I accidentally got a two-way foil in my second level civilization

Inside the Oval Office of the White House.

A Chinese newspaper lay quietly on the president's desk.

The big red characters on the newspaper were particularly vivid against the black - and - white background!

"Good News! The controlled nuclear fusion ignition was successful at the nuclear physics laboratory of Sandaokou University!"

"Bang!"

A sound of slapping the table came.

The president's desk made of mahogany trembled violently.

"Fxxk!"

A fat middle - aged man with blond hair sat behind the desk, his face flushed, and he shouted harshly, "Damn it!"

"Anthony, can you explain this to me?"

Hearing the angry rebuke from the middle - aged man in front of him, the man called Anthony stepped forward, shrugged his shoulders, and said indifferently, "Your Excellency Albert, I don't think there's anything to explain."

"What? Nothing to explain? Is this the reply you, as the Secretary of Defense, give me?!" The muscles on both sides of the blond middle - aged man's cheeks twitched slightly, and his golden bangs also trembled twice.

"Tell me, Anthony, what did you say to me at that time?"

"As long as we drive the Xia country out of the ITER program, we can always maintain a leading position in controlled nuclear fusion." Albert imitated Anthony's tone vividly. "If I remember correctly, these were your exact words, right?"

Anthony looked at this scene with an ugly expression.

"Now? Anthony, tell me, what does this newspaper say?!"

Albert angrily picked up the newspaper on the table and threw it on the floor in front of Anthony!

Anthony's mouth twitched slightly twice.

He lowered his head and carefully looked at the newspaper.

Then, he said in a deep voice, "Mr. President, I can't understand Chinese!"

Obviously, Anthony's reply completely exceeded Albert's expectations.

Albert's mouth opened slightly, and he looked at Anthony in front of him in disbelief: "Anthony, you..."

"Good! Very good!" Albert was even so angry that he laughed. "You can't understand Chinese, then let me tell you what it says here!"

"The newspaper says that the Xia country has successfully carried out a controlled nuclear fusion ignition experiment! Do you understand that?"

Anthony's face was expressionless, and he nodded slightly: "Hmm."

"So?" Albert sneered. "Is this the reply you give me?"

Anthony took a deep breath: "Mr. President, I hope you read this report carefully before speaking, instead of just complaining to me directly."

"As one of the member states of the ITER, the Xia country naturally also has mastered some controlled nuclear fusion technology."

"In my opinion, there's no need to worry about this so - called ignition experiment. They are still far from really mastering controlled nuclear fusion!"

The expression on Albert's face softened a bit.

After calming down, a few traces of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he asked again.

"You mean..."

Anthony stretched out his hand and pointed behind him: "Mr. President, for these professional knowledge, it's better to let the professionals explain to you."

As he spoke, Anthony turned sideways and said to the people behind him, "Professor Collins, it's your turn now."

An old man with gray hair walked forward slowly with a walking stick and bowed respectfully to Albert: "Your Excellency the President, hello."

Albert frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then asked softly, "If I remember correctly, you should be the leading professor sent to the ITER a few years ago, right?"

A few traces of excitement flashed in Professor Collins' eyes: "Yes, Mr. President. I didn't expect you to remember me!"

Albert nodded slightly, and said with a slightly arrogant look, "So, do you have something to explain to me?"

Professor Collins nodded quickly, and then said a little eagerly: "Mr. President, I think you don't need to worry about this news from the Xia country at all."

Albert's eyes moved slightly, and he used a gesture to signal him to continue, while he adjusted to a more comfortable sitting position.

"I've read the report from the Xia country. The controlled nuclear fusion device they used this time is a stellarator, not the traditional tokamak device."

Hearing this, Albert's brows furrowed tightly.

He had some impression of the tokamak device.

After all, a large part of the tokamak device in the ITER program was funded by the United States to manufacture.

But what the hell was that stellarator...?

He looked at Professor Collins in front of him with some confusion: "Professor, the stellarator you mentioned just now..."

Seeing the look of confusion in Albert's eyes, Professor Collins suddenly realized: "Mr. President, you don't need to know what a stellarator is. You just need to know one thing. The stellarator device is the equipment we have phased out."

"The reason for phasing it out is very simple. Its cost is too high, and the manufacturing difficulty is too great. It is very likely to lead to the failure of nuclear fusion."

"I can probably guess the origin of the stellarator at Sandaokou University in the Xia country. It should be a nearly报废的 stellarator from country D a few years ago."

Albert looked at Professor Collins in disbelief: "Are you sure? A scrapped stellarator can also successfully ignite nuclear fusion?!"

Obviously, Albert didn't quite believe Professor Collins' words.

Professor Collins nodded vigorously: "Mr. President, you should know that the things made by the people of country D have always been of good quality."

"I guess this is also the reason why the Xia country was able to succeed."

"But this kind of outdated thing must be unreliable. Therefore, as you can see, the Xia country's controlled nuclear fusion only lasted for a short two minutes."

"Maybe you don't know that the current tokamak device of the ITER can already extend the maintenance time of controlled nuclear fusion to 26 minutes!"

These words of Professor Collins made Albert's stiff face look much better.

"Then... in your opinion, what about the Xia country's research on controlled nuclear fusion..."

"Impossible! The Xia country absolutely cannot complete the research on controlled nuclear fusion on the stellarator!" Professor Collins said without hesitation and firmly, "The stellarator has long been proven to be a thankless path!"

Hearing this, a smile finally appeared on Albert's face.

As long as the Xia country cannot master controlled nuclear fusion, the position of the United States will not be shaken!

"However... Mr. President, there is one thing I want to tell you." A few traces of hesitation flashed in Professor Collins' eyes.

"Say!" Perhaps because he had just received good news, Albert had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth and nodded slightly.

"Mr. President, the United States should also build its own controlled nuclear fusion device." Professor Collins said with a nervous expression, "We can't always share the experimental results with the ITER!"

"For the next experiment, the ITER is going to extend the controlled nuclear fusion time to more than 30 minutes. If it succeeds... perhaps, the era when humans master controlled nuclear fusion will come. We in the United States should make preparations in advance."