Will the out-of-control servitor meet the cosmic cat?

"Then, let's meet on the ground." The lieutenant colonel made up his mind and made a forward gesture, "Let's go."

"squeak--"

The door that had only been opened by a gap before was finally pushed open quietly, and the dim light in the passage spilled into the originally dark room, illuminating the soldiers inside.

Six heavily armed soldiers in cabin suits and powered exoskeletons.

"How's it going, James?"

"You did not find any enemies in the F area where you are located, but there are enemies in the 3rd, 4th and 7th sections of the adjacent A area, and there are enemy heavy combat machinery in the 4th section of the G area, and there are also robots trying to open the channel. Go to FG-2 and No. 3 airtight doors in area F, but I have already dropped and locked all the gates before, they lack large-scale rescue tools, and they will not be able to get through for a while."

"What about the No. 1 airtight door? Is there anyone outside No. 1 door?"

"No, but there are enemies in the adjacent compartment."

"It seems that we can't go up." The lieutenant colonel glanced at the tactical map and immediately gave up the idea of ​​going to area G-they had too few people and lacked reliable heavy firepower. Mechanized robot head-on fire.

Moreover, even if you can't see the picture of the monitoring system, just listening to the sound of demolition that can be heard at a distance of more than 300 meters is enough to make any person with normal intelligence give up the idea of ​​head-on confrontation in the past.

"I can't go to District G, what about District E, can I go to District E?"

He asked quickly while motioning for all the soldiers to come out first.

"Except for Sections 1, 2, and 6 in Area E, the other five sections have more or less disconnected monitoring. My observation angle inside is very limited, and the risk is too high."

James on the communication side vetoed it.

"Better than Areas A and G."

"Actually, Lieutenant Colonel, I think it's better to go to Area A if you have to choose."

"Details."

Although theoretically speaking, area A is the central core of the entire base, where almost all key sections are located. The terrain is extremely complicated, and it takes a long time to walk. In addition, the holes made by the enemy are also there, and the number of enemies is relatively small. There are more blocks than other blocks, and it should be the least possible option for them who have little firepower and are extremely time-pressed.

But since it was James, the smartest person he knew, he was willing to listen to what he said, no matter how crazy it sounded—anyway, as long as he could successfully warn the fortress, he would do anything .

"If you want to go up to the ground, first of all, Area I is already impossible. Just when you walked through the tunnel, I showed that the authority there has been blacked out."

Even though the current situation was extremely severe, James' voice was still so steady and calm, without the slightest fluctuation between the lines, as if everything in the world had nothing to do with him.

"While I can still see the surveillance there, so can the enemy."

"Understood, I can't do it."

The team quickly walked through the corridor full of sundries, and came to the door leading to Section 3.

Whether they plan to go to the G area with the enemy's heavy machinery, the E area with limited vision, or the A area that James said, they must first reach the No. 4 section as the center.

"Drip, officer card, Lieutenant Colonel Wang Fugui."

After recognizing his authority card, the originally locked door was opened immediately - this is good news, such a quick response shows that at least the access control here has not been interfered by that omnic.

"What about the other districts, which of the three BCD districts is better?"

"Block D is the only one that can't lead to missile wells among all the blocks that can go to the surface. In addition, they must be refueling interstellar missiles at this time, so theoretically, the possibility of encountering enemies there is the least. "

"So we can't go D?"

Wang Fugui immediately understood what he meant.

"Yes, you can't go to D." James' answer also confirmed his thoughts, "The camera at the section of the ground exit of Area D has been disconnected for a while, although the period of disconnection is consistent with the period of power outage in Area D, there is no difference. , but I still suspect that it has been hacked by Iron Heart."

"Of course, it's just my gut feeling, but..."

"Needless to say, I understand what you mean." He said immediately, "I trust your intuition."

"So, what's your answer?"

The voice of the other party took a deep breath - obviously, at such a critical juncture, let him make a choice related to the lives of his colleagues, and even the future of mankind, even if he was extremely calm from the beginning to the end. It is also difficult for James to make this decision resolutely.

"James, we all trust your judgment. This will also be a decision we made together. You don't need to bear anything for it."

"Regardless of the outcome, trust your own judgment."

After speaking, the lieutenant colonel hesitated for a moment, and finally added: "Trust your intuition."

"Yes, sir."

In the small monitoring room, James, who was full of stubble, took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that no matter how hard he tried and how many ways he tried to send his colleagues out, he could not change a fact.

There was no way he, James, would get out alive.

Even if he successfully sent everyone else out, successfully got them on the escaped spaceship, and successfully delivered the news of the surprise attack on the base to the Gibraltar Fortress thousands of miles away, this future will not change—— From the moment he was trapped in Area H, he was already a doomed man.

If he had trusted his intuition a little more and investigated the anomalies of the main control computer, there might be a possibility to change this deadlock.

But now, it was impossible. Although the straight-line distance between him and his teammates was less than one kilometer, and it would take 10 minutes to trot normally, at this moment, his teammates couldn't save him.

He can't let his teammates come to the rescue either.

"There are many things that are more important than my personal life."

When he opened it again, only determination and confidence remained in his eyes.

"Sir, I want you to go to Area B."

"Do the opposite, take the most dangerous path...Understood." Lieutenant Colonel Wang nodded and agreed.

If it were in the past, as a rational officer, he would definitely choose the route that was more secure both in theory and "actually" according to the current intelligence.

The so-called "the most dangerous place is the safest place" or something, it's okay to say it usually, but when it comes to this kind of life-and-death moment, no one will put their own life or death on the basis of the so-called "intuition", or even Regardless of the future of human beings, they chose a route that obviously seemed more dangerous.

But now, he "is not rational enough" to agree to this plan, moving towards the most dangerous area of ​​the enemy-yes, he trusts James very much, but the bigger reason is still the omnic.

That terrifying omnic that has endured for 140 years, even when it was once standing on the eve of victory, still subtly disguised itself, cleverly showed weakness to them.

A deception spanning 140 years has deceived generations of experts and scholars, as well as all the intelligent brains of human civilization, allowing it to hide until this most critical moment.

And successfully, he stabbed the deadliest knife.

Together, they must inform the command of the fortress—before it is too late.

"No, sir, in fact, in terms of the success rate alone, I think going C is a little higher than going B-the reason why I want you to go B actually has another purpose."

"For what purpose?"

"There is a hidden small room in cabin 6 that is not on the design drawing and circuit diagram. It is not connected to the rail train and can only be reached by foot. I want you to go there."

"Activate the control link there."

"Send the route."

After a rustling operation sound, a yellow dot appeared in a small corner of Area B in the holographic helmets of everyone in the team.

There should have been an empty wall.

Just like the small room in Area F that James directed them to before, a secret room that does not exist on the map and is not connected to the main line of the base.

In the small room in Area F, they obtained a full set of tactical equipment, a fully charged powered exoskeleton, well-maintained rifles, sufficient ammunition, and even grenades and engineering explosives - it was with the support of these things that They were able to ignite the hope of breaking through.

This is one of the reasons why everyone trusts James so much. Without him, they could do nothing with only two rifles and 120 rounds of ammunition.

Area F has weapons, so what about Area B?

Facing the questions from his teammates, James said very calmly.

"Liquid hydrogen."

"Liquid oxygen."

"And the lighter."

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PS: Although I don't want to interrupt the atmosphere at the end of this kind of plot, but because this news is too new, I really don't want to talk about it tomorrow, so I can only forgive it.

Image: "Muon magnetic moment", location: "Images/1617992346-100214443-106939140.jpg"

According to the latest data of Fermilab in the United States on April 4, the results of the muon g-7 experiment, which measures the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, have a very significant deviation from the result predicted by the Standard Model, reaching 2σ, which is comparable to particle physics. As far as the standard 4.2σ called "discovery" is concerned, it can be said to be very close.

(Predicted values ​​are on the left, actual measured values ​​are on the right)

It is said that this data has not yet been fully run, so the final confidence may still rise.

If this value is really confirmed, and it is confirmed that it is not caused by a calculation error, it basically means that we have partially overturned the standard model and touched a "new physics beyond the standard model".

Some people may have a little impression of this sentence, yes, the so-called "new physics" I mentioned in the first few chapters of this book.

I have been stuck on this for a long time. I originally planned to half reference and half fabricate a physical system to break the standard model and start the next era of physics, but this news appeared... the relevant plot is temporarily Cancellation, waiting for follow-up progress.

Maybe you don't have to edit it yourself.

Outrageous.

Volume Two: The War Against Extinction: Chapter 110 IX Hydrogen and Oxygen

hydrogen and oxygen.

Two elements that are essential for intelligent life.

Of course, looking at the entire periodic table of elements, except for those artificial elements with a half-life of less than a few seconds, that is, those elements after the 95th americium element, almost all elements with a certain abundance in nature are very important , whether it is for humans, or for those Catus and Jeffreys in other galaxies.

However, for today's human beings, these two substances are particularly important.

Since entering the space age, hydrogen-oxygen rocket engines using these two substances as propellants have been widely used in space by major civilizations because of their advantages in the highest specific impulse among all chemical rockets that have been manufactured today. advancing.

In addition, for fusion reactors, hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium are essential "fuels", and hydrogen itself replaces helium as the most commonly used propellant for fusion engines because of its simple preparation.

As for oxygen, it is even simpler. After all, for human beings, oxygen is the guarantee of survival. Even if the consumption of hydrogen and oxygen engines is not considered, as long as there are human beings in this base, then oxygen is absolutely indispensable. .

Therefore, it is obvious that for their "interstellar ballistic missile launch base", a large amount of hydrogen and oxygen are naturally indispensable.

And if you want to ensure that these hundreds of interstellar missiles can be refueled and launched at the fastest speed when needed, instead of waiting for the factory to produce hydrogen and oxygen, there must be a sufficient number of storage tanks for storing them.

And this number should be quite a lot.

After all, unlike giant space battleships that can store liquid hydrogen for a long time, manufacture it by themselves through the equipment they carry, or even obtain liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen supplements directly from the accompanying supply ship, interstellar missiles are small in space, low in quality, and disposable. Due to the nature of consumables, it is difficult for them to preserve these low-temperature liquids for a long time without enjoying the above-mentioned services.

Even in the launch silo, they are constantly leaking hydrogen gas, so that the filling machine must refuel the big guys who are leaking gas all the time, so as to ensure that they are "close to full load" at the moment of launch. " of the state.

In addition, the military base itself needs to consider certain redundancy and damage resistance, and it is impossible to store it with the minimum standard (human beings are not yet poor enough to save water). Obviously, in order to do this, the base stores The total mass of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen must far exceed the mass that the missiles themselves can carry.

So, what is this quality?

No more, no less, 40 tons.

"There are a total of more than 400 tons of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen stored in it. If you can activate the control link, I can open the valve so that the hydrogen and oxygen inside can be mixed in an appropriate ratio—if possible , I can also use the ventilation system to spread it to a few nearby sections, but those are not important."

"Importantly, at that point, we can harvest a block full of hydrogen and oxygen."

"At a volume ratio close to 2:1."

Anyone with a modicum of common sense knows what happens when hydrogen and oxygen are mixed—of course, most of the time, hydrogen and oxygen combined in a 2:1 ratio produce a chemical called dihydrogen monoxide. Hazardous substances, but obviously, this time, it is not the "majority".

Because they are gases.

Hydrogen, on the other hand, is flammable.

Also explosive.

"...Understood."

The lieutenant colonel opened his mouth, but said nothing more.

From a completely rational point of view, this is definitely the choice he should make the most. He only needs an ignition device with sufficient temperature, and hundreds of tons of hydrogen mixed in a ratio of 2:1 will produce a violent explosion. Enough soil to lift some of the weak spots in Zone B.

Although it is difficult for them to create that earth-shattering fireball due to the fact that there is almost no oxygen on the surface, just blasting the surface is already a profitable business-after all, the reason why they cannot contact the fortress now is very A large part of the reason is because they are underground.

The thick soil and mountains give the base security and concealment, but it also cuts off the mutual observation between them and the fortress - as long as the only radio station in the base is controlled, no matter how hot they are underground, in orbit According to the satellites and fortresses on the Internet, the base is still as calm as ever, without any abnormalities.

But if the soil covering it is blasted, the situation is very different.

"Turn left at the intersection ahead, and then walk 100 meters forward, and you will find the airtight door leading to Section 1 of Area A." James' voice sounded again, "After entering Area A, for safety's sake, you must disconnect from me. communications to prevent Tie Xin from discovering or hacking, so you must remember what I said."

"Region A, paragraphs 3, 4 and 7."

"Block B, paragraphs 2, 3 and 7."

"Understood, Section A Section 347, Section B Section 237"

Accompanied by the lieutenant colonel's retelling, the team's tactical map also marked the corresponding red dots—of course, for safety reasons, after they entered Area A, they would turn off the helmet's external data link sharing, no longer Accept James' control signals and real-time data transmission, so these red dots can only be a reference data, and the real specific actions still have to rely on their adaptability.

It's not that they can't trust James, and they can't trust James—it's just that they can't trust any system that may be infiltrated by that iron heart at this time.