Did the world end today?

Chapter 194 Higgs Factory

Two minutes later, they landed on the ship.

With only 43 minutes left in the countdown, Zhuque-1 had already begun its rapid descent towards the Martian surface at an extreme rate.

This is a completely reckless emergency landing method. With its current kinetic energy, it is impossible for it to "brake" and return to its orbit before being completely captured by Mars' gravity.

But nobody cared about it.

Because the plan has already been finalized.

The spaceship's only mission now is to deliver Lin Xu and the others to the Zhu Rong base.

Activate that accelerator and complete the test after the "seawater influx" at the last moment to determine whether this operation can truly bring about change to the world!

This will be a crucial test.

What surprised Lin Xu the most was that Jiang Xingye had actually prepared such a testing device for him on Mars in advance.

Higgs Factory.
Indeed, no equipment is more suitable for the final testing than this one.

With room-temperature superconducting technology already matured in the Starship era, this device can be extremely miniaturized based on plasma wakefield acceleration technology.

Although the accuracy has decreased,
If this is under the premise of a massive influx of "seawater" and drastic changes in the rules.
That's enough for me!

At this point, Zhuque-1 had already descended to its predetermined takeoff altitude.

Lin Xu gripped the handrail tightly. After a slight tremor, the landing craft detached from Zhuque-1 and began to plummet towards Mars with even more violent acceleration!

This is not the first time Lin Xu has experienced an "orbital drop".

But every time he sat on the landing ship, he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.

Are you sure there's no problem going at such a high speed?

Lin Xu asked Bai Mo.

Before he could answer, Qi Yuan, who was sitting next to him, chimed in:
"You're asking her? She's completely insane!"

"But it's okay, even if you die from the fall, you'll still have a chance next time!"

indeed!

But when did you learn to think like Bai Mo?
Lin Xu turned to look at Qi Yuan, whose face still held that "fearless" or "indifferent" expression.

Bai Mo, on the other hand, had a serious expression and was completely focused on operating the landing ship.

"Time is limited."

Bai Mo spoke up:
"We need to land directly on the outskirts of the Zhurong base."

"Hold on tight, I'll be quick!"

"understand!"

Lin Xu subconsciously tensed up, while at the same time, through remote communication, the progress of GOHEPA's preparations on Earth continued to be reported.

All the preliminary experimental procedures have been completed. Now they are just waiting for Lin Xu to arrive on the surface of Mars and enter the Zhurong Base so that they can start the "piping" experiment!

Looking down at the increasingly close Martian surface, and at the churning dust storms on its surface, Lin Xu couldn't help but frown.

Damn.

If it weren't for this sandstorm, even the landing operation would have been much simpler!
He looked away and turned to continue asking:
"How is the situation at the Zhurong base? Are they ready to activate the Higgs factory?"

"Preparing!"

Bai Mo answered without looking up:

"The progress has been transferred to your terminal, and you can check it at any time!"

"clear."

Lin Xu turned his gaze back to the smart eyepiece, and at that moment, a series of information flashed before his eyes.

"The superconducting magnets have cooled down, and all 1232 dipole magnets have reached an operating temperature of 1.9K."

"The positron source has been preheated and the beam test has passed."

"The collimator of beam transmission line BTL-4 needs to be recalibrated. Estimated completion time: 5 minutes."

"Self-test will begin in 5 minutes."

Each of these flashing messages represents a step closer to the start-up of the "Higgs factory".

The calculation is based on the scheduled time for readiness.
The factory will be ready to start up just as the landing ship lands!
So fast.

So agile.

"So Jiang Xingye had made preparations all along? She deployed a team of high-energy physicists at the Zhurong base in advance?"

"No."

Bai Mo remained intently focused on the control panel.

"Zhiyun is now in charge of all preparations and self-checks."

"There are only two actual operators in the Zhurong base."

"This is a highly automated particle collision system, which was completed shortly after the establishment of the Zhurong base."

"Jiang Gong's initial construction objective was to verify the possibility of building a high-energy particle accelerator in a space environment - it can be said that it was the predecessor of GOHEPA."

"However, after several experiments, we found that the cosmic environment on Mars is too complex and not suitable for such a particle accelerator to operate."

"In addition, this accelerator is not large in scale, with an energy level of only 250 GeV, so it has been idle for a long time."

"Until now."

At this point, Bai Mo let out a heavy sigh.

"Now I understand, it wasn't 'idled'."

"It's just waiting."

"It's waiting for us to discover the truth, waiting for the butterfly to arrive, before initiating the final test!"

"This is also part of the plan!"

"She's considered almost everything!"

Bai Mo's tone revealed an unprecedented and intense respect.

Lin Xu was also deeply shocked at this moment.

So, how exactly did Jiang Xingye spend those long and lonely 20 years?
Can she in this world still be as carefree as she was in her own world?
impossible.

Even in her own world, she wasn't carefree.

However, she never showed any negative emotions in front of me.

"Preparing to enter the deceleration phase!"

Bai Mo's voice suddenly rang out.

Immediately afterward, before Lin Xu could react, the enormous impact slammed him into the seat.

This deceleration process was more severe than any previous one.

Even though Lin Xu had adapted, he still couldn't help but faint for a moment.

In a daze, he seemed to see countless bright spots floating before his eyes.

At first, he thought those bright spots were stars.

But he soon realized
Those are particles drifting in outer space.

He reached out to touch it, but it was ice-cold to the touch. "Engineer Lin! Prepare to land!"

Qi Yuan's voice suddenly rang out, jolting Lin Xu awake.

At this point, the drag chute had fully deployed and the recoil engine had started.

With a tremendous roar, the landing craft pierced through the billowing dust and landed steadily on the Martian surface.

"Go down!"

At Bai Mo's command, the three of them immediately put on their spacesuits.

The landing craft's hatch opened, and at that moment, a Mars transport vehicle came to an abrupt stop near the landing craft.

Lin Xu jumped off the landing craft, stumbled and fell to the ground, but quickly got up again.

The staff member who got off the transport vehicle helped him up, then quickly ran to the transport vehicle, got on, closed the door, and did it all in one go.

"We will arrive at the base in 5 minutes."

"All preliminary preparations are complete."

"Self-inspection process completed 60%!"

The staff member's voice came through the earpiece. Lin Xu couldn't see the face under the helmet, so he simply turned his gaze away and looked at the information flowing on the smart goggles.

"Self-test sequence 1/20: Vacuum integrity verification, passed."

"Self-test sequence 2/20: Magnet excitation test, passed."

"Magnetic system passed."

"Self-test sequence 11/20: Particle injection system test, passed."

"Self-test sequence 12/20: Beam transmission line calibration, passed."

A series of self-inspection procedures continued. When everyone arrived at the front of the Zhurong base in the transport vehicle, Lin Xu finally realized just how big this base, which had been mentioned repeatedly but which he had never been to, really was.

Aressky compared to it.
It's like comparing a self-built house at the entrance of a village to the magnificent Forbidden City!
No wonder Shen Li mentioned that piece of information in his description when he first entered the world of the Starship Age.

"Establish an independent production and construction system that can realize the functions of building, launching, and recovering large spacecraft."

what does this mean?
This means that all the cycles were completed on Mars.

How could such a base be small?

The isolation door has been opened.

Once inside the base, Lin Xu didn't have time to look around much.

Following the staff, he went downhill and eventually entered the control room of the Higgs factory.

At this moment, there are only 8 minutes left in the countdown to the end of the world.

Based on previous experience, the high-dimensional channel in geosynchronous orbit will appear in two minutes.

"Self-check complete!"

The staff's voice sounded.

Lin Xu gave the order without hesitation:

"start up!"

He couldn't wait until GOHEPA on the other side of Earth successfully triggered a pipe burst before starting the Higgs plant.

Because what he wants to observe is not isolated events, but...
Variety.

Such low-energy accelerators are unlikely to yield any significant discoveries; the only way to confirm whether the "pattern" has changed is through change itself.

"Understood. System startup."

Upon receiving the response, the particle collider immediately began operating.

Lin Xu stared intently at the data.

Although he couldn't understand it, he could see the "outlier" marked on the terminal data graph.

"We will now begin measuring the generated cross-section."

A staff member nearby explained:
"We use the generation cross section to measure the probability of Higgs particle generation at different collision energies."

"Theoretically speaking, if your prediction is correct, the cross-section should change dramatically at the moment of 'seawater influx'."

"clear."

Lin Xu nodded slowly.

His heart was racing.

Countdown to 30 seconds.

Through the holographic projection on the wall, he saw that above the base in the cosmic sky, Suzaku-1 was falling with an unstoppable momentum.

Its rate of decline is too high.

It can no longer be pulled up.

Countdown to 5 seconds.

The cross-sectional data generated by the collider feedback remain unchanged.

0 seconds.

"GOHEPA activated!"

This is the last message from Earth.

Followed by.

Before Lin Xu's eyes, the abnormal data changed rapidly!
The staff member in front of him yanked off his helmet and pounced on the control panel.

"Seawater is rushing in."

"Rare decay. Looking at rare decay, the standard model predicts a branch ratio of 0.02%."

"Our data is 0.2%, which is ten times different!"

"It may decay into dark matter particles, but we cannot verify that!"

"It's ok."

Lin Xu patted him on the shoulder.

"That's enough."

"This information is sufficient."

at this time.

On the holographic projection, Zhuque-1 is disintegrating under the pull of gravity, with the flames and electricity of the explosion bursting out in the void of space.

In the distant reaches of space, Earth has been completely engulfed by a "fire" formed by a plasma storm.

but.

This fire brought about...
But it is a new beginning in physics!

The end of the world is fast approaching.

But this time, when Deimos was once again torn apart by unknowable gravity.

Everyone in the control room had a smile on their face.

(End of this chapter)