The press conference of the IMCRC is over.

The sensation caused by this also quickly occupied the headlines of major newspapers through the microphones and cameras in the hands of reporters.

"Renren Daily": "The success of the Z-particle has opened the door to the future of physics, and also opened the door for our civilization to go further into the future!" ”

Jinling Evening News: "63.6 seconds! ”

The Wall Street Journal: "The speed of light is no longer unsurpassable!" ”

The Sun: "The universe is no longer far away from us!" ”

The Times: "......"

Whether it is paper media or TV media, whether it is print media or three-dimensional media, almost all of them are swiped by the keywords "Academician Lu", "IMCRC", and "Z particle".

What does faster-than-light mean?

Perhaps few people can fully understand the academic implications of this, and most people don't even know what a Z-particle is.

But for the vast majority of people, the imagination of the future is highly consistent!

One day, the footprints of humanity will set foot on distant planets in some form, and one day the seeds of civilization will be carried far away by the solar wind or something else.

Even the farthest probe ever launched by mankind has only just left the boundaries of the solar system. Even if humanity's proud science were to reach the nearest galaxy, it would take an unknown number of centuries to arrive.

But almost no one doubts that the fate of humanity will be sealed forever on this blue home planet.

Now, the successful opening of the hyperspace passage has undoubtedly opened a door for people's imagination.

Even if it still seems to be a beautiful and distant dream from now, at least for now, the word "distant" has been given a visible distance.

As everyone has witnessed, this small particle has changed not only the world of physics, but also the future of all mankind!

Who can remain truly calm in the face of such a momentous and historic moment?

It is precisely for this reason that when faced with this epoch-making research result, almost the vast majority of the media showed almost the same enthusiasm, reporting on it without sparing space and traffic.

Even at the press conference, the secretary general of IMCRC has made it clear that even if Z particles successfully open the hyperspace channel, it does not mean that human civilization must have hope to enter the door of the interstellar age, and greed has not extinguished people's longing for the distant starry sky.

A well-known foreign aerospace enthusiast forum.

Since the BFS spacecraft crashed to Mars, the heat on the forum has become more and more pitiful day by day.

However, this situation has recently been turned upside down!

As the news of the success of the Z-particle experiment spread, the hot buzz on the forum almost blew up the server.

Even many of the big bulls of 10,000 years ago remembered their accounts overnight, and suddenly appeared in the sight of those new netizens who had just registered, and participated in this almost swiping discussion.

[It's incredible! Hyperspace Passage! You know what that reminds me? This reminds me of wormholes! 】

[But I heard that the secretary general of the IMCRC seems to have a pessimistic view of the use of hyperspace technology to achieve interstellar navigation?] It's too hard to maintain the existence of hyperspace passages. 】

[Secretary General of the IMCRC?] That Luo Wenxuan?! He knows a P's aerospace !! 】

[Ahem, don't talk about people like that, although he is far worse than Professor Lu, who is also a graduate of Kim University, he is still an outstanding young physicist......]

[I disagree! Even if we can't achieve faster-than-light navigation with this technology, we can at least achieve faster-than-light communication. Originally, it took 270.7s for a text message to reach Mars, but because we made the signal take a shortcut, now it only takes 207.1s, which is a full minute faster! And I heard that this is not the best shortcut, and when we find the best hyperspace route in the real sense through more powerful supercomputing in the future, maybe it is as easy to call from here to Mars as it is to call from New York to China! 】

[Not only communication, but also astronomical observations.] The star maps we see now are all rays of light from various stars hundreds or even thousands of years ago. If we can find a way to get light or signals to our galaxy faster, we will be able to know what the planet we want to go to is like! And not hundreds or even thousands of years ago! 】

[Z particle clock is not cheap, spend hundreds of millions to create a hyperspace channel that does not even exist for five minutes, this dream looks beautiful, but the price is too expensive! 】

[Any technology is expensive when it first comes out, but we always have a way to make it better, don't we?] 】

……

Upper Beijing.

Chang'an Avenue.

In a conference room with a solemn atmosphere in the decoration, the old man in a Mao suit couldn't help but be slightly moved after reading the report in his hand.

Without stopping, he put down the report in his hand and looked up at Director Li, who was standing at his desk.

"It really only takes 207.1s?!"

"It's true!" Director Li nodded earnestly, with a hint of excitement in his respectful tone, and continued, "I was on the scene in the command center at the time! ”

Almost on the day of the end of the experiment, he got on the maglev, which had only been open for two months, returned to Shangjing from Jinling in the fastest time, and came to Chang'an Avenue with the report he had written on the road.

The moment the counter was printed on the screen, even now he remembered it vividly. Even if he gets something else wrong, he will never be wrong about this one!

The old man couldn't help but ask, "So, what about the 63.6s that disappeared?" Where did it go? ”

Director Li: "I don't know much about the specific theory! It seems that it involves very complex physical principles and mathematical calculations, and Academician Lu has talked to me many times, and I also know nothing about it. ”

Staring eagerly at Director Li, the old man immediately said.

"Tell me about it! Tell as much as you know! ”

With a gesture of his finger, Director Li tried to give a vague explanation based on his own understanding.

"To put it simply, aren't the Earth and other planets pulled by gravity? It's like being tied together. It's not visible in three-dimensional space, but it's real. ”

The old man couldn't help but ask, "And then?" ”

Director Li: "Then they plucked the link through that Z-particle, and it vibrated in the high-dimensional space like a string. Because of the theory of relativity, gravity itself is the curvature of matter to space-time, and now this curvature has vibrate, and in our three-dimensional space, it seems that space is turned upside down together. Some of them have become longer, some of them have become shorter—"

After pondering in his heart for a while, the old man said thoughtfully: "In other words, the photon that arrived first...... Is it just taking the road that gets shorter? ”

Hearing this, Director Li slapped his thigh and nodded in praise.

"You're still smart! It took me a long time to figure this thing out. ”

Hehe.

It's up to you to say that.

Quietly sat back in his chair, and the old man sitting behind the desk muttered for a while before speaking.

"Use this thing to travel faster-than-light...... How feasible is it? ”

If warp sailing could be achieved......

The impact of this thing on China is probably even greater than the impact of nuclear fusion!

It not only means that China will be able to get priority tickets to develop distant planets, but also means that Chinese civilization will achieve a complete transformation from a land civilization to a space civilization!

As soon as he thought of this, even the Great Elder, who had always been calm, couldn't help but feel a little short of breath.

Hearing this, Director Li probably guessed what the old man was thinking.

Although he didn't want to destroy the vision in his heart, considering the stakes, he replied truthfully after hesitating for a moment.

"According to Secretary Luo, the feasibility of achieving faster-than-light travel is a ...... It seems a bit difficult, and the cost of the Z-particle clock is indeed very expensive, in just a few minutes, it can burn a device comparable to a small fusion reactor. As if it were used as a medium, I am afraid it is not a suitable choice. ”

"Secretary Luo?" The old man was slightly stunned, frowned and said, "Who is Secretary Luo?" ”

Director Li's expression was a little embarrassed, and he quickly explained.

"It is the secretary general of the IMCRC, the one who made a report on behalf of Professor Lu at the press conference some time ago."

"Oh, that young man...... It's a promising young man," the old man smiled politely and nodded, was silent for a moment, and continued with a serious expression, "...... But I would like to ask Academician Lu's opinion. ”

Director Li: "......"

Seeing that Director Li didn't speak, the old man continued: "Where is Academician Lu now?" If it's convenient, can you invite him to Beijing? Or it's okay for me to go around Jinling. ”

"This ......" Thinking of the closed-door soup he ate before leaving, Director Li's face showed an embarrassed expression again, "I may not be able to contact him now." ”

The Great Elder was stunned for a moment and hurriedly asked.

"What's the matter with not being able to get in touch? Is he sick again? Is it serious? ”

This was the last time the controlled fusion was ignited.

The ignition had just been successful, and before he could celebrate, Professor Lu fainted and fell unconscious.

Later, after checking in the 301 Hospital for a long time, I couldn't find anything wrong, and now the 301 Hospital has a special department responsible for studying what happened to his illness at that time.

"It's not that he's sick, I guess he's fine," looking at the concerned expression on the old man's face, Director Li said with a smile and a smile, "It's just that as soon as this experiment ended, he went to retreat again......

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