"Courage Voyager" was the name of the spaceship responsible for this space warp experiment.
As the spaceship left the port, it soon flew to the designated space warp location, ready to start the first space warp experiment in human history.
The starting point of this space warp experiment was the lunar orbit and the end point was the Martian orbit. At this time, the distance between the two points was about 80 million kilometers. Based on the usual acceleration of the spaceship, it would take about seven days to fly from here to the end point, which was 168 hours.
However, by warping into subspace, using subspace navigation technology, the distance could be compressed by ten thousand times, which meant that in theory, it would only take one second to reach the destination.
Of course, whether the spaceship was in reality or in subspace, there must be a process of acceleration, so the actual time it would take was definitely more than one second.
At this time, in the space observatory, Chen Chen was silently looking at the data sent back by the radio telescope. At the same time, there was a flow of people in the hall. Everyone looked solemn, preparing for the upcoming first space warp.
"Prepare for navigation experiment, starting subspace navigation in three minutes!"
In the broadcast, a cold electronic voice came. Everyone was even more excited and busied themselves in their respective posts, constantly testing the accuracy of the data in front of them.
"Nuclear fusion reactor activated!"
"Nuclear fusion reactor has been activated, the current temperature is rising, the output power is stable..."
"Liquid helium cooling system activated!"
"It has been activated, the current pressure is stable!"
"Strong magnetic ring activated, warp engine starting to warm up!"
Chen Chen nodded to himself. He raised his head and looked at the big screen above him.
There were dozens of monitoring screens on the big screen, which were all images sent by the Courage Voyager spaceship, but because of the distance, these images were slightly delayed.
As early as when humans landed on Mars, the signal delay of communication had begun to show signs of weakness. Due to the distance between the two, the signal delay between Earth and Mars was as much as two or three hundred seconds. If humans were to venture out of the solar system in the future, it would take years just to make a phone call.
It seemed that it was time to vigorously develop quantum information transmission technology...
Chen Chen thought silently.
This idea flashed in Chen Chen's mind, but at this moment, the screen above him displayed the core goal of this experiment — the space warp engine.
At this time, on the periphery of the engine, three ring-shaped strong magnetic devices were rotating wildly around the black sphere in the center, like three blurry shadows. As they continued to rotate, the black sphere in the center was also constantly rotating. After a while, Chen Chen was not sure if it was an illusion, but he felt that the black sphere in the center seemed to be slowly transforming into a liquid form...
Of course, Chen Chen was familiar with this scene. It had appeared in the movie before. A member of the rescue team came to the space warp engine that had turned into liquid and reached his hand into the black liquid.
It was as though the entire hyperdrive engine had transformed into a spatial gate.
However, no one knew what was behind the door. The rescue team member was eventually pulled in, and when he came out again, he had become a walking corpse without any consciousness.
It was as if the other side of the door had absorbed his soul …
This was the danger of the subspace. It was not that Chen Chen was unaware of the dangers of the subspace. If he had a choice, he would not have chosen this method of navigation that involved contact with the subspace. However, the universe was too vast, so vast that it was enough to make any civilization despair.
Based on the current speed of the nuclear fusion engine, minus the time needed for acceleration, it would still take more than half a year to fly out of the solar system.
The diameter of the Milky Way was about 100,000 light-years, which was billions of times the diameter of the solar system. This was an extremely hopeless number. Even without taking into account the fuel, it would take more than 100,000 years to fly from one side of the Milky Way to the other side of the Milky Way.
Not to mention that the Milky Way was only a grain of sand in the observable universe.
Therefore, conventional flight methods would inevitably be unable to support the rise of civilization. If Chen Chen wanted to develop, he would have to develop the space warp engine technology sooner or later. In this case, there was no room for retreat...
These thoughts flashed in Chen Chen's mind. At this time, at this time, the cold mechanical voice continued:
"The space warp engine has entered the critical value. The current magnetic core is at 50 billion atmospheres of pressure, the strong magnetic ring is very stable! Preparing to start the space warp operation...
"Countdown to start the space warp engine in one minute..."
In the broadcast, the cold electronic voice suddenly sounded in every corner of the hall. At the same time, a low warning tone also followed, indicating that the experiment had entered the final stage.
Chen Chen's expression was solemn. Not only him, the atmosphere of the entire hall suddenly became solemn. A low and oppressive atmosphere weighed heavily on everyone's heart. Everyone stared at the data stream in front of them, not daring to let down their guard for a moment.
"Countdown to start the space warp engine in 30 seconds, ready...
"Countdown to ten seconds, ready...
"Ten!
"Nine!
"Eight!"
...
"Three!
"Two!
"One!
"Space warp start!"
As the order was issued, Chen Chen only saw the space warp engine on the screen become brighter and brighter from the beginning, finally turning into a strong light, completely drowning out the surveillance camera!
A few seconds later, which was the delay correction time, it was time for the space warp. At this time, all the surveillance screens flickered with static and the Courage Voyager and the space observatory had completely lost contact!
"Lost connection!"
The voice echoed. "Checking the space warp site. It has been confirmed that the Courage Voyager has not been found. The spaceship has entered the subspace!"
Chen Chen's eyes suddenly lit up. Since the spaceship disappeared into thin air instead of exploding, it naturally meant that the spaceship had entered the subspace.
Still, this did not mean that it was time to celebrate. Only when the Courage Voyager reappeared after a minute or two and appeared in the orbit of Mars would this mean that the experiment was successful.
It took about one minute for the spaceship to cross the subspace and it would take about three hundred seconds for the Mars orbit signal to be transmitted to Earth. In other words, if they wanted to know whether the experiment was successful or not, they had to wait six or seven minutes to see if the Courage Voyager would send a signal from Mars.
Naturally, all the researchers were well aware of these data. They began to discuss or chat with each other, waiting for the final data.
For a while, the atmosphere in the hall relaxed slightly.
However, as time went by, the atmosphere in the hall gradually became solemn. As the estimated time of the space warp approached, everyone kept looking at the computers in front of them, waiting for the news from the Courage Voyager.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
Six minutes passed and there was still no news from the Courage Voyager. Many people began to look at each other.
Eight minutes passed. Everyone's forehead was dripping with sweat. It seemed that the deep space of the universe had become a ferocious behemoth with its mouth wide open, swallowing the Courage Voyager and not spitting it out again.
Ten minutes passed. Even Chen Chen frowned at the screen above him. Could it be that the first space warp experiment had failed?
Was the subspace really that dangerous?
Just when everyone was beginning to feel disappointed, finally, a string of encrypted signals was received by the radio telescope again. This signal came from the Courage Voyager!
"It's transmitted back!"
In the hall, many researchers shouted excitedly. They wanted to decipher this signal, but in the next second, they were stunned because they found that they had lost the authority to decipher the signal.
"What's going on?"
"Why did I lose the authority?"
"Is it a system malfunction?"
Many researchers were in an uproar. After all, they had participated in and looked forward to this for so long. Now, they could not even see the results of the experiment. Who could accept this?
However, the cold electronic voice in the broadcast sounded again. "All researchers, please stay where you are. This information is top secret of Blacklight Biotechnology. Please stay where you are and wait for the next order."
As this news spread, Chen Chen had left the hall at this time and came to another closed room.
This transmitted message was naturally intercepted by Little X. The purpose was not because it was confidential. The researchers here were all members of God's Forbidden Zone, so it should not be confidential.
The reason why this was done was only because Chen Chen had learned from the mistakes of others.
Previously in the dimension of Event Horizon, the local research institute was instantly wiped out because of the information transmitted back. In the end, even the entire Earth was destroyed. Of course, Chen Chen did not dare to expose this information like this.
Therefore, this information must be investigated by Little X first and confirmed that there were no problems before he dared to release it.
"The encrypted signal has been translated and no memetic characteristics have been found."
At this time, Little X's voice came from the headset. As Chen Chen looked up, a video appeared on the screen in front of him.
In the video, Chen Chen only saw that when the Courage Voyager was flying, a huge black hole suddenly appeared in front of it, and then the spaceship flew into the black hole.
The moment it passed through the black hole, the scenery outside the spaceship suddenly changed from a vast expanse of darkness to a world full of dark red.
Obviously, the world in the subspace was not as empty and pitch-black as the real universe, but a red haze, as if flying in a magnificent nebula, surrounded by granular red mist.
This mist churned rhythmically like the waves of the sea, but the strange thing was that it did not wash in one direction like the waves, but constantly hit the hull of the spaceship from all directions...
Even in the mist, there were clearly colorful light spots. The light spots were not very bright, but in the misty blood-red mist, they were particularly conspicuous. At a glance, it was like a firefly in the mist, flickering and extinguishing, constantly surging with the mist.
"What is this?"
Chen Chen narrowed his eyes and silently looked at this scenery.
The scene sent back by the spaceship was very strange. Chen Chen did not know how it was different from the subspace he had been to before because when he entered the subspace, he only opened his eyes once and when he opened his eyes, he immediately saw countless distorted shadows around him.
After that, Chen Chen gouged out his eyes.
Of course, when watching these videos, Chen Chen naturally did not need to gouge out his eyes, but just based on this video alone, he could not figure out whether the scene on the screen was the subspace he had been to before.
Just when Chen Chen was feeling a little puzzled, the spaceship seemed to gradually drive away from the area of the blood-red mist. As the bow of the spaceship broke through the last of the mist, the screen in front of Chen Chen suddenly widened and a vast and strange space appeared in front of Chen Chen!
It was still a dark red world, but in this endless red, traces of strange black airflow constantly brushed past the outer shell of the Courage Voyager. These black airflows constantly condensed and transformed as if they had a life of their own. Moreover, as they brushed past the outer shell of the spaceship, the armor of the Courage Voyager also showed corresponding signs of aging and decay...
Chen Chen even saw a trace of black airflow flash in front of the camera. The moment it flashed past, Chen Chen's pupils suddenly shrank and he immediately said, "Pause!"
Following Chen Chen's order, the video recorded by the spaceship suddenly paused.
"Rewind a few frames."
Chen Chen continued to issue orders, and then the black airflow in front of the camera condensed again, seeming to become two strange dark eyes.
This scene made Chen Chen's heart tremble.
Then, the video continued to play, until it was completely over after three minutes. In these three minutes, Chen Chen saw scenes that he had never seen in his life. Those frenzied blood-red mist, those strange spots of fireflies, and these endless black airflows...
For a moment, Chen Chen felt as if he had fallen into a deep, strange dream. In front of him was a bizarre and incomprehensible scene, and he could not tell whether he was dreaming or awake at all...
"The armor of the Courage Voyager seems to have been slightly corroded."
Little X's voice continued. She displayed the data of the spaceship bit by bit in front of Chen Chen. "Other than that, everything is normal. Even the five Black Knights as passengers are normal, there are no changes in their physiological characteristics."
"The armor of the Courage Voyager has been corroded?"
Chen Chen was taken aback. The Courage Voyager was already using the best quality aerospace metal. Even if it sailed in space for thousands of years, there would be no problems. Now, it had only been sailing in subspace for a few minutes and it had been slightly corroded?
At this rate, would the outer shell of the spaceship not be corroded after a few days of sailing?
Thinking of this, Chen Chen could not help frowning. It seemed that in order to travel in subspace in the future, he might need to invent a new type of material.
"Although it seems that there's nothing wrong with the Courage Voyager, don't forget the plot of Event Horizon. What needs to be tested still needs to be tested."
Chen Chen crossed his arms and pondered. "The next task will be much easier. Send the Delta-level subjects, put them in spacesuits, and teleport them to Mars through the 'Watchman teleporter'. Send them to the interior of the Courage Voyager."
"Understood."
Little X replied. She also understood Chen Chen's caution. After all, the Black Knights were not normal people. Some strange reactions in the subspace might not affect the Black Knights, but it did not mean that it would not affect ordinary people.
Therefore, it was in line with Chen Chen's idea to let this group of people enter the spaceship and experience it for themselves.
If the Delta-level subjects could also go through a subspace voyage and come out unscathed, this experiment would be considered a true success...
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