Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 97 Negative Energy

Jiang Yang knew that this was Tong Zheng's last attempt, or rather, a test.

If the explosion of this hydrogen bomb can resolve the apocalypse in that underground chamber, that would be ideal. Even if it can't, the explosion might still reveal some information that Jiang Yang can carry over to his next life.

Obviously, the hydrogen bomb itself is also subject to that kind of corrosion, and it is highly likely that it will also conform to the speed pattern tested by our side.

However, Tong Zheng should have his own judgment on this matter. The detonation time he set should allow the hydrogen bomb to travel the longest distance possible and explode before it is completely destroyed.

Jiang Yang had finished everything he needed to do in this life. He looked at his spacesuit, which was clearly "corroded" and riddled with holes and barely held together by tape, and prepared himself for death.

In this vacuum environment, the explosion of conventional explosives is not very powerful, and even the power of a hydrogen bomb will be greatly weakened.

But it was a hydrogen bomb after all, and I couldn't possibly survive the explosion.

Tong Zheng silently extended his arm to Jiang Yang again.

The sign on the whiteboard read: "Go into the breach, we'll protect you."

Jiang Yang did not refuse and entered the gap again, while Tong Zheng and the only remaining astronaut once again used their bodies as shields to block Jiang Yang from entering.

Even if everyone is wiped out, Jiang Yang must be the last one to die.

In the midst of silent waiting, an indescribable light and warmth suddenly emerged in the cold, dimly lit world before him. Almost instantly, Jiang Yang clearly felt the two astronauts behind him fall backward, and his own body also uncontrollably collapsed.

He vaguely saw that Tong Zheng and another astronaut's bodies were only half intact.

Their bodies, which had been exposed outside the gap, had vanished completely as if sliced ​​off by the sharpest blade.

That part was likely vaporized instantly by the light and heat of the hydrogen bomb. The portion of the body inside the breach remained intact.

At that moment, Jiang Yang's mind was instantly thrown into chaos, with endless pain and discomfort surging in, almost completely overwhelming his consciousness.

He saw endless light, endless heat, and it seemed as if the whole world was collapsing and melting.

He felt his whole body boiling, expanding like a balloon, growing bigger than usual. His mouth felt like it was popping and crackling with a huge mouthful of popping candy. He felt like he had become a sponge, and the air in his lungs was like the water in the sponge, being squeezed out with great force.

The next moment, Jiang Yang suddenly lost consciousness.

Upon waking up again, Jiang Yang abruptly sat up in bed, his heart pounding, breathing heavily.

"They're back, damn it, they're back..."

He grabbed his phone and immediately dialed the number he had memorized.

After more than two hours of work and going through the standard procedures, Jiang Yang finished his presentation to all the attendees.

After a period of digestion and absorption, the attendees, just like in the previous cycle, finally truly accepted what Jiang Yang was telling them rationally.

He couldn't wait to ask Professor Lu Zhaoming the question he had pondered until his death in his previous life, a question that astronauts had tested at the cost of their own lives.

What exactly is inside that underground passage on the moon?

Faced with this question, not only Lu Zhaoming, but all the physicists involved fell silent.

Everyone remained silent, and no one disturbed them.

After a long silence, Lu Zhaoming said with some difficulty, "We need some time to discuss this."

"it is good."

About half an hour later, Lu Zhaoming and other experts came back online. "First of all, it can be confirmed that this is definitely not some kind of chemical corrosion, nor is it the kind of stripping effect that solar wind has on the Earth's upper atmosphere."

The latter can be ruled out using observation data from a mechanical radiometer.

The former can be ruled out by examining the hydrogen bomb explosion process observed by Comrade Jiang Yang.

Hydrogen bomb explosion?

Jiang Yang was taken aback.

He couldn't really see anything special in it.

Professor Lu Zhaoming said in a deep voice: "Comrade Jiang Yang, under normal circumstances, even if you were hiding in the gap, even if you had two astronauts protecting you, facing a hydrogen bomb with a yield of 8000 tons of TNT, do you think you would have time to see the light and heat, feel your spacesuit being damaged, feel your saliva boiling in your mouth, and feel the air being sucked out of your lungs by the vacuum?"

Jiang Yang was a little confused: "I don't know."

Professor Lu Zhaoming continued, "Under normal circumstances, even if you were hiding in the gap, you would be vaporized by the energy of the hydrogen bomb explosion in an instant."

You won't even feel pain, you won't feel anything, and in that instant, you'll be gone.

And according to you, you saw many things and had many feelings after the explosion, which delayed your death by at least one or two seconds, so…”

Jiang Yang was shocked: "The energy of the hydrogen bomb explosion has been weakened!"

"Yes, that's the only possibility."

It is clear that the 'corrosion' existing in the underground tunnels of the moon can corrode not only matter, but also energy.

This is something no chemical reaction can achieve; we can completely rule it out.

Jiang Yang was on edge, and a little cold sweat quietly appeared on his palms.

It can corrode not only physical objects, but also energy... What kind of technology is this!

"Professor Lu, what is your assessment?"

He shook his head heavily: "I can say with certainty that our existing physics theories do not cover this possibility at all, and we do not know what it is."

However, we can speculate on this.

Comrade Jiang Yang, you should know that mass and energy are equivalent, and their conversion follows the mass-energy equivalence equation, that is, E=MC^2.

In this incident, we can consider the 'corrosion' of your spacesuits and the weakening of the hydrogen bomb's energy as the same event, and we can assume that they were affected by the same factor, with no difference between them.

Now, we need to speculate about this 'event'.

Within the existing framework of physics, there is only one conjecture that fits this characteristic.

Negative matter field, or negative energy field.

A field similar to the electromagnetic field or gravitational field that we are familiar with.

Electromagnetic fields transmit electromagnetic force, and gravitational fields transmit gravity; both are forms of 'positive' energy. In contrast, negative energy fields transmit a form of 'negative' energy.

When negative energy comes into contact with positive matter possessing positive energy, the two annihilate each other, leaving nothing behind.

(End of this chapter)