Chapter 526: Chapter 316: Warp Speed Battleship
How to make the spaceship achieve warp speed, the Academy of Sciences conducted intense discussions.
“In the real three-dimensional space, our macroscopic matter cannot surpass the speed of light. So we need to enter subspace to achieve the goal of crossing space.”
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“A strong magnetic field can create a gravity field, and through the gravity field, we can twist spacetime. This undoubtedly requires an extremely powerful gravity field, like a star, distorting the surrounding spacetime!” Xu Tengbin said, “A nuclear fusion reactor cannot achieve this effect, but our antimatter reactor is sufficient!”
“The energy of an antimatter reactor can indeed create a strong magnetic field, generating a gravity field, but it cannot maintain stability, and our energy will be entirely used for creating a magnetic field. Is the remaining energy enough to support the warship crossing New York’s spacetime?” someone asked, “How do you let the warship move forward in distorted spacetime?”
“Let space push us forward!” He Xingzhou, who has unlocked the relevant technology of the warp speed engine, said: “We can use the strong magnetic field to create a strong gravity field, with the gravity field in front of the warship, causing space to contract, and behind the warship, causing space to expand.”
“In this way, it forms a ‘warp bubble’ in the distorted spacetime, with the warship enveloped in the warp bubble. The warship itself does not need to fly, the warped warp bubble will push it forward!”
Everyone contemplated: “Then how to control the strong magnetic field and maintain a stable warp bubble is the key to the warp speed engine!”
“Exactly.” He Xingzhou nodded and said.
Research on the ultimate formation and control method of the warp bubble began immediately, with the elites of Blue Star Civilization tirelessly conducting development day and night.
At this time, humans, through body modification, could already go several months without sleep or continuously sleep for several months or years.
To quickly develop the warp speed engine, everyone chose not to rest.
As He Xingzhou focused on developing the warp speed engine, he was also engaged in studying antimatter weapons.
Comparatively, primitive antimatter weapons are much easier—because their principle is the annihilation of matter and antimatter, destroying the substance’s body, and then releasing energy to obliterate the target.
Simply put, just need to create an antimatter emitter, firing antimatter like a beam, to destroy the target.
Their power is far more terrifying than their Purgatory Beam or Phase Beam!
Its strongest aspect is that, being antimatter attack, all matter will be annihilated, making conventional defense methods completely ineffective!
He Xingzhou gave the project a name, called it “Destruction Death Light”!
If using Destruction Death Light to attack civilizations without antimatter weapons, it can achieve absolute battlefield dominance!
Ten years later, Blue Star Civilization’s Jupiter Outer Space Research Institute.
He Xingzhou and several Academy of Sciences members gathered here, preparing for the warp speed engine experiment.
“Warp speed engine tenth experiment, begin!”
The previous eight times, they failed.
This almost transcends a technological level; even with He Xingzhou’s detailed information, achieving it is very difficult.
Either magnetic field control failed, or the warp bubble was unstable, causing space compression and expansion excessively, which directly caused the warp speed engine carrier to explode!
This time they are testing an old Star Destroyer, the Blue Star.
The Blue Star participated in several wars, but now it can no longer meet Blue Star Civilization’s needs, and is used as a test subject.
If the experiment succeeds, it still has the chance to be modified into a warp speed battleship.
Warp speed engine has been activated, in the antimatter reactor, matter and antimatter are mutually annihilating with energy continually generating, and these energies are converted into super strong electromagnetic fields through the electromagnetic converter, producing super strong gravity.
The gravity field’s generation caused the warship’s front-end space to begin compressing, while the rear-end space collided, forming a space warp bubble invisible to the human eye!
In front of everyone’s eyes, it seemed as if the Blue Star had vanished, not existing in real space.
This is because it entered warped space, with light also being twisted, so their eyes and detectors couldn’t spot the warship’s position, but mass sensors could detect the warship’s presence.
“The warship is already moving forward!” Everyone’s image appeared inside the Blue Star, via subspace communication linking the warship information system.
“No, should say the warship isn’t moving, space is moving!” Xu Tengbin corrected.
From the real-world perspective, the warship remains stationary, while the stationary space is twisting, like a bubble on the water’s surface pushed far by waves.
“The warp bubble is temporarily stable, from spatial displacement, our speed dislocation has surpassed light speed!”
Along the way, they placed mass sensors to know its precise location during displacement.
“Finally achieved warp speed!” The warship designers were elated, one light speed almost boxed the warship’s performance.
The nearest Star System to the Solar System is Proxima Centauri Star System, yet has four light years, and if they can’t overcome light speed’s limitation, Blue Star Civilization’s expansion will quickly halt.
Because their logistics transport and military assistance capabilities cannot accommodate more distant Star Systems.
“Lu Mi, calculate the warp speed!” He Xingzhou commanded.
“Continuing warp speed calculations!” Lu Mi calculated speed, “Current warp speed has yet to reach Level 1 warp speed, accelerate?”
“Continue accelerating!” He Xingzhou said.