Chapter 430: Tachyon
With this heavy heart, Tom once again threw himself into war preparations.
At the same time, Tom also used this period to dedicate a considerable amount of energy to scientific research and development.
No matter how difficult the situation, scientific research and development cannot be abandoned. This is his only hope for survival!
Also, due to the current difficult situation and the constant threat of annihilation, scientists from the Moraise civilization and the various races under Tom’s command also dedicated themselves fully to this work.
Under these circumstances, a series of technological breakthroughs occurred. Of course, these were merely some breakthroughs at the application level, and their utility was not particularly significant.
Time quietly slipped away. Finally, just as another wave of Star Beasts was about to set off according to the pattern to attack his side, Tom welcomed a breakthrough at the basic theoretical level.
It was about dark matter.
As early as the Electroweak stage, Human Civilization had already recognized the marvel of dark matter. However, they had never been able to fully understand what these substances truly were or why they possessed such peculiar characteristics.
Even now, despite technological advancement to the gravity level and a significant increase in understanding of dark matter, its mysteries have not been fully unraveled.
And now, a major breakthrough has appeared.
Through data simulation and theoretical calculations, scientists have finally gained a macroscopic understanding of dark matter—at least for a portion of it—and its possible forms of existence.
Tachyons, or rather, tachyons!
Looking at these calculation processes and results, Tom was greatly shocked. He instinctively felt it was somewhat absurd, but the rigorous and detailed theoretical calculation process forced him to admit that it indeed possessed a very high probability.
"Such a miraculous substance exists in this universe? Tachyons... particles with negative mass? Corresponding to positrons, protons, neutrons, and various other particles with positive mass?
And because their mass is negative, their speed of movement is superluminal, just as a particle with positive mass can never be accelerated to the speed of light or superluminal speed, these tachyons can also never be decelerated to the speed of light or subluminal speed?"
At this moment, these insights only allowed Tom to glimpse the tip of the iceberg of dark matter’s mysteries; they were still a long way from truly achieving a breakthrough in technological level.
Overall, these insights could only serve to accumulate knowledge and broaden horizons, with no practical applications.
But...
Suddenly, a thought appeared in Tom’s mind.
Since a portion of dark matter consists of superluminal tachyons with negative mass, and Dark Energy Civilizations have already mastered the mysteries of dark matter, they are highly likely to be able to manipulate these tachyons. Then...
When his probe ship reached the solar system where the Dark Energy Star Beasts were located, and the ship inexplicably vanished instantly without any movement, was it due to an attack by the Dark Energy Star Beasts using tachyons?
This is highly possible!
Besides tachyons instantaneously nullifying mass, Tom couldn’t think of any other possibilities.
Then... could this tachyon attack be used on a star?
In his deduction, the energy unleashed by igniting a star, under the premise of a connection between himself and an external clone, might open some kind of spatial aisle, and he might be able to escape by using this spatial aisle.
However, their side is currently limited by the lack of ability and technology to detonate this medium-to-low mass star, making it impossible to create an energy burst of that magnitude.
The principle of a core-collapse supernova explosion is that the core fuses to iron, instantly losing internal support, leading to an overall collapse under its own gravity, and the violent collision and rebound between the outer and inner layers.
If this tachyon attack were applied to a star, wouldn’t it be possible to use these negative mass particles to instantly nullify the matter in the star’s core, artificially causing the stellar matter to violently collapse and collide towards the core, thereby artificially triggering a supernova explosion?
Of course, even if this medium-to-low mass star were artificially detonated, the energy released would be much weaker compared to a true supernova explosion. But don’t forget, in his calculations, the energy required to open a spatial aisle is also weaker than a true supernova explosion!
Also, he would face gravity peak-level Star Beast attacks next. If he could repel them again, the next time he would likely face Dark Energy level Star Beasts.
He couldn’t temporarily master this method of attacking stars, but Dark Energy level Star Beasts were highly likely to possess it!
So... could he find a way to guide those Dark Energy level Star Beasts to attack the star, thereby triggering a weakened version of a supernova explosion and opening a spatial aisle?
As for what he would face after the spatial aisle was opened and he escaped, and whether the Space-level Star Beast could easily capture him again, that would be a matter for the future; he would deal with it then. One step at a time.
At this stage, the priority was to consider detonating the star.
After comprehensively reviewing the entire plan, Tom’s heart gradually grew excited.
No matter how difficult this entire plan was, no matter how many variables it contained, at least now he had finally found that glimmer of hope, and finally had a clear goal!
Tom immediately convened scientists from various races under his command, as well as research scholars from the Moraise civilization, and laid out his plan.
"Dark Energy level Star Beasts might possess the power to destroy stars. Using their power to trigger a stellar explosion, open a spatial aisle, and then escape? This, this..."
No matter how one looked at it, this plan was too fantastical, even slightly absurd. But every participant had to admit that, at this stage, with the net tightening around them, this plan was their only hope!
"My principle remains the same: eat one bite at a time, and walk one step at a time. Regardless of how many obstacles this plan may face in the future, or how many unknown risks it entails, we must start from the very beginning.
What we need to do now is simple: fully withstand the incoming fifth wave of gravity peak-level Star Beasts, repel them, and force them to send out Dark Energy level Star Beasts to attack us next.
Once this step is completed, then we will plan how to lure the Dark Energy Star Beasts and how to use their power to destroy the star!"
Silence filled the venue for a long time. Finally, under Tom’s inspiration, resilience and unyielding determination gradually appeared on the faces of the attendees.
"Yes!"
...
In the vast expanse of space, a group of even larger and more ferocious Star Beasts had already embarked on their journey towards this solar system.