Chapter 89: Impossible Gas
Like every previous judgment, Zhou Cheng couldn't be 100% certain of this statement. But at least, based on the existing intelligence and data, this possibility was the greatest.
In this case, we can summarize it for the time being and involve it in subsequent reasoning and thinking.
After carefully examining the five newly combined conditions, Zhou Cheng finally focused his attention on three of them.
“Threatened by us;
The threat model has nothing to do with technology;
The threat model has nothing to do with third parties; it comes from us.”
These three conditions are more core and more important than the other two conditions.
So... what kind of threat would it be that comes from us humans ourselves, has nothing to do with our level of technology, and exists as long as humans exist?
This question is the core of the core.
Zhou Cheng had a vague premonition in his heart that as long as he found the answer to this question, he would be able to truly uncover the truth.
However, if even the possibility of "being affected by humans" has been ruled out, how else can humans threaten the mysterious Moon God?
Don’t you, the Moon God, think too highly of us humans?
Zhou Cheng thought for a moment, but came to no avail. He could only sigh and shake his head, temporarily stopping his thoughts on this matter.
The large-scale scientific expedition came to a temporary halt, and Zhou Cheng's attention was refocused on the previous operations.
The search for the whereabouts of all the core leaders of the entire civilization during those five days continued, but so far, no results had been found. All Zhou Cheng could do was wait.
At this moment, in Dajing City, the Atmospheric Laboratory.
An air sample from the upper atmosphere is being tested using a state-of-the-art composition analyzer.
The analysis report has been submitted and the results have been finalized. At this point, the analysis is just the final stage, and no one is paying much attention to it.
"Old Chen, let's have a drink tonight?"
"Ahem, no, my physical examination results are not good. My liver is almost cirrhotic."
"Okay, hey."
A researcher shook his head and left. The researcher, known only as Lao Chen, glanced at the analyzer's results, then turned off the equipment, flicked off the lights, and prepared to leave.
But at this moment, an inconspicuous piece of data caught its attention.
He came back to his senses and slowly picked up the report, his expression full of confusion: "What is this thing?"
…
Early that morning, Zhou Cheng was still sleeping soundly when he was awakened by a burst of urgent ringing.
I picked up the phone and a voice came out.
"Zhou Cheng, the first decision-maker wants to hold an emergency meeting and needs your participation."
Zhou Cheng woke up immediately.
Emergency meeting?
What happened?
"Got it, I'll be there right away."
Without time to wash up, Zhou Cheng just quickly washed his face and came to the conference room.
He saw several decision makers sitting upright in the front. There were already some people sitting in the huge conference hall, and more people kept coming in.
Everyone looked hurried and solemn.
After the last person sat down, the first decision maker looked at someone Zhou Cheng didn't recognize and said, "We can begin now."
The man stood up and said in a deep voice, "I'm Wei Ming, the director of the Atmospheric Evolution Laboratory. I've called everyone here today because we've just confirmed a new discovery that needs to be announced.
The incident happened yesterday afternoon when we were analyzing an atmospheric sample from high altitude using the high-precision gas chromatography-mass spectrometry instrument in our laboratory.
In the process, we stumbled upon a completely new type of gas that had never been discovered before."
He pressed a button and a simulated molecular image appeared on the big screen.
Zhou Cheng looked at the picture carefully and vaguely distinguished that there seemed to be four atoms in this molecular picture, one of which seemed to be a neon atom, and the other three seemed to be fluorine atoms?
What should this thing be called?
Wei Ming said slowly, "Through precise measurement and analysis, we have determined that this gas is neon trifluoride."
Zhou Cheng did not have much knowledge of chemistry, and from the limited knowledge he had, he could not find any knowledge related to this unfamiliar term.
Most people, like Zhou Cheng, had no reaction to this, but some scientists with a chemistry background were shocked.
"Neon trifluoride? This thing, how can this thing even exist?"
"This is something that is theoretically impossible! It defies existing chemical theory! How could neon, with its high ionization energy, possibly react with fluorine?"
"Even in an ultra-high-pressure environment, fluorine should combine with other more reactive substances. Neon is an inert gas!"
A group of scientists felt as if their worldview had been turned upside down.
Zhou Cheng looked at the somewhat excited scientists and vaguely understood why they were so excited.
Neon trifluoride seems impossible to exist in existing theories, but now scientists at the Atmospheric Evolution Laboratory have discovered this gas.
So……
Zhou Cheng's expression suddenly became serious.
Facing the scientists' fierce rebuttal, Wei Ming said calmly and solemnly, "I will show you the corresponding evidence later. Also, the isolated pure neon trifluoride sample is stored in the laboratory. You are welcome to check it out."
Now, I continue to tell this story.
After confirming overnight the presence of trace amounts of neon trifluoride in upper atmosphere samples, we immediately collected existing air samples from 65 observation points around Dajing City, and airlifted 568 air samples from other locations overnight for immediate analysis.
The conclusion was that all air samples detected trace amounts of neon trifluoride gas, but the concentration of neon trifluoride gas seemed to be related to altitude.
Concentrations are lower at lower altitudes and higher at higher altitudes. However, even at the highest concentrations, they are still below 10 parts per trillion (ppt), or one part per trillion.
We then retrieved samples of the lower, middle, upper and upper atmospheres from the past 100 years stored in the laboratory and analyzed them again.
The analysis found that neon trifluoride gas could be detected in air samples for the first time starting in the 26th year of the catastrophe. After that, the concentration of the gas continued to increase over time until the 58th year of the catastrophe, when it began to remain constant and no longer increased.
Of course, our detection equipment has its limits. The highest-precision equipment can detect concentrations of 22 parts per trillion (ppt), or 22 parts per trillion. Therefore, it's possible that air samples from before the 26th year of the catastrophe also contained neon trifluoride, but at levels too low for us to detect.
But we created a graph based on the concentration curve."
As Wei Ming pressed the button again, a new graphic appeared on the big screen.
Zhou Cheng's pupils suddenly constricted.
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