Brian Carter keenly noticed another point worth exploring: “This long-haired bomb releases a huge amount of heat. If this thing were as big as a AAA battery, wouldn’t the heat it released be enough to melt a glacier?” A long-haired bomb, thinner than a strand of hair and less than half a fingernail in length, could contain so much energy.

It’s easy to imagine how much energy would be packed into something the size of a AAA battery.

“Wow, isn’t this even more powerful than nuclear fission?”

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Chapter 12: The Long-Haired Battery

The energy problem has always been one of the biggest issues of the twenty-first century. China has been researching controllable nuclear fusion technology, trying to use nuclear technology to obtain endless energy.

As a native of Luzhou, Brian Carter had visited the Luzhou Institute of Plasma Physics many times in the past six months, and the artificial sun project was a household name.

But according to what he learned from getting close to the researchers, it would probably take decades before the artificial sun could succeed.

So, for now, oil and natural gas are still the mainstream energy sources internationally, and the utilization rate of new energies like solar and wind is still not high enough. Many research organizations and large enterprises are working on battery technology to replace polluting fuels, but batteries also have their limits.

New energy vehicles are already running on the streets, but the point at which they can fully replace fuel vehicles has not yet arrived, mainly because there are still too many problems with batteries.

“If I could manufacture a ‘Long-Haired’ battery, could I seize the new energy market and become a battery tycoon?” Brian Carter had this idea pop into his mind.

With that thought, he was filled with motivation.

He immediately increased his research on the long-haired bomb, carefully observing its general structure under an optical microscope and studying its deeper structure under an electron microscope.

However, after observation, he found that the long-haired bomb did not contain matter inside, but rather two special types of energy. After continuous research and exploration, he finally determined that one of these special energies was a highly concentrated cluster of electrons, and the other was a cluster of protons.

When the cellular chain was intact, the two did not come into contact and nothing happened. When the cellular chain disintegrated and the two came into contact to form matter, a huge amount of energy was released.

“So the key isn’t these two types of energy, but the structure of the cellular chain. As long as I can create this structure, I can manufacture the long-haired battery.” After fifteen days of exploration, Brian Carter finally gained some understanding of how the long-haired bomb worked.

“Next, I need to analyze the specific principles of the cellular chain structure, and how to generate electron and proton clusters.” He set this as his next plan.

Meanwhile, the research results for the other test tubes were also coming in one after another.

The test tube filled with water was observed and given to a white mouse to drink, confirming that it was just ordinary water—very good quality, with no special elements from a fantasy world. The flesh of the dead worm had a cellular structure similar to that of Earth animals, and after feeding it to the white mouse, the mouse was not poisoned.

However, after eating it, the white mouse became noticeably hyperactive, with a strong desire to fight, similar to the effect of a stimulant.

As for the shield crow’s feather, Brian Carter took a quick look and found it wasn’t much different from an ordinary bird’s feather. He had no idea how it could release a magic shield—probably it had nothing to do with the feather itself.

The moss, bean sprouts, and yellow algae were all planted in special containers, but it seemed the environment wasn’t suitable, and they were already wilting and dying.

The jumping woodlouse had suffocated in the test tube long ago. After examining its cellular structure, he also fed it to the white mouse, which was fine after eating it. The crawling tadpole also died in the test tube, and its corpse was likewise fed to the white mouse, which immediately bled from all seven orifices and died, proving it was highly poisonous.

The test tube containing humus soil was temporarily sealed; Brian Carter didn’t have enough time to experiment with it.

All the experiments were conducted in a rundown house in the countryside. After each experiment, he would thoroughly disinfect everything to prevent any viruses or bacteria from leaking.

So far, the protective measures were very effective, and there had been no leakage incidents.

“The air in the fantasy world is breathable, the water is drinkable, and the meat is edible. Basically, my survival needs can be met. Next time I travel there, I can stay for a while.” Brian Carter summed up his recent experiments and drew a perfect conclusion in his lab journal.

Next, he would devote himself fully to making money and researching the long-haired battery.

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“Engineer Li, where have you been lately? Several friends have been looking for you to modify their cars.” The GTR owner from before had come back.

He had successfully avenged himself with the newly modified GTR by Brian Carter, so he was very confident in Brian Carter’s skills and started introducing friends to get their cars modified.

From handling the aftermath to returning from his journey, Brian Carter had taken a full half-month off.

Now he was back at work.

On one hand, he had signed a one-year contract; on the other, research took time, and if he really wanted to develop and produce batteries, he needed to earn some startup capital.

Fortunately, with the country’s economy improving, more and more rich second-generation and first-generation car enthusiasts were getting into car modification.