Chapter 491 The Prospects of Two-Dimensional Engineering
Obviously, Ye Ming's answer is not completely satisfactory.
Especially Lao Niu.
As the person who has spent the longest time with Ye Ming in the entire virtual meeting and is also the person who is most familiar with Ye Ming, Director Niu knows that Ye Ming has always been very confident when looking at the scientific and technological level of human civilization, and has a vision beyond civilization itself.
But... to be fair, mankind's space combat effectiveness so far tends to be zero - which means "no combat effectiveness at all".
Even if there is a lunar super accelerator that is speeding up its construction, even if the world's industrial systems are being integrated into the ETA system in an orderly manner, even if the "rice grains" proposed by Ye Ming at that highest-level meeting can be successfully completed...
However, humans still know nothing about the civilizational level and strength of the crisis, as well as the specific time when the crisis will arrive.
So, where does Ye Ming's confidence come from?
Just because a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers?
But Director Niu did not continue to ask, but signaled Ye Ming to continue hosting the meeting.
…
Four hours later, a helicopter flew over the center of the provincial city and then flew directly to the helipad on the roof of the Brain Computer Center.
As soon as the plane stopped, Director Niu jumped out of the helicopter holding on to the door frame.
The strong wind brought by the propeller messed up his hair, but he didn't care at all and strode towards the door of the corridor.
At the entrance of the corridor, Eta's display screen flashed twice, showing a happy expression: "Director Niu, slow down."
"It's okay, I'm very stable." Director Niu answered casually, walked up to Ita and patted her on the shoulder: "Ita, where is Mr. Ye?"
"In the office."
"Well, let's go."
Leaving Eta behind, Director Niu strode down the stairs and walked straight to Ye Ming's office.
Eta, who arrived later, made Director Niu a cup of tea, then closed the door for the two of them from the outside, and went to the laboratory upstairs.
"You're not so anxious, are you?" Ye Ming had already come out from behind the desk and sat opposite Director Niu.
Director Niu sat on the sofa, leaning forward slightly, supporting his knees with his elbows, holding his hands with his fingers intertwined, looking at Ye Ming seriously: "Ye Ming, you know this is a big deal."
"Of course I know."
"And you also know that the European, American and Japanese people cannot be counted on. The industrial system and technology they were proud of in the past can only be used in the basic industrial system and cannot form combat effectiveness."
Ye Ming smiled: "They just need to provide money and resources."
"So, we can only rely on us now." Director Niu frowned deeply as he spoke, glanced at the camera in Ye Ming's room, and said in a deep voice: "To put it bluntly, all strategies and measures against civilizations outside the department are
, it’s all our decision.”
Ye Ming nodded again.
Since the establishment of a community with a shared future for mankind, the country has actually been very open and open when it comes to "Earth" affairs, and has always adopted a win-win strategy of cooperation to jointly promote the progress of human civilization and jointly improve human welfare.
But in space...
Let’s put it this way, Western countries have repeatedly put forward requirements for the domestic opening up of many advanced technologies including artificial gravity, ultra-distance communications, artificial space membranes, artificial wormholes, etc.
And their reasons are also very "sufficient", saying that because there was no community with a shared future for mankind, it was normal for everyone to maintain their own superior technologies. But now mankind is moving towards integration, and the great integration of mankind is inevitable in the future... How can we still be the same as before?
How about cherishing the same broomstick?
Regarding this... before the country could reply, the opinions of ordinary people and netizens were unified into one sentence.
Want to eat shit.
These have maintained arbitrary advantages in technologies that lead to the transition of civilization, and have also led to domestic opinions in fields such as space development and exploration being consistent - others only need to give money.
"And..." Director Niu took a deep breath and looked at Ye Ming solemnly: "Your opinion can definitely influence the decision-making. In a sense, you make the final choice on behalf of mankind.
That person - I'm sure you realize that."
Hearing what Director Niu said, Ye Ming's expression became solemn. After a few seconds of silence, he nodded slowly.
There are only two of us now, so there is no need to be falsely modest.
"So, I want to ask clearly...where does your confidence come from? How can you judge that in terms of time, we still have enough time?"
…
Ye Ming fell into a long silence.
Where did his confidence come from? He couldn't say... He had been "revealed" that until 50 years later, the spacecraft that broke into the earth were still mainly energy weapons...
Yes, he admitted that in the "revelation" given by the super simulation, the spacecraft opened a gap in the moon with one shot. Such powerful energy is definitely not something that humans can resist.
But that is enough to show that in the "future" and in the entire universe, energy weapons will still be the mainstream.
"First of all, let's talk about time." Ye Ming knew that this issue seemed to have to be explained, otherwise he might not be able to "convince the public."
"When it comes to time, you have to talk about space, otherwise you are just being a rogue." Ye Ming looked at Director Niu and said softly: "Human beings can currently observe 93 billion light-years of the universe. We know that the constant speed of light in a vacuum is the basis of three-dimensional space.
It cannot be surpassed."
"What about the curvature spacecraft?" Director Niu asked, staring at Ye Ming.
"Yes, there is a curvature spaceship." Ye Ming immediately played a three-dimensional projection on the coffee table.
On the projection, it is a simple curvature spacecraft and the space modeling with the curvature changed.
"The principle of the curvature spacecraft is to change the curvature around the spacecraft. There are two ways to achieve this. The first is the high-dimensional space membrane we currently use, and the second is to throw strange matter through the spacecraft."
"Let's not talk about the second one, let's talk about our current technology and direction - the principle is actually very simple, that is, if the energy input of the current high-dimensional space membrane is amplified ten thousand times, it can reach the speed of light."
"One hundred thousand times, it can reach ten times the speed of light."
"One million times, it can reach a hundred times the speed of light."
Following Ye Ming's voice, the three-dimensional projection quickly showed "super-light speed" travel.
"Is it very simple?" Ye Ming looked at Director Niu and asked softly.
Director Niu frowned: "The theory is simple, but in practice? The power is not enough, right?"
"Actually..." Ye Ming smiled slightly: "It's not enough! Let's put it this way, to complete the curvature spacecraft according to our current technology, we need to install 500 Shanghai No. 1 helium 3 nuclear fusion into a 100,000-ton ship
In a ton-class spacecraft—I haven’t considered superconducting materials yet.”
Director Niu took a deep breath and was speechless for a while.
"Our current curvature spacecraft, or space travel, has two ideas. The first one is to work hard to create a miracle, and put all the energy that changes the curvature into the two-dimensional expanded space, thereby breaking through the upper limit of three-dimensional materials——
At present, we have established a research group to conduct research on two-dimensional space materials."
Director Niu tasted it for a moment, then his eyes widened: "What do you mean? Make the material two-dimensional? Or two-dimensional material?"
"It is not a two-dimensional material in the same sense, such as single-layer graphene, but a material that is expanded and synthesized in a two-dimensional space."
"That means... to complete the curvature spacecraft, we need to expand five hundred of them in two-dimensional space..." Director Niu's voice stopped abruptly.
He had seen the No. 1 Pile in Shanghai with his own eyes. Not to mention the cost, just the volume... how much energy would be needed to completely expand it into two dimensions... He really didn't dare to think about it.
"Yes - if our energy method does not change and we still rely on helium III reactors."
"Then this, this, this..." Director Niu held it in for a while before saying, "Does it make sense? You might as well just say capture a star."
"Significant."
"...What's the meaning?"
"Once materials and engineering are successfully 2D, we can theoretically create a battery with a reactor that can be carried around - the size of a palm."
Director Niu sucked in his heels instantly!
"Fuck!"
"Of course, this is just a prospect based on theory." Ye Ming pursed his lips and continued: "I gave an example just to illustrate that it is very difficult to realize a curvature spacecraft. And even if there is a speed beyond light,
The curvature spacecraft...the vast universe with tens of billions of light years is still the vast ocean in front of a small boat."
"Unless Crisis masters the laws of interdimensionality, but in that case, we will be destroyed now."
"You mean, wormholes are the only way to go, right?"
"Yes." Ye Ming nodded again: "Then there is only one thing left - our high-dimensional space membrane defense array. Can it intercept the intruder?"
"Obviously, yes."
Ye Ming looked at Director Niu: "This is my confidence."
Director Niu was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slowly.
"The last question - we can ensure the safety of the earth, but the Blue Star doesn't know, right?"
Ye Ming was also silent for a long time.
"Yes, so the faster the sky patching project is done, the better. The sooner the wormhole entrance on the Blue Star side is blocked, the safer the Blue Star will be."
Director Niu sighed deeply.
He knew that when he received the first warning, Ye Ming asked all the crew members on the Wenxing to make their own decision, whether to go or return.
Obviously, Ye Ming knew at that time...he could not guarantee the safety of Blue Star.
Or in other words, Ye Ming doesn't know when the crisis will come.
"last question."
Ye Ming: "...The one you just made was the last one."
"There is still one."
"All right."
"How long will it take for us to decipher the third wave of messages sent over there and establish a dialogue?"
"...I'm not professional."
…
Blue star.
After more than a week of construction, the Blue Star Scientific Research Base has begun to take shape.
However, since there is no rest area on the ground, and getting on and off the ship is very troublesome - strict disinfection work needs to be done. Therefore, in addition to the first few days when everyone went out to build the cabin collectively, in the following days everyone did their own thing.
As a result, I stayed on the spaceship to work more.
Of course, some teams and professions still have to work outside the cabin.
Such as geology, archeology, security, etc.
As the red sun rose, Li Zongqun and Li Dongsheng led their respective team members out of the disinfection room and walked out of the spacecraft along the gangway.
From a distance, three heavily armed soldiers walked toward the crowd, followed by three two-meter-tall robots behind them.
"Team Li, when will we set off?" Wen Tao from the three-man warrior group greeted with a smile.
"We'll set off immediately." Li Dongsheng glanced at the robot soldiers and said with a smile: "If you want to bring the robot soldiers, you have to take another way."
"It's okay, we are all equipped with chips and can sync up."
"Oh, that's okay." Li Dongsheng said and looked at Li Zongqun: "Brother Qun, are you ready?"
"Okay, I have to go down and take a look this time." Li Zongqun was gearing up, but his excitement could not be concealed through the glass mask.
Everyone laughed together.
Yes, today they set off early in the morning for a "far trip".
Of course, the distance here is not very far... only about three kilometers.
But not only did they have to pass through a dense jungle, but the place they went to... was also extremely dangerous.
Therefore, everyone was extremely well prepared this time, and even the combat robots that were not easily deployed were deployed.
——The place they are going to explore this time is the ruins of the underground city.
After a brief chat, the two drones flew over the jungle. The buzzing sound broke the tranquility of the jungle and startled flocks of birds.
Including three soldiers, there were a total of eleven people on this mission, including five people from Li Zongqun's archaeological team and three people from Li Dongsheng's side to assist with landing and logistics.
In addition, they also brought four self-propelled multi-legged robots to carry supplies, and three combat robots.
Hmm...and we also received permission to fire.
Don't underestimate these armed guards. To put it bluntly, they can directly wipe out the entire jungle with blood.
Along a path under the cliff, a group of eleven people slowly descended the slope. Under Aita's remote control, the robot showed a perfect posture and even descended more efficiently than the three girls in the team.
Ten minutes later, the exploration team stepped into the jungle so close at hand for the first time.
At this moment, Mo Gu's voice sounded in everyone's ears.
"Lao Li, have you entered the jungle?"
"Just coming in." Li Zongqun, as the captain of this trip, pressed the intercom and replied: "What's wrong, Professor Mo?"
"Well... what I mean is that when you come back, if it's convenient, catch a few medium-sized animals for us. We are going to carry out reverse environmental adaptation."
Her voice is so inspiring to everyone!
Because everyone knows that Mo Valley is conducting experiments on biological environment adaptability!
Nowadays, everyone is reluctant to go out, especially such a "far trip". Why? In addition to the strict disinfection required to enter and exit the spacecraft, the most important thing is that you must wear a breathing mask and carry an oxygen tube - and in order to prevent
Just in case, everyone must prepare a gas mask and cannot wear it...
Once the adaptability test is passed, it means that everyone can take off this helmet.
"Okay!" Li Zongqun agreed wholeheartedly.
At this time Wen Tao smiled and asked: "Professor Mo, do you want to die or live?"