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Raphael immediately turned to look at Aurora, and asked in confusion. "What on earth is going on? Speaker Aurora, is your projection magic broken?"
Aurora looked at the projection screens in front of her and frowned.
She was sure that there was nothing wrong with her magic, but the screen that was supposed to show the scene in front of the spaceship was now filled with bizarre colorful spots, while the screen that was supposed to show the scene behind was completely dark.
"This is proof that the spacecraft has reached or exceeded the speed of light!" Lynn explained with a smile.
Harov and others paused for a moment, and looked at Lin En with a little surprise.
"I think you haven't forgotten how we see things?" Lin En reminded.
"It's because our eyes receive recognizable electromagnetic waves, which are converted into corresponding images in the brain." Arad answered first. They naturally did not forget this basic theory, and then they realized what the light curtain Lin En was talking about.
Any scene they see is actually information brought by light!
Since the speed of light is extremely fast, for people on the planet who are in a low-speed state, this information interaction is almost real-time. Even the power of legendary wizards can hardly sense this subtle delay caused by light crossing the distance.
But now it's different, they are flying faster than the speed of light, and the information flow transmitted by the electromagnetic waves will accelerate and "hit" them.
"This is very similar to the sound barrier..." Dennis smacked his lips and quickly thought of a similar phenomenon, which is the sound barrier encountered by fighter jets when breaking the speed of sound.
It's just that light has no mass, so the obstruction it causes to the spacecraft is minimal.
Lin En nodded. This was similar to the redshift and blueshift phenomena caused by the expansion of the universe, but it was more exaggerated.
To put it more precisely, they are flying forward at superluminal speed, so the information flow transmitted from the front is compressed, just like pressing the accelerator several times or even dozens of times when watching a video.
In the universe, the only thing they can see, and the most, is the light emitted by a large number of stars. Countless points of light pass across the projection screen at an extremely fast speed, naturally turning into a large chaotic mass of light and shadow.
As for the light behind them, since its flying speed is lower than that of the spacecraft, it cannot catch up with them at all, so the projection screen becomes dark.
In fact, this "delay" in information flow already existed when the test flight was conducted at half the speed of light. After all, the curvature engine is different from traditional propulsion methods. For them, the transmission speed of light... that is, information is not constant.
It's just that they are in the dark and vast universe and it is difficult for them to notice this.
"Then how do we locate the target now? If a battle breaks out, attacking and aiming will also be a big problem." Harov asked thoughtfully.
Lin En thought about it for a while. This was indeed a problem that needed to be solved urgently. After thinking about it, he responded.
"Perhaps we can start from a higher dimension..."
In low-dimensional space, the speed of information propagation cannot exceed the speed of light. This is limited by the rules of the universe, so we can only start from a higher dimension.
He could think of two methods. The first was to use quantum entanglement technology for positioning.
For example, they had been to the Brown Star once before, and Lin En left a quantum coordinate here. Through the high-dimensional quantum entanglement effect, the position of the planet could be determined in real time even at superluminal speeds.
The second is to include the entire area within the scope of the divine domain and establish a four-dimensional space-time model, so that no matter where the spacecraft flies, he can know the location.
Both methods have their shortcomings. The universe is really too vast. Even the space area of just one star system is at least 10 billion times that of the Eternal Star. To transform it into a divine realm, the magic power required will be an astronomical figure.
As for quantum coordinates, although they are easy to use and low-cost, they only need to place three different coordinates in the current star system, and they can determine their current location by the relative distance between the spacecraft and it.
But this is only suitable for navigation within the star system. The distance between stars is measured in light years. It is simply a fantasy to accurately determine the position based on a few quantum coordinates, not to mention locating the enemy in flight.
All the wizards present started to think about it. This was the first time they encountered this problem, but after working together, they came up with some solutions.
For example, Harov suggested that since the information flow they obtained would be accelerated, then as long as they knew how many times it was accelerated, they would be able to calculate their exact sailing speed at the moment. After all, the transmission speed of the information flow is a fixed value, which is the speed of light.
As long as they know the travel speed, they can also determine their own position based on the three-dimensional model of the galaxy they previously observed and established.
Lin En shook his head and did not agree with this approach. Under normal circumstances, it might really be useful, but it was different now. The curvature engine created a circle of distorted space-time field on the outside of the spacecraft.
The space ahead is constantly being stretched inwards. As the distance is shortened, from a low-dimensional perspective, both the light carrying information and the spacecraft have exceeded the speed of light.
Of course, the reality is that the distance between the two sides has been greatly shortened due to the distortion of space and time.
So the light curtain appears not because their speed really exceeds the speed of light by many times, but because the light itself is also accelerated when it crosses this space...
As everyone continued to discuss, Lynn suddenly interrupted.
"Stop the spaceship, we are almost there!"
"So fast?" Harrov paused, then immediately looked at the atomic clock placed inside the spacecraft, staring at the gradually passing time.
Only about a minute and a half had passed since they set out.
Although Vittorio was also a little surprised, he still responded the moment he received the order.
The divine power that continuously flowed out of the power room was suddenly cut off, and the distorted space and time around it gradually returned to normal under the rules of the universe...
It takes less than twenty seconds to go from superluminal speed to completely stop the spacecraft. This is the power of the curvature engine!
Even though Vittorio's reaction was quick, when they stopped completely they realized that the brown star, their destination, had been left far behind.
This is so fast it’s unbelievable!
You have to know that the location where they started is about one billion kilometers away from the brown star, which takes a full hour at the speed of light!
Now it only uses...
"One minute and fifty seconds!" Harov said excitedly, and this was still far beyond the brown star, the actual arrival time would only be earlier!
Anthony and others were also secretly shocked. They didn't think that the speed of the spacecraft had reached 20 or 30 times the speed of light. It could only be the difference in the speed of time flow!
“Wait a few times and check the time and you’ll know!” Lin En reminded.
Vittorio nodded, then started the spacecraft and headed for the brown planet, where he replaced an atomic clock and then returned to the moon.
After going back and forth several times, they tested the stability of the spacecraft's power system and calculated its speed. The maximum speed they could reach has exceeded 1.5 times the speed of light!
This is undoubtedly another new milestone!
With a living God as fuel to supply energy, the increase in speed can only be described as astonishing!
However, Ella, the biggest contributor, obviously did not think so. The continuous superluminal flight almost drained her divine power. If Lin En had not removed the undead fog at the critical moment, her consciousness and soul would have been wiped out.
Lin En was thinking about the speed of time flow. Last time he discovered that the speed of time passing on the spacecraft did not match Einstein's gravitational time dilation formula at all, and there was a huge gap.
This is probably because when a spacecraft is traveling, its surroundings are not like a normal large mass celestial body, with a point as the center and spreading out in all directions, but a special structure in which space-time is compressed in front and expanded behind.
Therefore, a new equation for the curvature of space at speed per second is needed to meet the calculation requirements.
"It seems that the alien civilization is just so-so. Their speed seems to have not yet broken the speed of light?" Raphael said with a smile.
When Raphael heard that the unknown civilization had killed the Moon Goddess Diana and was able to perform time and space jumps and sub-light speed flight, he was scared to death and lived in fear all day long. Some great wizards even pessimistically believed that the moment the other party arrived would be the moment the parliament would be destroyed.
Now they are not only able to create time and space nodes, but have also achieved comprehensive surpassing in speed, so much so that Raphael has a feeling that the other party is nothing special.
All the wizards present nodded, and the haze that had been lingering in their minds suddenly dissipated.
Seeing that Harof and others were becoming more and more optimistic, and even felt that they had surpassed alien civilization, Lin En shook his head speechlessly.
"We were able to create a superluminal spaceship so quickly, just by using some tricks. Unless we capture a second god, we can only produce one such spaceship. But the other party's spaceships can be mass-produced, and it is entirely possible that they have thousands or even tens of thousands of subluminal spaceships..."
Not to mention, the materials they used to build their spacecraft were based on the other party's technology from thousands of years ago. How to solve the light curtain and accurately locate the enemy during superluminal flight were problems that needed to be solved!
This is also the disadvantage of jumping directly into technology, as many things are pieced together.
However, this is the only way. Even with the support of the database in the intelligent brain and the magical energy of magic, a few years is too short. It is not enough to make a direct leap from a magical agricultural civilization to an interstellar civilization.
After hearing what Linn said, the confidence of Harof and others, which had been gradually growing, returned to its original state, and they began to think about how to solve the problems they encountered.
"How much time do we have?" Aurora asked.
"Judging from the distance, it will take about four or five years!" Lin En said hesitantly. The opponent's speed has tended to be stable. During the time when they were preparing to attack foreign lands and building interstellar spaceships, they had not made long-distance space jumps.
Four or five years is neither long nor short. From the time they left the wizarding land and counterattacked the kingdom to now, it has been less than eight years.
"Just stay here!" Lynn turned to look at Ella who was trapped in the Klein bottle, and reinforced it again to prevent her from escaping.
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After dealing with Ella, the former great enemy, the Council focused on the spoils of the war in the next few months - a foreign land filled with a large amount of magic power.
This is undoubtedly another place to obtain energy, but it is also a huge mess!
After Lin En took great pains to expand the divine domain to the entire plane, he discovered that the situation on this planet was much worse than he had imagined. The loss of a large amount of material turned the land into a vast desert. The entire plane was on the verge of collapse, and the planet was on the verge of disintegration.
The three [Positron Cannons] that penetrated deep into the Earth's core obviously made the situation worse, directly affecting the gravity and rotation of the planet. This plane will completely collapse in five years at most.
Even with Lin's current strength, he cannot save a planet that is about to collapse. He can only delay the arrival of the moment of death as much as possible and let the engineering teams hurry up and guide some useful materials and as much magic power as possible into the Eternal Star.
At the new round of parliament, a large number of parliamentarians, after a period of discussion, quickly formulated a five-year plan to evacuate the foreign land. However, due to the difference in the speed of time between the two places, five years is not enough, so they can only try to choose the most important things to move...
"Saving minerals is the top priority. We must explore the alien land as quickly as possible to see if there are any rare minerals that are not found in the Eternal Star." Vittorio suggested. For example, the ore they used to make the Corona Medal came from a foreign land.
Sanchez, who is proficient in plastic surgery, also added, "As for the monsters living in foreign lands, they can all come to the Eternal Star. We can set aside an area to raise them."
Chapter 584 I have mastered the key technology to undermine the kingdom’s rule!
In October, the autumn wind blew gently across the lake and across the wilderness, bringing a hint of coolness to the people in the northern border of the kingdom who had been busy all day.
Tiral is an ordinary worker in a small town in the north of the kingdom. He has been commended several times for his outstanding work ability.
However, few people know that this is just a cover-up of his identity.
Just a few years ago, when the Empire ruled this land and the glory of the Lord still existed in everyone's heart, Tiral was still a high and mighty count, the Lord's pastor on earth, and a prepared bishop of the church!
It's a pity that this once extremely glorious identity has now become a death warrant. His castle, property, and territory have all been swallowed up by those shameful wizards and minions of the devil, so that Tiral has to abandon everything he was proud of in the past, fleeing the prosperous imperial capital in a hurry, hiding his identity and coming to this desolate northern town.
As for becoming a worker, it was also a helpless act, because now in the entire kingdom, as long as one's hands and feet are still nimble, from a 70-year-old man to a 10-year-old child, no one can avoid working!
There are even people rushing to do a lot of the work!
In order to avoid attracting the attention of those wizards by being too eccentric, Tiral suppressed all the humiliation, resentment and resentment in his heart and found a job in a workshop that produced new-style muskets.
Relying on the noble's outstanding social skills and the excellent physical fitness brought by baptism, he managed to get a management position and solved the problems of identity and food.
But Tiral was not satisfied with this, and he did not forget his identity!
The hands that were originally used to hold the sword were used to cut and polish wood. He had to work with that group of smelly paupers every day. This was undoubtedly a shame for Tiral, a former noble and clergyman!
Fortunately, Tiral believed that all this was only temporary, so he was able to endure it.
In fact, in the northern part of the kingdom, there are many people who have the same experience as him.
After all, the North is desolate and has a mixed population. It is located on the edge of the kingdom and has large areas with few people. It is very suitable for hiding. It used to be the base of the church's divine punishment army.
Now that the empire has disintegrated and the church has collapsed, this place has become the most active place for the church and nobles, and they have gathered their strength to form a secret organization - Moon Watchers!
Only former nobles, church personnel and the most staunch believers of the Moon God are recruited, with only one goal, which is to awaken the Moon God from his slumber through devout prayers and end the doomsday!
Yes, it’s sleeping!