"... 0.4 times the speed of light is too fast. It cannot be achieved even with controllable nuclear fusion technology, because nuclear fusion can only use about 7% of the mass of matter at most!"
"Yes, according to our current theory, the speed of a spacecraft propelled by nuclear fusion can only reach one-tenth of the speed of light, no more than 15% at most!"
"But to really reach such a speed... there must be more advanced energy sources, such as antimatter energy, or a more efficient propulsion engine - a curvature engine."
The monitoring and observation room is always the busiest place on the Noah. A large number of scientists stay here all day long, arguing and discussing. They want to find out the clues of this alien spacecraft. Any bit of information is crucial to mankind.
crucial.
"I see it, I see it!" an astronomer suddenly shouted, typing on the keyboard quickly, and a large number of images flashed on the computer screen.
In the astronomical photos taken in the past few minutes, an extremely blurry black spot finally appeared. If infrared rays had not discovered it, humans might have simply ignored it. This black spot was probably only a few pixels in size, with no boundaries.
It is also vague, but it does not hinder scientists' calculations.
A group of people immediately sat down in front of their computers excitedly. They simulated and reasoned through several photos from different angles through the simulation screen of Noah's central computer. They calculated and processed their shape, location, direction of movement, etc.
, and finally obtained several possible restoration diagrams.
This is……
What a huge and magnificent space battleship!
It is an elliptical sphere with a diameter of about 150-200 kilometers. It is really too big. Its optical diameter is more than 10 times that of Noah, and its volume is more than 1,000 times!
It's strange that the light is so strangely distorted on the surface of this spacecraft that humans can't estimate its specific size at all.
"How's it going?" Yu Yifeng also got the news and rushed over immediately. When he saw the simulation picture on the screen, he was immediately stunned. Such a size... This hugeness alone is enough to have a serious impact on humans.
This is an oppressive feeling, which is unimaginable by human technology.
Just this one spaceship, if it lands on the earth, can cover the sky of 70 New York City! It can completely wipe out mankind in one day...
No, maybe just a few hours. It is impossible for human beings to go to war with such a civilization. There is more than 90% chance that they will surrender directly, as long as these aliens do not carry out genocidal massacre of human beings...
"Do it!" Yu Yifeng cursed secretly in his heart. Such a behemoth might really be able to destroy a planet!
They didn't know the opponent's size in advance. If they had known that they were so perverted, they might not have carried out any disguise plan or intimidation plan. But with the radio waves sent out and the water poured out, all the plans could only be carried out bravely.
…
Seeing that the other scientists were silent and seemed to have lost a lot of confidence, Yu Yifeng couldn't help but said: "This should be the opponent's main ship. Only such a huge spaceship can have complete functions and can support people."
A large population..."
"Have you discovered anything else?"
An astronomer suddenly came to his senses, pointed at a photo and said: "Look at this position, there may be something wrong!"
Yu Yifeng squinted his eyes and took a closer look. This was an infrared thermal image. There was a large amount of red light on the right side of the photo, indicating that a large amount of heat energy overflowed from this part. It was these overflowing thermal radiation that caused the
Humanity discovered this alien spacecraft!
what does that mean?
Since humans received radio waves several times, they have never received them again. It is likely that the other party has repaired this vulnerability. However, this large-scale thermal radiation has always existed, that is, it has not been repaired.
This is definitely abnormal behavior!
"The spaceship may have really been damaged!" This was Yu Yifeng's first instinct.
He felt that what Dr. Rimbaud said was probably correct. Why didn't the other party repair it? Lack of manpower, or... lack of resources! They came to the solar system in a hurry just to repair their spacecraft!
In this way, humanity's camouflage plan is still very likely to succeed! The opponent's spaceship is destroyed, is it still capable of starting a war?
He clenched his palms tightly, so hard that his nails were embedded deeply into his flesh. But he didn't pay attention at all, because his entire mind had turned to the scene he was observing.
…
This period of time has been really painful.
People have been waiting anxiously for two more days. It is now 10 o'clock in the evening, but all scientists are discussing tirelessly.
Now more than sixteen days have passed since the radio was launched. In another ten hours, the expected time will come, when people will see the other party's reaction to the radio waves.
Should we fire directly? Or...
If the opponent uses a light-speed strike, as long as people observe the attack picture, their side has already been hit, and there is no time to react. (In fact, human telescopes cannot see such details as the attack picture at all.
).
Excitement, fear, anxiety... all kinds of emotions were mixed together. Everyone's eyes were red. Some of them had not slept for several days, but they still insisted on seeing the first scene of the other party receiving the radio signal.
.
Of course, Yu Yifeng is also one of them.
He pricked up his ears and heard Dr. Rimbaud's distant roar. Rimbaud seemed to be on the optimist's side every time: "What are you afraid of? Let me tell you, every interstellar civilization has such a large spaceship...
…When we truly enter the interstellar space, we can do it too!”
"The big size is useless. Can they destroy the Noah? I absolutely don't believe it!"
But it seems to be the case. The Noah is a god-like spaceship. It can be said to be extremely hard. Even if the opponent fires and the laser can hit it, he absolutely does not believe that the Noah will lose a hair...
It's just that human facilities will be completely destroyed, and the secret will be exposed by then... But now that the war has begun, are you still afraid that the secret will be exposed?
In fact, what Rimbaud said makes sense. The development of science and technology is leapfrog. Human beings can barely imagine what technology will look like twenty years from now, but it will be difficult to imagine it after fifty years... Maybe the other party is only better than human beings.
How about one or two hundred years of advancement?
In this way, in the constant quarrels, people's mood became more and more tense. Whether the universe is a dark forest, peace or war will be revealed in a few hours...
In this situation, who can not be nervous? Who can not be frightened?
Until seven o'clock in the morning, the breakfast food had been delivered to everyone. At this time, no one thought about eating breakfast. They just swallowed a few mouthfuls and stared at the screen attentively.
Time passes minute by minute...
"Didi, didi!" A countdown alarm clock suddenly rang. According to calculations, the picture of the other party receiving the radio should also be transmitted!
"Why didn't they react? Did they fire? No, we didn't seem to be hit!" a scientist shouted anxiously.
"Don't be anxious, you have to give people some time to react."
Yu Yifeng also swallowed hard. In fact, he was panicking to death.
"They seem to have slowed down?!" an astronomer suddenly pointed at the screen and said. He dialed the computer with trembling hands and calculated over and over again. "That's not right... I made a mistake." He made several mistakes.
This time, I quickly rejected my own proposal.
In fact, in such a short period of time, with human measurement accuracy, it is difficult to calculate the other party's shifting status, especially when the speed is extremely high.
However, humans have not been hit, and the other party seems to have no reaction. What is going on?
One hour, two hours... Just when people became increasingly impatient to wait, there was a "呲..." sound, and the entire screen suddenly shook.
A radio expert yelled crazily, this time really loudly and wildly, "Radio waves! It's radio waves!"