Legend of the Planet Builder
Chapter 333 - 247: Hearing the Way at Dawn (8000)

Chapter 333: Chapter 247: Hearing the Way at Dawn (8000)

"Begin the experiment!" Kong Qing shouted.

Dozens of nuclear fusion reactors started up, supplying energy to the particle emitters and magnetic field generators.

The particle emitters at both ends of the circular pipeline simultaneously emitted a beam of particles, and the acceleration magnetic field started accelerating them.

Their speed needed to be accelerated to nearly the speed of light!

According to the mass-energy formula, the closer an object is to the speed of light, the closer its mass is to infinity. So even accelerating microscopic particles requires an astronomical amount of energy!

They can only get close to the speed of light; to actually achieve infinitely close to the speed of light, even tens of thousands of nuclear fusion reactors wouldn’t be enough, and the circular pipeline would have to be infinitely long, perhaps even encircling an entire planet.

Since humans currently cannot research antimatter and dark energy, there’s no need to build such a Planet Ring Particle Collider.

The particle beams kept accelerating, their "mass" increasing continuously until even the acceleration magnetic fields could no longer accelerate them further!

"The particle beams are about to collide!" the AI system issued a reminder.

In the ultra-vacuum pipeline, the particle beams finally "met." From the microscopic particle perspective, there was actually a large gap between them, countless particles passing by each other, close but not intersecting.

Finally, a pair of particles passed through infinite time to collide!

At that moment, they generated extremely high temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius, similar to the interior of a star! Because their mass was already smaller than an atom, nuclear reactions did not occur. Their microscopic structure shattered to something even smaller than quarks!

Also, due to their extremely small mass, this high-temperature reaction was born in an instant and vanished just as quickly; a normal human brain couldn’t possibly respond in that timeframe.

Only through detectors, observing the process of particles decaying into photons, could the "God Particle" be captured.

Kong Qing and the entire staff continued waiting for the observation results.

At this time, outside the Particle Collider research area, some people were gathering.

"This is an emergency period; please proceed to the nearest shelter for evacuation." Patrol soldiers warned them.

These people didn’t move at all and were converging from all directions, increasing in number.

"What are you planning to do?" The patrol soldier sensed something was wrong, "During this emergency period, I have the right to take any action! Final warning: three!"

He hadn’t finished the second warning when a shadow flashed behind him, piercing through his chest!

It was an Insect Man, his body unnaturally twisted, blood raging through him. His hand could even pierce Mecha!

"Warning, Insect Man gathering detected, requesting firepower support!" The Fire Eye monitoring system recognized the Insect Man, sending a warning to the Xuanwu System.

"Insect Man?" He Xingzhou realized something was wrong, realizing that where they appeared was the Particle Collider experiment area, and they were undoubtedly there to sabotage the particle collision experiment!

"Nearby units, reinforce immediately!"

There were patrol units in the area, but at this moment, they couldn’t hold off the Insect Men!

These Insect Men were extremely bizarre, changing rapidly, and had not been detected by previous detection systems!

"These Insect Men seem to be some kind of specially stimulated mutations!" Song Jinhong said, "Their previous behavior was identical to ordinary humans, and detection devices couldn’t find them either."

"In just a dozen seconds, they could mutate into advanced Zerg and launch attacks! This might be a suicidal attack method, overdrawing life potential!"

"Their goal is to destroy the Particle Collider!" He Hongwei said, "Dean Kong is still inside!"

"Get them out immediately!" Qin Peng quickly issued an evacuation notice.

Kong Qing saw the notification, but he didn’t leave and continued to wait for the analysis results.

Outside the research institute, a large number of Insect Men had already approached; they had no intention of surviving, assaulting the defense system while self-destructing!

Their self-destruction could produce enormous power, causing structural damage to many parts of the institute, and there were Insect Men digging underground, aiming to completely destroy the Particle Collider.

"Too many Insect Men!" The enemy seemed to have sent all the Insect Men lurking among humans, perhaps numbering in the tens of thousands!

"The danger is too great before support arrives. Teacher, let’s go!" Xu Tengbin shouted.

Kong Qing remained still, as if he hadn’t heard a word.

At that moment, the AI system finally provided the analysis: "Particle decay phenomenon detected, micro-mass change detected..."

Upon hearing the detection report, Kong Qing abruptly stood up and laughed heartily, "It’s the Higgs boson! I’ve found it! The last particle of the Standard Model has been discovered by me!"

"Strong force and weak force were the same force before symmetry breaking, the electromagnetic force, strong force, and weak force can all be converted!"

His face showed an abnormal excitement, "Tengbin, my electromagnetic force and strong force conversion model just needs one more step, you complete it and give it to He Xingzhou, he will know what to do!"

"Teacher, let’s go!" Xu Tengbin had already started the armor, and rescuers had already arrived.

"Dean, let’s go quickly; the Insect Men are about to destroy this place. If the nuclear fusion reactors malfunction, it will all blow up!" the researchers urged.

"You go ahead." Kong Qing sat back down, laughing heartily, "In my life, to discover the God Particle and perfect the unified model of the three basic forces, it’s all worth it!"

"To hear the Dao in the morning, one can die content at night!"

After Kong Qing spoke his final words, all the light in his eyes dispersed, and his head drooped down.

"Teacher!" Xu Tengbin rushed to support his body, noticing that Kong Qing no longer had breath or heartbeat; his body was already exhausted, and the previous excitement was merely a flash of brilliance fueled by his convictions!

His face still bore a satisfied smile!

"Dean!" Upon seeing this, everyone burst into tears.

When the Xuanwu Plan was proposed, Kong Qing was already eighty years old, and now he was over ninety!

He was essentially tasked during a time of crisis, dedicating countless effort over ten years!

Not only did he facilitate various research, but he also nurtured a large number of scientific researchers; many present considered themselves his students!

And now, before humanity won the Blue Star World War completely, before he could see the day of celebration and cheers, he had already passed away!

The students were deeply grief-stricken, not even knowing how to express it.

At this moment, a message came from outside: "Mecha units have arrived for support; we detected damage to the apparatus, and an explosion may occur. Please evacuate immediately!"

Xu Tengbin raised Kong Qing’s body, whispering, "Teacher, I understand now. Even if the future of human civilization is dark, we can ignite ourselves to become the torch that illuminates civilization’s progress!"

"I will complete your electromagnetic force and strong force conversion model!"

He lifted his head, his gaze resolute.