Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

"hiss!"

The large characters projected on the hologram drew gasps of astonishment.

Almost every academician showed a look of shock on their face.

Lu Yongchang's voice rang out again: "Theoretically speaking, through the ring black hole particle accelerator, we can accelerate particles to a sufficient energy level."

"At the moment of collision, we can obtain a truly miniature black hole."

"Miniature black holes are extremely unstable and will evaporate almost instantly due to Hawking radiation."

"Therefore, we need to employ some methods to stabilize this miniature black hole..."

"professor!"

After a moment's hesitation, an academician stepped forward and interrupted Lü Yongchang: "I think the most important issue right now is not how to stabilize miniature black holes."

"Hmm?" Lü Yongchang raised an eyebrow. "Go on."

"A circular black hole particle collider... how do we build it?" the academician asked hesitantly. "Professor, this is different from a circular planetary particle collider; it requires a large amount of matter."

"The fleet does not currently have that many supplies in reserve."

"In fact, our antimatter reserves no longer allow us to stay near black holes for very long."

"From any perspective, building a ring black hole particle collider is an enormous project that is impossible for current human civilization to achieve."

His words resonated with many people.

That's normal and easy to understand.

To date, the fleet has spent nearly 350 years receiving various data.

The fleet's antimatter reserves only allow them to remain near the black hole for 500 years.

In other words, the human fleet has at most 150 years left.

Following conventional thinking, even with abundant resources, building a black hole-ring particle accelerator, conducting relevant experiments, and then developing a warp drive based on that...

150 years is far from enough!

Seeing the puzzled looks on the faces of the academicians, Lü Yongchang smiled gently again: "No, in a sense, we can even complete the construction of the black hole particle accelerator within a year."

"What?!"

"That's impossible!"

"Professor, are you kidding me?!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the once peaceful laboratory erupted into chaos.

Almost everyone was loudly expressing their opposition and doubts.

Can a particle accelerator surrounding a black hole be built in just one year?

Even with zero computing power, such a feat could not be accomplished!

Lu Yongchang chuckled, turned his head, and glanced at He Bilin, who was not far away.

"Let Academician He answer your questions on this matter."

"He is fully in charge of the construction of the black hole-ring particle accelerator."

Lu Yongchang's calm and powerful voice suppressed the noisy doubts in the laboratory.

……

Facing the gazes of the crowd, He Bilin calmly opened a holographic projection.

A real-time model of the black hole appeared before everyone.

The laboratory fell silent as it watched the black hole accretion disk, which had almost completely dissipated and was now emitting only a faint glow.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we do not need to adhere to traditional ideas in the construction of ultra-large particle accelerators."

"We all know that the Cleaners civilization is using its full power to build the Ring Cosmic Particle Accelerator."

"According to traditional thinking, a cosmic particle accelerator would require an enormous amount of matter, even if the entire universe were hollowed out, it wouldn't be enough."

"So how did the cleaners manage to be so civilized?"

He Bilin's voice echoed in the laboratory, and the expressions on the academicians' faces changed slightly.

"Therefore, we need to change our approach."

He Bilin reached out and gently tapped the holographic projection beside him.

A dense array of shipborne drones surrounded the black hole, forming a giant ring.

"I eliminated the original closed tubular structure and directly exposed the particle accelerator to the vacuum of space."

He Bilin smiled faintly: "Through a large number of shipborne drones, we will construct a large number of accelerating and deflecting magnetic fields at key nodes."

"At the same time, we do not need to expend extra resources to maintain the high-purity vacuum inside the particle accelerator chamber."

"We can build a particle trapping device to filter out particles that meet the energy level requirements, capture them, and then control them to collide," He Bilin said with a shrug and a relaxed expression.

"Simply put, it means dividing the particle accelerator into two parts."

"The collision zone will continue to use the original design, while the acceleration zone, which consumes the most resources, will be replaced by shipborne drones."

"This will greatly reduce the material consumption and construction time of particle accelerators."

……

The construction plan quickly passed initial verification.

Meanwhile, under Zero's control, the particle capture device and shipborne drones have begun manufacturing and modification work.

However, the collision zone of the black hole particle accelerator has yet to be constructed.

The reason is also very simple.

"Professor, if miniature black holes do appear, how should we stabilize them?"

He Bilin sat in Lü Yongchang's office, his brows furrowed, and said, "It disappeared too quickly, so quickly that we didn't have time to take any remedial measures."

Lu Yongchang didn't speak, but instead buried his head and wrote something on the holographic projection in front of him.

A string of bright white characters flashed rapidly across the azure projection.

With zero computing power, the blinking speed of the formulas and characters completely exceeded He Bilin's comprehension.

He could only vaguely make out that these formulas and characters seemed to be related to the spacetime model that had been established not long ago.

But he had no way of knowing the specifics of their relationship.

He Bilin stared blankly at Lü Yongchang's actions, swallowing the question that was on the tip of his tongue.

"Use gravity."

Suddenly, Lü Yongchang's gentle voice broke the silence in the office, and the speed at which the characters on the holographic projection flickered also slowed down.

"A black hole is simply a celestial body that appears when the curvature of spacetime reaches its limit."

"Micro black holes, due to their extremely low energy levels, are simply unable to maintain this level of spacetime curvature while radiating energy outwards."

"Using a gravitational field generation device, the spacetime of the collision region is pre-depressed."

"In my calculations, this could temporarily extend the lifespan of a miniature black hole."

"Theoretically, a gravitational field of moderate star strength could extend the lifespan of a micro black hole to 0.01 seconds."