Chapter 853: The Breakthrough in Antimatter Technology
Translator: _Min_ Editor: Rundi
“This is?”
Looking at the black “storage tank” in the backyard of the mansion as well as the intricately entangled pipelines, Jiang Chen questioned.
“The essence of science and technology!” Lin Lin raised her chest. Her mouth turned into a crescent moon as she proudly announced.
“Speak English…” Jiang Chen facepalmed.
“In a nutsh.e.l.l, it is a magnetic confinement device used to store antimatter—”
Lin Lin didn’t even finish speaking when Jiang Chen subconsciously took a step back.
[WHAT? Antimatter this size?]
“In the tank… everything is antimatter?”
Looking at Jiang Chen’s expression, Lin Lin burst out laughing, waving her hand.
“No, there is only 0.1 milligram of antimatter in the middle. However, it must be stored with such a large magnetic confinement device.”
Upon hearing Lin Lin’s explanation, Jiang Chen felt relieved.
Dozens of milligrams of antimatter could be used as fuel and propel a s.p.a.cecraft to Mars in six weeks. One kilogram of antimatter exposed to the air could blow up the entire Earth. One ton of antimatter could make the Earth the second largest asteroid belt in the solar system.
It was not unreasonable for the Science and Ethics Committee of this timeline to ban the development of antimatter. The material was too dangerous on Earth. Everyone may explode together because of an experimental accident
However, it amazed Jiang Chen that 0.1 milligram of antimatter was stored in such a large storage tank. After all, the gift given to him by the Remnants of the Void was only the size of the bottle.
Perhaps Lin Lin read what Jiang Chen was thinking as she coughed to hide her embarra.s.sment.
“Ahem. After all, our research on antimatter is only in the very beginning stages. They should have easier access to antimatter in the void compared to us.”
“Why?” Jiang Chen asked curiously.
“There is an argument that the void itself does not have the concept of s.p.a.ce. The positive and negative substances that exist in it cannot pa.s.s through the specific medium interface… It is very troublesome to explain. It is as if we want to find a drop of water in a desert without an oasis while they are on the beach; their left hand is holding the sand while their right hold is holding the water. Of course, this is only a theory. After all, people who entered the void cannot come back,” Lin Lin explained.
“I see… But what can this 0.1 milligram of antimatter do?”
“It can’t do anything.” Lin Lin shook her head and said with repentance, “The manufacturing process of antimatter is not difficult. In the 21st century, trace amounts of antimatter can be observed through the Large Hadron Collider. It is just that the antimatter particle exists for a very short amount of time. There is no way to save it in the universe filled with positive matter. After a.n.a.lyzing the void technology, this magnetic confinement device I designed can store antimatter in small quant.i.ties, but I can’t think of the usage of this stuff other than bombs. It is also inappropriate to use it for bombs as the cost is more than a thousand times that of an equivalent bomb.”
“This storage… Hmm, what is the TNT equivalency of the magnetic confinement device?” Jiang Chen asked, pointing to the tank.
“According to the energy equation, one gram of antimatter annihilation releases energy equivalent to three nuclear bombs. The actual killing effect may exceed tennuclear bombs.” Lin Lin quickly gave an answer.
The antimatter destruction power of one gram was only equivalent to three nuclear bombs. Considering the cost of production, this 0.1 milligram of antimatter really did not offer practical value. However, as a scientific area in its infancy, this result was pleasing.
In order to reward Lin Lin’s efforts, Jiang Chen brought her three boxes of pudding created from the hands of a Belgian pastry master. Looking at Lin Lin’s joyous face as she embraced the boxes and ran to the kitchen, a smile emerged from the bottom of his heart.
As usual, Yao Yao made a tableful of dishes. Most of the fresh vegetables on the table came from the farms in Garden of Eden, while roast turkey and pork came from Earth. Now that life in the apocalypse under NAC had gradually improved, the time spent eating canned food was not missed.
If it weren’t for the grayish-yellow radiation cloud in the sky, and the destroyed streets outside the window, just around this table, there was no feeling of the apocalypse at all.
Five people surrounded the dining table and happily enjoyed a sumptuous lunch. They chatted about the funny things that happened around the base and all the way to Yizhou Island that was still under development. After the Mud Crabs crisis ceased to exist, the crab eggs and crab roe flew into w.a.n.ghai in the form of specialty products, and they were well received by restaurants in the Sixth Street.
The visionary businessman even opened a cannery and made these crab roes into delicious canned goods and sold them farther away.
As they chattered, the topic changed into the modern world.
When they heard that Future Group led by Jiang Chen was actually controlling three countries, the eyes of Sun Jiao, Yao Yao, Xiaorou, and Lin Lin all sparkled. It would be great to see the other side, but unfortunately the interdimensional study of the moving living had no progress at all.
But everyone knew that there will be a day.
After the meal, Jiang Chen went to the office and found Han Junhua, who was dealing with military affairs.
“How is the situation in the north?”
Han Junhua’s open mouth stopped moving as she opened a holographic screen to lock on the map the Hanzhong area of northern Hua. Jiang Chen looked at the name of the Northern Alliance Area and narrowed his eyes.
“I remember they are located in Lanzhou?”
“A year ago in Lanzhou,” added Han Junhua. After a pause, she continued, “Since last year, they have been migrating south. Under the leaders.h.i.+p of the new commander, they wiped out the zombie and mutants in the Hanzhong region. Then they gradually migrated the population of the Northern Alliance Area, setting up settlements along this tributary of the Yangtze River.”
“Why are they doing this?” Jiang Chen frowned.
“We sent out Aurora-20s to survey the target area, but we did not gather any useful intelligence. They used air defense missiles to force away our fighter. From any point of view, they are acting in a very unfriendly manner,” said Han Junhua.
Jiang Chen once again set his sights on the map.
Migration meant giving up years of development. Whether it was arable land or city walls, the price they paid was quite high. He was curious as to what was forcing the “country” that first established order to abandon the land.
However, there were more real problems now that he must face.
If the Northern Alliance Area had already relocated to the Hanzhong area, if they took a s.h.i.+p and sailed down the Yangtze River, they could easily reach Wu City. From there, the next stop would be Hongcheng, the outpost of NAC in the east.
The series of actions of the Northern Alliance Area in Hongcheng already alerted him.
Preparing for the worst, chances were that they had long set their crosshair on w.a.n.ghai. When the coup d’etat occurred in the Sixth Street, the image brought by the Dark Red Chamber of Commerce was a declaration of war on the survivors of w.a.n.ghai several years ago.
In that video, the commander of the Northern Alliance Area also seemed to mention the word “treasure.” The head of the Dark Red Chamber of Commerce interpreted it as the wreckage of the G.o.d’s Cane, but it turned out to be false. After NAC regained control of the city center of w.a.n.ghai from the mutants, it did not find anything that could be considered a “treasure”.
“Have you ever tried to get our pilots to avoid Hanzhong and fly directly to Lanzhou? I’m curious what happened to cause hundreds of thousands of people to migrate southward,” Jiang Chen replied.
“Of course, but from the air, our pilots did not collect too much useful information,” Han Junhua replied.
“I see…” Jiang Chen slowly started to frown as he thought.