Chapter 353 Old Eden

In the virtual space, warships cannot turn and leave in advance. That is to say, once it enters the state of warp speed, the ship will go all the way to darkness at night, unable to brake or turn along the way. Of course, there will always be bold people in the world, changing the curvature in the virtual space, or even artificially stopping the warp drive, has happened more than once in the history of interstellar navigation. They threatened to create miracles and change the status quo, but, without exception, these people never came back after entering the virtual space.

Although in the state of warp speed navigation, the spaceship is not enough to interrupt the transition by its own ability and leave the virtual space. However, if there is an intercepting device in the real universe, it can reverse the warp force field, interfere with the transition of the spacecraft, neutralize the space-time bubble, and make it escape from the virtual space and appear in the real universe.

This kind of external interception will have a certain negative impact on the spacecraft. Just like the "hard straight" in some video games, the ship's electrical system of the intercepted spacecraft will be impacted and will be offline for a period of time.

It is conceivable how unfavorable the situation will be if it is intercepted by an enemy ship while sailing at warp speed. Therefore, between some important star systems on the edge of the country's territory, the government will not hesitate to spend a lot of money to establish a warp speed interception chain.

Of course, warp speed interception chains cannot cover the whole country, they only exist in some important, or disputed, sensitive areas.

For example, the countries that signed the armistice agreement between the Sulu Empire and the Monya Empire, the Aslam star system is 8.7 light-years away from the Rotterdanton star system of the Sulu Empire. In order to show their sincerity, the two sides could not help but drastically reduce the garrisons and warp speed interception equipment on the border, and opened up new trade routes.

In places like this where the border situation is not very tense, the governments of various countries will deploy a large number of warp speed probes in the uninhabited lands that are several light-years across the star system. Like the warp interception device, the warp probe is also a copycat from Epsilon technology. This small unmanned platform does not have the ability to intercept and attack. They have only one function. Once a spaceship in a state of warp speed passes through its range of action, it will spend a very small amount of zero element resources to pierce the space-time bubble like a needle. Collect data such as curvature, heading, and special codes, and then send these data to the nearest border observation station through the quantum communication terminal.

The computer of the observation station passes a certain algorithm. The general coordinate value of the spaceship leaving the virtual space can be calculated. Just imagine, if your whereabouts were known by the enemy, and then arranged for a group of warships to sit on the sidelines, what would happen? Think about it with your ass.

To sum up, in the war between countries, if you want to play a lone army in-depth, long-distance raids, beheading actions and so on. That's just nonsense. The most conservative and safe way of aggression is head-to-head combat. However, because there are a large number of space-based defense weapon platforms on the border and heavily guarded by troops, the attacker will inevitably pay several times the battle damage of the opponent if he wants to break through the defender's border defense.

The above not only involves the military level, but also applies to civilian-level interstellar navigation. Therefore, Grant, Nehemiah and others have such nervous emotions.

If there is a relay station in the Tianchao star area, then everything is easy to talk about. If not. We must make another plan and come up with a safe and secure way of smuggling.

Regarding the concerns of the two, Tang Fang was well aware of them. Hehe smiled: "I just went to the central control room of the ruins because of this. There is a relay station in the Tianchao star area."

"Here, these are the azimuth coordinates of the relay station." Tang Fang drew a series of interstellar coordinates on the multi-function pda and handed them to Nehemiah.

"Huh..." The two looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief. There is a relay station in the Tianchao star area, and the "zero element particle space effect field generator" can be used for hyperwarp navigation, which is fast, convenient, safe and reliable.

"What's the matter, I'm right." Nehemiah looked at Grant who was inputting coordinates into the star charter and said, "This kid has already made up his mind. He just didn't tell us the details."

After the old man finished speaking, he waited for a long time without hearing a response, and looked up. I saw Grant maintaining the input posture, staring blankly at the star map projection in mid-air. It's like petrification.

"Huh?" Nehemiah swept his gaze upwards, and when he looked at the area of ​​the star map where the bright spot was located, two flashes of light shot out of his dim old eyes, and he was stunned.

At this time, Tang Fang, who had listened to the work report of the ship officer Yuffie, happened to turn his head and look back at the two of them. Seeing this scene, he frowned: "Grant, what, is there something wrong?"

"Tang...Tang Fang, are you sure the coordinates you gave me are correct?" Grant swallowed hard and said.

"Absolutely right, why, is there a problem?" Not only did he remember the coordinates, but Emma also knew that if she made a mistake, she would definitely remind herself.

"You...you can see for yourself." Grant pressed the "Rotate" button casually, and the huge star map projected above his head rotated, and the highlighted coordinate points appeared in front of Tang Fang.

Generally speaking, on this kind of local star map, the distribution of star systems has no specific rules, and most of them are uneven. Strangely enough, the bright spots appear within a gyroscopic band of nebulae. This gyro-shaped nebula is like an independent celestial system, and there is a buffer zone between it and other star systems in the Tiannuo star system.

According to the ratio of the star map, the length of this isolation buffer zone is about 30 light-years, and there is no 30-light-year buffer zone with any large celestial bodies!

"This...is the 'Lost Land'?" After looking at the star map for a long time, Tang Fang finally realized.

The so-called "Lost Land" is actually what some people in the Hillenbel region call this gyro-shaped celestial body. In addition, it has several other names such as "Eye of the Storm", "Atlantis", and "Old Eden".

This gyro-shaped celestial body is the most famous and special existence in the Tianchao star region. Just like its several titles describe. "Atlantis"------the disappearing civilization; "Old Eden"------the place where the ancient civilization created a holy place; "Eye of the Storm"------mysterious, Dangerous absolute domain; "Lost Land"---a desolate and uninhabited island in the sea of ​​stars. These titles fully explain the characteristics of gyro celestial bodies.

The reason why the Tianchao star region is a special existence in the Hillenbel region is due to the "Lost Land".

The reason why the "Lost Land" is "lost" is not that people are willing to make it an uninhabited island. They are really forced to keep it "lost" like this.

In the entire Hillenbel region, who doesn't know about the "Lost Land"? Who doesn't know? From the perspective of the cosmic environment. Its most special feature is that, including the buffer zone, warp speed navigation cannot be performed within the range of more than 100 light-years in the "Lost Land". Right now. If one wants to reach the "Lost Land" from the outer star system, the 30-light-year distance of the isolation zone alone will not be able to pass through the whole life of human beings.

Unable to warp jump. The speed of light is a natural barrier. With the existing technology of human beings, not to mention the speed of light, sub-light speed is far from being able to match. Therefore, simply relying on conventional flight, with the buffer zone, the human world and the "Lost Land" are no different from the world.

Let's talk about the meaning of "Atlantis". Yes, "The Lost Lands" contains a large number of Ipsi dragon remains. Judging from the warships and building wreckages that escaped from the "Lost Lands" and traveled long distances, the "Lost Lands" are more magnificent than all the remains of Epsilon discovered by humans so far. The Ypsilon energy processing plants, observation stations, supply ports, scientific research institutes and other facilities scattered in the universe make the "Lost Land" more like a city.

"Old Eden", as it literally means, is an uninhabited sanctuary that withers and decays in the long river of history. Totem worship has a long history. Even in today's human society, some people still regard the Ipsilon as gods. Of course, it is not the illusory "god" of feudal superstition. Rather, it is the "god" who guided the previous development of human civilization. Since it is the city of "God", it is understandable to name it "Eden". However, it is the same as the Epsilon remains discovered in the past. This city of "God" is also empty, reduced to yesterday's flowers.

Regarding the point of "people go to the empty building", although human beings can't produce conclusive evidence. However, for more than 200 years, among the objects flying from the direction of the "Lost Land", except for some warships and building wreckage, there is no living Epsilonian visit, which can indirectly support the correctness of the speculation.

As for the "eye of the storm", the so-called "storm". It's the "nebula matter" around the core of the gyroscope. The "nebula matter" mentioned here is not the vacuum gas and dust clouds in the general sense, but the nebula-like celestial bodies such as bright nebula and dark nebula formed under the condition of background light source or no background light source. Rather, it is in units of star systems. It is a large area of ​​dust formed after the stars, planets, comets and other celestial bodies are broken.

The composition of dust clusters is very complicated, because of the influence of position, core gravity, chemical reaction between substances, etc. It diffuses light of different colors and brightness. From a distance, it looks like a nebula, so it is called "nebula matter".

These "nebula matter" are like a fast spinning top, orbiting around the fixed core at the center. Because these "nebula substances" look like a hurricane from the outside, the core of the gyroscope has the title of "eye of the storm".

At the beginning, the scientific community believed that the "eye of the storm" was a black hole, because only in this way, the dust clusters formed after the shattering of the star system could be subjected to huge gravitational force to merge and infiltrate each other, forming a stormy attitude.

However, after a period of observation, starting from the ray information, the orbiting trajectory of "nebula matter", and the characteristics of large-mass celestial bodies, a lot of demonstration work has been carried out, and it is concluded that the core of the gyroscope is not a black hole, nor is it a neutron star or a supergiant star. Such a celestial body is a brand new unknown celestial body.

Others suspect that it is simply an Epsilon artifact, an artificial celestial body. But... this point of view doesn't make sense, after all, who would be willing to destroy their own city, or even civilization, to build such a destructive celestial body.

Ancient civilization, Bermuda in space, mysterious, predicting destruction, like a hurricane... Whether it is "Lost Land", or a name like "Old Eden", "Eye of the Storm", or "Atlantis", In short, human beings are both afraid, curious, and longing for the mysterious land beyond the horizon.

In fact, the name "eye of the storm" has another meaning today 200 years later. After nearly 200 years of observation, people have confirmed one thing. Not all the relics of the ancestors that escaped from the dust cloud came across the ocean. When some of them appeared on the edge of the buffer zone, they were once The sharp fluctuations in space-time curvature indicate that this part of the relic traveled more than 30 light-years across the buffer zone through warp speed jumps or even wormhole travel.

What does a Ypsilon city represent? Representing a huge technological deposit, who wouldn't be jealous? Who doesn't want to get it quickly? For ordinary people, a complete relic (such as the universal force field generator on Lord Lancelot's "Silver Wheel") will bring coveted wealth and status. For one side, that is the capital of Star Wars. Ever since, these 200 years. Countless groups, organizations, and individuals are trying their best to cross the buffer zone and reach the golden sandy beach on the other side.

However. No matter from which coordinate point or curvature a warship enters the virtual space. Surprisingly, none of the warships came back safely. About 30 years ago, a cargo ship sailed into the airspace at the edge of the buffer zone to avoid the pursuit of the enemy, but found a wreckage of a warship. According to the ship number on the surface of the wreckage, it turned out to be sailing to the "Lost Land" more than 100 years ago. "A member of the treasure hunting ship.

This scene tells people that in the past 200 years, those "great (sha) great ()" explorers are not missing. They are all dead, and no one knows what they have experienced. Among the various speculations, the scientific community prefers an explanation. Those people encountered a space-time storm, and the buffer zone seems to be vast and endless. In fact, under the calm surface, there are dark tides and dangers.

The word "eye of the storm" has also changed from its original pure symbolic meaning. Added a strong murderous intent.

However, although it represents death and destruction, it still attracts a large number of adventurers and speculators. "The Lost Land" is like an extremely sexy, extremely coquettish catwalk female model. Maybe one day, on a whim, she will take off her underwear, thongs, etc. and throw them into the auditorium. Which old man with normal sexual orientation Can children resist such a temptation?

On the other hand, the existence of the "Lost Land" also indirectly contributed to the establishment of the free market.

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"That's right, it's the 'Lost Land'." Grant shook his head helplessly: "It's still close to the central area."

At this time, Nehemiah also recovered from the shock. Some sparse eyebrows were twitched, and he said worriedly: "I thought it would be safe to take the route of the relay station, but I didn't expect this to be the case. Tang Fang, what do you think? Is it a risk? Or find another way?"

"No wonder there was a long delay when connecting to the relay station in the Tianchao star area before. It turns out that the other end is located in the 'Lost Land'. In such an area, it is reasonable to have this anomaly." Tang Fang did not rush to answer .

The scientific and technological level of the Yipsi dragon people far exceeds that of human beings, and they are also very good in the field of security.

Transportation hub equipment such as relay stations are similar to railway stations in the Earth Age. A slight negligence of the person in charge of dispatching work may cause incalculable consequences. Therefore, before the warship operates the "Zero Element Particle Space Effect Field Generator" to perform a hyperwarp transition, it will send a transition request to the target relay station. Before the relay station receives the request and sends a response, it will conduct a wormhole pass test at the quantum level, and only when the traffic environment meets the standard will it send feedback information.

That is to say, the relay station in the Tianchao star area has tested the traffic environment before launching the azimuth coordinate value, and the safety is guaranteed.

If you think about it carefully, hyperwarp jumps are essentially different from ordinary warp voyages. Ordinary warp speed navigation uses the construction of space-time bubbles, distorts the space in front, and expands the space behind, thereby forming a virtual space-time, which advances faster than the speed of light like a wave. Although hyperwarp jump has the title of "warp speed", it is essentially different from ordinary warp speed flight. It uses the principle of wormholes to set up a subspace continuum tunnel to achieve the purpose of superluminal interstellar travel.

Of course, in the Epsilon civilization, the term "hyperwarp jump" does not exist. It is a term Tang Fang created himself in order to let Grant, Claire and others feel the power of the "Zero Element Particle Space Effect Field Generator" more intuitively.

To sum up, "The Lost Land" may not be able to sail at warp speed, but it does not mean that it cannot leap beyond warp speed.

Furthermore, the bold are supported to death, and the timid are starved to death. The relay station is located in the middle of the "Lost Land", a sanctuary that many people would like to go in their dreams, but have no ability to go.

Tang Fang could not resist the temptation of "unlocking the technology tree of the Protoss" alone in an Ipsilon city, not to mention how many ancestor technology products such as universal position generators were hidden in it.

"Do you believe me?" After pondering for a moment, he suddenly raised his head and swept across the people around him.

"Of course." Grant replied casually without thinking, "You saved the lives of everyone on the Morningstar. Even if you tell them that God is gay, no one will doubt it."

"That's good." Tang Fang nodded: "Everything is going according to the original plan."

"Okay." Grant nodded, looked up at "Lost Land", and asked casually, "Uncle Nehemiah, are you afraid?"

"What are you afraid of?" Nehemiah glanced at him, and said angrily, "When did that kid do something he wasn't sure about? What's more, is the 'Lost Land' a place that ordinary people can go if they want? I An old bone, to have such an opportunity, it’s too late to be happy, how can I be afraid.”

"Hahaha... Uncle Nehemiah is indeed as courageous as before."

"..." (to be continued)