manynovel Chapter 15 The Shocked Three-Body Scientists and Engineers
Chapter 15 The Shocked Three-Body Scientists and Engineers
More real-time footage and information were uploaded to Cheng Yuan's site. Cheng Yuan paid no attention to anything else, only looking at the real-time footage of the "Engineers'" spaceship.
Equipment was deployed into the building for direct on-site exploration.
This exploration will be more comprehensive than the last one, not only scanning and taking pictures, but also allowing for some experiments and tests on buildings and spacecraft.
Soon, the various data on the buildings and spaceships were transmitted back to the Trisolaran scientists and engineers who were already waiting.
The Trisolaran scientists and engineers immediately began analyzing the data they received to understand the design principles and determine the properties and functions of each part, in order to prepare for the subsequent disassembly and transportation.
Given the size of the spaceship, it cannot pass directly through the "door" and must be disassembled before it can be transported back to the Trisolaran planet.
Cheng Yuan ordered the spaceship to be transported back to the Trisolaran world, instead of letting the Trisolarans conduct research directly in the Alien world, because he was worried about unexpected events in the Alien world.
As the saying goes, "It's better to be safe than sorry," so first secure a safe "safety net" and get all the benefits you can get first.
Putting everything else aside, at the very least, they should bring back the spaceship's engines, which are faster-than-light engines that the Trisolaran civilization only managed to build later in the novel.
Based on the data transmitted back, the Trisolaran scientists and engineers found that the technology level of this alien civilization's building and spaceship was somewhat low and the quality was somewhat poor.
If the governor hadn't told them it was a spaceship from an alien civilization that could actually fly in space, they would have thought it was just a model built by some guy.
Can a spacecraft made of materials with this strength really travel in space?
How can we navigate asteroid belts and meteorite belts, and how can we withstand ultra-high-speed impacts from space?
It's likely that we'll be run over by those meteorites and debris that travel at speeds of several kilometers per second.
This also sparked the curiosity of the Trisolaran scientists and engineers about the alien civilization that built this structure and spaceship:
Which crazy civilization dares to build a spaceship like this?
To the scientists and engineers of the Three-Body Problem, this is like someone using foam plastic to make a fighter jet and then making it fly – it's absurd!
Once the scanned images from the spacecraft's hibernation chamber are transmitted back, what will happen to the Trisolaran scientists and engineers who did not participate in the first interdimensional exploration: Earthlings?
No, this is not an Earthling. It does resemble one in appearance, but it is taller and stronger than humans, with skin as pale as marble and smooth, hairless skin.
At this moment, the tall, humanoid creature was sleeping peacefully in its hibernation chamber, completely unaware that it was being observed.
The technology of the hibernation pods was also very poor, similar to the hibernation pods that the Trisolarans built when they first entered the space age. The materials used were not strong enough, and there were no intelligent monitoring and wake-up devices.
If an enemy enters from the outside, they can easily kill the hibernators in the hibernation pods.
The Trisolaran scientists and engineers believed that this must be a spacefaring civilization that had just entered interstellar travel, had not yet been badly beaten in the universe, and lacked experience, hence its immaturity.
A true veteran wouldn't build a spaceship so fragile, and wouldn't leave the hibernation pods without safety warning devices.
Moreover, the building was filled with a large amount of rocks, gravel, dust, and even insects in the soil, proving that the dust filtration system was inadequate.
As for the security and guard system, they've all brazenly ventured in; do they even have that thing?
I don't know why the governor recruited them to study this; I feel that too much analysis would pollute their database and lower their technical level.
Instead of wasting time on this, you should study this planet more.
This planet doesn't seem to be within their Trisolaran system, meaning there are no three constant stars to serve, and no terrifying chaotic eras. As long as the environment here is suitable, it can serve as their immigration planet, solving the Trisolaran crisis overhead in one fell swoop.
I don't know what the governors were thinking; it's clearly a case of "picking up the diamond and losing the giant steel rock."
Although the Trisolarans who went to the Alien universe had doubts, they didn't ask, suppressed their doubts, and continued working.
Before they came, they had been instructed not to ask any more questions.
One of the reasons the Trisolarans have been able to develop to their current state in such a harsh environment is their high degree of obedience.
Even if they have doubts about the orders given by their superiors, they will still carry them out meticulously, even at the cost of their lives.
When they analyzed the spaceship's engine, the Trisolaran scientists and engineers had a sudden realization: this design... is interesting!
The engine's design is not complicated; in fact, it is quite simple for the scientists and engineers of Trisolaris. Its structure and design principles are almost immediately understandable, and it is much simpler than their matter and antimatter engines.
Even if this engine design allows the spaceship to fly, its speed probably won't be very fast.
The scientists of the Three-Body Problem input this design into a supercomputer, set the parameters, and then let the supercomputer perform simulations.
The simulation results displayed by the supercomputer caused the Trisolaran scientists and engineers responsible for analyzing the spaceship's engines to collectively crash, their brainwaves momentarily pausing.
Simulation results: The power generated by this engine can enable the target spacecraft to exceed the speed of light.
This isn't just ordinary faster-than-light speed; it's dozens of times faster than the speed of light.
With such a simple engine design and such limited power, how could a spaceship achieve faster-than-light speeds?
What kind of interstellar joke is this!
The speed of light is very difficult to break. Even reaching 1% or 10% of the speed of light would be a remarkable achievement, let alone breaking the speed of light.
With their current technological level, they have only just crossed the threshold of 10% of the speed of light, and they are still unable to keep the spaceship traveling at 10% of the speed of light indefinitely.
But this alien civilization, whose materials technology is subpar and whose various aspects are not rigorous, is able to reach speeds of dozens of times that of light?
The scientists and engineers of the Three-Body Problem did not believe it, so they input the data into the supercomputer again and carefully checked it several times. After confirming that all the input parameters were correct, they let the supercomputer simulate again.
The simulation results are the same; this thing can indeed reach faster than the speed of light.
I re-entered the information and checked it again, but the result was still the same.
No, this design must have flaws. It might not be able to maintain faster-than-light travel for long, and it might cause the spaceship to disintegrate during travel...
The scientists and engineers of the Three-Body Problem adjusted the parameters and simulated the cosmic environment in a supercomputer, using the data to create a spaceship that could travel in the simulated universe.
The simulation results show that the spaceship can travel stably in the universe at faster-than-light speeds, and as long as there is enough energy and no accidents occur, it will be able to continue traveling at faster-than-light speeds indefinitely.
After adjusting the parameters again, they filled in the parameters of their own civilization's spaceship, but modified the engine design, replacing the original engine with this type of engine.
Then, the brainwaves of the Trisolaran scientists and engineers in charge of the project surged once again.
After filling in the various parameters of their spaceship, the spaceship became faster, more stable, and had a longer range.
The Engineers' spaceships use plasma engines powered by controlled nuclear fusion, while the Trisolaran civilization's spaceships are powered by matter-antimatter annihilation.
Nuclear fusion is powerful, but the annihilation of matter and antimatter is even more intense!