Chapter 1141: Singular drops

Lu Zhou originally thought that this hourglass-shaped building was so towering that it should have many floors divided. However, it was not expected that a large amount of building area was wasted on the space from the floor to the ceiling.
The continuously extending ceiling is like a sky without a cloud cover. The sense of depression from space makes the interior of the whole hall look solemn and majestic.
It's as if this is not a conference hall, but a place similar to a court.
In fact, it's not just the design of this hall, but even the high conference table, it also gives the same feeling.
The entire conference table is in the shape of a horseshoe, like an unfolded folding fan, extending obliquely upward.
Sitting below are ordinary members of parliament. The higher they are, the higher their status and status are. At the highest place are the ministers, parliamentarians, and even the heads of empire—the supreme governors.
Strange civilization.
Obviously it is a materialistic value, but the political / rule form does not give people a very efficient or convenient feeling at all, but gives people a sense of majesty in a religious sense.
Lu Zhou speculated that this may be related to the special philosophy and aesthetics of Jialan civilization.
As a subject of sociology, I have to say that this is a very interesting phenomenon and worthy of further study. Unfortunately, Lu Zhou was not a social scientist, so he quickly focused his attention on something more worthy of his attention ...
The meeting soon started.
Standing with General Sains on the side of the hall, like two sculptures, integrated with the guards next to him and the wall behind him, Lu Zhou waited quietly for about five minutes, sitting at the top of the conference table. The official stared calmly at Dr. Lane, who was standing in front of the conference table, and finally spoke slowly.
"You are Dr. Lane?"
Dr. Lane nodded slightly, politely.
"Yes, Your Excellency The Registrar."
"There has been a rumor about 'gods' in the ring world recently, and according to intelligence investigations, everything seems to have come from you."
With a sense of intimidating coercion in his eyes, in an unquestionable tone, the high-powered Jialan man continued, "I want to know why you brought this to the Empire and yourself. Big trouble. "
"Whether it is Parliament or me, and the people of the Empire, an explanation is needed."
Facing the coercive gazes cast from the conference table, Dr. Lane said as calmly as possible, speaking humblely.
"My Excellency, I must correct your words."
"First of all,‘ ’is not a rumor. Our civilization is indeed facing an unprecedented crisis. Second, as a scholar, I will be responsible for every point I make.
There was a commotion in the hall.
With the exception of those who sit at the highest levels of power, most members of the parliament looked at each other, whispered to each other, and even laughed from time to time.
crisis?
If it was three centuries ago, there might be a market for such an argument, and at that time the doomsday theory was very uproaring.
But now that the ring world has been completed, the empire is experiencing unprecedented prosperity, and according to the current population growth rate, it is not surprising that this period of prosperity can be maintained for centuries without any problems.
They have resolved all crises once and for all.
It is undoubtedly ridiculous to move this argument now.
His jaw lifted slightly, and a curt chuckled from the archon's face. The look in that look couldn't tell whether he was contempt or simply just looking at a very funny joke, he continued to say.
"So Dr. Lane, tell me what exactly is your so-called crisis, is it your so-called argument about aliens?"
"Yes, neither."
An ambiguous answer was given, and looking at the archer's frowning slightly, Dr. Lane explained his own.
"I'm not sure if the crisis came from them, but everything is really related to them."
The sound of a commotion resounded at the conference table.
Looking at the crowded conference table, the scholar continued.
"The first thing that must be clear is that our universe is not as lonely as we imagined, and even if no trace of other civilizations is found within five hundred light years, it does not mean that it is the case beyond fifty thousand light years The same. If the distance scale is enlarged to the entire universe as the background, only we are special beings, but it is a chance with a very low probability. "
Looking at Dr. Lane, who was whispered from the audience, the incumbent said casually.
"This argument was very popular many years ago, and I'm not interested in discussing it with you here. Even if they exist, if they never meet each other on a time scale, then do they exist or not, Prosperity or not, what is it with us? "
Jialan civilization is not a civilization enthusiastic about expansion.
Rather than expanding the empire's territory, they are more enthusiastic about unity within the race and increasing the cohesion of the empire. It is for this reason that they can complete the unification in the early space age, and can create such a magnificent star-shaped giant structure project as the ring world.
Alien civilization?
Although they were enthusiastic about their first intimate contact in the early space age, this trend of thought was abandoned only at the end of the early space colonial era.
Dr. Lane nodded in agreement with the official's statement, and continued.
"In the ideal case, glorious isolation is a virtue and a wise choice. We really don't need to talk about ants tens of thousands of light years away ... but the problem is that this time they actively contacted us It's not that we found them. "
The noisy voice suddenly quieted down.
It was as if the sound was suddenly turned off, and the whole hall was silent.
A look of surprise finally appeared in his eyes, and he exchanged sight with the speaker sitting next to him, and the consul continued to look at Dr. Lane, who was on stage, said Shen Sheng.
"Don't be alarmist! What about your evidence?"
"I have stated my findings in a paper published 127 light days ago, but it is because of this paper that it has brought my life in danger ... Thanks to General Sainz and his marines, If it weren't for them, I would have been sent to see the Spirit of the Universe by rioters and drones. "
General Sains, standing at the corner of the conference room, gave a slight nod and responded politely.
"You're welcome, Dr. Lane, your rights are protected by the Charter. Whether or not you face legal trial in the end will not change this."
Nodding his head again to thank him, Dr. Lane refocused on the conference table.
Responding to the gaze staring at him, he continued.
"For your understanding, I will now show my research here again."
Then, he took the suitcase that had gone through the security procedures from the security personnel on the side, and took out a thumb-sized square cone from it.
With the forefinger of his forefinger pressing gently on the square vertebra, the blue light was emitted along the tip of the square vertebra, and the azure blue light drew a giant image in the space.
Holographic projection?
An interesting look appeared on Lu Zhou's face.
And it's also naked-eye holography and contactable interaction!
Something, how did this happen?
He felt like he was a countryman just entering the city, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw anything.
Except for Lu Zhou, everyone in the Chamber didn't feel anything strange about the scene in front of them, just watching the expanded image quietly, waiting for Dr. Lane to continue.
"... We all know that in this universe there is a substance between black holes and neutron stars, which we call singular drops. It consists of upper and lower quarks and singular quarks. It is only the size of rice grains. Tens of millions and even hundreds of millions of tons. "
A small gesture was made with the index finger and thumb, Dr. Lane continued.
"In order to study how to release the material we need from a black hole, the study of singular droplets has been the forefront of physics research, and some time ago, we were lucky to analyze a gravitational wave to lock a light at 23000 Strange drops outside the year ... "
"And it's almost ... at least the size of the holographic pen in my hand."
Hearing here, Lu Zhou's face suddenly shocked.
Bizarre drops!
And it still exists under natural conditions! ?
To the physics community of human civilization, the "strange drop" has always been a substance in conjecture ... or state.
The theory of its existence can be traced back to the speculation that Witten put forward in the 1980s that "large singular quarks may be the ground state of a strong-acting system." As for its cause, there are also speculations including the early universe QCD phase transition, supernova explosion, the collision of strange quarks and so on.
However, the conditions under which the singular drops exist are too harsh. In theory, its contact with any matter could lead to annihilation, and release more terrifying energy than antimatter annihilation.
Therefore, neither the astrophysics nor the high-energy physics community has found any evidence to prove that they do exist.
The only speculation currently available is that extremely high-energy cosmic rays with a total particle energy above about 10 ^ 19eV may contain a small amount of singular droplets. However, how difficult it is to capture such cosmic rays is to see how difficult it is to collect "slightly cheaper" neutrinos.
But now, Dr. Lane, with a certain tone, "tells" him that there is a strange drop of clumps in the universe that is large enough to be seen with the naked eye.
If all this is true, the entire geophysics community will be sensational ...
Thinking of this, Lu Zhou couldn't help getting excited.
However, this excitement did not last long.
Because he quickly thought that even if he knew that this strange material existed, there seemed to be no way to prove it to others.
Can't you take the "game" setting as evidence?
He didn't even figure out where this Jialan civilization was, and whether he was still there.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhou's mood just got excited, and she couldn't help falling into depression.
If only the specific coordinates of this singular drop could be determined, or a complete observation technique would be obtained.
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"... Gentlemen, think about how excited we were at the time, this is a strange drop so big that it can be seen by the naked eye, even under natural conditions!"
"What's the use?" A member of the Diet murmured, looking at Dr. Lane, who was excited, "Even the most advanced scientific research ship in the empire cannot reach 23,000 light years away to investigate the situation there."
The sound of this sentence was not small, and it just happened to fall into Dr. Lane's ear.
Looking at the MP, he said seriously.
"Any theory was useless when it was first researched, but the point is ... if we don't understand it, there must be no way to make it useful."
"In short, the project I am responsible for is researching this strange drop. At first we thought it was stationary. Until we parsed the gravitational wave, we got a series of soap bubbles separated from each other ... This is not abstract Metaphor, but something that is intuitively reflected on the image. Do you know what this means? It means that the singular drop is indeed static in the concept of motion, but in the concept of space it is jumping, Along the hyperspace optical path towards the center of the Milky Way! "
The governor gave a cough and said solemnly.
"Speaking of importance, here is the Imperial Chamber, we are not interested in your physical theory."
"... The point is that the later discovery directly subverted our previous speculation," accepting the counselor's suggestion kindly, Dr. Ryan paused, and continued with a serious look. "This strange drop is definitely not natural. Forming."
"It was made by other civilizations."
"And the civilization that made it is probably more advanced than us."