Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1426 The Formation of Spatial Channels

Space stations are considered a relatively mature technology on Lanxing. Given enough materials and time, the Noah research team could build one by hand.

There were no problems with the teleportation array that Lin Fan was in charge of. During her years on Perlan Star, apart from doing hard labor in the ancient world, she spent the rest of her days constantly absorbing and consolidating knowledge from the cultivation world.

I wouldn't say all skills are maxed out, but all skills are unlocked and have a certain level of proficiency.

In Lin Fan's words, they were all above average, and could easily earn money anytime, anywhere.

However, putting these two technologies, which both worked fine, together created new problems.

Whether in the realm of interstellar science or the realm of cultivation and metaphysics, it is undeniable that spatial teleportation requires the mobilization of a large amount of energy.

Specifically, most of the fixed magic arrays on Perun Star are built on the ground. Activating them also requires the use of spirit stones or the spiritual power of the teleporter to activate the teleportation array.

Occasionally, teleportation arrays can be seen set up on side walls or ceilings. For example, Lin Fan and his group fell into the blood pool from mid-air behind the stone gate in the Canghai Sect's secret realm.

However, all stable magic arrays that can be released from the hand are built on a fixed and solid foundation.

"What is a 'hand-free magic array'?" Old Dupu asked, raising his hand.

"It's a type of magic array that can exist independently of the spiritual power support of the array master or caster," Lin Fan explained. "To put it simply, you can roughly understand the casting of spells in the cultivation world as two modes: one is to refine and store energy in a medium beforehand. For example, talismans, magic tools, weapons, pills, and of course, teleportation arrays. When needed, you just need to use spiritual power to activate the original refined energy... You can think of it as a program written inside, allowing it to release the energy according to the pre-set program."

Old Dupp took notes very quickly.

"The other type is energy that is released instantly. It is usually used when it is needed immediately: the most common example is casting spells in battle, such as spells cast when refining weapons, spells cast when irrigating spiritual fields, and so on. The operation of this type of spell is usually supported by spiritual power. Once the caster stops releasing spiritual power, his or her actions will be stopped immediately."

"Yes, yes." Old Dupu nodded repeatedly. "So the 'hand-free array' you mentioned refers to the teleportation array in scenario one, right?"

“That’s right,” Lin Fan affirmed. “There are actually many carriers for arrays. The same array can produce different effects depending on the materials used, whether they are high-end, mid-range, or low-end. The principle is to use energy to activate the teleportation runes to achieve the desired effect.”

"I don't know exactly what principle the teleportation runes in the cultivation world work to achieve spatial teleportation. But one thing is certain: when a teleportation array is cast, it not only absorbs energy but also causes corresponding spatial energy fluctuations and has a certain overflow effect on the surrounding space."

"Therefore, this type of spell can usually only be cast by cultivators at a high level—to maintain its stable function, it must be supported by an extremely powerful stabilizing force."

Lin Fan casually conjured a miniature spatial rune in his palm and brought it close to Old Dupu and the other researchers.

"Oh~~" The old man's eyes widened. "I think I really see a change in the space at the edge of this line. Is this what you mean by overflow?"

“Yes,” Lin Fan affirmed. “Actually, all spells have an overflow when they are cast. It’s just that the caster will forcibly control it within a certain range, depending on each person’s cultivation level, but at least it shouldn’t harm themselves. The characteristics of spatial spells determine that its overflow is spatial fluctuation.”

“I roughly understand that,” Old Dupp said, quickly flipping through his tablet. “I’ve also looked up the essence of space travel technology on the StarNet before. It’s space distortion caused by a powerful energy burst.”

“Look…” Old Dupu pushed the tablet toward Lin Fan, but seeing her pale face, he chuckled and took it back. “Let me give you a brief explanation.”

"After our study, we tentatively understand space travel technology as having the following three key elements: First, opening a spatial channel using the energy of an antimatter burst. The formation of a spatial channel, such as what we commonly call a wormhole, requires forcibly distorting normal space, causing two distant points to 'stick' together in a higher-level space." Old Dupp gently clasped his hands together. Speaking of his field, his entire being shone brightly.

"But to create this kind of distortion, ordinary energy release is definitely not enough. Antimatter is different; it can convert 100% of its mass into energy, following the mass-energy equivalence equation E=mc²..."

Before Lin Fan could even ask what antimatter was, a barrage of high-quality information flooded in, overwhelming her and making her lose interest in the answer. She quickly interrupted him.

"No need for such detailed explanations, just get to the point."

She's there to solve problems, not to create them for herself; she's reviewing advanced physics.

“Oh, oh,” Old Thupp thought for a moment, as if going over the following words in his mind, before continuing. “In short, the process of antimatter annihilation is currently the most efficient way of releasing energy in theory, which just happens to meet the energy requirements of ‘exploding’ or ‘expanding’ this spatial channel.”

“The space has opened up, but if the entrance and exit don’t have a stable gravitational anchor, they will inevitably drift and become misaligned with the natural fluctuations of spacetime, or even close directly. At this point, we need a sufficiently stable gravitational anchor. Do you know what that is?” Old Thu asked subconsciously.

Ignoring Lin Fan's blank expression, he blinked and continued, "Oh, right, it's the dark matter we all know."

“Dark matter is enormous in quantity and widely distributed, serving as a natural ‘gravitational coordinate’ in the universe. By anchoring the entrance and exit points in dense dark matter regions, we can use the stable gravitational field of dark matter to fix the channel’s location, ensuring that the starting and ending points of the journey are precisely controllable.”

Lin Fan roughly understood what it meant and nodded slowly.

“But having an entrance and a destination isn’t enough.” Old Dupu’s smile widened as he saw that Lin Fan understood. “The most crucial and difficult part is to navigate stably through the chaotic spatial turbulence.”

"So what you said before, that spatial spells cause spatial effects, I said I understand, because we've studied this part."

“The ‘tear’ of space pulls two remote anchor points closer together to the beginning and end of a channel. The compressed space in the middle will inevitably cause the collapse of spatial order and generate turbulent deformation.”

"In addition, the channel we forcibly open will also collapse and close rapidly due to its own gravity and natural trends, trying to return to normal. To maintain the stability of this channel, a continuous and stable 'repulsive force' is needed to resist this collapse and support the stability of the channel structure."

“Dark energy happens to have negative pressure, which can produce a repulsive gravitational effect.” Old Thupo clapped his hands happily. “By the way, this is also the reason for the accelerated expansion of the universe.”

"Therefore, by distributing dark energy on the outside of the spacecraft, the repulsive force it creates can counteract the collapse instinct of the passage, thus ensuring that the passage remains stable and open during the shuttle process, providing a safe passage path for the spacecraft."

Dark energy? Isn't it dark matter? And antimatter...?

Lin Fan felt like her head was full of questions. Old Dupu's words gave her some answers, but at the same time created new ones.

The thought of asking her clearly lingered in her mind for a while, but she decided to let it go and forgive herself.

This shows that the key to space channels and teleportation arrays is a closed-loop system of "energy-anchoring-stability".

Therefore, cultivating immortality is also a kind of science.

The irrefutable evidence is right here, beyond any doubt.