Chapter 22, Gravity Cannon
The asteroid belt of the solar system is very empty and vast, and there are a large number of asteroids in this dark void, some of which are large and some are small.
Large planets such as Ceres can already be considered dwarfs, small ones may be only the size of a fist, and even smaller ones exist in the form of cosmic dust.
More than a dozen spaceships are flying fast in the asteroid belt, the speed is very fast, the spaceships are brightly lit, and the scientists are very busy.
"Didi~Didi~"
The probes on the spacecraft are fully open, and the information about the asteroids in the surrounding void is constantly being collected into the computer, and scientists are looking for suitable targets.
"No. UL08234 asteroid, with a mass of more than 60 billion tons, 2,000 meters long, 300 meters wide, and a distance of 200,000 kilometers~"
Soon, scientists locked on an asteroid to test the power of the gravity cannon, too small asteroids are obviously not suitable, and it is more appropriate to find an asteroid that is large enough, after all, this spaceship and space battleship are very large, often thousands of meters long.
"Target locked, request instructions~"
There is no difficulty in attacking the asteroid at all, and the computer calculates the distance, speed, and trajectory between the two sides, and it is natural that the asteroid can be locked very easily.
"Attack~"
Qin Yi looked at the pitch-black void outside, and with a distance of 200,000 kilometers, he couldn't see the trace of the asteroid at all.
But it doesn't matter, the virtual watch that Qin Yi carries has been connected to the computer center of the spacecraft, and various probes will detect everything about the asteroid in front of him, and he can clearly know the situation of the asteroid.
With Qin Yi's order, the gravity cannon on the spaceship began to start slowly.
On the roof of the spacecraft, there is a super-large special device, which has a long cone tens of meters long, which looks hideous.
This is the gravity cannon, a powerful gravity weapon developed by Xinghan scientists.
As powerful energy began to flow into the gravity cannon, the surrounding space seemed to begin to vibrate slightly, stirring up extremely small ripples.
Then, with a fluctuation visible to the naked eye, a gravity cannon disappeared into the dark void in an instant, flashing towards the asteroid.
200,000 kilometers away, in the void, an asteroid is constantly orbiting along its trajectory for hundreds of millions of years, this is a huge asteroid with a mass of more than 60 billion tons.
Because the mass is too large, the average asteroid mining company has no way to take it at all, and more importantly, this asteroid is not an asteroid with a lot of metals, it is an asteroid with a lot of dirt and rocks, and the mining value is limited.
Despite its mass of more than 60 billion tons, it is still an insignificant existence compared to the stars in the void of the universe, and it is still an irregular shape even if it is not even a ball.
In the space where it was located, a wave spread from afar, and the speed was incomparably fast, comparable to the speed of light.
The asteroid didn't even have time to react, and of course it wouldn't, and the attack fell on it.
In an instant, the asteroid that was originally moving quietly suddenly became like a balloon that had been pumped out, and it instantly dried up, and in the middle area of the asteroid, everything around it was collapsing towards a point in the core.
The speed of this collapse is extremely fast, like a black hole, with unparalleled terrifying devouring power, in a very short time, the entire asteroid was swallowed cleanly, and completely disappeared into the void at once.
But soon, the originally pitch-black void, a little light began to flicker, and an object only the size of a grinding disc began to shine, it was crystal clear, very beautiful, and the light released was like the stars in the surrounding void, very charming.
It didn't take long for more than a dozen spaceships to fly from the void, and the closer they got, the slower the speed of these more than ten spaceships.
"Attack speed reaches the speed of light~"
"The attack range, 200,000 kilometers is very effective, and the limit distance needs to be tested continuously~"
"Powerful Attack~"
Qin Yi looked at the glowing objects in the void, and the data in his mind kept coming out, all of which were calculated by the advanced detection instruments carried on the more than ten spaceships just now.
"It's not bad, at least in low-level civilizations, it can be regarded as an ace weapon~"
For the power of gravity, Qin Yi is still quite satisfied.
Although the energy weapon is not bad in all aspects, the power has not been too strong, although the same energy cannon attack can also make a big hole in the spaceship and space battleship, if you are lucky enough, this energy attack can also kill a spaceship and space battleship.
But the gravity cannon in front of him is completely different, it doesn't need to be lucky, as long as it can hit a space battleship and a spaceship, a spaceship with a diameter of thousands of meters is enough to kill it with one shot.
As for the 10-kilometer-level large space battleships and spaceships, Qin Yi also believed that if he was hit by a gravity cannon, he would be crippled if he didn't die, and the power was quite good.
Ace weapons are not something that can be used casually.
In ancient times, people mainly used cold weapons, and the trump card weapon was cavalry, and with an elite cavalry, the number did not need to be too much, and one or two thousand was enough to sweep the world.
The war between the farming civilization and the nomadic civilization, the reason why the nomadic civilization has always been in the active position, is because the nomadic civilization has mastered the most powerful trump card weapon in the cold weapon era - cavalry.
In modern times, the trump card weapon is the nuclear bomb, and a nuclear bomb is enough to destroy a huge city, and everyone has to change color when they talk about nuclear weapons, which is definitely not a joke.
The reason why this side of the earth has been able to maintain a relatively peaceful environment since World War II is actually very important because of the existence of nuclear weapons, and the major powers have mastered nuclear weapons and maintained a nuclear balance between them.
Even if there are confrontations and contradictions between them, no one will talk about wars lightly, because everyone knows that once the third world war starts, then mankind will return to the Stone Age.
Now in the age of interstellar space, the deterrent power of nuclear weapons is no longer enough to be called a trump card weapon.
The interstellar universe is very vast, and the battle in the void is very fast with each other, and if a nuclear weapon wants to attack the enemy, it must first get close to the enemy.
Even if it explodes on the enemy's side, in the void, the speed of spaceships and space warships is tens of kilometers per second, and they can easily escape the range of the nuclear bomb explosion, and it can be said that it is difficult to have any substantial deterrent.
The existence that can be called an ace weapon in the interstellar space age, it must be powerful enough, and it must also have a long enough attack range, and a fast enough attack speed and frequency.
This gravity cannon, its attack range is far enough, and it is still being tested, and scientists have theoretically calculated that the attack distance of this gravity cannon is more than 5 million kilometers, which is very far away.
The attack speed, the attack speed of the gravity cannon is the same as that of energy weapons, it is the speed of light, and the speed of light is theoretically the fastest speed in the universe, and no one can exceed the existence of the speed of light.
As for the frequency of attacks, the gravity cannon is still quite good, it can be attacked almost every 5 minutes, although it is not too fast, but the attack speed of energy weapons is even slower, because it needs to be charged, and there is a phase of charging before the attack.
The gravity cannon is enough to be called an ace weapon in all aspects, and it is definitely the most powerful existence among the cosmic civilizations at least level 1-3.
Qin Yi is still very sure of this, and he also has enough self-confidence.
"I now understand why it took 30 years to build a warp engine~"
Just as Qin Yi was pondering, Lu Qingwei suddenly seemed to understand something, and suddenly said with a sudden realization.
"Got what?"
Liu Peiqiang looked at Lu Qingwei and said.
"Such a massive asteroid, it only has a little bit after it becomes a pseudo-degenerate material, we want to build a warp engine, we don't know how huge the resources needed, 30 years to be able to build it all thank God."
Lu Qingwei looked at the little thing that was glowing in the void, and said with a gesture with his hand.
An asteroid with a mass of more than 60 billion tons, after being attacked by a gravity cannon, collapsed to the size of a grinding disc, this warp engine is very large, and I don't know how much pseudo-degenerate material is needed.
"This is not the most critical, the most critical thing is that the processing of this pseudo-degenerate material is too difficult, which is the most time-consuming."
Ren Qing looked at Lu Qingwei and said with a smile.
Although the pseudo-degenerate material is not yet a degenerate material, its density is too large, and the hardness is too great, and the conventional processing methods have no way to take it at all, or to use gravity technology, using special methods to process this pseudo-degenerate material, and process it into what you want.
"Take your time, what we have in time is, now we have energy weapons, and gravity weapons, our strength is unprecedentedly strong, only we can bully others, as for the alien civilization, if they want to invade our solar system, we can fight all over the ground to find teeth."
Qin Yi was in a very good mood, and he seemed to be much more confident when he spoke, this is called a stiff waist, and he has the confidence to speak, for the general low-level cosmic civilization, there is no need to be afraid at all now.
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