Did the world end today?

Chapter 310 Blowing Up a Star

boss?

Lin Xu hadn't heard that title in a long time.

However, in reality, only Xu Jin ever called him that.

After being apart for more than half a year, when he saw Xu Jin again, he still used the familiar form of address.

This gave Lin Xu a strange sense of "closeness".

He had been worried that his meeting with Xu Jin might turn into a reunion of "Brother Xun and Runtu".

It seems that this was completely untrue!

Also.

No matter how high one's position or how special one's identity, to someone as simple-minded as Xu Jin, one will always be his boss.

I will always be the boss who developed PEEK materials with him, sent Xinglv-1 into space with him, and fought alongside him in the chemical fiber factory.

Is a few months a long time?
He probably doesn't have any senses at all.
Thinking of this, Lin Xu stepped forward and asked in a slightly teasing tone:
"What did you blow up?"

A hint of embarrassment flickered in Xu Jin's exposed eye. He seemed to want to smile to ease his awkwardness, but the movement of his facial muscles aggravated the pain in his wound, causing his smile to turn into a grimace.

"I...I didn't...I didn't cause any trouble."

"Boss, I really didn't mean it, but I've made a very important discovery: I received your message."

"Slow down, slow down."

Lin Xu reached out and pressed down, signaling Xu Jin not to rush.

The latter took a deep breath and sat back down in the chair, then, trying his best to suppress his slightly agitated emotions, said, word by word:

"Boss, I received your message."

“I know what you’re looking for; you want a method for manufacturing CKC crystals.”

“I studied the materials you provided earlier, but I found that it is impossible to manufacture such materials with our current level of technology.”

"Not only can it not be manufactured, but we can't even get close to it because the conditions it requires are too stringent. It's like a dead end that we simply can't cross."

Xu Jin's speech became faster and faster, leaving those around him completely confused, but Lin Xu keenly grasped his meaning.

He said a lot of things, but he only wanted to express one meaning.

That is, under current technological conditions, it is impossible to manufacture the CKC crystal proposed by Lin Xu, no matter what method is used.
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No, can you tell me something I don't know?

If this thing were so easy to manufacture, why would I be here looking for you?

Lin Xu listened patiently to Xu Jin's account until Xu Jin realized something was amiss and stopped, at which point he spoke:
"We already know these conclusions."

"It is indeed impossible for us to manufacture CKC crystals through conventional means. Even if we could, it would require an extremely long period of technological development."

"So that's why I wanted to meet with you."

"I'd like to see if you have any thoughts on this issue."

"Have!"

Xu Jin stood up again.

"Boss! I have an idea!"

"We can't manufacture CKC crystals using safe and standard methods, but we can certainly use some extreme methods to recreate the singularity in this universe!"

"This is a very simple example: laser bombardment can induce a martensitic phase transformation, and diamond can undergo a graphitization reversal under high pressure."

"The main component of CKC material is the topological insulator matrix, which is not difficult for us at all. The fabrication of the nanocavity array is also not a big problem. The only problem is the fabrication of the singularity."

"In short, we don't necessarily need to create a singularity within the CKC crystal."

“We can wrap CKC material outside the singularity.”

Ok? !

Xu Jin's words were quite incoherent, but Lin Xu grasped his meaning in an instant.

Instead of creating a singularity inside the matrix, the matrix material is wrapped around the singularity.

This is indeed a rather unconventional idea.

Although it doesn't seem to avoid the question of "how to create a singularity," many problems that were originally unsolvable become relatively simple after the order is reversed.

For example, the equipment and environments that create singularities can become more extreme.

"Keep talking!"

Lin Xu nodded and began to speak, and Xu Jin immediately picked up where he left off and continued.

"At our current energy level, it is impossible for us to create the ConiFold singularity. The rules of this world do not allow us to do so. We can only use higher-dimensional channels."

"Perhaps we can find that stable fragment containing the singularity within different fragments of time."

Enlightenment.

At this moment, Lin Xu suddenly realized that he had missed a lot of information when he entered the bracelet world.

For example, where did the first CKC crystal come from?

At that time, I was focused on limiter technology and the information output of the second cycle, and my brain's memory was almost full, so there was no space to pursue the answer to this question.

He only remembered Jiang Xingye saying that it was not difficult to create similar CKC crystal materials in the world of Destiny Stone.

How could it not be difficult?
There is only one answer.
It itself has the potential to appear randomly due to a series of experiments.

Thinking of this, Lin Xu immediately turned on the security device.

Then, he made a phone call to Zhang Liming and immediately asked:
"Theoretically speaking, is it possible that the time fragments formed by particle collisions due to higher dimensions could contain macroscopic structures that encapsulate the ConiFold singularity?"

"Huh?" Zhang Liming, who was on the other end of the line, was taken aback by his question.

After a few seconds of pause, he answered:

"Nobody can say for sure about this."

“I have read your report, but it has flaws. The ConiFold singularity is essentially a purely mathematical concept, and most theories, except for string gas theory, believe that it is impossible.”

"For example, if we strictly follow the holographic duality theory, the smoothness of the boundary field theory requires that the volume spacetime does not contain exposed singularities, which means that singularities cannot exist stably in observable physical systems."

"However, time fragments themselves are, in a strict sense, an unobservable system."

"If you put it that way, it's entirely possible that a singularity with similar properties exists—it might not be a Conifold singularity in the strict sense, but it could have similar characteristics. It's even possible that such a singularity could trigger vacuum decay, but we simply cannot observe it and therefore cannot affect the physical world."

"So we'll have to try it to find out whether it's true or not."

"How to try?"

Lin Xu continued to press Zhang Liming, giving him no time to catch his breath.

But before Zhang Liming could answer, Xu Jin spoke up first.

"Explosion! Huge explosion!"

What the hell?

Lin Xu frowned slightly and looked at Xu Jin beside him.

But just then, Zhang Liming's voice came from the secure machine.

"He's right."

"We need a big bang."

After 1 hours.

Lin Xu finally got to eat dinner in the canteen of Yaohu Science Island.

Bai Mo sat opposite him. Xu Jin's face was wrapped in bandages. He carefully scooped porridge into his mouth, which he could barely open, while blowing on it painfully.

Lin Xu finally understood how he got his injury.
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After receiving Lin Xu's message that he wanted to manufacture CKC crystals, he immediately analyzed the technical materials and also immediately discovered the key to the problem.

However, the science island did not have sufficient conditions for him to conduct "time fragment experiments," so he opted for a different approach: to use laser bombardment to see if a bismuth-antimony alloy material affected by a high-dimensional channel would undergo a change similar to a "non-equilibrium phase transition" under extreme conditions, thus providing a reference for subsequent experiments.

This was the first time such a direct bombing experiment had been conducted in this laboratory.

Despite strict safety controls, the alloy material still underwent uncontrollable changes under high temperatures. The sudden burst of high pressure caused an explosion, and fragments directly pierced the isolation wall, cutting his face.

Knowing the whole story, Lin Xu wanted to slap Xu Jin, but then he thought that accidents were inevitable in materials science experiments.

He wasn't so radical as to disregard experimental procedures and safety measures and force the start; he was just a little unlucky.

So what can we do?

Of course, the only option is to forgive him.

However, this is indeed a lesson.

In the follow-up work, we still need to find someone to keep an eye on him.

Thinking of this, Lin Xu spoke to Bai Mo:

"Could you find someone to keep an eye on him?"

"He's still a little bit unstable."

"If we let him continue to cause trouble, something terrible will happen sooner or later."

"I know."

Bai Mo nodded immediately, and then replied:
“I’m already looking. Once he officially joins the CKC crystal project, I will arrange for at least two people to keep an eye on him.”

"That's good."

Lin Xu picked up his chopsticks with satisfaction, while Bai Mo asked curiously:

"So what exactly are you planning to do?"

"I listened to the whole thing and was completely confused."

"You've been discussing a purely mathematical concept from beginning to end, haven't you? How do you introduce such a purely mathematical concept into the physical world?"

Hearing her words, Lin Xu shook his head.

Then he began to explain:

“The Conifold singularity is indeed a purely mathematical concept, but we are not fixated on bringing this concept into reality.”

"Xu Jin's idea is to create a 'matter' or 'physical realm' that may have a similar structure by using extreme conditions."

"Through this physical entity, we can then attempt to manufacture CKC crystals."

As for the specific operational process...

"It's not that complicated."

"It's very, very simple and straightforward."

"Simple and brutal?"

Bai Mo continued to ask:

"What the hell is that?"

Lin Xu smiled mysteriously, then replied:
"We're going to blow up a star."

(End of this chapter)