Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

Zero's electronic synthesized voice was very flat, without any emotional changes, but it directly pulled the hearts of all the academicians.

"What?!"

Tao Yuda subconsciously exclaimed: "How could the quantum entanglement effect suddenly disappear?"

Not only Tao Yuda, most of the academicians present showed a look of horror on their faces.

Since the maturity of quantum communication technology, human civilization has never encountered such a situation in hundreds of years!

Quantum long-distance communication, with its stable and fast characteristics, quickly occupied the vast majority of communication devices in the starship.

Electromagnetic wave communication devices have become emergency backup options in the fleet.

In order to ensure safety, it is still a communication module that every starship must be equipped with, but the frequency of use has been reduced to a pitiful level.

And the most critical point in quantum communication technology is the quantum entanglement effect.

Once the quantum entanglement effect suddenly disappears for some reason, it is tantamount to a devastating blow to quantum communication technology!

At the same time, it is also an extremely heavy blow to the human fleet!

In order to ensure the safety of communication, the fleet may need to switch the communication mode immediately to prevent the communication link from being suddenly interrupted.

As an alternative, electromagnetic wave communication has a too slow propagation speed and is far from meeting the needs of today's human civilization.

Therefore, if it is determined that quantum communication technology has some security risks, the development of new communication technology will become the most important task of the Human Union Academy of Sciences!

"Zero, are all black hole detectors in trouble?"

Lu Yongchang asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, all detectors close to the black hole have the above situation."

The scene of the black hole detector at the beginning of its manufacture instantly appeared in Lu Yongchang's mind.

He turned his head with a gloomy face and looked at He Bilin not far away.

Coincidentally, He Bilin also cast his eyes on him.

At the moment when their eyes met, He Bilin's lips moved slightly.

Lu Yongchang understood his mouth shape.

"【Event Form】Theory...?"

He murmured in a low voice with an ugly face.

The evolution of quantum states in strange spacetime and flat spacetime is different. Under the influence of gravity, entangled quantum pairs will be probabilistically lost.

This is the [Event Form] theory.

In previous experiments, this theory has not been confirmed.

But if this theory is confirmed...

For human civilization, this is undoubtedly extremely bad news.

The simplest point is that spacecraft entering curvature navigation are very likely to be unable to use quantum long-distance communication.

...

In the azure holographic projection, the bright white font is particularly eye-catching.

[The quantum entanglement effect has completely disappeared. ]

[Trying to switch to the electromagnetic wave communication band...]

After a brief chaos, the laboratory quickly returned to its usual order.

Under the organization of Lv Yongchang, a group of academicians returned to their posts and began to study the reasons behind it.

Lv Yongchang asked in a deep voice: "Zero, has the electromagnetic wave communication been affected?"

"Professor, do you think these black hole detectors may have been destroyed?" The moment the voice fell, He Bilin's eyes moved and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, the [Event Form] theory is certainly a big possibility, but we still have to rule out some necessary options."

From the information finally transmitted by the quantum communication device, the current black hole detector is still a certain distance away from the black hole horizon.

Theoretically, in this case, electromagnetic wave communication will not be affected.

Electromagnetic waves propagating at the speed of light can definitely break free from the gravity of the black hole and transmit information to the human fleet.

Therefore, if the electromagnetic wave communication device is also affected, it means that under the influence of certain factors, the black hole detector has been destroyed.

"Establishing communication, please wait..."

Zero's response came.

Because of the time deceleration effect, establishing a communication link has become a difficult task.

"Professor, do you think it may be caused by the tidal effect?"

He Bilin's voice came again: "This is a small black hole, and its tidal effect cannot be underestimated."

The so-called tidal effect, in simple terms, when an object falls into a black hole, the end close to the black hole will be subjected to a stronger force than the end far away from the black hole, which will cause the near end to fall into the black hole faster, so the entire object will be stretched and torn.

Therefore, when a black hole devours a star or planet, it often stretches it into a long noodle - this is called spaghettification.

However, large black holes are much milder in this regard.

Compared with small black holes, the tidal effect of supermassive black holes is much weaker. Therefore, when humans fall into a large enough black hole, if they are lucky enough, they may be able to spend the rest of their lives in the black hole.

Facing He Bilin's question, Lv Yongchang pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head.

He reached out and dragged a holographic image, called up a calculation data in it and said, "Look."

"This is the calculation data before the black hole detector was launched."

"Through the information sent by these black hole detectors before they lost contact, we can roughly calculate their locations."

"According to the calculation, the tidal force at that location is not enough to tear it apart."

He Bilin's face changed instantly.

He suddenly realized the meaning behind Lv Yongchang's words!

"So what you mean is..."

"Yes." Lv Yongchang's eyes were filled with deep worry, "All the clues seem to point in one direction."

"If the traditional electromagnetic wave communication method is also affected, and all black hole detectors lose contact at the same time..."

"Then, these detectors are very likely to have encountered attacks from advanced civilizations."

He Bilin subconsciously held his breath.

"How is this possible..."

"A civilization living near a black hole, how powerful it must be!"

"Even the sweeper civilization may not be able to live near a black hole, right?!"

Lv Yongchang was silent for a while and responded in a low voice.

"Who knows?"

"Maybe, there really is such a powerful civilization?"

"Everything depends on the response of the electromagnetic wave communication device."

As he said this, Lv Yongchang raised his head and looked at the bright white font slowly jumping in the azure projection with a worried look on his face.

PS: It's the Lantern Festival tonight, and I really don't have time to write, so I'll take a day off.

I'll continue to add more tomorrow!