Chapter 109: Antimatter Main Cannon

In the blink of an eye, six months have passed, and with the end of the last project, the "Noah" has been safely stored in the core of the "Future" mothership. All the docking work is also in place.

In this era, with the great progress of technology, Noah has the ability to sail the starry sky independently. There are some small nuclear fusion devices in reserve, which, together with curvature engines that extend outward, can also achieve star-level interstellar voyages.

Although the hull on the surface of the Noah is extremely hard and almost undamaged, the equipment attached to it is all made by the new humans themselves, and as long as these outer curvature engines are destroyed, the spaceship will lose its maneuverability, so the safety angle is far less than that of the "Future", which has a huge fault tolerance.

Until the critical moment of life and death crisis, it is impossible for the "Noah", the home of the new human race, to run out and fly alone.

The relocation of the Chiyanjiao people is also underway...... They have arrived in a new environment and are going to learn a new system.

At the same time, they will begin to exercise internal self-government, the entire population will become freer, and the racial hierarchy will gradually be abandoned.

Of course, the production of all living materials must also be entrusted to them. Only by being independent will there be greater achievements, and the flowers in the greenhouse will never be banned.

And this day is also the test time of the "Future" antimatter main gun.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the head of government, the top military officials, and some journalists had gathered at the observatory on the side of the spacecraft.

This "antimatter main gun", along with the faster-than-light antimatter missile, is the most powerful war weapon of the new human race. However, faster-than-light antimatter missiles are extremely expensive consumables, equivalent to ...... Scrap a curvature spacecraft all at once, its technology is relatively mature, and it doesn't need to be taken out for trial.

Therefore, the super weapon of the antimatter cannon is already the strongest conventional killer weapon of the new human race.

One scientist licked his somewhat dry lips and explained to the large group of reporters in front of him: "The equivalent of this test is ...... One hundred tons of antimatter, with an energy level equivalent to 4.3 trillion tons of TNT. It ejects mainly antiprotons, not the old positrons. ”

"Although some super nuclear bombs can also achieve this kind of power, the flight speed of nuclear bombs and the concentration of explosive power are far less than those of antimatter cannons. One hundred tons, this is only a tenth, or even a hundredth, of the maximum power of this main gun! ”

"It's not easy to accelerate a hundred tons of matter to the point where it's close to the speed of light. Belch...... The speed of this cannon is about 90% of the speed of light. Only a spacecraft of such huge power as the Future can barely bear the load. ”

“…… I don't think the explosion range of this cannon will be too large, but it will be deeper! The expert said passionately.

One of the reporters stood up and asked with a smile, "So, can this antimatter cannon destroy a planet?" Can our technology destroy planets the size of Earth? ”

The scientist smiled awkwardly, and secretly scolded in his heart whether this reporter understands science or not. A trillion tons of equivalent wants to blow up the planet?

He sorted out his thoughts and said, "...... To destroy a planet the size of Earth, and to completely blow it to pieces, you need to ...... 70 trillion tons of TNT, how many zeros you can count for yourself. ”

Hearing this number, the female reporter who asked the question opened her mouth wide.

The scientist didn't pay much attention to it, and continued: "This energy level is not something that our current spacecraft can have, and there is not much possibility until we are building a Dyson sphere and obtaining a huge amount of energy at the stellar level. It has been calculated that the sum of the sun's energy in about a week can completely blow the earth to pieces...... That's about 1.25 trillion tons of antimatter. ”

"This mass is a hundred times heavier than our entire Future."

"But then again, it's much easier to break into several large pieces like the original Earth exploded. As we all know, the Earth's interior is a hot liquid, not a solid, and we can take advantage of that......"

He began to analyze how to tear the earth apart more energy-efficiently, just as it did when the earth actually exploded...... The explosion of the earth is not to blow up into powder, and the light is cracked, and the new human beings are indeed still capable.

In this interview, time passed minute by minute, and at 8 o'clock in the morning, Yu Yifeng issued several orders with a serious expression:

"Start the Antiparticle Acceleration Program."

"Please be ready, staff."

"Observer preparation ......"

The energy indicator of the antimatter cannon has lit up on the screen, and under the calm appearance of the "Future", there is a powerful force like turbulent waves, which also makes everyone's heartbeat slightly faster.

The scientist, who was on TV, did not tell a lie.

Accelerating 100 tons of antimatter to sub-light speed is actually quite difficult, and when it approaches the speed of light, it already involves the relativistic effect, and every bit of speed required to consume a huge amount of energy.

At 90% of the speed of light, the moving mass of matter will become more than twice the normal mass. This energy needs to be provided by Future, assuming that the acceleration process of 100 tons of antimatter takes 100 seconds, during which time the entire ship will have a power of up to ...... 1.67*10^20 watts.

This power, which is probably the entire earth, receives solar energy...... A thousand times or so.

"But it's not even close to destroying the stars!"

"So, it's too much to think about things like star-destroying at every turn. It's only possible to build a Dyson sphere, or a planetary-class ship. Yu Yifeng sighed in his heart.

"Launch!" Seeing the indicator on the screen jump to the red zone, he solemnly announced.

Everyone only saw an unusually bright white light erupting from the muzzle of the cannon, like a white dragon, which lasted for about 3 seconds.

This white light hit the ground in an instant, and there was a super violent explosion!

The explosion of the antimatter particle beam does not spread violently in all directions like a nuclear bomb, but rather appears to be mild, constant in an area. But everyone knows that under this "moderation" represents a more powerful destructive ability.

The sky-high light completely brightened the eyes, and many people couldn't help but close their eyelids. The light spurred tears into my eyes, and I couldn't figure out what was going on.

"The observation system was affected by gamma rays and was overloaded ......"

"Activate the backup!"

Remaining Antiparticle ...... Detected

There is a group of staff members who are busy recording specific data after the antimatter explosion. Theoretically, the explosive power of an antiproton is stronger than that of an antielectron of the same mass. Because antielectrons may react with conventional substances such as neutrons to form protons, a considerable part of the mass will be wasted, and not all of them will be annihilated.

Near the main gun, a large amount of liquid nitrogen cooling devices emitted a white mist. There is also a part of the spacecraft staff who are testing the degree of wear and tear of the main gun.

Half an hour later, the data was displayed on the screen one by one, and an atmosphere of joy was already in the air.

Xu Yunjin also raised his eyebrows, and he was very happy, basically as expected, indicating that this test was quite successful.

Looking again, a large crater ten kilometers wide has appeared on the surface, almost bottomless!

"Congratulations!"

"Tongxi, Tongxi, is everyone's common credit!"

Several designers and engineers have already begun to applaud each other. And the applause is getting louder and louder.

After a few minutes, Yu Yifeng coughed lightly: "Everyone, this weapon test was a complete success. When you go back, analyze the data and see if there are any areas that can be improved. After all, we are testing the minimum power, and the minimum and maximum are completely different. ”

"Also, if everything is in place, we should set off again, goal...... Knicks Star! It is likely that today is also where we stay...... Last night! ”