The controversy over the 750 GeV Excess Peak and the news that Brookhaven National Laboratory had withdrawn from the group caused an international uproar. Yet Lu Zhou acted as though he had not seen any of it, continuing to carry out his daily work step by step and directing the collider's operations.
There was no nuclear fusion on the Moon, nor was there any way to bring it there for the time being. With the heat output of the Pangu Reactor, it could raise the local temperature of nearby waters by one to two degrees, and even then, the heat exhaust ports had to be replaced from time to time to prevent excessive heat buildup. If the same device were moved to the Moon, where there were no lakes and no atmosphere, something would probably go wrong within minutes.
Besides, there was not such a huge demand for electricity on the Moon. The collider consumed power, but it could not possibly run every moment of every day. Its current operating model relied on solar power, storing electricity in the form of chemical energy—roughly three days of charging for three minutes of use.
However, this model also faced a problem. The lunar cycle was about 27.3 days, half of which was nighttime. Daylight lasted only around thirteen days, meaning the battery array could be fully charged only four times at most.
In other words, there were only four experimental opportunities each month, and every one of them was extraordinarily crucial.
IMCRC headquarters.
Luo Wenxuan delivered the latest experimental data to Lu Zhou and said,
"Night is about to begin. We can carry out one last experiment this month."
Lu Zhou accepted the documents and glanced through them. His brows furrowed slightly.
Then he let out a soft sigh and placed the