Make up your mind

Faced with this problem, Zhang Yuan pondered for a while. He frowned and said: "This concern is not unreasonable. However, in the final big auction, we can buy a lot of high-end construction equipment. With just a few After ten years of hard work, the curvature engine can be built..."

"The confrontation between interstellar civilizations is just a short span of several decades... There are so many forces here, the probability of going to war immediately is very small. It should not provoke the fourth-level civilization."

"The time is a bit tight, but it's not so urgent that it hasn't happened in two decades..."

The member of the think tank smiled bitterly. It is still short-lived for the new human civilization to become a level four civilization, and sometimes the mentality is still a bit conservative.

Zhang Yuan laughed and said: "How should I put it, since there is already such a technology, if you choose to develop it yourself instead of buying a battle star, you are asking for trouble, and you will be criticized by the masses, which is inevitable. Have you figured out how to deal with this accusation?"

At this moment, Zhang Yuan seemed to hear someone greeting him, and Zhang Yuan quickly turned around.

She is a long-awaited female reporter of "Deep Space Daily". Because she has interviewed several times, she knows each other well.

The blond young girl greeted: "Hi! Professor Zhang, aren't you a researcher in the Unreal Laboratory? Why are you here to listen to physics?"

As an extraordinary person, Zhang Yuan is a star-level scientist in Kunlun Mountains and a top think tank of the government. According to folklore, he has a high voice to become the next captain.

Of course, this Transcendent didn't want to be a captain, so there was nothing he could do, he couldn't force others.

All in all, it's definitely a good idea to interview him!

Zhang Yuan recognized the female reporter. He looked at the camera and said with a smile: "Although I don't understand these physics, I can understand the mathematics in it! This is a method that is biased towards numerical solutions, or Can understand..."

"...Let's put it this way, Professor Li used a very clever way to solve one of the equations, which is academically called the great curvature equation. However, this equation has never been directly solved in the past. Even an approximate solution is very difficult. difficulty."

"Professor Li's method also seeks an approximate solution. There is still room for improvement in his solution method... so various teams are still studying and discussing it."

The female reporter was a little surprised, her eyes widened, and she was a bit incredulous: "You mean, you can create a curvature engine that drives the entire planet by solving one equation? Is it that simple?"

"Of course it's not that simple!" Zhang Yuan thought for a while and said with a smile: "But the core content of this equation is mathematics. If the theory is not perfect and the solution cannot be found, there will be no way to engage in industry."

"Just like the core of the turbulence problem is the NS equation. If the NS equation is truly solved accurately, then most of the turbulence problem will be solved. In a similar way, the core of planetary-level curvature navigation is the large curvature equation."

"With this numerical solution to the equation, not only will we be able to use planetary-level curvature navigation, but conventional spacecraft-level curvature navigation will also become more stable and able to resist higher degrees of gravitational fluctuations."

"As you all know, if you encounter large gravitational fluctuations while navigating in curvature, a safety accident is likely to occur, and the gravitational waves may tear the spacecraft into pieces. Resisting gravitational waves is very important."

The blond reporter thought for a while and asked what the public was most interested in: "How many amoeba points do you think this numerical solution method is worth?"

The simplest way to measure the importance of a technology is to use amoeba points. Some good people even made a ranking list to see how many amoeba points they earned... Zhang Yuan's team was naturally far ahead.

Because it somewhat undermines the unity of civilization, this list has been canceled again.

After all, if scientific things are really measured by numbers, it is still a bit insufficient. Isn't it because the price is cheap? Of course it is impossible! For example, you can buy a lot of excellent plant seeds with just a few amoeba points. Their nutrition and taste are superior to most plants that humans have.

Is it because of this that buying alone is enough? Of course it's not enough. If you don't study it, you will never have this knowledge.

A civilization needs to develop all aspects of science and technology. It is absolutely impossible to rely solely on comprador, and it is impossible to measure it completely with numerical values. If a swarm of bees researches high-value technology, the entire civilization will inevitably develop lamely.

Let's not talk too much about this aspect for now. Zhang Yuan thought about it for a while and said: "About 1,500 to 2,000 amoeba points. It also depends on whether there is a civilization willing to sell them."

"Because many of the civilizations here involve the political forces behind them, especially the fourth-level civilization... In short, it is a remarkable and very urgent result, otherwise it would not have caused such a big sensation!"

"1500!"

Big news.

The reporter lady was moved in her heart, and after interviewing a few more words, she went to work on the article.

After this report was published on the Internet, Mr. Richard quickly became a celebrity in the fleet and was treated like a star. People would recognize him on the street and ask for his signature. This fact made him He was terrified.

In fact, he just wants to study his project well, and he can't stand the feeling of being sought after... After all, scientists are just scientists, they cannot become stars, and they don't need to be the object of attention.

The engineers also issued a military order to complete preliminary engineering tests within six months to test the correctness of this theory. If it goes as expected, a true planetary-level curvature engine generating device will be designed within three years...

Next, Zhang Yuan participated in one meeting after another to discuss the various risks and strategic opportunities brought by purchasing Battle Star.

He means to buy as soon as possible, but some people think that they should wait and see the situation...

This kind of discussion is really exhausting. In short, more members of the council believe that if you want to buy, you must buy early, leave early if development is completed, and leave late if development is completed.

And human beings have to have their own battle star sooner or later. In this case, what else is there to discuss?

Just like that, after the discussion, the diplomat team rushed out to buy the next semi-finished battle star!

In the past few years, people have negotiated this matter with many third-level civilizations, and have been selecting, considering, and shopping around. In the end, they believe that the planetary fortress developed by the hemispheric civilization is the best and best meets the requirements of mankind.