I Have a Mansion in the Post-apocalyptic World

If Jiang Chen didn’t see it with his own eyes, if he didn’t touch it with his gloves, he would have never believed that the black sphere, the size of a golf ball, would really weigh 100 kilograms.

He examined it closely, the surface of the black ball exuded a faint metallic luster, but its physical properties were completely different from a metal. The smooth texture of the surface didn’t resemble a metal, but a form of glass.

After storing the black sphere in Celestial City’s lab, Jiang Chen immediately gathered more than 20 experts from Future Group’s Material Science Lab to carry out experiments.

However, unfortunately, even the most talented team was still clueless about the composition of this ball.

When the team leader of the research project came up next to Jiang Chen, he shook his head in embarrassment and sighed. “With our current technology, we can’t even determine its elemental composition. The only thing we can confirm now is that the black sphere has high material strength and the surface is very smooth…”

His team carried all forms of experimental methods. But despite their effort, they couldn’t even make a single dent. Even the most penetrative gamma ray couldn’t pass through the sphere which made him feel helpless.

The only thing he could determine is that the black sphere pose no threat and can be in contact with skin.

“What do you think this might be?” Jiang Chen asked.

The team leader hesitated for a moment and said, “I don’t know. If I have to take a guess, I think there should be a gravitational generating device inside this ball that can compress more than one hundred kilograms of material into the size of a golf ball.” Or rather, this is the fabled strong interaction material. It is directly composed of countless hadrons and even quarks… but this would be out of realm of our imagination.”

As he spoke, the scientist shook his head and denied himself immediately.

It was once speculated that there was a strong interaction material, but in theory it didn’t make sense… At least using existing theories, it is unreasonable. But if this sphere is really composed of strong interaction material, then the civilization that created it is really lightyears ahead.

To put it in simple terms, while one was still wondering how to cultivate, the other has already became an immortal…

“I propose to transfer the sphere from Celestial City to Coro Island’s Material Science Lab. There is more sophisticated equipment there we can use to conduct experiments,” The team leader suggested.

Jiang Chen shook his head. “No, let’s pause for now. The way we think may have flaws, I’ll think about other methods,”

The team leader looked confused, but he didn’t insist further.

For three days, he and his team wandered around the sphere. But they couldn’t even advance one step further in their research! The boss’ euphemistic speech was already saving his face.

…

Just like this, the Coro Island researchers returned home.

After the researchers left with the equipment, Jiang Chen orders dozens of soldiers from the military, locked down the lab with the black sphere, and gave out strict order. Except for himself, no one was allowed to enter the lab.

Then, Jiang Chen took the black sphere and tossed it into the storage dimension. When he returned to the ground, he spoke with Ayesha before heading to the apocalypse.

…

After returning to the apocalypse Jiang Chen immediately handed the black sphere to Lin Lin.

After the integration of knowledge between the 2,000 sisters, the research institute consisting of clones and digitalized humans became the most technologically advanced research institute in the NAC. Different from Fallout Shelter 027 with a focus on applied technology, the Lin Research Institute focused on theory and cutting-edge technology.

Lin Lin was the perfect candidate to study the mystery of this black ball.

Although she said she was not pleased with the assignment, when she saw the black sphere, she stopped her work on the portal and immediately dedicated herself to the mysterious object from the extraterrestrial civilization.

Jiang Chen was used to the displeased Lin Lin.

He knew that while she didn’t look pleasant on the surface, she was more enthusiastic than anyone else, she was just too shy to show this side of her. He rubbed Lin Lin’s head, and in her “grumpy” protest, he left the research institute.

Over the next few days, he planned to stay in the apocalypse until the end of the month. Then he would return to the modern world to oversee the situation.

Lin Lin’s research speed exceeded Jiang Chen’s expectations, at least much faster than he expected.

At noon on the third day, Jiang Chen was sitting on the sofa and chatting with Xiaorou in the living room while waiting for Yao Yao to announce it was time for lunch. Then, a tired Lin Lin pushed open the door and strolled in before plunging down right next to him.

“I have the results. Like my previous conjecture, the sphere is indeed made out of strong interaction material, referred to as hadron material.”

Also in three days, the research team of Future Group did not even know how to start. However, Lin Lin already made some progress which even shocked Jiang Chen.

“Strong interaction material?” Sun Xiaorou titled her head and looked at the two in confusion.

“Ummm, it’s hard to explain,” Lin Lin said, putting her hand on her forehead, and sighed. “The strong interaction force overcame the strong repulsive force generated by the electromagnetic force, and the particles in the material are bonded together by strong interaction force. In short, this small sphere is composed entirely of protons and neutrons, and naturally is not made out of the traditional element sense.”

“So, this thing is like a giant atom?” Jiang Chen had a strange expression on his face.

“Well, although you are not right, it is very commendable that you can understand this with your superficial physics knowledge- OUCH!” Before she finished, she covered her forehead, and glanced at Jiang Chen with a grieved expression, “Why did you do that, I’m not wrong! ”

Jiang Chen ignored Lin Lin’s grievances.

“Don’t interrupt. What do you think it is? A battery? Or a weapon? Or a detector…”

“None of those.” Lin Lin shook her head and grabbed her hair in distress, “Or all of them. The issue is that it is hadron material. It is impossible to analyze its internal structure with the existing technical means, no device can even penetrate this…”

Lin Lin’s eyes suddenly lit up and she muttered to herself, “Wait, it’s not impossible.”

Sun Xiaorou looked at the two, still confused about what they were muttering.