Wandering planet that will travel

"It's antimatter. The explosion you see is caused by antimatter."

"You blew up water droplets with antimatter?"

Luo Ji originally wanted to say that this was impossible. Antimatter weapons were indeed extremely powerful. A single grain of antimatter the size of a rifle bullet was enough to destroy a star-class warship.

However, the strong interaction shell of water droplets is also indestructible, and no explosion, no matter how large, is enough to destroy it.

But then he reacted and corrected: "You annihilated the water droplets with antimatter?"

"Correct." Qiao Li smiled and nodded.

It is generally believed that the horror of antimatter weapons lies in their terrifying energy release. One gram of antimatter is equivalent to the energy of a 20-ton equivalent nuclear bomb, that is, the power generated by an explosion of 300 grams of antimatter can exceed the 5000 million-ton equivalent Tsar Bomb.

But if we only rely on the power of the explosion, the water droplets can withstand human civilization's stellar hydrogen bomb with an equivalent of at least 3.5 million tons without any damage, and it will not make any difference if it is replaced by an explosion caused by antimatter.

Therefore, what Qiao Li really uses is the annihilation feature of the contact between antimatter and positive matter, so as to break through the indestructible strong interaction shell of water droplets.

No matter how strong the water droplet is, it is just a regular positive matter composed of atoms and molecules. As long as it is positive matter, it will be annihilated by antimatter. Therefore, it does not matter how hard the strong interaction material is, it is just the most basic physical law.

This is the limitation of water droplets, no matter how hard matter is, it cannot avoid being annihilated by antimatter.

As a result, the water droplets were completely wiped out, and the Ark survived the explosion unscathed.

Luo Ji further asked: "That's not right. According to the data measured by the Mantis, the water droplet weighs at least ten tons. How can you get so much antimatter to annihilate it?"

One gram of antimatter will annihilate with one gram of positive matter, so if you want to completely annihilate a water droplet, you have to take out the same weight of antimatter.

Nowadays, human civilization cannot even produce one kilogram of antimatter. How can tons of antimatter be able to annihilate water droplets.

What's more, if there is such a large amount of antimatter, even if the power of the explosion is not limited to this level, it will definitely affect the entire earth, and it is impossible for the Ark to withstand it.

Qiao Li shook his head and said, "Not so much, we only use one gram of antimatter."

"one gram!?"

Luo Ji was greatly surprised. If it was just a gram of antimatter, then human civilization really couldn't produce it.

Antimatter is not something that only exists in theory. As early as 1995, scientists at CERN produced the world's first batch of antimatter-antihydrogen atoms in the laboratory. In 1996, the Fermi National Accelerator in the United States The laboratory successfully produced 7 antihydrogen atoms.

By the 23rd century, human civilization has been able to produce a few grams of antimatter, but considering that its power is far inferior to that of a stellar hydrogen bomb, it has not been used as an actual combat weapon.

However, Qiao Li successfully destroyed the water droplet with one gram of antimatter. Doesn't this mean that the answer is always in front of him?

"How on earth did you do it?"

"It's very simple, because the shell of the strong interaction force of the water droplet is only one layer of atomic thickness."

The reason why we can realize this is because the wandering earth has also developed a strong interaction force material, as long as we compare it with water droplets, we will know why.

The shell of the earth cannon is not much larger than a water droplet in volume, but it has the weight of a whole planetary engine. The molecules of the strong interaction force material are so tight that even the atomic nuclei are squeezed together. Of course, the density is many times higher than that of natural substances. .

But the quality of the water droplet is normal, at least not to an outrageous level, which means that the strong interaction force material only exists in its outer layer, and there are other mechanical parts inside the water droplet.

In the end, according to Ding Yi's calculations, if we want to use strong interaction materials to cover the entire surface of water droplets and maintain the mass within the normal range, we can only maintain the thickness of one layer of atoms.

Anyway, in the face of a conventional weapon attack, there is no difference between a layer of atomic-thick strong-interaction material and a one-meter-thick strong-interaction material, both of which cannot penetrate.

If the content of strong interaction materials is further increased, the weight of water droplets will inevitably be doubled several times, but the steering ability will be affected due to excessive inertia.

The thickness of one layer of atoms is the design that best combines mobility and defense, and the Trisolaran civilization has also achieved the ultimate in this aspect.

But this leaves a fatal weakness for water droplets, as long as a weapon that can break through strong interaction materials, even a gram of antimatter is enough to disintegrate the outer shell of water droplets.

The strong interaction force shell of the water droplet is maintained by a special internal force field generator. When the shell is broken down, the energy released by the annihilation of antimatter pours into the interior, and after destroying the internal generator of the water droplet, the positively charged atomic nuclei quickly disperse , the atoms resume their normal movement and become a metal-like alloy with the same weight as the original water droplet, then it is no different from ordinary substances.

This is the truth of the destruction of the water droplets. The Ark fired an antimatter armor-piercing projectile rather than an antimatter projectile!

By filling one gram of antimatter inside the shell, the moment it hits the water droplet, the antimatter successfully touches the water droplet, annihilates and disintegrates the indestructible strong interaction force shell, and the rest is handed over to this nuclear bomb with an equivalent of 20 tons The energy of the explosion is on it!

Chapter 633 The First Victory

The huge fireball in the sky gradually dissipated, and images gradually appeared on the dome screen in the dungeon that was flashed white.

People saw that the Ark was still standing above the earth, but the light of the water droplets had disappeared from the night sky.

Immediately, the crowd boiled up, different from the carnival when the United Fleet set sail, this time it was the joy of surviving in depression and despair.

The original ten water droplets in the sky became nine bright lights. Such a feat may be no less than the legendary Houyi shooting the sun in the hearts of the people.

After more than two centuries, human beings finally broke the myth that the Trisolaran civilization was invincible, and different from the blind self-confidence of the United Fleet period, this time it was a drop of water that actually destroyed the Trisolaran civilization!

Humans have waited for this day for too long.

All the people cheered with tears in their eyes, many cried out of excitement, and even more people were puzzled, how did Qiao Lv defeat such an indestructible drop of water?

To be honest, even Luo Ji, who had heard Qiao Li's explanation, was still incredulous.

Antimatter technology is indeed advanced, but if we do our best, it is not impossible for human civilization to take out a gram of antimatter to deal with water droplets.

The question is, how did Qiao Li determine that the strong interaction shell of the water droplet is only one atom thick, and use this to formulate tactics against the water droplet?

For any scientist on earth, strong interaction materials are only theoretical things, so no one dares to guarantee how thick the outer shell of water droplets is.

Only the Wandering Earth, which has also developed strong-interaction materials, can successfully calculate the shell thickness of water droplets based on the density of the strong-interaction materials produced by itself and the weight, so it can be cracked with only one gram of antimatter.

So in the final analysis, this is still a gap in technology. The technology of the Trisolaran civilization is completely incomprehensible to the earth, but to the wandering earth, it is only slightly advanced.

"Okay, let's go back," Qiao Lu said to Luo Ji.

Luo Ji had just recovered from his thoughts, nodded and said, "Oh, sorry, I was distracted."

The Ark landed on the earth. At this time, there was already a sea of ​​people around, and the battleship slowly entered a piece of colorful snow, which was the flowers thrown by the crowd.

The ground that was originally submerged by yellow sand was now covered by flowers. The crowd cheered uncontrollably, and everyone burst into tears.

This is an unbelievable miracle. The water droplets that weighed down everyone on the earth like a mountain were finally wiped out!

Human civilization has won a respite, and it is very likely to become a turning point in history, and from then on to the road to final victory.

Originally, not many people believed that the plan of building [-] high-energy accelerators mentioned by Qiao Lu could be implemented, but as long as today is over, there will be no voices of doubt.

When Qiao Lu got off the Ark, the enthusiasm of the people was pushed to the climax, fireworks filled the night sky, and the ground was once again illuminated like day.

Hines and Jonathan have been waiting for a long time, waiting for Qiao Lv to return and give orders.

Qiao Li walked forward, people stood up and silently made way for him, but the crowd immediately closed behind him, everyone wanted to push forward to get closer to him, like longing for sunshine in the cold, but still Awedly leaving a circle of space for him creates a strange vacuum in the crowd.

He looked up and found Hines and Jonathan in the crowd, approached them and asked: