Chapter 76, Warp Engine
"Start the warp engine!"
With Li Wanzhou's order, everyone became highly nervous again, warp engine, something that the empire spent half a time to research, and it was also a powerful technology that pinned the empire's ambition to look forward to the universe, even Li Fu couldn't help but hold his breath and look at the monitor.
The tail flame of the spaceship that was flying rapidly quickly became shorter, and finally all disappeared, but because of inertia, the spacecraft was still flying fast, but the speed did not increase.
The power of the nuclear fusion reactor in the spacecraft is controlled to a minimum, but even if it is the lowest, the powerful energy generated by nuclear fusion is still very terrifying, but this time the powerful energy generated is not directly used to accelerate the spacecraft, but directly transmits the huge energy to the warp engine.
The energy fluctuations on the spaceship are getting bigger and bigger, and through the monitor, you can clearly see that a powerful energy on the spaceship is constantly accumulating, and even in the void, the powerful energy fluctuations are constantly rippling in all directions.
The power of the nuclear fusion reactor is constantly increasing, and the energy produced is becoming more and more powerful, and all the energy is sent to the warp engine, but at this time, the warp engine is still not started, and the energy it needs to consume is too large, far from the conventional energy can satisfy its appetite.
Finally, when the energy is accumulated to a certain extent, the warp engine on the spaceship finally began to run, the powerful warp engine, the weight of this warp engine alone accounts for eighty percent of the weight of the spaceship, all of which are made of degenerate materials, the warp engine is like a powerful heart, with the support of strong and sufficient energy, it finally began to "beat".
The originally dark and dark void, no matter how fast the speed of the spaceship is, it actually looks as if it is stationary, after all, compared with the vast universe, even the speed of light still seems very slow, very slow, not to mention that the speed of the spaceship is not much worse than the speed of light.
In the dark and dark void, the originally calm void without a trace of waves began to be like the surface of the water, and there were bursts of ripples, and circles of spatial fluctuations continued to ripple in all directions, up and down, left and right.
"Spatial fluctuations?"
All the people who saw this scene with their own eyes couldn't help but widen their eyes one by one, for fear of missing the unforgettable scene of this life, and there were scientists who studied space who wanted to find a trace of inspiration from the fluctuations and ripples in this space.
In the void around the spacecraft, the space fluctuations are getting bigger and bigger, this calm void is like being thrown into the water surface of a big stone, and the ripples in circles can even be seen with the naked eye, and some meteorites, asteroids, etc. in the void also begin to rise and fall with the fluctuations of space, as if they are in this space.
Finally, when the waves in the space were large to a certain extent, the surrounding space began to fold, as if it was a thin piece of cotton paper, and began to fold layer by layer, and the surrounding void seemed to be pulled, constantly folding, pulling, and twisting towards the center of the waves.
The powerful warp engine continued to operate, and more and more powerful energy fluctuations and spatial fluctuations continued to ripple in all directions in the void, and the nuclear fusion reactor inside the spaceship also began to run wildly, and more huge energy was continuously transmitted to the warp engine.
Finally, when the fluctuations of space reach a critical point, the space is torn like a membrane, revealing the colorful colors inside, which are exactly the same as those in the currents of time and space, without the slightest difference, the same brilliance, the same shimmering light.
"Haha, it's successful, the space-time channel has been opened."
Countless scientists had smiles on their faces, some of them clenched their fists tightly because they were too excited, and some of them watched everything that happened in the void intently, for fear of missing every point in it.
"The principle of the warp engine is actually very simple, it can't just fold the space and artificially create a space-time current between the connecting points, but because it is space-folded, the space-time current is very short, so it can cross a long distance to another space-time in a very short time."
"We are now halfway to the battle, let's see if we can successfully construct a space-time current, to be precise, it should be a space-time wormhole, only by building a space-time wormhole can the spacecraft cross a long distance in a very short time."
One by one, the scientists working on the warp engine began to get nervous, and they knew very well that now was not the time to be happy, because soon, the real critical time was coming.
Here in the spacecraft, the power of the nuclear fusion reactor has reached 8 percent, and the powerful energy generated by nuclear fusion is continuously transmitted to the warp engine.
All the people looked quietly into the void, the space had been torn apart, as if the surface camouflage of the multicolored ocean had been lifted, exuding a mesmerizing multicolored halo, but it was still different from the space-time current, and there was no space-time channel.
The fluctuations of the surrounding space are more farther away, and the ocean of time and space begins to turbulent, as if there is a powerful force, in the ocean of time and space, a dark and dark dot appears, this dot begins to expand continuously, and soon the dot becomes a huge space-time wormhole.
Through this space-time wormhole, you can vaguely see the void on the other side, which is pitch black and dark, exactly the same as the surrounding void, without any difference.
"Haha, I've successfully opened the space-time wormhole!"
The scientists who studied the warp speed engine finally breathed a heavy sigh of relief at this time, and finally opened the space-time wormhole with powerful energy, and because the folding space was directly connected to the temporary space-time wormhole built by two points, they could clearly see the scene in the distant void, and there was no doubt that through such a space-time wormhole, it could resist the other side in a very short time.
"Fly in."
Li Wanzhou did not hesitate, and after the space-time wormhole was large enough to a certain extent, he directly ordered.
Being in the center of space-time fluctuations, the spaceship receives the command and flies directly into the space-time wormhole, which is very energy-consuming to maintain the space-time wormhole, and only by really flying into it can we know whether the space-time wormhole can successfully resist the distant void.
Soon, the spaceship slowly disappeared into the space-time wormhole, and as the spaceship flew away, the space-time wormhole began to slowly become smaller without the support of energy, and the energy fluctuations and spatial fluctuations in the surrounding void began to gradually subside.
Soon, the colorful ocean of time and space was once again covered by the pitch-black and dark void, and everything around them began to return to normal, as if nothing had happened.
The void that was still rippling like water waves in front of it was as dark and dark as the eternal years, without a trace of waves, and everything was calm again.
"I don't know if it worked."
Everyone began to get nervous, whether the spaceship had successfully reached the other side, everyone had no bottom in their hearts, and even quantum communication in the space-time current would be affected, so it was impossible to contact the spaceship at this time.
Time passed minute by minute, and more than 20 minutes passed in a blink of an eye, but there was still no news from the spaceship, and the atmosphere was very depressing, but everyone was still waiting patiently.
"Didi, Didi!"
Finally, a few minutes later, the spaceship finally got in touch with the control center again, and the spaceship successfully arrived in the distant void and began to actively contact the base camp according to the set procedure.
"Let's see where the ship is? We had a spaceship set up to fly to the Hercules. ”
Everyone couldn't help but look at it anxiously, this warp speed flight seemed to be a success, but how far it could fly at one time was still very important.
At this time, in the void 5 light years away from the Centauri Galaxy, the spaceship in the Centauri Galaxy half an hour ago was fully equipped with all kinds of equipment, the most important of which was to detect the starlight in the surrounding void, and then determine its current position based on these starlight.
"Didi, Didi!"
Soon, based on the collected starlight and the star map data in the computer, the supercomputer calculated the position of the spaceship and the distance between the spacecraft and the Centauri galaxy.
"5 light years away from us!"
Someone shouted loudly, and in an instant all the scientists couldn't help but cheer, it only took half an hour to cross a distance of 5 light years, which can definitely be said that this warp speed flight was a success.
If nothing else, this speed alone is far beyond the distance of crossing a long distance through space-time currents, considering that the distance between the solar system and the Centauri galaxy is only 4.3 light-years, but even a spaceship with spacecraft equipped with space-time current sails can pass through it for several days.
More importantly, the space-time currents naturally formed in this universe are all prescribed and cannot be changed, while the warp engine can artificially construct a temporary space-time current (space-time wormhole) between any two points, through which it can cross a long distance in a very short time.
"The universe is so big that we can gallop around!"
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