With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 190 Curvature and Transition

As a sharp alarm sounded, a slight vibration came from below the deck, and a line of warning information appeared again on the holographic projection on the main console.

【warn! 】

[The curvature device is overloaded! 】

[The jump engine has shut down in an emergency! 】

【…】

Chen Fan felt numb as he looked at the series of warning messages in front of him and the starship's power section that kept flashing yellow warning light.

This is a newly acquired starship!

Who would have thought that the first battle damage to a starship would occur at this time!
Xu Hongming, who was sitting upright in the rear passenger seat, swallowed hard as he watched the three-minute countdown disappear and the scenery outside the porthole unchanged.

The piercing sirens and yellow warning signals constantly stimulated his healthy heart.

"Brother Fan, was this what you expected?"

Chen Fan was silent for a moment and nodded slowly: "Yes, you are right."

In the end, Xu Hongming still couldn't suppress the confusion and confusion in his heart: "That..."

He wanted to stand up from his seat to check the situation, but he sat back down because he was afraid of breaking some rules.

"...Huh?" Isa looked at Chen Fan with a confused expression, "Brother Fan, do you understand?"

"I understand a little, but I still think that No. 42 concrete should be added to the spaghetti, because the length of the screw can easily affect the torque of the excavator..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yisha and Gao Yuan, who were sitting next to Chen Fan, had already cast strange looks at him.

Isa tilted her head and slowly typed a question mark:?

Yisha and Gao Yuan, who had just turned to look at Xu Hongming, quickly turned their heads and looked at their boss with even weirder eyes.

Gao Yuan sighed silently in his heart, then straightened his expression and asked Chen Fan: "Brother Fan, is the situation serious?"

If nothing else, this mouth is really tough.

The perfectly ergonomic chair under him felt like a torture chair full of steel needles to Xu Hongming, and he squirmed uneasily.

After waiting for a while, Yi, who had been silent, finally spoke again: "I need to explain the principle of space jump first."

Chen Fan's face turned dark: "Of course, everything... everything is under control."

"The mechanism is relatively complex."

"First, you need to use a curvature device to change the curvature of the space around the starship, so that the starship enters a state of curvature. At the same time, the jump engine will briefly distort the surrounding space and time, opening a path based on the distance between the destination and the area where the starship is located. A shortcut to high-dimensional space-time.”

"only……"

"The starship has now entered regular sailing status and will arrive at its destination soon."

"The ship-based robot has gone to the power room of the starship for emergency repairs." Chen Fan glanced at the holographic projection in front of him. "The problem with the starship is not big. It is just that the curvature device has slight overload damage. It is not difficult to repair. The repair work is expected to be completed within ten minutes.”

Chen Fan frowned and looked at the smart terminal on his right hand: "One, why can't the jump engine run normally?"

For a moment, the entire cockpit fell into silent silence.

"Let's use an analogy."

As Yi's voice sounded again, a piece of white paper with some irregular smooth ripples on the surface appeared in the holographic projection in front of everyone.

The next second, two tiny black spots at a certain distance appeared on this huge white paper.

"This undulating white paper is the three-dimensional space we live in, and these two small black dots are the starting point and destination of the starship."

The electronic synthesized voice came again: "Under normal circumstances, the starship needs to sail along the undulating surface of the white paper to reach its destination."

As the words fell, a black line extended from one of the black dots, extending along the surface of the white paper to the other black dot.

"FTL warp navigation can speed up this process, but the total mileage of the voyage will not change."

"The simplest solution to shorten mileage is to fold the paper."

"In other words, it is to distort space."

There was a huge distortion in the undulating white paper in the holographic projection, and the distance between the two black dots was quickly shortened, but there was still a bit of untouchable void between the two black dots.

"Now the straight-line distance between the two black spots is only a small section of void. If you want to cross this section of void, you need the starship to jump out of the three-dimensional space and use the high-dimensional space channel to make the jump."

"The distortion of the entire three-dimensional space and the construction of high-dimensional channels actually rely on the jump engine."

"In addition, in this temporarily constructed high-dimensional channel, the starship needs to be in a state of curvature to travel normally."

"Therefore, during the entire jump process, the curvature device and the jump engine need to work at the same time, and both are indispensable."

Chen Fan's eyes showed a look of surprise.

He realized: "Isn't this thing... just a wormhole?"

"It is the front-end technology of wormholes." Yi gave the answer, "The space jump distance is short, which is more suitable for short-distance navigation. The wormhole spans a larger space and the space-time distortion effect is more obvious. The most critical point is, The high-dimensional channels opened by space jumps are temporary, while the channels created by wormhole technology can be maintained permanently, and wormholes can be transported across the universe. "

Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully and turned his attention to the holographic projection in front of him again.

[The curvature of space fluctuates abnormally! 】

[The curvature device is overloaded! 】

Two yellow warning messages still hang above the projection.

"So, the problem with the failed jump this time is the curvature of space?" "To be precise, there is a problem with the space itself." Yi affirmed Chen Fan's words, "This machine has checked the work log of the shipboard host machine. It was found that when the jump engine and the curvature device started to operate, the space around the starship experienced abnormal fluctuations. To put it simply, the space was reinforced, and the space-time that was originally easily distorted became extremely tough at that moment. "

"man-made?"

Chen Fan immediately thought of the space rift attack coming from an altitude of 40,000 kilometers: "Is it the fault of the Luoka civilization again?"

"Theoretically, similar situations will occur around super-giant celestial bodies, but usually, this kind of giant celestial body structure can only affect the starships of low-level civilizations, and can affect the celestial structure of the investigator's starship... At present, not found."

Yi gave the answer in a straightforward manner: "Apart from the interference of celestial bodies, the only thing left is the man-made [space-time trap]."

"There are many types of [Spacetime Traps]. They can reinforce spacetime or cause spacetime itself to oscillate irregularly. These can interfere with the enemy's space curvature device. Similarly, they can also cause certain interference to the jump engine."

Chen Fan raised his head and glanced at the blue sky outside the porthole.

Why do you feel like the mystery of this planet is getting bigger and bigger?

Lorca Civilization...

What level of civilization was it, and why did it become extinct?

Furthermore, why would they restrict life on this planet from leaving the planet?

Is there any danger out there?

"Hiss..." Chen Fan gently rubbed his temples, and a question suddenly flashed in his mind, "That's wrong!"

"Then how did the Lotta Pandaren logistics ship get here?"

"..." After a moment of silence, his tone was a little strange, "Have you ever heard of a powerful brick flying?"

"That thing is a cross-universe wormhole. This is the specialty of the People's Federation. Theoretically, only a ninth-level civilization can completely defend against this level of wormhole!"

Looking at the scene of rapid retreat outside the porthole, Chen Fan was speechless.

That makes sense, but he is still too naive.

"Also, there is something I need to remind you about."

"It's time you named your starship."

One added: "If you don't want your starship to be called T1298CR512Z."

Hearing this, Chen Fan felt bad: "T1298... what is this?"

"The factory number of this starship has been entered into the People's Alliance Ship Management Office. Of course, for humane considerations, the starship holder can give the starship a relatively easy-to-remember name, and the name will also be entered In the ship management office’s database.”

When Chen Fan suddenly realized this, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Starship naming...

I need to think of a more domineering name!
"Infinite Frontier, what does this name mean?"

Chen Fan asked Yi.

"According to real-time data from the ship management office, there are currently 231892 starships with this name in the People's Federation. Similar ones include the Infinite Frontier, the Infinite Frontier, the Infinite Frontier, etc."

"If you insist on choosing this name, the full name of this starship should be Infinite Frontier #231893."

Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly.

There is even a suffix code on the horse, which is a very user-friendly design!

"What about the Dawn?"

"There are currently over a million starships with the same name."

Chen Fan felt his whole body go numb when he thought that the name of the starship would be followed by a long series of numbers.

"If it doesn't work, just call me Chen Fan. I don't believe this horse riding can be repeated..."

"This name is indeed relatively rare. Currently, there are only two starships with this name in the database of the Ship Management Office."

"Can this horse riding be repeated?!"

Chen Fan's face suddenly showed an expression of eating shit.

It is difficult to imagine the mental state of the other two unknown captains when they chose this name.

"There are indeed a lot of starships in the People's Federation, so it is normal for ship names to be repeated." Yi explained the reason, "This unit thinks there is nothing wrong with suffix numbers. Think about it, this unit is also called C- Where is ST522151?”

Chen Fan's expression was visibly haggard.

Why is he discussing names with an artificial intelligence when he's full?
"How about... just call it Varela?"

Isa's soft voice came from the right.

Chen Fan's eyes moved and he nodded to Chao Yi.

"The name was not found in the ship management office."

Yi quickly answered.

"That's what it's called!"

Chen Fan didn't hesitate and immediately made the decision.

After waiting for a moment, Yi's electronic synthesized voice sounded again: "The ship name has been uploaded successfully."

ps: The second chapter is still over a thousand words away, and I’m still writing it.

(End of this chapter)