" Old Gao, this method of transmission can't possibly reach infinitely far, right? Spacetime motion also slows down."
"That's right, we've tested it. Space motion decelerates very quickly, slowing to 500 times the speed of light at one light-year and to zero at two light-years, while electromagnetic waves continue to propagate at the speed of light. The limitations are significant, but it's still much better than electromagnetic waves; it's barely usable. Compared to your four-dimensional communication network's ultra-long-distance, low-latency, and zero-error-rate capabilities, it's indeed far inferior."
"I understand, but what does this have to do with spatial teleportation?"
"You don't understand anything! Didn't you hear it? The compressed space is moving at a thousand times the speed of light, while the electromagnetic waves within it are practically motionless. The moving space is like a train, and the electromagnetic waves are like the people traveling on that train. The electromagnetic waves are carried far away by space; isn't that space itself shifting?"
"That makes some sense, but I'm actually more interested in your space compressor."
"I know you're smarter than a rat, but it's useless. The space compressor and the warp drive are based on the same mechanism, which cannot compress space over a large area. It's completely different from the space compression attack used by the Xuan Star Civilization, so don't have any illusions. The reason I let you continue to research space transfer is because we've tested it by putting physical matter into this space compressor."
"It worked?"
"If it had succeeded, would I still need your research? Back then, we put a small metal ball inside the space compressor and launched it out of the compressor along with the space. The metal ball did indeed travel at faster-than-light speed, but it quickly escaped the high-speed space and only traveled a distance of less than one light-second."
"Only one light-second? That's pretty useless. This thing travels at the same speed as the spaceship. Even if we succeed in developing it, it won't be of much use."
"Useless? Zeng Zhaoyuan, you dare say it's useless?" Gao Zhengyang got angry at Academician Zeng's calm and collected demeanor.
"Two academicians, calm down, calm down. What's wrong with you two? You're usually getting along so well. Why are you arguing over academic issues?" Academician Liu Bo quickly stepped in to smooth things over when he saw that the two were getting a little agitated.
"Haha, Academician Liu, don't mind them. You don't know, they've been arguing since their Earth days. As the saying goes, if you don't argue for a day, you feel uneasy; if you don't argue for two days, your whole body aches; if you don't argue for a week, it's like you have a terminal illness. Today, these two have been holding back all morning for the sake of everyone's harmony. As the saying goes, if not now, when? Hahaha." Academician Li Youwei laughed loudly, causing the surrounding academicians to burst into laughter as well.
"Oh, I see. Hehe, I understand, I understand."
Seeing everyone laughing, Academician Zeng and Academician Gao also smiled awkwardly, and the atmosphere returned to its normal harmonious state.
"Please excuse my poor performance. I haven't argued in over a thousand years, but my urge to argue got the better of me, and I couldn't help myself. Please excuse my poor performance. Old Gao, please continue. I promise I won't argue anymore," Academician Zeng said with a smile.
"Alright, I'll continue. This thing is incredibly useful. During warp drive, warships are visible because only the curvature of the space in front of and behind them changes. But when you're transporting planets, the planets are invisible because the warship warps the entire surrounding space. When we experimented with metal spheres, the metal spheres were also invisible because the space in which they moved was larger than the volume of the metal sphere. The space in which they moved was like an undercurrent in water; substances in undercurrents are very difficult to detect. Using this technology, we can silently deliver all kinds of offensive weapons to the enemy."
"Even if the enemy monitors space constantly and discovers the existence of spatial turbulence, it doesn't matter. We can use feints and real attacks, launching countless spatial turbulences, some of which will carry weapons. This way, the enemy will be caught off guard."
"Hey, Old Gao, I'm not just arguing, but according to our theory of Basic Space, Basic Space is composed of Basic Energy, Basic Energy is composed of Basic Matter. In other words, the Basic Space carried by this small metal sphere is far greater than the space of the universe. It's like a big rock in a river; no matter how fast the current flows, it can't carry the rock far away, right?"
"Yes, we gave up after countless experiments, but after seeing your energy sphere, I picked it up again. According to Academician Liu's theory of Basic Space and Basic Energy, Basic Energy needs to be combined in a certain structure to form matter and generate mass. The manufacture of the energy sphere breaks this Perfect Structure, so it has no mass. Therefore, even though it contains a lot of Basic Space, it can still be transported over long distances. The fundamental reason why metal spheres cannot be transported over long distances is their mass, not the amount of Basic Space."
" Little Liu, is what Old Gao said reasonable? Is it possible to throw energy balls over long distances?"
" Academician Gao's statement makes sense. Basic Energy does indeed need to be combined in Perfect Structure to have an impact on space. Our largest energy sphere is transformed from hundreds of millions of tons of matter, but it has no mass, no gravity, and no effect on the surrounding space, so it has the potential to be projected over long distances."
"In that case, let's start mass production of the space compressor immediately. This is indeed much easier, and it even saves us the trouble of packaging the energy sphere. By the way, Old Gao, won't the compressor damage the stable structure of the energy sphere? This thing is quite fragile."
"No, I've studied your energy sphere. Although it's relatively fragile, don't forget that our space compressor needs to transmit signals. The space inside can't be compressed randomly; it's actually quite regular and relatively stable. So the energy sphere won't be greatly affected."
"Alright, I'll report to the General and start production immediately. Ah, I remember now, isn't this exactly what the Xuan Star Civilization's laser weapons are like? They use spatial teleportation to carry high-energy lasers, why didn't you do that?"
"Who says we didn't do it? We've been using this weapon all along."
"Why didn't you say so earlier?! Besides, I've never seen you use it before."
"First of all, since our meeting, when have you ever seen us participate in the war? It's always been you fighting. Secondly, our energy level is insufficient, so laser weapons are quite useless. They can only have a certain impact on Early Star System-Level. Intermediate Star System-Level and advanced galactic civilizations can basically defend against our laser weapons, so we have always relied mainly on antimatter weapons. Haven't you basically abandoned laser weapons as well?"
"Sigh, that's true. It seems we need to pick up laser weapons again. These energy spheres should be able to enhance the power of lasers. We'll study them again later."
" Zeng Zhaoyuan, have you lost your mind?! Turn the energy ball into a laser!!!"