Typically, over 90% of the total energy released in a Type II supernova explosion is carried away by neutrinos.
The remaining energy is distributed among the kinetic energy of the remnants, visible light, radiation across various wavelengths, and so on.
However, even this small fraction of energy is sufficient to provide luminosity that outshines an entire galaxy and unleash violent radiation that sweeps across several light-years, destroying everything tangible and intangible.
Based on the standard supernova explosion model and considering the performance of his neutrino telescope, Li Qingsong estimated that the number of neutrinos he captured should have been more than 1000 times the currently detected amount.
But the observed neutrinos were only one-thousandth of that.
This was already a difference in orders of magnitude, which could not be explained by probability.
Consequently, Li Qingsong identified a total of three anomalies.
First, it occurred multiple times at the same coordinates.
Second, there was no optical counterpart.
Third, the number of neutrinos was too low.
This seemed to imply… that the energy release of both supernova explosions was concentrated in the invisible light spectrum, such as gamma rays, X-rays, and the kinetic energy of stellar remnants?
Visible light and neutrinos are, relatively speaking, the least destructive forms of energy release in a supernova explosion.
If the energy release was concentrated in high-energy photon radiation and heavy atomic nuclei radiation…
How many times would its destructive power increase?
Just thinking about it made Li Qingsong feel terrified.
Even placing a sun trillions of kilometers away from the supernova explosion point would result in the entire sun being directly blown away by this intense radiation, turning into dust and disappearing into the universe!
This could hardly be called a supernova explosion; it was more like a supernova explosion's lethality plus pro version, right?
"Fortunately, it's over ten thousand light-years away from me, so it won't affect me."
Li Qingsong secretly rejoiced, "If it happened near me, even a hundred light-years away, my fleet would be directly annihilated by this radiation, and all clones would die."
Faced with such a peculiar phenomenon, Li Qingsong intensified his research efforts.
However, Li Qingsong studied for a full decade and still gained nothing.
This was a bit of a headache.
Scientists like to find errors in their own theories, but that's under the premise of being able to propose a more complete theory.
It's like a student making a mistake on a problem; it's good if you point out my mistake and I can find the correct answer based on that.
But if you point out the mistake without giving me the correct answer, and I can't find it myself through research, then I'm stuck.
Li Qingsong was now in this state.
In this situation, a Blueprint scientist proposed a possibility.
He spoke to one of Li Qingsong's clones with some awe and fear, "Perhaps our previous research direction was wrong.
This, this might not be a natural phenomenon, but rather, but rather a weapon of some super civilization."
A weapon?
Li Qingsong scoffed.
Using a supernova explosion as a weapon? How is that possible?
But the next moment, Li Qingsong was stunned, his mind as if a storm had risen.
Weapon? Weapon?!
Think about it, why could two supernova explosions occur at the same coordinates and with such a short time interval?
Does this mean it was a controlled explosion?
Think again, why was the energy carried by the least destructive neutrinos and visible light so low? Why was the main energy release concentrated in the more destructive light radiation and heavy nuclear radiation?
This, this was clearly a conscious modulation of the supernova explosion's energy release mode, consciously concentrating the energy release on types with higher lethality to increase its destructive power!
If it was a weapon, then was the object that exploded really a star?
Was it possible that it was some kind of large device, such as a large warship of a super civilization, using technology so advanced that he couldn't imagine it, simulating the mode of a supernova explosion, to use this type of explosion as its means of attack?
If that was the case, everything could be explained.
A little cold sweat broke out on Li Qingsong's forehead.
What kind of enemy could withstand an attack of such power?
Even if his strength increased a hundredfold, a thousandfold, there would be no possibility of blocking it.
Could it be that in this universe, in this galaxy, there really were such powerful civilizations?
Could it be that in a place more than ten thousand light-years away from him, two super civilizations advanced beyond his imagination were waging war?
Using supernova explosions as weapons, how vast and magnificent would such a battlefield be…
Looking at the vast starry sky, looking at the myriad stars shining, Li Qingsong felt more insignificant than ever before.
The observation of that coordinate point was still continuing, but Li Qingsong no longer hoped to analyze any new physics, and currently only hoped to collect a little more information, so that if he encountered such an existence in the future, he could hide as early as possible.
What else could he do besides hide?
Run away?
The range of a supernova explosion can easily span several light-years, how could he possibly escape?
As for whether he could survive after hiding, it would all depend on luck.
The massive fleet continued to advance, and the observation of the universe's starry sky never stopped.
Amidst the continuous sky surveys by numerous array telescopes, Li Qingsong once again found a relatively peculiar celestial body.
To distinguish between different celestial body scales, Li Qingsong had now stipulated that multi-star aggregates as vast as the Milky Way, such as the Andromeda Galaxy, the Triangulum Galaxy, and the Milky Way, would be collectively referred to as river systems, while star-level existences such as the solar system and the Altair system would be called star systems.
What Li Qingsong was currently observing was a vast river system.
Through redshift calculations, Li Qingsong confirmed that its distance from the Milky Way was approximately 500 million light-years.
This meant that what he was currently receiving was actually the light released by this river system 500 million years ago.
This river system was also a spiral galaxy, but relatively flat. What aroused Li Qingsong's interest was that the stars inside this river system seemed to be moving relatively fast, and the proportions of red giants, blue giants, and various dwarf stars were also somewhat abnormal.
This seemed to be inconsistent with Li Qingsong's existing theory of galaxy evolution.
Also adhering to the principle that "error means progress," Li Qingsong decisively transferred more observation power to conduct further observations of this distant river system.
An array of thousands of giant optical telescopes, after half a year of exposure, finally collected enough data about this river system.
After data processing, an ultra-high-resolution real-world image of the galaxy was presented on a giant screen in front of the clone where Li Qingsong's consciousness resided.
At this moment, Li Qingsong's mind and consciousness were almost shaken by it.
Countless stellar glows flowed, coupled with various gases and dust, making the entire river system look like a magical eye, extremely dazzling and beautiful.
"So beautiful…"
Li Qingsong murmured, "It looks so much like an eye… let's name you the Evil Eye Galaxy."
