Voyage of the Stars

Degeneracy force refers to the mutual repulsion generated by certain particles such as electrons, neutrons, protons and other fermions that cannot occupy the same position in space due to the Pauli exclusion principle in quantum mechanics.

Neutron degeneracy force specifically refers to this repulsive force between neutrons.

When neutrons are compressed very close, since they cannot occupy the same quantum state, this repulsive force that resists further compression will be generated.

And the only thing that can generate this force between neutrons is basically the strong compression of gravity.

Neutron degeneracy force is the symbol of neutron stars and the force that maintains the volume and density of neutron stars. Without this force, neutron stars will directly collapse into black holes.

Therefore, neutron stars have a mass upper limit, namely the Oppenheimer limit.

When the mass of a neutron star exceeds the Oppenheimer limit, the gravity generated by its mass will exceed the maximum limit of the neutron degeneracy force, and the neutrons will be squeezed together to form a black hole.

From the perspective of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, this process is the superposition of the wave peaks of two Fermi excited states in the quantum field. After the superposition, it exceeds the power of stable space-time, so space-time is like a hole pierced by matter and leaks.

Of course, the Shenju civilization creates neutron battle stars, and they certainly do not allow the mass of neutron stars to exceed the Oppenheimer limit.

The twenty-two stars in the void are still rotating around the neutron star that is being formed. Their matter is pulled by the gravity of the planet between the neutron star and the white dwarf, pulling out a long tongue of fire, and the rotation gives the tongue of fire its own shape.

From the perspective of humans, it is like a big turntable of fire, and the surging flames of the stars are rotating, very beautiful and very uniform.

As the neutron star gradually forms, its rotation gradually becomes faster, and this kind of fire alchemy phenomenon becomes more and more intense.

The twenty-two surrounding tongues of fire are still gushing like the divine fire of alchemy, but on the equator of the transformed planet, they have changed their appearance.

The twenty-two surrounding star flames have turned into a hot, rotating flat disk, which is flat from the neutron star to the surroundings, and looks like a gyroscope with two pointed ends.

Because of the temperature of the star, the twenty-two flames are yellow, but the closer to the center of the rotating planet, the whiter it is. The planet rotating in the middle is even more white and hot, like a golden elixir that is being condensed.

Gradually, the planet became smaller. Humans measured it a little and found that it had shrunk to less than 100 kilometers in diameter. It has become a veritable neutron star.

But it is not enough. Its mass is still increasing and its volume is still shrinking.

At this time, the prototype of the accretion disk appeared, but there were no jets at both ends. It must be intentional by the Shenju civilization. This phenomenon will not occur in the natural environment.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for humans who observed in the third-person state to discover new changes.

The magnetic field appeared, a very strong magnetic field.

Even the human and Daya civilization fleets, which were very far away, could detect the extremely strong magnetic field. Adley in the human fleet was even more agitated, and the humans in the third-person perspective felt all this the most.

All the previous operations of the Shenju civilization seemed to be for this moment. Perhaps this war star itself was designed in this way.

At this moment, the planet has shrunk to a diameter of only 30 kilometers. It is already a proper neutron star. Its shrinking trend has begun to slow down, but it has not stopped.

With the emergence of the magnetic field, the 22 originally rotating star flames have also changed their appearance. The star flames, affected by the strong magnetic field of the neutron star, have become circles of light surrounding the neutron star. From a distance, it is like putting a glowing bracket on the neutron star.

That is the direction of the magnetic flux lines.

The strong magnetic field of the neutron star actually magnetizes the star flames and arranges them according to its own magnetic flux lines. But humans know that these are all illusions. In fact, the stellar flames are still burning the neutron star, but because the neutron star rotates very fast, its rotation naturally drives its strong magnetic field to rotate, so those stellar flames will look like glowing brackets.

It is a bit similar to the Mach ring, which is very beautiful.

But this state did not last long, because the neutron star in the center disappeared, and it disappeared in the visible light field.

If observed from a normal optical telescope, only 22 stars will be seen rotating around a circle of halos distributed according to the magnetic flux lines, but that might tells humans and Daya civilization that there is a neutron star shining brightly in the invisible place.

From the perspective of X-ray, the brightness of the neutron star overshadows all technological creations in the void. Other warships, spaceships, fleets and other creations are so eclipsed in front of it.

One hundred and fifty years later.

The neutron star finally stopped shrinking, and its diameter was fixed at 15 kilometers.

It was at this moment that the brilliant neutron star leaped out of the "alchemy furnace", radiating X-rays. The extremely high temperature brought waves of heat radiation to the surroundings as it rotated at high speed, and the eyes of the entire small universe were focused on it.

It's done!

It should not be called a neutron star now, but a neutron battle star.

It just hovered in the void. Compared to the huge warships, it was so petite, but any intelligent life looking at it had a feeling from the depths of its soul. It had nothing to do with the word "petite", but instead showed its domineering power.

It is now just turning rapidly and emitting waves of heat radiation, but the warships in front of it are like facing a stormy sea, with a feeling of surging waves hitting the shore.

Coupled with the powerful gravity that the neutron battle star exudes at this time, the humans far away in the void feel that they are being pulled over.

It should be able to continue to shrink, but the Shenju civilization did not continue to shrink its volume, probably to reserve mass for the Oppenheimer limit.

Suddenly, the space-time in front of the hovering neutron battle star seemed to collapse, and then it was seen that it instantly entered the 213.75 times light speed state and disappeared in the optical field of view. When it reappeared, it had already arrived in the void between humans and the Daya civilization fleet.

At this moment, it seemed that wherever the neutron battle star went, it became the center of the small universe.

When it exited the warp speed, the two civilizations found that its volume was much smaller, which was caused by its sudden stop of high-speed rotation. It was also at this time that its ridiculously strong gravitational performance disappeared.

From the appearance, the neutron battle star of the Shenju civilization looked like a harmless and light spot.

At this moment, the humans and the Daya civilization, who thought they had finally finished, found that the neutron battle star that had switched states actually moved again, but this time it was not at the same warp speed as before, but it suddenly flashed forward by several astronomical units, as if it had jumped in space, and it felt like a checker jumping on the ground.

At the same time, a super strong gravitational wave came from the place where it disappeared, causing the warships of the humans and the Daya civilization to trigger the real shield.

It seemed to be a light jump, but it was heavy.