The last human in the universe

Chapter 211 Broken Star
There is also power in a vacuum.As early as the earth age, the technology of human civilization has recognized this power and described it.

For example, if two uncharged metal plates are placed in a very close position, such as 10 nanometers, then at this moment, a pressure approximately equivalent to one atmospheric pressure will be generated between the two metal plates.

The reason for this is because of vacuum fluctuations.

The basic principle of the vacuum cannon is very simple, even in the current human civilization, an ordinary person is familiar with it: it is nothing more than creating a certain field force, through the interaction between this field force and the virtual particle pairs produced by the vacuum fluctuation Interaction, to achieve some kind of force that can be expressed in the macroscopic world.

Because the transmission of field force is the speed of light, the attack speed of the vacuum cannon is also the speed of light.This gives it the ability to quickly deliver like a laser cannon.

Although the basic principle is simple, there are many things that need to be done if this technology is to be truly applied to the battlefield.In addition to the development of basic science to an extremely high level, there are also many obstacles to be resolved at the level of applied technology.

On the whole, the research and development of the vacuum cannon is a huge project no smaller than the large-scale production of antimatter.

At this moment, the No. [-] prototype, which has been developed after decades of painstaking efforts by an unknown number of scientists and engineers, has reached the stage of real testing.

At this moment, the No. [-] prototype, which existed in the shape of a spaceship, sailed to a suitable position.Under the common gaze of many scholars, the engineering commander issued one order after another in the command hall.

Self-check is complete.

Next, it was launched.

Energy system, transmission system, temperature control system, controllers one after another, converters one after another, monitors, hundreds of millions of parts work together at this moment, like a whole, to complete some extremely complicated work.

Thus, a special "electric field" that changes rapidly at a certain frequency is quietly generated in this vast universe.Based on some strange changes described in some quantum mechanics and M theory, the energy exchange with virtual particle pairs is completed.Thus, the vacuum fluctuation effect has been strengthened to a certain extent, and even acquired the ability to be displayed in the macrocosm.

Just when everyone's hearts were raised, in the command hall, the huge screen in front of which displayed countless parameters suddenly flickered, and instantly became pitch black.

A piercing siren sounded in the command hall, and one fault code after another came one after another.Engineers hastily dealt with these failures, trying to eliminate them, but no matter what kind of operation, they could not get the effect.

Some people turned their attention to the screen of a monitoring satellite near the No. [-] prototype in a little despair, and saw that in the vast space, the vacuum gun No. [-] prototype that existed in the shape of a spaceship suddenly burst from the inside. Dazzling light rushed out.

The next moment, it was completely torn apart by its own energy.

It exploded silently.

This time the experiment... seems to have failed.

Amidst the heaviness, the commander-in-chief sighed and opened the list of fault codes.

"More than 3000 failures... Our material performance and manufacturing process are still not up to standard."

Fail to fail.Clean up the situation and start all over again.

However, after decades of painstaking efforts, not to mention whether the system scheme adopted by people can successfully trigger those changes in vacuum fluctuations as in theoretical calculations, at this moment, they have not even been successfully activated, and they just blew up like this. It really makes people feel uncomfortable, as if their hard work has been wasted.

But there is no way.

Finishing work begins.The salvage spacecraft was dispatched to collect fragments of the No. [-] prototype in space in order to discover more data.During this process, a small landing craft came to the vicinity of the asteroid serving as the target by chance.

Two crew members in spacesuits flew over and began searching the asteroid.

"There shouldn't be any fragments flying here."

"Whatever, just look for it casually, if you don't have it, go back quickly."

The two chatted casually in the communication channel.After searching roughly, the two planned to leave.

At this time, one of them noticed something was wrong.

Under the light, the asteroid seemed to be filled with "fog", which even made the whole star hazy and unreal.

Around such a small asteroid, even a fool would know that gas and water vapor cannot exist.Because its gravitational force is too small.

Well, these fogs...

An astronaut hurriedly flew over to observe carefully.

"It's dust. Maybe our spacesuit thrust reverser sprayed it, floating the dust on its surface."

This is not surprising.Confirming this, the two again planned to leave.

But at this moment, an astronaut suddenly froze as if struck by lightning.He turned around and stared straight at his companion: "I seem to remember that this asteroid...is a rocky structure with only a very small amount of separated dust on the surface?"

That being the case, how could there be so much dust "blown" by the thrust reverser system of the spacesuit, so that it looked like it was shrouded in "fog"?

"sky……"

The two turned around at the same time, like hungry wolves, they rushed towards it.

One of the astronauts flew in front of a raised "stone pile" and cautiously and tentatively threw a punch.Therefore, at the moment when the fist touched the stone, the stone, which still showed a deep and hard color on the outside, turned into powder silently at this moment.

He changed the jetting direction of the spacesuit again, and then, the seemingly hard surface was blown out of a large crater.

With the help of the recoil, he stomped heavily on the asteroid, and the hard stone was crushed directly, and his whole leg was directly submerged in the stone.

"It's smashed here!"

"Here too!"

"And here!"

"Hahahahaha!"

At this moment, the two astronauts laughed wildly.Under the action of the reverse thrust system, the two of them were like supermen, destroying the asteroid crazily and wantonly.

The asteroid, which originally needed shells to shatter, became riddled with holes in an instant as if it had been impacted by a superman.

"It turns out that we succeeded..."

The asteroid still maintains its original appearance on the outside, but its internal structure has already been completely shattered, and it will turn into powder with a light touch.However, besides the previous vacuum cannon test, what else could cause this situation?
Everyone thought that the prototype of the vacuum cannon No. [-] had self-destructed before it was activated. Who would have thought that its self-destruction was indeed self-destructed, but in fact it had already been activated, and it actually showed the effect!
Compared with the matter of self-destruction, people are more concerned about whether the systematic plan for designing this prototype is correct.Because this represents whether the direction is right.

If you can confirm that the direction is correct, then, if you stumble occasionally on the way forward, is it still a problem?

Isn't it just a prototype machine!As long as the direction is correct, reinvention is all right!

"Call headquarters, call headquarters..."

The two astronauts reported the discovery back as quickly as possible.At this moment, the two could clearly hear the operator's voice trembling.

Without any delay or hesitation, this information was reported to the highest level as quickly as possible.

At this moment, the originally heavy and oppressive control hall seemed like a sun suddenly appeared.

All dullness and depression are swept away.Even, an old professor who was more than 180 years old suddenly jumped on the table, and another professor who usually spoke slowly and always made people complain that his voice was too low, screamed like a shrew : "Get ready for the spaceship! Quick!"

Several experts who had returned to the lounge to rest heard the news and rushed out shirtless. One of the experts was wearing a shoe on one foot while the other was simply bare.

"Let's go!"

At this moment, this small planet instantly became the absolute focus of the entire military base and the hearts of tens of millions of people.One spaceship after another swarmed like a market, and the military committee even had to send combat spaceships to maintain order, so that the tragedy of spaceship collision did not occur.

Scientists one after another, young or old, wore space suits, and rushed towards the asteroid like moths on a flame, feeling that the basic structure had been crushed and completely reduced to dust. of asteroids.At this moment, the airspace is filled with smoke and dust.

This asteroid with a diameter of more than 160 meters and a total mass of several million tons was completely shattered by manpower alone in front of visiting military experts one after another.

It disappeared completely, turning into a miniature "nebula".

When the news was reported to Zhao Changxing, even Zhao Changxing couldn't help being happy.

"Third-level civilization, third-level civilization... Finally, it really became ah..."

Although there is still a lot of work to be done in the future, for example, the stability of this vacuum cannon is too poor, and a major upgrade must be made. This vacuum cannon consumes too much energy and is not of practical significance. There is no way to install it on a combat spaceship, and there will be miniaturization and improvement in the future, etc. There are countless problems, and it is still a thousand miles away from the real combat effectiveness in the future, but all of this is not as good as the breakthrough made today important.

Because this is a breakthrough from zero to one.

At this moment, Zhao Changxing seems to have seen the days when every battleship in the future human space fleet is equipped with powerful vacuum cannons.

(End of this chapter)