Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

"So, what amazing discovery did you make?"

Fang Xu's eyes twitched repeatedly, and he asked Lv Yongchang word by word.

Lv Yongchang chuckled and stretched out his hand to drag across a holographic image.

With a few strokes, he sketched a simple space-time model on it.

"Everyone, we have overlooked an important issue."

"When the curvature engine is started, under the action of the two opposite gravitational fields in front and behind, a large number of particles will be sucked into the gravitational field in front of the starship."

As he said this, Lv Yongchang's index finger firmly tapped an area in the projection.

"Eventually, these particles will converge in front of the curvature bubble."

"As the curvature navigation time increases, the number of particles will continue to accumulate."

"At the same time, during the curvature navigation process, the energy they contain will continue to accumulate!"

"Wait!" He Bilin frowned and interrupted Lu Yongchang's words, "Where does their energy come from?"

"The curvature engine?"

"Yes." Lu Yongchang nodded to confirm He Bilin's words, "Just now I checked the energy consumption of [Curvature No. 1] after entering the curvature state, and found that it was slightly higher than I expected."

"At first I thought it was an error."

"Now it seems that this is not an error, but these particles are playing tricks."

"This is equivalent to the additional resistance that the curvature bubble needs to overcome when moving forward."

He Bilin nodded thoughtfully.

"I roughly understand."

"When the starship exits the curvature navigation state, since the mass and size of the particles are much lower than the starship, they can still maintain the curvature navigation state for a short period of time."

"At this time, since the particles are still in the curvature navigation state, ordinary observation instruments cannot observe them."

"Moreover, they contain a lot of energy. Once they encounter an object that blocks their progress, they will..."

He Bilin opened his palm suddenly: "Bang!"

"In our opinion, it's like being attacked by some mysterious thing!"

"But... Professor, how can this be verified?"

Lv Yongchang smiled and pointed to the huge holographic projection in front of him: "Calculate it."

"From the time [Curvature No. 1] exited the curvature navigation state to the time the starship was attacked, the interval between the two was 3.13 seconds."

"Combined with the distance between the two."

"It just happens to be the speed of the attacking object: 1.1c!"

Hearing this, He Bilin hurriedly lowered his head to check it.

"It really is!" Looking at the result in the holographic projection, he whispered with some surprise.

Lv Yongchang laughed: "So, before we conduct curvature navigation, we need to ensure the safety of the route."

"Once any macroscopic obstacles appear on the route, the consequences may be catastrophic."

Fang Xu on the side also added: "That is to say, in planetary systems with relatively rich interstellar matter, curvature navigation is strictly prohibited."

"Of course."

Lv Yongchang thought for a moment: "Not only in the star system, even between star systems, we need to be more careful."

"After all, we currently do not have the corresponding superluminal observation means."

"Professor."

In the distance, Tao Yuda's voice came: "I have an idea."

"Do you think this feature of the curvature engine can be used to make weapons?"

Lv Yongchang was silent for a while, nodded, and shook his head.

"Yes, but it seems... it doesn't have much effect."

"Before attacking, it needs to accelerate over a long distance to accumulate energy."

"In actual combat, it is more efficient to use the curvature engine to project antimatter bombs."

"Weapons against low-level civilizations." Tao Yuda said softly, "If we want to absorb the other party as a subordinate civilization, the curvature engine should be a good weapon."

"Professor, think about our initial reaction."

"At that time, the Latour civilization did not use such means against us." Tao Yuda shrugged, "Of course, the sailing distance of their flagship is not enough to trigger this effect."

"But if..."

"Professor, what do you think will happen?"

"At least, the morale within the civilization will become a huge problem!"

Lv Yongchang's face changed slightly.

After a moment of silence, he nodded: "In this case, this research task will be handed over to you."

Then, he turned and looked at the old man with gray hair standing not far away.

"Academician Cao Liangcai."

"You will be responsible for the transformation of the existing starship."

...

After leaving the laboratory, Lv Yongchang boarded the robot with the help of the robotic arm that had been waiting at the door.

The robot took him and drove quickly towards Lv Yongchang's office.

The back.

He Bilin looked at the robot's back with envy.

"Xiao He, where is the robot you applied for?"

Fang Xu asked in surprise as he walked out of the laboratory door.

"...Academician Fang, my application was not approved." He Bilin looked at Fang Xu with a complicated expression as he boarded the back of another robot.

"Oh, sorry, I forgot."

Fang Xu smiled and raised his eyebrows at He Bilin: "Come on, come up with a few more big projects, and I will approve your application."

He Bilin: "..."

...

After returning to the office, Lv Yongchang quickly sat down at his seat.

"Zero, close the door!"

As the words fell, his consciousness had sunk deep into his mind.

Technology tree space.

In the mottled background, the technology tree outlined by the bright white lines was particularly bright.

Looking at the extremely bright cursor, Lv Yongchang breathed a sigh of relief.

The curvature navigation technology passed the "verification" of the technology tree.

The bright white lines flowed out of the cursor and stretched upward along the dim passage.

[Primary Gravitational Shield]

[Grand Unified Theory]

These are the last two technologies for a level 4 civilization to enter a level 5 civilization.

Looking at the fog at the top of the technology tree, Lv Yongchang calmed down and focused his attention on one of the dim cursors.

ps: More updates tomorrow morning!