[Earth], Lu Yongchang’s office door is closed.

As usual, Lu Yongchang locked himself into the office again.

He needs to integrate the space-time model and the curvature model he has established, and use this to find the law of interaction between space-time waves in the curvature navigation state!

As long as we find the rules for the generation of space-time waves and solve the equations about space-time waves, then human civilization can be said to have mastered curvature navigation technology - accurate prediction and calculation of space-time waves can help mankind smooth the surface of the ocean in space and time.

wave.

Obviously, this job is not easy.

It can even be described as an exaggeration.

Not only human civilization, but many fourth-level civilizations in the universe are stuck at this step.

The space-time wave equation and the grand unified theory are the two biggest thresholds between the fourth-level civilization and the fifth-level civilization in the universe!

At this time, although Lu Yongchang, with his quantum brain, has a thinking ability that far exceeds that of ordinary individuals in a fourth-level civilization, due to his own civilization level, or in other words, due to his own knowledge, it is difficult to hit the nail on the head.

This is the first threshold to enter the fifth-level civilization.

Even he needs to constantly consider and try.

Of course, more support is needed from a large amount of experimental data.

It is precisely for this reason that in the [Kunpeng] mobile laboratory a light-year away, the antimatter engine continues to output majestic energy at full power, and explosions are heard all the time in the vacuum experimental cabin.

——That was the moment when the experimental subject entered the curvature navigation state, because the material could not withstand the tidal effect of space and time and thus shattered the sound generated.

Every experiment will generate a large amount of data.

These data were continuously transmitted to Lu Yongchang's office and presented one by one in front of Lu Yongchang.

Lu Yongchang's office was therefore covered in layers of stacked holographic projections.

In the ocean of blue data, he is like an insignificant dust, quietly huddled in the corner and performing his own calculations.

Time passes bit by bit.

In front of him, as a more complete space-time model gradually became clear, a set of equations related to the development of human civilization gradually emerged.

…

Three months flew by.

The closed office door finally slowly opened again.

At the door, Fang Xu's face was filled with excitement and expectation.

Through the slowly opening gap in the door, he vaguely saw the layered, densely packed azure holographic projections inside the room.

On each holographic projection, there are bright white data and formulas that look like a heavenly book.

As the gap in the door gradually opened, these blue holographic projections gradually turned into light particles and dissipated in the air.

When the door was completely opened, the slightly dimmed office finally revealed only a huge holographic image.

On the projection, an intoxicating picture appears.

Space-time, under the action of the gravitational field, sets off waves of rhythmic waves just like the wind blowing across the sea.

Fang Xu stared blankly at the waves in the holographic projection.

In his opinion, at this moment, the waves of time and space in the holographic projection seemed to be much more alive and no longer as rigid as before.

At the same time, there is an indescribable sense of beauty in the rhythm of time and space!

His eyes slowly moved to the other side, where there were densely packed formulas and equations.

Under the control of zero, these equations also follow the slight rhythm of space and time.

Before he could take a closer look, a figure walked out from the depths of the room, attracting his attention but also blocking part of his line of sight.

The figure gradually became clearer.

Unkempt hair, withered face...

But none of these can cover up the bright, blazing light in his eyes!

Fang Xu swallowed lightly and asked in a hoarse voice: "Teach, professor..."

"Sure, was it successful?"

Facing Fang Xu's inquiry, Lu Yongchang slowly stopped his staggering steps, twitched the corners of his mouth, and showed a bright smile.

"certainly."

He responded softly.

…

One year later.

The first curvature engine prototype was successfully manufactured.

Considering that the power of the prototype was still small, it was installed on a small starship modified based on the Xuannv fighter jet.

【Curvature No. 1】

This is the code name of this small starship.

For safety reasons, the test flight location of [Warp One] is also not next to the fleet.

Relying on its antimatter engine, it "slowly" arrived at an open area 0.1 light-years away from the fleet.

Originally, according to Fang Xu's idea, the test site of [Curvature One] had to be located at least one light-year away.

But Lu Yongchang believes that 0.1 light-years is safe enough.

Of course, the main reason is that it takes too long to send [Warp One] one light-year away.

After the curvature engine prototype was successfully produced, Lu Yongchang didn’t want to wait for a moment!

Finally, after thinking about it for countless days and nights, the real curvature navigation experiment is about to begin!

In the laboratory.

"Professor, according to the experimental plan, [Warp One], which carries mice, gorillas and other experimental animals, will conduct a ten-minute warp voyage."

He Bilin meticulously reported to Lu Yongchang: "During this period, the starship's sailing speed will reach 1.1 times the speed of light."

"On the preset route, the Academy of Sciences has deployed a total of thirty detection starships to conduct all-round exploration of the navigation process."

"Do you have anything else to add?"

1.1 times the speed of light, which is also the ultimate level that the first generation curvature engine can achieve.

Of course, after increasing the power of the curvature engine, the sailing speed will also increase.

However, the higher the sailing speed, the higher the requirements for the degree of curvature of space-time, and at the same time, the waves of space-time will become increasingly difficult to control.

After rigorous calculations, Lu Yongchang came to a conclusion.

According to the current energy level that humans can control, the maximum speed that a curvature spacecraft can reach should be about ten times the speed of light.

In other words, ten times the speed of light should be the ceiling of level four civilization.

Since the paths and directions of the development of civilizations in the universe are quite different, the technology tree of each civilization will also be quite different.

Different civilizations also have great differences in their mastery of curvature engines, and the sailing speeds of starships vary even more.

Therefore, based on the calculation results, Lu Yongchang divided a simple grade for curvature navigation.

The basis for division is naturally the degree of control over energy.

At first-level curvature, the starship's sailing speed is between 1c and 10c, which is the level at which human civilization is today.

(c refers to the speed of light, and 10c is 10 times the speed of light.)

Secondary curvature, 10c-100c.

Third level curvature, 100c-1000c.

Level 4 curvature, 1000c-10000c.

And so on.

According to his guess, the sweeper civilization and pastoral civilization have a high probability of mastering level four curvature technology, or even the more advanced level five curvature!

"Professor?" He Bilin's voice interrupted his thoughts.

He came back to his senses, and after pondering for a moment, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face: "The plan is very good."

"Just follow the plan you mentioned."
Chapter completed!