Wandering planet that will travel

The only luck is that in order to lock down human technology, sophons must move at a speed close to the speed of light, and at the same time interfere with the experimental results of multiple high-energy accelerators on the earth.

Because of this, the wandering earth has the opportunity to recognize it. As long as a certain proton is locked and moves around the earth at close to the speed of light all the time, it can basically be determined to be a sophon.

However, it is not enough to just identify the sophon, how to destroy it is the real problem.

Proton is already the basic structure of matter, and it is fundamentally different from general macro matter. It can be crushed, but it cannot be eliminated.

In fact, when a sophon is broken into several parts, several sophons are produced, and there is still a strong quantum connection between them, just like cutting one magnet, but getting two magnets.

Although the function of each fragmented sophon will be much lower than that of the original whole particle, under the command of the restoration software, the fragments can quickly move closer together and recombine into a sophon that is exactly the same as before the impact.

Such a situation happens in every high-energy impact experiment, and the way of sophons interfering with the experiment is to replace the target particle to accept the impact.

The whole repair process is done after the impact, after fragmented sophons show erroneous results in high-energy accelerator bubble chambers or on latex photosensitive sheets, in a millionth of a second.

In other words, it is not feasible to destroy sophons by conventional means. Only by using antimatter annihilation, or the singularity created by dark matter, can we destroy sophons.

The first choice is of course antimatter, and the technology of dark matter is not perfect yet.In theory, only one antihydrogen atom is needed to annihilate the entire sophon, which is worse than water droplets.

Unfortunately, how to hit it accurately has become a big problem again.

As mentioned above, the sophon moves at close to the speed of light all the time and changes direction freely. If it finds an antihydrogen atom on its path, it will definitely not bump into it obediently.

In addition, antimatter is extremely unstable and can hardly exist in nature. Once it leaves a specific container, it will be annihilated within 0.1 second.

Therefore, antimatter cannot be poured out like water, otherwise it will be completely annihilated before it touches the sophons. There is no absolute vacuum where no matter exists in the natural environment, so the antimatter out of the container cannot exist for a long time anyway.

"Well, I have a plan." Hank Pym suggested:

"Protons are positively charged. Even if they become sophons, their electrical properties will not change. We can use a strong electromagnetic field to capture and imprison them, and then we have the final say on how to deal with them."

Zhang Bin, dean of the Central Academy of Sciences, shook his head and said: "We thought of this very early on, but how to arrange this strong electromagnetic field is a big problem."

"Ideally, we would create an electromagnetic field strong enough to cover the entire Earth. Then we would narrow the range of the magnetic field step by step to ensure that all sophons on Earth would be wiped out."

"But we must take into account that our every move on the earth is under the supervision of sophons. Once we find out that we are trying to create such a magnetic field, sophons will not sit still. It is very likely that the moment we activate the strong electromagnetic field, sophons It has already escaped the capture range, and finally let us draw water from the bamboo basket in vain."

Sophon itself is also a highly developed super artificial intelligence with a certain ability of independent thinking. Although it does not understand people's hearts, its scientific observation ability is definitely no problem.

No matter how you think about it, the huge project of trying to create a strong electromagnetic field covering the entire earth must not be able to hide from Sophon's eyes.

"This is beyond my ability." Hank Pym said helplessly.

"Is there a way to change the way of thinking." Luo Feng asked, "Instead of using a strong electromagnetic field to capture sophons, but to drive them out?"

If Sophon can be driven away, the result will be quite good.

Zhang Bin still said worriedly: "It is undeniable that this can indeed expel the Sophon in a short time, but it is really hard to say whether it can keep it out forever."

"why?"

Zhang Bin replied: "Protons are positively charged, which is certain. But the problem of electricity is not so difficult to solve. The simplest thing is that sophons only need to absorb some electrons to neutralize their own positive charges. Then it can pass through strong electromagnetic fields without being charged."

"It may not be easy to find the right matching electron, and it takes a little time for the sophon to complete this work. But it is not realistic to expect a strong electromagnetic field to keep the sophon out or keep it inside. The sophon It has a fairly high intelligence itself, and it can always find the right electrons to smuggle in, but we have no way to find a second way to trap it so quickly."

Qiao Lv was listening all the time, and he didn't expect that after being able to identify Sophon, there would be so many troubles.

The strong electromagnetic field can only block or imprison the sophon for a period of time. Only by destroying it can we avoid long nights and dreams.

But further discussion, there are infinitely many problems.

Even if there are Pym particles that can be shrunk down to the subatomic level, how to catch up with sophons that are close to the speed of light after shrinking is not an easy task.

The most troublesome thing is that Sophon always holds the initiative in intelligence, and it is difficult to escape its surveillance if he wants to do anything.

Suddenly, Qiao Li asked as if thinking of something:

"Is the wandering earth exposed to Sophon's vision?"

Zhang Bin displayed a holographic image of the solar system on the conference table, and pointed to several red dots moving at high speed on it and said:

"The five red dots above are the sophons identified so far. Three are orbiting the earth, one is staying in the orbit of Jupiter, and the other is constantly wandering outside the shield. I think sophons have not yet entered the shield without being discovered. World Sky Screen’s approach, so we can only hover around and wait for an opportunity.”

In other words, the Wandering Earth has not been fully exposed, just to let Sophon know that there is definitely a problem here.

Perhaps it is also looking for a way to maintain a concealed state and enter the world-shielding sky shield, just like Zhang Bin said, using electrons to neutralize charges to pass through strong electromagnetic fields.

The only good thing is that the world-shielding sky screen is a black technology left by the ancient Cybertron civilization. Even the humans on the wandering earth have not yet understood the principle, and it will not be as easy to crack as a strong electromagnetic field.

Chapter 653 Reasons I Can't Refuse

Qiao Li thought further and said, "If we can lure Sophon to the wandering earth, is it possible to trap him through the world-shielding sky screen?"

"You mean, let's temporarily close the world-shielding sky screen?"

Luo Feng immediately realized that if the Wandering Earth took the initiative to expose it, it would indeed be possible to attract Sophon.

But Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "Let's not talk about what kind of risks we have to take, how to ensure that all five sophons in the solar system are attracted? If we want to monitor the wandering earth, a maximum of three sophons is enough, it is impossible Catch all five at once."

"On the other hand, the speed at which the world-shielding sky screen unfolds is not fast enough. It is not a pure magnetic field, but a certain kind of energy force field. The strong electromagnetic field can capture sophons because electromagnetic waves can travel at the speed of light, but sophons can only Only when the motion is close to the speed of light can the speed be sufficient to trap the sophon, which is beyond the reach of the world-shielding sky screen."

The Central Academy of Sciences has considered various plans, and the plan proposed by Qiao Li has of course been proposed by a team of scientists.

"However, there are no alternatives."

After denying Qiao Lv's plan, Zhang Bin changed the subject again:

"On the wandering earth, it is indeed possible for us to quickly create a strong electromagnetic field covering the entire earth. The planetary engine is not only an earth engine, but also a huge heavy nuclear fusion power plant, so if we transform [-] planetary engines, they will If it is transformed into an electromagnetic transmission tower, it is possible to realize a strong electromagnetic field around the earth."

So far, the planetary engine has been magically changed again and again, just like the former Type 59 tank.

However, this also shows from the side that the purpose of the planetary engine is not just to push the earth forward, and I don't know how many magic changes can be made in the future.

"And we can also use the fire seed source to complete this task. We only need to prepare the design drawings in advance, and then use the fire seed energy to make the [-] planetary engines complete the transformation in an instant after the sophon is hooked. It can indeed achieve unexpected results. "

This solution really sounds more reliable than relying on the world-shielding sky screen. After all, the world-shielding sky screen is not a human technology, and there is no way to fully understand its performance. The strong electromagnetic field is completely controlled by humans, and everything can be controlled to the greatest extent. among.

Just when everyone thought it might work, Zhang Bin poured cold water on it again:

"Now let's go back to the original question, how to ensure that five sophons can wander on the earth at the same time? According to common sense, this is impossible. The Trisolaran civilization would not do such a stupid thing, and sophons themselves should able to identify risks.”

Technical problems have been solved, but strategic problems still exist.

Although the successful capture of three sophons can be regarded as an unprecedented victory for human beings, there is no way to solve the remaining two sophons.

Moreover, this has to be achieved at the expense of actively exposing the Wandering Earth. If the Trisolaran civilization cannot be completely blinded, then the advantage of the Wandering Earth being in the dark will disappear, and the consequences will be disastrous.

Only when all five sophons are wiped out is a complete victory, and the loss of intelligence can be minimized as much as possible.