Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

A few days later.

In the main laboratory of the Human Union.

Two huge machines lay quietly in the center of the laboratory.

They were two single-photon control devices.

The two machines were one large and one small, and the relatively small one was a newly manufactured device.

The two devices were connected by a thin tube in the middle.

As for why this situation occurred...

It's very simple.

The purpose of this photon control experiment is to verify whether two entangled photons can transmit information through long-distance action.

Unlike the first experiment, this experiment requires two entangled photons.

Therefore, the second single-photon control device directly removed the original single-photon manufacturing device.

At that time, the two photons will be manufactured by the first device.

…

Lu Yongchang stood in front of a machine with a solemn expression.

"Professor Lu, can the experiment start?"

Tang Wenshan's voice came from the side.

Lu Yongchang thought carefully for a moment, and after confirming that there were no omissions, he nodded gently.

"Let's start the experiment!"

As he said this, he reached out and pressed the switch of the huge machine in front of him.

A slight vibration came through the floor.

The photon manufacturing instrument in the single-photon control device in front of Lv Yongchang began to operate.

As the indicator light turned green, the two entangled photons entered the single-photon control devices on the left and right through the catheter.

"Zero, control photon No. 1 first."

Lv Yongchang said in a deep voice.

"Received." The moment Zero's voice sounded, a slight humming sound suddenly came from the single-photon control device in front of Lv Yongchang.

As for Tang Wenshan, he stared at the display of another control device, fearing that he would miss any small changes.

"..."

In the laboratory, everyone held their breath.

For fear that their weak breathing would affect the two "fragile" photons in the huge instrument in front of them.

A few seconds of waiting time, for all the researchers present, was as long as a century!

In the silent laboratory, only the slight humming sound from the two single-photon control devices remained.

"...changed!"

Suddenly, Tang Wenshan's eyes were filled with ecstasy, and he shouted loudly: "The state of photon No. 2 has changed!"

At this moment, even Lv Yongchang couldn't keep his composure.

He followed the footsteps of a group of researchers and ran towards the second single-photon control device.

Looking at the rapidly changing numbers and curves on the display, Lv Yongchang's face flushed slightly, and he shouted loudly to the camera beside him: "Zero?!"

"Professor, 100 state change experiments have been carried out so far, and photon No. 2 has produced corresponding changes."

"Do you want to continue to change the state of photon No. 1?"

Lv Yongchang's eyes were even more joyful: "Continue, proceed according to the target plan."

"Received, a total of 100,000 experiments, estimated to take 30 minutes."

Lv Yongchang took a deep breath to suppress his inner ecstasy.

Not yet successful.

He needs more experimental samples!

...

Half an hour later.

"Professor, the experiment of photon No. 1 has been completed, a total of 100,000 state change experiments, and photon No. 2 has observed corresponding changes."

Zero's voice sounded in the quiet laboratory.

The next second, a round of warm applause followed!

Every researcher had an excited smile on his face.

"Zero, start the experiment on photon No. 2!"

Excited, Lv Yongchang did not forget to give Zero a second instruction.

...

The second photon control experiment was a complete success, and quantum super-distance communication technology has also completed most of the technical accumulation.

Now, the last hurdle in realizing quantum super-distance communication has fallen on Tang Wenshan.

Algorithm.

He needs to redesign a set of algorithms for super-distance communication.

Simply put, he needs to establish a system for various state changes of photons, just like Morse code.

Only in this way can humans perform real-time data transmission by changing the state of one or several photons.

"Mr. Tang, I'm going to give you this difficult task."

After the experiment was successful, Lv Yongchang was in a good mood and said to Tang Wenshan half-jokingly: "Such an important project, you must not let me down!"

Tang Wenshan naturally heard the teasing in Lv Yongchang's words. He first glared at Lv Yongchang, who was smiling, and then laughed and said: "Don't worry."

"With the help of Ling, if I still can't do this task well, I'll be a useless academician!"

Lv Yongchang smiled and nodded.

That's right.

With the existence of Ling, a strong artificial intelligence, algorithm problems have become the easiest breakthrough point in all scientific research projects.

He turned his head to look at the two huge devices, the smile on his face gradually faded, a hint of dissatisfaction appeared in his eyes, and he muttered to himself: "What a pity."

"Huh?"

"What a pity?" Tang Wenshan was stunned for a moment, and quickly reached out to pick his ears, fearing that he had heard it wrong, "What a pity?"

"Didn't the experiment go smoothly?"

Lv Yongchang shook his head slowly: "These two things are too big."

"Add other functional components, and the volume is estimated to increase several times."

"This seriously limits its application scenarios." Lv Yongchang frowned and estimated, "Currently only the Luanniao series of starships can carry this kind of long-distance communication equipment."

"This may have a relatively large impact on future interstellar wars."

"Next, I may need to reduce this device, but... this work will be more difficult."

Facing Lv Yongchang's troubles, Tang Wenshan waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "These are all minor problems."

"With the current scale of human civilization, it is enough to load long-distance communication equipment on the Luanniao starship."

"As for the lower-level starships, they can completely use the Luanniao platform to transmit information."

"Millisecond-level delays are not a big problem for humans now."

"What's more, we can reduce the delay problem as much as possible by increasing the number of Luanniao series starships."

Tang Wenshan's casual words made Lv Yongchang's eyes light up.

It makes sense!

As expected of a communications boss, he solved his troubles in just a few words!

At that time, it will be enough to use the Luanniao starship and the Xuannv starship together to solve this difficulty!

He would like to call it the "infantry-tank coordination" of the interstellar era!

"There is another question." Lv Yongchang's eyes moved slightly, and he continued, "After these few days of experiments, I found a problem."

"Strictly speaking, quantum long-distance communication technology is not a true long-distance communication technology."