Chapter 363, Warp Drive

"Start the warp engine!"

With Li Wanzhou's order, everyone became highly nervous again. The warp engine, which took the Empire half a century to develop, is also a powerful technology that carries the Empire's ambition to look forward to the universe. Even Li Fu couldn't help holding his breath and looking at the monitor.

The tail flame of the spacecraft, which was flying rapidly, soon became shorter and shorter, and finally disappeared completely. However, due to inertia, the spacecraft was still flying fast, but the speed was no longer increasing.

The power of the nuclear fusion reactor in the spacecraft was controlled to the minimum, but even at the minimum, the powerful energy generated by nuclear fusion was still very terrifying. However, this time the powerful energy generated was not used directly to accelerate the spacecraft, but directly transmitted the huge energy to the warp engine.

The energy fluctuations on the spacecraft were getting bigger and bigger. Through the monitor, it can be clearly seen that a strong energy is constantly accumulating on the spacecraft. Later, even in the void, there were faint strong energy fluctuations that continued to ripple in all directions.

The power of the nuclear fusion reactor is constantly increasing, and the energy generated is becoming more and more powerful. All the energy is transmitted to the warp engine, but the warp engine has not started yet. The energy it needs is too huge, far from the conventional energy that can satisfy its appetite.

Finally, when the energy accumulates to a certain extent, the warp engine on the spacecraft finally starts to operate. The powerful warp engine, the weight of this warp engine alone accounts for 80% of the weight of the spacecraft. The warp engine, which is made of degenerate materials, is like an extremely powerful heart. With the support of strong and sufficient energy, it finally starts to "beat".

The originally dark and gloomy void, even if the speed of the spacecraft is fast, actually looks like it is still. After all, compared with the vast universe, even the speed of light is still very slow, not to mention that the speed of the spacecraft is still far behind the speed of light.

In the dark and gloomy void, the originally calm void without a trace of waves actually began to ripple like the surface of water, and circles of space fluctuations continued to ripple in all directions, up and down, left and right.

"Space fluctuations?"

All those who saw this scene with their own eyes couldn't help but widen their eyes, fearing that they would miss this unforgettable scene. There were even scientists who studied space who wanted to find a hint of inspiration from these space fluctuations and ripples.

In the void around the spacecraft, the space fluctuations became larger and larger. This calm void was like a water surface with a big stone thrown into it. Circles of ripples could even be seen with the naked eye. Some meteorites, asteroids, etc. in the void also began to rise and fall with the fluctuations of space, as if they were on this space.

Finally, when the ripples in the space reached a certain level, the surrounding space began to fold, just like a thin piece of tissue paper, folding layer by layer, and the surrounding void seemed to be pulled, folding, pulling, and twisting towards the center of the ripples.

The powerful warp engine kept running, and more and more powerful energy and space fluctuations continued to ripple in all directions in the void. The nuclear fusion reactor inside the spacecraft also began to run frantically, and more and more huge energy was continuously delivered to the warp engine.

Finally, when the space fluctuations reached a critical point, the space was torn like a membrane, revealing the colorful colors inside. These colors were exactly the same as those in the space-time ocean currents, without any difference, and they were also colorful and flashing with breathtaking light.

"Haha, it succeeded, and the space-time channel was opened."

Countless scientists smiled, some of them clenched their fists tightly because they were too excited, and some watched everything that happened in the void intently, for fear of missing every point in it.

"The principle of the warp engine is actually very simple. It is to fold the space and artificially create a space-time ocean current between two points. It is just because the space is folded that the space-time ocean current is very short, so it can cross a long distance to reach another space-time in a very short time."

"We are now halfway successful. Now let's see if we can successfully build a space-time ocean current. To be more precise, it should be a space-time wormhole. Only by building a space-time wormhole can the spacecraft cross a long distance in a very short time."

The scientists who study the warp engine began to become nervous one by one. They knew very well that it was not the time to be happy now, because soon, the real critical moment would come.

Here on the spacecraft, the power of the nuclear fusion reactor has reached 80%, and the powerful energy generated by nuclear fusion is continuously transmitted to the warp engine. If you want to open time and space and artificially build a temporary space-time ocean current (space-time wormhole), the energy required is really too huge, and only the energy generated by nuclear fusion can meet it.

Everyone looked quietly into the void. The space had been torn apart, just like the colorful ocean that had been disguised on the surface, emitting a fascinating colorful halo, but it was still different from the space-time ocean current, and no space-time channel appeared.

The fluctuations in the surrounding space were even farther away, and the space-time ocean began to turbulent. It seemed as if there was a powerful force in the invisible space-time ocean. A dark and gloomy dot appeared in the space-time ocean. This dot began to expand continuously, and soon the dot turned into a huge space-time wormhole.

Through this space-time wormhole, you can vaguely see the void on the other side, which is dark and gloomy, just like the surrounding void, without any difference.

"Haha, the space-time wormhole was successfully opened!"

At this time, the scientists who studied the warp engine finally breathed a sigh of relief. They finally opened the space-time wormhole with powerful energy, and because the temporary space-time wormhole constructed by folding space directly connected two points, they could clearly see the scene in the distant void. There is no doubt that through such a space-time wormhole, they can reach the other side in a very short time.

"Fly in."

Li Wanzhou did not hesitate. When the space-time wormhole grew to a certain size, he gave the order directly.

Located at the center of the space-time fluctuation, the spaceship received the order and flew directly into the space-time wormhole. Maintaining the space-time wormhole consumes a lot of energy, and only by flying into it can we know whether the space-time wormhole can successfully resist the distant void.

Soon, the spaceship slowly disappeared in the space-time wormhole. As the spaceship flew away, the space-time wormhole began to slowly shrink without energy support, and the energy and space fluctuations in the surrounding void began to gradually subside.

Soon, the colorful space-time ocean was once again covered by the dark and dark void, and everything around began to return to normal, as if nothing had happened.

The void in front was still rippling like water waves, but now it was as dark and gloomy as the ancient years, without a trace of waves, and everything returned to calm.

"I don't know if it succeeded."

Everyone began to get nervous. They had no idea whether the spaceship had successfully reached the other side. Even quantum communication would be affected in the space-time ocean currents, so they could not contact the spaceship at this time.

Time passed by minute by minute, and more than 20 minutes passed in a blink of an eye, but there was still no news from the spaceship. The atmosphere was very depressing, but everyone was still waiting patiently.

"Ding, ding!"

Finally, a few minutes later, the spaceship finally got in touch with the control center again. The spaceship successfully arrived in the distant void and began to actively contact the base camp according to the set program.

"Look at the location of the spaceship? We originally set the spaceship to fly to the Hercules galaxy."

Everyone couldn't help but look over anxiously. This warp flight seemed to be successful, but how far it could fly at one time was still very critical.

At this time, in the void 5 light years away from the Centaurus Galaxy, all kinds of equipment on the spacecraft that was in the Centaurus Galaxy half an hour ago were fully turned on. The most important equipment was to detect the starlight in the surrounding void, and then determine its current position based on these starlight.

"Ding, ding!"

Soon, based on the collected starlight and the star map data in the computer, the supercomputer calculated the position of the spacecraft and the distance between the spacecraft and the Centaurus Galaxy.

"5 light years away from us!"

Someone shouted loudly, and all the scientists cheered instantly. It only took half an hour to cross the distant distance of 5 light years. This can definitely be said to be a success of this warp flight.

Apart from anything else, this speed alone has far exceeded the distance of crossing the space-time ocean current. You must know that the distance between the solar system and the Centaurus Galaxy is only 4.3 light years, but even a spacecraft equipped with a space-time ocean current sail will take several days to pass.

More importantly, the natural space-time currents in the universe are fixed and cannot be changed, but the warp engine can artificially construct a temporary space-time current (space-time wormhole) between any two points, through which a long distance can be crossed in a very short time.

"The universe is so big that we can gallop freely!"

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