, any Daoist master who knows a little about crafting can forge a powerful Spirit Artifact.

Just like ordinary people, as long as they have enough money, they will invest in all kinds of businesses. Even if they lose money overall, there will always be one business that makes money.

Therefore, cost control is also a crucial metric.

Ziyang snapped his fingers.

A payment for in-game items appeared quickly.

"I need to spend a lot of money on in-game purchases, so I'll start with a hundred."

"One hundred copies?"

Ziyang glanced at Gu Jinlai.

The value of one hundred units of in-game currency is enough for a Celestial Person to gather the materials needed to forge a Divine Body.

Seeing that Gu Jinlai was not joking, Ziyang quickly copied the amount of in-game currency as instructed.

"Now, I need to purify the trace elements I need from these 100 units of in-game currency using the method of Spirit Sharing."

Gu Jinlai that a wisp of spiritual consciousness was separated and touched a trace element within the in-game currency.

Ziyang immediately took over and extracted the trace element, saying, "If we only have the method of Spirit Sharing without external assistance, it would take a Celestial Master ten to fifteen years to extract a trace element from a piece of Krypton. Even if you crystallize your True Spirit, it would still take three to six months to purify a portion of the trace element you need from Krypton and bring it to your required standard. A hundred portions would take twenty to thirty years."

These values will all affect the final score, so Ziyang deliberately pointed them out.

"I know."

This Gu Jinlai.

Of the thousands of materials Ziyang created, the only one that met his criteria was spending real money.

Therefore, this is the only way to proceed for now.

When conditions are right, we will use centrifuges to extract the required elements that meet the standards.

"So, what's next?"

"I need to forge a container that utilizes this energy."

From Gu Jinlai, they began to describe the various characteristics of nuclear fusion engines.

Based on his description, Ziyang continuously simulated the prerequisites he needed and quickly combined them.

The whole process was quite lengthy.

During Gu Jinlai period, considering the current industrial level of Lingxiao City and the cost of refining, there were many revisions and additions. The process was so complicated that even Ziyang, as the spirit of the artifact, became somewhat numb to it.

Three days later, a massive engine with a diameter of over two meters and a length of nearly three meters came into his view.

"That's about it."

This Gu Jinlai.

"It's done?"

Zi Yang, who was unaware of how many small, even micro-sized, components he had created, was slightly taken aback, and then seemed to finally realize. "This Spirit Artifact is complete?"

"I should consider it a success."

Gu Jinlai, it has always been about letting out a long breath.

He hadn't expected that this nuclear fusion engine would be so complex.

"It's finally over."

Zi Yang glanced at the strange creation that resembled a metal bucket. If it weren't for the fact that he was quite satisfied with the wind turbine Gu Jinlai a few days ago, and that he himself was a Heavenly Lord whose True Spirit had crystallized, he wouldn't have had the patience to help him complete the shaping and reassembly of this Spirit Artifact time and time again.

"We used simulation methods to forge this Spirit Artifact. In other words, the time required to create all the parts was reduced. It was like setting a goal, inputting the data, and completing it immediately. Yet, even under these circumstances, it still took us three days to create this Spirit Artifact. If other celestial masters had been tasked with forging this Spirit Artifact ..."

After a quick calculation, Zi Yang quickly arrived at the figure. "It would take 3,622 Celestial Masters ten years to complete the refining process."

After saying that, he glanced at Gu Jinlai and said, "Such a complex Spirit Artifact, and with the enormous resources invested that would allow a Celestial Person to forge a divine body, if it does not possess extremely amazing effects, then its final performance value may be below fifty."

"I know."

Gu Jinlai took a deep breath.

He never expected that he would actually build this nuclear fusion engine.

As for the cost...

Pay-to-win accounts for the majority of the cost.

If you remove the cost of in-game purchases, the final expense is roughly equivalent to two or three top-tier Spirit Artifact.

The problem lies in manpower, which is difficult to solve.

However, if he could conquer the Demon Realm rifts in Muzhou or Tianhe, and continuously hunt down the Demonic Spirit from the two Demon Realm, purifying their spirituality to refine this nuclear fusion engine, even with just a few dozen Celestial Masters and Grand Celestial Masters in Lingxiao City, plus himself as the Celestial Lord, he could still shorten the engine's refining time to within a few months.

"The nuclear fusion engine is the core of the Cheng Ying mech, and in my vision, the Cheng Ying mech... is an existence capable of fighting against a Saint. Therefore, even if it requires such a huge price, as long as we can build one, it is worth it."

Gu Jinlai, people have always had clear plans in their minds.

"So, now, tell me, what is the function of this Spirit Artifact? I feel that it should be a device similar to the power core of a floating island, but I don't know where its power comes from or to what extent it will reach."

Zi Yang paused as he spoke, "Although a floating island requires hundreds or thousands of power cores, this thing is not much different from a power core in terms of cost and production. If it does not meet the standards of a floating island's power core, then there is no point in manufacturing it."

"The power core shouldn't be too bad, right?"

There's no guarantee Gu Jinlai.

He stared at the extracted kryptonite elements. "Next is the most important step, and also the most crucial step, the Spirit Sharing. This will cause these trace elements to vibrate internally at an extremely fast speed, and through this vibration, raise their own temperature to the extreme."

"Oh?"

As Ziyang spoke, his gaze fell on the trace elements.

Immediately, the trace elements vibrated, and the internal temperature rose.

"Not enough!"

This Gu Jinlai.

Ziyang continued with the in-depth simulation.

"It's still not enough!"

Gu Jinlai, many have said, "I need them to eventually generate temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees."

"Hundreds of millions of degrees? I know about kryptonite materials, but can the trace elements they contain reach such high temperatures?"

"The trace elements in ordinary in-game purchases cannot be obtained, but they can be obtained after repeated refining."

The words spoken Gu Jinlai are unequivocal.

"This situation is not recorded in my database; I need to simulate it in real-world conditions."

Upon hearing this, Zi Yang immediately became interested. Without him making any statement, a gold coin suddenly appeared in Gu Jinlai's private space.

Upon seeing this pay-to-win item, Gu Jinlai's pupils shrank. "Real-world simulation? Your Excellency Ziyang, could we change the location? Preferably a place with formidable defenses for the simulation."

"It seems that this trace element really does release an incredible energy reaction after being activated at high temperatures. However, being able to reach temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees is itself an extremely amazing superior spiritual material... No, superior spiritual material is not enough to describe it, it is a top-tier spiritual material."

Ziyang smiled slightly, "Then, I will go to our Aries Star Palace's dedicated testing ground to give it a try."

As he spoke, he prepared to leave.

However, as he was about to leave, he looked at Gu Jinlai with a puzzled expression. "Aren't you going over?"

"I won't go. Your Excellency Ziyang can simply reenact the experiment scene later."

He waved his hand, as if to say something from Gu Jinlai.

As he spoke, he seemed to remember something and quickly added, "After heating the refined trace elements of kryptonite to hundreds of millions of degrees, these trace elements will release enormous amounts of energy. For safety's sake, when Your Excellency Ziyang is conducting experiments and collecting data, please remember not to use too many trace elements, lest..."

"Heh, you're not trying to say that our Aries constellation can't handle it, are you?"

Zi Yang smiled slightly, "Then you underestimate the defensive power of our Aries Star Palace. Although the Star Palace is not currently under the command of the great Aries Star Lord, the defensive force field within the Star Palace is still so strong that no terrestrial True Immortal can easily break through it."

After saying this, he took a step and disappeared from sight Gu Jinlai.

"After hearing what you said, I'm even more eager to witness the specific power of these refined trace elements."