Physics God

Ling Hao tapped on the table as he pondered his next steps. Attending the marriage alliance between the Jiang and Wu families was a certainty, but the question was what to do afterward.

The marriage alliance between the Jiang and Wu families is a major event that will involve contact with a huge number of people. Even if only one-tenth or one-hundredth of them will issue tasks, that's still a considerable number.

"The Mu family..." Ling Hao conjured up the future in his mind, while peering through the river of time, trying to find a task that could influence the Mu family and that they had the ability to accomplish.

In the small, virtual universe, it's easy to glimpse the future through the river of time, but here, you're lucky if you can see even a little bit. All those other powerful beings are just messing around with you.

However, Ling Hao deduced in his mind that there was no problem. Rather, he couldn't stop others from guessing the future based on reality, could he?

"Big brother, are we going to the place where the Jiang family and the Wu family are getting married next?" Mu Kan asked Ling Hao as he played with the Four Swords figurine.

Ling Hao nodded and said, "Yes, the marriage ceremony will be held in an open area, Tian Shi Yuan Che Si, which is Ophiuchus constellation. It's a border area of ​​one of the four super families."

All four super families have branches in Tian Shi Yuan, and as an open area, Tian Shi Yuan's car market is naturally a big piece of cake in the eyes of all the major forces, who all want to get a share.

These major powers are present around planetary systems near the open areas, but which powers they are depends on the situation. After all, it's not feasible to fight to the death and have the strongest members of each power perish. Is it really that difficult to communicate and exchange ideas properly?

"Speaking of which, will this really boost the economy of the open areas? It feels like it would be better to do it in the reserved areas, which might attract a lot of people there," Mu Kange said, scratching his head.

Ling Hao shrugged and said, "You don't think people in the interstellar era have any money, do you? On the contrary, most people in the Human Federation can't even buy any luxury goods in the open with their life savings."

That's easy to say. You have to understand that the basic unit of currency in the Human Federation is the Inar, the middle unit is the Credit Point, and the top unit is the Energy Coin. The difference is too great.

This is normal, though. In this era, ordinary people can't do any valuable work. It's better to give AI the work that doesn't require much brainpower than to give it to someone else. But not everyone can do the work that requires much brainpower.

Therefore, in order to protect the self-esteem of ordinary people, the Human Federation even issued a law that stipulates that ordinary people must be given priority in hiring any regular manual labor positions, otherwise everyone will be left to be parasites.

This has created a situation where ordinary people work or live off others while constantly studying and competing with each other. However, they cannot compete with psionicists in terms of studying, so they want to become evolved beings or cyborgs. But given their speed of saving money, it will take them a long time to buy such things.

Perhaps occasionally, bosses will deliberately create some high-paying positions for ordinary people, but these positions are often limited because the cost-effectiveness is far less than that of using AI. Even so, ordinary people still fight tooth and nail to get them.

In conclusion, the wealth gap within the Human Federation is enormous, which is more a reflection of technological advancements. If humanity weren't still adapting to and understanding interstellar travel, the Human Federation wouldn't even have needed to enact such a law.

Civilizations at the higher levels of the stars or even the lower levels of the galaxy are mostly parasites. The reason is simple: their technology is more advanced, and their AI is more sophisticated and advanced. Those without talent, even if they work hard for a lifetime, may not even be able to touch the lower limit of AI.

Upon hearing this, Mu Kange stroked his chin and thought about it, realizing that it was indeed true. The gap between the rich and poor between humans and aliens was quite large. Rather than trying to drive the flow of funds within the reservation, it would be better to make money from aliens.

In other words, credits, a secondary currency, and even inars, a tertiary currency, are all subsidiary currencies created to help lower civilizations better integrate with interstellar life. The only currency truly circulating in interstellar space is energy coins, and the majority of energy coins are held by other aliens.

Ling Hao ruffled Mu Kange's hair affectionately and asked, "If it's a starship, what kind would you like to ride in?"

"What types are there?" Mu Kange didn't have much contact with or knowledge of starships; he was more familiar with anti-gravity gliders and the like, but unfortunately, those things were outdated.

"To be precise, it depends on whether you want to ride in a public starship or a private starship, and whether you want to experience warp drive or travel through a wormhole," Ling Hao said with a smile.

Mu Kange thought for a moment, translating the Chinese meaning into Chinese in his mind, and understood it as whether it was a passenger plane or a private plane, a regular plane or a helicopter. Although there was a big difference in technology, the nature of the two was similar.

"I remember that warp drives consume more power than wormholes? Is this thing more expensive or is wormhole warp more expensive?" Mu Kange asked. Although warp drives consume more power, they are not necessarily more expensive than wormhole warp.

Ling Hao stroked his chin and replied, "It depends. When the speed of travel is high enough, warp drive will be more expensive than wormhole jump."

Warp drive can bypass the speed of light limit, but it consumes a lot of energy. Low speeds or even sub-light speeds are manageable, but the higher the speed, the more energy is required.

"If we go there at a rate that ensures we won't miss the marriage, will it be more expensive than a wormhole jump?" Mu Kange asked again. The Tian Shi Yuan Che Si is composed of two stars, both of which are more than 100 light-years away from Earth.

"There's an even better alternative to warp drive: you can use a hyperspace engine to travel through hyperspace routes. This is something built on the foundation of the virtual realm," Ling Hao said with a smile.

Hyperspace engines are available on the interstellar market. The Human Federation might not buy other things, but it definitely needs to stock up on these, otherwise it would be a disgrace.

Or rather, the lower-level star system was inherently weak, with its self-developed nuclear fusion engine reaching at most one-tenth the speed of light. Whether it was the warp drive, the hyperspace engine, or even the negative pressure thruster, they were all imported from the outside.

The downside of the warp drive is that it is relatively slow, and the higher you want it to go, the more energy it consumes. However, its advantage is that you can drive it anywhere you want.

Depending on the level of technology, the speed of light that a hyperspace engine can achieve varies. The speed of light is 10,000 times that of light for the upper-level star system, 300,000 times that of light for the lower-level star system, and 10 million times that of light for the upper-level star system. However, the drawback is that it can only travel through hyperspace channels, which is not free. Furthermore, hyperspace channels can only be built at the upper-level star system, which is also a disadvantage.

Wormhole jumps are even more demanding, requiring high energy consumption and advanced technology. They can only be built by lower-level civilizations, and even advanced civilizations in the cosmos have to import them from abroad. However, their advantage is that they are incredibly fast.

"Then, how about we try the hyperspace route?" Mu Kange scratched his head and said.

"it is good."