"Then... where did the ball go?"
He Bilin's puzzled voice came from behind him.
Lü Yongchang frowned as well.
Yes.
Where had the ball gone?
"Zero, replay the experiment in slow motion," Lü Yongchang ordered directly.
The holographic projection changed accordingly.
Slowed down a millionfold, the ball moved "slowly" forward.
This was the result of two opposing gravitational fields acting together.
The instant both gravitational fields reached medium star intensity, the ball suddenly vanished from the image!
Then the slow-motion footage shook violently!
"Replay it again. Increase the slowdown to ten millionfold."
Lü Yongchang spoke with an extremely grave expression.
Ten millionfold, twenty millionfold, a hundred millionfold...
No matter how much Lü Yongchang slowed the footage, the high-speed camera had failed to capture the process of the ball disappearing.
"Curvature navigation."
"A high-speed camera can't capture the trajectory of an object moving faster than light." Lü Yongchang let out a long breath, sounding relieved. "So we can be fairly certain that the test object entered curvature navigation the instant the gravitational fields reached medium star intensity."
"But..."
"Where's the ball?" He Bilin asked quietly. "Even if it entered curvature navigation, it shouldn't just vanish!"
Lü Yongchang's gaze shifted.
He recalled the anomaly that had occurred during the first experiment.
"Zero, have you found any fragments from the ball breaking apart inside the test chamber?"
"No fragments of the ball have been found," Zero promptly replied. "Conducting a second scan..."
"Correction: an unidentified powdery substance has been found."
"Location: near the test chamber wall."
"Analyzing substance composition..."
The electronic synthesized voice rang out continuously in the laboratory, accompanied by alarms.
"Powder?"
"And it was found near the test chamber wall?"
Lü Yongchang stared blankly at the holographic projection as an incredible conjecture arose in his mind.
Driven by the immensely powerful