Chapter 192 Netherworld! Antimatter technology! Roulette starts!
On the ground, in the lobby of the LA company headquarters, the site of the Universal press conference.
At this time, Ott Cunningham, who represented LA Company, faced reporters from various media and gave a firm and passionate speech:
"We have built this huge scientific hub, and the base and main axis were completed within three months."
"The world's giant companies will go all out in their pursuit of breakthrough technologies and bold ideas to transcend."
"The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. The endless mysteries of the universe will eventually be under our control!"
"..."
At this moment, the media reporters and celebrities from all walks of life stood up from their seats and gave Ott's speech warm applause.
The completion of the scientific hub is a milestone of great symbolic significance for the scientific and technological research and development of human civilization!
The desperate cyber era, monopolized and controlled by giant corporations, has become a thing of the past that will never return.
Today is an era of technological explosion created by global giants. Progress and eternal progress are the main themes of the new generation.
On the center console of the Infinity flagship.
Seeing that Otto could complete this speech task so well, Li Ang couldn't help but nodded slightly, quite recognizing Otto's ability.
‘It’s time to give Ott Cunningham a promotion. ’
Li Ang thought thoughtfully in his heart.
Ott currently serves as the company's network director, but judging from Ott's demonstrated abilities, she is fully capable of taking on a higher position.
Just as Li Ang was thinking about which position to promote Otto Cunningham to, Otto on the ground had already made the final conclusion to today's speech.
"Today we celebrate the opening of this great scientific hub. Its cutting-edge scientific research equipment and innovative technologies will attract the greatest minds from all over the stars and the entire universe to our civilization!"
"This is exactly what we hoped to witness, and this achievement will be the beginning of a new era of enlightenment."
"Today will be a great day in the history of our humanity!"
"..."
As Ott Cunningham's inspiring words fell, people watching the conference let out excited shouts.
Although most people don't know what the true role of the scientific hub is, the new era of civilization opened by LA Company has indeed boosted human confidence like never before.
The cyberpunk world that respects the law of the jungle and indifferent interpersonal relationships has been reshaped into a new world where everyone is equal, everyone has opportunities, and everyone is united.
The upbeat atmosphere and good atmosphere of the entire civilized society all reflect mankind's good expectations for the future and pride in giant enterprises.
‘Yes, the giant company’s publicity work has been done well. Now it’s time to take a look at my next work tasks! ’
Li Ang closed the holographic screen in front of him and returned his attention to the system panel.
Just now, Li Ang had received the worlds in the world that had just been refreshed and released by the system.
This is also the second copy of the alien world that he needs to conquer!
【Netherworld】!
That's right, the world of the heavens that Li Ang will go to next is in the original work of an extremely unpopular movie with too many hard science fiction elements.
This time, Li Ang will not continue to challenge other alien civilizations in this world view.
Instead, he really went to another parallel universe to complete this new conquest mission!
‘Netherworld… I seem to have some impression of the plot in this movie. The level of human technology in it is not even one-tenth of what I am now. ’
‘Just by sending an Infinity starship, I can instantly overturn the human civilization over there, but why...’
‘The first copy of Conquest of All Heavens and Other Worlds I received was so weak! ’
Thinking of this, Li Ang couldn't help but frown slightly, and he began to think deeply about the real purpose of the system.
Judging from the previous conquest of Pandora, every otherworld copy refresh in the system must have its own unique meaning.
Which often contains the most efficient operation path and the fastest growing company!
But the system will not tell Li Ang directly, it will only leave many clues for Li Ang to connect on his own, and then make the most correct choice.
There is no such thing as a random attempt to refresh another world and create a meaningless hodgepodge.
For example, after Li Ang redeemed the Universal Giant Enterprise template and unlocked the ideal city building, a copy of Avatar with suspended stone resources appeared.
There are suspended stones on Pandora.
It just so happens that the suspended stone is the resource needed by the ideal city.
From this point of view, it means that every time Li Ang unlocks a key giant structure or building, it can correspond to the refreshed heavens and other worlds.
There is some kind of close connection between the two!
As long as Li Ang digs out and analyzes the correct operational steps from these clues and information, his giant company's technology points will make an explosive leap.
If we say that human beings in the Trisolaran worldview can achieve technological leaps through the "technological explosion" and catch up with the technological level of the Trisolaran people.
Then what Li Ang relies on is "hanging"!
But how to use this "system" efficiently is Li Ang's top priority.
The test question this time is the new alien copy "Netherworld".
‘If this is the case, does it mean that a certain resource or technological point in the world view of the Netherworld movie corresponds to the scientific hub? ! ’
‘Or, the scientific hub can accelerate the iteration process of a certain technology point in the Netherworld and develop a new technology point! ’
Leon’s reaction was quite fast, and he did guess and infer the truth that was very close to the fact.
If LA Company went to Pandora before to obtain the floating stone resources to maintain the ideal city.
Then this time, going to the human world of the Netherworld worldview is probably to obtain one of the key technology points.
After all, the earth in the movie "The Netherworld" is still the same earth, and there will be no other rare mineral resources, only the technology points.
Then the core technology point in the movie "The Netherworld" should be [Bose-Einstein Condensate]!
‘Condensate...! ’
Leon began to seriously and carefully recall the relevant plots in the original movie, as well as the setting details of the condensed technology points.
In the movie "The Netherworld", there is a kind of "Netherworld" soldier killer who cannot be touched. They can ignore conventional physical killing methods and move swiftly and agilely.
In addition, they can also float freely in the air like "ghosts".
Or... these ghost soldiers are ghosts who are asking for their lives!
They cannot be seen directly by human eyes, nor can they be clearly observed by thermal imaging.
These two points are extremely similar to the "ghosts" that humans believe in.
But in fact, these ghost soldiers have only transformed into the form of Bose-Einstein condensate through a series of technical transformations.
In natural matter, there are usually four forms, namely solid, liquid, gas and plasma.
And Bose-Einstein condensate is a special form artificially created.
It does not belong to any of the natural forms.
'I remember that the attack method of this ghost soldier seems to be quite difficult. If you don't prepare in advance, even Astartes warriors can easily get into trouble! '
As his memories gradually deepened, Li Ang remembered the killing intensity of the ghost soldiers on the human body, as well as related detailed information.
The Netherworld soldiers who have become Bose-Einstein condensate have a state of non-resistance and non-viscous particle flow.
And they can gather a large number of particles in the same quantum state, with an extremely low temperature property close to absolute zero.
In addition, when the condensed metal atom gas moves, due to the consistent movement direction of the atoms, it can also cause a voltage-free current.
This current will only burn the soldier's skin, but not penetrate the body.
Therefore, once the "Netherworld" touches and passes through the body, the result is that the soldier's internal organs, brain, skin and other tissues are severely damaged, and then cause death.
The dead soldiers will have low-temperature burns and traces of electric shock, but their clothes will not be damaged at all.
Low-temperature burns plus electric shocks, plus some other chemical reactions, triple blows, it is difficult not to die!
But even such a weird soldier, in Li Ang's technology points, there is really no weapon that can kill the Netherworld with one blow.
Because conventional physical lethal weapons are completely threatening to Netherworld soldiers.
Unless it is some alternative technological tool that can achieve a comprehensive observation effect from the microscopic world.
For example... the sophon in Three-Body!
"This thing... feels similar to the quantum ghost army that Taylor in Three-Body tried to create!"
Thinking of this, Li Ang suddenly connected the Nether Soldiers in the movie "Nether" with the quantized army in Three-Body.
Like the Nether in the movie "Nether", it was actually printed out by the Moldovan scientific research team in the original book through condensed matter technology.
They sealed the nervous system stripped from the living in a crystal coffin, making people separate from themselves and their consciousness, between the vague life and death.
This state will form some kind of magical quantum entanglement relationship!
Coincidentally, Taylor, the wallfacer in Three-Body, once tried to use quantum weapons, such as ball lightning, or a large quantum device.
To bombard human soldiers and fleets, turning them into a cloud of probability and into the state of quantum ghosts.
Also in the blurred boundary between life and death, such a huge ghost army can easily destroy the enemy's fleet engines and engines.
These ghost armies can also cause the same damage to the soldiers of the Trisolarians as the Netherworld causes to humans.
However, this killing method can only be described in four words to the Trisolarians:
[The Lord doesn't care! ]
Because the Trisolarians have intelligent sons.
"Could it be that the new copy opened by this system is just for me to get this quantum man-made weapon and turn the soldiers into the Netherworld?"
"If the Trisolarians come, I'm afraid they will only be happy to have a stomachache with such a useless and inefficient lethal weapon."
Li Ang showed a look of disdain on his face and shook his head in dissatisfaction. He didn't want to waste human resources to get some Netherworld soldiers.
After all, once the Netherworld soldiers or quantum armies in the quantum state are observed, they will immediately fall into a state of collapse.
Schrödinger's little cat has long proved to mankind that quantum soldiers and armies are nothing more than toys when facing advanced civilizations with advanced technology in the microscopic world.
Trisolarans are able to unfold microscopic particles from low dimensions and then fold them in reverse to high dimensions, creating sophons, ubiquitous "observers" of the microscopic world.
Not to mention the ghost soldiers, even the quantum army that Taylor tried to create, when facing Sophon.
The final result is that it instantly collapses into useless particles the moment it is observed by the sophon.
To put it simply, Sophon only needs to "glare", and all the quantum soldiers, troops, and fleets will be turned into powder.
This is the real thing that will explode if you look at it more, and melt if you get closer!
"No, the condensed matter technology in the Netherworld movie must have other uses. It can't be just for me to simply imitate a Netherworld soldier!"
Li Ang felt that he was very close to the real answer described by the system.
‘Condensed Matter…Science Hub…! ’
Suddenly, Li Ang seemed to remember something.
He had seen some functional areas in the system panel of the Science Hub before, and the function of these functional areas was to use a technology point to quickly develop related new technologies.
"Don't tell me!"
Immediately, Li Ang switched out the attribute panel of the science hub and searched for relevant information on the [Condensed Matter] technology point.
As expected, Li Ang obtained a number of research and development on "condensed matter" technology points in the science hub panel.
For example, the properties of condensed matter can be used in research and development in the field of superconductivity and are potential raw materials for precision instruments, as well as atomic clocks and navigation systems.
At the same time, condensed matter can also be used in the study of quantum computing and quantum models!
Quantum computing is a revolutionary computing technology, but for LA companies with highly developed AI technology, it can only be said to be the icing on the cake, not a truly needed technology.
The quantum model can help LA Company conduct antimatter research, making it easier to observe and speculate on the generation, annihilation and transformation of antimatter.
This is Li Ang, the technology point that LA company really needs!
"Yes, that's it!"
Li Ang was overjoyed. He saw an important function in the science hub's panel function area that he almost ignored.
That is the Science and Technology Point R\u0026D Zone!
On the system panel, Li Ang can see all the paths from "condensed matter" technology to other new technological points.
For example--
[Condensed matter technology] - [Precise and complete quantum model] - [Primary antimatter technology (antimatter engine)]
From condensed matter to rudimentary antimatter technology, there is just an accumulation of quantum model technology points in between.
The initial condensed matter technology required Li Ang to obtain it from the "Netherworld" movie!
"So that's it..."
Li Ang suddenly realized it, and then he continued to read down to see what technological points more advanced antimatter technology would have.
[Intermediate Antimatter Technology (Antimatter Defense Barrier): The World of "Angels and Demons"]
[Advanced Antimatter Technology (Antimatter Shell Screen): The World of "Star Trek Into Darkness"]
[Ultra-advanced antimatter technology (antimatter cloud barrier): World of "Country Teacher"]
…
‘Good guy! ’
Li Ang couldn't help but sigh, the scientific hub is the real "artifact".
A small condensed matter technology, after being thrown into the science hub for several cycles of iterative research and development, you can get new technology points related to it!
It's like throwing an ordinary coal into a smelting furnace and eventually returning it to a brilliant diamond.
‘It’s a pity that in order for science hubs to achieve rapid cycle technology iterative research and development, we can only rely on krypton enterprise coins to speed up the process, or upgrade and create more science hubs. ’
Looking at the detailed introduction about this functional area, Li Ang's excitement suddenly calmed down.
With his current scientific hub level, scale, and number of enterprise coins, he can only use condensed matter technology to create a quantum model technology point in a short period of time.
It was still a little short of the antimatter technology he wanted, but fortunately the difference wasn't much. Li Ang would be able to save enough Qi coins after waiting a few years or completing the mission.
"I see……!"
“Turns out this is the real operational answer.”
At this moment, Li Ang finally connected all the details and clues.
He remembered that the last time he went to Pandora was to obtain the suspension stone resources there.
Suspended stone is used to maintain the ideal city.
This time, I am about to go to the human world in "Netherworld" to obtain condensed matter technology points.
And condensed matter technology is to use the scientific and technological research and development functions of the scientific hub!
Right, everything is right.
"I didn't expect that the first time I went to other heavens and other worlds was just to get such a technology point."
For a moment, Li Ang felt a little bit dumbfounded.
He, a giant company in the world that can even build an ideal city, actually has to go out for a small "condensed matter" technology.
It’s not okay not to go!
There is no way, although Li Ang's giant empire seems to have strong scientific and technological strength, but these things are all obtained from the prize pool of the heavens.
The current scientific foundation of human civilization is already known and known, but it is actually still quite primitive and backward.
It is impossible to quickly self-research new technological points.
The purpose of the scientific hub is to speed up the human scientists in the main world to improve and supplement these basic scientific knowledge as quickly as possible through existing scientific and technological points.
Thinking of this meaning, Li Ang felt more and more that his choice was really the right one!
It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. The existence of the Science Hub is precisely to help humans in the cyber world quickly acquire advanced new scientific knowledge.
"Anti-matter shell shield, anti-matter cloud barrier... I have to take down all of these things!"
Looking at these technological points on the science hub panel, Li Ang was really greedy for a while.
Among these anti-matter technology points, the technology he wants most, is most needed at the moment, and has the best chance of getting is the anti-matter shield.
As for the antimatter engine...
It's as if the Trisolaran fleet can treat such a junk thing like a treasure.
The antimatter engine converts the energy released by the annihilation of antihydrogen protons and hydrogen protons into the power source of the spacecraft.
But unfortunately, the density of the universe is too small, and collecting antimatter will be very slow, so the flight efficiency is relatively low.
The Trisolaran antimatter engine fleet can only achieve propulsive flight at 10% of the speed of light.
In fact, this speed is neither fast nor very slow.
The main reason is that compared to the Infinity's gravity drive engine, the gap between the two sides seems too big.
Because the Infinity's gravity drive engine is capable of faster-than-light flight!
The principle of this engine device is supported by the "Alcubierre effect" as a theory, that is -
[When an object moves in a gravitational field, its mass increases.
This means that objects moving in strong gravitational fields, such as black holes or neutron stars, become very heavy.
If this effect can be controlled, natural propellers can be created in strong gravitational fields to achieve faster-than-light navigation. 】
To describe this propulsion method simply and vividly, it is equivalent to forcing a balloon underwater and then releasing it.
The thrust obtained is the power of flight!
However, this gravity drive engine is only one of the propulsion methods of the Infinity. Its space jump technology is so awesome that it completely destroyed the Trisolaran fleet.
But even though the Infinity's attack was powerful, fast and able to run away, Li Ang still didn't dare to go head-to-head with the Trisolarans and have a real fucking battle.
The most critical reason is that he lacks a very important technological point, which is the anti-matter shield!
The technological difficulty of the toy, whether compared to the Matrix, the Infinity, or the construction of the ideal city, seems too simple.
But it happened that for such a key technological point, Li Ang had not yet withdrawn it from the Heavenly Prize Pool, causing his fleet to run the risk of "high attack and low defense".
Although the Trisolaran water droplets cannot catch up with Li Ang's fleet, they can still penetrate them.
After all, water droplets are made of materials with strong interaction force. The hardness of this material is quite easy to smash Leon's Infinity.
It can be said that the strength of the Trisolaran fleet is quite lackluster in terms of attack and movement speed.
But their water drops make up for their offensive power.
If Li Ang wants to avoid being crushed by the Trisolarans, he must eliminate the fleet's only flaw, its defensive nature!
Let the water droplets disintegrate and fall apart as soon as they hit LA Company's Infinity ship.
If you want to destroy the water droplet, you can either use "four-dimensional fragments" to destroy the water droplet from the inside.
Or use an anti-matter shield so that when the water droplets hit the hull, they will offset each other and annihilate the anti-matter shield.
"If I take out the anti-matter shield, I'm sure no Trisolarans will be able to take advantage of it!"
Li Ang thought in his heart.
Of course, in fact, what Li Ang wants is not just the anti-matter shield, which is a necessary technological point.
Li Ang is also quite envious of the ultra-advanced antimatter technology point - the antimatter cloud barrier!
This technology point has been used in the silicon-based empire in "Country Teacher".
In the original story, the Silicon-based Empire once built an antimatter cloud barrier with a radius of a thousand light years as a trap to ambush the Carbon-based Empire.
The Carbon-based Empire spent more than 300,000 warships for this, and finally managed to tear a passage through the anti-matter cloud barrier and drive away the Silicon-based Empire.
Obviously, this so-called anti-matter cloud barrier is equivalent to the space version of "super anti-tank mine"!
Once an enemy starship accidentally steps into this antimatter cloud barrier, it will immediately trigger the annihilation and destruction of antimatter.
At that time, the entire spacecraft array will emit a dazzling light in an instant, and accompanied by a huge shock wave, the fleet and crew will be reduced to nothing!
Such a powerful defensive technology point is exactly the technology that Li Ang urgently needs at this time.
If he had such a thing, Li Ang could completely seal off the entire interstellar area and any alien civilization that tried to enter the sphere of influence of his giant company.
It can only be filled with the number of their fleets and the lives of their crews!
‘It’s stable…everything is stable! ’
Li Ang clenched his fists with excitement. Li Ang felt excited when he thought that he would have the opportunity to obtain the anti-matter technology point that he had in mind.
In the world view of the "Netherworld" movie, there is no messy "Eva" with strange powers and chaotic gods, nor is there any planetary conscious life.
There will be no other alien civilization.
There are only human civilizations in parallel universes, and the humans in that worldview are still in the "indigenous" era and cannot freely travel to other stars like humans in the cyber world.
This means that Li Ang only needs to send a small number of fleets and combat members to basically push forward human civilization in that parallel universe.
As for the quantum ghost soldiers who seem to be very powerful but are actually useless, Li Ang also has many ways to deal with them.
For example, the plasma discharge gun, which is the easiest to build, can greatly restrict the movements of "Netherworld" soldiers.
But if you want to achieve a real kill, you can only rely on "unplugging the network cable" to destroy the power supply device of these ghost soldiers.
Cut off the human body's "nervous network system" and the connection with the condensed matter, and release this quantum state.
"If you can extract a sophon for me, I can basically stare them all to death from these Netherworld soldiers."
Li Ang smiled thoughtfully.
"but……!"
"How come this system only refreshes the copy of the alien world, but doesn't give me the time and space gate or passage to other worlds in the heavens?"
Li Ang couldn't help but complain.
Yes, after the system interface released the second alien universe "Netherworld", Li Ang discovered that he could not directly lead people or troops to that world.
Instead, you must first unlock the relevant technological points and build a gate that spans time and space in another world.
Doors or passages like this that can cross the time and space of the heavens and other worlds can either be drawn from the heaven roulette prize pool, or they can develop technological breakthroughs by themselves.
Obviously, the system still has to let Li Ang pass a wave of draws first, and then try his luck before a technological point such as a space-time gate may be revealed.
Thinking of this, Li Ang suddenly felt like he was being played by the system, giving him smoke or not. Wasn't this deliberately teasing him? !
However, no matter how unhappy Li Ang felt, he had to accept this arrangement.
Otherwise, he can only go to other interstellar jungles in this universe and try his luck to find other alien civilizations to vent his anger on.
‘Now that things have come to a close, let’s draw a prize first. ’
Immediately, Li Ang returned all his attention to the system's lottery wheel.
This time, Li Ang saved a total of 11 consecutive draws from the heavenly prize pool, and all roulette lottery opportunities from level 8 to level 10 are available!
Especially the guaranteed chance of level 10 Heavenly Prize Pool Roulette Draw, in which the technology points come from the Heavenly World - the stars!
And this level 10 lottery opportunity was an opportunity that Li Ang got after unlocking the science hub.
He exchanged a lot of insignificant enterprise coins for so many things, so Li Ang felt that his decision was a waste of money!
‘I wonder if this guaranteed level 10 lottery will yield a Burning Heaven Divine Weapon or an Ether Phase Engine or something good. ’
Li Ang thought thoughtfully to himself, but the movements in his hands were not idle. After seeing the roulette interface, he immediately started the long-lost lottery.
"The Roulette of the Heavens...starts!!"
