Chapter 168: Phase 2 Report and the Possibility of Native Cultivation (Part 1)
After concluding the related tests.
Everyone in the physics group seemed quite excited, chattering and bustling.
While Lin Li and the others still looked bewildered, like a row of mascots.
People's joys and sorrows do not interconnect.jpg.
Wei Fan, on the other hand, was staring at the still glowing light bulb with a shocked expression, feeling his worldview was shaken.
After all, in the Damo Realm, there are no concepts like gravitational potential energy and electric potential energy; it's hard for him to imagine why a stone can fall and turn on a light bulb?
Even though cultivators have thought of putting objects into a spatial bag and dropping them from heights, the practical application has been limited to making simple manual bombers.
But as it goes.
Discovering bugs is one thing, but formally utilizing or even cracking them is not easy.
The former is relatively simpler.
As everyone knows.
Gravity is a conservative force, and its potential field is conservative potential.
This means that the work done is path-independent, and the work done by the conservative force along any path can be expressed as the difference in potential energy between two points.
Thus, gravity can't do work indefinitely (generate power); it can only perform work by using the potential energy difference within a certain range.
However, the bug with the spatial bag is that it can infinitely, or rather highly frequently, repeat this potential energy difference.
In fact, from a practical point of view, the best application of this bug should be in hydropower generation, which is currently the most widely used and mature field of gravitational potential energy generation.
Unfortunately, except for a medium-sized river surrounding Chixian City, there are no other large-volume water sources.
Or more accurately, there are no lakes or rivers within a radius of a hundred miles to store potential energy.
Therefore, the rabbits can only temporarily consider other applications.
Fortunately, although generating electricity by simply using the change in gravitational potential energy when heavy objects fall is not very efficient, it's not impossible—SoftBank once invested in a project utilizing gravitational potential energy difference for power generation, and Switzerland's Energy Vault even built a project with hundreds of 35-ton bricks forming a 120-meter-high "Tower of Babel."
But this technology is not mature enough yet.
After all, gravitational potential energy generation is similar to magnetic force generation, with the biggest issue being that once it reaches the lowest point, it stops and needs to be pushed back up to start again.
Now, with the spatial bag, the 'pushing back' process can be solved, so this concept is entirely feasible.
The remaining issue is only the energy conversion ratio and who will stand at a high place as the 'tool person.'
However, aside from utilizing the bug, cracking it is exceedingly difficult.
It's not about creating a perpetual motion machine—Damo Realm has emphasized the principle of energy conservation countless times. (Those fantasizing about perpetual motion machines clearly haven't read carefully; if you stick your head over, I'll send you a piece of chalk.)
Assume the spiritual power consumption of a cultivator is L, the work done by the unknown force of the spatial bag is T, and the change in potential energy of the object is O.
Then the formula is L+T=O.
This is a standard energy conservation formula, as simple as addition and subtraction.
The only thing is, the rabbits don't yet know where T comes from.
It's like an e-commerce platform launching a discount promotion.
An item with a real value of 500 yuan is subsidized by 400 yuan by the platform, so buyers only need to spend 100 yuan to get it.
As a result, as buyers used it more and more, they suddenly found that this subsidy could be utilized infinitely, leading them to frantically exploit the platform and even manage to do it without any subsequent responsibility.
Is this then a perpetual motion machine?
Of course not; the platform is the one suffering the loss.
The rabbits are using this 400 yuan subsidy to sell under the guise of a girl's personal use at 300 yuan, thereby earning a profit from the difference.
Of course, it would be even better if they didn't have to pay that hundred yuan themselves, laugh.
Utilization aside.
If you want to crack it and turn it into a 4000 or even 40000 yuan subsidy, the difficulty is a completely different level compared to just milking it.
This is the gap from an ordinary buyer to a top hacker.
Therefore, this is destined to be a long-term battle.
After collecting the relevant data, the physics group began writing reports, and the Lin Li mascots also dispersed.
Wei Fan, after five minutes of deep thought, found out he was overthinking, and turned around carrying a Gatling gun to practice shooting at the range.
Two days later.
The troops participating in the double-headed bull capture battle returned entirely, and the captured double-headed bull and remaining beasts were transported back to the camp in batches over these days.
It must be said, a scale of nearly ten thousand beasts is quite spectacular.
Next, the camp spent a day compiling the battle losses, forming a standard and clear post-battle statistics report.
The next day at nine o'clock local time.
Lin Li returned to the mainland with Lin Ziming, Academician Pan, and some confidential documents.
As soon as they passed through the light gate, Lin Li glanced around with some emotion.
Although now the outer area of the light gate is already roofed, and the surroundings are as busy as the construction site of the Life Experiment Base in the Damo Realm.
But he inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity.
After all, in the past two months, Lin Li had only returned to the mainland once—Yan Shaohua and the others had at least made a few phone calls.
To be honest, he still missed the family and urban atmosphere of the mainland a bit.
However, Lin Li knew it was not the time to express sentimentality.
Therefore, after a quick glance at the surrounding commercial buildings yet to be demolished, he followed the guide to undergo a series of thorough check procedures including a blood test.
Half an hour later, Lin Li was brought before Qin Zhendong.
It was still that mysterious office.
At this point, it had been more than a month since Lin Li last saw Qin Zhendong. At that time, he had returned to Modu to report on matters related to the first phase of the Fire Squad's mission.
The core of that report was the comparison of forces between the Damo Realm and indigenous forces, and the related report was quite helpful for the rabbits' many subsequent plans.
Now, after a month, upon seeing Qin Zhendong again, Lin Li could sense an obvious fatigue in him.
It was clear that Qin Zhendong had been under considerable pressure during this recent period.
After all, he was the highest responsible person at the main base, who needed to manage a large amount of material allocation and transportation every day.
For instance, the usual traffic volume through the Light Gate was more than seven thousand tons per day, and at that volume, vehicle entry and exit posed no issues—it may sound astounding at first, but a single excavator weighs about twenty tons, and if broken down into two 4X4 containers, it's just a truckload.
However, recently, to prepare for the Twin-Headed Bull campaign, the Light Gate's traffic volume reached ten thousand tons per day, and occasionally even twelve thousand.
This extra three thousand tons of transport capacity was somewhat troublesome to handle.
As there was a long-standing rule that transportation vehicles could not pass during the day, to avoid drawing attention, they could only pass during the night.
Sometimes, traffic control even had to be considered.
Apart from that.
There were also personnel movements and such, some researchers supporting the Damo Realm were no less esteemed than he was.
Thus, Qin Zhendong's fatigue was inevitable, as these matters consumed a lot of his energy.
Seeing Lin Li entering the office, Qin Zhendong propped himself up from his chair, walked forward, and shook hands with Lin Li:
"Comrade Lin Li, on behalf of the organization, I welcome your return!"
Lin Li also shook his wrist vigorously, said with some emotion:
"Boss Qin, you have worked hard too."
Then Qin Zhendong led Lin Li to a seat, personally poured him a cup of tea, and said with a smile:
"Come Old Lin, have a sip of tea first. This is authentic Dian Nan Pu-erh; it's not particularly expensive, but you certainly won't find it in the Damo Realm."
Lin Li picked up the teacup and sipped it slowly.
Then he closed his eyes, savoring the aroma of tea lingering between his lips and tongue, and praised:
"It is indeed good tea."
He then put down the teacup, looked at Qin Zhendong with concern and said:
"Boss Qin, you've been under quite some work pressure recently, your complexion doesn't look very well.
Didn't the camp send back a batch of medicinal pills for nurturing mortal bodies some time ago? Haven't you taken any?"
In the past period, the Fire Camp had purchased a batch of medicinal pills.
Though pills like the life-extending pill, which is at a 'bug' level, only consisted of a couple of them.
But other pills that help nurture a mortal's body were still available, some could even temporarily slow organ aging and restore some vitality, but admittedly, the quantity wasn't much.
After these pills were sent back to the homeland.
No matter the whereabouts of other pills, Qin Zhendong definitely qualified to receive some.
Yet, the current situation clearly indicated that Qin Zhendong had not taken these pills.
Facing Lin Li's inquiry.
Qin Zhendong did not directly answer but instead pointed at Lin Li's graying temples and retorted:
"Old Lin, aren't you the same? Last time you were still black here, why haven't you taken any either?"
They then exchanged a glance, sharing a mutual smile full of unspoken understanding.
Then Qin Zhendong refilled Lin Li's cup with tea and said:
"Old Lin, we are people who have walked through that era. To put it bluntly, it's six words: afraid of poverty, unwilling to spend.
The quantity of those pills, though not too few, totals up to more than twenty types internally and externally according to the list I received.
But broken down to each type, there are only four or five pieces and each pill's properties are distinct.
If each of us takes one, should the related research be carried out or not?"
Then Qin Zhendong stood up, slowly walked to the window, and looked at the busy people not far away, his gaze complex:
"If you talk about being tired, aren't they tired?
Elder Liu suffered two heart failures while researching the mass production of the Spirit Awakening Pill, wasn't he tired?
Academician Hua endured liver pain while deciphering the Sealing Talisman, wasn't he tired?
There are more tired people than us. What right do we, sitting in air-conditioned offices, have to enjoy it first?
If we take these pills, don't mention how others might think, but in our hearts, we'd feel uneasy.
Actually, it's not just me; the core management has issued a strict mandate that aside from those whose bodies are genuinely failing, no one else enjoys any privileges!
This includes cultivation resources, all inclined towards the frontline warriors."
With that, he looked at Lin Li, his eyes gleaming with unwavering determination and excitement:
"Even if we're a bit tired, it's fine, because no one can touch even a bit of these resources, as this is the foundation of our...
national dream!"
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