The command center of the huge laboratory fell into an atmosphere of joy. The super-light speed experiment was successful. The next step, the research and development of the curvature drive engine has officially entered the substantive stage. Under the leadership of Zhou Xing, the finished product will be almost ready in less than two years. Everyone is ecstatic. .
The birth of the curvature drive engine is just like the evolution of wooden sailboats powered by wind to iron-clad battleships using internal combustion engines in the Age of Human Discovery. The Age of Interstellar Discovery of human civilization will usher in earth-shaking changes.
Zhou Xing looked at everyone and smiled, and continued to tell Zhou Xiaozhi: "Xiaozhi, continue the experiment, we haven't reached the limit of the 'Biaak Ball Cup' just now."
"Okay, boss!" Zhou Xiaozhi responded, and immediately remotely controlled the "Biaak Ball Cup" to continue the experiment.
Upon seeing this, the professors restrained their joy and continued to pay attention to the experiment.
"Mr. Zhou, the manufacturing difficulty of the curvature drive engine increases with the increase of super-light speed, and the materials of the spacecraft will become very demanding." Professor Lin Hai looked at Zhou Xing and reminded.
"I know." Zhou Xing nodded with a smile, looked at Lin Hai and explained: "'Curvature' also has other application potentials. Various types of super-light weapons driven by curvature engines, such as super-light kinetic energy weapons, super-light speed weapons, etc. Energy bombs can effectively increase the attack power of battleships."
After hearing this, everyone nodded unanimously and agreed with Zhou Xing's idea.
The universe is vast, and the fastest speed of an energy weapon cannot exceed the speed of light. If "curvature" technology can be used, the attack distance will be greatly shortened, and the accuracy and attack power of the skill will be improved.
Professor Lin Hai frowned and reminded Zhou Xing: "Mr. Zhou, the principle of this kind of curvature weapon is very simple. It is nothing more than installing a curvature engine in addition to ordinary kinetic energy weapons or energy bombs. This type of weapon has great limitations. For example, the power is too low, the energy consumption is too high, the safety factor is too low and it is easily damaged. The most important point is that when an interstellar war breaks out, the gravity of large-mass stars is disturbed, and in a fierce war environment, this weapon will enter the curvature navigation stage. It is extremely unstable, the curvature engine is easily damaged, and the future of use is worrying!"
Entering the "curvature" state itself requires a huge amount of energy, which will greatly weaken the attack power of the "curvature" itself. For various reasons, in Lin Hai's view, this weapon basically only has scientific research value, and It has no practical significance.
After listening to Professor Lin Hai's introduction, the professors looked at each other and frowned. For a moment, they also thought of the various discomforts of "curvature" weapons.
Zhou Xing looked at Professor Lin Hai, smiled with satisfaction, and explained: "Professor Lin, your opinion is worthy of recognition, but you have overlooked one thing, the linkage of 'curvature'. A curvature engine can only cause a certain film Regional changes, if hundreds of thousands of 'curvature' engines are driven at the same time, will have a superimposed effect and may produce an extreme 'curvature' environment, and curvature weapons still have strong actual combat effectiveness."
After hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment. Zhou Xing's description suddenly caught the key points that they had not paid attention to, and they all frowned and started thinking.
As soon as Zhou Xing finished speaking, Professor Lin Hai couldn't wait to open the operation screen and quickly started calculating.
After a while, Professor Lin Hai stared at the holographic screen and nodded excitedly: "|Y"|/(1+Y')^... If the quantity can be achieved... Yes, yes, Mr. Zhou, you are right, a large amount 'Curvature' phenomena occur simultaneously, linking the curvature effect. "
"Yes, the more curvature weapons are activated, the faster they will become. If it reaches a large scale, it can suddenly reach tens of thousands of times the speed of light, forming a stable curvature effect area." Zhou Xing smiled and nodded.
"It can be done! It can be done!" Lin Hai nodded excitedly, and suddenly remembered something. He continued to ask Zhou Xing: "Mr. Zhou, you said that curvature has a lot of potential that can be tapped. In terms of attack, is there anything else?"
Hearing this, all the professors looked at Zhou Xing, and they also thought of this possibility.
Zhou Xing smiled and nodded, looked at everyone and introduced: "I think we can also use the 'curvature' effect for defense?"
"How is it possible to use 'curvature' efficiency to defend?"
"Mr. Zhou, is it for defense? How to defend?"
"This... Mr. Zhou, you are mistaken!"
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After listening to Zhou Xing's introduction, everyone looked at each other and asked questions one after another.
They can understand using the "curvature" effect to create curvature engines and curvature weapons, but they really can't understand Zhou Xing's idea of defense.
On the "curvature-driven" trajectory, the structure of space has also been changed. If the same second curvature-driven spacecraft is placed within the trajectory range of the first spacecraft, it will be unable to move.
In the track space, a more powerful curvature engine must be used. At this time, the space curvature drive can still enable the spacecraft to reach the maximum speed of the track space, which is much lower than the maximum speed reached during the first voyage. In other words, in the track space, the speed of vacuum light decreases.
"Curvature" changes the structure of space, but it does not change its core structure. What is affected is only the speed of matter. The spacecraft is actually traveling through space, not the space where the spacecraft is moving.
"Mr. Zhou, do you want to develop a space defense shield?" Lin Hai suddenly remembered something and asked Zhou Xingdao in disbelief.
"Four-dimensional space?"
"Four-dimensional defense shield? Can this be realized?"
"This, this... Mr. Zhou, you are too whimsical."
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After hearing Lin Hai's words, the professors' eyes all bulged, looking at Zhou Xing in disbelief, and they were all shocked by his "ambition".
"It's not a four-dimensional space." Zhou Xing retorted with a slight smile.
Four-dimensional space only exists in mathematics. As three-dimensional creatures, it is basically impossible for humans to have a relatively intuitive understanding of four-dimensional space. But we can explore the mystery of four-dimensional space through the analogy of two-dimensional space and three-dimensional space.
Dimension is just a concept in mathematics. It describes that in a space, several parameters are needed to locate the position of a point. One parameter is needed to achieve one-dimensional space, and three parameters are required to achieve three-dimensional space.
Assuming that a space is a straight line, it is obvious that it only needs one parameter to locate a point on it, so it is a one-dimensional space. Two-dimensional space is a plane, because on this plane, two coordinates are needed to locate a point, three-dimensional space requires three coordinates to locate a point, and four-dimensional space requires four coordinates.
It can probably be understood this way, for example, a two-dimensional creature has only two dimensions: length and width, and does not have the third dimension of height. Suddenly, it has height, and it has evolved from a two-dimensional creature to a three-dimensional creature. However, its The evolution is not complete. It cannot leave this plane. It has height, but it cannot jump, squat or stand up... Its third dimension is fixed and cannot change.
"It's not a four-dimensional defense shield, Mr. Zhou, what are you going to do?" Lin Hai was slightly stunned and looked at Zhou Xing in confusion.
"It's a curvature defense cover!" Zhou Xing said with a smile, looking at everyone and asked: "Why, you all think that the curvature defense cover is impossible to achieve?"
"Certainly, the curvature effect occurs because the spacecraft engine changes the curvature of space, which actually distorts the space in which the spacecraft is located. The spacecraft itself must be considered in this distorted space and cannot be detached from the outside of the space. This curvature space When attacked, the attack only causes a change in curvature, and the spacecraft cannot use the change in curvature to resist this attack." Professor Lin Hai described it with examples.
"There is curvature in space. Changing the curvature by the curvature engine does not mean the isolation of the entire dimensional space. If the physical space does not change, the four-dimensional defense shield will not be successful." Space scientist-Lelibert judged loudly.
"Yes, unless the curvature effect reaches the extent of forming a regional 'black hole' and changing the spatial structure, it will be impossible to achieve..." Physical scientist Professor Ouyang added.
The professors frowned and looked at Zhou Xing. They almost unanimously believed that the development of a four-dimensional defense shield could not be achieved by using the curvature effect.
"No, even the black hole does not change the structure of space. External matter and even light can still enter the black hole and cannot be observed because the influence of the black hole is too strong." Zhou Xing retorted with a smile.
"The fundamental principle of generating speed is speed difference. Similar things in nature such as voltage difference, gravity difference, pressure difference, etc. will form speed differences to drive the corresponding medium to generate speed. The same principle is used for space curvature drive. To generate space speed Then you first need to create a spatial difference. Material quality can cause space to bend. In fact, the so-called bending is to form a spatial difference. This is the basic principle of realizing space curvature drive." Zhou Xing continued to explain while looking at the crowd.
Everyone nodded, this is the most basic common sense of space physics.
Zhou Xing smiled slightly, looked at everyone and continued to explain: "The curvature effect cannot achieve the spatial shielding effect, and it is difficult to change the spatial structure. However, we can use the 'space difference' to change the opponent's hit rate and cleverly avoid it. No, with head-to-head defensive resistance, using curvature space to change the enemy’s attack trajectory, wouldn’t it also achieve the same defensive effect?”
Hearing this, all the professors were stunned, their mouths slightly opened, and they looked at Zhou Xing dumbfounded, not knowing how to refute.
"Mr. Zhou, your idea is okay!"
"Will this cause instability in the 'curvature' space?"
"Is it possible to use the transformation of distorted space to change the attack trajectory?"
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The professors suddenly understood and were awakened by Zhou Xing, and they started discussions along the direction provided by Zhou Xing.
Zhou Xing smiled slightly and continued to focus on the big screen, where the "curvature" experiment was still going on.
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On the mother planet of the Earth, sits a mysterious base, an institution unknown to the world, the Federal Interstellar Civilization Exchange Center. The entire hall is like a gathering place for aliens, with various forms of aliens and human staff. Harmony in the same room.
Unknowingly, Zhou Yang has been at this base for a month. During this period, he has seen various forms of alien creatures, some with blue skin, some with red skin, some with black skin, some with humanoid shapes, some with beast-like shapes, Bug-like, multi-legged...all kinds of things.
Zhou Yang, who was walking towards the office with documents in hand, was blocked by a blue-skinned alien with a pair of tentacles on his head and an angry look. The roar of the ground roared at Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang stopped, and the electronic synthesized voice on his wrist translated its alien language: "Where is your General Du Wen? I must see him today!"
Zhou Yang frowned and said rudely: "Mr. Belre, this is not a place for you to run wild. Please don't make any noise."
As soon as Zhou Yang finished speaking, the translator worn on Belre's wrist began to chirp for a while.
"You brat, are you that green onion? If you dare to talk to me like this, take me to see General Du Wen quickly, or else don't blame me for being rude." Belre's face became angry and he roared at Zhou Yang.
"General Du Wen has no right to interfere with the federal government's decision. Even if you see him, it's useless. The fleet of human civilization will never be dispatched without the approval of the parliament." Zhou Yang looked at Belre expressionlessly and elaborated.
"You... believe it or not, I will tear you apart!" Belre was furious and was about to attack Zhou Yang with one stride.
The attitude of the human boy in front of him was so abominable that Belre couldn't help but feel murderous.
"How dare you touch a hair on his head!" A figure full of murderous intent came from behind Belre.
Hearing the sound, Belre's hands froze, and he quickly turned around and said happily: "General Du Wen, I finally see you. When will you humans be able to determine the time to join the war? If not, you won't be able to catch up with the coalition's actions!"
"Are you okay?" Superior Du Wen ignored Belre's words and walked straight to Zhou Yang, asking with concern.
"Thank you for your relationship, General. My subordinate is fine!" Zhou Yang gave a military salute to General Du Wen and said gratefully.
Seeing General Du Wen's attitude, Belre's face became angry, and he roared and threatened: "General Du Wen, a mere boy is more important than the fate of you humans? Is this how you humans treat our Mogoro civilization? You know the Milky Way? The Alliance is not inferior to you humans!"
General Du Wen slowly turned around, looked at Belre, and said calmly: "Belre, please calm down. It is the same for everyone among us humans. Our human civilization does not take the initiative to invade other civilizations, but... For any civilization that dares to invade our tribe, we will definitely stop them from coming back."
After a pause, General Du Wen looked at Belre and said solemnly, "As for whether humans will join the Galactic Alliance and when to send troops, everything must wait for the federal government's decision. I have no right to interfere. Please wait patiently for the news." ! ”
Hearing what General Du Wen said, Belre's tone was relieved and he said helplessly: "Okay! Since you said so, I will continue to wait for the news!"