Chapter 773 - 535: Bubble

Amidst the infinite starry sky.

The Eternal King’s face was full of despair.

It looked up at the mighty Demon God, fully accepting its fate, knowing that today it would inevitably die.

However, there was still one lingering question it had. If it didn’t ask now, although it would know later, it might not understand why.

Therefore, the Eternal King summoned the courage to ask, "May I ask, what method will you use to destroy the Small Magellanic Cloud?"

Lu Li replied unemotionally, "You will know in a moment."

The Eternal King said with a wry smile, "Even if I witness it, I might not know what happened. So I want to ask what method you will use to destroy the Small Magellanic Cloud, what is it called?"

For most intelligent species, there are countless ways to conceive of destroying a galaxy.

The simplest and most straightforward is nothing more than creating a "bomb" powerful enough to blow up the galaxy in one go.

In fact, this method is unlikely, considering the vastness of a galaxy.

Even the most powerful antimatter bombs would struggle to cover thousands of light-years.

This is why the Prophet’s creation of an antimatter bomb with a range of twenty light-years shocked everyone so much last time.

Of course, means to destroy a galaxy are not limited to antimatter bombs.

If time allows, intelligent beings can fully utilize stellar cannons, destroying one star after another, eventually destroying all planets within a galaxy, though this would take generations of "effort."

These are technological means.

The Cosmos is not only about technology but also a range of natural disasters.

For example, the simplest three ways: collapse, heat death, and vacuum decay.

Any one of these natural disasters could destroy not just a mere dwarf star system, but potentially the entire Cosmos.

Lu Li, relying on his own abilities, could create collapse, heat death, and vacuum decay.

But once such power is unleashed, it becomes very difficult to control thereafter.

For example, vacuum decay, if it truly reached a diameter of seven thousand light-years, the energy required to reverse it would be immense.

The same goes for heat death and collapse.

Therefore, Lu Li certainly would not choose these terrifying methods of collapse, heat death, or vacuum decay.

It’s not that he couldn’t control their power, but that controlling them afterward would consume too much of his energy.

Lu Li chose a relatively "energy-saving" method of destruction.

Yes, long before coming to the Small Magellanic Cloud, or three days ago while still in the Large Magellanic Cloud, when he expressed the intention to destroy the Small Magellanic Cloud, he already had a method in mind.

The method he thought of was quite interesting, and it was impactful enough to astonish billions of species.

Lu Li casually asked, "Do you know what a Higgs boson is?"

The Eternal King asked with some confusion, "What is a Higgs boson?"

If it were before, Lu Li certainly wouldn’t satisfy the Eternal King’s curiosity before its death, but the other party’s willingness to sacrifice itself for its people impressed him, making him consider the Eternal King a hero.

So he was willing to spend a little time satisfying the other party’s curiosity.

Lu Li explained, "The Higgs boson is a particle predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics, a boson with zero spin, no electric charge, and no color charge. It is extremely unstable and decays immediately after being produced."

The Eternal King was taken aback, "Do you mean this particle doesn’t exist in real life?"

Lu Li looked around the starry sky, "No, it does exist, but it decays too easily, making it difficult to detect."

The Eternal King asked again, "What is the function of this particle?"

Lu Li casually replied, "It plays a crucial role in physics, explaining how fundamental particles acquire mass and is a key component of the Standard Model."

The Eternal King didn’t quite understand, "Its function is to explain how fundamental particles acquire mass, and you want to use it to destroy the Small Magellanic Cloud? Does it have such capability?"

Lu Li said, "A single Higgs boson cannot destroy the Small Magellanic Cloud, nor would it have much effect on matter. However, if enough Higgs bosons gather densely, they will create an expanding bubble, a low-energy Space Bubble. Within such a bubble, the mass of electrons will suddenly change, and their interaction with other particles will also change. Protons and neutrons, which form atomic nuclei and are made up of quarks, will suddenly displace. Essentially, anything experiencing this change will be unable to report it, in short, it will become atomic in nature."

"Ah?" The Eternal King was shocked, "The Space Bubble will decompose all matter into atomic form?"

Lu Li nodded, "Yes."

The Eternal King was still a bit confused, "What will be the expansion speed of this Space Bubble? Normally, the speed of vacuum decay is the speed of light. Assuming you create a point of vacuum decay at the center of the Small Magellanic Cloud, it would take three thousand five hundred years to destroy this dwarf star system seven thousand light-years in diameter. How long would it take if you wanted to use the Higgs boson to destroy the Small Magellanic Cloud?"

This was a very critical question.

Lu Li had previously solemnly stated that he would destroy the Small Magellanic Cloud today.

If he used the Higgs boson to create the so-called Space Bubble, with an expansion rate similar to vacuum decay, it would also take three thousand five hundred years.