Chapter 496 Coordinate Modification

Although the Starry Sky Giant Scorpion described by [Su Zheng] only mastered the dimensional technology, Chen Fan did not think so.

From the many information currently available, the strength of the giant scorpion is proportional to its size.

On the one hand, the anti-universe scorpion group is likely to be born from those starry sky giant scorpions. On the other hand, the larvae that master information technology have already appeared in the hatching organs of the giant scorpion queen.

Superimposing the two, it makes no sense that the giant scorpions that appeared in the node universe did not master information technology.

The reason why [Su Zheng] did not see this is probably because its strength is too weak - for a primitive man, there is actually not much difference between a super-equivalent TNT explosion and a nuclear bomb. Anyway, it is an explosion, a white light, and then... nothing else.

"Damn it!"

After thinking about many of the details, Chen Fan's face changed completely.

The peacekeeping fleet may be in danger! !

Chen Fan did not hesitate. He did not even have time to say hello to the Kraken next to him. He turned around and prepared to rush to the star field where the investigator starship was.

Under his control, the space around the consciousness body was distorted rapidly, and a small but powerful curvature bubble quickly appeared in the starry sky.

As the curvature bubble took shape, the familiar starry sky in front of him suddenly changed, and countless deep blue starlights "smashed" towards him head-on. This was the phenomenon of drastic blue shift of the starlight. If he looked behind him at this time, it would be a starry sky that was extremely dark, and all the light was left behind him at this time.

The distance of ten light years is not far, but it is not close.

According to past experience, this distance will take at least tens of minutes.

The tens of minutes of journey that he didn't care about in the past, now seemed to Chen Fan like a fatal chasm - every extra second wasted, the probability of the peacekeeping fleet encountering danger will be one point greater!

On the other side.

As the strong space-time fluctuations whizzed past, the consciousness body that was originally flashing with a faint fluorescence instantly disappeared in the starry sky, leaving only a slowly undulating sea of ​​starlight in its place.

[...? 】

Kraken stared blankly at the empty starry sky in front of him, and slowly sent out a stream of information filled with doubts.

Weren't we just chatting well?

Why did he suddenly turn around and leave?

Feeling the time and space fluctuations that kept echoing in the starry sky, Kraken's mood became more and more strange.

If he left, he would leave, but why use...

such a low-level way of moving?

The light sea fluctuated more and more violently, and Kraken's thoughts instantly crossed the starry sky and extended along the direction of the curvature fluctuations.

Soon, He saw a starship with a yellowish-brown body and two large warships with a silver-white base and bright red patterns on the surface in the starry sky ten light years away.

[This...]

Kraken was increasingly puzzled, and he murmured in a low voice: [Curvature navigation... How long does it take? ]

[Does the messenger have his own plans? ]

[What should I do? Should I follow? Or stay where I am? ]

After struggling for several minutes, Kraken finally gave up useless thinking.

He decided to chase and ask.

As Kraken's thoughts moved, the originally fluctuating ocean of starlight suddenly collapsed, turning into countless tiny points of light, gradually dissipating in the starry sky.

...

Chen Fan anxiously drove the surrounding space and time, trying to increase the curvature of space and time again, so as to obtain a higher curvature navigation speed.

But...

perhaps it was due to his own lack of strength, or perhaps it was the limitation of curvature navigation itself. No matter how hard he tried, the curved space and time did not change at all, and accordingly, the speed of curvature navigation did not change much.

"Tsk..."

Chen Fan sighed lightly, and the irritability and uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.

Suddenly!

A familiar information wave came from the starry sky in front of him, suddenly interrupting many of his thoughts in his mind.

"Kraken?"

Chen Fan was stunned, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Isn't he still in the star field behind? How... suddenly ran to the front?"

Although he did not enter the curvature state for a long time, only a few minutes, but after careful calculation, at least he had crossed a distance of one light year.

He clearly had the advantage of being one step ahead, how did Kraken "overtake" in such a short time?

Could it be that...

there are still warp channels in this star field that no one knows about?

If so, then maybe there is a shortcut for the remaining nine light years?

Thinking of this, Chen Fan's mind moved, and the curvature bubble surrounding his body dissipated instantly, and he also left the curvature state.

The blue starry sky in front of him returned to normal again. In front of him, the light red starlight gathered and formed a familiar sea of ​​stars again.

"Kraken, hurry up, tell me the coordinates of the warp channel in this star field!"

Before the sea of ​​light was completely formed, Chen Fan couldn't wait to send a message to Kraken: "I have to get back as soon as possible!"

[...Warp channel? ]

Kraken was stunned. Seeing Chen Fan's extremely anxious look, He didn't dare to ask more, and directly told Chen Fan all the coordinates of the warp channels he knew.

"..."

After receiving the information from Kraken, Chen Fan began to carefully examine the warp channel distribution map from Kraken.

But...

no!

There is no warp channel within a few light years!

The nearest warp channel is the area where the investigator starship is located!

"There is no warp channel nearby?" Chen Fan raised his head suddenly and looked at the Kraken in front of him in disbelief, "Then how did you get ahead of me?"

[Respected envoy, I have a presumptuous question.]

Facing Chen Fan's questioning, Kraken lowered his posture as much as possible and asked carefully: [Why do you... use curvature navigation, an alternative way of moving?]

Chen Fan was stunned.

Curvature navigation?

Alternative?

Such a niche way of describing.

Since joining the Human Union, curvature navigation has been the most common and most popular way of propulsion. How come in Kraken's mouth, this panacea method has become alternative?

"No need for curvature navigation..." Chen Fan was shocked by Kraken's words. He widened his eyes and stared at him, "What other methods can be used?"

"Wormhole?"

"I don't know how to convert high-dimensional coordinates!"

As soon as these words came out, the sea of ​​light in the starry sky suddenly fluctuated violently.

A stream of information containing surprises continued to spread out from it. Obviously, Chen Fan's words brought great shock to Kraken.

[No, no, no...]

Kraken denied repeatedly: [Although wormholes are slightly more clever than curvature navigation, they are still not an excellent method.]

Chen Fan took a breath: "???"

What the hell?

If Kraken's previous words only shocked him, then this sentence completely overturned his worldview.

Wormholes are not an excellent method?

Kraken's tone is too big, isn't it?

As strong as the Human Union, the top mobile method now is the star gate, but the basic principle of the star gate is also a wormhole!

Looking at Chen Fan who was completely stunned, Kraken sorted out his words and asked in a tentative tone: [You...really don't know about the movement method of coordinate modification?]

Coordinate modification?

Chen Fan shook his head in confusion. He had never even heard of this term, let alone a deeper level of application.

[Hiss...]

Now it was Kraken's turn to take a breath: [With your life class, this situation should not happen! ! ]

Life class, life class again!

This life class...what on earth is it? !

Chen Fan, who was worried about the peacekeeping fleet, didn't bother to ask in detail and interrupted Kraken directly: "Let's talk about this later. Tell me the method of modifying the coordinates first."

Although it is still unclear what happened, it is not difficult to see the urgency of the situation from Chen Fan's performance. Kraken naturally did not procrastinate. A unique information flow quickly came out of the sea of ​​light.

Chen Fan, who was already familiar with the transmission of information flow, did not hesitate at all and took the initiative to raise his hand to touch the obviously more complex information flow.

Buzz...

At the moment of contact, countless complex information rushed into Chen Fan's mind in a violent manner.

Based on the human body structure and behavioral habits, many thoughts that flashed through the mind are often expressed in the form of sound-don't believe it? When you read this sentence, you should subconsciously recite it in your mind.

Although Chen Fan is now a conscious body, he still retains many human habits.

Therefore, this complex information flow turned into a series of fragmented murmurs in Chen Fan's mind in the blink of an eye, as if Kraken was telling him something carefully.

These murmurs mixed together and formed a humming sound for a very short time.

Although this buzzing sound only lasted for a very short time, it still brought great shock to Chen Fan -

this buzzing sound, isn't it the obscure sound he heard in the high-dimensional resonance? !

However, the buzzing sound formed by the Kraken information flow is far less complex than the high-dimensional resonance.

As long as Chen Fan calms down and carefully identifies it, he can still understand every piece of information in it - if the Kraken information flow is ten people talking in his ear at the same time, then the high-dimensional resonance of the broadcast civilization may be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people talking at the same time!

That is not the amount of information that a normal person can handle at all!

Chen Fan, who vaguely recognized the essence of high-dimensional resonance, suppressed his thoughts and began to carefully analyze the information transmitted by the Kraken.

For Chen Fan, these seemingly complex information are not difficult to understand.

After just a few seconds, he has already understood the mystery.

In the eyes of the Kraken, everything in the world is composed of countless information, which are both the carrier of information and the external manifestation of information.

Mass, volume, temperature, size, coordinates...

These complex information are mixed with each other to form a real substance.

The movement of an object, to put it bluntly, is the change of coordinates.

Different from the change of coordinates in the mathematical sense, in the real world, if you want to change the coordinates of an object, you must resort to various means.

Whether it is chemical fuel propulsion or curvature navigation, they are essentially the same - they are all changing the coordinate information of the object.

The so-called coordinate modification, to put it bluntly, is actually to directly modify the coordinate information of oneself or a certain object, so that oneself or a certain object can appear directly at the target location.

The intermediate change process is omitted and the result is obtained directly.

To put it bluntly, this method of moving by directly modifying coordinates is actually a unique means of information manipulation.

'No wonder the Human Union is still using wormholes...'

Chen Fan, who understood the principle, couldn't help but sigh in his heart: 'Without mastering the material information theory, it is impossible to use this method of movement. '

Kraken's previous words were indeed correct.

Compared with coordinate modification, curvature navigation and wormhole jump are indeed quite alternative means.

Even in Chen Fan's opinion, Kraken's words were still "gentle" - for a creature that has mastered information manipulation technology, using curvature technology to travel is completely a waste of time.

If you have to compare, it is equivalent to using a smart terminal as a flashlight.

"So... relying on coordinate modification technology, I can reach any corner of the universe in an instant?"

No, I'm afraid it's not just in the universe.

Outside the universe bubble, this way of moving may also work - in the natural order field near the hyperspace membrane, there is also corresponding five-dimensional coordinate information.

But when Chen Fan expressed his thoughts, Kraken denied it.

[It is not easy to modify the information of matter directly. ]

Kraken explained: [In the modification process, the greater the deviation between the new coordinates and the original coordinates, the more energy is consumed. ]

[Not only that, the change in dimension will also affect the energy consumption of coordinate modification. The higher the dimension, the more energy is consumed. ]

Chen Fan frowned slightly: "What is the reason?"

[I don't know, but this is a real phenomenon. ] There was a little confusion in the information sent by Kraken, [I only know how to use it. 】

Chen Fan pondered for a moment, and a new idea emerged in his mind again: "Since the coordinate information of an object can be directly modified, what about its other properties?"

"Mass, volume, temperature..."

"Can this information be modified?"

When asking this question, Chen Fan's mind had already involuntarily emerged a series of methods that made his back cold.

For example, if the volume of an object is modified to be small enough, even a cell or a speck of dust will collapse into an extremely small black hole in an instant!

This is simply an attack method that is more unreasonable than regular weapons!

Regular weapons still have to follow some basic principles!

[...I don't know.]

Facing Chen Fan's question, Kraken was silent for a moment, and the fluctuations of the sea of ​​light also calmed down a lot: [I have tried it before, but... I didn't succeed.]

Chen Fan was silent.

It seems that this problem has to be handed over to the Human Union Academy of Sciences to study.

Kraken only acts according to instinct, as for him... he

doesn't even have instinct.

If it weren't for Kraken's help, he might still be struggling to use curvature technology to hurry on his way!

Boom...

suddenly.

Another wave of fluctuations came from the end of the starry sky.

Chen Fan subconsciously looked up, and his expression changed slightly after just one glance.

A huge pit appeared again in the starry sky farther away, and not only that, but there were also several more cracks on the cosmic membrane.

Genesis Fortress was activated again.

Needless to say, the enemy facing Genesis Fortress this time is probably the scorpion group coming from all corners of the universe!!

...

Nine light years away.

The investigator starship and two warships hovered silently in the starry sky.

In the distance, rows of semi-permanent wormholes were running quietly, providing the necessary "acceleration" work for the gravitational ties scattered in the starry sky.

"Brother Fan seems to have been away for a long time this time."

Gao Yuan's voice suddenly sounded in the quiet cockpit.

Hongshi glanced at the completed five-dimensional puzzle in the holographic interface.

More than half an hour ago, Zero, who was far away in the main universe of the human union, completed the splicing of this batch of five-dimensional puzzles and was waiting for Chen Fan to bring a brand new five-dimensional structure.

"It's been a while indeed." Hongshi's eyes showed a trace of helplessness, "I don't know what happened, and we don't have any means to contact him now..."

Let alone the means of contact, they can't even determine the location of Chen Fan's consciousness - unless Chen Fan takes the initiative to enter the curvature state.

"Could it be that the Kraken has awakened, so Chen Fan has not come back?" Isa on the side made a soft guess.

Hongshi's heart moved, and a smile appeared on his face: "It's really possible!"

"If that's the case, it's good news!"

So far, they have only completed the information flow fragments within a range of ten light years.

The scale of the Creation Land is eight thousand light years. At the current speed, who knows how long it will take to complete the repair of the information fragments!

"I think it's difficult." Gao Yuan shrugged, "That nebula life, it sounds very mysterious, who knows if it will..."

"Shut up!" *2

Isa and Hongshi shouted in unison, interrupting Gao Yuan's pre-casting.

Suddenly.

While the three were arguing, the light red starlight seemed to be guided by some force and gradually condensed in the empty starry sky.

This strange phenomenon quickly attracted the attention of the three people, and also attracted the attention of the two warships in the distance. Almost at the moment when the light red starlight condensed, a dazzling black light lit up at the muzzles of the two warships.

"This is..."

Seeing the black light getting thicker and thicker, Hongshi was the first to come to his senses, and hurriedly sent a message to the two warships: "It's the star god Kraken! This is a friendly force, don't fire!!"

Wow...

As Hongshi's voice fell, the black light at the muzzle quickly dimmed.

At the same time, the starlight outside the porthole gradually gathered into an ocean, and a tiny figure covered with starlight stepped out of the sea of ​​light.

The next second.

In the shocked eyes of Hongshi and the other two, the figure wrapped in starlight suddenly appeared in the cockpit of the starship.

"...Chen, Chen Fan?" Isa looked up, the blue light in the mechanical eyes under the hood flickered slightly, and her voice was a little trembling, "Yes, is it you?"

Under the gaze of the three people, the figure seemed to nod.

Then, it suddenly collapsed!

When the light red starlight dissipated, Chen Fan, who was sitting in the main driver's seat, opened his eyes at the same time.

"Is that figure really you?" Looking at the awakened Chen Fan, a hint of joy flashed in Hongshi's eyes, "How did you come back? Why didn't the investigator starship detect the curvature fluctuation?"

"Also, those starlights outside... Has the Kraken awakened?"

Listening to Hongshi's series of questions, Chen Fan waved his hands repeatedly: "I'll explain these things later."

"There are more important things right now."

Hongshi was stunned.

At this point, what could be more important than the Kraken and the cutting of the small universe?

Chen Fan opened the communication interface very skillfully: "One, help me contact General Fang Yunsheng."

Hearing Chen Fan's words, Hongshi's eyes widened suddenly: "Who?!"

"Fang Yunsheng? General?"

"Wait, wait... Are you talking about General Fang of the peacekeeping fleet?"

Before Chen Fan could reply, a man in the uniform of the Human Alliance and with a righteous look appeared in the communication interface.

"Hey, it's brother Chen Fan, didn't I ask a team to assist you? What trouble are you in again?"

Listening to the hearty voice coming from the communication interface, Hongshi turned his head stiffly, looked at the communication interface, and then looked at Chen Fan with a solemn face.

Obviously, everyone is a Level III investigator, why do you have this relationship?

Not to mention the Academy of Sciences, how come you also know someone from the military? !

"General Fang, please order the fleet to retreat immediately!" Chen Fan's voice was extremely serious.

Hongshi: "Ah???"

No, buddy? !

Is she crazy or is she still asleep?

When did a little investigator talk to the military like this?

"..."

In the communication interface, Fang Yunsheng frowned.

It's over!

Seeing this scene, Hongshi's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Overstepping one's authority and interfering with the Human Alliance Army...

To put it seriously, this will be brought to a military court!

"General Fang, Chen Fan is a newcomer to the Administration Bureau and may not understand the rules. You..." In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, Hongshi had no time to think and hurriedly spoke up to explain for Chen Fan.

"Okay." Fang Yunsheng nodded neatly, turned around and gave an order to the side, "Notify the fleet to stop advancing and retreat five thousand light years!"

"Pop."

Hongshi raised her hand and smeared it on her forehead, making a crisp sound.

"Crazy..."

Her eyes were wide open, and she murmured in a low voice: "This world is finally crazy..."

(End of this chapter)