Chapter 394: Chapter 392: Welfare Benefits
If the energy released by the fusion reactor is used for power generation, even the micro-reactor in front of Chen Xin is enough to supply the entire city of Lin City.
Although Lin City currently has an ongoing heating network plan that provides electric power and heating, so there’s no shortage of energy, until the heating network is completely built, especially before the energy tower as the core is constructed, the thermal and electrical energy that the entire heating network can provide is still limited.
Therefore, connecting the already operational micro-reactor to Lin City’s power grid to avoid wasting the reactor’s generated electrical energy is also warranted.
Moreover, doing so can also test the stability of the reactor during its operation and check for any issues, making it a beneficial move in multiple ways.
However, after the reactor was successfully ignited and operated stably, Lin City’s significance has evidently undergone an earth-shaking change.
After Chen Xin reported the successful ignition and operation of the fusion reactor to the research department, within less than twenty-four hours, several Z-20 helicopters, escorted by two WZ-10s, arrived in Lin City, bringing with them over ten nuclear physics experts.
Many of them were already gray-haired, but once the plane landed, they didn’t even wait for it to come to a complete stop before jumping straight out of the cabin. After confirming the reactor’s location, they rushed towards the room where Chen Xin had installed the reactor.
If it weren’t for the soldiers in charge of security at the door stopping them, these excited senior experts might have barged right in.
Nevertheless, after a thorough security check according to protocol, these experts were able to enter the room in the shortest time possible to see the micro-reactor in operation.
Seeing these experts arrive, Chen Xin willingly handed over the space to them and also transferred the reactor design plans he had prepared in advance to them.
Chen Xin did not intend to meddle in the reactor research work. The reason he built such a micro-reactor was just to verify his own hypothesis. Now that both the technology and hypothesis have been validated, the next step is to build the fusion reactor he really wanted to construct.
As for the current micro-reactor, it is actually technically very complete and operates very smoothly, so there is nothing that requires Chen Xin to spend additional effort on it.
These experts can either move it to another location for study, modify this place into a nuclear power station, continue researching on-site, disassemble it for parts for reverse engineering, or even use it to build a Gundam or Hunter Mecha, all of which are acceptable.
Meanwhile, Chen Xin could turn his attention back to the construction of the heating network, leaving the reactor matter entirely to the national personnel to handle since, no matter what, the country wouldn’t possibly treat him unfairly.
Indeed, this was the case as well. On the day following the arrival of the researchers by helicopter, a special train arrived at the newly renovated Lin City train station.
This special train was temporarily added, loaded not only with equipment, instruments, and related personnel the researchers needed but also with an official specifically coming to meet Chen Xin.
Having officials come to see Chen Xin was not an uncommon event as he had encountered such situations several times before. Given his growing significance, it was quite normal for officials to seek him out.
However, this time the official was clearly in the ranks of high-ranking officials as he was from a national-level department based in the temporary capital Yu City.
Although this official had specifically come to see Chen Xin, he didn’t linger long, leaving after a brief in-depth conversation with Chen Xin.
The swift-moving senior official left Chen Xin with a membership as an academician in the highest scientific institute of Flame Country, along with the corresponding whole set of promotional benefits.
The specific benefits didn’t need to be detailed, but the offer the official intended to persuade Chen Xin to move to the temporary capital Yu City included building a base specifically for him in Yu City. Not just a shelter, but an actual underground research base.
Not only would it have the best life facilities, an underground greenhouse garden, and a swimming pool, but a full special forces team would also guard him like now. The official even openly stated that any personal requests Chen Xin had could be accommodated, as long as they were within the scope of national laws, and even resolving matchmaking issues, reminiscent of his parents’ generation, was negotiable.
Moreover, Chen Xin could list the family and friends he wanted to take to Yu City, and they could all be brought along as the country could afford to take care of these people.
These terms might be highly tempting to anyone else, but for Chen Xin, they weren’t particularly appealing since, with a system in hand, what kind of living environment could he not have?
And the seemingly appealing condition of resolving matchmaking issues was moot as Chen Xin still had two personal troubles unresolved, so how could he dare to propose such a condition that would disrupt his household?
Aside from that, Chen Xin agreed to other matters proposed by the high-ranking official, such as further deepening cooperation with the country and building a research base for him.
This was essentially the same as moving Chen Xin to Yu City for the construction of a base for him, except that under the premise of Chen Xin’s reluctance to go to Yu City, the location for building the base was placed in the city where Chen Xin was currently located.
Taking this opportunity, Chen Xin chose the location for the base right in front of his home, with the condition that the research base be built on his shelter, and the current special forces team responsible for his protection would also be stationed there afterward.
Initially, Chen Xin was of course unwilling to accept such layered protection, but upon second thought, it meant that his family would also be under such layers of protection, which made Chen Xin willing to accept such terms.
After all, for any not too cold-blooded individual, allowing their family to have a safe environment is quite significant.
Particularly in such an apocalyptic environment, Chen Xin absolutely didn’t want to encounter situations like what had happened with the group led by Ah Zu before.
Previously when living alone it was manageable, albeit cumbersome to clean up, but now with his parents living there, Chen Xin couldn’t just openly turn a group of terrorists into a pile of minced meat, needing a shovel and plastic bags to clean up, could he?
But if there were a squad of special forces guarding the entrance, and his home was turned into a military base, such incidents could be completely avoided.
After all, no matter how foolish or stubborn a criminal might be, none would be ridiculous enough to attempt to breach a military base of a major power.