CHAPTER 538: CHAPTER 436: SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION UNTIL GOING BALD

In fact, controlling the weather isn’t very difficult; its fundamental principles are not complicated.

For instance, artificial rainfall, which is now one of the more common technologies, is actually the most straightforward application of weather control.

However, due to the limitations of the current level of human technology and the scale of investment, artificial weather intervention has become difficult to achieve.

As long as you didn’t doze off in junior high geography class, you would basically understand that weather formation mainly originates from temperature. Differences in temperature across regions cause warm air to flow towards cooler air, forming wind; warm air evaporates surface water, and when it encounters cold air, the moisture condenses, leading to precipitation...

Ultimately, the main cause of weather formation on Blue Star is solar radiation, as the energy from solar radiation and the evaporation of surface moisture results in various weather conditions.

Therefore, artificial intervention or manipulation of the weather can essentially be done by controlling the temperature to influence the formation of many weather phenomena.

For example, raising the local air temperature above zero can turn a blizzard into heavy rain, and by controlling the area of increased temperature, wind direction can be adjusted.

In fact, a long time ago, someone proposed using the detonation of hydrogen bombs in tropical regions to prevent typhoon formation, but this idea was too wild and impractical, and no country has ever tried it.

However, when the Suyians were researching the Weather Controller, they did attempt some bold ideas.

Most of these ideas were not feasible, either due to excessive investment or technical challenges, but there were indeed some ideas that could be realized.

The Weather Controller was one of those highly feasible ideas, which the Suyians at the time exerted great effort to make a reality.

This technology not only consumed a large amount of electricity but also required aircraft to disperse specialized chemical agents during use. In terms of both cost and environmental impact, it was very significant at the time.

Even as a superpower, Suyia eventually abandoned the idea of large-scale application of this technology, opting for only a few trials and letting scientists continue related research, without further experimentation, until the eventual dissolution of Suyia, when the entire project was shelved.

Now, the Flame Country has taken over this project. Technically speaking, the Flame Country also lacks the capital for large-scale application of this technology, especially in the current post-apocalyptic setting where even the Flame Country cannot afford to restart an experiment.

Fortunately, Chen Xin took over this project. After understanding the fundamental principles and mechanisms of this technology, he prepared to upgrade the equipment and optimize the technology.

The principles of the Weather Controller are not complicated; the device itself is essentially an ultra-high-power microwave transmitter, using microwaves of different bands to influence the speed of cloud formation and dissipation within a region, controlling the rise and fall of regional temperatures, thereby achieving the purpose of influencing the weather.

However, while the Suyians implemented this technology, its impact on weather was very limited due to issues with the transmitter’s power and other various factors.

Therefore, complementary chemical agents were necessary to amplify this effect to achieve true weather control.

As such, the influence range of this Weather Controller was limited, only working within the area that microwaves could affect.

Understanding the machine’s principles, Chen Xin found that upgrading was not an issue.

The first priority, of course, is to increase the machine’s transmission power so that it can significantly impact the weather even without chemical agents.

It’s not that Chen Xin cannot afford to spread chemical agents, but he finds it too cumbersome. Also, in the current environment, deploying aircraft to spread agents is not an easy task, so reducing costs whenever possible is advisable.

As for how large the machine’s impact range can be, this is not Chen Xin’s main concern right now.

After all, the ultimate goal is to place the Weather Controller on the Mobile Base, dragging it around. As long as the impact range is not too small and can influence regional weather, it’s sufficient.

Therefore, instead of expanding the machine’s impact range, it’s better to consider how to reduce the weight of this large-scale microwave transmitter that covers the entire base area.

Chen Xin might only have to rely on a universal system for this aspect alone, but fortunately, he has a team of professionals around him.

Standing near the core of the entire Weather Controller—the microwave transmitter—Chen Xin asked the people beside him, "Do you have any ideas on how to reduce the size of this Weather Controller?"

These were some technical personnel sent from within the country, responsible for assisting Chen Xin in repairing and upgrading the Weather Controller.

One of the technicians, upon being asked by Chen Xin, opened his notebook and reported, "Currently, it seems that the materials used in this machine are very outdated. If we can replace some materials and optimize the structure, we can significantly reduce its weight."

"Great, then give me a specific plan, indicating which parts need replacement and which parts need optimization." Chen Xin delegated this task to the technical personnel.

"Understood, Academician. We will organize a plan." The technician responded but still raised a point to Chen Xin, "But Academician, isn’t our main task to get this machine operational? This machine can’t be used yet, and we haven’t figured out its exact operating mode, yet we’re considering size reduction?"

In response to this question, Chen Xin simply smiled and replied, "Starting up this machine requires a lot of power. We only have one isotope generator, and although it can power the Weather Controller, doing so would be too wasteful.

Moreover, we don’t have the accompanying chemical agents to disperse, so even if we start the Weather Controller, it would hardly have any significant effect in such a harsh environment.

Therefore, according to my thinking, we should first optimize and upgrade this machine to improve its efficiency before considering the specific experiments."

"Is that so? But won’t there be problems doing it this way?" The technician was still a bit worried; considering improvements before understanding the prototype was unsettling.

However, Chen Xin was full of confidence and told the technician, "Don’t worry, we have acquired all the experimental records and related technical data from the original Suyia; there won’t be any problems."