The Journey to Level 4 Civilization
Most people are probably familiar with what Strong Interaction Force Material are; they are the materials used in the Droplet Probe created by the Trisolaran civilization in the novels set in Earth Era.
Of course, novels are different from reality. The Strong Interaction Force Material described in the novel uses a special force field to eliminate the Electromagnetic Force between particles, so that the Strong Force becomes dominant, firmly pressing Proton Neutron together, turning them into a material with zero surface friction, indestructible, particles that no longer vibrate, and a temperature infinitely close to Absolute Zero.
It is a material that reflects light in total.
However, modern Human Civilization have discovered through the Grand Unified Force Field Equation that it is theoretically impossible to eliminate Electromagnetic Force. The existence of the Four Fundamental Forces is objective, and the Grand Unified Theory describes three of them in a unified manner. Therefore, it is impossible to eliminate any one of the forces in the equation. If it cannot be eliminated in theory, it is even more impossible in actual research and experiments.
However, it is possible to manipulate force fields to alter the range and interaction extent of force on a specific object. For example, one could swap the range and range of the Strong Force and the Electromagnetic Force, making the Strong Force a macroscopic force. Of course, this Force Field Manipulation requires substantial energy support. As for the specifics of how to do it, scientists and engineers are still researching and experimenting. Generally speaking, it involves using a Force Field Probe based on the Grand Unified Force Field Equation to manipulate the three fundamental forces within an object to achieve the desired results.
It is worth mentioning that this operation cannot be carried out in just any environment; it must be carried out under the conditions of Grand Unified Force Field. In other words, if we want to produce Strong Interaction Force Material, we need to build corresponding material manufacturing plants.
There is no doubt about that.
As for just how powerful the Strong Interaction Force Material is, we'll only truly understand after it's actually produced and tested. However, this kind of material, which only Level 4 Civilization can produce, is undoubtedly overwhelmingly superior to anything created by Level 3 Civilization.
Human-made Strong Interaction Force Material detectors will appear sooner or later.
Strong Interaction Force Material are one type, but Force Field Manipulation is a broad field, and its resulting branches of technology extend far beyond Gravity Well and Strong Interaction Force Material. In the initial research phase, some Research Team conducted experiments using Alloy No. 2 currently known to humankind. They discovered that this alloy, once identified as Quantum Material, also exhibited some degree of Force Field Manipulation, albeit not extensively.
It is indeed a Quantum Material, but from the perspective of the Grand Unified Force Field Equation, it is also a special Electromagnetic Force material. It exhibits a field distribution in its force field structure that is different from that of ordinary objects, like a physical property that appears after Electromagnetic Force and Weak Interaction Force undergo some kind of microscopic quantum interweaving.
From this perspective, it does indeed belong to the category of near- Level 4 Civilization materials. When humanity created Alloy No. 2, they didn't have Level 4 Civilization technology; the probability of them succeeding was extremely low—it was pure luck.
In the field of Force Field Manipulation, humans have discovered that there are not only branches of technology that can be studied, such as Materials Technology, but also some optical technologies, such as Optical Invisibility.
Optical Invisibility is not visible light invisibility, but rather full-spectrum optical invisibility.
Scientists have discovered that, theoretically, it is possible to Force Field Manipulation and adjust its behavior, causing the surface of an object to be covered with a peculiar electromagnetic field. This electromagnetic field has no other effect than total refraction of light.
Regardless of the wavelength, any light that enters this special electromagnetic field will be affected by the special magnetic field, causing it to refract and then bypass the object along the direction of the magnetic field. Just like water flowing over a duck's back, there is no reflection, diffuse reflection, or diffraction.
Scientists call this special electromagnetic field Invisibility Electromagnetic Field because light rays that penetrate into Invisibility Electromagnetic Field will travel around the field and then exit from the other end of the object in the same direction as the angle of incidence. Therefore, from the perspective of an optical Observer, the object is completely invisible.
The object is undetectable by any optical means; it is truly invisible.
However, it is obvious from a theoretical point of view that this invisibility can be detected by Gravity technology, such as Gravitational Wave Detector, but the required Gravitational Wave Detector must be very accurate. Tachyon, a special "particle", can also be used as a detector.
From this perspective, such an Invisibility Electromagnetic Field seems useless and indeed a waste of resources. After all, what Level 4 Civilization doesn't possess Tachyon Detection Technology? However, it's not entirely useless. For example, a warship equipped with electromagnetic field cloaking would be invincible to Level 4 Civilization. Without high-precision Gravitational Wave detection and Tachyon Detection, such a warship would be completely undetectable.
It can be said that if humans wanted to, they could easily create a detector with electromagnetic invisibility and hang it on the home planet of Level 3 Civilization to observe them without worrying about being discovered, unless by sheer luck it collided with a spacecraft in orbit during its operation.
The advantage of a higher -Tier 1 Civilization over a lower -Tier 1 Civilization is so absurd. Level 4 Civilization can easily crush a Level 3 Civilization with any technological creation, whether it's Strong Interaction Force Material or Invisibility Electromagnetic Field.
So, are there any other derivative technologies of Force Field Manipulation? Of course. After mastering the Grand Unified Theory, scientists have long since unified their thinking. They believe that Force Field Manipulation can also be used on warship shields, using the Grand Unified Theory as the basis for Force Field Manipulation to construct a Grand Unified Force Field.
Scientists call this shield, which currently only exists in the theoretical stage, Force Field Shield. If successful, it will become the main defensive shield for human warships in the future.
As for research into new weapons, humanity has naturally not lagged behind. In fact, many experts have been conducting research on new weapons since the Grand Unified Theory was first established.
Starting with the reverse approach of Force Field Manipulation Technology, experts immediately thought of Gravity Bomb. They believed that they could use Gravity Potential Well Technology to create a powerful bomb capable of causing force field disturbances. Indeed, it's obvious to anyone with a discerning eye that Gravity Bomb are weapons specifically designed to Force Field Shield.
The competition of contradictions continues even in space and interstellar space.
On the other hand, there is the application of Antimatter. Since Level 4 Civilization uses Antimatter as its core fuel, it must have the ability to produce Antimatter on a large scale. Therefore, humans cannot ignore Antimatter- related weapons.
The emergence of weapons such as Antimatter Bomb and Antimatter Warp Missile is a foregone conclusion.
In addition, some weapons experts who believe in brute Miracles Through Brute Force argue that the Electromagnetic Cannon, mastered by Level 3 Civilization, has significant room for improvement. They suggest using Level 4 Civilization technology to further upgrade it, changing its activation electromagnetic structure to Grand Unified Force Field, and then replacing the electromagnetic projectiles with Antimatter.
Even before the weapon was fully in the conceptual design stage, these weapon design experts, who believed in the power of brute Miracles Through Brute Force, claimed that it was a powerful weapon that combined the advantages of extreme kinetic energy impact and Antimatter destructive power.