The concept of antimatter is extended from matter.
Matter is made up of elementary particles, while antimatter is made up of antiparticles. The two exist in opposition to each other.
When matter and antimatter meet, an annihilation reaction occurs, releasing high-energy photons or gamma rays.
In Ruan Shiqing's original world, the existence of antimatter had long been confirmed. At first, researchers captured a small amount of antimatter from cosmic rays. Later, as research deepened and generations of accumulation progressed, antimatter was gradually put into practical use.
Scientists have also developed mature technology that can convert matter into antimatter through mirror transformation in colliders.
Just a few years before Ruan Shiqing suddenly traveled to this world, some scholars even proposed a hypothesis - there may have been two completely different worlds in this universe. One is the world they are in now, which is composed of matter, or positive matter; and the other is composed entirely of antimatter.
The Big Bang of the universe was most likely caused by the encounter and annihilation of the world made up of positive matter and the world made up of antimatter, which led to the explosion.
After the explosion, matter and antimatter dispersed separately, and in billions of years of evolution, each formed a new world, waiting for the next meeting.
Now, Ruan Shiqing found a small amount of antimatter in the bodies of the Zerg. This situation is not an isolated case, but a common one. It reminds him of this unconfirmed conjecture - these Zerg may have passed through a place full of antimatter when they went to B3024. Due to the special nature of the Zerg, a small amount of antimatter is preserved in their bodies.
He came to Rong Heng, just to ask him to take him to find the places where the Zerg might have passed by, and to find the places where these antimatter exist.
The method of converting matter into antimatter through mirror conversion in a collider is the result of the efforts of generations of researchers in his original world. Given the current level of the Galactic Empire, it is nothing short of a fantasy to try to produce antimatter on its own.
Therefore, since he came to this world, he has never thought about antimatter.
But now the situation is different. If there really is a place full of antimatter, he can capture and store the antimatter to support his own experiments and research.
Whether it is an antimatter reactor or an antimatter engine, its power is incomparable to ordinary nuclear fusion energy.
If the experiment is successful, the entire Galactic Empire may usher in a change.
Ruan Shiqing was filled with excitement, and looked at Rong Heng with bright and burning eyes: "I would like to ask you to take me along the path that the Zerg took to come to planet B3024, and try to see if I can detect the existence of antimatter."
When we first went to blow up the wormhole, it was Rong who went with Dareth, as he was most familiar with the route.
However, looking at his serious attire, Ruan Shiqing was still worried that he had something else to do but couldn't refuse him, so he added: "It doesn't matter if he has an important date. I can ask Dares for help."
"It's okay, I'll take you there."
After trying to listen for a while but still not understanding what antimatter was, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince finally caught a sentence he could understand from the pile of professional terms and quickly spoke.
He did have a date today, but the person he wanted to date was Ruan Shiqing.
He had no experience in pursuing people, so he could only recall the tips on how to get rid of being single that Mellor taught to the single captains when he was bored. He decided to proceed step by step and start by asking Ruan Shiqing out for dinner.
—Although star b3024 is remote and backward, there are still two decent restaurants in the inner city. He originally planned to invite Ruan Shiqing and the kids to dinner under the pretext of returning a gift.
But now, this should be considered a date in disguise, right
And there were only two of them.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought uncertainly.
Seeing that he agreed, Ruan Shiqing smiled. He put away a pile of information and said happily, "How about we set off in the afternoon? I'll tell 09 to take good care of the cubs."
He really couldn't wait any longer.
"No problem." Rong Heng pursed his lips: "Then I'll go get ready and come back."
After the two made an agreement, they went their separate ways.
Ruan Shiqing had to explain to 09 what to do after he left, and also had to go get the detection equipment; while Rong Heng went back to the room... to change clothes.
Today he was dressed up solemnly. In fact, he would only wear formal clothes for military banquets, which was not convenient for daily combat. He quickly changed into a simple black combat uniform and combed his long hair that had been styled with hair wax, which would make him more comfortable.
When Ruan Shiqing met him again, he saw the same Rong Xianyi as usual.
He laughed, and as he followed the other person onto the Glory and fastened his seat belt, he couldn't help but ask from the side: "Has anyone ever told you that you have a kind of aura that keeps people at a distance? The way you were dressed just now made people feel very strange, and very..." He searched for appropriate adjectives: "... very distant, I almost didn't dare to call you."
It reminded him of their first meeting deep in the garbage dump.
After becoming familiar with him, he rarely felt that sense of aggression from him, but just now, he seemed to see the indifferent soldier again.
Rong Heng was puzzled. He pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "Don't you like it?"
That was the look he came up with after thinking about it for a long time.
"I can't say I don't like it." Ruan Shiqing laughed, "I just feel that kind of distance is very far away, a bit like the nobles who are high above and hard to approach."
"So you want me to be more approachable?" Rong Heng tried to understand what he said.
"It's not hope. I'm very approachable now." Ruan Shiqing smiled at him: "Otherwise we wouldn't be friends."
Having known each other for such a long time, he actually vaguely guessed that the other party's military rank and status might be quite high. After all, a man who could mobilize the elite troops on the front line and borrow planetary weapons from Barham could not be an ordinary officer with no name.
Considering the other party's occasional mention of his complicated family and his strict requirements for Snowball, he guessed that the other party was most likely from a prominent family.
Perhaps what he just saw was his true appearance.
Noble, cold, and unapproachable.
But he was unwilling to reveal it, so Ruan Shiqing did not pursue it further.
He smiled and passed over the subject.
However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still upset that his outfit was not recognized. It seemed that he would need to look up some popular dressing guides when he returned.
Not only handsome, but also approachable.
Rong Guang left planet B3024 and headed towards the vast universe.
In order to avoid missing any place as much as possible, Rong Heng sailed along the Zerg's trajectory.
Ruan Shiqing was concentrating on tinkering with the makeshift detector.
The sensor at the end of the detector has been placed outside the shuttle, and he is now closely monitoring the changes in the data coming back.
But after sailing for two days and two nights, and passing through dozens of destroyed wormholes, the data sent back by the detector did not change at all. Ruan Shiqing also gradually became discouraged from being full of expectations at the beginning.
After ruling out another wormhole, Ruan Shiqing pushed and turned off the detector's virtual screen and sighed, "I was too optimistic. We have almost found it. If we can't find it, we can just return."
The existence of a space filled with antimatter was originally just a guess, and it is normal that the guess is not valid now.
But even though he thought so, he still couldn't hide his disappointment.
It looks listless, just like a sapling that wilts due to lack of water.
Rong Heng glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and thought to himself.
"According to the star map, there are three more wormholes ahead, and maybe they are just behind. If we don't search carefully enough, we can detect them again on the way back."
"I have been driving for two consecutive days and nights."
Although they could turn on the autopilot to take a break, their route was too complicated and varied, so Rong Xian was still in charge of driving most of the time. He couldn't share the pressure for him because he had to pay attention to the data.
Ruan Shiqing hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head: "Let's go back after we find the remaining three."
Rong Heng said "hmm" and took him to search the remaining three wormholes.
As expected, nothing was found.
Ruan Shiqing had been mentally prepared, so he was not too disappointed this time. He smiled casually and said, "I'll take over for you from now on. You can have a good rest."
"No need." Rong Heng rejected his suggestion, looked at him seriously and said, "Let's look for it again."
Ruan Shiqing wanted to say something else, but he heard him say, "If you don't confirm it again, even if you go back, you will still worry about it, right? Instead of that, why don't you confirm it carefully again, and go back only if you really can't find it, so that you can feel at ease."
"But you..." Ruan Shiqing looked hesitant.
"It's just two days. It's not too tiring for me." Rong Heng smiled at him, his dark golden eyes narrowed, and he looked quite energetic indeed.
Ruan Shiqing finally couldn't resist his temptation and nodded.
The two returned along the original route. Ruan Shiqing re-adjusted the detector and continued to analyze the data.
Another day and night passed, and when the shuttle passed through a semi-collapsed wormhole, the stable line on the detector suddenly jumped higher. Ruan Shiqing opened his eyes wide and even raised the end of his voice: "Found it!"
He stared at the detector and repeated twice: "Found it!"
"Did you really find it?" Rong Heng looked surprised.
"Yes, a large number of high-energy photons and gamma rays were detected near the wormhole. They are most likely the remnants of the annihilation reaction."
He suddenly leaned forward and hugged Rong Heng, his tone full of uncontrollable excitement and excitement: "Thank you, it's thanks to you that I didn't give up."
All the excitement and enthusiasm turned into a big hug.
Rong Heng froze, hesitated, and hugged him back, his ears burning: "No, you're welcome."