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Chapter 332 Quantum Vacuum Fluctuations: The Dirac Sea

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Wu Wen looked up, his gaze piercing through the clouds, towards the boundless sky.

Just then, two figures came rushing from afar. They were Lü Cai and Ma Daxiong, who had hurriedly arrived from Jiaozhi City.

"My Lord!" the two men called out in unison, their voices filled with awe and excitement.

Wu Wen moved slightly and slowly descended, like a god descending, and came before the two of them.

At this moment, the spaceship had been completed and was soaring in the sky. Wu Wen, with a deep gaze, said to the two of them, "There is no need to collect those metal materials anymore."

"Yes!" Lü Cai and Ma Daxiong exchanged a glance, then nodded simultaneously, a hint of relief flashing in their eyes.

Seeing that they seemed hesitant to speak, as if they had a thousand words to say, Wu Wen took the initiative to speak: "Speak, is there something you want to say?"

Lu Cai glanced at Ma Daxiong again, and their eyes met, as if they were having a silent conversation.

Finally, Ma Daxiong took a deep breath and began to explain:

"My lord, a few days ago, in order to collect gold and silver, the people I sent unexpectedly unearthed the ruins of the ancient Shu Kingdom in the Shu region."

"Beneath these ruins lies a palace entirely cast in gold."

"At that time, the Duke had a great need for gold, so his subordinates ordered the demolition of the palace. Now the gold fragments and utensils are on their way back."

"I just didn't expect that the Duke no longer needs gold..."

Before Ma Daxiong could finish speaking, Wu Wen turned to look at him with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "You mean, you discovered the ruins of the ancient Shu Kingdom in Shu and demolished them?"

"Yes!" Ma Daxiong nodded in confirmation, a hint of trepidation in his expression.

Upon hearing this, Wu Wen couldn't help but sigh, thinking to himself: What a waste!

"You didn't melt it, did you?" Wu Wen asked again, his tone tinged with concern.

Ma Daxiong quickly replied, "No, after the golden palace was dismantled, it was only smashed into pieces and transported back along with the metal utensils inside. It has not been melted down yet."

"That's good!" Wu Wen nodded, feeling slightly relieved. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "You two should order people to protect the ancient Shu Kingdom ruins. I will personally go and inspect them when I have time."

"As for the gold that was brought back, it should be stored properly and not damaged again."

Wu Wen, realizing that Ma Daxiong hadn't finished speaking, pressed on, "What were you trying to say that you didn't finish?"

Ma Daxiong replied, "Your Excellency, it was during the excavation of the ancient Shu Kingdom ruins that my subordinates had some conflicts with the locals. The local forces and court officials were not so bad, but there were some mysterious people mixed in with them who were determined to seize those gold artifacts, and my subordinates injured quite a few people in the process."

"These mysterious people have rather strange abilities. According to our scouts, some of them have even arrived in Jiaozhi, seemingly plotting something."

The gold found in the ancient Shu Kingdom ruins was such a large fortune that it would naturally attract the covetous eyes of countless people, inevitably leading to conflicts with local forces.

Wu Wen didn't pay much attention to the mysterious people with strange abilities that Ma Daxiong mentioned.

In his view, these people might have some connection with the ancient Shu Kingdom ruins, such as being guardians or something similar.

As for what they were planning to do after infiltrating Jiaozhi, Wu Wen hoped they would pull back from the brink and recognize reality. Otherwise, if they really provoked him, he would be no pushover.

"Alright, you can handle these small matters yourselves." Wu Wen waved his hand slightly, his expression indifferent.

Then, under the watchful eyes of the two, Wu Wen moved, floated up, transformed into a streak of light, and disappeared into the horizon.

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Panyu, Phoenix Mountain.

Wu Wen arrived at this forbidden area, which was rich in radiation. For the next period of time, he would go into seclusion here to deduce and comprehend the new method of 'antiparticle' absorption.

Sitting cross-legged atop Phoenix Mountain, Wu Wen sensed the constant changes in radiation around him and pondered to himself.

According to his previous cultivation methods, the reason why the collection of antiparticles was slow was because the source was too scarce.

Antimatter particles originate from the decay of matter. Even in Phoenix Mountain, where the radiation field is extremely dense and decay occurs constantly, the formation of antiparticles is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Not to mention that antiparticles will immediately undergo annihilation and disappear the moment they are generated.

This is the main reason why he is slow to absorb antimatter particles.

Therefore, according to Wu Wen's speculation, to increase the speed, the first step is to find a new source of antiparticles.

"Where can I find an abundance of antiparticles?" Wu Wen wondered to himself.

"Quantum vacuum fluctuations!"
"The Dirac Sea!" Almost instantly, Wu Wen came up with an answer.

The so-called vacuum is not nothingness in the true sense. In the vacuum, various virtual particle pairs are constantly being created, annihilated, and transformed into each other; this is what is known as quantum vacuum fluctuation.

This quantum field, where vacuum fluctuations are constantly occurring, is precisely the so-called 'Dirac Sea'!
The Dirac Sea, simply put, is a sea of ​​negative-energy particles composed of the zero-point energy of the quantum vacuum.

Although the energy particles in this ocean are constantly fluctuating, it is precisely these antiparticles, which are sometimes deep and sometimes disappearing, that are like a pool, constantly being filled and drained, resulting in an extremely rich reserve of antiparticles.

Therefore, Wu Wen felt that as long as he could enter this 'ocean,' the absorption of antiparticles would no longer be like finding a needle in a haystack, but as easy and simple as scooping water with a ladle.

After figuring everything out, Wu Wen immediately stood up, looked up at the sky, and his figure instantly transformed into a streak of light, soaring into the sky.

In no time at all, Wu Wen had already broken free of Earth and his body had soared into space.

“It’s so quiet!”

Floating above the Earth, Wu Wen first looked down at the blue planet beneath his feet. This was the first time he had observed the Earth from this perspective.

Then he turned around and looked around, only to find complete silence, as if shrouded in boundless darkness.

In this quiet, ethereal place, Wu Wen instantly felt that it was the perfect spot for meditation and spiritual practice.

When practicing meditation, one must abandon one's senses, allow the mind to be in a state of absolute stillness, and enter into deep meditation.

Completing this step is extremely difficult; it would take an ordinary person decades to enter such a deep state of meditation.

But once you enter this silent space, it's as if all your senses are instantly shut down.

In such a situation, even the calmest mind will be magnified if there is even the slightest disturbance.

Therefore, being able to cultivate here is not only a test, but also an excellent place for cultivation.

However, Wu Wen had no time to think about these things at the moment; he was about to enter the "Dirac Sea".

The way to enter is to transform oneself into a quantum state.

Based on quantum entanglement and energy form conversion, the physical body is transformed into light quanta, which are non-particles but possess energy properties.

However, the instant Wu Wen successfully transformed, he felt as if he had fallen into an ocean of energy. An invisible tidal force instantly engulfed him, as if trying to pull him into the deep sea.

"Martial Will: Absolute Rigidity!"

Wu Wen instantly stabilized his own information entropy, preventing the fluctuating quantum tide from crashing over and engulfing him.

"Hurry up!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Wu Wen immediately began his cultivation.

Antiparticle Guiding Technique: Quantum Vacuum Extraction!
In this ocean of quantum fields, a "magic show" of the microscopic world is constantly unfolding.

In a particle rave, countless particle-antiparticle pairs suddenly "pop out" every second in every cubic centimeter of vacuum, only to "collide" and disappear in an instant.

Energy lending: these particles are like borrowing energy from a "natural bank" for a short period of time, and then immediately "repaying" and annihilating.

To accelerate the 'antiparticle', Wu Wen used curvature manipulation.

It's like a spacetime seesaw, with particle pairs connected like springs, attracting and annihilating each other as soon as they appear.

Wu Wen used a super-strong magnetic field and gravitational field to create a "spacetime slope" in a local area, making the two particles sit like they are sitting at opposite ends of a seesaw: the antimatter particle is "thrown" to a low-energy region, and the matter particle is "bounced" to a high-energy region, with the distance between them exceeding the annihilation critical point.

Then, an antimatter trap is used to capture it.

This trap is the 'electromagnetic cage' of Wu Wen's guiding technique.

A specially designed electromagnetic field forms a "funnel" that guides antiparticles toward the center, where they are then absorbed!

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Just as Wu Wen was making the most of this brief moment to rapidly absorb antiparticles, a shadow suddenly appeared in the deep sea.

What is that? Wu Wen was startled. He couldn't believe that he would encounter something else here.

When he probed the area with his information waves, he discovered that in this 'ocean,' there was an enormous monster with countless tentacles, resembling an octopus.

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(End of this chapter)