We derive the strong interaction from the UD action without invoking any external gauge group, color hypothesis, or confinement postulate. The four UD fields admit two complementary classifications. The attribute-effect form of the interaction reveals three independent coupling channels for Ud, whose linear independence is proved by direct computation of the source vectors. Infrared restoration of U (3) and gauging yield SU (3) c with eight gluons. The strong interaction is a composite emergent structure. The proton is identified as the minimal baryon: two Dd fields condense, generating an effective third channel; the residual Dᵤ field preserves the three-color topology. The neutron is a complete 3Dd+3Dᵤ composite. Neutron -decay is derived: a Dᵤ phase-flip couples to Ud to produce the anti-neutrino. Fractional charges +2/3 and -1/3 follow from the proton structure and SU (3) symmetry. Confinement follows from the mutual containment axiom. Asymptotic freedom is derived via two independent routes: as the microscopic manifestation of singularity repulsion (with complete mathematical proof), and via a full one-loop -function calculation matching QCD. All derivations proceed from the UD axioms.
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