The Eternals Who Travel the Worlds

Chapter 1220 Slowness

Regarding the attenuation of the energy response, Sophon did not find it strange. After all, there is no such thing as a perpetual motion machine.

The strange thing is that the speed of this energy decay is really too fast.

If the energy contained in this pale dragon is regarded as a star, then after nearly four hours of flight, the remaining energy will only be about one-fifth of the original.

This may not sound too outrageous, but don't forget how huge the original volume was.

Unless it is directly blown up, a mere few hours of light speed flight, to be honest, this amount of consumption is nothing compared to a star-level body.

Taking the sun as an example, it consumes 4.2 million tons of material every second and has been doing so for more than 4.6 billion years. Even so, it is not a big deal.

This is the horror of the stellar level.

Even though the number of stars in the universe is more than the yellow sand in the desert, this does not mean that the stars are weak. At most, it only shows the vastness of the universe.

Having said that, this kind of attenuation that is completely inconsistent with the law of conservation of energy is a completely incomprehensible phenomenon for any civilization in this universe.

But because of this, the Trisolaran civilization that observed this change inexplicably gained a little more confidence in solving the "Rubik's Cube" incident.

The interior of this long strip-shaped object seems to be transparent. If there is no outer layer encapsulating the force field, it would even make people suspect that it is an inconspicuous mass of air.

It is worth mentioning that although the energy of this giant pale dragon has been reduced by most, the volume has not changed significantly.

The pale dragon still maintains the speed of light, and even though the "Rubik's Cube" has slowed down and is moving towards each other, the distance between the two is closing at a faster speed.

The distance of one astronomical unit is only a few minutes at the speed of light.

[The results cannot be determined at present, and follow-up observations are ongoing.]

It's best if you can, and it doesn't matter if you can't.

Doesn’t it sound unrealistic?

Let's put it this way: for an ordinary person, who travels twenty-four hours a day without sleep, it would take more than three thousand years to complete a journey of one astronomical unit.

Perhaps this is what technology is all about.

…

In fact, without such technical means, even high-dimensional objects will be quickly assimilated and reduced to three-dimensional objects.

When the distance to the giant pale dragon narrowed to less than half an astronomical unit.

After four hours of interstellar trek, this pale dragon finally passed over Neptune and quickly approached the "Rubik's Cube".

It is true that, deliberately limiting himself to ordinary people, it is impossible for him to know what is happening at a distance of dozens of astronomical units.

Compared to the anxious representatives from various countries around him, Lu Yan, as the instigator, looked indifferent.

Relying on the fact that he could also reach the speed of light, and in order to obtain more accurate information, Tomoko followed closely behind the pale dragon, waiting for the upcoming collision.

He just needs to know the final result.

He just had time to turn and before he could pick up the speed, he was covered in pale flames that surged like a tide.

But if you think about it carefully, this situation is not something unacceptable.

…

Before the pale dragon sent by Lu Yan was about to hit the "Rubik's Cube", he had already explained the situation to everyone present through Sophon's quantum communication method.

After all, in a three-dimensional world, objects of four or more dimensions are not allowed to appear at all.

In fact, before this, the Trisolaran civilization had already observed the situation of the "Rubik's Cube" through sophons.

The flame and the object seem to have no relationship and do not affect each other.

It's like a stone, it can't float on the water, you have to do something.

Although the Trisolaran civilization is already preparing to run away if it cannot be dealt with, since it has agreed to share information, it will not hide anything at this time.

A huge pale flame, as if it was alive, surged back and forth in the silent and dark environment.

PDCC Headquarters Building Council Hall.

This is a rather strange picture.

There was an obvious small-angle turn, seemingly to avoid the collision.

It's like a text broadcast.

Unfortunately, the reaction speed is obviously too slow.

Under the overwhelming energy, people could not see the existence of the "Rubik's Cube" for a while.

And in the center of the pale flame, there was a long object suspended.

The sophons will transmit the on-site observation situation back to the Trisolaran civilization, and then the Trisolaran civilization will synchronize the general situation to the sophons on the earth.

[Repeat again, the "Rubik's Cube" has been hit! 】

In front of the pale fire pillar with a diameter of more than a hundred meters and a length of nearly a kilometer, the "Rubik's Cube" with a length and width of less than half a meter is really inconspicuous.

But in the final analysis, in his eyes, this action was just a test.

The Rubik's Cube seemed to belatedly aware of the coming crisis.

In the universe less than two astronomical units from Neptune.

【Hit!】

The distance between the two is not even one astronomical unit.

Without relying on external objects, human beings would never be able to cross such a long distance in their lifetime.

It is just moving towards Neptune at a speed of less than one-tenth of the speed of light, and this speed, under the constraints of space rules, becomes slower and slower.

This is a very reasonable speculation.

The Trisolarans know that there is a layer of dense twisted force field outside the "Rubik's Cube". It is precisely because of the existence of this layer of force field that Sophon cannot enter the inside of the "Rubik's Cube".

The subtitles formed by sophons are displayed in the retinas of everyone present.

Seeing such dry subtitles, the representatives from various countries present were extremely anxious.

If possible, they would prefer to have a picture transmission, even if it is only 90p resolution, it is better than now.

This result was actually somewhat beyond Lu Yan's expectations.

According to the speculations of the Trisolarans, that dense layer of distortion is most likely a special encapsulating force field, whose function is to separate the internal high-dimensional space from the surrounding three-dimensional space.

One thing that needs to be made clear is that low dimensionality itself means vulnerability in the face of high dimensionality.

It's like an unfolded piece of paper, without any defense capability at all.

Even though the attack launched by Lu Yan contained energy comparable to that of a star, it was still essentially three-dimensional.

If it weren't for too many rules mixed in, it probably wouldn't even be possible to slow down the movement speed of the "Rubik's Cube".

(End of chapter)