Chapter 344, The Key Points of the Warp Engine

Li Fu watched Chen Bin demonstrate the function and principle of the space-time ocean current sail in detail. In fact, the space-time ocean current sail can be regarded as a kind of space technology, which is the embodiment of the achievements of the imperial scientists in space technology over the years.

The Imperial Academy of Sciences has always wanted to manufacture a warp engine, so it has invested a lot in space research. However, this space is too illusory, and it is not possible to study it clearly overnight. It is quite remarkable that the scientists of the Empire can study a little bit in just a few decades.

Li Fu knows from the super civilization seeds that this space technology is definitely a powerful technology leading to the top cosmic civilization in the universe, but this road is full of countless ups and downs. I don’t know how many civilizations can’t even get in.

The scientists of the Empire can have some small achievements, all because Li Fu has civilization seeds, and can learn some knowledge related to space technology from civilization seeds, and then guide the imperial scientists to conduct research. Otherwise, let alone decades, even hundreds of years, thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, and even hundreds of millions of years may not be able to achieve anything in the field of space technology.

Of course, because the universe where the super-civilized Han Dynasty Technology Empire is located is different from the universe where the empire is now, the space is also different. Otherwise, the progress will definitely be faster. Li Fu can only refer to it and learn from the methods and experience of the super-civilized Han Dynasty Technology Empire in studying space.

"I don't know when our empire can also obtain a heart of time and space!"

Thinking of this, Li Fu couldn't help but sigh in his mind. The Han Dynasty Technology Empire was lucky enough to obtain a treasure for studying time and space technology in the early stage of civilization, the heart of time and space, so it was able to go smoothly on the road of time and space technology.

Therefore, Li Fu was also very eager to get the treasure of time and space mentioned in the civilization seed. Under special conditions, the treasure of time and space can perfectly interpret the mysteries related to time and space technology, which is like opening a plug-in for studying time and space technology.

Although there is no treasure like the heart of time and space, there are still experiences and methods of studying time and space technology summarized by scientists of the Han Dynasty Technology Empire in the civilization seed, which is still of great help to Li Fu.

After several decades, the superficial achievements in space technology are now very useful. If this powerful technology that can directly affect space can be further developed, it will not be far from the research of warp engines.

"Does this space-time ocean current sail need to redesign the spacecraft?"

From beginning to end, Li Fu felt very satisfied. Being able to accelerate more than ten times is already quite remarkable, especially for the empire with an increasingly large territory.

However, there is another issue that deserves attention. That is, if this space-time ocean current sail is not redesigned, it is related to whether the many huge spaceships and space battleships of the empire should be eliminated.

If this space-time ocean current sail can be used simply by adding it to spaceships and space battleships, then it will be very convenient. If it needs to be rearranged and designed, it means that all the many spaceships and space battleships in the hands of the empire will be gradually eliminated, and this loss will be too great.

"No, it can be added as an auxiliary equipment. All the spaceships and space battleships in our empire can complete the operation of adding space-time ocean current sails in a very short time."

Chen Bin smiled and shook his head. It is not easy to build a spaceship and space battleship. Generally, spaceships and space battleships are upgraded as much as possible, rather than eliminated, to increase the service life of spacecraft as much as possible.

"That's good."

"Everyone has done a good job, Lao Chen, please bring up a list."

Li Fu nodded with satisfaction and asked Chen Bin to bring up the list. There is no doubt that this is to reward the scientists who participated in the research. The empire has always been very generous in this regard. Generous cash rewards, permanent private land on the life planets of the empire's remote galaxies, promotions and salary increases, and the granting of noble titles, etc., are definitely for the scientists of the empire to get both substantial benefits and honorary rewards, and gain both fame and fortune.

"Brother Fu, this space-time ocean current sail is just a temporary solution. Even if it can increase the speed by more than ten times, it is not a groundbreaking technology."

Chen Bin nodded, and then said thoughtfully.

"Go on."

"The universe is too vast and boundless. Even if we increase the speed of the space-time ocean current by more than ten times, even if we increase it by hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times, it is still insignificant compared to the vast void of the entire universe. Even in the Milky Way, it will still seem very slow."

"Especially, this space-time ocean current only connects relatively close galaxies, so we can only keep turning around in galaxies, which is too slow."

"Moreover, in the future, our empire's external expansion will definitely conflict with other civilizations. As long as these civilizations block the entrance and exit of the space-time ocean current, if they want to break through, the losses will be very heavy. Our empire has a small population and a weak foundation, and we can't afford such losses at all."

"It's acceptable to take down a dozen star systems, but if it's hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands, the losses will be too great, which is very detrimental to the future development and expansion of our empire."

"So I think our empire should still focus on researching the warp engine. As long as we can research the warp engine, the vast universe can be explored by our empire."

Chen Bin pondered for a while and slowly made a suggestion.

"Old Chen, what you said makes sense. We have been developing in this direction, but the warp engine is not so easy to research."

Li Fu also nodded in agreement.

"We have been researching warp engines in the past few years. I think there are three main problems. The first is energy. The energy technology we have now is not enough to support the huge energy demand of the warp engine. We must develop controlled nuclear fusion technology."

"The second is materials. Because the warp engine needs to twist and fold space and forcibly shuttle through space, the requirements for materials are very high. In theory, at least degenerate materials are needed to meet the requirements. With the material technology we have now, it is already quite difficult to develop a space battleship to the 100 billion ton level, so the field of material technology is also our current focus. A key point in the development of the Empire's science and technology. "

"The third problem is theoretical support, space folding, space distortion. At present, we know too little about space, and we are always confused when studying it. We can't figure out the essence of space at all, and we can't get to its core directly. So although we have invested a lot and spent a lot of energy in this area, we have not made much breakthrough. "

Chen Bin thought about it and raised the three questions in his mind. As the dean of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, he is very clear about the problems and difficulties encountered in the current development of the Empire's science, and he has wanted to talk to Li Fu about these problems for a long time.

After listening, Li Fu carefully thought about these three questions in his mind, energy technology, material technology, and theoretical technology research. What Chen Bin said is actually about these three aspects.

Energy technology, material technology, and theoretical technology are actually the most basic technologies, and they are also the foundation for determining the height of a civilization's technology. In terms of energy technology, from primitive humans starting to master fire, to slowly mastering steam energy and electrical energy, to nuclear energy and plasma power, every reform of energy technology is accompanied by the rapid development of human technology.

Not to mention material technology. In the past, China on Earth often had a gap with Western countries in basic material technology, so there was a big gap in high-end aircraft engines and high-precision machine tools. Later, Li Fu developed black gold materials and plasma engines in one fell swoop, and China's technology began to truly surpass Western countries.

As for theoretical technology research, it is even more important. Without theoretical research, many things would not have the emergence of various subsequent technologies. For example, Einstein's theory of relativity has been dead for more than 100 years, but his theory still plays a very important role in the current development of science and technology. Without the mass-energy formula, humans would not be able to master nuclear energy, let alone know the powerful energy contained in atoms.

Up to now, the empire's technology has basically developed and applied the original energy technology, material technology, theoretical technology, etc. to a peak, especially material technology. Black gold material technology has become increasingly unable to meet the needs of the empire's technological development, although this black gold material technology has been continuously developing over the years.

However, this development is not an epoch-making change in science and technology, but a continuous expansion and refinement of the original technology. The Empire's anti-gravity technology has developed slowly over the years. One very important reason is that it cannot find suitable materials to support more advanced anti-gravity power technology.

The stronger the power, the higher the requirements for materials!

This is why Chen Bin said that if you want to develop a warp engine, you must develop degenerate materials. Without strong materials, you can't support a strong engine at all. If you move casually, the engine will be finished. If you want to have a strong heart, the material that makes the heart must be strong enough. The heart muscle is definitely the strongest of all muscles.