Give the universe a little earth shock

Chapter 10 Closing the topic
"Cass alloy and living metal?"

Two unfamiliar terms appeared in the AI ​​dialog box. Obviously, these two substances do not exist on the earth.

Fortunately, there are not many other things in the laboratory, but there are many testing instruments. Li Kaiyang has a lot of time to figure out the physical properties of the warning monument.

The night passed quickly, and the material research room of the 24th Institute was in a mess. Li Kaiyang moved away from the operating table of the Riemann spectrometer with a tired expression, and finally measured some of the composition of the Cass alloy.

They are all substances that can be found on the earth. As for the living metal, there is no trace of it.

Perhaps the content is too small, 1 gram of warning tablet fragments has only 0.1% living metal, and the current instruments may not have such precision to measure.

After the properties are verified, it is time to do some destructive tests.

Q: How can I know the technological level of a civilization?

The four words given by AI like a god are not objective enough. Everyone has seen lighters, and they cost a few dollars each in small shops. They are composed of a plastic shell, an excitation motor, and a flammable gas.

Suppose there is a thoughtful scientist ant in the world of ants. When it encounters a lighter left by human beings, it will have a preliminary judgment on human civilization:

[-]. The plastic shell, which is a man-made product obtained from petroleum cracking and polymerization, represents that human civilization has already owned the petroleum industry, and has owned the entire industrial chain of petroleum exploration, mining, storage, transportation, and chemical industry. Materials science, chemistry, physics, engineering and even sociology must have evolved to a corresponding degree.

[-]. Excitation motor, similarly, the combustible gas is ignited by the excitation motor, which can utilize the relationship between the two, and use electric energy. The physics of human civilization has at least entered the electrical age and recognized the relationship between electricity and magnetism , from the macro to the micro.

The more advanced the creation, the more obvious the enrichment of technology is, because they are all products of industrialization, piled up from various technologies. Although the structure of the lighter is simple, without industry, even a plastic shell cannot be made.

Therefore, let's regard the warning monument as the vanguard of alien technology. It is very necessary to understand its nature. If we can find a way to deal with it, that would be the best.

For ants, human technology is like a god, but in the rainforest, no matter how heavily armed humans are, they may be killed by red fire ants, and everything is uncertain.

There are no more than two types of weapons at present, kinetic energy weapons and thermal energy weapons. One is hard enough and the other is hot enough. Li Kaiyang decided to use the hardest moro alloy drill bit on the earth to test the hardness. But it is impossible to think about it, just simply simulate an ultra-high temperature and high pressure environment.

squeak.

The tiny Morro alloy drill hit the fragments of the warning monument, and a sharp sound went straight into Li Kaiyang's ears. Regardless of the thinness of the Morro drill, its Brinell hardness can reach more than 2000 HBW, which means it can withstand several tons. Strength.

The distorting sound of the metal did not last long. The hardest metal on earth finally ended with a fracture. The first confrontation between human beings and aliens was a small failure.

Li Kaiyang looked at the fragments of the warning stele under the faint morning light, it was still smooth without scratches.

The subsequent simulation of the ultra-high temperature and high pressure environment was still in vain. Under the atomic force microscope, the fragments were still smooth and there was no trace of roughness.

He suddenly thought of the story he had heard before. The aliens sent a piece of material to the earth. Whether the earth people use a ruler, a microscope, or use the most precise means to measure, the length of this piece of material is 3 cm.

"Like a god."

Li Kaiyang kneaded the fragments and sighed.

As far as the material of the warning monument is concerned, at least it is considered a Lv1 technology. Humans will have to run another 100 years to catch up. It would be great if they could have the synthesis method of Cass alloy. up a level.

After letting it go for a while, he put away the fragments for the time being, and added the power source of the exoskeleton last night. He just waited for the formal test to be completed, put his name on the blueprint, and submitted the patent.

"What kind of technology can be extracted from the hope value this time?"

For the future, Li Kaiyang is still somewhat yearning, as long as he can pass the threshold of the warning monument, the sea of ​​stars will open his arms to him.

At this moment, Old Wang, wearing a blue hard hat, ran in from the door of the laboratory out of breath, "Boss, it's too late, too late."

"Ok?"

"The subject is closed, let us know that we will have a business assignment tomorrow!"

Institute of Physics, Sagishima University.

Elder Wu put down the phone gloomily and rubbed the space between his brows.

In front of him, stood several middle-aged men with cautious postures and worried faces.

"The warning monument is about to wake up, I'm going to New York."

"The air ticket has been booked for you. Tomorrow at [-] o'clock, there will be a direct flight from Gaoqi Airport."

The few people waiting in the office seemed to have known the news for a long time and responded immediately.

"How many tasks have we issued? It's too late, so we have to shut up. You report the results to me, and I need them the day after tomorrow."

After the New York Conference five years ago, academic leaders from all continents divided their labors, gave full play to their respective academic strengths, listed hundreds of topics, and determined to improve the level of earth science and technology. The top scientists serve as beacons for human progress.

I thought there was still some time, but I didn’t expect to be stimulated by the inexplicable eddy current last night, the monitoring value of the warning monument soared sharply, and the global projects rang the assembly bell, and the results should be gathered in New York within a few days.

"Ten, Mr. Wu."

"Send a notice, it will be tomorrow, and you will be responsible."

Mr. Wu pointed to the middle-aged man at the front of the team, with a sparse but neat Mediterranean, a meticulous suit, and thick bags under the eyes. He is a candidate for a national academician, Xia Yi.

Now that there is a game of chess all over the world, the academic world has also changed to a unified sorting method, from the most basic level of lecturers, to associate professors, professors, and professors are divided into one to four levels, and above the first level enters the national academician candidate sequence, and the academician code has [-]. One, the smaller the number, the higher the status. After entering the national academician, they can be ranked on a global scale. At this time, they are arranged according to the level of scientists. The first-level scientist is the lowest, and the fifth-level scientist is the highest.

Li Kaiyang's status as a young scholar is a third-level professor at the top, and most people only know that Mr. Wu is an academician, and they don't know his academician code.

Xia Yi, whose name was called by Mr. Wu, nodded, and said respectfully, "Mr. Wu, don't worry, I will handle this matter beautifully."

From tomorrow onwards, Mr. Wu will not be here. He is the only academic authority in Fujian Province and even East China. Whether he can jump into the list of academicians depends on this time. The greater the crisis, the greater the opportunity.

(End of this chapter)