The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 505: Annihilation of matter and antimatter! The perfect form of a water drop!
At this moment, even though most people knew that their own warships were no match for the water droplets and that the end of the world was coming, the only thing they could do was to stand here firmly.

After a while, the water drop has crossed the lunar orbit area. It still maintains a high speed and rushes straight towards the earth. At the current speed, the water drop will reach its destination in more than ten minutes.

Everyone could clearly see that the light hanging in the sky was getting brighter and brighter. Its brightness was even brighter than the moon, so dazzling that it was difficult to look directly at.

In fact, the human eye can only see the propulsion halo of the water droplets. At the moment the latest halo appears, the water droplets have already flown hundreds of kilometers.

Then a new propulsion aura was generated.

In other words, the current location of the water droplet is actually closer than what the human eye sees.

Facing these water droplets rushing towards the earth, Luo Ji on the bridge of the Infinity-class ship felt his scalp tingling.

Through the porthole of the battleship, he could see the water drops pressing towards them like a giant god's palm covering the sky. This suffocating feeling of oppression broke the tense nerves of countless people and frightened them to death.

Seeing the water droplets approaching, Luo Ji couldn't help but shout to the crew members beside him: "Hurry up and fire! What are you waiting for?"

As a rigorous scientist, how could Luo Ji not know that the water droplet was much closer than what they saw, and now was the best shooting distance.

If it was any later, the water drops would have hit their faces!
"Don't worry, just wait."

Paul calmly restrained Luo Ji, which made him feel very confused. What was there to wait for? The distance of space combat was measured in tens of thousands of kilometers.

You can start firing at any enemies you can see within your field of vision!

Now the water drop did not conceal its whereabouts at all, nor did it make any turning adjustments. It just flew straight towards the Infinity-class aircraft carrier. This was the best opportunity to fire.

How could they miss it.

Paul did not respond to Luo Ji. His eyes were fixed on the water droplets appearing on the holographic screen. His whole body was like a taut crossbow. He was still waiting for the best opportunity.

"The water drop is 1 kilometers away from the Infinity-class aircraft carrier."

Listening to the report from the shipborne AI, sweat began to seep out of Luo Ji's forehead, and even the veins on the back of his hands bulged. The dripping water and the approach of death made him feel unprecedented pressure.

"Five thousand kilometers."

People on the earth, feeling mixed emotions of sorrow and joy, stopped everything they were doing, and everyone looked up at the sky, waiting for the final judgment of human civilization.

Be it humble or arrogant, at this moment they no longer care.

"Twenty-five hundred kilometers!"

The water droplet has swept into the Earth's atmosphere, and the tiny particles in the air have rubbed against the water droplet, producing a high-temperature flame that makes it look like a burning bullet.

Starting from Centaurus 4.2 light years away, the water droplet finally arrived on Earth after a long journey of two hundred years.

Some people on the ground have already closed their eyes. Not everyone has the courage to look death in the face. A bullet piercing through the center of the eyebrows will shatter their courage before shattering their lives.

"One thousand kilometers!"

Aboard the Asian Fleet's star-class battleship Bronze Age, Commander Lin Yun gritted his teeth, the destruction of 1,300 Allied warships still fresh in his mind.

The terrifying face of the real murderer, Water Drop, was so close in front of him that Lin Yun's breathing began to slow down. It was not a pleasant feeling to watch the devil up close.

If he were the commander-in-chief, Lin Yun would have given the order to fire long ago, but he was not, so he could only wait here for orders.

"Five hundred kilometers to the target."

When the shipborne AI reported this data, the water drop had already arrived in front of the Infinity-class aircraft carrier. Looking out from the inside of the warship, one could clearly see the absolutely smooth surface of the water drop.

At this time, the shipborne AI also automatically fired according to the program set by Paul, and calibrated all the devices on the ship. Several main guns focused on the water droplets at once.

At this extremely close distance, the gravity device on the Infinity-class aircraft carrier suddenly activated, releasing powerful gravitational interference to the water droplets, disrupting its direction of movement.

The goal of the water droplet is to crash into the Infinity-class aircraft carrier. Its direction is even towards the muzzle of the Infinity-class aircraft carrier. Under normal circumstances, the water droplet does not need to dodge at all.

After all, strong interaction materials cannot be destroyed by ordinary matter.

However, just before the water drop was about to hit the target, Chieko reminded it to dodge away and avoid the attack.

The water droplet naturally responded quickly, preparing to dodge the opponent's artillery fire by relying on the turning ability of its own vacuum Valsex vortex ring.

Unfortunately, neither the water drop nor Chieko expected that just when the water drop was about to complete the turn, a powerful gravitational force blocked its movement like a wall.

Even though the water droplets broke through the interference of the wall, they were still a few tenths of a second slower than expected.

At such an extreme high speed, a few tenths of a second can cause the track to shift by tens of thousands of meters, not to mention a face-to-face artillery attack.

Finally, one of the cannons fired by the Infinity-class aircraft carrier hit the water droplet.

Through the high-speed slow-motion function of the detector, the people inside the bridge could clearly see that the moment the shell hit the smooth surface of the water droplet, it was flattened like mud, as if it did not cause any damage to the water droplet at all.

The deformed shells burst into violent flames in an instant, instantly submerging the water droplets and the gun muzzles of the Infinity-class aircraft carrier.

The portholes on the bridge were suddenly covered by thick black smoke and flames. To Luo Ji's surprise, the Infinity-class aircraft carrier did not seem to have suffered any damage.

Even the seemingly fragile windows were not shattered by the strong impact.

"What's going on... Did the water drop escape?"

Luo Ji's mind went blank. Before the explosion, he could see that the water droplet had already made an evasive move, but was hit by one of the naval guns.

Now that the cannonballs have been destroyed by the water droplets, I guess the water droplets should turn around and continue to rush towards the endless level.

At this moment, the huge fireball emitted an extremely dazzling light, which made the people on the ground subconsciously close their eyes, feeling the wonderful feeling of night turning into day.

Everyone was eager to know the situation of the Infinity-class aircraft carrier as soon as possible, but no news was received for a long time.

In that brief moment, Luo Ji, who was inside the bridge, seemed to see his past life.

Yang Dong, the scientific research genius who was regarded as a gifted child by countless people, chose to commit suicide in despair. She lay in the cold coffin and became a pile of dust in the grave.

The kind and thoughtful teacher Ye Wenjie gazed at the starry sky with compassionate eyes and told herself the cosmic axiom of the dark forest.

Luo Ji, the bohemian university professor one second ago, becomes the wallfacer who shoulders the hope of mankind the next second, and is then hunted down madly by Sophon.

He saw how the Wallbreaker exposed the plans of the two Wallfacers one after another, and how the Three-Body Civilization deliberately created chaos and killing, all for survival.

Until the memory was frozen in the scene of the water droplets sweeping towards the Infinity-class aircraft carrier, a tingling sensation almost made Luo Ji faint, but fortunately he was only under some mental pressure and shock. The raging fire and strong light outside the porthole did not affect him. The Infinity-class aircraft carrier had a strong enough protection system, from materials to energy shields.

The originally dazzling light was quickly blocked by the shipborne AI, and the strong light was greatly suppressed.

When Luo Ji recovered from his shock and confusion, he was surprised to find that he was unharmed and even the interior of the bridge had not changed.

When the holographic screen reappeared the scene outside, Luo Ji found that the traces of the water droplets had disappeared, which was different from what he had expected.

The Infinity-class aircraft carrier was neither destroyed by the water droplets nor vaporized by their super-high temperature propulsion aura. Apart from the explosion and bright light just now, everything was normal.

"What's going on? Where did the water drop go?"

Luo Ji looked at the holographic screen in confusion, trying to find the location of the water drop.

"ended."

Paul walked over and patted the other person on the shoulder, and informed Luo Ji that the water drop had been destroyed.

But this made the already confused Luo Ji even more puzzled. He really couldn't figure out what kind of shell could shatter the strong interaction shell of a water droplet.

Could it be that the world's largest companies also have the technology to create materials with strong interaction forces?

So what about the explosion and strong light just now? Logically speaking, even if two materials with strong interaction forces collide at a speed close to the speed of light, such a violent explosion and strong light will not occur.

This is obviously not right.

Seeing Luo Ji's confused expression, Paul smiled calmly and said, "It's antimatter. The explosion and bright light you just saw were just the annihilation effect of matter and antimatter."

"This is not uncommon in the universe."

Luo Ji was stunned. Using antimatter missiles to destroy water droplets? He was about to ask where humans got antimatter materials, but then he thought about the fact that the other party was a giant enterprise, so this seemed to make sense.

Antimatter weapons are indeed very destructive. A grain the size of an ordinary rifle bullet is enough to destroy an entire star-class battleship.

No matter how strong the strong interaction force of a water droplet is, it is still matter after all. An ordinary explosion cannot cause any damage to it, but the annihilation of antimatter can accomplish the task.

"The annihilation effect of antimatter..."

Luo Ji murmured to himself, no wonder Paul acted so calm and composed from beginning to end, it turned out that he really had a trump card in his hand.

The energy released by antimatter is more terrifying than that released by conventional nuclear materials.

Just 1 gram of antimatter is enough to release 20 tons of nuclear bomb energy.

The power generated by the explosion of 300 grams of antimatter can exceed 6000 million tons of the Super Tsar Bomb.

However, if it relies solely on the power of the explosion, the defense ability of the water droplets can even withstand a 3.5 million ton stellar hydrogen bomb. Theoretically speaking, it is impossible for humans to destroy water droplets by artillery explosions.

However, the annihilation effect of matter and antimatter is a physical law that water droplets cannot resist.

No matter how powerful a water droplet is, it still follows the basic principle of positive matter composed of conventional atoms and molecules. As long as it is positive matter, it will inevitably be annihilated once it encounters antimatter.

This is the Achilles' heel of the water drop.

"No, something's wrong."

Luo Ji shook his head again: "The data measured by the Mantis shows that the water droplet has a mass of at least ten tons. Where do you get so much antimatter?"

Logically speaking, in order to completely annihilate a dozen tons of water droplets, the same mass of antimatter must be paid.

Even if the Universe Giant Enterprise really possesses such a large amount of antimatter, the explosion caused by the annihilation of more than ten tons of positive and negative matter would definitely not be just this intensity.

Most of the earth will be affected, and the Infinity-class aircraft carrier they are on will never be as safe as it is now.

"In fact, we don't need that much antimatter. Only 1 gram is enough."

As soon as Paul finished speaking, Luo Ji was shocked.

If only 1 gram of antimatter is needed, then human civilization might have a chance to get it.

After all, antimatter is not some particularly high-end technological product. As early as the 20th century, the European Organization for Nuclear Research produced the first batch of antimatter, namely antihydrogen atoms.

Nowadays, human civilization has the ability to produce a few grams of antimatter, but considering that its practicality is not as good as stellar hydrogen bombs, it has not been installed on a large scale.

Now the Universe Corporation has successfully destroyed the water droplet using only 1 gram of antimatter. Doesn't this prove that humans have always had the opportunity to fight against the Three-Body Civilization?

Hope has always existed, but they have always turned a blind eye to it.

"I don't understand how 1 gram of antimatter can annihilate more than ten tons of matter. What is going on?" Luo Ji looked at Paul, hoping to find out the truth.

"The answer is in the puzzle."

Paul smiled and said, "The strong interaction shell of a water droplet does not weigh more than ten tons. It is only as thin as a layer of atoms."

The reason why they were able to realize this was mainly because the global giant was no stranger to strong interaction materials. They only needed to build a model of a water droplet and match it with relevant data to know the truth.

The molecules of strong interaction materials are so dense that even the atomic nuclei are squeezed together. Its density is many times higher than that of natural substances.

But the mass of a water droplet is not that exaggerated. A three-meter-long strong mutual material cannot possibly have a mass of only a dozen tons.

That means the strong interaction material only exists in the outer shell of the water droplet, and inside it are other mechanical parts.

According to calculations by the shipboard AI, if strong interaction materials are to be used to cover the entire surface of a water droplet while maintaining the mass within a normal range, only one layer of atoms can be maintained.

A layer of atoms may seem very thin, but when faced with attacks from ordinary material weapons, this layer of atomically thick strong interaction material is no different from a meter-thick material.

Anyway, with the level of human weapons, it is impossible to penetrate it.

If the thickness of the strong interaction material is further increased, the weight of the water droplets will inevitably increase. Excessive inertial force will affect the turning ability of the water droplets and delay their flexibility.

Therefore, all in all, a layer of material that is one atom thick is the best choice, and the most perfect form of a water droplet is what you see now.

It can be seen that the Trisolarans really put in a lot of effort to create the water droplets.

(End of this chapter)