Without giving the two of them time to digest the huge amount of information contained in his words, Lu Zhou stood up from the sofa, stretched out his index finger, and drew in the air.
Soon, a translucent holographic panel appeared in front of him. With a light tap of his index finger, it instantly dispersed into light particles all over the sky, reorganizing into the shape of the solar system in the air.
Looking at the holographic image projected in front of them, Chairman Li Guangya and Commander Sun Liwei's faces, which were full of surprise, were involuntarily infected with a trace of confusion.
After staring at the star map for a long time, Commander Sun Liwei frowned slightly and couldn't help but ask, "This is …"
"Interplanetary highway system."
"Interplanetary highway system." Lu Zhou looked at the trajectories outlined between the planets. His index finger randomly selected the one connecting Mars and the Earth-Moon system. He said, "Simply put, in addition to the warp drive, we also have a special and relatively stable method. We use hyperspace channels to achieve the rapid exchange of matter and information."
Li Guangya frowned slightly.
"Can this … be achieved?"
"Of course it can be achieved, otherwise, I wouldn't have said this."
After glancing at Li Guangya, Lu Zhou continued in a calm tone.
"In theory, this acceleration method will be easier to achieve a jump than the warp drive installed on a single ship. We only need to open a fixed channel at both ends of the space, and the exchange of matter and signals will naturally occur at the endpoints on both sides of the channel. And considering that the gravitational coordinates of the two doors are relatively fixed, the real-time calculation steps for the hyperspace channel will be much simpler than the single-ship jump. "
In fact, what Lu Zhou described was not entirely his idea.
A large part of it came from what he saw and heard in the Second Void Memory. Using the gravitational bond between massive celestial bodies to open a hyperspace channel was the core principle of the warp drive technology mastered by the Calan Empire.
Related speculations had been successful on the Z particle oscillation device. Lu Zhou had reason to make further conjectures. The "stargates" deployed around the Calan Empire's capital ring world also used the same technology.
As for how those stargates kept the hyperspace channel stable …
This was the next step to think about.
At least in the general direction, he already knew that this technical idea was feasible.
After listening to Lu Zhou's description, Sun Liwei fell into deep thought.
After about a minute, he said in a hesitant tone.
"… I don't know if I understand it correctly. It means that this hyperspace channel maintained by two portals is equivalent to inserting a tube in space. Every exchange of information and matter is through the same path, so the energy consumption is relatively low? The warp drive was equivalent to installing a drill bit on every starship, and every jump was equivalent to drilling a hole in the universe? Therefore, the energy consumption is higher. "
"If you really don't understand hyperspace theory … It's fine to understand it this way."
Lu Zhou didn't have much expectation for the old man's theoretical knowledge. His index finger continued to tap on the holographic image.
Soon, with the touch of his fingertips, the line connecting the Earth-Moon system and Mars continued to expand outward, and two inverted rings spread out at the endpoints.
The fragmented structure was dazzling to look at, but from a macroscopic perspective, it was surprisingly simple. The entire device was like a fishing line, connecting the two planets together.
"The technical principle of the entire project is actually very simple. According to the disturbance of the gravitational field when the Z particle falls from a high dimension to a low latitude, it changes the space-time curvature distribution between the Earth-Moon system and Mars, forming a folded area.
"As you can see now, we deploy a Z particle oscillation device on both sides and keep it vibrating at a specific frequency, thus forming a stable and open hyperspace channel between the Earth-Moon system and Mars."
With that said, a virtual starship appeared on the holographic image.
When the starship slowed down and passed through the ring on the side of Earth, the entire starship was like a bullet being pushed into the barrel of a gun. It was "sucked" into the transparent pipe marking the hyperspace channel at an incredible speed. In less than two seconds, it was "spat out" from the other side of the channel.
Looking at the two people who were shocked by the holographic model in front of them, Lu Zhou smiled faintly and continued, "The whole project is divided into two parts.
"The entire project is divided into two parts, and the technical difficulty may be relatively high. After all, even for me, many of the concepts are just vague guesses, and more experiments are needed to further verify them. However, compared to the technical difficulties, with the magnetic field generation technology of this era, the engineering difficulty and amount of work to achieve the entire project should not be very large. "
It took a long time for Commander Sun to recover from the shock. He gulped, and his tone couldn't help but tremble slightly because of excitement.
"What about safety? Is the hyperspace channel opened in this way reliable? If there is a sudden power outage, or a similar technical failure causes the channel to suddenly close, will the starship inside … not be able to get out? "
This was his biggest concern.
Speed was the eternal pursuit of the aerospace forces. However, if safety considerations were ignored because of speed, then it would be putting the cart before the horse.
It took the Pan-Asian Cooperation a century to create their strongest invincible fleet in the solar system. If they were stopped halfway because of a faster than light jump, then it would be a big loss …
"Don't worry about this. Even if the hyperspace channel is suddenly closed, the spacecraft inside will reappear at the gravitational source, which is a position between the two planets. The specific location depends on the stage of the jump, but it will definitely come out. "Lu Zhou continued," This is a conclusion based on the data I collected on the Qinling, so you don't have to worry about getting lost in hyperspace. In fact, it is not so easy to cross dimensions and enter the gap between the curved surfaces of the universe from the n-dimensional universe. "
Unable to resist the curiosity in his heart, Li Guangya couldn't help but ask.
"What if I want to enter the gap between the curved surfaces of the universe? Is there any way? "
"The center of the galaxy may be the closest entrance. Of course … this is just my speculation. Maybe there are other ways." Lu Zhou glanced at Li Guangya. He smiled and continued, "But I bet you won't want to go in there."
Li Guangya asked curiously, "Why?"
"Because there is nothing there. Our universe is as fragile as a piece of paper there." Looking out of the window, a trace of reminiscence appeared in Lu Zhou's eyes, as if he was thinking of something far away. He said concisely, "People who have been there or seen it call it the Void."
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