Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

Following Song Yunzan's lead, Lü Yongchang and Lin Yongnian gained a preliminary understanding of the computational model that had been painstakingly developed.

This Klein bottle incorporates a total of 156 gravity nodes.

The connection between the entrance and the bottle structure uses a total of 130 gravity nodes.

The remaining 26 gravitational nodes serve to maintain and guide the exit of the Klein bottle.

Looking at the three-dimensional spatial coordinates of the 156 gravitational nodes in the holographic projection, Lü Yongchang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The gap between human civilization and the Tenth Empire is still too great.

The more gravitational nodes a Klein bottle has, the better.

The more gravitational nodes there are, the more complex the mutual interference becomes, and the less stable the Klein bottle becomes—in the Tenth Empire's fortress mastermind, the average number of gravitational nodes maintaining a single Klein bottle structure is controlled to around 12.

Of course, for modern human civilization, the stability of the Klein bottle is actually a secondary issue.

Lü Yongchang carefully examined every detail of the computational model.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea emerged in the quantum brain.

"Yongnian."

He pondered for a moment, then turned to Lin Yongnian, who was still studying the computational model, and said, "If we use this technology on the inside of the space shield..."

"Then our fleet can attack while still protected by the space shield!" Lin Yongnian's eyes lit up, and he quickly finished what Lü Yongchang was thinking.

The space shield has a two-way interception capability; it can not only stop enemy attacks but also block attacks launched by its own side.

This greatly limits the practical combat effectiveness of space shields.

The Klein bottle structure seems to have been created specifically for this purpose!

Narrow fissures existing in three-dimensional space cannot block the bright avenues of four-dimensional space!

"So?" Lü Yongchang turned to Song Yunzan. "Do you think it has potential?"

"A jump range of 500 meters is enough to cross the space shield."

Lin Yongnian excitedly added from the side, "Not only that, we can even add the corresponding technology to the weapons."

"A weapon capable of short-range spatial jumps..."

Lu Yongchang imagined the scene and couldn't help but gasp.

Shields, armor... all these defenses are like a joke in front of it.

The scene was absolutely beautiful.

Song Yunzan also cast a strange look at Lin Yongnian.

He pondered for a moment: "Theoretically speaking... this should be possible."

"But the current Klein bottle structure is too unstable and probably not strong enough to support the passage of weapons and equipment."

"We tried deploying high-precision detection equipment to collect data in four-dimensional space, but..."

As he spoke, he manipulated the holographic projection in front of him.

The next moment, a probe sphere with a diameter of one meter appeared in the holographic projection.

Driven by the robotic arm, the probe ball slowly approaches the entrance area of ​​the Klein bottle.

A few seconds later, the probe ball was "swallowed" into the Klein bottle.

Almost simultaneously, a piercing alarm sounded, and the previously stable Klein bottle structure instantly dissipated.

The winding path of light also dispersed in all directions at this moment, forming an incredibly scattered scene under the influence of hundreds of gravitational sources.

"Well." Song Yunzan shrugged, looking unsurprised. "Let alone larger weapons and equipment, as of now, these Klein bottles can only be penetrated by some beams of light and dust."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the inside of this detector is already a complete mess, and there is almost no possibility of repair."

He raised his hand and searched through the holographic projection.

"Wow, I'm lucky this time."

As Song Yunzan spoke, an empty room appeared in the giant holographic projection.

Embedded in the wall of the room is a detection sphere, most of which is exposed.

"This experiment..." Lin Yongnian looked at the scene on the screen, swallowing hard. "Is the risk factor really that high?"

"May I ask, what was the most dangerous experimental accident you've ever experienced?"

Song Yunzan looked at Lin Yongnian expressionlessly and gave him a meaningful look.

Lin Yongnian was stunned at first, but after he came to his senses, he turned his head to look behind him.

In the thick wall behind them, there was an inconspicuous little "protrusion".

Next to the "protrusion" are fine, dense cracks.

Judging from the surface color...

"If I remember correctly, that accident happened about ten years ago."

"The probe sphere appeared directly inside this wall."

"Because the detector is almost completely embedded in the wall, to 'rescue' it, we would have to smash the entire wall..." Song Yunzan's tone was as calm as ever. "Considering that the detector is completely damaged, there is basically no need to 'rescue' it, and it will not have much impact on the strength of the wall, so we just left it here."

"A minor issue."

Lin Yongnian felt a bead of sweat slowly slide down his forehead.

They were currently in the central control center of the Dimension Labs!

The experimental accident has even reached the central control center; is this a minor issue?!

The researchers at this dimensional lab...

Something seems a little off about this.

Not only Lin Yongnian, but even Lü Yongchang, after learning about the history this wall carries, silently moved away from it as much as possible.

"Don't worry so much."

"The distance between the central control center and the experimental area is tens of kilometers."

"Under normal circumstances, experimental accidents will not affect us."

"It was just a minor accident."

Seeing this, Song Yunzan subconsciously offered words of comfort.

This had almost become a habit of his—he had said this to many newcomers over the past decade.

but……

The reactions of each newcomer were basically the same, including those of Lü Yongchang and Lin Yongnian.

They would all glance at the "bump" on the wall, then give him a complicated smile and continue away from the wall.

……

A probe-type starship, built with a distinctly human architectural style, sped through the empty star field.

The spacetime fluctuations caused by the warp drive are like a stone thrown into a calm pond, creating ripples in this spacetime ocean that has been silent for thousands of years.

For a probe-type starship with a travel speed of 1000c, a probe mission over a region of 100 light-years is a piece of cake.

The probe-type starships have already traversed this star system more than a dozen times.

All the detection results show that this star field not only has no backup plans left by the Cleaners civilization and the Pastoralists, but there is not even a trace of civilization activity!

This is a desolate star field that has completely lost its vitality!

Let alone the birth of civilizations, even interstellar civilizations from the outside world would deliberately avoid this star region!

All the probe data was transmitted back to the Kepler 452 galaxy in real time.

According to the plan, after completing the testing of the last few areas, the detector will choose to return to base.

If everything goes smoothly, around 200 years from now, which is the year 4600 in the Earth calendar, the fleet of human civilization will officially set sail and arrive at this desolate star field in 4605!