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第366章 空间折跃与坦途

作者： 东阿狸
第366章 空间折跃与坦途
仅以现阶段的视角出发，三星系统所具备的混乱轨道、导致比临1内除恒星风中所蕴含的元素外，就再无其余值得一提的物质资源可言；
这种混乱对恒星自体而言或许很寻常，但在那些曾经可能存在于系统内的行星体眼中，却是一种足以将它们甩飞的不可被承受之重

而如今造访此处的精灵学者们，虽未能搞清过去是否有过行星的存在，但至少在当下的所见所闻中，这里不存在除恒星外的大型资源类星体，自然也就没有了现实意义上的太多开发价值；

也因此，前来的探索要塞并未携带单纯的移民单位，其内载员或是肩负着科研使命的学者、或是负责维护虚实造物的工程师，其余还有部分军方与探索部门的成员，以及供应诸方所需的相应物资补给。
而在此地这般资源匮乏的情况下也还要坚持派员前来探索的原因，除了是计划用外围仅存的那些小天体来制造圣光发射器，从而将这里建设为迈向更远处的空间中转站外，更多的还在于对恒星系统本身的研究，而共和国也的确因此获得了远超此前所设想的成果。
初时，要塞抵达目标并与迷失者1号完成了对接融合后，便有无数艘中小型飞船从其内分路出发；

其中一部分，前往了近日点展开自身并收集恒星风物质；
而另一部分则前往了小天体带，准备与来时在那里专门分裂出的要塞结构相配合着，逐步去完成对圣光阵列所需物资的开发与搜集。
且除此之外，还有一部分科考船飞向了三颗恒星附近，其内乘员们则俱都是些完成了深度融合、并再行分身的高阶施法者；

他们所肩负的任务，自然便是对恒星体系的内面扰动进行观测。
于是，乱而有序的建设与科考行动便在此间渐渐展开，就连本打算向更远星域迈进的涅斯塔也暂时选择了留下；

他准备在靠自身精加工能力加速中转站建设的同时，顺便用那实时算力上涨但观测深度却下降的魔晶视觉，对三星系统进行大致的扰动观察。
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已知的是，就连真空都不是真的空、反而还蕴含有着无穷的背景信息干扰，更遑论其余复杂的物质结构

所以在进行内面观测时，便需要在这层层干扰的存在下去识别特定的目标信息，并将之记忆后回到外界完成分析。
在此前，能让高阶施法者们观测的恒星就只有太阳而已，有很多细节会因缺乏对比而无法被确定信息源头；
但现在，当比邻1内的这三颗恒星被纳入至了观测范围后，新对比途径的出现让学者们有了种豁然开朗的感觉

本质上，这三颗恒星虽和太阳并无太大的区别、都是些正处于壮年阶段的主序星，只是在质量与空间坐标等方面存在有各自的差异；

但仅只是如此也罢，就已经让高阶施法者们感到了获益良多.

借此，他们得以部分的补齐了许多扰动数据，一些似是而非的状况也因之被看清，然后在聚变反应、重力、质量、空间扭曲、引力干涉等很多方面，都有了更为深入的了解、并梳理了相关的知识与应用状况；

比如，聚变堆与仿重力技术就因此而取得了可观的突破；

但比之更为重要的，则是在空间和引力方面所得到的收获.

三星的运行不但赖于它们彼此间的引力关系，就连那些更为遥远星体也跨越着无限的距离，从未知星域将自身的影响力作用在了此处，并与前者共同维系起了整个内外体系的稳定运转。
对于太阳而言虽也是如此，但大质量星体间的引力连接在此处被展现的更为直白一些，且其彼此的间距也为观测提供了重要数据。
以施法者与大小飞船作为应用终端，学者们展开了‘从母星处借力三星’、‘从比临1借力太阳’的对比术法实验，从而更为显著的看清了质量干涉下的空间变化、遥远星体间的引力干涉关系、以及被施法者与铭文借力之恒星在内面的扰动反馈；

并且，学者们也在此番展开的实验与同步观测中，对尚未被纳入至统一力体系的‘引力’概念，又多了几分更为深刻的认知。
而除了对认知和学识层面的影响外，这般针对引力与空间所展开的实验与观测结果，也在应用技术方面展现出了与之受重视程度相匹配、甚至更胜一筹的价值.

价值其一，变频引擎的引力场干涉能力不再有距离限制；
虽说目标的远近依旧在事实上影响着具体干涉能力，但严格而言却已不再是‘能与不能’的界限，而变成了效率、能耗、以及程度上的指标；

且经过改造的引擎可以在能源的投入下，在无有光帆作为初始动力的情况下，将要塞用月余时间提速至0.5倍于光的程度；
虽和此前的光帆+变频尚有着一定的差距，却也足以作为一种独立的推进系统进行单独应用。
价值其二，学者们又因之而诞生了一种新想法、并付诸了实践.

已知空间是种十分稳定的结构，即便共和国用所有能源输出功率为代价做出尝试，也还没办法制造出想象中可能存在的‘虫洞’；

但观测视界内的四颗恒星，却又用从另一个角度证明了其同时又具备有‘柔韧’属性，它们的质量总能在自身所在的区域中、形成一处不同寻常的空间凹陷。
所以学者们便想到，既然‘撕裂空间制造虫洞’的念想暂时没办法去实现，那何不退而求其次在‘扭曲’上想一想办法？

即便光速依旧是理论上那个无法被超越的速度极限，但此番并不是要去寻求直接对光的超越，而是在谋求对速度之承载者、也即是空间本身的扭曲，而借此是否就能获得更高的‘实际航速’、并达成超越光速的目的?

像恒星那般的巨型‘深坑’暂时还无法去模拟，但通过仿重力与引力牵扯却能制造出相同类型的微型陷坑，如果能将这之集中的作用于航道上，以一种‘边走边折’的形式于前方不断制造空间扭曲场，或许就能以另一种形式达成目的；

而抱着这种期待的心情，学者们就开始了对这种理念的尝试

在初期，他们渡过了一段十分艰难的求索过程，因为现有的可观测对象还是太过稀少，且质量方面也并不算太强力；
但当比邻3、比邻2、比邻4、比邻5探索舰陆续抵达目标后，那一颗又一颗的恒星体便进入了随船高阶施法者们的视线当中，从而再次增加了学者们的扰动数据库；
且这般变化所造成的影响是显著的，尤其是中子星以它那似是能将空间都钻破的存在感，成为了此番技术进步的最大推手。
其所显现的强悍引力场扰动，不但在先前积累的促进下、让变频引擎的速度被抬升至0.7倍于光的程度，且还让共和国的仿重力与空间技术发生了一次质变；

而这种质变所带来的数据与术法底蕴，就让设想中的‘边折边行’有了能够被实现的基础，并在研究中诞生了堪用的术法模板、以及由此而生的铭文器械；

于是，技术探索得以进入了一个新的阶段.

过程中，一艘安装有验证引擎的小飞船，在自认为航行了1000公里左右时停下；

但于外界而言，它所驶过的真实距离却是1100公里，之间所存在的差额便是新技术所达成的‘折跃’效果。
且对于没有经过优化的‘初号机’而言，能在能源、功率、算法的重重限制下，最终达到这般数据已经是很不错的一种成果。
在其后，实验又在中型与大型飞船中完成，在小型与中型要塞中也进行了验证，且最终一路来到了‘该上大型要塞’的时刻；
及至此时，学者们已将这种新技术的应用终端命名为了‘空间折跃引擎’，且其在程度、频率、能耗等方面的性能也被认为足以堪用，并被进行了充分的安全性测试；

于是，最急需这种能力的一艘大型要塞就被挑中，成为了第一个被进行技术更新的对象

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参与了折跃引擎开发项目的学者们，以投影形态来到了于漫长旅途中挣扎的黑洞探索要塞当中，并汇同涅斯塔在此处的分身、以及粗牙等同船的施法者们，一起展开了针对性的改造行动。
于要塞还保持着高速飞行的状态下，他们利用库存的材料专门制造了一批‘折跃变频复合引擎’，并在进行了细致的规划后、将之妥善布局在了舰体空间之内。
而后，这艘要塞就在共和国里里外外数十亿双眼睛的瞩目下，第一次于自己身上启动了这个新的技术应用.

霎时间，周边的星空都仿佛发生了某种扭曲，但要塞内部的精灵们却并未因此而诞出太多的感受，并恍若未觉般彼此对视着发出了‘是否生效’的疑问；
至少，仪表盘上所显示的数据依旧为‘0.7倍光速’.

但假若能在外界进行观测的话，就会发现其正以一种此前所无法想象的高速、以一种十分奇怪的状态不断行进着，且过程中并无如过去那般花费很长时间、去一点点积累速度的历程，而是瞬时间就被进行的大幅度的提速。
第一档，从初时的0.7倍一跃升至了0.9倍；

第二档，随着铭文效果输出率的提升、光速就这般被毫无波澜的突破，而要塞的空间坐标变更率也在瞬时间，就一跃跳至了1.5倍于光的程度；
第三档，能源输出率继续攀升、引擎效果频次再升、要塞智脑的控制效率提高，而空间坐标变更率也达到了2.5倍于光的水平；
及至最后的第四档时，随着所有相关影响因子的最大额输出，要塞的外测数据终于停止在了3.5倍于光速的水准，而这便也是当下真正的速度顶点。
与此同时，其内对于速度的感知却依旧未有任何实质性的变化发生，在以飞船自身为出发点所进行的任何传统探测中，其速度都还保持在先前所能达到的0.7倍光速左右；

但外部观测的结果却是相当的明确.

事实上，‘外部’与被扭曲的空间才是处于同一视界内的存在，反而是要塞自身的状态才为真正的不正常.

在其不断前行的过程中，要塞自体一直都处在一种时而清晰、时而朦胧的状态；

每一次的‘清晰’，都代表着前次折跃的结束与下次折跃的准备；

而每一次‘朦胧’则意味着折跃过程的正在被进行，且扭曲的空间会似是一层泡泡般将折跃中的要塞包裹，使之看上去就显得极为虚幻。
这般感觉虽显得有些玄奇与梦幻，但其实也意味技术中存在有明显的不足

因为在理论上，一直处于‘朦胧’状态才是其最佳的行进模式，因为那代表着折跃在毫无间断的情况下被持续进行；
而现在这似是捉迷藏般时隐时现，则意味着引擎的折跃效果在启动频次方面，还未能达到相同‘程度’内的最佳水准。
但暂时而言，这种程度也就足够用了.

在综合了多方数据进行演算后可知，其能够以要塞的本动速度为基形成5倍的相对速度，且只现在能只依靠广域变频牵引能力、就达成0.7倍于光的基础本动速度；
也即是说，光帆推进系统便在这般出乎意料的状况中、于谁都没能想象到的时间点下，暂且退出了星际航行的舞台；

或许，此前所制造的那些圣光发生器从今往后就该改行，以防御性武器的面目去发挥自身余热了。
对于共和国来说，此般变化当然是一件好事.

首先，这大大增强了己方在恒星际航行时的灵活性，在前往未开发星域展开探索时将不必再为归途而担忧，也不必吝啬于在中途降低自己的航速；

其次，对40光年范围甚至更远区域中恒星群的探索与开发，将会比预期来的耗时更短难度更低，并因此收获大量的物质资源、以及新的观测对象；

最后，新的观测对象也意味着收获新知识、改进旧知识，而技术能力也会因此得到提升，如这还仅是初旦的新引擎，就会在更多数据样本的积累下、于相辅相成中取得新突破。
至于现下，亦有止不住的欢呼声自要塞内响起

因为他们知道，原先估算中将会持续1300年之久的旅程，仅因这尚且没有完全成熟的技术，就被瞬间缩短到了只需三百余年左右的程度。
(本章完)Chapter 366 Space Jump and Smooth Road

Author: Dong Ali

Chapter 366 Space Jump and Smooth Road

From the current perspective, the chaotic orbit of the three-star system means that apart from the elements contained in the stellar wind, there are no other material resources worth mentioning in Bilin 1;

This kind of chaos may be ordinary for the star itself, but in the eyes of those planetary bodies that may have existed in the system, it is an unbearable weight that is enough to throw them away.

Although the elf scholars who visit here now have not been able to figure out whether there were planets in the past, at least from what they see and hear now, there are no large-scale resource quasars other than stars here, so naturally there are no

There is too much development value in a practical sense;

Therefore, the exploration fortress that came did not bring a simple immigration unit. Its personnel were either scholars with scientific research missions, or engineers responsible for maintaining virtual and real creations. The rest also included some members of the military and exploration departments.

As well as supplying the corresponding material supplies required by all parties.

The reason why we still insist on sending people to explore despite the lack of resources here is that we plan to use the remaining small celestial bodies in the periphery to make holy light emitters, so as to build this place into a place that goes further.

In addition to the space transfer station, more lies in the research of the star system itself, and the Republic has indeed achieved results far beyond what was previously imagined.

At the beginning, after the Fortress arrived at the target and completed the docking and fusion with Lost 1, countless small and medium-sized spacecraft set off from it;

One part of it went to perihelion to unfold itself and collect stellar wind material;

The other part went to the small celestial body belt, preparing to cooperate with the fortress structure that was specially split there when they arrived, and gradually complete the development and collection of materials needed for the Holy Light Array.

In addition, some scientific research ships flew near the three stars, and the crew members were all high-level spellcasters who had completed deep fusion and cloned themselves;

The task they shoulder is naturally to observe the internal disturbances of the stellar system.

As a result, chaotic but orderly construction and scientific research operations gradually began here, and even Nesta, who had planned to move to the farther star field, temporarily chose to stay;

While he planned to rely on his own finishing ability to accelerate the construction of the transfer station, he also used the magic crystal vision, which had increased real-time computing power but decreased observation depth, to conduct rough disturbance observations on the Samsung system.

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What is known is that even the vacuum is not really empty. Instead, it contains infinite background information interference, not to mention other complex material structures.

Therefore, when conducting internal observations, it is necessary to identify specific target information in the presence of layers of interference, memorize it, and then return to the outside world to complete the analysis.

Previously, the only star that high-level spellcasters could observe was the sun, and there were many details that could not be identified as the source of the information due to lack of contrast;

But now, when these three stars in Proxima 1 have been included in the observation range, the emergence of new comparison methods has given scholars a sense of enlightenment.

In essence, although these three stars are not much different from the sun, they are all main sequence stars in their prime stage. They only have their own differences in terms of mass and space coordinates;

But just like that, high-level spellcasters have already benefited a lot.

Through this, they were able to partially complete a lot of perturbation data, and some paradoxical situations were clearly seen, and then they gained more in-depth insights into many aspects such as fusion reactions, gravity, mass, space distortion, and gravitational interference.

Understand and sort out relevant knowledge and application status;

For example, fusion reactors and simulated gravity technology have achieved considerable breakthroughs;

But even more important are the gains in space and gravity.

The operation of the three stars not only depends on the gravitational relationship between them, but even those more distant stars span infinite distances, exerting their own influence here from the unknown star field, and jointly maintain the entire world with the former.

Stable operation of internal and external systems.

Although this is also true for the sun, the gravitational connection between massive stars is shown more straightforwardly here, and their distances from each other also provide important data for observations.

Using spellcasters and large and small spaceships as application terminals, scholars carried out comparative spell experiments of "borrowing the power of three stars from the home star" and "borrowing the power of the sun from Bilin 1", thus more clearly seeing the effects of mass interference.

The spatial changes, the gravitational interference relationship between distant stars, and the internal disturbance feedback from the stars borrowed by the caster and the inscription;

Moreover, in the experiments and simultaneous observations carried out this time, scholars have gained a somewhat more profound understanding of the concept of "gravity" that has not yet been incorporated into a unified force system.

In addition to its impact on cognition and knowledge, the results of experiments and observations on gravity and space have also shown a value that matches or even exceeds the attention paid to them in terms of applied technology.

The first value is that the gravitational field interference capability of the variable frequency engine no longer has a distance limit;

Although the distance of the target still affects the specific intervention ability in fact, strictly speaking, it is no longer the boundary between "what can and cannot", but has become an indicator of efficiency, energy consumption, and degree;

And the modified engine can accelerate the fortress to 0.5 times the speed of light in more than a month with the input of energy and without a light sail as the initial power;

Although there is still a certain gap from the previous light sail + frequency conversion, it is enough to be used as an independent propulsion system.

The second value is that scholars came up with a new idea and put it into practice.

Known space is a very stable structure. Even if the Republic tries at the expense of all energy output, it has not been able to create a possible 'wormhole' as imagined;

However, the four stars within the observation horizon have proved from another angle that they also have "flexible" properties. Their mass can always form an unusual space depression in the area where they are located.

Therefore, scholars thought that since the idea of ​​"tearing apart space and creating wormholes" cannot be realized for the time being, why not retreat and think of a solution on "distortion"?

Even though the speed of light is still the theoretical speed limit that cannot be surpassed, this time we are not seeking to directly transcend light, but seeking to distort the carrier of speed, that is, the space itself, and whether this can

Can we obtain a higher 'actual speed' and achieve the goal of exceeding the speed of light?

Huge 'deep pits' like stars cannot be simulated for the time being, but the same type of micro-traps can be created by imitating gravity and gravitational pull. If these can be concentrated on the waterway, with a kind of 'edge' The form of "walking and folding" continuously creates a spatial distortion field in front, and perhaps the purpose can be achieved in another form;

With this expectation in mind, scholars began to experiment with this concept.

In the early days, they went through a very difficult search process because the existing observable objects were still too rare and not too powerful in terms of quality;

But when the Proxima 3, Proxima 2, Proxima 4, and Proxima 5 exploration ships arrived at the target one after another, the star bodies one after another came into the sight of the high-level spellcasters on board the ship, thus once again increasing the attention of the scholars. perturbation database;

And the impact of such changes is significant, especially since neutron stars, with their presence that seems to be able to penetrate space, have become the biggest driver of this technological progress.

The powerful gravitational field disturbance it displayed not only increased the speed of the variable frequency engine to 0.7 times that of light, but also caused a qualitative change in the Republic's simulated gravity and space technology;

The data and technical knowledge brought about by this qualitative change gave the envisioned "folding and practicing" a basis for realization, and a usable technical template was born in the research, and thus Raw inscription equipment;

As a result, technology exploration has entered a new stage.

During the process, a small spacecraft equipped with a verification engine stopped when it thought it had traveled about 1,000 kilometers;

But to the outside world, the real distance it traveled was 1,100 kilometers, and the difference was the 'jump' effect achieved by the new technology.

And for the unoptimized ‘Unit No. 1’, it is already a very good achievement to finally achieve such data under the constraints of energy, power, and algorithms.

After that, the experiment was completed in medium and large spaceships, and was also verified in small and medium fortresses, and finally came to the moment of "it's time to go to the large fortress";

By this time, scholars have named the application terminal of this new technology as the 'space jump engine', and its performance in terms of speed, frequency, energy consumption, etc. is also considered to be sufficient for use, and has been fully studied. security testing;

Therefore, a large fortress that was in urgent need of this capability was selected and became the first subject to be technologically updated.

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Scholars who participated in the warp engine development project came to the black hole exploration fortress in the form of projections and joined forces with Nesta's clone here, as well as the casters on the ship with Coarse Teeth. Targeted transformation actions were launched.

While the fortress was still flying at high speed, they used the materials in stock to specially manufacture a batch of 'jump variable frequency composite engines', and after careful planning, they properly arranged them within the ship's space.

Then, under the gaze of billions of eyes inside and outside the Republic, this fortress launched this new technological application on itself for the first time.

In an instant, the surrounding starry sky seemed to be distorted in some way, but the elves inside the fortress did not have too many feelings because of this, and looked at each other as if they were unaware and asked "whether it is effective";

At least, the data displayed on the instrument panel is still '0.7 times the speed of light'.

But if you can observe it from the outside, you will find that it is traveling at a speed that was previously unimaginable, in a very strange state, and the process does not take as long as it did in the past.

It is a process of accumulating speed bit by bit, but it is a substantial acceleration in an instant.

The first level jumped from 0.7 times at the beginning to 0.9 times;

In the second gear, as the output rate of the inscription effect increases, the speed of light is broken through without any trouble, and the change rate of the fortress's spatial coordinates also jumps to 1.5 times that of light in an instant;

In the third gear, the energy output rate continues to rise, the frequency of engine effects increases again, the control efficiency of the fortress brain increases, and the spatial coordinate change rate reaches 2.5 times the level of light;

At the final fourth gear, with the maximum output of all relevant influencing factors, the fortress' external test data finally stopped at a level of 3.5 times the speed of light, which is also the current real speed peak.

At the same time, there has still not been any substantial change in its internal perception of speed. In any traditional detection using the spacecraft itself as the starting point, its speed remains at about 0.7 times the speed of light that could previously be achieved.

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But the results of external observations are quite clear.

In fact, the 'outside' and the distorted space exist within the same horizon, but it is the state of the fortress itself that is truly abnormal.

In the process of its continuous advancement, the fortress itself has always been in a state that is sometimes clear and sometimes hazy;

Each 'clarity' represents the end of the previous jump and the preparation for the next jump;

Each 'hazy' signifies that the jumping process is in progress, and the twisted space will wrap around the jumping fortress like a layer of bubbles, making it look extremely illusory.

Although this feeling seems a bit mysterious and dreamy, it actually means that there are obvious shortcomings in the technology.

Because in theory, being in a 'hazy' state is the best mode of travel, because it means that the jump is continued without interruption;

But now it appears and disappears like a hide-and-seek, which means that the engine's jumping effect has not yet reached the best level in the same 'level' in terms of starting frequency.

But for the time being, this level is enough.

After integrating multiple data and performing calculations, it can be seen that it can form a relative speed of 5 times based on the fortress's basic speed, and it can only rely on wide-area variable frequency traction capabilities to achieve a basic basic speed of 0.7 times that of light.

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In other words, the light sail propulsion system temporarily withdrew from the stage of interstellar navigation under such unexpected circumstances and at a time that no one could have imagined;

Perhaps, those holy light generators manufactured before should be diverted from now on and use their residual heat as defensive weapons.

For the Republic, such changes are certainly a good thing.

First of all, this greatly enhances our own flexibility in interstellar navigation. When exploring undeveloped star fields, we no longer have to worry about the return journey, nor do we have to be stingy about reducing our speed midway;

Secondly, the exploration and development of star groups in the 40 light-year range or even beyond will be shorter and less difficult than expected, and thus harvest a large amount of material resources and new observation objects;

Finally, new observation objects also mean harvesting new knowledge and improving old knowledge, and technical capabilities will also be improved. If this is just Chudan's new engine, it will complement each other with the accumulation of more data samples.

achieved new breakthroughs.

As for now, there are also unstoppable cheers ringing out from inside the fortress

Because they knew that the journey that was originally estimated to last 1,300 years was shortened to only about 300 years just because the technology was not yet fully mature.

(End of chapter)