Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

"Look."

Lu Yongchang raised his hand and operated the holographic projection again.

The densely packed formulas flashed across the projection, and soon the holographic interface reached the first step of the deduction.

A knowing glint flashed in He Bilin's eyes.

As he expected, the calculation process was based on a spatiotemporal model.

Lu Yongchang patiently and slowly dragged the holographic image, explaining it to He Bilin line by line.

Perhaps because Lü Yongchang's thinking was too jumpy, even with such a line-by-line explanation, He Bilin still felt a little confused.

But with Lü Yongchang's explanation, these faint doubts were quickly dispelled.

More than an hour later.

He Bilin sighed with relief and exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, "Professor, it's all thanks to you."

Lu Yongchang chuckled lightly, waved his hand gently, and said in a low voice, "What I did was just a small matter."

"Even without me, you would have found this method sooner or later."

"I've digressed, let's get back to the main topic."

"Theoretically speaking, under the influence of a strong gravitational field, the existence time of a micro black hole can be extended to 0.01 seconds."

"If we can achieve a breakthrough in our gravitational field control technology, this timeframe will be extended once again."

"In this short period of time, we need to release a large number of high-energy particles into the black hole."

He Bilin nodded.

Releasing high-energy particles into the black hole was within his expectations.

A micro black hole of this magnitude can only devour objects the size of particles.

"I suggest that once a black hole is successfully formed, we can use a large number of deflecting magnetic fields to bombard all the particles captured by the particle trapping device toward the miniature black hole."

As He Bilin spoke, he drew a simple sketch on the holographic projection: "These high-energy particles are fast enough that they can definitely enter the black hole within 0.01 seconds."

"And it's also very easy to implement in practice."

Lu Yongchang nodded in satisfaction: "We'll do as you say."

"When the mass of a micro black hole increases slightly, we can 'feed' it with macroscopic matter."

"On the Lost Star side, [Nus] only has a very small part of its consciousness left."

"Meng Lu has completed the final communication with [Nus]. At that time, the Lost Star can be used as food for the miniature black hole."

Upon seeing He Bilin nod, Lü Yongchang's expression gradually became serious.

"Remember, the mass of a miniature black hole must absolutely not exceed this threshold!"

As he spoke, Lü Yongchang pointed his finger heavily at the holographic projection: "Once the threshold is exceeded, with our current level of technology, it could cause an extremely serious loss of control."

"The black hole will escape our control and devour the surrounding control equipment and starships."

"At that time, whether the human fleet can continue to exist will become a question."

A fine layer of cold sweat immediately seeped out from He Bilin's back.

He swallowed hard and nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, I will definitely control it."

Lu Yongchang smiled with a relaxed expression: "There's no need to be too nervous. The 'feeding' of the black hole is all done from scratch."

"I believe it wouldn't make such a basic mistake."

"What you need to do is create a second layer of insurance, understand?"

"Alright!" He Bilin replied in a deep voice.

……

Earth year 3270.

The simultaneous completion of the particle capture device and the black hole stabilization device marks the official entry of the ring black hole particle accelerator into the experimental stage.

It took a little longer than Lu Yongchang had said that the construction of the black hole accelerator would be completed within a year, but it was still a speed that was unimaginable in the past!

Within these three years, the Kunpeng, located one light-year away, conducted countless experiments on gravitational field traction and spacetime "wave creation".

Meanwhile, supply ships and engineering vessels were dispatched in batches to the location of the Kunpeng to transport necessary supplies to it.

The original somewhat crude spatiotemporal model has been transformed into an incredibly mature model thanks to the "nourishment" of a large amount of data.

Human civilization is advancing at an extremely high speed toward the pinnacle of Level IV civilization.

Inside Laboratory One of the Earth-class spacecraft.

Standing in the command area, Lü Yongchang's eyes were filled with excitement.

Today, this day is destined to be recorded in the annals of human civilization.

The ring black hole particle accelerator will conduct its first operation today.

If the experiment is successful, human civilization will have its own artificial black hole!

This will be a significant chapter in both physics and human history!

……

"I hereby announce the commencement of the first particle acceleration experiment at the Black Hole Particle Accelerator!"

"Naval-borne drones have begun calibration work!"

Facing the gazes of the academicians, Lü Yongchang took a deep breath and issued the order in a deep voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, lines of data flashed rapidly across the giant holographic projection in front of him.

Meanwhile, around the black hole, a series of shipborne drones arranged in a hollow ring structure, under Zero's control, began to subtly adjust their attitudes with the help of antimatter engines.

"drop!"

"Calibration complete!" Zero's synthesized voice rang out. "All shipborne UAVs are aligned on the same plane, with an error of less than 10 nanometers!"

"Activate the magnetic field generation unit," Lü Yongchang said again, composing himself.

"The magnetic field generation unit has been activated, and the pulsed magnetic field has been successfully generated."

"Begin releasing the experimental particles!"

Lü Yongchang raised his voice slightly: "Begin the accelerated experiment!"

"Activate the particle capture device and prepare to capture particles that meet the energy level requirements!"

The synthesized voice responded quickly: "The particle trapping device has been activated, and the particle screening mechanism is functioning normally... No particles that have reached the target have been detected yet."

On the "opposite shore" of the fleet, that is, on the other side of the ring black hole accelerator, a huge concentric disc-shaped megastructure silently maintains its posture under the power of the antimatter engine.

This is a particle trapping device.

According to the experimental plan, the experimental particles will undergo continuously accelerating circular motion around the black hole under the influence of the pulsed magnetic field generated by the shipborne drone.

Once acceleration is complete, these particles will be directed towards the disk-shaped particle capture device under the influence of the deflecting magnetic field.

To eliminate interference from other particles in the universe, the particle trapping device performs a screening process on the incoming particles.

Particles that meet the energy level requirements will enter its internal channels.

The pipe is also equipped with a pulsed magnetic field, which can perform the final acceleration of the experimental particles.

Finally, when the number of experimental particles reaches the target, the particle capture device will open the gate, allowing these high-energy particles to enter the collision region, which is also the final black hole generation region.