Wandering Meteor
Chapter 274 - 273: The Grand Unified Theory

Chapter 274: Chapter 273: The Grand Unified Theory

After all the discussions were concluded.

The Wandering Alliance, considering its own situation, temporarily accepted the membership application of the Eternal Life Civilization.

However, it required a verification process, and only after the verification could the Eternal Life Civilization officially join the Wandering Alliance.

While the Wandering Alliance began a deeper investigation and verification of the biological structure and thought processes of the Eternal Life Civilization.

Constant Star Lu Chen noticed that the investigation and verification might take some time, so he began to acquaint himself with some recent major events within the Wandering Alliance.

First and foremost was the issue of the Black Entropy Ball.

Earth Civilization had wrestled the Black Entropy Ball back from the hands of the Square Clan Civilization and then proceeded to conduct in-depth research on it.

Nonetheless, the progress of the related research was not significant, although in previous experiments it had been found that nearly a billion degrees of high temperature could induce certain morphological changes in the Black Entropy Ball, and that it remained unscathed under the power of the Basic Force Bomb, but turning these data into research results and unraveling the structural secrets of the Black Entropy Ball would take some time.

The scientists had no other option but to continue their research on the black substance on the surface of the Black Entropy Ball.

As for the research on the black substance, it actually began the moment the Black Entropy Ball was obtained, after such a long period of research, the scientists have amassed a large amount of experimental data, and have essentially determined that the black substance on the surface of the Black Entropy Ball possesses some basic properties of Dark Matter.

However, the structural model of the black substance, and the role it plays in the Universe, are still under investigation.

Currently, the scientists are utilizing the interstellar collider constructed above Earth to experiment on the black substance, attempting to smash the black substance with various particle beams, hoping to shatter it and obtain some new micro-particles, which will facilitate the unraveling and understanding of the properties of the black substance.

Subsequently, Constant Star Lu Chen took the opportunity to inquire about the current state of research on Dark Matter in the Universe.

The scientists indicated that, according to current research findings, Dark Matter comes in many varieties, and how many categories there are specifically, the scientists also do not yet know; they can only be certain of the two types they have discovered—Weakly Interactive Heavy Particles and Superheavy Gravitons. These two types of particles together account for about sixty percent of Dark Matter, and the remaining forty percent is unknown; among them, Superheavy Gravitons are the main contributors in maintaining galaxies from being torn apart by the expansion of the Universe.

However, at this point, Constant Star Lu Chen felt something was quite peculiar.

Previously, scientists had clearly determined that the black substance on the surface of the Black Entropy Ball shared attributes with Dark Matter. So why was it not mentioned in their subsequent descriptions?

After some learning, Constant Star Lu Chen came to realize.

It turns out that the scientists had found the black substance to have similar characteristics to Dark Matter, but had not found natural Dark Matter that was identical to the black substance in the Universe. Therefore, there were doubts about whether it was truly Dark Matter, which is why it was not truly added to the list of Dark Matter.

Scientific research is extremely rigorous; any degree of uncertainty prohibits drawing definitive conclusions.

After all, they have wandered such a long distance, encountering countless dark matter, but inexplicably, they found no dark matter in the universe identical to the black substance, which seems highly illogical. Generally, this phenomenon implies two possibilities: one is that they are mistaken, the black substance isn’t dark matter at all; the other is that the black substance was created by an advanced civilization, which fused various kinds of dark matter, hence exhibiting some characteristics of dark matter.

In the end, Constant Star Lu Chen learned about the most important and crucial unified force!

To understand the research on the unified force clearly, one must first understand the four basic forces in the universe.

Currently, the Wandering Alliance’s research on the four basic forces is very thorough, and they can even apply them very scientifically and efficiently.

According to the model provided by the scientific community, the four basic forces are electromagnetic force, strong nuclear force, weak nuclear force, and gravity.

Since these four forces can sometimes be difficult to differentiate, their distinction mainly relies on two factors: different objects of action and different modes of propagation.

Among them, the electromagnetic force affects all matter with electric charge properties. It is the second most far-reaching and the second strongest of the four basic forces. It propagates through photons, which have no rest mass, carry no charge, have a spin of 1, and belong to bosons.

The strong nuclear force affects all particles with color charge properties, primarily responsible for binding quarks and atomic nuclei. It is the second shortest in range but the strongest force among the four. It propagates through gluons, which have no rest mass, carry no charge, but have color charge, a spin of 1, and belong to bosons.

The weak nuclear force affects all particles with a weak isospin, mainly responsible for particle decay. It is the shortest in range and the second weakest force of the four. It propagates through W and Z bosons, which have mass but do not carry electric charge, have a spin of 1, and belong to bosons.

Gravity affects all matter with mass (including inertial mass), and is the core force of galaxy formation, also being the most far-reaching and weakest of the four forces. It propagates through gravitons, which have no rest mass, carry no charge, have a spin of 1, and are also bosons.

It should be noted that scientists had previously predicted that the gravity observed on the macro-level is a composite effect of true gravity and pseudo-gravity (space distortion). With the advancement of science, this has been proven, and the real gravitons have been identified. Scientists calculated the forces of gravitons to distinguish true gravity from the rate of space distortion. The gravitons mentioned above are those distinguished afterward.

However, since it’s impossible to avoid the influence of space distortion when observing the effects of gravity in the macro-world, scientists have introduced a coefficient of space distortion into the gravity equations to ensure the calculated results conformed with the observational reality in the macro-world, resulting in the development of a completely new gravity formula.

After thoroughly researching the four basic forces, the theory of the unified force naturally became the most significant challenge for the scientific community to overcome.

Fortunately, after countless scientists from the Wandering Alliance devoted themselves and after many years of research, the scientific community finally arrived at the Grand Unified Theory.

The theory capable of unifying the four basic forces is the superstring theory that has been handed down since ancient times.

However, since science was very primitive in ancient times, there were too many outdated viewpoints and inaccuracies in the superstring theory. Later on, scientists revised and perfected the flawed and incomplete aspects of the superstring theory across generations, ultimately arriving at a theory capable of unifying the four basic forces.

However, after countless generations of inheritance and modification, the original superstring theory had changed dramatically. To differentiate from the past superstring theory and to more accurately describe the content, the unified theory of the new era was named Basic String Theory!

Of course, even with the Grand Unified Theory, it doesn’t mean that unified force can be directly combined. After the related theory is proposed, it always takes a certain amount of time to experiment with. Just like the theory of nuclear fusion was very mature in ancient times, but humanity still took hundreds to thousands of years to truly master controlled nuclear fusion technology and become a First-level Civilization. Thus, it is conceivable that even though the more challenging Basic String Theory has been put forward, the Wandering Alliance still requires time and accumulation to truly master unified force and become a Level 4 Civilization.

This is the current research progress of the unified force by the Wandering Alliance.

Although it’s still unknown how long it will take to master the unified force, Constant Star Lu Chen believes that with the unity and cooperation of the Wandering Alliance, the day might not be too far off.