The moment those words fell, a chorus of sharp gasps rose inside the Human Federation Command Center on Kepler-452.
"Hiss..."
Beside him, Zhao Zijie drew in a quiet breath. "Space... can develop rifts too?"
As he spoke, deep confusion filled his eyes.
"Of course it can."
Before Lü Yongchang could respond, Fang Xu began explaining from a short distance away.
"The basic principle of a warp drive is to distort spacetime, or, put another way, space."
"When that distortion reaches an extreme, abnormal conditions arise."
"In earlier theories, a black hole was what formed when spacetime distortion reached that extreme."
"But during the Academy of Sciences' latest research, we discovered another possibility."
"A rift can appear in smooth space." Lü Yongchang picked up where Fang Xu had left off. "This was a phenomenon we discovered during an experiment... no, more accurately, an indication."
As he spoke, he pulled over the nearby Holographic Projection and began explaining in detail.
"During curvature navigation, we need to generate two completely opposing gravitational fields in front of and behind the spacecraft, creating positive and negative spacetime distortions. This moves space itself, carrying the starship within it along."
"That is the principle behind a warp drive."
"To keep the warship safe, we need to keep it inside a stable curvature bubble."
"But what if... we removed that curvature bubble?"
"We would bring the positively and negatively distorted regions of spacetime into close contact, creating a sufficiently powerful spacetime distortion."
Zhao Zijie stared blankly at the images in the Holographic Projection and swallowed reflexively.
These scientists...
What kinds of experiments were they doing every day?!
Even though he knew nothing about this technology, he could still sense the danger hidden in that experiment.
"Isn't that... dangerous?" he asked.
"Dangerous?" Lü Yongchang looked at Zhao Zijie in