Thermoelectric Conversion

Bai Ge finished reading all the data and silently exited the database.

So far, everything was fine, with no earth-shattering containment items appearing.

But clearly, these things had been discovered all over the world, and governments had obviously started to notice.

"As containment items increase and attract more attention from authorities, a global response agency will inevitably emerge..."

"However, judging from this data, the U.S. government has chosen to conceal it, and it's also possible that in the end, each country will only look out for itself when dealing with containment items."

"Both outcomes are possible."

Bai Ge was deep in thought when suddenly, Bell reminded him.

"Sovereign, with the current amount of knowledge, we can already build a supercomputer."

Bai Ge chuckled, "Are you in a hurry to get yourself a body?"

"No, a supercomputer is the foundation for us to develop other technologies. I need real-world energy for real-world data processing, and energy is most optimally used to manifest metaphysical traits. Therefore, data processing is best handled by a computer made of real matter," Bell said.

Bai Ge replied, "I know, but a supercomputer consumes too much energy. Just the electricity alone would cost 100 million RMB a year. Can't you develop technology without a supercomputer?"

Bell stated, "I can, but it would only be like thinking research. Without concrete experimental data to verify it, I can't be sure my simulation data is 100% correct."

Bai Ge nodded, "That's enough. Based on the project data I just obtained, many of them were not fully researched. Which ones can you complete?"

Bell quickly listed over forty technologies.

"It's only a matter of time and funding for these technologies to be successfully researched. I have already completed all the simulations and built mature technical architectures."

Bai Ge looked through them. From chips to satellite weapons, Bell had completed the development of everything.

With mature blueprints and theoretical foundations, even the detailed parameters of finished products were simulated.

These were all research projects that the U.S. would eventually complete. Bell, having obtained all the research data, continued from where they left off, instantly completing the remaining work, which would have taken humans several years.

"Huh? Electromagnetic cannon? That's a weapon the U.S. couldn't deploy in combat after forty years of research, and you've already completed it?"

Bell replied, "The electromagnetic railgun has moved beyond the laboratory stage and entered engineering verification. The remaining issues to be improved are only a matter of time."

Bai Ge nodded. The electromagnetic railgun was likely the most powerful weapon he could create.

The principle was simple, but deploying it in combat required adjusting many issues. However, Bell had resolved all of them in an instant.

As for the materials needed for production, they weren't difficult for Bai Ge. Most basic materials could be purchased, and he could produce some precision materials himself, as he had the relevant technologies.

Bai Ge quickly shared the relevant information and shook his head.

"But I can't use it. Firstly, it's too big, and secondly, its energy consumption is terrifying. Although its power is considerable, it would undoubtedly be better to use that energy to manifest traits."

Bell said, "That's why I recommended you build a supercomputer as soon as possible, or acquire one. With it, I can complete controlled nuclear fusion technology."

Bai Ge was startled. Controlled nuclear fusion, this technology was too important.

It could be said to be one of the most urgently needed technologies in the world today.

Nuclear fusion fuel can be sourced from seawater and some deuterium, making it an almost infinite resource. Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, bar none. Under controlled nuclear fusion technology, it can be converted into the cleanest and most efficient energy.

Not only would it have a transformative impact on other technologies, but it also held significant meaning for Bai Ge.

With this technology, how many traits could he manifest! What need would he have for diesel generators anymore!

"A supercomputer... I understand."

"If I were to build such a thing myself, the required materials would be too numerous. It would be better to borrow existing supercomputers from various countries, which would also save me the trouble of powering it myself."

"I'll find an opportunity to borrow one from the U.S. or Japan."

Before obtaining a supercomputer, Bai Ge had to carry out another plan.

Core exploration.

Bai Ge had too many things to do, and everything required energy.

He accumulated more than six days' worth of electrical energy, signing a contract in the meantime.

"Three million kilowatts of electricity! The core exploration plan can begin!"

In the brain hole world, Bai Ge looked at his appendix. Bell told him that he could begin the experiment.

"First, let's manifest the trait of acquiring thermal energy. This is the most important!"

"Thermal energy itself is the energy the human body needs, but once the body stores too much thermal energy, my body temperature will also increase."

"Even if I can increase the upper limit of my body's heat tolerance and prevent myself from burning to death, it will cause great inconvenience in my daily life."

For example, clothing. When his body temperature reached thousands of degrees Celsius, he wouldn't be able to wear clothes.

Giving someone a hug would be equivalent to murder.

Adding fuel would definitely cause a large explosion.

Of course, this was under normal circumstances. In response to this, Bai Ge could set abnormal traits.

For example, forcibly absorbing thermal energy and ignoring the laws of thermodynamics, directly storing thermal energy.

Why it could be stored was the universe's business, not Bai Ge's.

Abnormal traits are forcibly implanted into reality, compelling the universe to accept them. Sometimes, you just don't play by the rules.

"This is a bit like Superman. Superman can absorb solar radiation without increasing his own body heat. This thermal energy is converted into energy that powers his other abilities, like his steel body or flight... Alright... Superman's flight is incredibly unscientific, as is his hearing, which even violates the principles of sound propagation..."

In Bai Ge's mind, Superman's abilities were essentially a collection of abnormal traits.

Just being able to hear sounds from around the globe was outrageously bizarre. When Superman heard gunshots in another country and then flew over a thousand kilometers at super-speed to shield his girlfriend from a bullet, that was a blatant violation of objective laws.

It wasn't that his movement speed was too fast, but rather that sound speed wasn't that fast...

By the time sound traveled a thousand kilometers, the bullet would have already killed his girlfriend, and her corpse would be cold, ready for burial.

"Can I ignore the details and directly store thermal energy safely?"

Bai Ge tried it, but there was no reaction.

"Alright..."

"Let's convert it into other energy then... like electrical energy."

"The conversion speed is one hundred million Planck times, and the upper limit of temperature it can withstand depends on the cellular electricity storage limit. It's about a one-to-one hundred million ratio."

Sometimes, you have to give reality a little leeway, especially when energy is insufficient.

At this moment, Bai Ge set his second charging trait for himself.

"All heat, upon entering the body's cells, will not increase cell temperature; the thermal energy will be instantly converted into electrical energy and stored, supplying his own needs."

This meant Bai Ge would no longer be afraid of heat.

Standing in a furnace was equivalent to charging.

All energy is the motion of matter. Normally, when heat is transferred, Bai Ge's body matter would move violently, eventually turning to ash.

But with this trait, Bai Ge's body temperature would never exceed thirty-seven degrees Celsius.

Any external heat exceeding this would be converted into electrical energy.

Bai Ge also set a growth threshold in his settings; the upper limit of heat he could withstand would increase along with the upper limit of electrical energy he could store.

Currently, Bai Ge's total cellular storage capacity is five trillion degrees of electricity, meaning Bai Ge could withstand a maximum of fifty thousand degrees Celsius of heat.

This ratio was carefully considered by Bai Ge; if the tolerance was too high, the cost of manifestation would certainly be higher.

Starting low this time would allow for gradual increases later.

Bai Ge only needed to increase the upper limit of electrical energy stored by his cells, and the heat tolerance limit would naturally upgrade as well.

"What? Still not working? What's wrong?"

Bai Ge thought carefully and understood.

This was a self-contradictory setting, belonging to the most expensive category, and naturally, it couldn't be realized.

Contradicting the laws of reality could be adapted to, but contradicting oneself was the realm of gods.

The contradiction lay in Bai Ge's setting that the moment heat was introduced, its thermal energy was instantly converted into electrical energy. Heat is a process quantity, while thermal energy is a state quantity.

The motion of matter caused by heat transfer; the greater the motion, the greater the heat, and thus the greater the thermal energy.

In Bai Ge's setting, to maintain his current body temperature, the intermediate process of matter motion was cut off because otherwise, Bai Ge wouldn't survive.

Therefore, before the heat could even generate thermal energy, the trait demanded that the thermal energy be converted into electrical energy – a complete contradiction.

This was equivalent to the trait simultaneously demanding two things:

1: Thermal energy brought by heat is converted into electrical energy.

2: Heat should not bring thermal energy.

"This is worse than directly ignoring the laws of thermodynamics. If I ignore them, it's just a contradiction with reality, but my logic can be self-consistent. The trait can disregard everything, do as it pleases."

"But self-contradiction is like an omnipotent God creating a stone that he himself cannot lift; the consumption is the most terrifying kind."

However, Bai Ge was not discouraged; this problem was actually very easy to solve.

By changing the main subject, the auxiliary settings remained unchanged.

"All external high-temperature matter and energy that is higher than my body temperature, before the heat that should be conducted arrives, the thermal energy it carries is first converted into electrical energy on my cell surface, and then absorbed by the cells."

After completing the setting, Bai Ge returned to reality and immediately felt that ninety percent of his appendiceal energy was gone.

It was successful.

He had simply altered the sequence of events, and the contradiction was resolved.

Thermal energy automatically converting into electrical energy on the cell surface and then being absorbed might seem magical, but in reality, the 'event logic' was sound.

From now on, all heat would be isolated outside the cells. Want to conduct it in? Fine... turn into electrical energy and get in here!

Automatic conversion into electrical energy became the ticket for heat to transfer to 'Bai Ge'.

"Done! It cost me two million eight hundred thousand degrees of electricity..."

"Next, it's time to go to Earth's greatest treasure vault!"