I Created Scientific Magic-Chapter 688 - 570: Curvature Engine, Concept of a Faster-Than-Light Spaceship!
Chapter 688 -570: Curvature Engine, Concept of a Faster-Than-Light Spaceship!
“Curvature… Engine?!”
The Wizards present were momentarily stunned, then began to ponder what exactly this so-called Curvature Engine was.
Lynn did not explain directly; instead, he looked at the two who had just spoken. “Master Dennis and Chairman Anthony, your ideas are very insightful and indeed feasible, but there are also significant problems…”
First was Anthony’s method of electromagnetic acceleration!
It must be said that it was indeed a very interesting idea, using a strong magnetic field’s Coulomb force to continuously provide power to the spaceship, just like the strong magnetic field tunnel of a particle collider, increasing the ship’s speed by one level with each orbit…
But as one approached the speed of light, the energy consumption became terrifyingly high; even if he personally created a gigantic electromagnetic accelerator using the sun as a magnet, it would at most accelerate the spacecraft to about one-tenth of the speed of light.
Although that was already very fast, it still did not meet the needs of interstellar travel.
The most important issue was that the spaceship’s acceleration and deceleration became problematic, as they couldn’t wait for the spaceship to orbit around the sun hundreds of times every time they traveled. If so, the enemy would have attacked long before then.
The method suggested by Dennis was even simpler, similar to previous explosive propulsion systems. It focused on strong forceful propulsion. Theoretically, using the energy waves produced by nuclear or antimatter explosions could indeed increase the spaceship’s speed to a terrifying extent.
However, finding materials that could continually withstand hundreds of millions of degrees of high temperature and extreme pressure was currently an insurmountable problem. Even the shell material of their captured spaceships couldn’t last long under the cut of an “Antimatter Sword”.
Under Lynn’s explanations and analysis, Harrov and others, who had almost agreed to these two proposals, immediately became hesitant. Dennis and Anthony also frowned heavily. They were clearly aware of these drawbacks, but these had already been the most reliable methods they could think of.
“Then may I know what power source your Curvature Engine uses?” Dennis asked thoughtfully.
Curvature… This was a mathematical term, usually referring to the degree to which a curve deviates from a straight line, commonly seen in differential equations.
Harrov and Vittorio faintly thought of something.
“Do you still remember how our opponent, Era, achieved super-high-speed movements during our battle with her?” Lynn asked with a smile.
Era’s speed was not much faster than theirs; the reason they felt she was “incredibly fast” was that she had altered the curvature of space, shortening the distance!
Being able to directly manipulate space-time through magic and spiritual power was their most significant technological advantage over traditional scientific civilizations!
On this point, Lynn still had considerable authority to speak, as the technological level of his former world’s Federation had already reached the minimum requirements of a stellar civilization, at least several tiers above theirs, yet they were still worrying about finding a truly stable and controllable source of gravity, let alone achieving such precise spatial control like the Wizards!
If used correctly, there might even be possibilities of surpassing others in a curve!
“Moreover, I believe the potential of the Curvature Engine is very high; it’s the only method I can think of that can surpass the speed of light,” Lynn declared confidently.
If they were to deal with spaceships, they should naturally choose the propulsion device with the most potential!
Moreover, the resources of the council were limited, and their time was not plentiful, only enough to focus on one approach!
“But, I remember you said the speed of light is the upper limit of speed in this universe…” a Grand Wizard interjected urgently.
He had felt that this theory wasn’t very reliable from the start, especially the concept that the faster you travel, the slower the time flow, even stopping at the speed of light, which could only be described as ridiculous. So, upon hearing Lynn mention surpassing the speed of light, he immediately became excited.
Either quantum theory was wrong, or this Curvature Engine wasn’t reliable!
“The so-called impossibility of surpassing the speed of light is based on the properties of three-dimensional space itself. Any object with mass can only achieve at most sub-light speed, but the Curvature Engine is different…” Lynn replied with a smile.
In order for everyone present to clearly understand its implications, Lynn stretched out his hand and gently tapped on the round table. The next moment, the wooden table immediately became as soft as putty.
“Let’s assume this is a spaceship…” Lynn created a ten-centimeter-long spaceship model using elemental combinations, and then let it move forward at a speed of one centimeter per second.
When the spaceship model reached midway, Lynn tapped with his finger again, and immediately the speed of the spaceship increased by more than ten times!
Everyone present was a Grand Wizard; they could naturally see that the speed of the spaceship itself hadn’t changed in the slightest, only the table had altered.
The space ahead was shortened, while the space behind was stretched. From both ends, the table pushed the spaceship forward at an extremely fast speed.
“Brilliant!” Dennis exclaimed, clapping his hands. The Curvature Engine did not directly increase the speed but had effectively shortened the travel distance, with its true speed still not exceeding the speed of light!
“That is to say, it moves the space, not the spaceship itself!”
“This is the most unreasonable part of the curvature engine!”
After Lynn had explained the design principles of the curvature engine, the focus of the discussion quickly shifted to how to implement curvature propulsion.
As the saying goes, ‘two heads are better than one,’ which was why Lynn brought it up for discussion, as inspiration often springs suddenly from the brain.
For instance, Harrov suggested that perhaps they didn’t need to create any engine at all; they could simply use a wizard’s realm to achieve this, which would be both convenient and fast…
However, to create such a powerful gravity field, it would take several legendary wizards to make it possible.
“Let’s have a two-pronged approach, it would be best to achieve it through alchemy. Otherwise, relying solely on a wizard’s magic power, it would be difficult to sustain long-distance travel,” Lynn reminded.
Vittorio nodded, having formulated a rough plan in his mind after listening to Lynn’s conception of the curvature engine, he then began discussing it with everyone.
The discussion lasted a full week. The blueprints of the curvature engine that Lynn had brought out were already significantly altered, and then they began the remodeling of the entire spaceship.
This was undoubtedly a huge project, and even with a hundred great wizards working together, it would still take at least half a year to complete.
Lynn did not devote all his energy here, as he also needed to research a second topic: the establishment of the Space-Time Gate!
Both the Moon Goddess Diana and the Lord of the Necromancers possessed this supremely advanced ability to leap through space-time over long distances, a capability that seemed incredibly sophisticated to a technology-based civilization.
After researching for a while, Lynn had somewhat of a clue. The first issue was the location of the two Space-Time Gates, which used the entanglement of microscopic particles on a higher dimensional plane, an extension of quantum communication technology.
Then came the most important issue—that of how to open the space-time tunnel.
The Lord of the Necromancers had opened a gate in front of him once, and it may even have been a space-time node crossing different universes, using what could be the full energy released by the soul of a nine-ringed legendary wizard!
However, they clearly did not have so many legendary wizards to sacrifice and what’s more, currently there were none in the council, and even sacrificing several individuals like Harrov might not be enough to open the gate.
Lynn then focused his attention on antimatter annihilation, in this universe the only things that could significantly affect space-time were extreme speed, massive mass, and immense energy!
Of course, these three could also be considered the same thing!
During his confrontation with the Lord of the Necromancers, his last shot with the antimatter cannon even broke the vacuum, causing quantum tides.
Using the quantum entanglement effect as a positioning technique, he wondered if causing two supermassive particles of matter and antimatter to collide could twist space-time instantaneously to connect to a higher-dimensional plane.
Magic power was also crucial, as the annihilation of massive particles could not be sustained, and it would be necessary to use magic power that could directly affect the space-time to stabilize this channel.
…
In the following months, the first phase of the kingdom’s major construction was essentially complete, and the second and third phases of construction were also on the schedule. Fortunately, after three years of preliminary study, students from the civilian academy had graduated en masse, and through the connection to the magic network, suddenly an additional thirty thousand wizards were available, greatly alleviating the labor shortage.
For the civilians in the kingdom, life was changing at a visible pace; every citizen was filled with enthusiasm, a myriad of novel creations emerged continuously, and trade was more active than ever.
As for threats from beyond the universe and the Space-Time Gate, only the council members, who were great wizards, could understand the ins and outs.
The ceremony for the promotion of legendary wizards had also been restarted, Lynn personally set one thousand questions related to quantum mechanics, and those who passed could qualify for promotion.
This way, even if the promotion failed, they wouldn’t end up in total annihilation.
Harrov, Vittorio, and others frequently used the magic network to sense higher dimensional space-time, and breaking through to become eight-ringed legendary wizards was not far off.
Aurora also developed a magic projection device based on the analysis of the instruments on the spaceship, capable of recording the movements of mimic elements within a certain area, and storing this information in a special container. By activating the container, the process could be reproduced.
Upon receiving the report on this technique, Lynn was very interested—it was essentially a magical version of a video recorder!
The divine art “Time Rewind” he developed was much more advanced, but not everyone could use it. However, Aurora had the potential to make it widespread.
With it, they might be able to create magic-based movies, a great tool for propaganda…
