Chapter 117: Tau

After Wei Ning's inspection and subsequent more careful inspections by more people, people finally confirmed that there was no one in the place and no members of the Dimension Ascension Sect were present.

Long before their side discovered this place, the Ascension Faction seemed to have known that this place would be exposed, so all members had already evacuated.

At the same time, there is no danger inside this base.

Zhou Cheng and his group finally entered the base.

The first thing he saw was a huge pit with a depth of tens of meters and a diameter of hundreds of meters.

Inside the pit was a massive, unknown device, crisscrossed with cables and pipes, appearing extremely complex.

It was obvious that it had suffered extremely severe damage at this moment, with broken wires and damaged debris everywhere. But even so, Zhou Cheng could see how powerful it was when it was still intact.

Surrounding this pit were several floors of rooms, some appearing to be offices, some rest areas, and some canteens.

There is even an entertainment area beyond that.

A variety of living modules are readily available. A rough estimate suggests that this place can accommodate at least two hundred people.

"Such a massive base has been operating for such a long time, hidden right under the nose of our human civilization."

Zhou Cheng's heart was filled with emotion.

This base was very likely to have existed long before, perhaps even before human civilization encountered a catastrophe.

But for such a long time, it has never been discovered.

Zhou Cheng knew this was reasonable. The reason was simple: when the Moon God and the Ascending Dimension Sect still had the ability to predict probabilities, any possibility that might lead to their own exposure would be ruled out in advance.

In this case, how could the human world possibly discover this place?

But fortunately, we still found it.

After further searching, Zhou Cheng confirmed that the Ascension Faction members must have evacuated this place in a hurry.

They certainly destroyed a large number of equipment and information carriers, such as the obvious ashes of burnt documents found in many places, and electronic equipment that was broken by water. Even the huge equipment at the core of the base was directly blown up, but there were still a lot of remnants in the details.

There are still large pieces of intact structure left at that facility, and some remaining notes and documents have been found in the corners of some rooms.

These remaining clues will be searched and processed by special personnel, and the final results will be reported to Zhou Cheng, so Zhou Cheng does not need to participate.

He came to the edge of the huge pit and looked at it carefully through the railing.

"Such a huge device...what is it used for?"

"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, we found some empty raw material barrels and cans in a warehouse.

The contents have disappeared, but trace tests have confirmed that some of them contained neon and others fluorine."

Zhou Cheng's expression changed slightly.

He had suspected it before, and it was finally confirmed at this moment.

The huge machine in front of us is used to produce a gas that does not exist in the natural environment and does not exist in the chemical theory of human civilization.

Neon trifluoride.

This gas has been detected in the atmosphere before.

Although all existing research shows that this gas has nothing to do with human fertility loss, and its content is so rare that it cannot cause any visible impact on the human body, almost everyone, including Zhou Cheng, believes that this gas is closely related to the disaster.

The reason why we cannot find this connection is simply because our technological level is limited.

At that time, it was easy to judge that this gas was produced by the up-dimensional faction and sent into the atmosphere.

But that was just speculation. Even though it seemed extremely solid, it was still just speculation.

Now, we have finally found the real evidence.

"Please connect me to the decision makers. I need to report to them immediately."

"yes."

The call was quickly connected. After briefly describing the situation, Zhou Cheng said, "I request the immediate dispatch of a group of chemical experts to conduct on-site research on the working principles of this device for synthesizing neon trifluoride."

I think understanding its synthesis principle may be extremely helpful for us to understand the connection between neon trifluoride gas and human infertility."

"Okay, I'll go organize the relevant personnel to provide support."

Just three days later, a large number of scientists arrived here.

Among them are not only chemists, but also experts in many other disciplines, including Zhou Cheng’s university and graduate school teachers.

They were old and frail, and even walking made them tremble, but they still came here.

Zhou Cheng knew that in addition to the fact that this matter was of vital importance to the entire human civilization, there might be another reason supporting them.

What method can be used to synthesize neon trifluoride?

After all, this is something that cannot be synthesized in our own theory.

The existence of this thing challenged the worldviews of countless people. Therefore, their obsession, or curiosity, to understand the truth became their strongest support.

A huge scaffolding was erected, and the old and frail scientists climbed up and down it like young people, carefully studying every structure of the wreckage of the equipment, and occasionally arguing with each other fiercely.

Faced with such severely damaged wreckage, it is obviously impossible to figure out its specific technical details. However, people do not need those technical details at this moment, just to understand the general principle.

After more than ten days of detailed research and a meeting of all scientists, an investigation report recognized by all scientists was finally formed and placed in front of Zhou Cheng.

Zhou Cheng picked up the investigation report that condensed the efforts of countless people and read it carefully.

Zhou Cheng had trouble understanding some of the chemistry terminology, logic, and calculations. But as a physicist, he had the necessary knowledge and could roughly understand the document as a whole.

Experts believe that the properties of fluorine and neon will change under certain special conditions, such as ultra-high temperature and ultra-high pressure, which cannot be created by human technology.

Through a series of complex processes, the fluorine and neon whose properties have changed can condense together to form a special compound called neon trifluoride.

Zhou Cheng watched carefully, and his knowledge as a physicist suddenly gave him an idea.

"If neon trifluoride is synthesized in this way... it seems that a large number of tau neutrinos will be produced during the process?"