However, this also confirms that Basic Energy matter only when arranged in a certain structure; if this structure is destroyed, energy no longer constitutes matter.
"The second test begins."
The magnetic field lines slowly penetrated into the second quark again. This time, the magnetic field lines changed their angle of invasion, penetrating from the edge of the quark. The Basic Energy bubbles that make up the quark boiled up again and disappeared into the surrounding space. The second experiment failed.
"The third test begins."
fail.
"The fourth test begins."
Failure. Failure. Failure. Still failure.
"The 5,178th test begins."
fail.
A month had passed without a single success. No matter how precisely they controlled the energy bubbles of the magnetic field lines, they would eventually cause the Basic Energy that constituted matter to disintegrate, making it impossible to obtain a pure energy body. Academician Liu stopped and quietly pondered the reasons for the failure. Such a number of failures was nothing to them; every scientific advancement was the result of countless failures.
" Academician Zeng, am I wrong?" Academician Liu Bo asked.
"Don't be discouraged. Let's think about it carefully. There must be something wrong somewhere," Academician Zeng encouraged.
"I also feel that I did nothing wrong, but where exactly did things go wrong?"
"I'll try again." Academician Liu seemed to have thought of something.
"The 5,179th test begins."
" The Magnetic Field Line Scalpel is ready. We can begin."
"Go deeper."
The magnetic field lines, Basic Energy bubbles, slowly squeezed into the spaces between the middle energy bubbles.
"Stop!" Academician Liu suddenly shouted.
The electric field was turned off, the magnetic field lines disappeared, but the quarks were still quarks, and nothing had changed. Everyone looked at Academician Liu with puzzled expressions.
"Shall we continue, Academician Liu?"
"No, wait a minute."
One minute, two minutes, three minutes... On the screen, the quarks seemed to begin to change. The Basic Energy bubbles that make up the quarks slowly undulated. As the image shrank, the original quarks disappeared, replaced by a nearly transparent mass of energy. The material structure vanished.
"Just as I thought." Academician Liu wiped the sweat from his forehead and gave a simple, honest smile.
" Academician Liu, tell us quickly, why is it like this?" Everyone beamed with joy upon seeing the energy entity, but what they really wanted to know was why they had failed before but succeeded this time.
"Do you see this cup?" Academician Liu asked with a smile.
What's wrong with the cup?
"If we fill this glass to the brim with water, to the very top, on the verge of spilling, and then add ink, the water will definitely overflow. But if we slowly drip in a single drop of ink, it's possible that it won't overflow. Converting matter into energy is simply turning a glass of clear water into a glass of black water; a single drop of ink is enough. Our previous operation was an overfilling of ink, which inevitably caused the water in the glass to overflow."
"Also, I just thought of a term. I call this structure, where Basic Space is composed of Basic Energy, and Basic Energy is composed of Basic Matter, a Perfect Structure. This structure is born from the operation of the universe's rules. Changing this Perfect Structure doesn't require much, just a little bit more, and they will no longer be Perfect Structure. They will no longer appear as matter and energy, but as pure energy bodies, pure space structures. That's why I stopped injecting the energy bubble of the magnetic field lines. The rules will naturally complete the rest for us."
"Good, good, excellent, excellent! You've surpassed me. Now I can retire to the second line with peace of mind," Academician Zeng with a gratified smile.
"Academician, you mustn't think like that. How could we manage without you?"
"Haha, the next step is mass production. Keep up the good work, I believe you can do it. I'm going to give the general some good news first. Haha!" Academician Zeng laughed as he walked out of the laboratory. With these rising stars, the fleet's future will surely be even stronger.
From laboratory to mass production, with the technological level of Star System-Level Civilization, it can be completed within a month. There are countless talents here to optimize the design of the experiment so that the new technology can be put into application as soon as possible. What the fleet lacks is not applied science and technology talents, but basic theoretical science and technology talents.
The formulation of every theory requires the painstaking efforts of countless scientists and a one-in-a-million stroke of inspiration, while technological progress, given sufficient resources for experimentation by the fleet, will surely lead to the discovery of the optimal solution.
Two months later, Hu Yu looked at the huge, semi-transparent sphere with a diameter of ten meters floating in the air and marveled at the incredible power of technology. He was also impressed by the unparalleled skill of these scientists, who could even create a physical energy sphere.
" Academician Zeng, how powerful would this thing be if it exploded?"
"General, what about the energy from the matter-antimatter annihilation?" Academician Zeng asked with a smile.
"Although the energy of matter-antimatter annihilation may seem somewhat outdated now, it is still very powerful."
"The antimatter we store now exists in atomic structure, not simply antiprotons and antielectrons. Atomic structure is more stable and easier to store. We know that atoms are very empty spaces. If we compare the size of an atom to the Earth, its nucleus is only the size of a Wind Master, and the electron is like a baseball. These two small things make up an atom the size of the Earth. Now our energy body is different; it fills the entire space of the Earth. How powerful do you think it is?"
"That's a difference of four or five orders of magnitude, isn't it?"
"Indeed, this thing is tens of thousands of times more powerful than antimatter for the same volume. Moreover, it doesn't require matter to annihilate it; it explodes at the slightest touch. But rest assured, General, we've optimized its structure extensively, finding the most stable structural state. Now, even if a nuclear bomb explodes next to it, it won't trigger a chain reaction; it will simply dissipate peacefully. However, once we activate electromagnetic waves at a specific frequency, vibrating the strings within this energy sphere, it transforms into a sphere of death, powerful enough to pulverize the Earth—pulverize it, not simply destroy it."
"Alright, alright, start production immediately. Each Wind Master will carry a few. Let's see if that Xuan Star Civilization can hold out."
"This..."
"What's wrong, Academician Zeng? It's not ready for practical application yet?"
"No, it's just that it's very difficult to produce. These are all particle-level operations. Although this energy sphere's structure isn't very dense, it contains a staggering 100 million tons of matter."
"One hundred million tons? Why doesn't it look that heavy?"
"We broke its material structure; gravity and attraction disappeared, so it is now almost massless."
"I see. It's only 100 million tons, and you've completed the conversion in such a short time. That's truly remarkable."
"We have now found a macroscopic operating method. We only need to purify the material slightly to carry out the process in large quantities on a macroscopic scale. If we rely entirely on a microscopic approach, we wouldn't be able to convert even a single gram, let alone 100 million tons, in two months."
"Purification, is that right? I do have a relatively pure substance. What's the maximum amount of matter you can manipulate simultaneously?"
There is no upper limit.
"Really? Academician Zeng, what do you think of the purity of stars?"