"So, what earth-shattering discovery did you actually make?"
The corners of Fang Xu's eyes twitched repeatedly as he asked Lü Yongchang, stressing every word.
Lü Yongchang chuckled and reached out to pull a Holographic Image toward him.
With a few strokes, he sketched a simple spacetime model on it.
"Everyone, we've overlooked an important issue."
"When the Warp Drive starts up, the two opposing gravitational fields at the front and rear draw large numbers of particles into the gravitational field ahead of the Starship."
As he spoke, Lü Yongchang jabbed his index finger at a region of the projection.
"In the end, these particles all gather in front of the Curvature Bubble."
"The longer we spend in Curvature Navigation, the more particles accumulate."
"At the same time, the energy they contain also keeps increasing during Curvature Navigation!"
"Wait!" He Bilin interrupted Lü Yongchang with a frown. "Where does their energy come from?"
"The Warp Drive?"
"Yes." Lü Yongchang nodded, confirming He Bilin's suggestion. "I just checked Curvature One's energy consumption after it entered the curvature state and found that it was slightly higher than I'd estimated."
"At first, I thought it was a margin of error."
"Now it seems it wasn't an error at all. These particles were responsible."
"It's essentially extra resistance the Curvature Bubble has to overcome as it moves forward."
He Bilin nodded thoughtfully.
"I think I understand."
"When the Starship exits Curvature Navigation, the particles can remain in that state for a short time because their mass and size are far smaller than the Starship's."
"And during that time, ordinary observation instruments can't detect them because they're still in Curvature Navigation."
"What's more, they contain enormous amounts of energy. Once they hit an object blocking their path, they'll..."
He Bilin abruptly spread his hand. "Boom!"
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