Super Dimension Technology Era

New Era 10, March 2.

The first New Era-class space battleship completed its final outfitting work at the 156 Shipyard in Cooper Belt.

This is a truly giant spacecraft, with a length of 21 kilometers. It is like an enlarged version of the Huo Qubing, and its total mass at full load can reach 35 million tons.

This battleship combines all the current technologies of the New Humanity.

Using a front suction zero-point energy curvature engine and a rear photon injection engine, the fastest speed is 45% of the speed of light, and the total power is a type of perpetual motion machine.

The warship is equipped with a complete pseudo-gravity system, internal circulation ecosystem, weapons heavy factory, food factory, quantum wormhole communication system, quantum wormhole detection system, gravitational wave detection system, etc.

In addition, the warship itself can perform rapid wormhole jumps. It does not need to launch wormhole generation cores to quickly expand wormholes for space jumps.

As for weapons, they are still the same anti-matter missiles, black hole missiles, gamma ray lasers, close-range anti-electromagnetic guns, etc.

The battleship's armor is made of degenerate materials, and it also has a strong magnetic field shield. As long as it is not hit by a black hole bomb, its combat effectiveness is still very impressive.

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Zhang Siping and Liu Dawei, who came to inspect the New Era, looked at the battleship that looked like a space city, which gave the new humans some confidence.

"The New Era level is definitely very powerful. It can compete with some intermediate civilizations without falling behind. It's just that we can't be sure about the high-level civilizations." Zhang Siping said helplessly.

Liu Dawei also looked depressed: "The key is that there is too little information about advanced civilizations. We have no reference, and there is no way to start."

"By the way, how is the verification of the vacuum zero-point energy weapon that Mingzhe mentioned?"

Liu Dawei shook his head: "The Science and Technology Commission calculated the vacuum decay bomb, but to stimulate vacuum decay requires a very large amount of energy to be extracted from an area in an instant."

"How big?"

"Within a range of 3 cubic light-years, instantaneous extraction of zero-point energy equivalent to 5.6 solar masses can trigger vacuum decay, which can instantly destroy an area of ​​1,000 to 1,500 cubic light-years."

Zhang Siping was obviously frightened: "Extract 5.6 suns instantly? Is this really possible?"

"Both Mingzhe and Academician Yang participated in the verification, what do you think?" Liu Dawei shrugged.

Zhang Siping, who was looking at the damage simulation of the vacuum decay bomb, suddenly said thoughtfully: "How come the destruction of this vacuum decay bomb is so similar to the destruction of the Nibelonic civilization by the Reapers?"

"The Science and Technology Commission suspects that the Reapers are using vacuum decay bombs."

The more Zhang Siping looked, the more he looked like him.

It attacks at the speed of light, affects a very large area, and annihilates all matter, and there is no way to defend against the attack (perhaps the Reaper civilization can defend against it).

According to the Science and Technology Commission's simulation, once multiple vacuum decay bombs detonate nearby, a chain reaction will occur, making the scope of vacuum decay even larger.

If the entire universe is to be destroyed, according to the current estimate of the universe by New Humanity, the radius of the universe is more than 24 trillion light-years (including the unobservable part). 8 billion primary vacuum decay bombs need to be detonated in an instant to trigger the large vacuum decay of the universe. .

That's why the Reaper civilization dared to use vacuum decay bombs unscrupulously to wipe out the Nibelung civilization.

"We need vacuum decay bombs." Zhang Siping said firmly.

"The Science and Technology Commission is working on a solution, but the project is very difficult."

Zhang Siping was categorical: "Only with the power to die together can we officially step onto the big stage of the universe."

The current situation of the new humanity is very similar to that of China in the 1950s and 1960s.

Before mastering the strategic deterrence of mutual destruction, once the traces of the Reaper civilization are discovered, it is estimated that they will be instantly wiped out of the universe.

In order to survive safely in the universe, new humans must master vacuum decay bombs.

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After watching the service of the New Era Class, Zhang Siping and Liu Dawei felt heavy.

We also made an appointment with Huang Mingzhe and other senior officials of the Science and Technology Commission for a meeting.

in a virtual meeting room.

Zhang Siping got straight to the point: "Mingzhe, Academician Yang, I want to know how difficult is the vacuum decay bomb?"

After sorting out his thoughts, Huang Mingzhe replied solemnly: "If calculated based on the efficiency of the current zero-point energy siphon device, the engineering difficulty of the vacuum decay bomb is comparable to that of a Dyson sphere."

"Comparable to a Dyson ball?"

"..."

All the high-level officials of the war committee looked at each other and were speechless for a moment.

They all know more or less what a Dyson Sphere is. The engineering difficulty of a Dyson Sphere is really deceiving.

Huang Mingzhe unfolded the virtual display screen, and instead of listing some unclear formulas, he brought up the solar system star map.

To extract the energy of 5.6 suns in an instant, the total volume of the zero-point energy siphon device required is equivalent to 0.6 suns.

Putting the planet composed of the zero-point energy siphon device next to the sun, it looks almost the same size.

Gulu! This intuitive comparison makes everyone have difficulty swallowing.

"Unless the efficiency of the zero-point energy siphon device is increased by 1,000 times, we will not be able to create a vacuum decay bomb."

"One more thing." Academician Yang, who had regained his youth, said, "If it is to be practical, the efficiency needs to be increased to 1 million times."

At this moment, everyone in the war committee looked ugly. The gap was really too big, and it made people feel unmotivated.

"Aren't we always afraid of triggering vacuum decay? Why are vacuum decay bombs so difficult?" one of the war commissars asked with a frown.

Zhang Tingyu, the new vice chairman of the Science and Technology Commission, explained:

"The two are not the same concept. We are afraid of causing vacuum decay because it takes time to accumulate and interact with the expansion of the universe."

"The vacuum decay bomb triggers vacuum decay in an instant. When used as a weapon, you should understand the difference."

Zhang Siping and others have understood the difference.

Vacuum decay bombs used as weapons must not be obtained slowly. If the soldiers are very fast, the slow weapons may be cracked by the enemy.

"Mingzhe, if we fully support it, when will the practical vacuum decay bomb be put into service?" Zhang Siping asked.

"I don't dare to guarantee it. It may be decades, hundreds of years, or even longer."

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Siping discussed with other senior leaders of the war committee for a while, and finally said cautiously:

"Mingzhe, we will fully support the vacuum decay bomb. Even if our generation cannot complete it, we must lay a solid foundation for the next generation. Please!"

Huang Mingzhe nodded: "It's all for the new humanity. This is my duty."

After the virtual meeting, Huang Mingzhe organized a "vacuum decay bomb" seminar within the Science and Technology Committee, asking researchers within the Science and Technology Committee to focus on this project.

It's just that the difficulty of vacuum decay bombs is indeed a more exaggerated technology than Dyson spheres.

The technical principles are there. The key is that the engineering difficulty is too high and the amount of materials required is too large.

To destroy the universe, at least 8 billion primary vacuum decay bombs are needed. Using the elements of this galaxy as materials may not be enough to create so many vacuum decay bombs.

And as time goes by, the universe is constantly expanding, and 8 billion vacuum decay bombs may not be enough.

This is a pit bigger than the Milky Way, but the new humans have to jump down.

Now we can only hope that zero-point energy siphon technology will improve, or new theories will emerge, so that vacuum decay can occur simply and quickly.

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