Time acceleration
"This is the Queqiao Space Station, our home port for interstellar exploration. Five years ago, the first group of Mars base builders set out from here."
"Not bad." Zhong Ling rarely gave praise.
Hearing her affirmation, smiles appeared on the faces of the three leaders.
"but……"
Zhong Ling knew that twenty years was a fast time for a civilization to go from its first steps to the stars, but even so, it still felt a bit slow to Zhong Ling.
She looked up at the three people waiting for her and asked:
"Do you want to speed up the research?"
Speed up? How? Could it be...
Qiao Jianmin had been with Zhong Ling the longest and was the one who dared to think the most, but he was afraid that he was wrong.
"I can help you adjust the flow of time."
Zhong Ling said it calmly, as if she was saying, "I can help you adjust the air conditioning temperature."
“…”
Li Zhenhua, Zhou Zhenguo and Qiao Jianmin's brains all crashed at this moment.
Time...flow rate?
Adjustment?
Qiao Jianmin opened and closed his mouth, but no sound came out.
Zhou Zhenguo was the first to react. He stood up suddenly, and because he moved too quickly, the chair slid backwards, making a harsh friction sound.
"Comrade Zhong Ling, are you saying that you can make time pass faster in a certain area than outside?"
"Yeah." Zhong Ling nodded.
"For example, at your most important scientific research base, I can set it so that ten years pass inside, while only one year passes outside. Of course, I'm just giving an example; the ratio of internal and external time flow can be adjusted."
Ten years better than the previous one!!!
This sentence gave the three of them a substantial understanding of the ratio of the flow rate of time.
Li Zhenhua thought of something and blurted out, "Kunlun Base! Our most important core scientific research base is right outside of Shangjing!"
"Okay, let's go and take a look." Zhong Ling stood up.
Zhou Zhenguo immediately said: "I'll take you there!"
Ten minutes later, a black hovercraft flew towards the suburbs of Shangjing.
In the car, Zhou Zhenguo sat opposite Zhong Ling, looking at the scenery outside the window, feeling a lot of emotions in his heart.
"Comrade Zhong Ling, look, that's the old site of Wulv Road from twenty years ago. It's now been transformed into a three-dimensional ecological park. And over there, that's the newly built National Gene Bank..."
He introduced to Zhong Ling the changes in Shangjing over the past twenty years. Zhong Ling listened quietly and nodded occasionally.
Soon, the hovercraft entered a mountainous area with dense vegetation and no trace of human activity. However, as the hovercraft continued to descend, a huge mountain slowly split apart in the middle, revealing a metal passage.
The hovercraft entered the passage, and the mountain closed in. After driving for a while, the hovercraft stopped in front of an alloy gate. This was the main gate of Kunlun Base.
Zhong Ling and Zhou Zhenguo got out of the car and entered the Kunlun base.
The top of the Kunlun Base is simulated blue sky and white clouds. The base is divided into many areas, including research area, office area, experimental area, living area, etc.
Scientific researchers in white research coats walked back and forth in a hurry.
Small unmanned transport robots shuttled back and forth in the air.
"Comrade Zhong Ling, this is where our country's top scientists and engineers gather, and all the technologies that change the world come from here." Zhou Zhenguo's tone was full of pride.
In the central square of the base, the general manager and several chief scientists of core projects were waiting there.
They had already received notice that Zhong Shen was coming to the base.
"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhong...Mr. Zhong!" The general manager was so excited when he saw Zhong Ling that he almost bit his tongue.
Zhong Ling nodded to them one by one.
"The spatial structure here is very stable, and the energy circulation is also good. It is very suitable for arranging spirit gathering and time formations." Zhong Ling's spiritual sense swept across the entire base and gave his evaluation.
Zhou Zhenguo and several scientists didn't quite understand what was said, but they all understood that it was a compliment.
"Master Zhong, what do you need us to prepare? Materials, equipment, we..." asked the general manager.
Zhong Ling waved her hand and said, "No need, just stand further away."
After saying that, Zhong Ling walked to the bottom of the base's energy supply hub. Under the gaze of the people, she stretched out her right hand and gently stroked it towards the void.
One stroke, two strokes...
Golden runes invisible to mortals appeared in the air, connecting and interweaving into a web.
As the last rune fell, a large golden net took shape, covering the entire Kunlun base.
Then, a jade slip emitting white light flew out of her hand and hovered at the energy hub.
The golden net slowly sank, merged into the base, and disappeared, and the jade slip disappeared with it.
The whole process took no more than five minutes.
After doing all this, Zhong Ling turned and looked at Zhou Zhenguo and others.
"alright."
"The time formation has been set up, powered by the base's nuclear fusion energy. The jade slip I left behind is the core of the formation, which can keep it running for ten thousand years."
"The current time flow rate is ten to one. Ten years pass inside the base, and one year passes outside."
“…”
The scene was very quiet, and everyone was digesting what Zhong Ling had just said.
One to ten? ! ! ! !
This means that Daxia's technology will always be ahead of the world! While others take a year to research, they have already spent ten years on it. While others are still taking their first steps, they can already run!
Zhong Ling glanced at them, a faint smile hidden in her eyes.
"Why, you don't believe me? Well, you can test it. Find two people, one inside the base gate, one outside. Compare their watches, and everything will be clear."
This sentence woke everyone up.
Yes, test it!
"I'll do it!"
"Me! Choose me!"
Two young scientists jumped out from the crowd almost at the same time.
The base's chief officer also came to his senses at this moment: "Okay, just the two of you! Use the base's quantum timer!"
The order was given and two handheld timers were quickly delivered to the two men.
The general manager commanded, "Chen Yuan, you go out of the base gate, Liu Ming, you stay inside.
Based on my signal, Chen Yuan, you count down one minute, and Liu Ming, you start the countdown from ten minutes."
"Understood!" the two answered in unison.
Soon, Chen Yuan trotted out of the alloy door. He turned around and made an "OK" gesture to the people inside.
Liu Ming stood where he was, staring at the timer in his hand.
At the order from the chief, the two men pressed the button.
Sixty seconds passed quickly for Chen Yuan. He entered the base and compared the time with Liu Ming's timer.
The two were stunned.
Chen Yuan took one minute, while Liu Ming took ten minutes!
Not a second more, not a second less!
"This... you really stayed in there for ten minutes?" Chen Yuan was a little bit unbelievable.
"Nonsense!" Liu understood him at a glance.
Everyone in the Kunlun base went crazy.
“Oh my God!”
"Ten to one! It really is ten to one in the speed of time flow!"
An old professor clutched his assistant's arm tightly. "A hundred years! We only need ten years to accomplish what takes others a hundred years! Interstellar travel! Dyson spheres! Warp drives! These are no longer dreams! They are no longer dreams!"
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