People came and went, busy and bustling, laughing and joking, sunrise and sunset, the people of JD4 lived day after day, and in the blink of an eye, another 1000 years had passed.
The number of Grim Slayer has reached 250 million, all equipped with Reversed State Armor. In Hu Yu's own fleet, this is the strongest shield. During an accidental inspection, a strange thing was discovered: the Reversed State Armor that was initially equipped on Wind Master had changed. Originally, the Reversed State Armor was assembled from small cubes. Since Grim Slayer are not flat, there are bound to be various protrusions and depressions between the small cubes.
However, at this moment, these originally uneven Reversed State Armor layers had all fused together. If the engineer in charge of the maintenance had not discovered that the outermost armor had undergone a one-micron deformation, he would never have known that the Reversed State Armor inside had undergone such a change.
For a 5,000-meter-long giant warship, a deformation of one micrometer is nothing to worry about. However, it is strange that a large number of the Grim Slayer armor layers have deformed, which is very problematic. Moreover, the Grim Slayer has not been involved in any battles in recent years, so the armor layers should not have deformed.
The meticulous engineer immediately suspected that the problem might be with the Reversed State Armor. After all, this type of armor had not yet been tested in actual combat, and if something went wrong, it would affect the entire fleet. The engineer immediately opened the outer armor layer and immediately saw that the Reversed State Armor layer had become a smooth, integrated structure.
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, the engineer immediately reported it to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. As a result, Academician Li Youwei and Academician Liu Bo from the Academy of Sciences rushed to the scene.
The outermost armor of the warship had been completely removed, revealing the pitch-black Reversed State Armor layer inside. The Reversed State Armor, which was originally pieced together like building blocks, was now as smooth as a mirror. Seeing this, the two academicians were also puzzled. It was clearly made up of small cubes, but how could it become smooth like dough after being left for a long time?
Academician Li immediately inspected the other Grim Slayer. After examination, he found that the Reversed State Armor that was over 1,000 years old had all fused into one and could no longer be separated. Those between 500 and 1,000 years old could still be seen as having their original blocky shape, but they had also begun to fuse and could not be separated. Only those less than 500 years old could be forcibly separated using machinery, and the closer to 500 years old, the greater the force required by the machinery.
" Academician Liu, what happened?"
"Didn't you do this? I'm even more confused than you."
"Yes, I came up with this myself," Academician Li Youwei said with an awkward laugh.
" Academician Li, regardless of the reason, why don't we test the defense capabilities first?"
"Okay, I'll contact the general for approval right away."
Upon learning of this bizarre event, Hu Yu, Academician Zeng, and others rushed to the scene. The Grim Slayer before them were all pitch black, exuding an even more chilling aura than the original armor.
"General."
"I understand, let's test it."
The testing procedure was simple and brutal. A Grim Slayer with its outer armor removed flew to a distance, and then various weapons were used in order of increasing strength: high-energy particle beams, high-energy lasers, antimatter, energy balls, all of which were ineffective. Attacks with special frequency electromagnetic waves and gravitational waves were converted into pure energy. Everything was no different from the Reversed State cube.
"Could it be that after these things are fused, they will also Perfect Structure?" Academician Li asked.
"It's possible, Academician Li. I think this thing is like two ice cubes. When two ice cubes are put together, they will fuse into one ice cube, but structurally, they are still ice cubes. Originally, each of these two cubes had its own outermost structure. When two Reversed State cubes are put together, they may share an outermost structure, which seems a bit like the structure of a covalent bond."
"I think so too, but why does it become a smooth surface after they merge?"
"You forgot? This Reversed State is amplified from the structure of elementary particles. So after the fusion, the entire surface of the ship can actually be seen as an amplified particle. Countless small particles merge to form a large particle. Although the large particle has a limited mass, it is still macroscopic matter. Therefore, the edges and corners will be stretched by the weight of the warship itself, causing deformation. Or perhaps, like a fluid, it will become smooth, and then we will see the shape we see now."
"It seems we are far from fully understanding the theory of Perfect Structure."
"I acted on impulse and came up with this thing. I never imagined it would come this far. Academician Li, I admire you so much!"
"If it weren't for your impulsive decision, I'd be banging my head against walls everywhere; I wouldn't even be able to walk. Haha."
"Two academicians, could you tell me about the advantages and disadvantages of this? I'm not interested in your theories, let's get practical," Hu Yu said with a smile.
"General, as you've seen from the tests, there aren't many benefits. These blocks will no longer be broken apart, reducing the necessity of the outer armor. Additionally, the defensive capabilities will be slightly improved. The downside is that future repairs will be inconvenient. This thing can't be cut open, can't be dismantled, and we don't even know how to scrap it."
"Scrapped? How could something this good be scrapped? But maintenance isn't a big deal. With this, the armor basically doesn't need maintenance anymore. The equipment inside the spaceship can still be maintained normally, it won't be affected."
"General, I still want to work with Academician Li to study the topic of Perfect Structure. There has been no progress in the field of space exploration for over a thousand years. I'd like to change direction; perhaps we can make a breakthrough. After all, Basic Space and Basic Energy are also closely connected to space."
"Well, it's up to you to decide. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. We now have the strength to fight the Xuan Star Civilization. Even without relying on the space vortex, as long as our fleet numbers exceed those of the Xuan Star Civilization, we still have a chance to win. Before, the difference between us and the Xuan Star Civilization was like that between sticks and tanks and cannons. Now it's like that between bows and arrows and spears and machine guns. As long as we have more numbers, we have a chance to win."
"Sigh, space, space, it's right beside me, yet I don't understand it."
" Academician Liu, don't be discouraged. Perhaps, as you said, a different approach can lead to a solution. Although I study the microscopic world, if your Basic Space Theory is indeed valid, moving from a microscopic perspective to a macroscopic one might not be a bad path."
" Academician Li, I'll be relying on you in the future; I might need to involve you in our research on the microscopic world."
"Don't talk about trouble or not, it's all for the fleet."
"Yes, everything for the fleet, for our nation."
"Gentlemen, if that's the case, I can only say thank you on behalf of everyone."