Chapter 476 Another Trick

"Terry. I think I found someone amazing."

"What we are chasing are anti-human elements. No matter how great they were before, they are now the public enemies of mankind. Therefore, even great people are nothing but shit now."

"Uh...this might be a little more complicated."

"Complicated?" Terry asked with some confusion: "Okay Shen Lin, tell me who did you find? I don't think you are a guy who cares about ordinary people."

"Okay, no more charades. I just discovered Elanos J. Donovan."

"Ellenos J. Donovan?" Terry paused for a while before asking: "Who is it? Never heard of it!"

"Yes, you must have never heard of it, but you have definitely heard of his father's name."

"His father?"

"Hughie S. Donovan."

"Hughie S. Donovan?" Terry repeated the name, and then suddenly exclaimed: "You mean Dr. Donovan?"

"Besides him, who else in this world can make me say something incredible?"

"But Dr. Donovan, shouldn't he be...waiting." Terry said waiting and then the message was suddenly interrupted.

I looked down at the four people lying on the ground. Except for Dr. Donovan's youngest son, the remaining three are all women. One of them looked to be about 25 or 26 years old. He was very beautiful, just like a porcelain doll. He was countless times more beautiful than those movie stars and so on. He was simply not human. One of the remaining two is about thirty years old, and data shows that this is Dr. Donovan's third wife. Of course, Dr. Donovan is not the kind of person who likes the new but hates the old. It's just that the first two wives were unfortunate and passed away early, so he had this third wife. The remaining female is a little girl. She looked to be at least eight years old. She was the third wife's daughter, but not Donovan's. She was the child of Mrs. Donovan and her ex-husband.

Among the four people, except for the beautiful and inhuman woman whom I didn't recognize and couldn't find any identity information, the remaining three were Donovan's family members. And it is quite abnormal that Donovan's family members appeared on this kind of escape convoy.

If they don't know Dr. Donovan, most people will not notice these people. After all, there is nothing special about this family. Their economic status can only be described as a small fortune, which is not impressive at all in a place like the United States. Moreover, this family None of them are celebrities. There is nothing worth paying attention to. At least ordinary people won't pay attention to these people.

However, for those of us who truly control the destiny of mankind, this family, or Dr. Donovan himself, is a presence that cannot be ignored. If necessary, we are even willing to exchange the lives of 100 million people for Dr. Donovan's life. Because as long as you get him, you can save many people.

Do you know why Dr. Donovan is so arrogant? Because he is the general director of reverse engineering research on the super electromagnetic engine.

As we all know, one of the most critical technologies of our immigration ship is the super electromagnetic engine. Space navigation takes a very long time and may require multiple orbit changes along the way. You may also need to accelerate or decelerate, if you just calculate the trajectory in advance like launching a rocket. If the engine is not started after launch, the amount of calculations required will definitely be incalculable, and human technology simply cannot handle such calculations. Therefore, it can be started multiple times. Spacecraft that repeatedly change their motion state have become a necessary tool for human immigration.

However, there is currently only one propulsion method used by humans in space, and that is rocket thrusters. This device that relies on jet propulsion mainly relies on reaction force, so it must emit a certain mass of material in the opposite direction of the direction of motion. Moreover, a lot of energy is consumed in the process of emitting these substances. The mass emitted in the rocket thruster is actually the burned fuel oxide, and the driving force for emitting fuel oxide is the chemical energy released when the fuel and oxygen combine.

Based on the characteristics of the above technologies, if a rocket engine needs to work for a long time, it must carry a large amount of fuel. This is inevitable.

However, the energy ratio of chemical dyes currently synthesized by humans is not high, and because the device itself must emit a certain mass of material, it must work for a long time and the take-off weight must be large. This method is obviously unreasonable, because there is a limit to the take-off weight of human aircraft. After exceeding a certain value, the equipment itself cannot bear it, and it will not be able to fly even if it has more fuel.

Because of the above reasons, interstellar travel requires a power that does not require the emission of matter. This kind of power must be stored at high density, or can be obtained during space navigation, otherwise the spacecraft will have to increase in size, and the result of this is that the immigration ship cannot carry too many people because the space and load are occupied by fuel. .

In addition to the need for high-density storage of energy, it is also necessary to avoid large material losses, otherwise it will still need to go back to the old path of increasing volume, and then enter an endless cycle. The larger the volume, the more fuel is needed, and the more fuel, the larger the volume. In the end, the cycle continues indefinitely, with no solution at all.

As far as the technologies currently available to humans are concerned, there is actually only one most suitable energy source—nuclear energy.

Compared with the chemical energy stored in chemical fuels, nuclear energy obviously has a much higher energy density, and it is not as simple as several times or dozens of times more. Moreover, nuclear energy can be converted into the most commonly used energy source - electricity.

Therefore, as long as we can find technology that uses electric energy for propulsion, we can solve the problem of deep space navigation for immigrant ships. Because firstly, the high density of nuclear energy means that a lot of nuclear fuel can be brought with it during takeoff, and secondly, nuclear fuel can be found relatively easily in space. All you need to do is take the initiative to enter orbit when approaching certain planets, and then send a small collection ship to collect some. Nuclear matter is a ubiquitous substance in the universe. Compared with the proteins that make up life, it is almost everywhere. Whether it is a meteorite or a planet, almost all have some nuclear weapons, so obtaining nuclear weapons is many times easier than obtaining chemical dyes.

Finally, there is another way to obtain electrical energy conveniently and quickly in the universe, and that is - radiation.

The reason why we don’t say solar energy is because the immigrant ship will soon leave the solar system, so it is not accurate to say solar energy. Moreover, the utilization rate of solar power generation technology is actually very low. However, the sun is not the only shining star in the universe. Those celestial objects we see with the naked eye in the night sky, except for the moon and Venus. They are all stars that shine on their own. Count the stars in the sky and you will know how many stars there are.

These stars will radiate a large amount of ultra-strong radiation in various wavebands. Visible light is only a very narrow band, and there are many other bands of energy radiation. In space, without the weakening of the atmosphere, the radiation intensity of stars is much more exaggerated than on the ground. If the Earth had no atmosphere, you would only need a desktop-sized solar panel to power a medium-sized truck. The reason why the solar panels we usually use cannot output so much electrical energy is mainly because the atmosphere absorbs and reflects away most of the solar radiation, and only a fraction of it reaches the ground. That's why there is so little energy, and it can only drive small light bulbs or micro motors. However, in space there are not so many problems. Without the obstruction of the atmosphere, stellar radiation can provide sufficient radiation intensity for solar panels, so that a large amount of electrical energy can be obtained.

Combining these factors, it can be seen that it is actually very easy for humans to obtain electrical energy in space, and it can be achieved very easily with existing technology. but. Unlike the ground, there is no air in space, propellers cannot produce propulsion effects in space, and rocket engines cannot be driven by electricity.

Of course, the plasma jet engine equipped on our armor is also an electrically driven thruster. And it can indeed be used in a vacuum environment, but this thing is actually a thruster used in the atmosphere, because the power it generates by consuming the same amount of electrical energy in space is not even one thousandth of that in the atmosphere.

When the plasma thruster is in the atmosphere, it ionizes the air and then ejects it in the form of plasma. This is actually similar to the principle by which a jet engine obtains thrust, so its power in the atmosphere is very strong. Not only does the output change quickly, but it is also small in size and powerful in power. However, in space it will only rely on electron flow for propulsion because there is no air. At this time it will not lose power, but the efficiency will drop to a very low state. This weak driving force is almost negligible compared with the electrical energy it consumes. It's just fine for adjusting the attitude of a spacesuit. To push the spaceship... don't have any delusions about that kind of thing.

Although plasma thrusters are not suitable for the space environment, there is a type of thruster that is very suitable in space, and this thruster is the super electromagnetic engine.

The propulsion method of the super electromagnetic engine is completely different from the principle of existing thrusters. It does not rely on reaction force for propulsion, but relies on gravity waves for propulsion. The strong magnetic field in the super electromagnetic engine can capture energy just like we grasp entities, and the essence of space is energy, so it can also be said that the super electromagnetic engine can capture space, and the effect is similar to the space anchor mentioned in science fiction novels. Of course, it is not used for fixation, but for propulsion. Of course, as long as the super electromagnetic engine can use space as a support point in space without any matter, then propulsion will become extremely simple. It's like people can't climb to the sky because the air can't be grasped by us, so it can't produce supporting force. Therefore, no matter how you climb, you can't climb to the sky by stepping on the air. But if the air suddenly turns into a solid object and you can grab it, are you still worried about not being able to climb up?

It can be seen from this way of working that the basic principles used by the super electromagnetic engine are far from the known theories of mankind, and the reason is also very simple. Because this super electromagnetic engine is not human technology at all.

The super electromagnetic engine is derived from the wreckage of an alien spacecraft and is a product of reverse engineering. At present, we can only say that we have a partial understanding of this kind of thing. Our scientists know how to make a super electromagnetic engine, but as to why these parts are combined to produce power, they are basically at the guessing stage. But even just figuring out how to use and build it is no simple matter. In fact, there are currently less than ten people in the world who are proficient in the terraforming technology of the super electromagnetic engine. Others must be under their guidance to complete the construction of the super electromagnetic engine, and that Donovan The doctor happened to be the first person to reverse engineer the super electromagnetic engine.

At present, the less than ten humans in the world who understand this type of technology are basically trained directly or indirectly by Donovan. That is to say, except for our country, all super electromagnetic engine technologies in other countries are basically Completed under the direction of Donovan. And although he has trained several apprentices, he obviously has the most mastery, and he has already figured out the context of this research path, if he continues. The results will definitely come much faster than the average person.

Of course, this does not include our country's super electromagnetic engine technology, because our super electromagnetic engine was actually stolen from the Americans by Nuwa.

Previously, because our country monopolized the Fourth Special Zone, the United States and Europe were very afraid of us, and because our country did not share the technology of the Fourth Special Zone with them, they also refused to share thruster technology with us. But at that time, our country actually had a space engine. This engine is named X thruster. X stands for unknown, and the X thruster is a thruster whose working principle is completely unknown to us.

In fact, this thing is a finished thruster found in the warehouse of the Fourth District. It is inferred that it should be a spare part reserved on the alien spacecraft. Of course, this thing is definitely not for Special Zone 4's own use. It should be a maintenance replacement part for other, smaller spaceships or fighter jets.

We have only figured out a small part of the structure of this X engine so far, and they are all peripheral equipment. The core part is basically completely incomprehensible. What we can do is to move this thing directly to our immigration ship, and there is nothing we can do about manufacturing or imitation, because this thing is obviously much more advanced than the super electromagnetic engine.

The super electromagnetic engine is driven by electricity, while this X engine has its own power furnace, and the working principle of this power furnace is so complicated that our researchers almost pulled out their own hair. There's a little door on the top of this thing. There is also a scale next to the door. The result of our research is that we found that this scale is actually the remaining energy of the X engine, and it is easy to replenish energy. Open the small door next to it and just throw something in. We have now tested every element on earth and found that they can all be converted into energy. In other words, if such a small door is not closed. Placing it on the ground is simply a perpetual motion machine because the air is also converted into energy. And the utilization rate is surprisingly high. This thing can convert energy almost 100% according to the mass-energy equation. Any substance entering this small door can output the same amount of energy according to the mass-energy equation.

Although such an awesome thing sounds high-end and classy, ​​it is too advanced, so our imitation work is completely at a loss. If you throw a jet fighter to Qin Shi Huang. And I showed him the function of this thing, and he was probably just like us, he could only watch, because he had no supporting theoretical knowledge at all, and even if there was a real thing, there was no way to imitate it. It is even more difficult for us than asking Qin Shihuang to build a jet fighter, because some of the principles embodied in this thing even run counter to some of the theorems we currently have, and since this thing exists, it means there is a problem with our theorems. But since it is a theorem, it is something that has been proven. Do you think our researchers can see these things without pulling out their hair?

However, our X-engine is awesome, but the quantity is not enough, so each spacecraft can only be equipped with one thruster, and the remaining insufficient power needs to be assisted by rocket thrusters. This is why our country's immigration ships are built One of the reasons why it is so big is because there are only so many engines. If the spacecraft is small, the number will increase. In this case, there will not be enough engines. We can use rocket boosters to solve the problem of insufficient power, and we can also use plasma thrusters in the atmosphere. However, if the number of engines is not enough, we will be completely helpless without an X-engine spacecraft. For this reason, we can only build immigration ships according to the number of

Of course, later we accidentally stole the super electromagnetic engine technology from the American computer center, and then the small difficulties on our side were easily solved. Of course, even so, Dr. Donovan is still very important. After all, the super electromagnetic engine is now the chief engineer of all super electromagnetic engines around the world, and he will be indispensable for upgrades and maintenance in the future.

If someone like him is taken away by these human traitors, you can imagine what will happen to human beings. Although without him, the remaining super electromagnetic engines may not be useless, but don't you plan to upgrade them in the future? Besides, this kind of thing is just like going to the hospital to see a doctor. There is a very good expert stationed in this city's hospital. Even if you don't get sick, you will always feel more at ease. And if you get sick, having experts in this field can save your life. Instead, the expert suddenly left the city, went abroad, and never came back. What would you think. Even if ordinary people don't think that far ahead, don't local city leaders think of this?

Therefore, Dr. Donovan is super important, even more important than the heads of countries. Although not just anyone can be a national leader, there are at least a large group of people who are qualified, and there are only one or two people like Donovan in the world. How can we let such a person be taken away?

Just as I finished thinking about it, Terry's communication suddenly came through again. "Shenlin, Dr. Donovan's research institute was just attacked, just fifteen minutes ago. Dr. Donovan's whereabouts are currently unknown."

"Holy shit!" (To be continued ~^~)