Chapter 228 - 226 Handcrafted Nuclear Battery
Sure enough, early the next morning, the car batteries and related materials that Chen Xin needed were delivered to him. Along with them came a government official from Hubei Province and several researchers.
Watching these researchers seriously setting up the operation platform and setting up cameras, seemingly trying to record his entire operation, Chen Xin did not object.
In fact, he was quite curious about what kind of footage would be presented if the system upgrade process was recorded with cameras.
Would it be a logically consistent "reasonable" image, or a true image with a flash of green light, or perhaps a "real" image with a blurring effect?
This truly piqued Chen Xin’s curiosity.
Especially since these researchers, with a pragmatic and realistic spirit, as well as to prevent potential equipment failures, not only set up multiple camera angles but also brought various types of recording equipment with different storage formats.
There were large cameras used by television stations with tapes, small cameras using memory cards, and even a staff member with a handheld gimbal shooting nearby.
What Chen Xin found particularly exaggerated was that they even brought a film camera used in filmmaking.
Although startled by their exaggerated setup, Chen Xin tacitly approved of their actions, as he himself was also curious and thought that perhaps the footage from different equipment might look entirely different.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with the government official from Hubei Province, Chen Xin approached the operation platform set up by the researchers, where the materials he needed were already laid out on the table.
Chen Xin rubbed his chin, seeming to ponder how to start, but in reality, he was just deciding whether to manually craft a nuclear battery.
Transforming a car battery into an isotope thermoelectric battery, essentially a so-called "nuclear battery," was ultimately a matter of a single system click for Chen Xin, with no concern about the complexity of the process or the completeness of the materials.
Even if the materials he requested yesterday didn’t contain radioactive elements, he could essentially use what was in front of him now to "produce" an isotope thermoelectric battery that seemed entirely reasonable to these researchers.
However, to avoid completely overturning the researchers’ worldviews, or being seen as a monster, Chen Xin thought it may be better to hold back and just modify an ordinary battery to meet usage needs, leaving the nuclear battery upgrade for after he left the Three Towns.
But after chatting with the government official from Hubei Province, this idea was dismissed, as he felt he shouldn’t hold back.
The official’s words implicitly suggested they wanted Chen Xin to stay in the Three Towns, even offering to have Chen Xin’s parents brought over, setting up a residence, job placement, and negotiating benefits.
In short, the message was to use various conditions to rope in Chen Xin as a talent.
Of course, this official didn’t use any coercive measures and was quite amiable, with a status that let Chen Xin perceive Hubei Province’s emphasis on him.
Yet, this differed from Chen Xin’s original plan or could be said to be an unexpected situation.
In Chen Xin’s projection, he would showcase his abilities, draw official attention, and then cooperate with the government using the cutting-edge technology he mastered to help the country swiftly and effectively rebuild after disasters. He imagined all steps being dealings with the national level and in a manner of equal cooperation.
However, according to the meaning of this Hubei government official, it seemed Hubei Province personally wanted to recruit Chen Xin, valuing him but more as talent acquisition than equal cooperation.
Although this situation was not unacceptable to Chen Xin, it was not what he wanted to accept.
His friends were in Xiang Province, and his family in Anhui Province, so calculating from any angle, Hubei had no connection to him, except for an acquaintance who was also an online writer.
In such circumstances, even if Chen Xin were to accept recruitment, it should be in Xiang Province or his hometown Anhui Province.
And considering the foundation issue, Chen Xin could not forsake all he had in Xiang Province to come to Hubei Province.
Honestly speaking, Chen Xin had his pride; cooperating with the country was the bottom line he could accept. Even being recruited, he felt it should at least be by a national-level department, not a provincial one.
So, to avoid the trouble of being "underestimated," Chen Xin decided to demonstrate his "value," making himself more important.
At a minimum, he needed to make this government official from Hubei Province understand that one province alone was insufficient to recruit him.
After considering everything clearly, Chen Xin stopped feigning thoughtfulness, turning his attention to the car battery and opening the system upgrade interface.
In Chen Xin’s perspective, a familiar green light flashed, and the car battery had turned into an isotope thermoelectric battery.
"So fast! But why did he change that here?"
"What’s this for? Why don’t I understand this step?"
"Is it reinforcing the structure? Why use this structure for a battery?"
In the eyes of the researchers beside him, what they saw was utterly different; even these specially drawn researchers didn’t fully understand Chen Xin’s operation.
Chen Xin wasn’t surprised by their confused looks, but his gaze shifted to the filming staff to see if they had any different expressions on their faces.
Evidently, the system’s abilities were invulnerably strong. These staff members’ faces also showed confusion and misunderstanding, with no one showing any unique expression.
Seeing this, Chen Xin was reassured, so he walked over to a camera and asked the filming staff, "Did you capture my operation just now? Can I have a look? I’ve never seen myself working before!"
The staff certainly wouldn’t refuse Chen Xin, and after operating a bit on the equipment, they played back the footage for Chen Xin on a small screen.
In the playback, Chen Xin saw himself placing both hands on the table, and then came a series of utterly incomprehensible operations, like in an old animation where things come together amidst a swirl of smoke and flying parts, ending with the car battery transformed into an isotope thermoelectric battery.
Chen Xin found the recorded footage quite amusing and shocking at the same time.
Evidently, the system’s so-called information state ambiguity extended even to these devices, ensuring no disparity between footage captured by devices and what the naked eye saw.
Most astonishing to Chen Xin was that while his system upgrade took only a split second, the captured footage played over ten minutes.
Was this a case of filling storage media with information in an instant?
Chen Xin couldn’t grasp this technology but could understand its effect, akin to how those researchers only saw the upgrade instance but could extrapolate a substantial process, evidently having acquired adequate information in mere moments, allowing them to imagine; otherwise, despite efforts to extrapolate reasonable explanations, they lacked enough informational content.
This made Chen Xin more curious about what the film camera captured, as the shooting speed of such old machines was fixed, unlike digital products where data could be written instantly. Surely, an old machine using optical records couldn’t instantly speed up a thousandfold to record all light-transmitted information?
Such a scenario would make the system’s advanced tech incredibly limitless.
"Do you think this technique could be applied to our small nuclear reactor development? I think his technology for processing the battery case could be used for core protection, effectively blocking reactor radiation while saving materials..."
"Yes, I also find it fitting, and his method for adjusting battery contents... I never knew adding these additives could turn car battery electrolytes into radioactive isotopes! This technique is incredible! Especially standing this close, and the Geiger counter didn’t even sound!"
"Manually crafting a nuclear battery, now I’ve witnessed it! Merely these hands make me believe it’s savant syndrome; a normal person wouldn’t develop such skill, even if practiced a lifetime! It’s almost alive!"
While Chen Xin pondered over what the film camera might have captured, the researchers evidently completed their deductions, discussing some topics that caught Chen Xin off guard.
What was happening? Were they inspired by their deductions?
Could this information state ambiguity have the effect of Ancient God’s Language? Gaining knowledge and technology upon viewing the scene? Yet Qin Lan previously looked at his upgrade process and gained nothing. Could it be Qin Lan’s lower level of knowledge prevented understanding, while these researchers, with their higher knowledge base, could comprehend?
Chen Xin couldn’t imagine what these researchers saw or what information they gained from the moment of the upgrade, but evidently, they obtained far more than Chen Xin anticipated.
Because, now, the researchers gazed at Chen Xin not as a person, but almost as if worshipping a god.
"I’ll go install this battery in the car first. I’ll handle the remaining battery later." Chen Xin said, carrying the freshly minted isotope thermoelectric battery back to the car, lifting the hood and installing the battery.
Chen Xin had requested two car batteries last night, intending to transform them into ordinary batteries to use temporarily, but after abruptly changing plans and manually crafting a nuclear battery, he wasn’t sure how far-reaching the impact would be, though it certainly would be significantly greater than if he hadn’t done so.
At least, the government official from Hubei Province who was just recruiting Chen Xin now wore a grave expression, clearly wanting to call high-level officials from Hubei if not for current communication disruptions.