Chapter 1306 Shocking the World!

IMCRC's press conference is over.

The sensation caused by this, also through the microphones and cameras in the hands of reporters, quickly occupied the headlines of major newspapers like lightning.

"Renren Daily": "The success of the Z particle opened the door to the future of physics, and also opened the door of our civilization to a farther future!"

"Jinling Evening News": "63.6 seconds!"

The Wall Street Journal: "The Speed ​​of Light Is No Longer Impassable!"

"The Sun": "The universe is no longer far away from us!"

The Times: "..."

Whether it is paper media or TV media, whether it is print media or three-dimensional media, almost all of them are screened by keywords such as "Academician Lu", "IMCRC", and "Z particles".

What does FTL mean?

Perhaps very few people can fully understand the academic significance of this, and most people can't even explain what the Z particle is.

But for the vast majority of people, their imaginations about the future are highly consistent!

One day, human footprints will set foot on distant planets in some form, and one day the seeds of civilization will be carried far away by the solar wind or other things.

Even the farthest probes launched by humans so far have only just left the boundary of the solar system. Even if the science that human beings are proud of wants to reach the nearest star system, they still have to wait for hundreds of years.

But almost no one doubts that the fate of mankind will be forever blocked on this blue mother star.

Now, the successful opening of the hyperspace passage undoubtedly opened a door for people's imagination.

Even though it still looks like a beautiful and distant dream from now on, at least for now, this word called "distant" has been endowed with a visible distance.

As everyone has witnessed together, this small particle has not only changed the physics world, but has completely changed the future of all mankind!

In the face of such an important historic moment, who can really keep calm?

It is precisely because of this that when faced with this epoch-making research result, almost the vast majority of media showed almost the same fanaticism, and reported it without any space and traffic.

Even at the press conference, the secretary-general of the IMCRC has made it clear that even if the Z particle successfully opens the hyperspace channel, it does not mean that human civilization must have hope to enter the gate of the interstellar era, and it still has not destroyed people The yearning for the distant starry sky in my heart.

A well-known forum for aerospace enthusiasts abroad.

Since the BFS spacecraft crashed on Mars, the popularity on the forum has become more and more pitiful day by day.

However, this situation has recently been turned upside down!

After the news of the success of the Z particle experiment spread, the heated discussions on the forum almost blew up the server.

Even many big cows who lived thousands of years ago remembered their accounts overnight, and suddenly appeared in the sight of those new netizens who had just registered, and participated in this nearly fake account. In conversation.

[It's incredible! Hyperspace channel! You know what this reminds me of? This made me think of wormholes! 】

[But I heard that the secretary-general of the IMCRC seems to have a pessimistic view on the use of hyperspace technology to achieve interstellar navigation? It is too difficult to maintain the existence of the hyperspace channel. 】

[IMCRC's secretary-general? That Luo Wenxuan? ! He knows a P's spaceflight! ! ! 】

【Ahem, don't talk about me like that. Although he is far behind Professor Lu, who also graduated from Jin University, he is still an outstanding young physicist...】

[I hold an opposing view! Even if we can't achieve faster-than-light navigation through this technology, we can at least achieve faster-than-light communication. Originally, it took 270.7s for a text message to reach Mars, but because we cut the signal, it only takes 207.1s now, which is a full minute faster! And I heard that this is not the best shortcut. Wait until we use more powerful supercomputers to find the best hyperspace route in the true sense. Maybe calling from here to Mars is like calling from New York to Mars. Going to Huaguo is so easy! 】

[Not just communication, but also astronomical observation. The star maps we see now are all the rays of light shot from various stars hundreds or even thousands of years ago. If we can use some method to make the light or signal reach our galaxy faster, we will be able to know what the planet we want to go to looks like now! Not hundreds or even thousands of years ago! 】

【The Z-particle clock is not cheap. It costs hundreds of millions to create a hyperspace channel that doesn’t even exist for five minutes. This dream seems beautiful, but the price is too expensive! 】

【Any technology is expensive when it first comes out, but we always have a way to make it better, no? 】

...

Go to Beijing.

Chang'an Street.

In a meeting room with a solemn and solemn decoration, the old man in a Chinese tunic suit read the report in his hand, and his expression couldn't help being slightly moved.

Without any pause, he put down the report in his hand and looked up at Director Li who was standing in front of the desk.

"Really only need 207.1s?!"

"It's absolutely true!" Director Li nodded earnestly, and continued with a hint of excitement in his respectful tone, "I was at the scene of the command center at that time!"

Almost on the day when the experiment ended, he got on the maglev that had only been open to traffic for two months, returned to Shangjing from Jinling in the fastest time, and came to Chang'an Avenue with the report he had written on the way. side.

The moment the reading on the counter was printed on the screen, even now he still remembers it vividly. Even if he made mistakes in other things, he would never make mistakes in this matter alone!

The old man couldn't help asking: "Then, what about the 63.6s that disappeared? Where did it go?"

Director Li: "I don't understand the specific theory very well! It seems to involve very complicated physical principles and mathematical calculations. Academician Lu has explained it to me many times, but I also have only a half-knowledge."

Staring eagerly at Director Li, the old man said immediately.

"Tell me quickly! Tell me as much as you know!"

After gesturing with his fingers, Director Li tried to rely on his own understanding to give a vague explanation.

"To put it simply, isn't the earth and other planets pulled by gravitational forces? It's like being tied by ties. Although this thing is invisible in three-dimensional space, it is real."

The old man couldn't help asking: "And then?"

Director Li: "Then they plucked the bond through the so-called Z particle, and it vibrated in the high-dimensional space like a string. Because of the theory of relativity, gravity itself is the bending of space-time by matter. Now the curvature is vibrating, and from the perspective of our three-dimensional space, the space is bumped up together. Some of the paths have become longer, and some have become shorter—"

After pondering in his heart for a while, the old man said thoughtfully: "That is to say, the photon that arrived first... just took the shorter path?"

Hearing this sentence, Director Li slapped his thigh suddenly, nodded in praise.

"You're still smart! It took me a long time to figure it out."

hehe.

It's up to you to say.

Sitting back on the chair with a calm expression, the old man sitting behind the desk pondered for a while before speaking.

"Using this thing to achieve faster-than-light travel... how feasible is it?"

If warp speed travel can be achieved...

The impact of this thing on the country of Hua is probably more important than the impact of nuclear fusion!

It not only means that Huaguo will be able to get the first ticket to develop distant planets, but also means that Chinese civilization will realize a complete transformation from terrestrial civilization to space civilization!

Thinking of this, even the always calm Great Elder couldn't help breathing short of breath.

Hearing this sentence, Director Li probably guessed what the old man was thinking.

Although he didn't want to destroy the vision in his heart, he still answered truthfully after hesitating for a moment considering the benefits involved.

"According to Secretary Luo, the feasibility of traveling faster than the speed of light... seems to be a bit difficult, and the cost of the Z particle clock is indeed very expensive. In just a few minutes, it can burn a machine comparable to a small fusion reactor. Equipment. Like using it as a medium, I am afraid it is not a suitable choice."

"Secretary Luo?" The old man froze for a moment, then said with a frown, "Who is Secretary Luo?"

Director Li looked a little embarrassed, and quickly explained.

"It's the secretary-general of IMCRC, the one who made a report on behalf of Professor Lu at the press conference some time ago."

"Oh, that young man... is a promising young man," the old man nodded politely with a smile, was silent for a while, and continued with a serious expression, "...but I still want to ask Academician Lu Views."

Director Li: "..."

Seeing that Director Li didn't speak, the old man continued: "Where is Academician Lu now? If it's convenient, can you invite him to come to Beijing? Or I can go to Jinling for a walk."

"This..." Director Li once again showed an embarrassing expression when he thought of the closed door before he left, "Maybe he can't be contacted now."

The Great Elder was stunned for a moment, and asked hastily.

"What's the matter if you can't get in touch? Is he sick again? Is it serious?"

This happened the last time controllable fusion ignited.

Just after the ignition was successful, Professor Lu passed out before he had time to celebrate.

Later, after checking for a long time in the 301 Hospital, nothing was wrong. Now the 301 Hospital has a special department responsible for researching what happened to his symptoms at that time.

"It's not that he's sick, I guess he's doing well," Director Li said dumbfounded seeing the concerned expression on the old man's face, "It's just that he went to retreat again just after the experiment was over..."