When in doubt, quantum mechanics
When in doubt, Quantum Mechanics.
Listening to Dao Heiqi's eloquent speech, Yue Yuan couldn't help but recall a certain saying.
The words were somewhat sarcastic, but Yue Yuan knew very well that Dao Heiqi's statements were all based on evidence and included corresponding calculations. He didn't understand the mathematical calculations involved, but he could understand them by listening.
So now he's more confident that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, this experiment will most likely succeed.
As Yue Yuan had predicted, the Neutrino Detection results were quickly displayed on the visual device after the experiment began.
Yes, it's the screen of the neutrino control terminal, and the rows of staff computer screens. Those are the strings of characters and symbols displayed there.
Yue Yuan wisely avoided looking at the primary information and data, instead turning his head to the large central display screen. The screen showed the results of numerous Research Personnel summarizing and transcoding various digital and analog signals; this was the part he could truly understand.
After the detection results were rendered by the computer, the scene presented to Yue Yuan was a picture with a star map as the background and various parameters of the target marked. Perhaps due to human habits, this picture was somewhat similar to radar scanning.
However, unlike the bright target one might expect, the target in the picture was very clear, and even the outline of the warship appeared on it.
"How can it be so clear? Is it because they knew in advance that it was Callisto Warship and Escort Ship, and then rendered it by computer?" Seeing this result, Yue Yuan frowned. He wondered if these people had deliberately done this because he had come.
"Huh? What?" Dao Heiqi, who was seriously fiddling with the parameters, seemed not to understand Yue Yuan's words.
Upon seeing this, Yue Yuan repeated his question.
After hearing it clearly, Dao Heiqi replied, "How could that be, Commander Yue? Look at this."
Dao Heiqi first zoomed in on the target on the screen, zooming it in until it almost filled the entire screen. Then he pointed to the outline of the target, the Callisto Warship: "Commander Yue, you see, the target's border is actually very blurry. Not only the border, but other details are also very blurry, as if a layer of ink has been applied."
As you know, we don't have such low resolution. If we deliberately made it like this using a computer, it would be not only difficult but also a waste of time. So these are actually the real detection results.
The reason for the ambiguity is quite simple: it's the error rate of Quantum Entanglement —well, it's the error of our detector itself, not Quantum Entanglement itself.
To put it simply, the errors occur when our detector observes the collapse of entangled states. The more errors there are, the blurrier the target becomes, and vice versa. The blurriness we are seeing now is likely due to an error rate of about 16%.
Dao Heiqi paused, seemingly considering the wording. After circling around twice, he continued, "A 16% error rate seems high, but in reality it's very low. According to our estimation, the detector can only properly identify the target if the accuracy rate is above 50%."
The reason lies in Quantum Entanglement; after all, our Neutrino Detection emits not just one neutrino, but a massive number. In fact, we owe our high accuracy to the Neutrino Communicator manufacturing technology of the Moke Star Civilization.
Listening to Dao Heiqi's explanation, Yue Yuan's face gradually broke into a smile. Now, the Neutrino Detection was truly a success.
"If I remember correctly, Neutrino Communication and Neutrino Detection are things that only Level 2 Civilization can master!" Yue Yuan recalled the past and muttered this.
"Yes, Chief. That's exactly what the Nano Consciousness of the Moke Star Civilization said back then. If the content comes from the Moke Star Civilization's database, it's probably correct." The one who answered him wasn't Dao Heiqi, but Zhao Youqin, the second person in charge of the Neutrino Detection project.
"We've finally taken this step!" Yue Yuan nodded to Zhao Youqin.
As the leader with a comprehensive view of the situation, Yue Yuan knew that all of this had not been easy. From obtaining the Neutrino Communicator to humanity figuring out the principles and building its own Neutrino Detection, the process took hundreds of years.
While both are neutrino-related technologies, humanity cannot simply start by developing the manufacturing technology of one and then directly attempt to create the other. Instead, we must first return to the scientific principles, understand the underlying principles, and only then can we find a way to manufacture them.
In this process, the previous Neutrino Communicator did play a certain role, but they were only equivalent to the handrails on the stairs. The actual stairs had to be built by humans step by step, starting with the research of reinforced concrete.
If the Neutrino Communicator obtained from the Moke Star Civilization was considered Black Technology to the newcomers, then this technology is no longer cutting-edge, because humanity has now understood its scientific principles.
The emergence of these two neutrino technologies also means that humanity has reached the level of Level 2 Civilization in terms of detection and communication technologies.
With the Neutrino Detection in place, if there are future Asteroid Belt battles, humanity will not need to send any Escort Ship as eyes; instead, it can directly use the Neutrino Detection for detection.
They could simply stay hidden behind asteroids or other major planets and then use a shipborne Neutrino Detection to scan the surrounding area.
At the same time, this thing is also the best means of detection inside the Star System, and all warships hidden behind stars, planets and meteorites have nowhere to hide.
After witnessing the power of the neutrino Technology Tree, Yue Yuan finally understood why advanced civilizations could crush Low-level Civilization.
In terms of communication and detection technology alone, they completely outclass each other.
Not to mention its signature technology, cold and Heavy Nuclear Fusion.
These two core technologies have two key advantages. First, they raise the energy level, allowing the spaceship to easily break through Tier 1 Civilization 15% speed of light limit, a barrier that even a Type I civilization struggles to overcome. Second, they broaden the energy sources. Previously, replenishing energy required finding Giant Gaseous Planet or protium Protium Deuterium Tritium, Helium-4, but now it only needs to find rocks.
It can be said that by mastering these two core technologies, the universe would be a vast energy supply network. Civilizations that reach this level would have completely broken free from energy limitations.
Of course, it still depends on the Star System.
The changes brought about by the successful Heavy Nuclear Fusion and Cold Nuclear Fusion are not limited to these, but these will only be truly realized after humanity masters Heavy Nuclear Fusion.
According to relevant scientists, if all goes well, Heavy Nuclear Fusion will still take another thirty years.
For an Aerospace Civilization, thirty years is not a long time. It is not even enough to witness a person's entire life from birth to graduation, nor enough to witness any human being grow old.