It's our turn.
Almost as soon as the order was issued, the entire command room was like a machine. Every researcher and engineer sitting in this machine were like gears in a clockwork, operating step by step in a prescribed order.
In the orbit of Mars tens of millions of kilometers away, the two circular rings around the black metal ball were like wheels connected to a globe. Under the push of a small ion thruster engine, the sphere in the center of the wheel slowly moved.
Finally, a large hexagonal rivet-shaped bulge was aimed at another Z particle clock floating in the geosynchronous orbit tens of millions of kilometers away.
In the center of the rivet-shaped bulge, as the shell covering the surface moved sideways, the complex and delicate optical devices were exposed to deep space.
At the same time, a solemn and calm command sounded in the ground command center.
"Turn on the high-power laser calibrator."
The order was issued.
The signal transmitted from the ground command center was received by the alpha Z particle clock floating in the geosynchronous orbit.
Almost at the same time as the order was received, an invisible infrared light shot straight toward the distant Mars from the exposed laser calibrator and was captured by the β Z particle clock floating in orbit around Mars.
Like a bass taking a bait, the two spherical Z particle clocks aimed at each other's launch interface under the guidance of the laser, forming an invisible link in the deep and dark space.
Director Li looked at the two metal spheres connected by red lines on the large screen, the constantly changing orbital parameters displayed on the screen, and the prompt of [Calibration Successful]. Director Li, who was standing in the command room, almost had his heart in his throat. Not far away, Luo Wenxuan, Edward Witten, and a group of invited physicists also unconsciously clenched their fists.
The critical moment was coming.
Regardless of whether Lu Zhou's hyperspace theory was correct or not, this was definitely a moment that could be recorded in history.
Even CERN had never done such an expensive experiment. Even without calculating the launch cost, the total cost of the two Z particle clocks and their accessories was close to the 500 million mark.
If they succeeded, they would create history and the future.
And if they failed …
This was probably going to be the most expensive fireworks in the history of mankind.
"Launch port open!"
"Open successfully!"
"Nuclear core ignition, ready to ignite!"
A series of orders were issued. After more than two hundred seconds of waiting, the two Z particle clocks tens of millions of kilometers apart trembled slightly at the same time.
The emission array composed of hundreds of thousands of laser sources was lit up in an instant. Pulsed ultraviolet light containing 13 million joules of energy was shot from all directions toward the ignition target at the center of the sphere.
The inside of the huge hollow metal sphere was filled with ultraviolet light in an instant. Even if the light didn't shine on the ignition target, it was reflected by the 8,000 pieces of titanium-containing phosphate glass evenly distributed on the inside of the spherical shell and focused on a single point.
Almost as soon as the laser array lit up, the outer shell of the fuel pellet with a diameter of about 5 mm on the ignition target was instantly vaporized and ignited together with the deuterium-tritium fuel inside under the high temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius.
Energy comparable to a star was released in an instant, pushing the lead core inside the sphere to collide, squeeze, vaporize, and ionize. In this constant friction and collision, the Z particle swaying in the high-dimensional universe was finally caught by this terrifying force!
In the ground command center, the researcher sitting in front of the work desk suddenly shouted excitedly.
"Observed gravitational anomaly signal!"
The moment he heard this report, Lu Zhou gave the final order almost without any hesitation.
"Start the photon source!"
"Yes, sir!"
With the help of the electric thruster engine, the two crossed rims fixed the spherical Z particle clock in its original position. Under the guidance of the infrared beam, the alignment of the photon source emitter and receiver was maintained.
At the same time, in the photon source at the front of the β Z particle clock in orbit around Mars, positive and negative electrons collided in an instant.
With a series of invisible sparks, entangled photons burst out in an instant.
One of them went straight forward along the original orbit, while the other was captured by the gravitational field disturbed by the Z particle oscillation. It was projected into the disturbed gravitational field, following a trajectory that was almost identical but not completely consistent, running to the receiver tens of millions of kilometers away.
Time seemed to be frozen at this moment.
As Lu Zhou looked at the timer on the big screen, his heartbeat almost synchronized with it.
Director Li stared intently at the seconds. He kept muttering something, as if he was praying, waiting for the final experimental results.
Secretary-General Luo, Professor Witten, Professor Wilczek, as well as the representatives of the ILHCRC's national councils and scholars who were invited to the scene, all stood there like statues. Their eyes were glued to the big screen.
Finally, when the number on Timer No. 1 jumped to 207.1s, the atmosphere in the command center seemed to have frozen, as if it had been frozen.
The remaining second felt as long as a century.
And when it completely crossed over, the number two timer that continued to beat was like a detonator that detonated explosives, completely detonating the frozen atmosphere in the command center!
Cheers sounded like a storm. People clenched their fists excitedly, waved their fists, or threw their hats, documents, and even pens into the air.
The boiling atmosphere almost overturned the ceiling.
People of different skin colors spoke different languages, but they were also crying tears of excitement.
Lu Zhou looked at the No. 2 timer that continued to beat and finally stopped at [270.7s]. His tense face finally relaxed with a relaxed smile.
The No. 1 timer was fixed at 207.1s.
In other words, the first photon to reach the receiver had traveled a total of 65 million kilometers.
Compared to the linear distance of about 85 million kilometers between the two Z particle clocks, this photon "saved" at least 20 million kilometers!
Under the premise of the principle of the constant speed of light, there was only one explanation left for this photon to reach the "endpoint" ahead of time …
The homologous photon control group that reached the "endpoint" immediately afterward, as well as the second timer on the No. 2 timer, which was fixed at 270.7s, once again proved his conclusion.
And it was proved by a full 63.6 seconds difference!
At this moment, all doubts and arguments were settled in an instant.
Under the witness of everyone, the vibrating Z particles disturbed the invisible but real gravitational bond between Earth and Mars, thus changing the curvature of space-time, straightening the folded space-time, and opening a hyperspace channel beyond the three-dimensional space itself.
Maybe this was not the best channel.
It was as fragile as a soap bubble blown by a child to the sun, and it was as rugged as a mountain path paved with gravel.
There must be a better way in this universe that could create a more stable and "straighter" hyperspace channel, so that the photon could reach the distant Mars in less than a second, or even the edge of the Milky Way.
However, its existence was still so dazzling.
It was like the first note of a vast and long epic poem sung by a poet.
Perhaps in the story woven by countless notes, there would be countless heroes and great people. But even so, even if all of their great achievements were added together, it would not be comparable to the light that bloomed at the first moment.
Maybe it was too early to talk about this.
But one thing was without a doubt.
That was Lu Zhou, who was standing in this command center, once again proved him and his theory.
It was correct!
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