Universe dominance

"Haha, this is a well-hidden academic trap. Huh, the Japanese didn't know how many national treasures they plundered from our Chinese hands. Now they want to establish diplomatic relations with our empire with a few national treasures. There is no way. These things belong to us in the first place. Something from the descendants of Yan and Huang.”

Yu Liang has always been straight-tempered. Hearing Tu Xuelia's words, he laughed happily and gave Tu Xuelia a thumbs up. The empire obtained the star map on the spiral arm and sub-spiral arm of Orion from the Kalan Empire and knew that Beichuan As galaxies develop around them, they will encounter a civilization on the sub-spiral arm that is more powerful than the Kallan Empire. Then there will be something good to see.

Thinking of this, not only Yu Liang, but also everyone else had smiles on their faces. The empire does not dare to expand externally now. With the urine of the Japanese, it is estimated that they will definitely go crazy in the universe by then. Enclosure, maybe within a few years we will encounter a powerful civilization on the sub-spiral arm.

"Actually, there is nothing noteworthy about the Japanese. What bothers me right now is that our research on warp engines has not made much progress. I estimate that it won't be long before we are in contact with other civilizations again. By then If we are not strong enough, we may not be strong in our words.”

After laughing, Li Fu also had a look of worry on his face. The sub-spiral arm was very small, and the powerful civilizations on the sub-spiral arm had been constantly expanding externally. This was the case with the Kalan Empire, which had never given up on external expansion. expansion.

Although the location of the empire is close to the Abyss of Darkness and is very remote. It is unlikely that a powerful civilization will expand here for a while. However, as time goes by, it will naturally come into contact with more powerful civilizations. By then, they will definitely be inseparable from each other. A fight is inevitable.

Judging from the current technological level of the empire, it is not that we are afraid of that civilization, but even if we can win, there will be certain casualties. And without the warp engine, if we want to expand, the casualties will be even more severe. The empire is not like the Karan Empire, which has a population of hundreds of billions or trillions. It is confident and not afraid of consumption.

"Oh, it's difficult. I'm in charge of researching controllable nuclear fusion and I'm also in a difficult situation. The temperature generated by nuclear fusion reaches hundreds of millions. Now we have no other way to control such a powerful temperature."

Speaking of this civilization, Chen Bin also sighed. This warp engine not only requires powerful materials, but also powerful power. Controlled nuclear fusion is the only technology that can provide sufficient power now, but controllable nuclear fusion can It cannot be studied in one sentence.

You must know about nuclear fusion reactions, which are reactions that occur all the time on stars. Nuclear fusion reactions produce high temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees. Any material will be directly ionized at such a high temperature, unless it is the legendary neutron star, Only a special celestial body like a black hole can withstand such terrifying high temperatures.

Controlled nuclear fusion technology is also the technology that the empire is currently focusing on. Scientists in the empire have tried various methods, but there is still no way to control the hundreds of millions of degrees of high temperature generated during nuclear fusion.

"We have made some progress in theoretical research. Through the study of massive stars, we have found that when the mass is strong enough, or the energy is strong enough, the surrounding space will bend, fold, twist, etc., of course. The mass must be large enough, or the energy must be large enough.”

Yang Yiping, who is in charge of space research, gave everyone good news. Space can be folded and twisted, which means that the warp engine is possible. By using powerful energy to exert influence on space, space can be folded, thus realizing Warp flight.

"Powerful energy? If we don't master controllable nuclear fusion, how can we create enough energy to cause space folding!"

Having said this, Yu Liang said dejectedly, this problem goes around and around, but in the end it still revolves around the two aspects of energy and materials. If these two aspects can be solved, it will not be far away from creating a warp engine. .

"There are always more methods than difficulties. As long as we keep working hard, we can always solve the problems we are encountering now. It just so happens that everyone is free now, why don't we go to the Imperial Academy of Sciences for a walk and take a look."

Li Fu was smiling all over his face. In fact, the empire's technology has developed so far that it is almost possible to create a warp engine. As long as Li Fu explains the method of creating degenerate materials.

At that time, a strong magnetic field will be used to create degenerate materials, and then controllable nuclear fusion technology can be developed using degenerate materials and magnetic field binding technology. With controllable nuclear fusion technology, huge energy can be produced to drive warp speed. The engines are used to fold space, allowing for warp flight.

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In the space of the Centauri galaxy, somewhere in the void only 2 astronomical units away from Yanhuang Star, a huge space city lies across the void, brightly lit, but it is different from the busy scenes in other places. It seems very quiet here, and there are very few spaceships coming and going, but these spaceships basically have the logo of the Imperial Academy of Sciences on them.

This space city is one of the many research institutions under the Imperial Academy of Sciences. It is a Materials Science Research Institute dedicated to researching materials technology.

At this time, in this huge space city, upon learning that Li Fu, Yu Liang, Chen Bin and other veterans of the imperial scientific community had arrived, Yao Tianyi and Li Qianyu, deans of the Imperial Institute of Materials Science, also hurried over.

"Old Yao, have you been working too hard lately? Why do you have dark circles under your eyes?"

Yu Liang saw Yao Tianyi's tired face and joked with a smile.

"It's not just the dark circles under my eyes. I don't know how much white hair has grown. I can't even sleep well now."

Yao Tianyi shook his head helplessly, obviously not in the mood to joke with Yu Liang.

"Old Yao, Sister Li, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Some things can't be rushed. How about you take a good rest for a few months first?"

Li Fu saw the gray hair on Yao Tianyi's head and a tired look on his face. Then he looked at Li Qianyu, a famous beauty among the older generation of the empire's scientific community. She was also very tired now. After thinking about it, he knew that they were now facing huge pressure.

The core of the warp engine is the material. Such huge pressure is on the shoulders of the two of them. You can imagine the pressure on the two of them now. Originally, both of them practiced Yuanli, so they should be energetic and in good spirits. It’s really stressful to be like this now.

"Hey, what's the use of rest? If I can study degenerate materials with white hair, it's worth it if I have all white hair."

Yao Tianyi smiled and shook his head, and Li Qianyu on the side also smiled helplessly.

"Tell me about your current progress and methods."

Li Fu smiled and began to visit the entire Institute of Materials Science accompanied by them, preparing to give them some advice.

As a subject that the Empire has vigorously developed over the years, the Imperial Institute of Materials Science has received very sufficient funding. It has countless advanced equipment and instruments, and there are also many advanced laboratories, such as high-temperature laboratories, High voltage laboratory, superconducting laboratory, etc.

"We have tried using tens of thousands of standard high pressures to forge materials, and have also experimented with countless alloy materials, and have also used ultra-high temperature shaping materials. In short, we have tried all existing material forging methods, but none of them work."

Li Qianyu took the words with a pleasant voice. Although she was over 100 years old, she looked like a young woman in her thirties. She had a graceful and curvy figure. Even a wide white coat could not hide her graceful figure. Her figure looked a little tired at the time, and so did her appearance, which made people want to hold her in their arms and love her.

"Have you ever thought of some new ideas, such as trying some new material forging methods?"

Li Fu nodded after listening. The more technology develops, the higher the demand for materials. Countless new materials are emerging one after another, but the methods for forging materials have always been the same. The method of forging materials at high temperatures can be said to be the oldest method in human history, but now the temperature can be controlled more accurately and higher temperatures can be produced.

"New ideas? New methods?"

When Li Qianyu and Yao Tianyi heard this, they immediately raised their heads. There was something secretive in their eyes. As the top scientists in the field of material science in the empire, they were very proficient in all aspects of material technology. What methods were used to manufacture those materials? Wait, they know it all too well.

"Yes, for example, using light to create materials, using magnetic fields to create materials, using space to create materials, using radiation, rays, etc. When we do research, we should not be limited by what we see in front of us. We can think more broadly. ”

Li Fu smiled and nodded. In fact, he could have told them that using magnetic fields to forge materials was now feasible, but Li Fu had no intention of doing so.

Scientific research requires continuous exploration and discovery slowly and step by step. If you tell the answer directly to everything, it will be completely meaningless.

It's like learning to do a math problem. If you tell the answer directly, you may be able to solve the problem. But if you encounter such a problem again, you will have to solve it next time. You might as well give some hints and let him solve it slowly. Find the answer and finally find it.

Only in this way can we better promote the growth of scientists and cultivate more outstanding scientists, which can be truly useful for the future development of science and technology in the empire. This is why although Li Fu has plug-ins, he rarely uses them. Because the road still has to be walked step by step by oneself.

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