Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

Under the control of the magnetic field, the antiprotons and positrons entered the designated "fusion chamber".

It is a tubular cavity with an internal high-purity vacuum.

Inside the cavity, antiprotons and antielectrons gradually approach each other under the influence of the magnetic field, collide, and merge.

Soon, an antihydrogen atom, consisting of an antiproton and a positron, also appeared.

A notification also sounded in the Dawn Star Laboratory, thousands of miles away.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

"Antihydrogen atoms detected!"

A hint of excitement appeared on Lü Yongchang's face. He clenched his fist and said in a deep voice, "Activate the particle trap to capture and confine the antihydrogen atom!"

The moment the words fell, an incredibly powerful magnetic field rapidly appeared in the "fusion room".

Under the control of zero, the surrounding superconducting magnets formed an extremely complex magnetic cage inside the tubular cavity.

It interacts with the atomic magnetic moment of the antihydrogen atom, indirectly binding it within a particle trap.

Over time, the number of antihydrogen atoms trapped within the particle trap increases rapidly.

Gradually, the weight of the antihydrogen atom in the [particle trap] has reached 1 microgram.

In the simulation image provided by Zero, these antihydrogen atoms combine with each other and eventually form an extremely thin cloud of antihydrogen gas within the [particle trap]!

Although this cloud of anti-hydrogen gas weighs only 1 microgram.

But it is already the largest quantity of antimatter ever produced in human history!

The moment the anti-hydrogen cloud was born, a massive amount of observational data was transmitted from various observation facilities.

Even Lü Yongchang could only glean a tiny bit of information from the dazzling array of data.

Therefore, for the scientists at the Human Union's First Laboratory, the real battle has only just begun.

They need to analyze massive amounts of data in order to understand antimatter in a true, macroscopic sense.

Although cosmic rays contain antielectrons and antiprotons, antimatter at the macroscopic level still only exists within particle accelerators.

According to the definitions of matter and antimatter, they should be equivalent.

In other words, the total amount of matter and antimatter should be equal.

The two annihilate each other, and the entire universe should be a rich "energy soup".

But so far, all that humans have discovered about the universe is composed of matter.

This means that there must be some factor between matter and antimatter that causes their status to be unbalanced.

Therefore, the universe has eventually evolved into its current state—everything is composed of matter, antimatter occupies only a few places, and will annihilate and disappear in a very short time.

Lü Yongchang hopes to find the reason behind this from antihydrogen, which will be of great help to mankind in the future to manipulate antimatter.

……

late at night.

The lights were still on in the First Laboratory of the People's Federation.

With the help of zero, the efficiency of data parsing work has increased significantly.

Even so, this observation data, which fills an unknown amount of hard drive space, cannot be analyzed in a short period of time.

Like other researchers, Tao Yuda methodically processed the various data in front of him.

Suddenly, his brows furrowed slightly.

An unbelievable idea suddenly came to mind.

Without hesitation, he put down his work and got up to walk towards Lü Yongchang.

……

"professor."

Tao Yuda slowed down and came to Lü Yongchang, who was engrossed in processing data, and called out in a low voice.

Upon hearing the sound, Lü Yongchang abruptly stopped in his tracks.

The next moment, he looked up and glanced in the direction from which the sound came.

Upon seeing Tao Yuda, he put down his work, rubbed his sore eyes, and asked in a gentle tone, "Tao Yuda? Have you made any new discoveries?"

Tao Yuda hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice again and said, "Professor, there's nothing particularly significant to report, but..."

"I have an idea."

"Hmm? An idea?" Lu Yongchang paused for a moment, then said, "Tell me about it."

A faint look of hesitation flashed across Tao Yuda's face, as if he also felt that his idea was somewhat shocking.

"Professor, I'd like to try disabling the [Particle Trap]."

Upon hearing this, Lü Yongchang's eyes widened in surprise.

"Disable the [Particle Trap]?"

"What do you want to do?!"

No wonder Lü Yongchang was so surprised.

[Particle Trap] Once shut down, the anti-hydrogen cloud trapped within will rapidly diffuse and then come into contact with the tube wall of the particle accelerator.

Then comes the annihilation reaction.

Although the energy produced by the annihilation of one microgram of antihydrogen is not much.

But that's enough to create a huge opening in the fragile particle accelerator.

"Ahem." Tao Yuda scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "Professor, antielectrons and antiprotons have opposite aspects compared to normal protons and electrons."

"These opposing factors, if they accumulate and overlap at the macro level..."

"Could this give antimatter some unique properties?"

For example…

"Anti-gravity has always existed in theory."

"Hiss..." Lu Yongchang gasped, looking at Tao Yuda in front of him with disbelief.

This……

Isn't that a bit too unbelievable?

While research requires bold conjectures and careful verification... isn't this conjecture a bit too audacious?!

Seeing the shocked look in Lü Yongchang's eyes, Tao Yuda said somewhat anxiously.

"Professor, you only need to temporarily deactivate the [Particle Trap]."

"If the time is controlled properly, it will not cause any harm."

"We just need to observe the direction of movement of these antihydrogen molecules!"

Lu Yongchang didn't speak, but frowned slightly as he looked at the holographic projection to the side.

The projection shows a simulated image of an anti-hydrogen cloud provided by Zero.

After receiving no response for a long time, Tao Yuda's expression darkened slightly. He lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Professor, I know this conjecture is a bit exaggerated, but I still hope..."

"Give it a try," Lu Yongchang's gentle voice interrupted Tao Yuda.

"However, simply shutting down the [Particle Trap] is definitely not an option."

"These antihydrogen molecules are very hot; they're too reactive right now."

"We need to cool them down first."

Tao Yuda looked at Lü Yongchang with surprise at his serious analysis: "Professor, you agree?"

"What?" Lü Yongchang turned and glanced at Tao Yuda, saying with a smile, "Just because it's exaggerated, does that mean we won't try it?"

"What if it actually succeeds?"