Industry: Cthulhu

Chapter 99 Black Star
Not a galaxy device?

Rashid was startled. "How did you know that?"

Fang Yan said in a deep voice, "Look, the antennas on top of this device are arranged in a matrix pattern, from long to short. There are two sets of antennas in total, but the structure is not symmetrical. Instead, one end faces the inner ring of the Milky Way, and the other end faces the outside of the Milky Way."

After listening to Fang Yan's description, Rashid was not less confused at all, but even more bewildered. "Then what? The antenna arrangement is just different. That doesn't mean anything."

Fang Yan shook his head and continued to explain, "Look at the middle and bottom of the device. It's obviously different from common network terminal devices. It's inverted, forming an inverted triangle."

"Combining these two points, it's highly likely that this device isn't the quantum tunneling data exchange system commonly used in the Milky Way, but rather a device designed and constructed based on the more powerful principles of quantum entanglement."

"As far as I know, the most advanced stage of the Milky Way's research on quantum technology is tunneling, and it has not yet reached the level of quantum entanglement. Therefore, this device may not be produced by the Milky Way, because the technology level is too high."

"The transition from quantum tunneling to quantum entanglement is a huge leap forward in the field of communication data. It's impossible for it to be developed quietly without anyone knowing."

After hearing Fang Yan's words, Rashid couldn't help but gasp.

Although quantum entanglement and quantum tunneling both belong to quantum communication technologies, they are at different stages and the effects are very different.

Quantum tunneling communication has a certain equivalent delay. After all, the data signal has to pass through the gap in space to reach other communication base stations. However, the delay is very small and difficult for ordinary people to detect.

Quantum entanglement technology is completely different. Even when transmitting data from one end of the universe to the other distant end, there will not be even a millisecond of delay. It is completely seamless.

The second is the transmission distance. Quantum tunneling technology requires the establishment of a large number of base stations in the universe to cover the signal. Not to mention the barren dark areas and edge areas, even the prosperous inner ring of the Milky Way often has no interstellar network signals in a certain area due to insufficient number of base stations.

Quantum entanglement technology ignores distance. As long as the base stations are at the same frequency, they can all receive and send data signals synchronously. Using this technology, it is not difficult to form a local area network from all spaces in the universe.

In short, quantum entanglement is a technological product that is far superior to galactic civilization, but it suddenly appears in the dark area of the galaxy where technology is the least developed, which makes people think a lot.

"What are you talking about?"

Brown's father, Mel, saw that Fang Yan and Rashid were not drinking and were talking seriously, so he asked curiously.

Looking back, Fang Yan gathered his thoughts and asked Mel, "Uncle, where is the data communication device used by the Free Alliance? Who provided you with the technology?"

Mel frowned. "You mean the Black Star? There are six Black Stars in the star field we control. They were all provided by the Galactic Freemasonry."

"After all, the galaxy is vast and populated by many people. We are not the only force dissatisfied with the Big Four's rule over the galaxy."

"As for the Freemasons, they are religious. We don't interact much with them, and our relationship isn't close."

"But since we are pursuing freedom, we should also support the freedom of others to believe in their religion. We will not do anything to Freemasons just because they are religious."

"I heard that the engineers and scientists of the Galaxy seem to hate the Church?"

"Of course, it's your freedom to like or dislike someone."

God stick! ?
Rashid and Fang Yan were both stunned by the explanation. It might be the natural reaction of the scientific school. As long as they heard the word "religion", all those who believed in science would immediately become alert.

Before Fang Yan could speak, Rashid rushed in and said, "It actually involves religion? This matter must not be taken lightly."

"Mr. Mel, can you let us go to the place where Black Star is located and take a look? We have a question now and urgently need an answer."

……

After dinner, Fang Yan and the other two did not stay at Brown's house. Instead, they took the location marker provided by Mel and immediately set off for the nearest Black Star.

Black Star was the nickname the Free Alliance had given the interstellar network signal relay device, but Fang Yan's main concern at the moment was its manufacturer and whether it used quantum entanglement technology. Meier, the commander of the Freedom Army, was usually busy, so he didn't go with them. However, he established special permissions for the Rattlesnake frigate, indicating its friendly status to avoid accidental injury from the Freedom Army or other friendly forces.

In fact, Mel didn't need to worry about the safety of Fang Yan and others, because although the three of them were on the Rattler, a small frigate, it was second-hand and did not have powerful weapons.

But at this moment, Xiaobei was controlling the Titan ship Brilliant, staying within a jump distance, and using stealth technology to monitor everything around him.

Once Fang Yan encounters danger, the Brilliance can immediately kill him.

The journey was very short. After all, the signal repeater would not be installed too far away from the residential area. It didn't take long before they saw the black, satellite-like device floating alone in the space. The spotlight on the top flickered, indicating that it was in working condition at the moment.

Brown was about to maneuver the Rattler closer when Fang Yan stopped him.

"Rashid and I are not available to show up, so you need to be the only one to complete the landing inspection." Fang Yan said to Brown.

Afterwards, Fang Yan gave Brown detailed instructions on which locations to check after entering the Black Star.

Fang Yan's arrangement was very necessary. If Black Star was indeed planted by a force outside the Milky Way as speculated, then well-known figures like Fang Yan and Rashid must not show up in order to avoid alerting the enemy.

As for Brown, he was a stranger. Even if the other party knew that Brown's father was Mel Guiades, they would only think it was an internal inspection of the Freedom Alliance and would not think of anything else.

Brown looked solemn and nodded in agreement.

As Fang Yan and Rashid left the cockpit, only Brown could be seen in the front porthole of the frigate.

As discussed before, Brown took the pass given to him by his father, pretended to inspect, opened the hatch, entered the interior of the Black Star, and observed it carefully.

Then he retreated to the Sidewinder and maneuvered the frigate into warp mode.

"How is it? What's going on inside the Black Star?"

As soon as the spacecraft entered the wormhole, Rashid rushed out of the cabin impatiently to inquire about the situation.

"It seems that everything is normal and nothing special was found." Brown said with a frown.

Then, he showed Fang Yan and Rashid the video he had casually filmed. From a visual perspective, the interior of the Black Star was indeed quite ordinary: a data receiver, a power amplifier, a bit rate converter, a paid universal interface...

"Don't worry." Fang Yan said calmly, "The appearance can be modified and falsified, but the signal cannot."

"I've asked Xiaobei to capture the Black Star's communication signal. If it really has an encrypted line, we can follow the clues and find out where the encrypted line is connected."

It seems that this is the only way at the moment. The Sidewinder is currently jumping through a wormhole. It needs to wait until the jump is over and it returns to normal space before it can contact Xiaobei. The three of them remained silent, each thinking in their own mind.

Brown was worried about the Free Alliance. If, as Fang Yan said, the repeater used technology from outside the Milky Way and contained secret data lines, the Free Alliance would undoubtedly be the first to be threatened.

The Free Army had finally carved out a niche in the gray area and established their own home. Brown absolutely did not want any accidents to happen in his hometown.

sigh~
The jump finally ended. The Sidewinder vibrated slightly for a few seconds, then returned to the normal universe and quickly established contact with Xiaobei, who was several light years away.

"Xiaobei, have you found any secret data channel?" Fang Yan asked directly.

However, Xiaobei's answer was beyond everyone's expectations.

"I seem to have discovered something even stranger than a secret data channel."

(End of this chapter)