Chapter 8 Geothermal Civilization, Absolute Zero Weapons

The falcon soared in the starry sky like a ghost.

After its tail was accelerated to 482km/s for the first time, it abandoned the rear thruster like a rocket and used compressed gas jet for steering.

The coordinates of the target were 417 astronomical units away from the Hope, which is 62.4 billion kilometers away.

It would take 4 years to reach it at the flying speed of the falcon.

This is interstellar.

Every war, even a single exploration, will become long due to the distance in space.

In the solar system, the farthest distance from the Earth to Pluto in the Kuiper belt is only 60 astronomical units.

4 years later.

The falcon's camera captured a celestial body in the dark starry sky through the cosmic background.

The signal was transmitted back to the Hope after 2.4 days.

Looking at the huge celestial body on the screen, Yan Xia was shocked.

Although the image sent back could not tell the specific size of the celestial body, judging from its shape and roundness, it itself could not be small.

Ella calculated on the side.

"It has been calculated that the radius of this celestial body is 8426 kilometers, the surface area is about 892.18 million square kilometers, the volume is about 2.5058X10^12 cubic kilometers, and the data of gravity acceleration transmitted by the falcon is 11.0547m/s^2."

This planet is very big.

The surface area is 380 million square kilometers larger than that of the earth.

Obviously, this is a wandering planet that does not belong to any star system.

It may have been a planet in the core area of a star system, but its parent star should have changed, causing the planet to deviate from its orbit.

"The temperature of this void is -261.8 degrees Celsius. How did they give birth to civilization in such a space?"

Too many scientists on Earth aim the birth of life at the habitable zone of the star system.

Not to mention Yan Xia, even the top astrophysicists would be very surprised to see this scene.

You should know that this temperature is lower than the temperature in the dormant cryochamber. The atomic level will be affected, and the movement of electrons will be slow. This is not a carbon-based or silicon-based problem at all. No life can be born at this temperature.

Ella also urgently conducted an exploration.

"The temperature in outer space of the planet is higher than expected, at -198.33 degrees Celsius."

"It is speculated that the planet has a hot core."

Half a month later.

Hope received information again.

"It has been confirmed that there are many active volcanoes on the surface of the planet, with rich geothermal resources."

Ella called up a very blurry picture.

"Yan Xia, look here, here, and here, all of which are relatively large craters."

"There are traces of buildings on this side, proving that this civilization relies on geothermal heat to survive."

Geothermal civilization.

There are also many volcanoes on the earth, but the volcanic resources on the earth are far from forming a geothermal civilization.

The celestial body in the photo is much larger than the earth, and its core is more active than the earth, resulting in many volcanoes on the surface, so it is not afraid of the severe cold.

Yan Xia noticed that the outer space of the planet in the picture sent back had more things than the outer space in the picture sent back half a month ago.

"Enlarge these points."

He pointed at the small points and asked Ella to enlarge them.

After enlarging, the outlines of those things appeared.

It's a spaceship!

There are at least thousands of spaceships.

"They should be preparing to start sweeping the starry sky and plan to find us."

This is the only possibility.

Otherwise, there is no need to assemble so many spaceships, and at this time.

Seven days later, Ella received the last message sent back at the last minute when the Falcon was shot down.

The first Falcon successfully completed its mission.

A lot of information can also be analyzed from this information.

"The laser that shot down the falcon came from these areas, all of which are the main craters on the planet."

"This also proves that this civilization is extremely dependent on volcanic geothermal heat. Most of the surface temperatures of the planet are below -100 degrees Celsius. Its population is definitely very small, probably in the range of 100 to 500 million."

"Due to its small population, it cannot enjoy the technological revolution caused by the number bonus. This should be the main reason for its slow development."

"Geothermal heat also greatly limits its total energy and the branches of the technology tree. According to the analysis of its spacecraft speed, this civilization should not have controlled nuclear fusion technology. Their magnetic force is not well developed, and the overall energy supply is still geothermal energy and nuclear energy."

"The level of this civilization should be 1 or 1.1."

A geothermal civilization that has just entered level 1.

The surface of this planet is very dark, so its civilization pursues light and invents lasers.

Yan Xia thought about it.

"To attack a civilization, what you must do is to suppress the speed of its development."

"I can think of two ways: one is to limit its energy, and the other is to block its technological development."

"Ella, what good suggestions do you have?"

Ella can generate a lot of information for military use.

"Ella suggests that we can block energy development first."

"Blocking technological development is a very complicated process. We need to understand the direction of its technological development, the level of development, and whether it is from big to small or from small to big."

"The physics and chemistry of the universe, both macroscopic and microscopic, follow a set of theories, which is the so-called theory of everything."

"But we cannot assume that the other party is pursuing a theory of everything. Their civilization may not have theoretically unified gravity, magnetism, weak force and strong force, but instead focused on one of the four fundamental forces separately."

"In short, it is impossible to destroy the enemy's civilization theoretically by scientific means before the direction of the enemy's civilization can be observed."

"The simplest and most effective way is violence."

In terms of civilization level, Yan Xia did not achieve absolute crushing of this geothermal civilization.

Science fiction is useless to him.

Ella generated a result.

"This civilization is a geothermal civilization. It can limit its energy development by cooling its planetary core, causing its civilization to stagnate."

Yan Xia slid the screen to look at the plan.

This plan is more powerful than any war known to mankind.

This is a world-destroying war against a planet and a civilization.

The weapon recorded above is the absolute zero weapon.

The planetary core generates powerful energy due to fission, and absolute zero can freeze the protons, neutrons and electrons in the atom so that they no longer move.

Of course, the current universe cannot achieve absolute zero at all, which requires more energy than the universe itself.

But it is possible to create weapons that are infinitely close to absolute zero. Of course, their effect cannot completely freeze protons, neutrons and electrons, but they can slow down their movement by countless times.

As long as the fission is kept in an extremely slow state, the core of the planet can be cooled down.

"Just follow this plan."

"How long will it take to produce it?"

Ella parked the Hope on a wandering asteroid, which is more than 80 kilometers long and nearly 45 kilometers wide.

Hundreds of robots are repairing the wound of the Hope.

"The estimated time is 25 years."

25 years is not long in a war, especially an interstellar war.

"Too little!"

"An absolute zero weapon can only cool the core of a planet for 40 years, which is far from enough. We need 10."

Since the decision to start a war has been made, it is necessary to consider it comprehensively.

Leave yourself enough room for development.

After issuing the order, Yan Xia entered the hibernation capsule again. He couldn't waste too much time. After all, he is now 41 years old.