Star Empire

"So, you have selected materials that can store crystal energy?" After listening to Cavinrel's report, Victorville in the holographic projection asked excitedly.

No one can tell clearly now how different crystal energy is from the current energy system of the Star Federation, but one thing is certain about energy:

"Controllable, constrainable, quantifiable, and manipulable. The stronger these attributes are, the smaller the cost of controlling this energy is, and the level is higher and more complete. If there really is such a crystal, then its function should be It’s comparable to a very large instantaneous capacitor.”

"Yes, Archon. After our classification and survey of various existing materials in the universe, the best-performing material we can currently select is citrine. The current test has not determined a standard test material total amount of citrine. What is the upper limit of the crystal energy that the crystal can hold? Eskett’s own perception ability is limited, and the help of the Eye of True Seeing is also limited... We can only use primitive and old methods to make practical attempts."

"Understand, and clarify all the properties of this crystal material as soon as possible - at least the properties we can use. As for the quantifiable standards... we can postpone it. We must first know which aspects are worthy of standard definition."

"Yes, Archon, this is in line with the process of knowledge development. I have already arranged new experiments. The experiments on the stability of the crystal, the way to release the crystal energy, and the number of times of use will be conducted as soon as possible... huh?" Cavernelle said As he spoke, he suddenly frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"There was an alarm in the test compartment just now, and the outer isolation door was manually re-closed from the inside. Please wait, Archon." After finishing speaking, Cavinriel hung up the communication, turned around and ran towards the silver alloy strip before gallery.

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"You directly solved two problems by touching it like this, the stability and the crystal energy export method." Eskett smiled and patted Torres on the shoulder. At the same time, he concentrated on returning the dissipated crystal energy light mist. Gather around the crystal ball.

"Um...huh?" Torres obviously hadn't figured out the meaning of what was happening in front of him, but after Eskett reminded him, he finally understood that this slight press could produce several results in advance, but it didn't last long. Soon he became confused again: "Shouldn't the research in these areas be high-end technologies? Can we make breakthroughs so easily?"

"Chief Cavinrel said that the current research on the unified level of information has just begun for the Federation. The current research on crystal energy is like studying how to use fire before the civilization of planetary organisms. At this level, scientists are just more meticulous and sensitive than us. At the starting point of research results, everyone is standing on the same starting line..."

"We don't need, nor are we qualified to evaluate the level of everything now... It's just that along the way, it seems that the influence of crystal energy related to us... is still good."

"Oh..." Before Torres could fully recover from the surprise, a huge window exploded in front of the two of them. The voice of Cavinriel instantly frightened the two of them: "Ai Si Kate, Torres! Immediately report the reason why the outer isolation door was manually blocked by you!"

"Science Officer, I'm sorry, this was my mistake." Torres took a step forward, "I was the one who caused the crystal energy in the crystal ball to leak. However, we and all the equipment were not damaged. Eskett has regained control. The crystal energy that has dissipated."

"What exactly happened?" Cavinrel's tone was still stern, but after confirming that the two of them and the inside of the laboratory were indeed safe, he relaxed somewhat.

"Science officer, after my body was infected and fused with crystal energy, the mutated properties of my body tissues can be directly exposed to crystal energy without being harmed. However, part of the side effects is that my body temperature is abnormally high. Under normal circumstances, I My body temperature is about 116 degrees, which has no effect on me and conventional equipment, but it will also make me forget that my body temperature is abnormal."

"I just pressed my hand on the citrine ball, and then the free water in the crystal crystal began to evaporate when heated. It was at this time that Eskett said that he felt the crystal energy begin to leak out of the crystal ball."

"Yes, Science Officer, that's it." Eskett added on the side, "In my soul's perception, the crystal energy light mist emitted from the crystal ball completely corresponds to the shape of water vapor. I personally think that the crystal energy Being able to be stored in this kind of citrine, the free water in the crystal plays a very important role."

"The test of the upper limit of the crystal energy will stop first, and the stability of the crystal energy carried by the citrine, the complete process of release and absorption, and the stability will be tested first."

Cavinriel immediately said, "For the detection of the upper limit of crystal energy, we may only be able to detect a theoretical value. Next time, let Zhai Cahill use his eyes to confirm the total relationship and look at the content in citrine. Whether the water carries a unit load or a uniform load, let’s test the stability under the current conditions first.”

"Yes, science officer!" the two said in unison.

The next process was time-consuming and repetitive. Under the constant torture at the hands of Torres and Eskett, the free water in the crystal ball was drained and refilled thousands of times. At the same time, in order to detect the crystal Will the degree of inertization of the energy affect the properties of the crystal? Eskett had to extract relatively "fresh" crystal energy from a large number of damaged disposable aircraft shells, retain part of it, and then re-fuse part of it with matter. Separation…

After a long period of time, the two of them basically determined that the stability of citrine's crystal energy storage is related to the stability of free water. However, the difference is that after charging the crystal energy, the stability of the crystal will be Improved, and the stability of free water is also higher. After the temperature exceeds the boiling point of water, the crystal energy will be taken out by the water mist. In addition, other situations that cause the loss of water components in minerals will not cause The storage of crystal energy crystal appears to be lost.

This also made Cavernrel breathe a sigh of relief. If the crystal energy storage stability of citrine is really only as stable as the free water inside, then the applicable conditions for this storage method are too low.

"From this point of view, the properties of this material have practical value as a crystal energy storage material." After reading the report compiled by Cavinrel, Vidoville concluded.

"That's right, Your Excellency Archon. The nature of this material to store crystal energy is relatively stable, and it can be considered to have practical value. What we still need to do now is to use Zhai Cahill's perspective ability to detect the crystal energy in the crystal ball. The way it coexists with water molecules will further determine the upper limit of the crystal energy storage of this crystal, and then we can consider putting this preliminary crystal energy product into production."

"However, everything under the unified theory of information is really different from the past. Even if all the interests of these substances have not changed, now these substances have new ways of describing and explaining them."

After turning off the holographic display on the table in front of him, Vidoville leaned back in his chair and let out a deep breath.

"Just like water, there is no difference between the free water in crystal crystals and the general purity level. But if the water is directly exposed to crystal energy, it will only get infected crystals, but the free water in the citrine ball can Compatible with crystal energy, it will not instantly produce degraded crystals after evaporation and is completely recyclable. These different properties are really amazing."

"Archon, under the unified theory of information, everything and everything is an aggregation of information. The information composition method and amount of information of each information aggregation are different, which also leads to the change of these substances from the information level. There will be fusion or compensation that is unknown from a physical perspective, just like the citrine discovered this time and the crystal energy fusion-enhanced alloy structure created last time..."

"As an analogy, perhaps electric superconductivity can be used..." Cavernelle thought for a moment, but his eagerness also affected his performance to a certain extent: "Let's put it this way, when superconducting materials were discovered, their structures were also very complex. Strange...but I think there are many similarities between the two..."

"Although their physical properties are not as good as the pure stacking materials we currently use widely...but their information combination may have some ingenious arrangements that allow them to exist in a crystal energy environment, and can make the information that constitutes crystal energy Fusion with information from lower-level states produces enhancements on the physical level.”

Cavinriel looked into the Archon's eyes and said: "But Archon, I also have a little regret to tell you. Currently, when we look at these information aggregates from an information perspective, we have no way to get to the bottom of them like we do with ordinary matter. , except for Zhai Cahir’s True Seeing Eye, we can be said to be blank regarding the details of the crystal energy level information field.”

"This situation may not be much better than the primitive races on some planets that have just learned to walk upright and started to try to use fire." In Cavinrel's description, Victorville's expression gradually became serious, and his body also sat up more. Leaning forward a little, "And also, please forgive me, Archon, since the series of events from the outbreak of the crystal energy vortex, my decision-making, some experimental methods and ideas have all appeared to be unreasonable in giving important weights, and the safety system has been damaged. There is a drawback of missing some properties..."

"Okay, it's true that you are the chief scientific officer, but I know what biomass is flowing in the brains of cutting-edge scholars like you - besides, if it weren't for me, Weisrifan would still have the one who claims to be absolutely rational. Apart from the decision-making by the Arbiter computer, how much of your decision can affect the federation as a whole?"

"The creation of this warped space bubble was indeed first proposed by you and Kalost, but it was us who implemented it. At present, it seems that the specific merits and demerits of this warped space bubble cannot be commented for the time being, but it at least made some of the secrets available to the public. It has been preserved and actively promoted the early handling of the incident, and now it has left us with such a perfect testing ground.”

With that said, Vidoville stood up from his chair and patted Cavinriel on the shoulder:

"You just said that from a higher perspective such as crystal energy and even unified information, we are no different from primitive creatures playing with fire. In this case, it is completely understandable to make mistakes in the early stages of exploration. , as long as they are discovered and corrected before they lead to irreversible consequences.”

"All our rules and procedures are formulated according to the existing environment. Within the scope of the original theory, even if unknown things appear, in fact there is not much difference between them in essence, and they can be formulated completely. However, information theory and everything derived from them are new fields, and you cannot apply formulas. The nails we have encountered so far can be regarded as paying the price for conservatism and stagnation in the bottleneck of more than 100 million years. "

After saying that, Vidoville helped the science officer sort out the soft badges on his shoulders and the white-backed gray-edged sash corresponding to the authority and the federation, "Just keep working hard and do your job well."

After Cavinriel finished his report and left, Victorville sat back at his desk. For offices, especially for high-level personnel like this, environment and place are not really important options. Although some halls are majestic, Yes, but that is just ancillary value brought by the derived structure.

The most important thing for functions and requirements is that some work that requires high-speed data interaction can only be completed by these places with extremely huge bandwidth, and having high bandwidth means more powerful equipment and energy consumption. Taking into account lighting requirements and a A little bit of ergonomics will naturally make it magnificent.

Instead of the cramped cubicles used to sift through vast data pools built over countless years, high-level offices may even look like solitary confinements – and that's too much.

And here, as soon as Victorville sat down, his cabin door opened again, and a well-proportioned and elegant female figure wearing white and gold clothes walked in. After this female figure entered the room, a prompt window also appeared. Then he bounced up on the table in front of Victorville:

Your Excellency Military Archon Woodster Vidoville, His Excellency Operational Archon Kundalil Vesrivan, I am Cape Zhai Cahir, Chief Control Technician of the Federal Information Collection Network. During the time you have been conducting research on unexpected abilities, I have used the ability of the Eye of True Sight to conduct an information-level appraisal of all technical black boxes that are valuable for further exploration. The results are very amazing, including even the Warp World Bubble Resonance Super-Light Speed. Mobile, we already have quite a bit of technology and are on the verge of direct manipulation of information and information! I have sorted out the relevant information and expect to arrive in one day.

"It just so happens that you have also seen this news." After Vidoville closed the prompt window, Weisrifan looked at the military consul with a smile, "This will not only enhance the majority of the people's recognition of the unified theory of information degree, it also means that we can use new ideas to transform those technical black boxes that are mature in application, thereby greatly improving our research efficiency, and also enabling those technologies that cannot be understood in detail to be explained and sent back to a larger world. efficacy."

Seeing Weisrifan's smile that finally had a glimmer of light, a smile also appeared on Vidoville's face. This news will have a boosting effect on all the staff here, as well as the federation as a whole. It can even be said that It's self-evident.

Pioneers are not alone.