Lighting up super-god technology in the Three-Body World

Chapter 219 White Emperor Fighter
In the 52th year of the Xinyuan era,
It will be two years before the Yuanyou 2 spacecraft enters the Trisolaran system.

Space Experiment Station of the Physics Research Department

The original Nantianmen project was shelved for various reasons, but some of its core concepts were retained, such as the enhanced Baidi fighter jet that is about to be test-flown today!

Since its reconstruction, the Blue Star civilization has basically not developed any weapon-type warships. The reason is simple: they are not needed. The world has been unified, so who would they fight if they built them?

To talk about fighting the Trisolaran civilization, even traditional fighter jets, even those with only design sketches as examples, wouldn't have the capability.

Those who can fight don't need to fight, and those who want to fight lack the capability. Therefore, under Jiang Fan's interference, the Blue Star civilization's technology tree was entirely focused on energy, basic physics, biotechnology, and materials.

With these advanced technologies, integrating them to build fighter jets will certainly offer more room for imagination than starting with traditional manufacturing thinking.

The White Emperor Weapons Project, proposed sixty years ago, was merely a laser weapon capable of launching ultra-long-range, high-precision attacks externally and providing all-weather, saturation-scale strikes internally.

Things are different now. The name is no longer called Baidi Weapons Project, but Baidi Fighter Jet. Baidi refers to Shaohao, who is in charge of killing and warfare!
Ding Yi led Jiang Fan, Xi Ling, Luo Ji, Zhang Beihai, and others to the fighter jet launch pad. His confident and spirited expression clearly showed that the Physics Research Department was very satisfied with their work.
"President Jiang, Lao Luo, Lao Zhang, I guarantee you'll be amazed later!"

Luo Ji replied with a smile,

What other tricks can fighter jets pull off?

Although department heads like Luo Ji have the authority to view various documents and plans, it's somewhat self-defeating for someone who isn't a professional to look at those blueprints.

As humans continue to evolve, their brains become increasingly sophisticated, which is a good thing, but it also has a downside.
For example, people in the past would see Maxwell's equations and, if they didn't understand them, they would simply ignore them and not even think about them.

But nowadays, even if people have only heard of these equations before, their powerful intellect allows them to grasp the key points, which in turn sparks a desire to explore.

It's in that intermediate state—something I can understand yet don't quite grasp; I feel like I can learn it after a little study.

This is a relatively simple concept. If the difficulty comes down to large-scale designs like blueprints, it will take more time and effort to study and understand them.

For humans, it's fine to be curious but not to investigate. If you don't have the ability, that's fine, but if you do, you'll inevitably feel restless and anxious. That's why Luo Ji chose not to look.

This is the downside of having a sharp mind: you see everything and think, "I can understand it all," so you try to understand everything, which is too complicated and exhausting.

Ding Yi smiled mysteriously.
"There are so many varieties!"

The group arrived at the warehouse.

Countless lights illuminate the place like daytime, with a high-tech nano-metal skeleton overhead, engineers around to conduct debugging, and movable, interlocking steel plates underfoot.

The White Emperor fighter jet stood in the center, its silver-white shell reflecting light, giving it a flawless appearance.

"What a nice view!"

After praising him, Jiang Fan continued,

"Old Ding, hurry up and introduce him to us!"

Upon hearing this, Ding Yi spoke with great enthusiasm.
"I won't go into the conventional technical applications; I'll focus on introducing the latest technology in this fighter jet!" His body language and expressions aroused considerable curiosity among the crowd, who all listened attentively as he continued.

"The White Emperor fighter jet's engine is not a nuclear-powered engine, but a newly developed small antimatter engine, Somersault No. 1!"

"The power source has also changed from nuclear fusion to matter-antimatter annihilation, thus enabling it to carry more than a hundred times the original amount of fuel!"

"Based on its massive energy output, the White Emperor fighter jet's anti-gravity system can provide a force field with a limit of 2000G!"

"This means that the White Emperor fighter jet's acceleration can reach over 2000G, breaking the speed of sound in one-sixtieth of a second, breaking Mach 100 in two seconds, and reaching four-thousandths of the speed of light in one minute!"

"Its maximum speed is comparable to that of an interstellar warship, and it can accelerate to one-fifth the speed of light! It can make a round trip within the solar system in just 2 days."

Because there is no air resistance in space, the flight of fighter jets in space is different from that on Earth. They don't need to constantly overcome gravity; they only consume energy during acceleration and then maintain a constant speed.
Therefore, two days is a very short time for stargazing, as the flight is mostly at a constant speed and consumes no energy, so there is no need to worry about fuel.

Seeing that his words hadn't changed anyone's expression, Ding Yi changed his approach, saying...

"According to the description by the sunken ship, the droplet that the Trisolaran civilization used to attack us had a maximum acceleration of 5000G, but its maximum speed was only ten percent of the speed of light,"

"Although the White Emperor fighter jet cannot match the Water Drop in acceleration, its maximum speed is faster. This means that even if both sides launch their attacks simultaneously, only three White Emperor fighter jets are needed to contain the Water Drop."

In the original story, a water droplet could generate an acceleration of over 8,000 Gs. However, a hundred years earlier, the technology might not have been that advanced, and the acceleration would have been only around 5,000 Gs.

Zhang Beihai frowned and asked,

"Why isn't our acceleration as great as that of the Trisolaran civilization? Can't we do it?"

Ding Yi's initial high spirits were ruined by these words, and his face gradually darkened. Researchers hate people who only focus on numbers when discussing problems!
How big is the water droplet? What materials are used? What is its internal structure?
This is like comparing a stone to a wad of paper; how can the paper's acceleration compare to that of the stone?

"The current antimatter engine is already the smallest size. It's still a long way off to reach the size of a water droplet, which is less than fifty centimeters in diameter, and to encapsulate it inside!"

Luo Ji also thrust a knife at Ding Yi.

"Sigh, Lao Ding, this kind of data makes us feel very insecure."

At this moment, Ding Yi just wanted to curse, "You guys don't know anything!"
Fortunately, his good manners prevented him from doing so. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself and explained,
"Combat power isn't calculated like that. The water droplet's acceleration is indeed very high, but that's because its size and structure allow it to ignore the reverse gravity caused by such a huge acceleration."

"Even so, the water droplet has a drawback: its size limits the amount of fuel it can carry, so its maximum speed is only 10 percent of the speed of light."

"Overall, the White Emperor fighter jet surpasses the Water Drop in all aspects except for its rigidity and instantaneous acceleration!"

Jiang Fan delivered the final blow with a smile, becoming the last straw that broke Ding Yi's back.
"But Lao Ding, the most primitive and simplest form of violence only requires instantaneous acceleration and hardness,"

"If you master these two things, you can smash anything."

Ding Yi was now too exhausted to even explain, a stark contrast to the passionate fervor of moments before.
"While that's true, the White Emperor fighter jet has a high maximum speed, which allows it to effectively use high speed for interference."

(End of this chapter)