Warp Experiment in the Laboratory
This is certainly something to be happy about, because people can learn a lot from this Warp Engine, and being able to learn means that humanity has truly reached the level of understanding the structure of Warp Engine. This may seem like a sudden understanding, but it is actually a manifestation of human progress.
The advent of Astronomical-Level Collider has enabled humanity to truly glimpse the spectacle of Warp drives from the windows. Thanks to the Mechanical Specialization, human engineers have gained the necessary skills to understand the various structures, layouts, and design principles of Warp Engine.
Nothing is accidental.
From another perspective, humanity's understanding of this Warp Engine has laid a very solid foundation for future human navigation technology.
If humanity were to develop its own Warp Engine from scratch, without any references, it would undoubtedly take a long time to perfect it. To achieve a higher level of navigation technology, humanity would need to optimize the Warp Engine over an extended period.
However, things are different with this Warp Engine as a reference. Engineers conservatively estimate that by absorbing the technology, structural layout, and design concept of this Warp Engine, humanity can save at least several thousand years of struggle.
It's no exaggeration to say that if humanity masters the Grand Unified Theory, it could directly skip the initial stage of Level 4 Civilization in terms of navigation technology. With such Engine Technology, once humanity successfully reaches the Level 4 Civilization level, it will at least be faster than other early Level 4 Civilization.
These were all predictable.
However, at this stage, humanity still needs to be grounded in its research on Warp Engine. Of course, we must continue conducting collision experiments, while also diligently exploring the Grand Unified Theory. Tachyon; all technologies need to advance simultaneously.
Finally, the year after the dismantling of the Warp Engine arrived. In this year, humanity, with its understanding of Warp Engine and its level of mechanical engineering, developed the first Warp Engine. Well, the first rudimentary Warp Engine in a laboratory.
The things in the lab aren't necessarily small. On the contrary, this Warp Engine is enormous because it's easier to build something large than something small. The entire engine could fill the area of three football fields, making it the smallest Warp Engine that humans can ever create.
Now, the Warp Engine is placed in a spacious and specialized experimental area, surrounded by all kinds of detection equipment, including various laser rangefinders and displacement testing units. Groups of engineers are also moving around the Warp Engine, propelled by their clothing, like fish in water.
"Chief, the Warp test is about to begin. The engineers are currently conducting final safety checks on the engine."
Command Center, an experiment supervisor pointed to the engineers moving up and down the field, holding the corresponding equipment and checking the Warp Engine, and began to explain the experiment to Yue Yuan.
"This is the drive component, this is the engine's fuel combustion chamber energy transmission device, and this is the engine's core working area. It's the area that truly creates Mass Potential Well effect in space, and it's the most crucial part of the Warp Engine. The entire engine body is made of No. 2 Alloy Material, so compressive strength and high-temperature resistance are not issues."
Yue Yuan didn't speak, but listened to the introduction by the experimental physicist named Qi Huo while looking out the window at the massive Warp Engine.
After listening to the introduction, Yue Yuan gradually formed a general understanding of the experiment's outline, steps, and objectives. Now that all the parameters of the Warp Engine were set, they were just waiting for the final testing to complete before the Warp experiment could begin.
Because we haven't yet mastered Grand Unified Theory, humanity lacks the ability to mass-produce Antimatter. Therefore, this Warp experiment conducted in the laboratory could only be powered by existing energy systems. This is unavoidable, and for this reason, many scientists are not optimistic about the experiment's outcome.
They felt that using the energy system of Level 3 Civilization to power the creations of Level 4 Civilization would likely be unsuccessful, as the energy level was not high enough to reach the point where the Warp Engine would produce a space distortion effect.
However, many scientists were skeptical and, lacking any other good solutions at the time, decided to give it a try. After all, no one expected that humanity would surpass the Grand Unified Theory and even develop an experimental version of the Warp Engine.
Just then, the final checks were finally completed.
Inside the experimental Command Center, announcements from staff or the system could be heard.
"Human Civilization's first Warp Engine experiment has officially begun!"
"Energy system supply is normal, currently connecting to engine input."
"The Warp loading object has been determined, the Warp Bubble parameters have been adjusted to the target, and the Three-Dimensional Space parameters of the Warp Bubble have been determined. The Warp Bubble shape function loading is complete."
"Warp Engine ignition countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7"
Humans are still self-aware, so the target of this first Warp Engine experiment was not the Warp Engine itself, but a very thin platinum sheet, weighing only 0.1 grams. The so-called three-dimensional parameters and shape of the Warp Bubble in the voice broadcast all refer to this platinum sheet, which is less than the size of a fingernail.
Judging from the parameters alone, the Warp Bubble generated by this Warp Engine can indeed be set up to envelop the entire Warp Engine. However, the energy required to move an object with such a large mass as the Warp Engine is unimaginably enormous, and it is simply impossible for humanity's current Level 3 Civilization to achieve this with its energy technology.
Therefore, smaller and lighter platinum plates are the only option.
The platinum sheet used as the experimental subject was placed at the interruption point of the massive Warp Engine, a location specifically designed for the Warp loading zone of the experiment.
The platinum sheet had already been placed here and was kept still by laser beams.
Once the experiment reaches this stage, it becomes simple. Just start the Warp Engine and observe whether the platinum plate shifts to determine if the experiment was successful.
As the countdown Zeroing, the Warp Engine in the vacuum environment instantly lit up with a bright blue light. It was the color of the many indicator lights that came together after the machine was officially turned on. Looking out from the window of the laboratory Command Center, it seemed as if a faint blue technological light was shining through.
The light lasted for ten seconds before being shut down amidst a series of alarms indicating insufficient energy supply from the system.
Clearly, the engineers realized that the first experiment had failed, but they still took a look at the displacement parameters of the platinum plate, and sure enough, it was zero.