At this moment, Qian Zhizhong and the three people were incredibly grateful. Thank God Su Heng was a Dragon Village villager. If Su Heng were a villager from another village, the consequences would have been unimaginable!
Imagine, the Dragon Village was already so far behind the world. If someone like Su Heng emerged from outside, what kind of situation would the Dragon Village face?
One misstep and things from the last century might happen again in Dragon Village!
Qian Zhizhong and the three people had no doubt that with the aggressiveness of marine civilization, such an event would definitely happen again!
"Xiao Su, tell us about your South Sky Gate nuclear fusion power system..."
After another half an hour, Qian Zhizhong and the three pressed down their hearts and steadied their emotions before speaking out in a composed manner.
Upon hearing this, Su Heng nodded slightly and then said:
"Considering safety and stability factors, I designed two small, controllable nuclear fusion reactors for the South Sky Gate. These two controllable nuclear fusion reactors, I named them Golden Sun 330..."
"Each reactor can provide sufficient energy supply for all the equipment on the South Sky Gate, including the engine, magnetic suspension power device, electromagnetic weapons, laser weapons, radar, intelligent system and so on!"
"A single Golden Sun 330 reactor's stable output of energy can meet the energy needs of a city with a population of 20 million!"
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Energy for a city with 20 million population?
Hearing the number Su Heng mentioned, Qian Zhizhong and the three couldn't help but widen their eyes in astonishment.
"Xiao Su, are you sure it's a city with 20 million people, not 2 million people?"
Without thinking, Qin Shan couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, in an extreme output situation, a single Golden Sun 330 reactor can even sustain stable energy output for a super-megacity of 50 million people for at least half a month!"
"Hiss..." After listening to Su Heng's words, Qian Zhizhong and the three couldn't help but take a cold breath.
The shock on their faces was completely unmasked.
A city with a population of 50 million, what does that concept mean?
No such city of this level has been developed in Dragon Village so far!
And this is the population including the mobile population!
If we only count the permanent residents, then even the top-tier cities in Dragon Village, added together, can barely meet this standard!
Not only in Dragon Village, but throughout the entire world, there is no city of this scale!
Now Su Heng told them that the energy output of a Golden Sun 330 small controllable nuclear fusion reactor could actually meet the energy needs of a city with 50 million people!
This is simply unimaginable!
Even if the person saying this is Su Heng, they still find it hard to believe!
Just as the few were shocked, Su Heng's voice rang out again:
"But the cost of this is that the lifespan of the Golden Sun 330 will drastically decrease. According to my design standards, the normal service life of the Golden Sun 330 is sixty years, but if it maintains extreme output for half a month, then the lifespan of the Golden Sun 330 will drop to twenty years! If it remains in extreme output mode for more than a month, then the Golden Sun 330 will be directly scrapped!"
There was a touch of regret in Su Heng's words.
It seemed he was disappointed with the immaturity of his own technology.
However, upon hearing what Su Heng said, Qian Zhizhong and the three couldn't help but laugh wryly.
Although according to what Su Heng said, the lifespan of the Golden Sun 330 will be reduced to twenty years if it continues to operate at extreme output for half a month, and will be directly scrapped if it continues to operate at extreme output for a month.
But that's the extreme output!
It's like a fighter jet's afterburner; which fighter jet would keep the afterburner on, constantly over-revving the engine?
Which engine can withstand long-term over-revving?
Like the old Polar Bear's stainless steel fighter jet, which was chased by the Black Eagle's missile. Although it managed to shake off the missile, the engine of the fighter jet directly failed when it returned!
Who would do that unless it's an emergency?
And according to what Su Heng said, in normal use, the lifespan of the Golden Sun 330 is sixty years!
What is the concept of sixty years?
That's a span of time from birth to the age of sixty, when a person can deplete the lifespan of a Golden Sun 330!
To be honest, Su Heng's one Golden Sun 330 is more than enough to see off a generation of old guys!
On the Blue Planet, this lifespan is unprecedented!
For example, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the Black Eagle claims to have unlimited endurance.
But its nuclear reactor has a lifespan of only three to four decades!
Even the F-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that the Black Eagle village hasn't produced yet, its publicly announced reactor lifespan is only fifty years!
And this is only the data publicly announced by Black Eagle Village itself. As to the actual number, considering Black Eagle Village's usual habits or those of those military arms dealers, it's likely that this fifty years will be cut even further!
And Su Heng, based on their past understanding of Su Heng, the sixty years that Su Heng said must be a solid sixty years!
Moreover, the actual figure of sixty years will only be more, not less!
In the past, the things Su Heng brought out were mostly like this. Others would want to blow their own products out of proportion, such as aircraft payload capacity. The maximum payload capacity that others said was always the maximum under the sacrifice of other aspects like range.
And the maximum payload capacity that Su Heng said is the maximum under the condition of not sacrificing other performance!
Likewise, the maximum range and other such figures are also the maximum range without sacrificing the maximum payload or other performance capabilities!
The data is truly abnormal!
However, even though Golden Sun 330 has such abnormal data, there is still a touch of disappointment in Su Heng's tone?
Is this serious?
After a long time, Qian Zhizhong and the three finally recovered from their laughter. Then, Qian Zhizhong couldn't help but say again:
"Xiao Su, Golden Sun 330's output is so huge. Does Nan Tian Men really need such a large power output? Won't it be too wasteful?"
Upon hearing this, Su Heng slightly shook his head and said:
"Chuan Lao, the energy needs of Nan Tian Men may be much larger than you imagine!"
"According to my design, Nan Tian Men is 1100 meters long, 350 meters wide, and 160 meters high. It will carry more than one thousand fighter and bomber aircraft of various types, as well as a large number of combat equipment including the Mingyang Warship!"
"Besides that, Nan Tian Men will also be equipped with four high-power electromagnetic cannons, six high-power laser pulse cannons, sixty medium and small-sized electromagnetic close-in defense guns, one hundred medium and small-sized laser close-in defense guns, a set of ultra-large-scale plasma generators, and an internal life support system..."
"All of these things are energy-intensive, especially ten high-power electromagnetic cannons and laser pulse cannons. According to my design, if they are all turned on at once, the energy consumption of any one of them will not be lower than that of a Longyuan warship!"
"And those high-power radars and other equipment. The energy consumption of Nan Tian Men's radar and other internal combat systems and intelligent systems is even larger!"
"Besides these, there are more important factors such as Nan Tian Men's power engines and magnetic levitation power devices. The power engines of Nan Tian Men are three non-proprietary fusion engines, similar to the magnetic levitation power devices. These engines' energy is all provided by the Golden Sun 330s. When Nan Tian Men is moving at full speed, two-thirds of the energy from the Golden Sun 330s will be occupied by these engines and magnetic levitation power devices!"
"If not considering the cost factor, I even thought of adding two more Golden Sun 330 reactor modules!"
After hearing what Su Heng said, Qian Zhizhong and the three couldn't help but twitch their lips.
Alright, high-power electromagnetic cannons, high-power laser pulse cannons, large-scale plasma generators, internal life support systems, non-proprietary fusion engines...
Just listen, what are these things?
"Xiao Su, are you sure you're building a carrier platform, not a space battleship?"
Until a certain moment, Qin Shan finally couldn't help but speak out directly.
They had proposed Nan Tian Men before, and even transmitted the so-called "Nan Tian Men Project" to the Black Eagle Village!
But those were all bullshits!
And even if they weren't bullshits, what are their plans compared to this Nan Tian Men of Su Heng's?
Does this thing called Nan Tian Men by Su Heng count as an air platform?
This is literally a space battleship, right?
"Space battleship?"
Upon hearing what Qin Shan said, Su Heng was taken aback.
Then he shook his head slightly and said: "Qin Lao, although Nan Tian Men is very advanced, it does not meet the standard of a space battleship at present. Moreover, I never considered it as a space battleship in the first place. From beginning to end, it has just been an air platform!"
"Not to mention other aspects, the maximum flying speed of Nan Tian Men at an altitude below 20,000 meters can only reach 500 kilometers per hour. This is the limit that the materials I can design can withstand. If I try to make Nan Tian Men exceed 500 kilometers per hour, it will only result in one thing: the disintegration of Nan Tian Men!"
"As for the electromagnetic weapons and laser weapons on the top, they are just defensive weapons I prepared for it to defend against missile attacks and the like, that's all..."
That's it?
After hearing what Su Heng said, Qian Zhizhong and the three were silent again.
At a certain moment, all three couldn't help but feel a strong desire to slap someone.
For some reason, they suddenly found Su Heng's attitude of dissatisfaction towards his own work to be so annoying.
It's like a billionaire saying to a beggar who doesn't have enough to eat, "I don't have any concept of money, and I'm not interested in it."
And now, Su Heng is like that billionaire, and they are like that beggar who can't even afford enough food!
"Sigh……"
"Can't act impulsively, can't resort to violence. This is a precious gem; if we break it, we can't get away with it. If it's broken, we'll become sinners, letting down the village and the people..."
Taking several deep breaths, Qian Zhizhong and the three finally forced themselves to suppress the urge to hammer Su Heng.
Forcing a smile, he said:
"Xiao Su, let's talk about the other things. We're not familiar with the technology, so what is the purpose of calling us here? It's not just to have us come and see your achievements, is it?"
Facing the question, Su Heng shook his head and said: "Of course, it's not like that. I've already said that the design of Nan Tian Men is not completely done yet. Now I have only completed the specific designs of the intelligent system, electromagnetic weapons, laser weapons, and power system. Everything else is still just mathematical models..."
"There are two reasons why I invited Qian Lao and the others to come this time. The first one is that I want to start building the equipment and components related to Nan Tian Men in advance!"
Upon hearing this, Qian Zhizhong and the three were thoughtful.
At this time, Su Heng continued:
"Nan Tian Men's project is too large. If we squeeze all of it into one and build it at the same time, it's not realistic. Let's put aside other things for a moment, just the funds needed for construction alone are not something we can afford now. To be honest, I think that based on our current economic situation, it's unnecessary to undertake a project like Nan Tian Men..."
"So, in addition to the idea of starting to build the equipment and components for Nan Tian Men in advance, another purpose of inviting Qian Lao and the others here today is to seek your opinions. Are we really going to start building Nan Tian Men at this moment?"
Facing Su Heng's question, Qian Zhizhong and the three looked at each other, and then all fell into deep contemplation.
After a long time, Qian Zhizhong raised his head and cast his gaze towards Su Heng, inquiring in a deep voice: "Xiao Su, could you give us an idea of how much money Nan Tian Men will cost?"
Su Heng pondered for a moment and said, "Not to mention the other things, just the power system of Nan Tian Men, the non-proprietary fusion engines; with our current industrial infrastructure, the cost of one engine is at least eight billion Long Currency!"
"And the magnetic suspension power system. The cost of one magnetic suspension power device is estimated to be no less than one hundred billion. And such magnetic suspension power devices, Nan Tian Men has five of them!"
"Then there's the Golden Sun 330 small-scale nuclear fusion reactor. This technology is quite mature in my hands, so its cost is relatively low. The estimated cost of one Golden Sun 330 is about two billion Long Currency..."
As Su Heng spoke, one by one, the numbers kept flowing out of his mouth.
Accompanied by the emergence of one number after another, the corners of Qian Zhizhong and the three couldn't help but twitch again.
One engine costs eight billion, three engines would be twenty-four billion!
One magnetic suspension power device costs conservative one hundred billion, five of them would be five hundred billion!
Including Golden Sun 330, that means that just the power system alone would cost nearly eight hundred billion Long Currency!
And there's the weapons system that Su Heng mentioned.
The cost of a high-power electromagnetic cannon is over ten billion, and the cost of a high-power laser pulse cannon is also nearly ten billion!
Ten such main guns together would cost over a hundred billion!
The cost of all the other electromagnetic and laser cannons added together would come close to one thousand nine hundred billion!
When all is calculated, the cost of the power system and weapon system alone is estimated to be nearly three trillion Long Currency!
This is just the power system and weapon system!
Not including other things like the life support system, aircraft weapons, radar, and even the main body of Nan Tian Men itself, all sorts of stuff that Su Heng mentioned before.
If all of these things are added up, how much money would it be?
Just thinking about these, not only Qian Zhizhong and Qin Shan, but also Qiao Zhenhai, all three felt a bit of a chill on their scalp!
At this moment, they pretty much understood why Su Heng said he did not recommend building Nan Tian Men now.
According to Su Heng's estimate, the cost of this thing is something that the current Long Village cannot afford!
The total cost of building one Nan Tian Men is likely to be equivalent to the military budget of the entire Long Village for a year!
Even possibly more than that!
This is just the construction cost!
Not to mention the subsequent maintenance costs!
If those are added, it would likely be an even more astronomical number!
Who can bear such a cost?
(End of this chapter)
