Chapter 218 The disappearance of the small universe
I really like Chen Fan's words:
"...Ah?!"
At this moment, the starship cockpit was silent, and Chen Fan looked at the smart terminal on his right hand with a confused look.
It's a small matter that the small universe cannot be turned on temporarily. At most, he can ask Mashu to help and use the star gate to open a larger wormhole to pull out Varela Star.
I think Mashu should not refuse this request that can be completed with just a move of his fingers.
But...
"I understand the reason. How could a small universe of mine suddenly disappear?"
Chen Fan gestured with his hands and asked Yi a soul-searching question: "Then what is in the core cavity of the Roca Planet Fortress now?"
Yi did not speak, but silently switched to the holographic image above the main console.
A layer of dark gray matter formed a smooth dome within the field of vision. On the dome, there were a large number of energy pathways and equipment with unknown functions.
These neatly arranged equipment and energy pathways gave this unprepossessing dark gray dome a mysterious and profound temperament.
"Most of the equipment on this dome belongs to the sky curtain device, a small part is the microcosm stabilization and traction device, and a very small part is the micro wormhole and space rift generation device, all of which belong to the microcosm control system."
Yi's voice continued: "The log information shows that as early as more than two hundred years ago, the sky curtain device had an irreversible failure."
"Since the sky curtain device occupies most of the structure of the microcosm control system, the failure of the sky curtain device has a significant impact on the entire microcosm control system."
"Until the battle just now, a dark matter cannon caused the microcosm control system to completely crash."
Chen Fan's eyes twitched slightly, and he gritted his teeth and asked: "Didn't you say before that the Roca Planet Fortress would not be so fragile, even if it was hit, the microcosm would not be in trouble?!"
"..." Yi was silent for a moment, "This machine did say that."
"The microcosm is indeed fine."
"Even if the control system crashes, the microcosm itself will not be damaged."
Chen Fan: "..."
Okay, okay.
I am connected with you, you are playing tricks on me, right?
Return to the factory for overhaul, must return to the factory for overhaul! !
Looking at the log information of the Roca Planet Fortress presented in the holographic projection, Chen Fan took a deep breath and tried his best to calm the dark thoughts surging in his heart.
"Skyline device?"
Chen Fan belatedly noticed the frequent fault codes in the log information: "This is the first one to fail, right?"
"What exactly does this thing do?"
"Simply put, it can create a virtual starry sky in the microcosm." Yi gave an answer, "The skyline device is divided into two sets. One set is located on the inner core of the Roca Planet Fortress. Its main function is to collect all images and signals around the Roca Planet Fortress. The other set is installed on the microcosm membrane."
"As Academician Song Ziliang said before, the cosmic membrane of EL13697101 is quite special. Its toughness and stability far exceed those of ordinary cosmic membranes. Therefore, some advanced civilizations with a deep foundation in space technology can directly build control devices on the cosmic membrane."
"The skyline device installed on the Roca Planet Fortress can transmit all images and various complex signals to another skyline device installed on the microcosm membrane."
"This forms the starry sky picture you see on Varela."
"Because the sky dome device can synchronously transmit various complex stellar radiation and radio signals, the realism of the virtual starry sky is quite high. Unless you rise to the edge of the microcosm, it is difficult to distinguish the difference between this simulated starry sky and the real starry sky."
"As for the directional space strike at an altitude of 40,000 kilometers... that is actually a disguised no-fly measure, and the purpose is naturally to protect the stability of the microcosm."
Looking at the time nodes mentioned in the log information, Chen Fan's heart moved: "The so-called sky change..."
The electronic synthesized voice came again: "To put it bluntly, there is a malfunction in the sky dome device."
"The main control program of the planetary fortress tried to repair it, and the maintenance screen was mistakenly projected into the microcosm by the sky dome device."
"The disaster cloud that appeared before the sky change also has a corresponding explanation."
"The energy of the microcosm mainly relies on external input. Once the microcosm control system fails, its energy output power will gradually decrease, and the cold air in the upper reaches of Varela will quickly settle, forming a fish-scale calamity cloud."
Chen Fan frowned slightly, and nodded thoughtfully: "So that's the case..."
"Not only the weather changes, but also the unstable time of the Varela calendar is related to this small universe control system."
Yi continued to narrate: "The log shows that since the first failure of the sky curtain device, the frequency of failures in the entire small universe control system has continued to increase."
"At first, it was once every few decades or decades, until recently, it happened several times in just a few years."
"This information should be available in the surface ruins of Varela. [Source] used them to create the seemingly omnipotent miracle."
After figuring out the various functions of this small universe control system, Chen Fan also cast his eyes on the core cavity under the dome.
It was an extremely large cavity.
There was almost endless darkness in the cavity. Even the high-power searchlight on the dome could not penetrate the deep darkness of more than 2,000 kilometers.
There was nothing in the darkness, and the small universe that was supposed to be hovering in it had long disappeared.
...
"So..."
Chen Fan looked at the huge empty void and asked the question that had been lingering in his mind: "Why did the small universe disappear after the control system of the small universe malfunctioned?"
"This question is rather complicated. We have to start with the nature of the small universe."
Yi quickly responded: "From a five-dimensional perspective, the nature of the small universe and the big universe is actually the same."
"They are actually 'bubbles' wrapped by a hyperspace membrane. The difference is that the bubbles in the big universe are larger and are usually attached to the hyperspace membrane of the five-dimensional space."
The moment the words fell, a distorted mesh structure with densely packed bubbles on its surface appeared in the holographic projection in front of Chen Fan.
"The reticular structure is a simple hyperspace membrane, and the bubbles on it are large cosmic bubbles."
Yi's voice continued: "As for the small universes..."
"They are like meteorites. Some are captured by the large cosmic bubbles, and the other part is free in the huge five-dimensional space, so some lucky civilizations can pick up some ownerless cosmic bubbles."
"The reasons for the formation of small cosmic bubbles are quite complicated. There are human factors and natural factors."
"There is no need to say much about human factors, which are the routine means of advanced civilizations; natural factors are relatively complex, the macroscopic structure of the large cosmic bubble is broken, the universes collide, or the cosmic bubble encounters various interferences during its formation process..."
"In short, the number of small cosmic bubbles in five-dimensional space is quite large."
"In order to prevent the small universes from floating around at will, advanced civilizations usually use one or more 'kite lines' made of gravity to hold their own small universes."
"Under the traction of these 'kite lines', these small universes will stick tightly to the surface of the large universe, looking like layers of tiny bubbles on the surface of large bubbles."
Two bubbles, one large and one small, also emerged in the holographic projection.
"The most important function of the microcosm control system is to maintain this invisible 'kite string', which requires a considerable amount of energy."
"On the one hand, the energy of the Roca planetary fortress is exhausted. On the other hand, the microcosm control system itself is experiencing more and more frequent failures."
Zero paused: "In short, when the microcosm control system crashes, the 'kite string' made of gravity breaks."
Hearing this, Chen Fan's heart tightened, and he asked anxiously: "What will happen if it breaks?"
"...Have you ever seen a kite with a broken string?"
"The current Varela microcosm is like a kite with a broken string."
"It will be affected by the complex environment around it. If it is not careful, it will break away from the constraints of the large universe bubble and eventually drift uncontrollably into the boundless five-dimensional space."
Looking at the two bubbles, one large and one small, that were quickly moving away in the holographic projection, Chen Fan's face became increasingly ugly.
"Then... can we still find it back?"
"It's quite difficult." Yi answered calmly, "There are five mutually perpendicular directions in the five-dimensional space, and its complexity is already quite high."
"Not to mention the area where the EL13697101 cosmic bubble is located. Until now, the Human Union Academy of Sciences has not completely figured out the complex space-time structure here."
"The most important point."
"Currently, the Varela civilization has not joined the Human Union."
"Whether it is the Dangerous Technology Administration or the Human Union, the rescue work is only for the investigators themselves, or the civilizations affiliated with the Human Union."
"In this case, the rescue work for the Varela civilization can only be done by you."
"The investigator starship is not equipped with a five-dimensional cruise function, and its output power cannot tow a small universe that has broken free from its constraints."
Yi said the last bad news: "Based on the current situation, the probability of finding the Varela small universe is basically zero."
Chen Fan stared at the holographic projection in front of him in a daze.
Beside him, Isa's eyes were slightly red, and Gao Yuan's expression became extremely gloomy.
In the entire cockpit, only the electronic synthesized voice of One was echoing slowly: "Based on rational considerations, this machine suggests that you mourn and accept the change..."
"Fuck rationality!"
Chen Fan interrupted One's words.
At this moment, he suddenly deeply realized the difference between One and Zero.
Although with the help of the emotional simulation module, One's electronic synthesized voice is not stiff, but at this moment, One's performance is completely a cold machine without any emotion!
Not to mention that his mission already includes the aftermath of Varela civilization.
Just for those companions who know each other in Varela City, for those resistance fighters who have risked their lives and persisted in fighting for hundreds of years...
He will never choose to give up the rescue of Varela civilization! !
"There must be a way!!"
Chen Fan gritted his teeth and murmured in a low voice: "There must be..."
ps: I went to visit the graves today and haven't returned home yet. I guess there is only one chapter left.
(End of this chapter)
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