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"This unscientific!"

Su Wen said in surprise.

If he said it couldn't be penetrated, that would be fine. He could actually understand it.

After all, even if it is a ship-based weapon, he uses the mecha reactor to forcibly drive it, so it is normal for the power to be reduced.

It is impossible to really have the power of those 'large particle light spears' equipped on the capital ships.

But the high-energy particle jet with sub-light speed can't even break through the defense, and directly misses it. This is outrageous!

[Wait a minute, something is wrong. This machine has just performed a scan. Judging from the scanning results of the electron microscope, the armor structure on the surface of this unknown mechanical body seems to be very wrong. Its combination bond characteristics and atomic charge number do not conform to any type of all known elements...]

"Could it be a degenerate particle board?"

Su Wen said in shock.

The so-called degenerate state refers to a state in which particles with fermion characteristics are forcibly compressed in an extremely high-pressure environment, breaking the mutual exclusion characteristics, and more than a plurality of particles are compressed into the same quantum system.

In quantum physics, elementary particles are divided into two categories: fermions and bosons based on their spin direction and spin value.

If the spin value is an integer, it belongs to the latter, and if it is a half-integer, it belongs to the former.

Bosons have affinity, and these fundamental particles are often grouped together;

Fermions, on the other hand, are exactly the opposite; they repel each other.

Photons are bosons;

Neutrons, protons, electrons, and their antimatter particles are all fermions.

According to the Pauli Exclusion Principle, in a system composed of fermions, no fermions with a complex number or above will exist in the same quantum system.

This law leads to a huge gap between atomic nuclei, and there are no two atomic nuclei close together;

Similarly, the electrons surrounding the atomic nucleus are in different orbits, and there are not two electrons in the same orbit. This is also due to this.

but...

As I just said, rules can be broken.

Under extremely high pressure, the mutual repulsion effect between fermions cannot be maintained. At this time, the Pauli exclusion principle will fail, and the atomic distance between these basic particles will be compressed to an unimaginable level, forming A high-density substance in an extremely special state of 'compression adhesion'...

This is degenerate matter.

This kind of 'extreme high pressure' is often seen in the collapse of massive stars when they are dying.

When the star's life is approaching the end, due to the extreme attenuation of the fusion reaction, the temperature drops, causing the particle movement speed to drop sharply, making the star unable to support its own mass and collapse.

The instantaneous gravitational well may even overwhelm the strong interaction force that causes fermions to be mutually exclusive:

If the gravitational force during collapse is large enough to destroy the mutual repulsion between electrons, then a white dwarf star composed of degenerate electronic matter will be formed;

If the gravity is stronger and is strong enough to destroy the mutual repulsion between neutrons, then a neutron star composed of degenerate neutron matter will be formed.

Further up, it is naturally a black hole.

For super civilizations, degenerate matter is a good processing material.

They often build zero element forges on neutron stars to extract the degenerate neutron matter from the neutron star and process it into degenerate neutron plates, which are one of the best starship armor materials.

Compared with ordinary state matter, the density and mass of degenerate matter are increased thousands of times.

And once processed into armor materials, the defensive performance provided will be thousands of times greater.

but...

Although the 'Zero Element Forge' is a hugely expensive interstellar structure, its technological level is only at the T6 level.

Therefore, in Su Wen's view, the possibility of the Fei civilization mastering similar 'neutron star mining' technology is almost 100%.

Reflexively, he thought of this kind of ghost thing.

"Damn, it's not easy."

Su Wen thought a lot for a moment, and then felt a little numb:

Destroying degenerate matter cannot be achieved casually.

Presumably the human civilization in the Trisolaran world should have a deep understanding of this.

If this layer of armor on the giant mechanical ball is really a degenerate armor plate...

Then Su Wen was really at a loss as to what to do:

The best way to deal with this kind of thing is actually a force field weapon.

No matter how bad it is, it has to be a main ship axis gun level, super giant energy weapon.

But the problem is, he hasn't even built a destroyer yet!

Blue Star, which is deeply in the crisis of a catastrophe, is not qualified to talk about competing in the star sea.

So much so that Su Wen's technology tree was all focused on land warfare and production.

Naval development...

Can't say no.

It can only be said that it is slightly stronger than the Mongolian Navy.

Thinking of this, Su Wen felt a little helpless.

In the endless sea of ​​​​stars, there are probably not many civilized leaders and district governors who can be as knowledgeable as he is.

..

Su Wen was about to overthrow the established plan and re-determine the attack plan.

The system suddenly alarmed again:

[No, this is not degenerate matter - its density is unknown, but its mass does not conform to the properties of degenerate matter... Or it should be said, it has no mass at all! 】

"No...wait a minute, you said there's nothing?"

Just as Su Wen was about to answer, he was immediately confused.

——This is really unscientific.

No quality?

How can there be no quality.

It is true that there are things without quality...such as information.

But what was before him was some kind of physical substance, not an ethereal non-entity like information.

Besides, even information needs a carrier, such as electromagnetic waves.

The photons that make up electromagnetic waves also have mass.

Although as a boson, the photon's rest mass is zero and it only has non-zero dynamic mass.

But even if it is zero, at least it has this 'property', which is completely different from 'the absence of mass'.

Rather than like this strange thing in front of me...

[It...it's special. The particles that make it up have no characteristics in any sense, have no charge, no mass, and don't even spin - these strange unknown particles seem to completely contradict all basic laws, much like a kind of "strange matter" 'The Curiosities of the Universe.

But judging from the records in the main database, it is definitely not a strange substance, it is just somewhat similar - this machine means that it also 'does not conform to the basic laws of physics'. 】

The system seems very hesitant.

If it were a physical supercomputer, all the threads would be running and smoking at this moment.

[It is simply, simply like...]

"...Like it was imagined?"

Su Wen said subconsciously.

He also enlarged the microscopic power of the mecha's eyepiece and observed the strange armor material.

Under high-magnification focus, it can be clearly seen that the strange material that makes up the armor has some extremely special 'illusion' that seems to be incompatible with this normal world.

This does not mean pure transparency - although it is indeed somewhat transparent - but more of a sense of separation that is obviously "incompatible" with the real world.

"There is a feeling of 'things in the game world, running into the real world'... It is very distorted."

While Su Wen was looking at it, the giant mechanical ball was not idle either.

It seems to have heightened vigilance.

The armor arc and energy circuit on the surface are constantly changing, no longer supplying energy to the muzzle in the center.

Instead, it switched to a complete defense mode, and based on the armor, it opened a layer of shield just to cover itself.

The material of this shield is the same as that of the mysterious armor, giving it a rather distorted illusion.

The defensive performance was even more impressive, causing Su Wen to seize the opportunity to shoot two particle spears that instantly disappeared without a trace like a mud cow plunging into the sea.

[Your metaphor is very appropriate. It is indeed like an imaginary substance, an abnormal object that does not exist in the universe. This may be some kind of cosmic treasure that is not included in the main database and appears after some processing. out products. The work of the Fei people at the Omega Research Station is undoubtedly related to this. 】

Su Wen nodded slowly.

There was a trace of undetectable heat in his eyes.

Although there is a seemingly indestructible turtle shell in front of him.

But he was not discouraged.

in contrast.

Finally seeing the core secret hidden by the Fei people here, he couldn't help but feel a little excited...

Such a terrifying defensive power is simply unparalleled.

He has learned it personally.

At least...

It has to be T6 or even T7 level technology, right?

With this level of black technology in front of you, it would be a complete joke to say that you don’t want to take it into your pocket right away.

"Deploy reserves and completely surround it!"

Su Wen ordered.

Staring at the giant mechanical ball, the latter looked at him warily.

"Get rid of these four-legged robots, and then find a way to slowly build them up."