It has been three days since Jiang Xingchen returned from Canberra with the spoils of war.
At this moment, Liu Feng is doing the final debugging work.
Jiang Xingchen also used his free time to supplement his knowledge of hyperspace technology from the information provided by Liu Feng.
Simply put, hyperspace refers to a four-dimensional or higher-dimensional space, also known as a multi-dimensional space.
The essence of the hyperspace engine is to create a magnetic field strong enough to forcibly break through the dimensional barriers, thereby allowing the spacecraft to enter multi-dimensional space.
Moreover, thanks to the barrier formed by this powerful magnetic field, the spacecraft entering the multi-dimensional space can still maintain its three-dimensional form.
In three-dimensional space, the speed of light is approximately 300,000 kilometers per second. If it exceeds this speed, various light speed paradoxes will occur. Therefore, it is not advisable to simply rely on continuous acceleration and eventually break through the speed of light for interstellar travel.
So, it’s not necessarily possible to use sub-light speed for interstellar travel, right?
It's fine for places that are closer, and it may take decades or hundreds of years to get there, but what about places that are a little further away? Even if it takes tens of thousands of years of flight, it won't be possible to fly from one end of the Orion arm to the other, let alone
Talk about going further afield.
Since it is not advisable to exceed the speed of light in the normal way, let's use tricks.
So, the jump engine appeared.
Of course, although the jump engine allows the spacecraft to conduct long-distance interstellar voyages regardless of the speed of light limit, this technology also has many shortcomings.
And the biggest disadvantage is...
Jump distance!
Yes, even if it is a theoretical value, the maximum distance of a single transition is only 38 light years.
In other words, even if you develop the leap technology to the extreme, that's it.
Although it is enough for use inside galaxies, you definitely can't go to other galaxies.
because...
No matter how close the two galaxies are, they are at least hundreds of thousands of light-years away. Even the satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, the Large Magellanic Cloud, is also 160,000 light-years away from the Milky Way.
The most critical thing is that the area between galaxies is basically full of space turbulence, just like the Death Nebula, and even much more violent.
In other words, you cannot go to another galaxy step by step through multiple jumps, but you can only get there in one step.
Directly crossing more than 100,000 or even millions of light-years at a time, it is obvious that the jump technology is simply impossible.
Otherwise, if the four major civilizations came from the main spiral arm to the Orion arm, they would not have to go through any wormholes and just jump over directly. But the fact is that it cannot be done.
Hyperspace technology is completely different.
In multi-dimensional space, it will not be as restricted as three-dimensional space. You will be surprised to find that the speed of light there can even reach thousands of times that of three-dimensional space, or even faster.
To describe it, hyperspace technology is like switching from a slow lane to a fast lane, and then switching back to the slow lane after reaching the destination.
This is also one of the iconic technologies that leads from the fourth-level civilization to the fifth-level civilization.
The speed is faster and there is no limit to the distance.
Only when a civilization masters this technology can it truly leave its home galaxy and travel in the vast and boundless universe.
Otherwise, we can only stay in the mother galaxy and cannot get out.
This is so similar to the old home star era.
Therefore, the development history of a civilization can actually be seen as constantly breaking through the cage, just like the cage of a matryoshka doll.
As for when will it be the end...
No one knows!
Looking away from the information in front of him, Jiang Xingchen couldn't help but sigh.
Even if it is as powerful as the Star Sea Federation, if you look at it from the perspective of the entire universe, it is still just a country that cannot even leave the home galaxy...
Primitive civilization!
The development of civilization is like an endless road, and on this road, you can only move forward, you cannot stop or retreat.
Otherwise, the only result will be the destruction of civilization.
As for the new energy technology, Jiang Xingchen also took a general look at it.
By connecting the multiverse, zero-point energy is directly extracted from subspace, compressed and stored with special devices.
The coffin of energy conservation can hardly be covered, okay?
First, it used multidimensional space to complete the hyperspace engine, and then used the multiverse to obtain permanently free and unlimited energy.
Your mother is a monster, right?
As Liu Feng said, he could slowly break through the hyperspace engine technology after taking some time, but this zero-point energy extraction technology is really beyond the scope.
And having said that, the multiverse actually exists?
Well, even Jiang Xingchen's head hurts a little at this moment...
Beep beep beep...
At this moment, the portable terminal suddenly rang.
"What's up?"
"Captain, the fleet command has transmitted an order document."
"Transfer files to my terminal."
"Yes, Captain!"
Fu Wanting moved very quickly, and almost the next moment, the document was passed over.
After cutting off the communication, Jiang Xingchen also opened it and looked at it carefully.
"This plan..."
"It doesn't look like General Mu Zhengfeng's style..."
After reading the contents of the document clearly, Jiang Xingchen muttered in a low voice.
However, he didn't care whether it was Mu Zhengfeng or anyone else, as long as he knew that this document came from the fleet command.
Moreover, according to Jiang Xingchen, this plan is still very feasible.
Of course, I think it can be more radical...
Anyway, the order says that you can make adjustments according to the actual situation, so that’s no problem, right?
Half an hour later.
The conference room of the Houyi.
This time, in addition to the captains of each ship, there is one more person participating. Over there is...
The leader of the Scorpion Pirates, Liu Tao.
"According to what I just said, the subsequent return journey will be commanded by Colonel Liang Guodong. Each warship will only have the minimum personnel required to control the navigation. The remaining personnel and the ship-based mecha units will all be temporarily transferred to the Star."
"Any questions on this point?"
After looking around at everyone, Jiang Xingchen asked.
Naturally, no one would object. This was the order from the fleet command, and it was only a temporary transfer.
Seeing this, Jiang Xingchen also nodded, and then looked at Liu Tao.
"The remaining manpower shortage will be your fault!"
"No problem, just give me the missing positions and the number of people, and I can arrange them within an hour."
Liu Tao said with a proud face.
Speaking of which, he really doesn't lack people.
After all, the Scorpion Pirates have more than a hundred battleships and a crew of more than 30,000 people. It is really not a problem to gather a few people for Jiang Xingchen's use.
"That's okay, but what are your arrangements there? Are you going back with our fleet, or are you?"
"No, the old man has too many things. Just packing them all up will probably take a few months. Anyway, we already know the location, so we can just come here ourselves."
Waving his hand, Liu Tao said.
"Well, if you run into any trouble, just contact me directly."
"I find that sometimes you are as verbose as my old man. Don't worry, I am the leader of the Scorpion, one of the three major pirate groups!"
Looking at Liu Tao who looked like a gangster, Jiang Xingchen also smiled bitterly.
Afterwards, everyone discussed some details and then adjourned the meeting.
On the same day, Hou Yi and eleven other warships embarked on the return journey.
Jiang Xingchen, on the other hand, took nearly 3,000 people aboard the Star...
Begin to get familiar with this battle star.
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The Milky Way, the first main spiral arm.
Planet Egil.
In an empty hall of the Imperial Palace, four figures were located in it.
One of them is solid, and the other three are virtual shadows.
They are Emperor Albert of the Kerry Empire, Curtis, the Supreme Consul of the Prol Community, Gedot, the Great Elder of the Fierna Union, and Angus, the leader of the Lane Republic.
"What do you think about what happened on the Orion arm?"
"What do you think? It's good as it is now. I hope those bugs can be more powerful."
"That's right. If the Orion arm cannot bear it, we can still use this as an excuse to ask affiliated civilizations to gather an army to support it."
"Hmph, the Star Sea Federation has been destroyed. These civilizations still dream of living as comfortably as before. If it weren't for the fact that we haven't recovered yet, we would have wiped them all out."
From the conversation between the four people, it can be seen that they were not prepared to send support at all.
Even if the garrison on the Orion arm cannot bear it, they are just preparing to let the affiliated civilization come on.
And if we look into the reason...
After experiencing the battle with the Star Sea Federation, even after 400 years, they still could not breathe.
Originally, according to their plan, after killing the Star Sea Federation, they would attack those low-level civilizations, clean up all the above civilizations, and then have a single main spiral arm.
But as mentioned before, after the ten-year war, the four major civilizations only had more than 30,000 warships left, and nearly half of them were trapped in the time bubble of the solar system.
In other words, each company only has a few thousand battleships left on average.
Yes, they are the most powerful fourth-level civilization in the galaxy. Without the Star Sea Federation, no one can be their opponent.
But the question is, how many second- and third-level civilizations are there in the entire galaxy?
Once they are really cornered and all unite, the number of battleships of these civilizations can even reach tens of thousands times that of the four major civilizations.
In the face of such numbers, the four major civilizations, which were almost crippled at the time, could not do anything.
Therefore, they chose a relatively mild strategy and accepted all those low-level civilizations as their own subordinate civilizations.
In the process of recovering its own strength, it continues to suck the blood of these affiliated civilizations.
Nowadays, the four major civilizations have recovered a lot of strength, but they are not ready to continue to use this slow strategy.
Take the Kerry Empire for example.
Its territory only occupies 3% of the first main spiral arm, while the remaining 97% is occupied by tens of thousands of second- and third-level civilizations.
Albert has been coveting these areas for a long time.
And what about the other three major civilizations?
Therefore, they hope that the insect mound will be more powerful. In this way, they can legitimately summon all the affiliated civilizations to form a coalition, and then send them into the Orion Arm to fight with those insects.
As for the safety of the four main spiral arms...
Sorry, they really aren't worried.
After all, there are wormholes. Even if the development of the Orion arm goes beyond control, they can rely on the wormholes to completely seal those bugs on the arm.
"That's it, let's leave it to the garrison on the Orion Arm first. Command the fleets of attached civilizations to consume a wave first, and then we'll see what happens after we decide what to do!"
After pondering for a while, the Emperor of the Kerry Empire, Albert, said.