The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

The disintegrated protons will eagerly seek out electrons and then return to their original, most basic state: hydrogen gas.

This process is the release of destructive energy; each proton is lethal.

Smith stopped Ding Yi from continuing, he said.

"It's too early to discuss industrial applications. We know too little about solid metallic hydrogen. Our current understanding of its physical properties is all speculation and shouldn't be taken seriously. Before antimatter was discovered, many people believed that it could generate anti-gravitational fields."

Through particle accelerators, humanity has now discovered antimatter particles such as positrons, antiprotons, and antineutrons.

As our understanding of antimatter particles deepens, the scientific community has quickly corrected some previous assumptions about antimatter, such as that it could generate an anti-gravitational field and that its temperature must be extremely low.

Except for its opposite electrical properties, antimatter has no other properties from matter. It can also undergo chemical reactions, has mass, and exerts gravity.

If an antimatter planet suddenly collapses, it can also form a black hole.

Ding Yi agreed with Smith's statement, saying, "You're absolutely right. The universe won't change because of our will. We need actual observations to draw conclusions."

After more than a month of tedious sailing, the research vessel carrying Ding Yi and his team cut into Jupiter's orbit at an external angle.

Despite the fact that Jupiter has many moons that seem to crowd it, space is actually very vast, and the distances between the moons are quite large.

Even if you increased the number of research vessels by several thousand times, let alone a small research vessel, it would not feel crowded at all.

Once they reached a suitable distance, Ding Yi and his team turned on all the observation instruments on the research vessel.

These instruments are mainly X-ray scanning instruments. The rays enter Jupiter's atmosphere and then reflect back after encountering matter that can interact with them.

Indirect observation is achieved in this way.

"How were the scan results?"

Ding Yi asked Smith, who was operating the observation instruments.

“3号机和6号机都反馈了信号，1号机、2号机、4号机、5号机都穿过了，我们可以试试更激进一些的方式。”史密斯提议道。

Of the twelve scholars, the meteorologist rejected Smith's proposal.

"Now is not the best time to deploy probes. Jupiter's atmospheric activity is extremely intense, and the cutting power of the high-speed airflow is no less than that of a metal blade, and may even be stronger. Although we have probes specifically designed for this purpose, I think it is safer to follow the original plan and deploy the probes into the eye of Jupiter's typhoons, where the environment is relatively calm. We don't have many probes."

No one objected to the meteorologists' advice, not even Smith, who suggested that things could be even more radical.

Their research equipment is limited, and the number of probes deployed to Jupiter for close-up observation of its interior is also small.

Ding Yi patted Smith on the shoulder as he operated the equipment and offered his advice.

"This opportunity is hard-won. We should collect as much data as possible, as we will also be mining hydrogen resources here in the future. We should start paving the way now."

"Ah."

Chapter 97 Solid metallic hydrogen really exists!

Solid metallic hydrogen really exists!

A message sent back to Earth from Jupiter caused a stir in human society. Even those who didn't understand why they were excited became excited after being explained to them by those around them.

Solid metallic hydrogen has a promising future that is no less than that of carbon nanomaterials, especially for controlled nuclear fusion. Solid metallic hydrogen can greatly reduce the volume of nuclear fusion reactors, saving more space and payload for spacecraft.

Leaving aside military applications, focusing solely on civilian use, metallic hydrogen can be made into batteries. These batteries, similar to lithium batteries, can repeatedly store energy, but their energy storage capacity far surpasses that of lithium batteries.

The promising applications of hydrogen led to a rapid surge in its price on the global market, sparking a hydrogen speculation frenzy.

On Earth, Lin Feng learned about Ding Yi and his team's findings from their scientific expedition to Jupiter.

The next day, he made contact with Knight William and his team, who were located in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars.

The space city relays the signals, allowing them to communicate even at such a great distance.

“Solid metallic hydrogen exists, so the problem of cheap materials can be solved, and we can start building the Dyson Cloud,” Lin Feng said.

"Is our current industrial capacity still insufficient?" Knight William asked, frowning.

They currently only have one engineering vessel. It's not difficult for them to build a single solar satellite; the challenge lies in large-scale manufacturing, creating a constellation of solar satellites orbiting the sun.

Lin Feng hesitated for a moment, then realized he had been too hasty and changed his mind.

"First, expand the team size, then form an industrial fleet. Once you have expanded to three, head to Jupiter's orbit and build a space city. The space city will then mine hydrogen to manufacture solar satellites."

“Okay, I understand,” Knight William replied.

Besides Knight William receiving Lin Feng's request to form an industrial fleet, other engineering teams also received requests from PDC to form industrial fleets.

PDC aims to move more industrial talent into space, as the current number of people is insufficient to satisfy the desires of various countries, especially island nations, for a space where their territory will not shrink.

After the first space city was built and Tuvalu moved in, the island nations went into a frenzy, constantly pooling their political resources to guide the PDC to build more space cities.

Besides these island nations, there are other small countries, such as Poland, Vietnam, and Spain. The Earth is already occupied by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. If they could seize a piece of territory in space, their countries might be able to seize the opportunity and leap into becoming powerful nations.

This is not impossible; Britain is the best example. As long as you have enough resources, even a small land area on Earth is not a problem.

The resources in space are far greater than those on Earth. In other words, this presents an opportunity for a new transformation in the international landscape. If we can seize this opportunity, it is possible to become the sixth or seventh permanent member of the UN Security Council.

After all, which country doesn't aspire to be a permanent member of the Security Council?

For various reasons, the demand for the construction of civilian space facilities such as space cities has never ceased.

A total of thirty-one engineering vessels were built, and against this backdrop, more engineering vessels began to be built at an accelerated pace.

On Earth, training is also underway to train workers capable of working in space, and SG Company's games play a significant role in this process.

There is no easier way to quickly master a skill than through hands-on experimentation.

Adults who once scoffed at games are now having to ask younger children for advice on how to build various space facilities in games.

In the second year of expanding engineering vessels and forming an industrial fleet, the industrial fleets of various engineering teams had already taken shape.

The engineering vessels themselves possess industrial capabilities. As they build them, they simultaneously recruit more personnel, causing the number of engineering vessels to increase exponentially. With full-scale operation, an engineering vessel can be manufactured in a month, and the manufactured vessels are quickly put into the construction of new ones.

This cycle continued for 12 months, resulting in more than 2,000 engineering vessels being hastily manufactured.

Of course, the number of more than two thousand is the theoretical number. In reality, including the time lost due to safety testing, mining, and personnel deployment, each team only built more than 1,200 engineering vessels.

Besides Knight Williams' team, which is still working hard to build the engineering ship, the remaining thirty engineering teams received orders from PDC and started construction on thirty space cities at the same time.

These space cities are larger than the initial version, with a length of 26 kilometers, a diameter of 12 kilometers, and an inner habitable area of ​​200 square kilometers.

It occupies one-quarter of Shanghai's total land area and can accommodate approximately four million people.

This time, because there were enough, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council each purchased one of the space cities. The remaining twenty-five space cities were to be allocated among other countries. Whoever had the ability to secure the allocation through diplomacy would receive these space cities. Countries like Israel and Germany had to spend heavily to finally obtain the allocation rights for the space cities.

In comparison, Japan had a more tragic experience. They initially followed the example of countries like Germany and Israel by spending heavily to gain diplomatic support and win the right to allocate a space city.

However, Japan was shocked to find that after they bleed money, other countries that had previously been all smiles and saying "definitely, definitely" suddenly changed their tune and reneged on their promises.

Faced with Japan's accusations, the representatives of these countries quietly produced environmental records showing Japan's illegal discharge of nuclear wastewater years ago.

……

After establishing their space cities, various countries have launched these space cities to various planets in the solar system. According to the plan, these space cities will enter the orbit of their destination planets at an external tangent angle and then begin to detect each planet.

In the same year, the Mars lander successfully landed on Mars and began its exploration.

Lin Feng lay listlessly on the sofa, looking at news articles related to space.

With the accelerated development of space construction, half of the content in major media outlets and newspapers is related to space.

Some businessmen are particularly adept at using the 'space' gimmick to transport chickens, pigs, sheep, and other animals from Earth to space farms for slaughter, and then legitimately add the 'space' prefix to their products.

The prices of space-bred chicken, space-bred lamb, space-bred pork, and so on have increased several times over.

What is space animal husbandry? This is what space animal husbandry is: slaughtering Earth animals in space, the capitalists' wealth code.

Of course, none of this concerns Lin Feng. As long as he doesn't develop any health problems from eating it, it's not time for the capitalists to hang the streetlights yet.

"It's so quiet..."

"I'm a little suspicious that they've all reformed."

Lin Feng was referring to ETO. He had been on guard against ETO causing trouble, but he was surprised to find that ETO seemed to have disappeared in the past few years of space development.

No, it can't be said that it has disappeared, but rather that it is not as 'ferocious' as before.

ETO continues to openly and covertly incite conflict among humans, seemingly hoping to incite infighting, thereby wasting resources and precious development time.

However, by doing so, they have actually made humanity more united.

Even if someone with cerebral palsy really comes out to disgust people and create conflict out of thin air, everyone can just label them as ETO (Employment-Oriented Person), and the world will suddenly become a better place.

"Sigh, I wonder how those wall-breakers are doing. I miss them terribly."

Lin Feng sighed. He was very worried about these people on his side. They were hiding inside ETO, enduring humiliation for the sake of all mankind, always on guard against being exposed, and still remembering to pass messages to him.

Since saying goodbye to von Neumann, no one from the Wallbreaker group has come looking for Lin Feng.

But Lin Feng couldn't do anything. If he arranged for someone to rescue them, what if these people on his side hadn't been exposed yet? Wouldn't his reckless command just cause trouble for them?

In the Three-Body game world, the impulsive Bohr was so enraged that he wanted to tear Lin Feng apart.

Lin Feng's words just now sounded incredibly sarcastic to the ETO executives—"Come on, break through the barrier! Why aren't you doing it? Are you even capable? Is this what ETO is? I've told you before, ETO has no value whatsoever, poses no threat to me, and I don't care at all."

"Calm down! Don't let his emotions control you."

Von Neumann raised an eyebrow, reminding the furious Bohr.

"That damned Feng Taylor, he really deserves to die," Bohr cursed angrily.

Immediately, Bohr frowned in displeasure and looked at Qin Shi Huang.

"It's been several years, why hasn't Newton taken any action yet?"

"Assassinating Feng Taylor is not a simple matter. We need to be patient. A hunter cannot be without patience if he wants to catch his prey."

Qin Shi Huang was much more composed. He tapped his bronze sword on the ground and spoke.

"Don't focus on Feng Taylor, Newton will take care of him for us. Let's concentrate on dealing with the remaining two Wallfacers."

“But they are all still hibernating, and we may not be able to outlast them,” Mozi said.

Qin Shi Huang said, "Don't worry, they will wake up soon. They are hibernating while waiting for humans to develop a computer that can meet their plans."

"The Lord told me that in four years, humanity will have perfected the development of traditional electronic computers."

"We'll take care of Rediaz at this point."

Qin Shi Huang's voice echoed in the hall, and his figure seemed to grow taller.

"And what about Bill Hines?" Confucius asked.