Curvature drive refers to the transformation of space-time itself to drive a spaceship, using loopholes in the laws of physics to break the unsurpassable limit of the speed of light. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

With the exception of the tachyon, an elementary particle whose speed is always above the speed of light, which is scientifically expected, there is no object in the universe that can go faster than the speed of light.

Whether it's macroscopic or microscopic, whether it's particles, or waves, whether it's energy, or matter......

But for the vast universe, the unsurpassable speed of light is actually just a snail-like speed.

Because this snail, named the speed of light, just crawls over a river system like the Milky Way, which is not large among the thousands of rivers in the universe, and it will take 100,000 years......

And climbing to the Big Magellanic Galaxy, which can almost be said to be a vassal of the Milky Way, would take 160,000 years......

And what about the end of the universe? As for the distant galaxies that humans have observed tens of billions of light-years away, the speed of light, a snail, has to crawl close to the life of the universe before it can be reached.

But it is this meaningless snail on the large scale of the universe that limits the movement speed of any matter in the universe.

This is also the reason why the whole picture of extraterrestrial galaxies observed by humans has hardly changed.

On the large scale of the universe, the ultimate velocity of the motion of an object ...... It's really too slow.

The speed of light is like a cage that imprisons everything in the universe, everything matter, all life, all civilization.

As long as you can't break the speed of light, no matter how you develop technology, you will always be trapped in a corner of some unknown river system, like standing in a speck of dust and looking at the whole world.

All you can see is other dust floating in the air.

Noah's acquisition of faster-than-light travel technology is equivalent to getting the key to open the door from [Mote] to [World].

A rowing boat (spaceship) on a flat river. Because the river is flat (equivalent to zero curvature), the boat does not speed up. However, if there is a sudden downward waterfall ahead (the curvature of the waterfall is considered infinity), the boat will quickly reach a very fast speed.

Because the change of space-time is not limited by the theory of relativity, there is no speed limit in curvature navigation technology, which can achieve a near-light speed of a few tenths of a times the speed of light, or a true light speed that is completely equal to the speed of light, and can also exceed the speed of light several times or even thousands of times the speed of light!

However, even if there is no limit in theory, there will be limitations in technology and energy requirements, the limit speed of curvature navigation depends entirely on the degree of influence on the curvature of space-time, and the impact on space-time itself requires a huge energy output, Noah, who has mastered the fusion of heavy elements, is almost equal to having unlimited energy in the river system where matter can be collected everywhere, but there is a limit to the output of energy after all.

In the message given to Noah by the Kara civilization, they can achieve multiple fusion reactions from isotope fusion of hydrogen to iron in the fusion reactor, and under normal conditions, from hydrogen fusion to iron, it is necessary to be in a superstar with a mass of more than 100 times that of the sun, and such an energy output supports the Kara civilization to travel at the limit speed of curvature - 7.7 times the speed of light!

The biggest flaw of Kara's technology is that although they have successfully modified the curvature of space-time, they have not been able to make the curvature of space-time tend to a stable value. It's like they built an express train, but the tracks are twisty.

If the curvature drive is performed under normal conditions, they will not even be able to stabilize the direction of the curvature drive, and the ship will be able to scurry around at faster than the speed of light in other space-time.

They developed a way to deal with it, which is to place an air signal coordinate at the curvature-driven destination, so that the spacecraft and the air signal coordinate can simultaneously modify the curvature of space-time, and between the spacecraft and the space-time coordinates, a space-time "downhill" is formed, allowing the spacecraft to "slide over".

Although in a sense, this technique becomes a chicken rib, because you must place an empty signal coordinate at the destination in advance, and the air signal coordinate has no curvature navigation guidance, and can only be transported by impulse engine or conventional navigation, just like you want to take a car to a far place, but you have to go through this section of the road in advance, and insert the direction sign along the way, otherwise you will get lost in the car......

Although this limitation is quite speechless, it is also a real faster-than-light travel technology, and Kara has already completed the biggest difficulty - modifying the curvature of space-time, leaving only a few minor troubles to solve. And these little troubles, Noah believes that he has the ability to solve them.

The Kara civilization is a civilization that values education, which also makes them good teachers in civilization, they write very detailed theoretical knowledge and construction models, and Noah himself is also a good student in civilization.

Noah originally expected that faster-than-light navigation technology could bring him a second technological explosion, but to Noah's disappointment, the theoretical core of faster-than-light navigation technology is to modify the curvature of space-time, and the technology of modifying the curvature of space-time has almost no communication with the conventional technology that he is familiar with.

It's like the feeling of starting to learn integrals even though you haven't studied functions before.

This makes it difficult for Noah to make huge breakthroughs in other fields of science and technology even if he learns the curvature navigation technique.

Although the impulse engine also has the characteristic of modifying the curvature of space-time, with Noah's research, the purpose of the impulse engine to modify the curvature of space-time is completely different from that of the curvature engine, and the purpose of the impulse engine to modify the curvature of space-time is only to counter the change of relativistic mass at near the speed of light, and the spacecraft itself still relies on conventional engine propulsion...... The curvature engine completely ignores the existence of conventional engines and completely uses space-time as the carrier of the spaceship.

The theoretical system of the impulse engine has low reference value for Noah's research on the curvature engine, and Noah needs to establish a new theoretical system.

Getting a technology doesn't just put it into practice...... It is also very important to understand the theoretical basis of the technology, which will be the cornerstone of the Noah technology to move forward.

It is worth mentioning that Noah did not intend to go it alone this time, and part of the construction of the theoretical system of the curvature engine was handed over by Noah to the scientists of Sidney.

When Noah announced this, it caused a boil in the entire Sidneyan scientific community!

In the exploration of the frontiers of science, they are finally needed by Noah, and their current job is not to learn the knowledge given to them by Noah, nor to apply this knowledge to design or make some civilization creations, but to explore the unknown territory with Noah in the real sense!

Due to the conflict between the Kara civilization some time ago, the Sidneyan society has been lifeless, and in order to change this status quo and stimulate their already high-spirited scientific research enthusiasm, Noah released a message on the civilization live broadcast.

In the scientific research work of the curvature engine, the scientist who has achieved the most outstanding achievements will become the No. 3 test subject of the [Eternal Life Project]!

This has undoubtedly caused an uproar in West Deternia, with the media and political circles vigorously promoting the event.

What is the Plan for Eternal Life? It is just a means to extend the life of the test subject indefinitely, and to gain more time to contribute to civilization...... And since the birth of the Immortality Project, the Sidneys have been updated for dozens of generations and have a population of more than billions, but there are only two experimental subjects who have truly accepted the Immortality Project!

The highest administrator - Cullen, the highest diplomat - Lolita.

In the eyes of the people of Sidnia, if you become the third subject of the Immortality Project, does it mean that you become the "top scientist" in Sidnia?

In the eyes of the public, the Eternal Life Project is no longer a means to extend the life span of some precious intelligent lives as originally intended by Noah, and due to the particularity and rarity of its implementation objects, the Eternal Life Project has also been attached to a lot of invisible values.

In the eyes of the public, the test subjects selected by the Immortality Project represent the elite in the true sense of the word who have been thoroughly recognized by the civilization and will accompany the civilization all the way, representing the supreme honor and status.

Moreover, the Eternal Life Project has a fairly popular part, and the test subjects it chooses will not only extend the life of a single test subject, such as the leader of Sidney, Karen, although he is the number 1 test subject, but it is not only him who has gained eternal life, but also his wife and children.

Subjects selected by the Immortality Project have the right to extend the life span of their blood relatives and spouses within three generations!

This is the true meaning of "one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven"!

Since Noah's announcement, the lifeless atmosphere of "the master takes in the aliens who look down on us" in Sidneyan society has quickly faded, and everyone involved in the field of science is making the final sprint, wanting to touch the laurel that symbolizes glory.

After some media hype after Noah's special care, the Sidneys knew that Noah was always on their side, and for the group of aliens named Kara, Noah did not extend their lifespan, did not build them a real residential spaceship, and did not let them get the exclusive social benefits of the Sidneys.

Where there is contrast, there will be happiness, and where there is glory, there will be belonging.

After this incident, the per capita loyalty and civilized happiness of Sidneys both rose by at least five percentage points.