From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 255 - 209: When they start using their mouths, it means they really don’t dare to take action

Because those details were not conjectured by Lu Heng, but witnessed firsthand; thus, when spoken, they sounded much more authentic.

It was only after the chat, on his way back, that Lu Heng truly understood what that meeting had been about.

It had indeed been an ideological and moral assessment.

Because of Lu Heng's formidable combat power, he had caught the attention of significant figures like Li Guining.

Moreover, a recent betrayal by a guard captain had made the high command of all battle zones more cautious.

An entity like Lu Heng, standing at the pinnacle among Superpower Soldiers, could have unimaginable consequences if he betrayed.

A guard captain's betrayal had almost resulted in the theft of crucial technological information.

If a warrior of Lu Heng's caliber were to betray, it wasn't just a matter of how much was lost but the enormous harm it could cause.

Thus, a Battle Zone Chief like Li Guining personally conducted this ideological examination.

Throughout the conversation, which seemed to revolve around the global situation, Li Guining was actually asking one constant question, "Where does your loyalty lie?"

For someone like Li Guining, it was unnecessary to ponder what Lu Heng had done or whom he had killed.

He just needed to know one thing, "Do you identify with your own country?"

That was what truly concerned Li Guining, as long as this major direction was correct, minor details were unimportant.

It seemed that Lu Heng's answers had satisfied him greatly.

Thus, as he left, Lu Heng received a card with just one number on it, Li Guining's personal number.

It wasn't even the adjutant's number, but his very own personal number.

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Time gradually moved into the ninth month of the Abyss Descent.

The fissure fog continued to expand, compressing human living space.

Countries around the world started seeing the emergence of large Mercenary Organizations, hired to enter the fog and handle the crisis.

As the fog-covered area continued to grow, Da Xia officially had to abandon parts of its territory, pulling back the defense lines.

Facing Abyss invasions, it was inevitable for humans to shrink their living space and build defenses against the Demons.

As the defense lines adjusted, some areas needed to be gradually abandoned.

This led to the relocation or abandonment of some factories and energy buildings.

This included several nuclear power stations, which, being outside the planned defense lines, had to be shut down.

The reason for this situation was that nuclear power stations were often built in sparsely populated areas due to nuclear contamination issues.

Given their remote locations, including these areas in the defense lines would greatly increase the cost of defense; hence, it was a correct choice to abandon them.

This led to a shortage in power supply, prompting official policies to limit electricity during certain times.

This was the inevitable result of the situation's development, and the power shortage would become more severe.

This was in Da Xia, which possessed unparalleled electrical technology.

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In other countries, some regions had already reverted to a time without lights.

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Although there were power supply issues, the situation in this life would be much better.

Because Lu Heng had brought back Sikes' technological information, which included technology on controlled nuclear fusion.

Actually, human research on controlled nuclear fusion was in its final stages, with a few technical issues yet unsolved, but overcoming these would illuminate the entire controlled nuclear fusion technology tree.

How important is controlled nuclear fusion technology?

Why is this technology said to represent the first step in moving from a planetary civilization to a constant star civilization?

The reason is simple.

With this technology mastered, humanity would no longer have to worry about energy problems.

This technology is so powerful that once humans have mastered it, they will have an endless supply of electricity.

Seawater can be used to extract the materials needed for a nuclear fusion power station, and the electricity provided is several times that of a nuclear fission power station.

More importantly, controlled nuclear fusion technology is a clean energy source.

There are no carbon emissions and no radioactive waste pollution.

It is highly safe and does not undergo chain reactions.

This means that nuclear fusion power plants can be built on the outskirts of cities, unlike nuclear fission power plants which can only be constructed in remote areas.

Now, the information on controlled nuclear fusion technology from the Sikes Civilization is in the hands of the research team at Da Xia Defense Science Academy.

The research group has already begun to conduct technical verification experiments.

Since the technology information was obtained from the Sikes Civilization, it is not ready to use straight away.

The technology needs to be recreated in laboratories and its feasibility verified before it can finally be made into a product.

Moreover, many of the technologies, tools, and materials required in these technological plans do not exist ready-made in the human world and need to be developed one by one.

It seems that controlled nuclear fusion technology is just one technology, but to realize it, a massive industrial system is required for support.

Fortunately, human-controlled nuclear fusion technology has already reached the final stage of research; now, it only needs the information from the Sikes technology to find solutions to the current technological challenges.

Among them, the most critical technology is the containment solution for plasma.

During the nuclear fusion process, the behavior of the plasma is complex and unstable.

For instance, turbulence and magnetohydrodynamic instabilities could cause energy leakage and the failure of plasma containment.

This is the major technological hurdle that human-controlled nuclear fusion technology needs to overcome.

In Sikes Technology, there exists a complete solution for plasma containment.

By optimizing the magnetic field structure and improving heating effectiveness, the control over plasma is enhanced, reducing its instability and its impact on the nuclear fusion reaction.

Additionally, there is another technological challenge that must be addressed.

Since controlled nuclear fusion requires temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees to sustain the nuclear fusion reaction.

Maintaining this temperature requires a significant energy input.

However, the energy conversion ratio of existing human technology is very low.

In current human-controlled nuclear fusion experiments, the energy input often exceeds the energy obtained from the nuclear fusion reaction.

An input greater than the output makes it impossible to obtain a viable energy supply.

The controlled nuclear fusion technology information from the Sikes Civilization also includes a mature energy conversion solution that can increase the efficiency of energy conversion and more advanced energy storage technologies.

Therefore, once this controlled nuclear fusion technology information from the Sikes Civilization is obtained, and laboratory validations are performed, it won't be long before controlled nuclear fusion technology is mastered.

The current frontier of human energy research is controlled nuclear fusion technology, whoever masters this technology controls an inexhaustible source of energy.

With energy issues resolved, high-powered laser weapons, and energy supplies for electronic warfare, all energy problems are solved.

The civilization level could even leap directly from 0.8 to 1.0, albeit other technologies from 0.8 to 1.0 levels need to follow up accordingly.

This is why the White Eagle Federation dispatched Superpower Users to steal this technology.

Because whoever controls controlled nuclear fusion technology will lead the future human world, unequivocally.

A little thought makes this clear.

What was the primary source of energy at the beginning of this century?

The answer is oil.

To secure oil, some major countries have repeatedly staged full military operations in the areas around the Great Food Sea to vie for oil.

However, from an energy perspective, oil is not a superior source of energy.

Pollution, extraction difficulties, and other factors prevent oil from being a top-tier energy source.

Of course, oil development and utilization have created a complete industrial system allowing this black liquid to be processed into many products.

Nevertheless, fundamentally, oil is based on its energy value.

Each time there is a problem with oil trading, it leads to severe oil price fluctuations.

An energy source that causes significant pollution, is hard to extract, and has a low energy conversion rate can still serve as a hard currency in the human world, directly linked to money.

Imagine replacing it with controlled nuclear fusion technology; the reaction materials can be extracted from seawater, and the energy provided is billions of times higher than that of oil; its value cannot even be quantified.

It can be said that any country that controls this technology at this point in time can instantly ascend to the summit of the human world, becoming akin to a divine nation.

This technology is just that formidable.

Understanding this, it's clear why the White Eagle Federation is doing everything in its power to obtain this technology, even going as far as manipulating public opinion and rallying other Western countries to attack Da Xia.

Unfortunately, times have changed. Now humans are exhausted from resisting the Abyss invasion and simply do not have the capacity to wage war on other countries, making proxy wars difficult to initiate.

Thus, the White Eagle Federation can only engage in propaganda warfare, threatening in various ways but not daring to make a move.

To a bully, when they are capable of plundering by force, they do not talk; when they start talking, it indicates that they truly do not dare to act.

Quite evidently, the White Eagle Federation does not dare to engage in open warfare now.

As for proxy wars, even if some crazed nation decides to start a hot war, with Blue Star being the first major industrial nation, it would only take a few days to teach this proxy a harsh lesson on just how terrifying a cornered rabbit can be.