Chapter 114: Changing the Quality of Matter

The huge fireball, dragging its long tail, set off a straight wave of snow on the surface of the sea, and the heat wave split from the middle and smashed into the sea at an angle of incidence of 60 degrees.

Due to the reverse thrust of neutrino energy, the speed of the asteroid has dropped to more than 2,000 kilometers per hour at this time, and the fireball with a diameter of 50 kilometers crashed headlong into the sea and still set off an incomparably huge wave.

Centered on the asteroid's incident site, it spreads out in all directions, forming a cylindrical shape thousands of meters high, continuously thickening and expanding, radiating at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour, radiating to the surrounding area, encountering smaller islands along the way and immediately being smashed by huge waves.

Two hours later, huge waves arrived in New Zealand, destroying all the buildings and ports along the coast, and soon the entire country was swallowed by the sea.

By the time we arrived in Australia, the energy of the sea had weakened considerably, but it had swept away 100 kilometres of the hinterland of the Australian mainland. The shock wave that crossed Australia also caused a tsunami in Southeast Asia, where waves could be seen tens of meters high until the waves in East Asia gradually subsided.

In addition to the waves, it also caused a 12-magnitude super earthquake, and the strong tremors were felt in the regions far inside the Asian continent, and due to the huge impact, the sea water where the asteroid fell evaporated and dried up, and the asteroid hit the bottom of the sea directly!

Fortunately, the bottom of the continent here is very thick, and the earth's crust has not been crushed, but it has just sunk deep into the mud, and the part that sank in the sea is only a few kilometers, most of which are exposed to the sea, this big guy with a diameter of 50 kilometers stands so abruptly on the boundless sea, and from a distance it looks like a half moon exposed to the sea level.

The height of this large sphere has far surpassed that of the Himalayas to become the tallest object on Earth, and its top is already close to outer space!

Since the heat carried by this big ball has not yet dissipated, the surrounding sea water is boiled and vaporized, and it is dense on the sea surface several kilometers high, like a fairy mountain.

In fact, these smoke are toxic gases, there are sulfides on the surface of the asteroids, and the high temperature makes them form toxic sulfur dioxide! Countless dead fish floated on the surface of the sea around them, huge blue whales floated on the surface of the sea with their bellies turned up, and a tiger shark that was too close was cooked in boiling water.

Waiting for the high temperature to recede is also a long process, and it is estimated that it will take half a year or even longer to reduce to normal temperature.

In the control center, seeing the smooth landing of the big ball from the footage taken by the drone, Ling Moyu and all the on-site personnel were relieved and greatly relieved, the mountain that had been pressing on his body for several months was finally unloaded, and someone sat on the chair like a deflated ball.

More people cheered and hugged each other, their eyes full of tears, celebrating the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, and only then did Ling Moyu feel so tired, his body became extremely stiff, and he didn't even want to move a step.

Through this life-and-death battle, the nations of the world realized the importance of solidarity in the age of the universe, and that without sincere cooperation, the world would have been destroyed long ago.

After discussions, the United Nations decided to reorganize the United Nations, not simply to coordinate and solve problems on Earth, but to establish a future-oriented and space-oriented organization of earthlings, with the goal of directly targeting space.

The newly reorganized United Nations was renamed the "Supreme Council of the Interstellar Federation", and its purpose is to unite the forces of all mankind to deal with the threat from the universe, and at the same time shoulder the responsibility of exploring the universe, extending the sphere of human influence to the entire solar system, even the Milky Way, and finally to the entire universe.

Due to Ling Moyu's outstanding performance, the Supreme Decision-making Committee decided to hire him as the chief scientist to plan the next step of human exploration into space.

Ling Moyu himself did not like to do administrative work, but still hoped to engage in scientific research in the front line of scientific research, so he politely declined the invitation of the Supreme Decision-making Committee and returned to China to continue to engage in the research of elementary particles.

After this great change, Ling Moyu is completely different from before, this time he didn't come back alone, but also brought Huitong, this super artificial intelligence.

Ling Moyu's research has a new direction, when he discussed with Huitong how to solve the asteroid problem, he tried to change the mass of the asteroid, but it was too late to study in depth at that time, and now it is time to further explore this topic.

Mass is the basic physical property of matter, and it is difficult to change the mass of matter, even as much as changing the speed of light in a vacuum!

If the mass can be changed, it will be an extremely important milestone in the future of mankind's conquest of the universe.

According to the general theory of relativity, the faster the speed of the object, the greater the mass, the closer it is to the speed of light, the greater the mass, and theoretically reaching the speed of light, the mass of the object becomes infinite.

This is why the speed of light cannot be surpassed, no matter what kind of propulsion force can not be infinite, there is no infinite thrust, only infinite mass, when the object reaches a certain mass, the speed cannot continue to increase.

Once the mass of the object is changed, then the propulsion force does not have to increase too much to continue to propel the speed of the object to continue to increase, although it is not possible to exceed the speed of light, but it is entirely possible to get close to the speed of light or even reach 90% of the speed of light.

To achieve interstellar travel, it is necessary to reach at least 15% of the speed of light, and this minimum limit, if it can reach 90% of the speed of light, it will be possible for human beings to go out of the solar system to achieve interstellar migration.

Of the ten closest stars to Earth, the farthest is only 10 light-years away, reaching 90% of the speed of light, which can be reached within the career life of an astronaut.

Using this as a base for advancement and expanding outward, it may only take 200 years for humans to complete the initial interstellar colonization. 200 years is really not a long time, I think that the monarch of Qin had the determination to unify the world, and it took 200 years to unify the six countries, and today it takes 200 years to rule six star systems!

Now, with the work of neutrinos, it is possible to enter the nucleus of the atom and modify the nucleons, and even the quarks that make up elementary particles.

At this stage, the modification of the atomic nucleus is already feasible, and the next step is to modify and influence the particles at the quark level, which will obviously be greatly more difficult, and once successful, its effect will be immeasurable.

This is why he refused to accept the position of chief scientist appointed by the Supreme Council of Decision-making, and had to return to China to continue scientific research

Although he also knew that he became the chief scientist of the Supreme Decision-making Council at such a young age, he could be described as fame and fortune, admired and watched by the whole world, and the material resources at his disposal would give him everything he wanted. All of this has done him far more good than what he has gained on the front lines of painstaking research.

In the face of temptation, he still chooses to follow his ideals, the door to the infinite universe has been opened, and a more magnificent world is ready to welcome him, and he must not give up!