Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 206 Dead End
Looking back on the difficult journey over the years, Li Qingsong's heart is filled with excitement.

You Omnic Scourge have been hunting me, so what?

For a normal civilization, even barely surviving would be difficult enough, let alone developing technology. But so what? Even if I've been on the run, haven't I still advanced technology to this stage?

Today, the Standard Model has been greatly improved, and the strong nuclear force has been more completely incorporated into the same framework.

Although it has not yet been truly unified, what is currently lacking are only some high-energy experiments.

As long as we can reach a sufficient energy level and increase the energy of the gluon plasma, the predictive model shows that the strong nuclear force is very likely to be integrated with the weak nuclear force and electromagnetic force, truly presenting its mystery before my eyes!
By then, I will be a truly powerful nuclear civilization. Even if I'm still no match for you after the initial breakthrough, at least my speed will be greatly improved, buying me more time for development.

As long as I am given enough time, you, an intelligent mechanical disaster that has almost lost its potential for development, will be nothing to you!
Now, the only thing he had to do, and the most important task, was to find a suitable test site and experimental means to truly integrate all the scientific theories that had been researched in the past, to truly achieve a breakthrough in basic physics, then a breakthrough in applied physics, and finally a breakthrough in scientific and technological creations!
Li Qingsong began to think again.

The key to unifying the strong nuclear force is to verify whether the current unified theory is correct and to supplement certain key parameters.

Yes, at this moment Li Qingsong has already built the theoretical framework of the grand unified formula.

Of course, it's just a framework. First, Li Qingsong doesn't know whether this framework is correct. Second, this framework lacks some extremely critical parameters and theoretical details.

Only by supplementing these can we truly unify the strong nuclear force.

The key to verifying whether this framework is correct lies in a phenomenon, proton decay.

Protons are generally believed to be indestructible. However, Li Qingsong's current theoretical system shows that protons can also decay. However, the proton's lifespan is extremely long, making the probability of decay extremely low.

The significance of proton decay is that it is direct evidence of whether one's theoretical framework is correct.

In Li Qingsong's theoretical system, in the early days of the universe, shortly after the Big Bang, the four basic forces of gravity, strong nuclear force, electromagnetic force, and weak nuclear force were unified together.

It was only with the occurrence of the Big Bang and the rapid expansion of the universe that the energy level dropped rapidly, and gravity first separated from the other three fundamental forces, and then the strong nuclear force, and then the weak nuclear force and the electromagnetic force also separated, and it became the current state with four fundamental forces.

And if this is indeed the case, it means that proton decay must exist.

But so far, Li Qingsong has not observed any signs of proton decay.

"First, the strong nuclear force must be unified with the electroweak force.

This isn't based on scientific research, but on the existence of advanced civilizations. Since strong nuclear civilizations exist, it makes no sense that strong nuclear forces can't be unified.

Since the strong nuclear force must be unified with the electroweak force, the key point lies in the model of unification.

If I can observe proton decay, it will confirm that my current theoretical framework is correct. If I cannot observe it, it will prove that my theoretical system is wrong, and I will have to find a new theoretical framework.

The second is to look for evidence of the existence of magnetic monopoles and evidence of baryon number violation.

If I can observe these three phenomena, I can not only confirm that my theoretical framework is correct, but also determine the energy levels required to unify the strong nuclear force and the electroweak force, filling in this key parameter.

Once I know the energy level, I can try to use engineering methods to create it, unifying the strong nuclear force and the electroweak force. After that, I can observe in detail the process of separation of the strong nuclear force and the electroweak force, observe the physical changes during this process, study what new particles appear, and the properties and changes of these new particles. Once I fill in these details and data, I will have mastered the grand unified theory! "

At this moment, Li Qingsong has already understood the entire subsequent scientific research path.

Among these, creating the right energy level to unify the strong nuclear force and the electroweak force is bound to be a difficult point. Although the exact energy level is still unknown, Li Qingsong is certain that it will be very high.

After all, in his own theoretical system, when the strong nuclear force separated from the other forces, the Big Bang had just occurred for only one trillionth of a trillionth of a second.

How huge was the energy of the universe at that time?

It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to reproduce this energy level by relying on artificial equipment.

But this certainly doesn't mean that Li Qingsong wants to truly master the energy of the Big Bang. This is obviously impossible.

Not only Li Qingsong, I'm afraid even a civilization that is ten thousand times more advanced than Li Qingsong cannot do it.

In fact, he only needs to reproduce this energy level on an extremely small scale. Although the energy level is high, the total energy may not be as much as that of a high-explosive bomb.

After carefully studying the entire scientific research path, Li Qingsong's heart gradually began to feel heavy again.

After just a simple simulation calculation, Li Qingsong discovered that the materials needed to conduct these crucial experiments exceeded his previous expectations.

It is totally insufficient to rely solely on the supplies carried by the fleet.

This meant that if they wanted to conduct this crucial experiment, which was directly related to whether they could achieve a breakthrough into a strong nuclear civilization, they had to dock within the galaxy and rely on the abundant resources within it.

And time...

Li Qingsong made a rough estimate and found that even if everything went well, it would take at least 300 years.

If there were some minor accidents or some difficult points that got in the way, forcing me to conduct additional research and experiments, the time would have skyrocketed to more than 400 years.

and……

It had only been 230 years since he last left that galaxy, and the intelligent scourge fleet had already arrived.

According to this model, in the next star system, even if I continue to only collect supplies and repair the fleet and do nothing else, the Mechanical Scourge Fleet will probably arrive at most 200 years after I leave.

If you count from the time you enter the star system, it will only take about 230 years at most.

Totally not enough time!

However, to break through to a strong nuclear civilization, one must be in a star system!

The time contradiction was like a dead knot that locked Li Qingsong tightly, leaving him with no hope of escape.

That being the case...

A hint of ferocity flashed in Li Qingsong's eyes.

"Let's do it! We have to take risks when we have to. At worst, we can abandon this fleet and billions of clones, activate the backup, and start over!"

(End of this chapter)