Chapter 520 Neutrino Detection (4000 Words)

Just like that, with the government's order, nearly 30,000 professional soldiers, or nearly half of the soldiers, participated in the military operation to capture the Chiyanjiao people.

They tumbled back and forth on large meteorites and searched on major planets... A large number of machines shuttled around, and the entire ruins belt had never been so lively before. Animals often jumped out, causing chaos.

There is strength in numbers. The soldiers did not find the real owner for a while, but found a group of more rare and tenacious underground life.

There are animals, insects, colonies, and plants...

If they had not witnessed it with their own eyes, biologists would never have thought that there are such tenacious lives in the world.

These strange lives basically move underground, are long and strip-shaped, and generally have the ability to use thermal differential energy. Under suitable environmental conditions, they grow very fast.

They do not have any special intelligence, but have a unique body structure and high-strength biological tissues, which are very beneficial to the research of nanodynamics and gene dynamics.

In particular... some plants and colonies are eye-opening for foodies! Not every creature is qualified to be studied, but most things can be eaten!

Every time you go to a strange planet, people try to collect something that can be "eaten". This habit seems to have become a strange culture of the new humans.

So much so that now there are more and more types of food in Noah, and there are all kinds of messes. Anyway, the digestive system and immune system of superhumans are very good, and they are all protein when cooked...

The new government has also specially opened up several large rooms to cultivate these alien life forms, and of course all kinds of safety work are done with all their heart and soul.

Ling is mainly responsible for the biological cultivation work in this area, and there are several graduate students who are tutoring on the side. In fact, she alone is enough.

As expected, a large black fungus was found in this ruins. It looks a bit like a mushroom, and it has become a top-notch hot pot ingredient!

According to research and practice, this large fungus is rich in amino acids, extremely rich in nutrients, and has no toxic substances. And it tastes very good. Adding it to the clear soup will form a delicious pot base like chicken soup, and it can also effectively avoid problems such as getting angry after eating too much hot pot.

Another example is the fruit of "Lilith". Each one is the size of a bullet. After drying, it tastes a bit like pistachio and is "crunchy" in the mouth.

This fruit has strong antioxidant properties. After research, people suddenly discovered that the reason why the Chiyanjiao people are so long-lived is because... they eat this nut for a long time!

This nut can prolong life? !

Yes, there is indeed a small amount of oxygen here, but large life generally does not need oxygen.

The oxidizing property of oxygen is toxic to them.

In fact, oxygen is also the same for humans. Life that breathes oxygen is generally shorter-lived, and the culprit is... oxygen.

It is not oxygen itself that directly kills cells, but a harmful substance called "oxygen free radicals" produced by it. This free radical can cause damage to the biological membrane system and oxidative phosphorylation disorders in cells. It is a direct participant in human disease, aging and death, and is very harmful to human health and longevity.

Some of the longevity technologies currently used by the new humans are based on research on free radicals. People have worked hard to develop a genetically modified bean that can provide a small amount of antioxidant capacity, but the effect is far inferior to "Lilith"!

After reaching this conclusion, scientists were all ecstatic... and frantically researched the large-scale cultivation of "Lilith".

Being able to live longer is of course a great thing! Besides, this nut tastes good.

However, some people are happy and some are worried.

Not finding a large number of Red Flame Horns is not a satisfying thing.

Dr. Rambo said very dissatisfiedly: "The number of Red Flame Horns is really too small. We have been looking for so long but have not found them. How long will it take for 10,000 people to reproduce? Isn't this a problem?"

"Even if cloning technology is used to speed up reproduction, the genetic diversity is too small. Inbreeding will definitely make people stupid."

"At first glance, they are not a species with particularly strong reproductive ability. If the population is too small, the value will be much lower!"

Yu Yifeng also nodded in agreement.

Therefore, finding a large number of Red Flame Horns has become the most urgent task of the Noah Society at present.

The new government has issued the search mission to various scientific research groups, asking everyone to participate and work together to find a solution.

Not to mention, in just two days, many "solutions" have really emerged.

Some people think that they can use the newly captured super life "toads" to search. This kind of life has extremely sensitive perception and a greedy appetite. It especially likes to prey on the Red Flame Horns. They can search hundreds of kilometers in a short period of time.

But these toads are still in a wild and untamable state, and it is impossible for them to obey the orders of the soldiers...

Some people have also applied to mobilize more people to search. For example, many "young people who love adventure." These curious explorers are estimated to number hundreds of thousands in total.

In the case of material abundance, the pursuit of spiritual abundance has become a great pleasure for the people of Noah. In addition to research and work, there are of course many other extracurricular activities, such as exploration, games, handicrafts, art, etc.

"Okay, what are you kidding?" Now is not the time for casual exploration. Yu Yifeng saw through their little trick at a glance and refused righteously.

Having said that, it is indeed impossible for tens of thousands of people plus a large number of robots to search a place larger than the earth in a short time. Thirty thousand people are distributed in such a huge ruins belt, not even the fur, even if hundreds of thousands of people are added, it will be the same.

It is difficult for satellites in the sky to find organic matter buried deep in the soil. Some large caves can be found, but the soldiers did not catch the Red Flame Horn after entering.

Day after day, Yu Yifeng's patience is slowly wearing out...

One day, he was roaring loudly in the office: "At most, it can only delay for half a month, not even one more day! You should also know that our immediate task is to transport Quinton's body and understand the truth of the whole war!"

"No one knows what disastrous consequences will happen if we delay for one more day!"

Facing the experts' suggestions, his tone was quite unfriendly.

In front of him stood a few biologists and sociologists with unhappy faces. They came to apply for... a work extension.

Seeing that the expected 45 days were about to arrive, and the reorganization of the mothership was about to be completed, people's search and capture operations did not yield any particularly large gains, which made them feel extremely embarrassed.

On the one hand, the performance of this group of Red Flame Horn people was indeed very good. Whether in terms of physical fitness, intelligence or cultural heritage, they were worthy of being a subordinate race.

On the other hand, people could not continue to search here endlessly.

"Half a month... at most half a month!"

Yu Yifeng emphasized again: "We can't waste time endlessly. What if there is really only one tribe of Chiyanjiao people in this ruins belt? Wouldn't it be a waste of effort?"

Seeing that the captain disagreed, the biologists hurriedly persuaded: "The life here has the habit of burying itself underground. In a dormant state, they will not come out for years."

"And we can't directly use explosives to blow the ground upside down... The scope of our current search is only 2.3% of the entire ruins belt. It's normal that we haven't found it!"

"In theory, there can't be only one tribe in one place. As long as there is enough time to search..."

Another expert took over and said: "I'm thinking, can we use nuclear bombs to create a batch of earthquakes to scare them out?"

Yu Yifeng frowned. He didn't know what to say when he heard this bad idea. If it really doesn't work, he can only try it reluctantly.

At this time, the communicator on his body rang. When he opened it, he saw that it was the military calling.

He didn't dare to neglect it and quickly answered it.

"Report to the captain, I am from the 7th squadron of the 2nd battalion. We encountered a tribe of... about 1,000 people of the Red Flame Horns! A fierce battle broke out!"

A soldier's voice came from the other side, with a hint of joy.

"The Red Flame Horns were captured!"

Yu Yifeng was shocked and quickly connected to the relevant satellite signal.

From the video, we can see that the war between the indigenous people and the interstellar civilization is almost coming to an end.

This group of Red Flame Horns lived in a deep cave, and there were several sentinels. Facing the invasion of the enemy, they crawled out of the sand one by one, and after waking up, they began to charge fearlessly.

However, facing the fully armed army, they had no room for resistance and were quickly captured.

"It's really fierce!"

"Yes, the Red Flame Horns are actually at the top of the food chain, and it's normal for them to have a small number." Several biologists were amazed.

The discovery of this small tribe also made the office lively.

With the first harvest, they also had more confidence: "Captain, can we postpone it for a while? There are still people here..."

"Yes, Captain."

Yu Yifeng frowned and didn't say anything. In fact, he was also quite embarrassed.

He always felt that delaying here was not a good thing. He even felt a little disgusted. It took more than ten days to capture a thousand people. It was not enough to fill the gaps between teeth. This efficiency was still too low.

At this moment, a flash of inspiration came to his mind. He suddenly thought of a report he saw a few days ago. He picked up the communicator again and made a call.

At the same time, he said to the group of biologists: "The High Energy Physics Laboratory is debugging a new detection equipment. It has taken several years. It is said that it will be completed in the near future."

"I will ask for you if this equipment is ready. If this thing can be used, the Chiyanjiao people hiding underground will be found soon!"

Physicists have long been studying a new generation of detection technology... that is neutrino detection!

This technology has been developed in secret. Because of its high difficulty, it has not been completely completed, so it has not been fully disclosed.

Neutrino directional communication technology has long been completed by the new humans, but neutrino detection is much more difficult than neutrino directional communication, and requires larger and more complex instruments.

In the final analysis, it is still because of its small mass and lack of charge, and its interaction with other particles is very weak, so it is difficult to detect its existence. If even detection is difficult, let alone making neutrino "imaging".

"Hey, how did you know? It will be completed in two days! But I declare in advance that this machine is just for trial use and there is no guarantee that it can be found!" The final answer came from the other end of the phone, it was the voice of Professor Ding Yidong.

Suddenly, these biologists breathed a sigh of relief.

...

Two days passed quickly, and more than a hundred government officials and military personnel including Yu Yifeng hurried to a large instrument of ten kilometers.

The structure of this big guy is extremely complex and its size is amazing. In addition to the ten kilometers of the main body, it is also connected to the nuclear reactor and large hadron collider inside. The whole thing is a complete neutrino detection device.

Yu Yifeng finally understood why the bigger the spacecraft is, the more awesome it is, because the instruments and equipment inside are getting bigger and bigger... The space occupied by the instruments is far larger than people's living space.

In theory, neutrino detection technology can fully detect the overall situation of the underground, whether it is one hundred kilometers, one thousand kilometers or ten thousand kilometers, it can basically be seen at a glance like X-rays.

"But there are too many things underground, and it is not easy to distinguish all the images superimposed together... Many things must be ignored. How about we only look for the thickness of one kilometer on the surface?"

"Okay, let's do this for now."

Several experts including Ding Yidong are confirming the final parameters.

"These Chiyanjiao people have special scales on their bodies, and the scales contain metal elements, so we specially debugged certain frequency bands to focus on detecting these scales."

"Ordinary organic matter is actually difficult to detect..."

Yu Yifeng is watching the specific instructions of this device.

Due to power constraints, this device cannot detect the entire planet at once, but can only explore part by part.

"The neutrino beam is the decay product of secondary particles, and it cannot be directly produced by the primary beam. In order to increase its intensity, a special focusing device is required."

And this neutrino detection device, a large number of neutrinos are collected from nuclear reactors, and then emitted to the rated area like a radar.

"Let's get started." Yu Yifeng said impatiently after seeing the debugging work completed.

The current instruments have an increasing amount of engineering work, and it is no longer something that can be completed overnight by a scientist. The huge hadron collider has become a component. It is not too much to spend more than ten years on such a highly complex thing.

This also makes people sigh that the difficulty of the technology tree has risen sharply.

There is a new cute master again, thanks to the book friend "a potato flower"!

So today's noon is a two-in-one chapter, and it will be updated as usual in the evening.