Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 598 - 594: Purchasing War Star

Chapter 598 -594: Purchasing War Star

Catalanpus-3 kept introducing, “… The Dyson Sphere is divided into six layers, and the layer you’re on is the outermost one. Each layer has different functions, including but not limited to industrial zones, residential areas, trade areas, energy sectors, military districts, central administrative regions…”

“If your civilization is willing to help build the Dyson Sphere, not only can you earn Amoeba Points, but you can also receive a free supply of antimatter. Of course, this feature will only be truly activated after the official completion.”

Seven hundred thousand tons of antimatter every second, every second…

Zhang Yuan couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

Okay, what concept is this? The amount of antimatter synthesized by a Dyson Sphere every second exceeds the total amount synthesized in human history by several hundred thousand times…

However, after thinking about it carefully, it actually wasn’t much, considering that the mass of this Central Constant Star was decreasing by about ten million tons every second. If 7% of that energy were reconverted into antimatter, plus the formidable technologies of a Level 5 Civilization, even a Level 6 Civilization, indeed that much antimatter energy could be synthesized.

“What’s the use of storing so much antimatter in the Dyson Sphere?”

“It’s for the Dyson Sphere’s self-defense system, and when the reserves reach a certain level, it can be used for various experiments.”

“Various experiments?” Zhang Yuan couldn’t help scratching his head.

After a while, he seemed to understand a bit, realizing that with a large amount of antimatter, you could more easily boost accelerators to higher energy levels, that is, gaining a series of space knowledge.

The most straightforward application of space knowledge is the curvature engine, besides that, there are subatomic technology, subspace communication, high-dimensional space, and so on…

On the other hand, antimatter is not completely symmetrical to matter. Some of its properties are still not fully understood.

For example, the famous “Charge-Parity Violation.”

“Charge-Parity Violation” refers to the behavior of a particle decaying differently from its antiparticle, such as the difference between a left-handed neutrino and a right-handed antineutrino.

It is precisely because of the asymmetry of matter and antimatter that, in the beginning, during the big bang, matter slightly outnumbered antimatter. Otherwise, the entire universe would be void, annihilating everything.

“So, if you use materials made of antimatter, they might have a series of slight differences from matter. This series of differences, in some cases, can quickly amplify, forming a new material…”

Zhang Yuan shook his head, calming these thoughts. In summary, all these things are key research topics for the future, but they require a large amount of antimatter to be carried out. Otherwise, no matter how clever scientists are, they’re like a skilled cook with no rice.

After a while, he noticed that the rest of his companions inside the spaceship were discussing enthusiastically the scene after a white dwarf star near Tabby’s Star had completely exploded…

“Are you discussing conducting stellar experiments with the antimatter from this Dyson Sphere?”

Zhang Yuan felt somewhat embarrassed; what kind of people were these?

“Yes, for instance, if humans have a quota of one million tons of antimatter, one could apply for the Dyson Sphere to attack a white dwarf star, or even a neutron star! We’ve found through calculations that this attack is somewhat similar to the collision of neutron stars!”

“Do you know what that means?”

The scientist spread his arms, his face red with excitement: “The data produced might be the series of data needed to validate curvature technology!”

Zhang Yuan was slightly stunned.

“That is, a low-level civilization might be able to acquire warp speed technology through such experiments.”

“However, that requires an extremely large amount of antimatter, right? One million tons is far from enough! Even one billion tons is not enough… it’s quite a challenge.”

In theory, if one has enough antimatter, indeed one could explode a white dwarf star, or even blow up a neutron star.

A cubic centimeter of white dwarf star, which is about the size of a peanut, consists of electron degenerate matter with a mass of about one ton.

Once it loses the constraint of gravity, its volume rapidly expands and, accompanied by intense beta radiation and heavy-ion radiation, it releases about 10^12 joules of energy, which is equivalent to the scale of a small atomic bomb.

That’s the energy emitted by just one peanut-sized explosion, yet the volume of the entire white dwarf star is as big as the Earth!

This means that the starry sky is experiencing massive explosions everywhere after the white dwarf star is shattered!

This was the hottest topic of discussion among the group.

Many here are military experts, and they were simulating the scene of a white dwarf star explosion on their computers: “In this planet system, how do these substances recondense in such a short time? After being blown to dust, wouldn’t it turn into a nebula? Why, in such a short time, would it form planets, meteorites? This doesn’t make sense.”

“Perhaps… the way it explodes isn’t quite what we imagine.”

“Does the white dwarf star contain a relatively large amount of heavy elements? This is a topic we have not yet concluded on and is worth investigating! There must be a huge amount of carbon elements, as carbon is an excellent element for manufacturing nanomaterials.”

One person seemed to remember something and exclaimed loudly, “Don’t forget that we’ve shattered two neutron stars! What’s a white dwarf star anyway?”

At this point, everyone burst into laughter.

In fact, it wasn’t really humans who had shattered those neutron stars—it was the formidable force of Nature itself.

Human power is nothing!

Neutron star material is known as “quark-gluon plasma.” A piece the size of a peanut, one cubic centimeter, can weigh about a billion tons!

Once this stuff is released from a neutron star, losing the constraint of gravity, the degenerate pressure of neutrons is no longer contained, and the material would wildly expand!

This clump of material would then expand to form neutrons, which are unstable and decay with a half-life of 10 minutes. The energy released from the decay is equivalent to the explosion of a billion hydrogen bombs, or all the energy the Sun emits in 0.3 seconds.

And this is merely the energy produced by the explosion of one cubic centimeter of material. One can imagine, at that moment, the energy in the entire starry sky might have even distorted space itself—that’s a real cosmic-level disaster!

It was precisely because of this that people acquired such precious data and mastered some of the mysteries of space and gained control over curvature technology.

The video footage of the collision of two neutron stars became one of humanity’s most valued treasures, not for sale for any price.

Amidst the noisy discussion, the travelers finally reached their destination…

D-11-0092 zone, an entrance and exit, so large it was astonishing. People watched wide-eyed as a planet fortress activated its planet engine, roaring as it entered.

Then, two enormous mechanical arms seized the war star, which seemed to be slowly “melting,” its surface emitting various dark mists. At this rate, in a year or two’s time, the planet would be completely broken down into nothingness.

It wasn’t until they magnified the image tens of thousands of times that people could see the specifics.

Countless nano-robots were disassembling the planet, all of the materials to be smelted anew.

The entire process of devouring a planet was simply breathtaking.

“That’s some impressive technology. Aren’t we also researching these molecular robots?”

“Yes, but there are many challenges.”

At this moment, the artificial intelligence on the flying disc, “Catalanpus-3,” issued another message.

“…Greetings to the new human civilization. What you are witnessing is the standard operating method of a third-level civilization. They transport planets from the external world to provide sufficient raw materials for the construction of a Dyson Sphere.”

“For a planet, depending on its mass, volume, and mineral richness, we will pay 500 to 2000 Amoeba Points as compensation.”

“You’re saying a planet can be bought for just a thousand or two Amoeba Points?”

A thought stirred in Zhang Yuan’s mind; this was perfect. Humanity indeed wanted a war star, but on the one hand, their curvature technology wasn’t up to standard, and on the other, it took too long!

People didn’t have the motivation to spend thousands of years mining one.

Just thinking about it was too troublesome.

But here, they could directly purchase a semi-finished war star, saving so much time!

Zhang Yuan looked at his companions, excitement plainly written on their faces. Clearly, they all shared the same idea.

“Catalanpus-3” replied, “…Indeed, but these planet fortresses are only equipped with preliminary propulsion. They are not fully-formed war stars, which is why they are relatively inexpensive.”

“The vicinity of the Dyson Sphere prohibits the use of gravitational and curvature navigation, as any gravitational fluctuation can interfere with the Sphere’s own operations. Especially Dyson Spheres under construction have weak anti-interference capabilities. Thus, these civilizations use traditional kinetic propulsion methods to move these planets.”

“If your civilization is interested, you can also engage in this kind of work. Of course, the Dyson Sphere is nearly complete, and the market’s need for materials is limited. You will need to queue up and apply for a relevant sequence to avoid the awkward situation of developing a planet only to find the trade market is no longer purchasing.”