Chapter 190 Curvature and Transition
Along with the sharp alarm, a slight vibration came from below the deck, and a line of warning information appeared again in the holographic projection on the main console.
[Warning! ]
[Curvature device has been overloaded! ]
[Transition engine has been urgently shut down! ]
[……]
Looking at the series of warning messages in front of him and the starship power partition that kept flashing yellow warning light, Chen Fan was numb.
This is a new starship!
Who would have thought that the first battle damage of the starship would appear at this time!
Sitting upright in the rear passenger seat, Xu Hongming swallowed hard as he watched the three-minute countdown return to zero and the scenery outside the porthole not change at all.
The shrill alarm and yellow warning signal constantly stimulated his healthy heart.
He wanted to stand up from his seat to check the situation, but he sat back in his chair because he was afraid of violating some rules.
The perfectly ergonomic chair under him felt like a torture chair full of steel needles to Xu Hongming, and he twisted his body uncomfortably.
Finally, Xu Hongming still couldn't suppress his confusion and puzzlement: "That..."
"Brother Fan, is this also within your expectations?" As soon as
the voice fell, Yisha and Gao Yuan, who were sitting next to Chen Fan, had already cast a strange look at him.
Chen Fan's face darkened: "Of course, everything... everything is under control."
Yisha and Gao Yuan, who had just turned their heads to look at Xu Hongming, quickly turned their heads and looked at their boss with even stranger eyes.
If nothing else, this mouth is really hard.
Gao Yuan sighed silently in his heart, then straightened his expression and asked Chen Fan: "Brother Fan, is the situation serious?"
"The shipborne robots have gone to the power room of the starship for emergency repairs." Chen Fan glanced at the holographic projection in front of him, "The problem with the starship is not big, it's just that the curvature device has a slight overload damage, and the repair is not difficult. It is expected that the repair work can be completed within ten minutes."
"At present, the starship has entered the normal navigation state, and it will arrive at the destination in a short time."
"It's just..."
Chen Fan frowned and looked at the smart terminal on his right hand: "One, why can't the jump engine operate normally?"
After waiting for a moment, One, who had been silent, finally spoke again: "I need to explain the principle of space jump first."
"Its mechanism is relatively complicated."
"First, the curvature device is needed to change the curvature of the space around the starship, so that the starship enters the curvature state. At the same time, the jump engine will temporarily distort the surrounding space-time, opening a shortcut based on high-dimensional space-time between the destination and the area where the starship is located."
Chen Fan was silent for a moment, and nodded slowly: "Well, you are right."
"...Ah?" Isa looked at Chen Fan with a blank face, "Brother Fan, do you understand?"
"I understand a little, but I still think that pasta should be added with No. 42 concrete, because the length of this screw can easily affect the torque of the excavator..."
Isa tilted her head and slowly typed a question mark:?
For a moment, the entire cockpit fell into silence.
"For example."
As Yi's voice sounded again, a piece of white paper with some irregular smooth ripples on the surface appeared in the holographic projection in front of everyone.
The next second, two tiny black dots appeared on this huge white paper at a certain distance.
"This undulating white paper is the three-dimensional space we live in, and these two tiny black dots are the starting point and destination of the starship."
The electronic synthesized voice came again: "Under normal circumstances, the starship needs to sail along the undulating surface of the white paper to reach the destination."
As the voice fell, a black line extended from one of the black dots and extended along the surface of the white paper to the other black dot.
"Superluminal curvature travel can speed up this process, but the total mileage of the voyage will not change."
"If you want to shorten the mileage, the simplest solution is to fold the paper."
"In other words, it is to distort the space."
The undulating white paper in the holographic projection showed a huge distortion, and the distance between the two black dots was quickly shortened, but there was still a little untouchable void between the two black dots.
"Now the straight-line distance between the two black dots is only this small void. If you want to cross this void, the starship needs to jump out of the three-dimensional space and use the high-dimensional space channel to jump."
"The distortion of the entire three-dimensional space and the construction of the high-dimensional channel actually rely on the jump engine."
"In addition, in this temporarily constructed high-dimensional channel, the starship needs to be in a curvature state to travel normally."
"Therefore, during the entire jump process, the curvature device and the jump engine need to work at the same time, and neither can be missing."
Chen Fan's eyes revealed a look of sudden realization.
He realized: "This thing...isn't it a wormhole?"
"It's the precursor technology of wormholes." Yi gave the answer, "The distance of space jump is shorter, which is more suitable for short-distance travel. The range of wormhole spanning space is larger, and the space-time distortion effect is more obvious. The most important point is that the high-dimensional channel opened by space jump is temporary, while the channel produced by wormhole technology can be maintained permanently, and wormholes can be used for cross-universe transmission."
Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully and cast his eyes on the holographic projection in front of him again.
[Abnormal fluctuations in spatial curvature! ]
[The curvature device has been overloaded! ]
Two yellow warning messages are still hanging on the projection.
"So, the problem of the failure of this jump is due to the curvature of space?"
"To be precise, there is a problem with the space itself." Yi confirmed Chen Fan's words, "This machine checked the work log of the shipboard host and found that when the jump engine and curvature device began to operate, the space around the starship showed abnormal fluctuations. Simply put, the space was reinforced, and the space-time that was easily distorted became extremely tough at that moment."
"Man-made?"
Chen Fan immediately thought of the space rift attack from an altitude of 40,000 kilometers: "Is it the fault of the Roca civilization again?"
"In theory, similar situations will occur around super-giant celestial bodies, but under normal circumstances, such giant celestial structures can only affect starships of lower civilizations. The celestial structure that can affect the investigator's starship... has not been discovered yet."
Yi gave the answer in a serious manner: "Apart from celestial interference, the only thing left is the man-made [space-time trap]."
"There are many types of [space-time traps], which reinforce space-time or cause irregular oscillations in space-time itself. These can interfere with the enemy's space curvature device. Similarly, they can also cause certain interference to the jump engine."
Chen Fan raised his head and glanced at the blue sky outside the porthole.
Why do I feel that the mystery of this planet is getting heavier?
Roca civilization...
What level of civilization is it, and why did it become extinct?
In addition, why do they restrict the life on this planet from leaving the planet?
Is there any danger outside?
"Hiss..." Chen Fan gently rubbed his temples, and a question suddenly flashed through his mind, "No!"
"How did the logistics ship of the Lota Panda people get here?"
"..." Yi was silent for a moment, and his tone was a little strange, "Have you heard of the powerful brick flying?"
"That thing is a cross-universe wormhole, which is the specialty of the human alliance. In theory, only a level nine civilization can completely defend against this level of wormhole!"
Looking at the scene of rapid retreat outside the porthole, Chen Fan was speechless.
What he said makes sense, he is still too naive.
"Also, this machine needs to remind you of something."
"You should name your starship."
Yi added: "If you don't want your starship to be called T1298CR512Z."
Hearing this, Chen Fan felt uneasy: "T1298... What is this?"
"The factory number of this starship has been entered into the Human Alliance Ship Management Office. Of course, for humane considerations, the starship owner can give the starship a relatively memorable name, and the name will also be entered into the database of the Ship Management Office."
Chen Fan suddenly realized and fell into deep thought.
Naming a starship...
You have to think of a more domineering name!
"Infinite Frontier, how about this name?"
Chen Fan asked Yi.
"According to the real-time data of the Ship Management Office, there are currently 231,892 starships with this name in the Human Union. Similar ones include the Infinite Frontier, the Infinite Frontier, and the Infinite Frontier, etc."
"If you insist on using this name, the full name of this starship should be Infinite Frontier #231893."
Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly.
Damn, there is even a suffix code, which is a very user-friendly design!
"What about the Dawn?"
"There are currently more than a million starships with the same name."
Thinking of the long string of numbers behind the name of the starship, Chen Fan felt half numb.
"If it doesn't work, just call it Chen Fan. I don't believe this name can be repeated..."
"This name is indeed rare. There are only two starships with this name in the Ship Management Office database."
"This name can be repeated?!"
Chen Fan's face suddenly showed a look of eating shit.
It is hard to imagine the mental state of the other two unknown captains when they took this name.
"There are indeed a lot of starships in the Human Union, so it is normal for ship names to be repeated." Yi explained the reason, "This machine thinks there is nothing wrong with the suffix number. Think about it, this machine is called C-ST522151."
Chen Fan's expression became visibly haggard.
Why was he discussing names with an artificial intelligence?
"How about... just call it Varela?"
Isa's soft voice came from the right.
Chen Fan's eyes moved and nodded to Yi.
"The name was not found in the ship management office."
Yi gave a quick answer.
"That's it!"
Chen Fan didn't hesitate at all and immediately confirmed it.
After waiting for a moment, Yi's electronic synthesized voice sounded again: "The ship name has been successfully uploaded."
ps: There are still more than a thousand words left in the second chapter, and I'm writing it.
(End of this chapter)
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