Chapter 492: New Discovery_1

Humanity's research on the Two-Dimensional Fragment has been ongoing, with the research team based on Earth, as it is much closer to the Two-Dimensional Fragment.

The report Jiang Yu received came from the research team on Earth.

This report was divided into three parts; the first part was about the study of spatial backflow.

According to the observational data provided by the numerous monitors deployed around the Two-Dimensional Fragment, the larger the Fragment, the larger the area affected by spatial backflow.

That is to say, when the Two-Dimensional Fragment was only ten meters, the spatial backflow area might have been only fifty meters, but when the Fragment reached twenty meters, the spatial backflow area had grown to eighty meters.

The growth trend was roughly like this: for every doubling of the area of the Two-Dimensional Fragment, the spatial backflow area could increase by about 60%.

At such a rate of growth, once the area of the Two-Dimensional Fragment reached approximately 1.1 light-years, Earth's current position would be able to enter its spatial backflow area.

For a moment, Jiang Yu's thoughts diverged because of these data.

This area was much larger than previously projected, meaning that when the Two-Dimensional Fragment reached about 1.3 light-years, the Three-Body Star System would enter the spatial backflow zone.

But there was still a long way to go before the Two-Dimensional Fragment engulfed Trisolaris. Assuming there was a civilization with intelligence like humanity in the Three-Body Star System, this time would be sufficient for them to transition from a slave society to a modern industrial society.

By then, they would also possess the means to further observe the cosmos, and when they realized that the Two-Dimensional Fragment was engulfing everything, how desperate would they feel?

Because by that time, they would no longer have time to research Curvature Spaceships.

Jiang Yu then thought, if there really was such a civilization, would they not despair but instead regard the Two-Dimensional Fragment as a miracle?

He felt that if he were born in such a world and held great power, even knowing the truth, he would definitely use his authority to claim that the Two-Dimensional Fragment was escorting everyone to a new world.

This way, everyone could die with hope, making it a little more bearable for them.

To die in despair would be a cruel torture for everyone!

At this thought, Jiang Yu snapped back to reality and continued reading the report.

Currently, humanity had time, because after swallowing the Solar System, the expansion of the Two-Dimensional Fragment slowed down significantly.

Considering the current rate, Earth would be affected only after at least a thousand years; if humanity still had no solution for the Two-Dimensional Fragment by then, they might as well resign to fate!

The second part of the report was on the reaction of the Two-Dimensional Fragment to the Gravitational Turbulence.

The cause of Gravitational Turbulence was the Gravitational Mines deployed in the past.

The report was rich in text and images, and the images also meant videos. Jiang Yu pressed the play button, and the first thing that appeared was a dark universe.

Not even stars were visible straight ahead. Although the Two-Dimensional Fragment had no thickness, strangly, it blocked out all the light from the stars ahead.

This was mentioned in previous reports; it was very likely that the three-dimensional light particles were two-dimensionalized by the Two-Dimensional Fragment, not allowing light particles to pass through, naturally making the stars ahead invisible.

Then a faint light appeared in the view, flickering on and off.

That must have been the process of detonating the Gravitational Mines, this "detonation" wasn't in the traditional sense but rather just blowing open the shell of the Gravitational Mines to expose the Gravitational Vortex Generator inside.

But nothing seemed to change in front of him.

At that moment, the camera angle in the video changed, transforming into a gravitational imaging map.

The research team had done post-visualization processing: three-dimensional space was represented in white, and the Two-Dimensional Fragment in gray.

Actually, it had been proven that the gravity in both dimensions was quite similar, but using these two colors made it easier to understand.

You could see that the gray Two-Dimensional Fragment was expanding.

Meanwhile, the white area was being devoured by gray, and the devouring method appeared quite "elegant," turning the white into gray bit by bit.

Unlike a black hole, which crudely tears and devours everything around it.

Suddenly, a white field of Gravitational Turbulence appeared, and Jiang Yu felt as though he was witnessing a torrential river with swirling eddies.

The gray became slow before the "torrential river", and near the turbulent flows, its speed nearly came to a halt.

The video ended, and according to the research team's speculation, once Two-Dimensional Fragments expanded, Gravitational Turbulence was more effective at blocking them than the more refined gravitational fields.

This indeed provided a viable direction for blocking the expansion of Two-Dimensional Fragments.

The third part of the report dealt with the reaction of the Curvature Spaceship's trajectory to Two-Dimensional Fragments.

To accommodate laymen like Jiang Yu, the report was sufficiently concise and easy to understand, almost devoid of the letters representing various constants, as well as the equations and computation processes for the conclusions.

It always stated that after multiple calculations and verifications, some result had been obtained.

All the calculation processes were included in the annex for professionals to reference.

But when it came to the third part of the report, it immediately began with metaphors.

The research team likened the curvature trajectory's effect on Two-Dimensional Fragments to a sponge through which the fragments could slowly permeate, but that area would also certainly be a special place in the Two-Dimensional World.

Only after a very long time would "the sponge" possibly rot, and the Two-Dimensional Space in that area would return to normal.

However, the trajectory's effect on blocking the expansion of Two-Dimensional Fragments was not significant.

This might also be due to the fact that the trajectories around the Solar System were quite "light", since most curvature engines launched from the Solar System were Star Accelerators aimed to transport more materials, taking days to enter curvature space.

Because of their slow speed, the trajectories were thus "light".

At the end of the report, it discussed the direction of the next phase of research work.

To combat the Two-Dimensional Fragments, gravity must still be used as a weapon, and gravitational approaches would remain at the forefront of future research directions.

Below, several specific projects were listed. Just as Jiang Yu began to read the first one, his intelligent secretary suddenly appeared before him, "Wallfacer, there's an emergency situation!"

Jiang Yu looked at the intelligent secretary before it continued, "We've just received a report that the fleet sent to explore the outer space gravitational source has lost contact!"

Jiang Yu's heart sank, "Is there any further response from that direction?"

"No," replied the intelligent secretary, "The exploration systems within the star system indicate that the gravitational source is functioning normally."

Jiang Yu stood up and said, "Have the Governing Council immediately establish an emergency team with personnel from the military, the academy of sciences, and the Strategic Department! Also, find some biologists and scholars specializing in alien civilizations, and have them ready to join the team at any moment!

"I will personally lead this emergency team!"

One can never be too cautious when dealing with an advanced civilization.

"Yes!"

The efficiency of the Governing Council was high, and within half an hour, the emergency team had been assembled.

The Wallfacer Committee's office building was set as the workplace, and members of the team were rushing there as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile, at the office building, communication facilities for the emergency team were being set up.

About two hours later, all members of the emergency team had arrived, and they gathered in the conference room to connect with the liaisons from the Blue Maiden Star, which belonged to the scientific expedition team.

They were the ones maintaining contact with the fleet before it lost contact.

Just as they were about to inquire about the specifics, they preemptively reported, "Wallfacer, ladies and gentlemen, we have just re-established contact with the missing fleet. Now, only one person from the entire fleet has survived."