Starships of All Realms Online

Chapter 144 Artificial Star Core Test, Mothership Construction Countdown

The naming of second-generation warships changed after the elimination of frigates, starting with destroyers.

Destroyers were named the Shattered Star class, cruisers were named the Luna class, and battleships were named the Sun class.

The aircraft carrier was designated Sky-class, while the final mothership was named Titan.

However, the current artificial star core technology still needs to be improved. Fortunately, the construction of the Titan-class mothership still requires overcoming other technological challenges, so there is still time.

With the completion of testing of the Star-Shattering Destroyer, all members of Kang Jinlong's fleet were safely teleported to the designated area and have now been picked up and brought to the prepared fleet.

The first-generation warships currently have sufficient reserves, but there aren't enough personnel.

A year passed quickly. During this year, the technology for artificial star cores was successfully developed. However, after the technological breakthrough, researchers also discovered that the cost of artificial star cores was indeed very high, and it seemed that something was missing.

Considering the Reaper civilization's previous practice of extracting the cores of life-bearing planets, researchers also felt that there should be some differences between these cores and artificial cores.

As it happened, there had been a prior plan to use an artificial star core to replace the life-bearing star core, so after preparations were completed, the relevant proposal was submitted.

Inside the office, Fang Heng reviewed the document and immediately approved it.

Soon, the Vermilion Bird Legion was notified that they were to escort a large spaceship to a designated star system.

That place is a confirmed life-bearing planet where intelligent life has just emerged. The level of civilization is very low, similar to the feudal era on Earth.

However, the life forms on it are similar to fish-men and are quite ugly, so Fang Heng doesn't find them burdensome to use.

Escorted by the Vermilion Bird Legion, a huge circular spaceship arrived here.

This circular spaceship is specifically designed to extract stellar cores. The spaceship is powered by an artificial stellar core, and the mission is to use the extraction device to extract the stellar core from underground and replace this artificial stellar core.

After the replacement is completed, the artificial star core will be inserted underground to become the new star core of this life-bearing planet.

The plan sounds simple, but they are not clear about the specific implementation and what difficulties might arise along the way.

Soon, as the enormous spaceship descended upon the planet, the feudal-era fish-man kingdoms were extremely tense, believing it to be the arrival of the fish-man god, and many fish-men prostrated themselves in worship.

The chief engineer in charge on site paid no attention to any of this; people who are ugly have no say in front of him.

"All-out attack! The spaceships are now parked, and the location of the star core has been locked. Shall we begin the operation?"

"Are all the surrounding gravity devices ready?"

"Everything is ready."

"Okay, activate the gravity device first to prevent the planet from collapsing."

"Yes, Chief Engineer."

Soon, as the activation command was sent, the gravity device on site that received the command began to start.

These gravitational devices emit a repulsive force that surrounds the entire planet, preventing it from collapsing even without the gravity of its core.

At the same time, deep within the Earth's crust, at the location of the star's core, a device will be installed to emit a repulsive force from the inside out, ensuring the normal functioning of the entire star's core space.

Once everything was ready, the experiment began.

"Activate the star core extractor and begin drilling!"

"Yes, the star core extractor has been activated, and the current energy supply is normal!"

"The drilling operation has been initiated and drilling is underway. The drilling is expected to be completed in 5 hours."

"Notify the Vermilion Bird Fleet to prepare. Also, establish a temple on this planet to monitor the planet's civilization development and ensure it remains in the feudal era."

"Yes, Chief Engineer."

This planet is just one of the experimental sites; there are two other similar experimental sites.

The feudal era, the industrial era, and the space age all require testing.

The Industrial Age was set on a very large planet with three continents. However, because the planet was so large, the continents were separated by a vast ocean.

The stellar core being extracted here is from a circular warship that has already submerged to the seabed, and the extraction work is already underway.

However, in order not to affect subsequent experiments, the extraction of this planet was carried out discreetly, trying to avoid attracting the attention of the planet's native civilization.

The same applies to civilizations in the space age; they are always discussed in secret.

Experiments require rigorous data, and researchers have made two hypotheses regarding the core of planets with life.

One factor is related only to the number of intelligent life forms, while the other is related to the level of civilization development of intelligent beings.

Because detailed information about the star core from the Reaper civilization was not available, experiments were necessary for comparison.

On the Suzaku fleet's side, the five hours passed quickly.

With the final area breached, they finally saw the existence of the star core.

"I feel that this star core is more dynamic than our artificial star core."

After thinking for a long time, one researcher shared his feelings, and his words were echoed by others.

"Alright, we can study this star core later. Let's extract it first."

"yes!"

There was nothing on this planet that could threaten them, so the extraction of the star core went very smoothly, and it didn't take long to extract the star core into the spaceship.

"Alright, get ready to replace the star core."

"yes!"

"Activate the energy channel and dock with the star core binding device."

"Dock complete, mid-section restraint device stable, begin replacement."

"Received. Begin replacing the star core. Current progress: 10%. Energy is stable."

"20% replacement of the star core, energy stability."

"30%, energy stable."

"50%, energy stable."

"Chief Engineer, the power of the gravity device is increasing, and it won't be able to sustain it for much longer."

"How long will it take for the star core to be replaced?"

"It will take another half hour."

"Where's the gravity device?"

"It can last for another hour."

"That's enough. Record the data. This time, we were unprepared."

"Yes, Chief Engineer."

Half an hour passed quickly.

"100%, core replacement complete, energy channels stable."

"Very good, send the artificial star core down."

"yes!"

Soon, the spaceship's original artificial star core was sent down through the original passage.

"The star core has reached the designated location and is beginning to release the restraint device."

"Device deactivated; star core is expanding."

"Report: Due to the gravitational pull of the star's core, the power of the outer gravity devices is decreasing."

"Very good, we'll keep an eye on it."

"yes!"

Soon, as the artificial star core completely occupied the original star core space, all the gravity devices also returned to their original power.

"Report: The artificial star core is now operating normally and has also exhibited some unusual changes."

"What changes?"

"It's changing toward the star nucleus we extracted, but the data is too small. If our equipment weren't so precise, it would have taken at least a month to detect the difference."

"Good news. It seems that artificial star cores can also evolve into natural life-bearing star cores, releasing detection devices to continuously observe intelligent life on the planet for at least ten years. I want to see if there will be any changes after this artificial star core is replaced."

"Yes, Chief Engineer."

"By the way, how long does it take for an artificial star core to transform into a natural life-bearing star core?"

"At the current rate of curvature change, it will take at least 5 years."

Okay, I'll keep an eye on it.

"yes,"

The replacement of the star core is complete, but there are still many follow-up matters.

First, we need to figure out what exactly that special substance in the life-bearing planet's core is, and whether it can be artificially manufactured.

Another issue is using star cores for technological research.

The Reapers are so keen on harvesting star cores not only for the energy, but also, and perhaps more importantly, for the technology contained within them.

This is recorded in the materials.

The star core is not only an energy source, but also a super-large hard drive. Through special means, it is possible to extract information about the planet's past from the star core.

This is similar to the principle of magnetic tape; the star core is a giant magnetic core, so it also has this storage function.

After the initial research yielded this result, Fang Heng was pleasantly surprised and immediately had a new idea.

There was a legend on Earth that it had gone through at least five eras, and that human civilization was in the fifth era.

Although this claim cannot be verified, there's no smoke without fire, and we can find out whether it's true or not by examining the star core.

Moreover, the analysis technique is very simple and does not necessarily require extracting the star nucleus.

Having learned this, Fang Heng noted it down in his memo, waiting for an opportunity to do it later.

The technology for replacing the star core has been successfully verified; now, it's time to observe its progress.

Five years is enough time to master all the technology of the mothership, and the construction of the Titan mothership has entered the countdown.

Soon, five years passed in the blink of an eye. On the Fishman Planet, the artificial star core had completed its final transformation and become a true star core.

However, during these five years of observation, it is clear that the fertility rate of the fish-men has declined significantly during the five years of changes in the star core.

Furthermore, research on newborns revealed that these newborn fish-man cubs exhibited varying degrees of intellectual decline, with the most severe decline occurring in the first year, followed by a significant decrease in subsequent years.

Through research, it was ultimately discovered that it is indeed related to the star nucleus; intelligent life and the star nucleus influence each other.

The quantity and level of intelligence of the stars have a significant impact on the star core.

Similarly, the more powerful and spiritual the star core, the higher the level of intelligence of the intelligent life on the planet.

Although the underlying mechanisms are not yet clear, multiple data points indicate that this impact is real.

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