"There is a game called "Exiled Stars", which very well embodies all the assumptions that humans have about the wars they will face after entering the interstellar era."
Director Niu operated on his hands, summoned Aita with his authority, and asked her to project a promotional screen for the game in the office.
Ye Ming hummed softly and looked at the screen - although he doesn't play games, there are people around him who do, especially games with a Star Wars theme, which have become very popular in the past two years.
On the screen, a huge fleet was "visibly" firing its main guns in space.
"The military doesn't rely on games to train troops now, right?"
"How rare is it? We used games to train troops fifteen years ago..." Director Niu laughed: "Don't look down on games, they can simulate many scenarios."
"Of course I'm not looking down on it, it's mainly because it's a bit illogical and looks awkward." Ye Ming pointed to the battleships on the screen, and couldn't laugh or cry: "You said this is about a naval battle, how can a space war give you a visual range blow?
Opportunity?"
"This is just artistic expression, but the essence is the same. Over-the-horizon strikes also require positioning and information - what I want to say is not this, but its multi-dimensional warfare mode."
As Director Niu finished speaking, the camera turned, and the side with a huge space carrier finally won the victory and began to advance above a planet under the protection of frigates.
At this time, the frigate's main guns opened fire one after another, destroying the satellites and the defense turrets of the space fortress without any effort, and then descended into orbit.
Immediately afterwards, the mothership began to release a swarm of aerial fighters to penetrate the atmosphere, reach the ground of the planet, and fight with ground forces.
These ground troops include aircraft, cannons, tanks, and colossi. Anyway, from the setting point of view, they are basically improved and fancy upgraded versions of human weapons.
The battle mode is basically based on the assumption that aliens want to completely conquer the earth and conquer mankind.
Looking at the dazzling land and air battle scenes, Ye Ming probably understood the complete meaning of Director Niu.
At first, he thought that the military wanted to retain the pilot's talent - after all, the cost and period of training a combat pilot were very considerable, and he could not give up easily.
Only now do I understand...the military actually thinks deeper and further.
In other words... it's more "radical" - when all mankind is currently considering how to deal with the crisis, they have already considered fighting wars of conquest and security wars with other civilizations in the future.
At this time, Director Niu took a deep look at Ye Ming and said meaningfully: "No matter how well we communicate with the Blue Star people, we cannot guarantee that every civilization will be so easy to talk to."
"If you forget to fight, you will be in danger, Mr. Ye!"
After a long silence, Ye Ming nodded slowly: "Indeed, we are civilized human beings. We cannot be like the executors, destroying other people's satellites and uprooting the entire civilized ethnic group. At most, we can teach you a lesson."
Director Niu's eyes suddenly lit up and he burst out laughing!
"Then what do you say?"
"There is nothing wrong with the design of the space carrier, it is very simple. It is mainly an air and space fighter, and it is also a manned air and space fighter - once it is manned, it means that its speed will be limited, especially when doing high-speed maneuvers, humans
My body simply cannot withstand such strong G force."
Ye Ming said and looked at Director Niu: "I agree with what you said, people are the most reliable machines. But the contradiction here is a bit irreconcilable..."
Director Niu naturally also knew the contradiction between ultra-high-speed fighters and human body strength. He smiled and said: "So, do you think you can think of a way to solve the overload problem through design?"
Ye Ming burst into laughter: "If this can be solved, then Uncle Newton can't jump out of the coffin?"
"Isn't it possible to use dimensional space technology as well?"
"Space technology is not omnipotent, unless the curvature of the space around the pilot is changed...wait!" Ye Ming was startled for a moment, then his eyes widened: "Holy shit, it seems theoretically possible?"
"How?"
“When the aircraft is maneuvering at high speed, by changing the curvature of the space where the pilot is located inside the aircraft, it is similar to when the spacecraft changes direction or suddenly accelerates or decelerates, by changing the curvature and creating an opposite gravitational force to keep the space where the pilot is located relatively stationary.
"
Director Niu's eyes lit up instantly: "Is that possible?"
"Theoretically yes, but in practice..." Ye Ming pursed his lips and looked at Director Niu: "What is the fastest speed of a manned small aircraft now?"
"If we only talk about aircraft, then it is the old American SR-71 Blackbird, which has a fastest speed of Mach 3.5 and a speed of about one thousand meters per second. No one has beaten it yet."
"Then we need to design a future aerospace fighter. Because it uses a nuclear fusion engine, the speed is at least ten times faster than this... Then the energy to change the curvature is... Forget it, I am too lazy to calculate, at least it is the current spacecraft-level engine.
"
Director Niu: "..."
"Not to mention the high cost, the space requirements are also quite high. In that case, it would be better to open a battleship..."
Director Niu: "...If you say that, then there will be no chance?"
Ye Ming bit his lips and nodded slightly after being silent for a few seconds: "Even if we don't talk about the cost of the aircraft, just talking about the cost of the space stacking engine... it will be very high. Unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless there is an extremely convenient and simple substance or material or method that can change the curvature."
Speaking of this, Ye Ming frowned deeply.
This kind of thing actually does exist!
It’s just that humans haven’t mastered it yet.
That is... what the people of Blue Planet call Slanqi's materials, that is...
Listening to Ye Ming's words, Director Niu also frowned deeply, and then blurted out: "Strange substances?"
"Yeah, strange matter."
At this moment, the watch on Ye Ming's hand vibrated. After the call was connected, He Mo's voice came quickly.
"Boss, all three tests have been completed. You can contact Blue Star to check the time."
"Okay." Ye Ming recovered his thoughts, glanced at Director Niu and said solemnly: "You can also leave. Make sure that all personnel except the experimental animals leave."
"clear."
After hanging up the call, Ye Ming closed his eyes and exhaled slowly: "Strange matter, although I believe what Uda said, strange matter can only be produced by the intelligent brain. But I don't really believe that this thing can only be produced by the intelligent brain.
Only the brain can be used."
"Well, the Kodo people are also Blue Star people, and they don't have intelligence or strange substances." Director Niu nodded in agreement.
If we say that the Blue Star people we contacted before, that is, the Kara people, lied about strange substances, then we can easily draw a conclusion by comparing it with the Kodo people's words and their failure to achieve interstellar crossing.
That is, it is true that only the intelligent brain can produce strange substances, and it is true that not everyone can master the intelligent brain.
But Director Niu also believed what Ye Ming said. As a scientist, he naturally has a desire to explore and an unconvinced spirit towards any unknown substance.
Especially for a great scientist like Ye Ming, how can he feel at ease if he doesn't give it a try?
"Tell me, can we ask the Blue Star people for some to try?"
"That's my plan too." Ye Ming hummed, then fiddled with his watch and said softly: "But don't be in a hurry now, take your time. And we are actually also trying to see if we can find it in high-dimensional space -
—Because according to speculation, this thing is very likely to be a substance in high-dimensional space, and it naturally has spatial regressivity."
"I don't understand this."
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Anyway, Mr. Huo and Sheng Fei are doing a blind cat-killing mouse experiment to see if they can collect something from high-dimensional space."
As he spoke, Ye Ming made a video request to Uda.
…
After the screen jumped, Uda's figure appeared in the office.
"Good morning, Da Liji."
"Good morning, Uda." Ye Ming glanced at the time: "The curvature on your side is slightly higher..."
"Well, we provided algorithm error correction, and we also used the seconds you defined." Uda shook his head slightly as he spoke, with a smile on his lips: "I'm actually very curious, how did you think of converting cesium 133 atoms?
The duration of 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine energy levels of the ground state is defined as seconds?"
"Haha... It's a long story. The main thing is that it requires accuracy. Especially when communicating over long distances, it's very troublesome if the time doesn't match up."
Uda nodded with deep understanding: "This is true. I have to say that your pursuit of perfection is worth learning from."
"Excuse me - shall we begin?"
"let's start."
"Okay, we can just use the timer in the high-dimensional space directly on both sides to get the accuracy to nanoseconds. Any higher will be an error and it won't help."
"OK."
With the completion of timing by both parties at the same time, it means that the last process before starting the experiment is completed, and the next step is to wait quietly for charging and the final safety inspection.
For humans, the main task this time is to deliver a batch of high-precision semiconductor materials and products to Blue Star, such as workstations, personal hosts, chips, panels, and various power and network-related equipment.
Of course, there are also attempts in the field of scientific research, such as the transmission of living animals and plants, various food ingredients, etc. - these are all things that human beings must come into contact with in daily life and are of great practical significance.
In addition, there are also various rare metals and materials, especially radioactive elements with short half-lives, used to test the effects of crossing artificial wormholes.
As for Blue Star, they have to carry out safety protection and inspection work, such as checking the vital signs of living bodies, changes in properties of various materials, molecular structures, etc.
Overall, this time it can be regarded as a "big gift package" given by mankind to the former "savior".
From beginning to end, Ye Ming never mentioned the "Slanqi" substance.
Time passed slowly, and soon the experimental node was reached.
…
Cygnus, BCT-3812 galaxy.
Uda stood in front of the porthole, looking at the constantly beating numbers without blinking.
Well...this number beats according to the human decimal system.
Ye Ming's image is on the monitor nearby. It can be seen that Ye Ming's expression is also very serious and cautious.
Finally, the countdown is over.
Uda saw that the man-made singularity standing on an asteroid suddenly burst out with a faint blue light, and at the same time, the numbers on the various instruments beside him began to beat continuously.
This means that the artificial singularity produces large-scale curvature fluctuations.
Uda took a deep breath, turned to look at the assistant beside him, and said in a deep voice: "Has the high-dimensional detector responded?"
The assistant immediately replied: "Everything is normal."
"Block group status?"
"everything is normal."
"Receiving station status?" Uda's eyes were fixed on the space in front of the man-made singularity - it was an oval-shaped ball of light that could not be described in words.
"normal!"
As the assistant's voice fell, the light of the light ball disappeared instantly, and a dark oval car floated quietly in the air.
The assistant's voice was excited and nervous: "You can already see the car!"
Uda took a deep breath again and turned to look at the screen aside.
On the screen, Grand Prix Ye Ming was also looking at him.
"The cargo hold has been received, Da Li Si."
"Well, it's your turn to check next. Pay attention to the list and comparison."
In the picture, Ye Ming also breathed a sigh of relief visibly, and then smiled: "But Uda, what is the shielding device?"
Uda was slightly startled! He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say...
Ye Ming had guessed it before, but he didn't answer directly - after all, he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, so he could deny it no matter what.
But now... Ye Ming heard his instructions personally...
Silent, Uda said softly: "That is a design to shield the curvature fluctuations."
"Well, that's very interesting. What's the principle?"
"The principle is to use Slanzi matter to stabilize the curvature of a smaller space..." Uda said and slowly exhaled: "Professor Ye, humans can't use this technology, and it's too late to use it now.
.”
After he finished speaking, he saw Ye Ming frowning slightly across from him.
Uda lowered his eyes, and an indescribable emotion arose in his heart - casually, when two civilizations communicate, they will definitely retain their core technologies, but... communication with humans...
Let's put it this way, Uda has always been responsible for communicating with humans. He knows very well what he gets from humans - if the communication between the two parties is compared to doing business, then the Holy Star people only spend two or three dollars.
Things, exchanged for ten dollars for human beings.
Saint Star people make a lot of money.
——Not to mention anything else, the first experiment of this man-made singularity was when humans sent a cargo hold of stuff over!
In addition to scientific research equipment, the other equipment inside are all the most advanced electronic semiconductor products mankind has ever produced!
You said, facing generous human beings...how can he be embarrassed?
"Well, check it out first. We'll talk about using strange matter to stabilize the curvature later - I think humans may not be able to use this technology."
Uda was slightly startled, but when he saw that the official opposite him had turned to chat with the official named Director Niu, he suppressed the doubts in his heart and gave the order to his assistant.