While fully engaged in analyzing the vibration data, Li Qingsong simultaneously allocated corresponding industrial resources to immediately begin manufacturing more detectors.
Having truly detected the proton decay phenomenon, Li Qingsong knew that all fundamental obstacles on his path to conquering the Grand Unified Theory had been eliminated.
All he needed to do next was proceed step by step. He only needed to build more high-pressure proton decay detectors, gradually probe the patterns of proton decay, understand its process, clarify its data, and then gradually supplement the existing theoretical framework, and the entire theory would be perfected.
The road ahead would certainly be difficult and extremely tedious, with both the workload and the computational load being enormous, but as long as he continued, there would definitely be a definite result, rather than being like before, not knowing where the direction was or whether any result would appear.
At this moment, the clone where Li Qingsong's consciousness resided cast its gaze again into the vast, boundless space filled with stars.
Detecting proton decay was certainly a huge breakthrough in scientific research, but it also meant something else.
The fate of the universe.
It could be said that once proton decay was confirmed, then the future fate of the universe, the ultimate ending of the universe, could also be determined by Li Qingsong.
Heat death.
Magnetic monopoles confirmed the reality of cosmic inflation, directly proving that the universe is constantly expanding.
Proton decay directly confirmed that nothing in the universe can exist forever.
If even protons can decay, what else can exist forever?
In the distant future, there will be less and less hydrogen in the universe, because stars mainly use hydrogen as fuel.
They will gradually be converted into other elements, and eventually, all the stars in the universe will be extinguished.
Due to the influence of gravitational waves and gravitational disturbances, planets, stellar remnants, etc., will also deviate from their current orbits and become free-floating celestial bodies traversing the universe, and even galaxies will cease to exist.
After 10^37 years, about half of the protons in the universe will have completed their decay. By then, even stellar remnants and planets, asteroids, etc., will disintegrate.
Because the protons that make them up have "escaped."
If protons did not decay, then based on their own gravity, they could exist almost forever.
But unfortunately, Li Qingsong has now confirmed that protons will decay. Thus, their fate, the fate of the universe, is already doomed.
In the distant future, all macroscopic celestial bodies in the universe will completely disintegrate. Even black holes will slowly disappear due to the existence of Hawking radiation.
In the end, only photons and leptons will remain in the universe, turning into a pot of thick "soup" that will almost never change, and then exist forever.
Using the word "forever" here does not seem very accurate, because it is a word describing time, and in a universe that will never change again, time has lost its meaning, or rather, time has ceased to exist.
Looking at the starry sky, looking at the brilliant stars, the endless stars, looking at the magnificent galaxies, Li Qingsong's heart was filled with emotion.
No matter how great or magnificent an existence is, it cannot withstand the passage of time.
After all, there is not much time left before the return of the Mechanoid Scourge fleet…"
While carrying out the massive scientific research task, Li Qingsong began a large-scale construction.
Thus, super-giant proton decay detectors were built, and hundreds of billions or trillions of tons of ultra-pure hydrogen were injected into them.
The slight vibrations caused by proton decay were observed by Li Qingsong again and again.
Based on the continuously improved detection methods, through the observation of these vibrations, Li Qingsong gradually understood the specific mode of proton decay.
Although he failed to truly observe the light neutrino, Li Qingsong still accurately determined the properties of the light neutrino through indirect means and supplemented it into the existing theoretical framework.
Thus, Li Qingsong's Grand Unified Theory gradually became complete.
Until this moment, Li Qingsong finally had enough data and methods to finally calculate the exact value of the Grand Unified Scale!
The so-called Grand Unified Scale is the energy intensity at which the strong nuclear force will unify with the electroweak force.
Obviously, only by determining this data can Li Qingsong begin the development of a particle collider, try to reproduce this energy level, truly observe the unification of the three fundamental forces in the experiment, and observe the process of the separation of the three fundamental forces as the subsequent energy level decreases, as well as the various subatomic particles born in this process, and truly understand their mechanisms and principles.
To achieve such a high energy scale is obviously an extremely difficult thing.
How can the energy level when the Big Bang just occurred hundreds of quintillions of quintillions of seconds ago be easily reproduced?
Of course, Li Qingsong does not need to reproduce the total amount of energy, he only needs to reproduce the energy level on a very small scale.
Otherwise, let alone Li Qingsong, I am afraid that even the super civilization known to Li Qingsong that can use supernova explosions as weapons, or the Evil Eye civilization that transformed an entire galaxy, would not be able to do it.
After a series of calculations, Li Qingsong sucked in a breath of cold air as if he had a toothache.
Calculations show that with Li Qingsong's current technological strength and industrial strength, he does have the ability to achieve this energy level.
He only needs to build a particle collider with a total length of 1,000 kilometers, powered by 100 large nuclear fusion power stations, and a total mass of more than 400 million tons.
This is not comparable to a spaceship mainly composed of external armor and internal mechanical structures.
Almost more than 80% of this 400 million tons of mass must be composed of extremely precise and advanced instruments.
The difficulty of manufacturing it can be imagined.
"A particle collider of more than 400 million tons… If it were an ordinary electroweak civilization, it would probably take hundreds of years to build, and they would have to go all out to build it.
Even if it were me, it would take more than ten years to complete it while simultaneously carrying out construction and scientific research in other aspects.
The development of technology is really difficult."
Li Qingsong sighed, and once again selected a suitable site for construction and began construction.
More than ten years passed quietly, and this unprecedented giant particle collider was finally completed.
After all the inspection and debugging were completed, Li Qingsong couldn't wait to start the first particle collision experiment.
