I Pioneered Scientific Magic - Chapter 573

Chapter 573: Tearing the Satellite, Gravitational Time Dilation Effect

The discussion about the time dilation effect didn't last long; after all, its truth would be known once they returned.

Victorio then began testing the critical systems of the spacecraft, such as deceleration, hovering, turning, drifting, and most crucially, the weapons system!

Yes, the weapons!

The disc-shaped spacecraft they intercepted was equipped with a very powerful weapons system, although most of it was either damaged or depleted. The only one still in decent condition was a neutron cluster launcher!

Now was the time to test its power! The next moment, a launch port cracked open at the front end of the saucer-shaped spacecraft, and approximately one hundred thousand neutron clusters, each the size of a fist, shot out, targeting a satellite orbiting a brown star!

The diameter of the satellite was about 1,500 kilometers. In front of this spacecraft, it was like a grain of sand beneath a mountain, and the speeding neutron clusters were like dust.

However, these seemingly insignificant neutron clusters burst forth with terrifying force, striking the surface of the satellite at nearly a third of the speed of light. In an instant, a violent burst of energy erupted in the void!

Harof and others inside the spacecraft couldn't hear any sound, but they could see the satellite being torn apart. One hundred thousand neutron clusters exploded like one hundred thousand massive hydrogen bombs, tearing the surface of the planet apart!

Countless materials erupted from inside the planet, blowing away a third of the satellite orbiting the brown star, with the rest completely knocked off its orbit and drifting into the endless void of space...

"What terrifying power!" Victorio said with a grave expression.

Those observing the entire process, including Harof, broke out in cold sweat. Although the mass of this satellite was much less than that of the moon, it was still a celestial body, and to think it could be torn apart by one hit and knocked out of orbit was alarming.

Lynn, however, was not surprised. In interstellar warfare, destroying satellites was nothing unusual; he speculated that this was just one of the less impressive conventional attacks of the spaceship's weaponry, otherwise, it wouldn't be easy to kill the lunar goddess Diana with such an attack.

"Let's just call it a scatter particle cannon," Lynn suggested thoughtfully.

This method of attack, relying on sheer velocity and brute force, reminded him of a concept weapon in science fiction: the droplet. Although their attacks were simple, the ultimate speed was ultimate power. No amount of fancy magic could compare to a punch at the speed of light.

"Let's return to the moon," Lynn said, looking at the alchemy array on the moon soil that had shrunk significantly.

Victorio nodded and didn't continue the experiment. The remaining neutron clusters on the ship were only enough for three more uses, which was already considered luxurious.

...

Hours later, at the Eternal Star in the Dead Zone, a massive disc-shaped spacecraft slowly landed on the devastated land.

With a mass of several hundred thousand tons, despite deceleration, it still caused a high-intensity earthquake the moment it touched the ground.

As the wizards officially stepped out of the hatch to greet the sunlight and set foot on the ground, they couldn't help but sigh in relief. Although they had only made a round trip to the brown star and back to the Eternal Star, the stillness and darkness of space were incredibly oppressive and frightening.

The universe was too vast; to their eyes, the massive planets they traveled past were mere points of light, invisible from a distance. There were no directions or distances in space, and Raphael wondered if a slight deviation from their course could leave them drifting forever in the infinite void.

"Time does seem a bit off!" Harof looked up at the rising sun.

The ship's clock had only gone six hours and thirty-five minutes, but they had left at about ten o'clock the previous night, and now it was already morning!

The grand wizards waiting near the Dead Zone immediately gathered around because someone always needed to observe the flight from the ground.

The time on the planet had passed a full ten hours!

"There's a time difference of about double..." Victorio remarked. They had spent considerable time experimenting with weapons on the brown star and delayed on the moon. Excluding these factors, the relative speed of time aboard the spacecraft compared to the Eternal Star was about half.

Lynn nodded, not surprised by this.

Although the curvature engine differed from traditional propulsion methods, directly altering distance, because time and space are interconnected, the essence of time is the motion of matter, meaning any spatial distortion also implies a time distortion.

The direct evidence of time and space variation caused by planetary gravity is a natural curvature engine, and its ultimate form is a black hole!

This was why Lynn was confident that the curvature engine could exceed the speed of light, as the intense gravitational vortex of a black hole could even prevent light from escaping.

This was based on Einstein's theory of

 gravitational time dilation in relativity, and now it seemed that the great scientist was right once more. The curvature engine also induced time dilation.

Or in other words, whether at extreme speeds or massive scales, the fundamental reason they can cause time dilation is due to spatial distortion, and the curvature engine directly distorts space, affecting the rate of motion, or what is commonly referred to as time.

"It seems our true speed is only about a quarter of the speed of light!" Dennis said, smacking his lips.

This was already an exaggerated figure, but after previously reaching half the speed of light, this speed seemed less impressive!

Especially since they also needed to face an unknown civilization from the cosmic starry sky. According to Lynn, the speed of light was merely a basic requirement for cosmic travel.

"Relying on lunar soil for power is still limited; even if we continue to improve, we can probably only reach about sixty percent of the speed of light," Victorio pondered, noting the fuel reserves. After traveling back and forth, they had used up fifty percent of the ten tons of lunar soil they had taken.

Of course, they had also traveled a total distance of two billion kilometers!

Victorio couldn't help but think that just the divine body alone could have such a powerful magic reserve, but what about a higher energy density in a divine form or even a deity itself?

Could it possibly allow the spaceship to reach or even break the speed of light?

Lynn was also considering this issue. In the short term, if they wanted to match a galaxy civilization, they would need at least a formidable military force, relying on clever means and resources from another world that had become very important.

After defeating the Lord of the Undead, he had a lot of spoils of war uncollected, such as the entire other realm, and the planes controlled by the Lord of the Undead.

Now, with a complete plan for establishing a space-time gate, he might be able to locate the coordinates of the other realm using the residual consciousness of the moon goddess Diana.

If they could capture Aila or even other gods from another world to provide power, they might be able to build a real curvature spaceship!

But now, there was still a way to go to reach this dream; they would have to wait until they completed the modifications to the spaceship to make it battle-ready.

Victorio didn't waste a moment; after confirming the reality of the time dilation effect, he and the alchemists began inspecting the alchemy array on the outer shell of the spaceship to check for any damage.

After this test flight, he had many new ideas.

Meanwhile, Aurora, Harof, and Anthony were responsible for studying the spaceship's weapons system and replicating the antimatter fusion reactor, preparing to weaponize Lynn's antimatter cannon as another major weapon against the gods!

The particle cannon on the spaceship was indeed powerful, but with only three shots left, they couldn't always rely on it, could they?

The production of neutron clusters was also a challenge; only Lynn could manage it, but it would take quite some time.

With mere lesser divine power, it was impossible to directly control elements and electrons, only to indirectly affect neutrons. He couldn't afford to devote too much energy to this...

Lynn extended his hand, and a phantom crystal suddenly appeared in his palm. This was the signal source he had intercepted earlier. Although Lynn had blocked it, he had not destroyed it outright.

First, he wanted to study the opponent's quantum communication technology. Second, based on his higher-dimensional perception ability, he could reverse-locate the opponent's position through this signal source.

Lynn surmised that the civilization that created the disc-shaped spacecraft also had the ability to observe higher dimensions, but probably not to the extent of doing so at will like him; they likely needed some kind of instrument for positioning, which was another significant advantage for them!

However, the bad news was not absent. According to his observation, the distance between them had already crossed from tens of light-years to within ten light-years, just as he had previously anticipated. The opponent possessed the ability to traverse great distances in space.

Thinking about it was quite normal; a real interstellar civilization wouldn't lack wormhole technology, otherwise, a random flight in the vast universe would take hundreds of years, and by the time your fleet arrived, you wouldn't know how far the enemy's technology had advanced.

Lynn could only hope this was the closest temporal-spatial coordinate of the opponent; otherwise, the council would have very little time left.

Thinking this, Lynn took out an entangled quantum state, ready to experiment with establishing a space-time channel.

First, he would create a space-time node between the Eternal Star and the moon, making it much easier for them to collect 'energy'...

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