Dawn Star.

Earth calendar year 2451.

Human civilization, immersed in antimatter experiments, naturally has no idea what is happening in the center of the galaxy.

It took a whole year, and under the leadership of Lu Yongchang, the Academy of Sciences successfully established a series of theories about antimatter.

Once the theoretical foundation is laid, the next step is naturally the practical application.

Lu Yongchang has long been coveting the anti-matter engines and anti-matter weapons in the technology tree.

But there is still a huge problem lying in between.

The problem of creating antimatter.

With the manufacturing efficiency of the laboratory, it is simply impossible for today's human civilization to use antimatter on a large scale.

There are mainly two reasons.

On the one hand, using particle accelerators to produce antimatter is too expensive and can be said to be a loss-making business.

On the other hand, antimatter production is too low.

Compared with the age of the earth, the speed at which humans produce antimatter is indeed countless times faster—it only takes a week to obtain one microgram of antihydrogen atoms.

But this kind of manufacturing speed, which is comparable to that of a snail, is obviously not enough for humans who have already become a level three civilization.

Therefore, a new antimatter manufacturing solution is urgent!

The research goals of everyone in the Academy of Sciences have also turned to this.

But this technology, which is located on the dividing line between Level 3 civilization and Level 4 civilization, is obviously not that easy to conquer.

…

After several setbacks.

Lu Yongchang sat in his office with a solemn expression, pursed his lips and looked at the holographic image in front of him.

In the holographic image, dense experimental data is presented.

"Professor, the experiment failed."

Zero's electronic synthesized sound came from the speakers on the side.

There was not much expression on Lu Yongchang's face, he just nodded slightly.

He had been tired of hearing this sentence for a while.

The Academy of Sciences has proposed many plans for producing antihydrogen atoms, but without exception, none of them met Lu Yongchang's expectations.

"Professor, Academician Tao Yuda is visiting."

The electronic synthesized sound sounded again.

"Let him in."

Lu Yongchang took a deep breath, cheered up and said.

The next moment, the office door opened, and Tao Yuda, with a pair of dark circles under his eyes, stood at the door excitedly.

Looking at Tao Yuda's expression, Lu Yongchang's originally stable mood fluctuated slightly.

Could it be that... he has a new manufacturing idea?

Thinking of this, Lu Yongchang looked at Tao Yuda with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

"Professor, I have an idea!"

Sure enough, Tao Yuda walked into the office door excitedly and shouted loudly.

Lu Yongchang's heart beat violently several times.

He suppressed his inner excitement, sat up straight in his chair, and pointed to the seat in front of his desk.

"Sit down first."

"Speak slowly."

Tao Yuda nodded hurriedly, hurriedly pulled out his chair, and sat opposite Lu Yongchang.

Then, he raised his wrist, opened his watch, and summoned a small holographic projection.

Under Tao Yuda's operation, the content of the small holographic projection was quickly synchronized in front of Lu Yongchang.

"Feasibility Report on Antimatter Collection Device"

"collect?"

Lu Yongchang's expression froze, and he subconsciously asked.

Why does it feel like...it's different from what he expected?

Tao Yuda cleared his throat: "Professor, although the universe is made of matter, in a vacuum environment, there are still many antiprotons and antielectrons mixed in cosmic rays and wandering in interstellar space."

"Since the efficiency of artificially producing antimatter is too low, we can completely change our thinking."

"Create a large number of antimatter collection devices to collect antimatter in the universe."

Looking at the plan in the holographic projection, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

How should he evaluate this report...

It's possible, but not much.

Although there are many antiprotons and antielectrons in the universe, they are too rare.

If we only collect data near the Dawn star, the results that take several years will not even compare to the output of the large particle accelerator of the ring satellite operating at full power for one month.

but!

After all, it is a business without capital.

As long as time lasts long enough and there are enough collection devices, humans will sooner or later be able to collect enough antimatter in the universe for use.

"This...isn't this picking up rags?"

Lu Yongchang subconsciously asked: "Who in a serious civilization picks up rags?"

Tao Yuda's mouth twitched: "..."

"This, how can this be called picking up rags?"

"How can we say that things related to level three civilization are just picking up rags..."

Tao Yuda's voice became softer and softer, and he was still mumbling obscure words such as antimatter collection array and circumstellar system detection array.

"Okay, okay." Lu Yongchang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Let's not talk about this plan yet."

"What mankind needs now is a solution that can stably and efficiently produce antimatter."

"We don't have that much time to collect antimatter floating in the universe."

Although he said this, he still put this option as a backup plan.

It can also serve as a detector around the star system, and it can also collect antimatter in interstellar space...

Most importantly, it doesn't consume much energy.

Kill three birds with one stone.

Earn resources, it's not shabby.

…

After seeing off Tao Yuda, Lu Yongchang took a deep breath again.

"Zero, close the door. Unless there is an emergency, no one is allowed to enter."

After learning the lesson from the last time, Lu Yongchang added a precondition to the command.

After all, he can't always expect zero underlying logic code, right?

After the words fell, the office door slowly closed.

After Lu Yongchang confirmed it, he leaned back on the comfortable chair and slowly closed his eyes.

At this point, he could only ask for help from the technology tree space.

As soon as my mind moved, my consciousness came to that familiar space.

Fluorescent green background and technology tree glowing with bright white light.

Different from the last time, after completing the construction of various antimatter theories, the originally barren technology tree in the first half now seems fuller.

Lu Yongchang raised his head and looked up.

White cursors came into view one after another, but none of them caught his attention.

A few seconds later.

His eyes rested on the top of the third-level technology tree.

It's a dim cursor with 50% brightness.

[Antimatter mass production plan]

Looking at the clear fonts on the cursor, Lu Yongchang's consciousness became more serious.

Without any hesitation, he focused directly on the dim cursor.

A feeling of dizziness arises spontaneously.

What followed was a sense of clarity that was like transcendence.

Various theories related to antimatter were integrated in Lu Yongchang's mind, and some original difficulties were quickly solved.
Chapter completed!