Back at his residence, while Yang Qinyun began to carry out business, he also continued to pay attention to the dynamics of the empire. Even when people loudly declared to the universe, the empire did not stop its development.
Every day, flying saucers can be seen floating around like a swarm of jellyfish, busily traveling between the ground and space. They transport a large number of items on the ground to the sky, but they also continuously transport some high-standard items back from space to support construction on the ground. The Empire is already beginning to plan the next ten city plans. According to transparent information on the Internet, in three more Venus years, the empire's population may be close to 1 billion, and in ten Venus years, the population may reach a terrifying 3 billion.
Of course, according to the current situation of Venus, the planet's healthy population tolerance coefficient is within 5 billion; after 3 billion, if the empire is not capable of interstellar expansion, then the empire will enter the family planning stage. But now, it's impossible.
At the same time, in space, Chen Feng was conducting final inspections of all equipment; beside him, Zhang Wenliang led a new generation of leadership team to observe.
After so many years of development, star cannon technology has made further progress. When the conversion time between electric energy and magnetic field cannot be further reduced, scientists use reasonable calculations to start the conversion device in advance to ensure that when the projectile reaches a certain location, the magnetic field here has already started and the generated force has just arrived. In addition, in order to increase the strength and explosive power of the magnetic field, scientists adopted a parallel auxiliary rail design after research. Outside the main rail, a magnetic field amplifying device is added. This makes this starry sky cannon even more surreal.
It was fine at first. That's the original design. But at one-third of the length, the first pair of auxiliary guide rails appeared - in order to balance the force, they were arranged in groups of two and extended directly to the end. At one-half mark, a pair of increasing rails appear again, and then one is added almost every thousand kilometers. And at the exit position, an additional circle is installed!
This transformation makes the starry sky cannon look like an oversized metal storm gun at the end. In addition to the main rail in the middle, there are a full circle of 50 pairs of guide rails around it! The outer caliber is as high as one kilometer!
Such a complex device is enough to accelerate a weight of 200 kilograms to 0.15 times the speed of light! Of course, such a super monster. The cost was as high as one-tenth of the total value of the empire! Don't say anything else. It is very difficult to assemble a monster that is 10,000 kilometers away from bends and flaws. Considering issues such as space distortion near the planet, the so-called instrument detection loses its role. When the speed reaches 0.1 times the speed of light, it cannot be ignored. The effect of distorting space. therefore. This guide rail is 10,000 kilometers long. All are tested by top-notch workers with their own hands! A thousand top workers. After completing this work, he was directly awarded the noble status of First Baron by the Empire.
There are also some specific components for magnetic energy conversion. Mechanical processing cannot achieve the required accuracy, and all require manual post-processing inspection and correction. In fact, since humans entered the technological era, the most advanced machinery still requires the use of hands to create! The aircraft carrier, which represented the pinnacle of military affairs at that time, required both hands to control assembly and some core components on the satellite. It also required both hands to inspect. And this is still the case!
The most important reason for this is creativity! Human beings have creativity that machines can never have!
Machinery can only detect and compare based on given data. However, people can continuously adjust the test results according to the actual situation, and can even directly determine the problems in a certain part and correct them.
In space, in the glass cabin of the Clairvoyance space factory, almost all the nobles and officials of the younger generation of the empire were gathered, as well as the scientific researchers and top workers who led the construction of the starry sky cannon. Everyone was conducting final system testing. Such testing has been done many times, but this time is different because physical testing will be used this time. The real thing is an iron lump weighing 200 kilograms! And multiple inspections are required.
Next to it, a cosmic detector that looks like a work of art is ready to go. Such a space probe also concentrates almost the empire's top science and technology and production and processing technology. For such a space probe, 70% of the core components are processed by hands; the final assembly is all done by hand! No other machine can complete the assembly of such a complex and precise machine. This is not only the pinnacle product of technology, but also the pinnacle product of art!
"Squeak..." The door opened, and the older generation personnel led by Zhang Jingyuan arrived. It's just that among the so-called older generation, there are actually nearly half "young" faces. Zhang Jingyuan and the parents of the seven brothers also arrived.
"How can you not watch such a grand event! You continue and don't worry about us." Zhang Jingyuan led others to stand in the corner. In space, scientists always come first, even emperors have to step aside! Without these scientists, the Empire would not be what it is today. The empire's respect for scientific researchers is unimaginable to ordinary people.
Chen Feng and others couldn't leave their seats at all, and they didn't even have time to turn their heads. But Zhang Jingyuan is not a foolish king, so he certainly knows the situation.
"After the starry sky cannon is successfully launched, everyone will be given at least the status of a third-class baron." Zhang Jingyuan said calmly, but no one objected. The Star Cannon doesn't look very complicated, but it is something like this that has gathered almost one-tenth of the empire's wealth. Simplicity does not mean simplicity! To be precise, the more concise it is, the higher the technology required! A CPU that looks like the size of a fingernail actually has hundreds of millions of transistors integrated into it! Similarly, the simple-looking starry sky cannon actually contains many parts and components, and the people who built it probably can't tell.
"Didi, all preparations are complete!" The voice of the on-site inspector came from the command room.
"Fill it!" Chen Feng ordered calmly.
The huge mechanical arm waved, and a bullet-shaped iron lump was placed in the center of the guide rail.
"Get ready! Countdown to 30 minutes..." The loud voice resounded through the control room and also spread to the universe. Everyone became nervous. Even Zhang Jingyuan is no exception!
This seems to be a signal. Although it is just a simple experiment, it represents a new beginning for human civilization!
From today on, mankind will enter a new era: the starry sky era!
After hurriedly passing through the space age and space age, mankind is finally about to enter a magnificent era: the starry sky age! The solar system can no longer block human eyes!
In the silent space, a hundred thousand pairs of huge wings of the starry sky cannon spread out. They are fan-shaped photovoltaic cells that are thousands of meters long and hundreds of meters wide. They will provide powerful power for the guide rails!
The plasma engine installed on the starry sky cannon was replaced and the position of the muzzle was adjusted. Even the experimental projectile is a big killer, with 0.15 the speed of light, enough to penetrate the earth. This thing is definitely the most powerful guarantee for the empire! Not one.
"Creak..." A huge noise sounded in the Clairvoyance space factory, but the scientists sat firmly.
I saw huge, slightly concave mirrors unfolding. The mirrors made of new materials had a reflectivity of almost 100%. There are huge mirrors, the smallest one is a hundred meters in diameter, and the largest one is a thousand meters in diameter!
Zhang Jingyuan and others certainly know the function of these mirrors. But except for the busy scientists, everyone was still holding the armrests of their chairs nervously, with veins bulging in their hands. This is a moment that cannot be expressed in words. Propulsion rockets are no longer enough to meet human needs! Therefore, the Empire adopted super rail technology to "launch" the probe. Later, light pressure drive technology will be used to continuously accelerate the detector...until, until the place where light cannot reach! ! !
The first iron lump starts to accelerate, because it needs to be detected. The first one is not at full speed, just an ordinary rapid speed. When the speed reaches one kilometer per second, all the power is turned off, and the projectile is allowed to "slowly advance". Come check the rails for the first time.
Under the ultra-high-speed camera, the projectile advances little by little, so inconspicuous on the screen that is hundreds of meters long.
The huge starry sky cannon is so long, more than 10,000 kilometers long, and moving at a speed of one kilometer per second, it will take tens of thousands of seconds, about 2 hours and 47 minutes, to complete the entire distance! Moreover, the testing does not end here, this is just the first wave!
Everyone was doing it quietly, no one dared to make any noise, even if they coughed, they had to go out carefully. At this moment, absolute silence needs to be maintained in the control room, and no noise can disturb the scientists.
The people watching were a little bored and nervous; but the scientists who were working were under tremendous pressure. Although Chen Feng did not go to the scene to operate, as the commander-in-chief, the pressure he bore was unimaginable. A surreal product that consumes one-tenth of the empire's wealth, a symbol that bears the aspirations of the empire's citizens, a ladder for the progress of human civilization... It symbolizes too many things, and there are a lot of them just casually; and now, The Empire gave them to themselves! This is Chen Feng's mood now.
Chen Xingping gently patted his son Chen Feng on the shoulder and expressed his silent support.
The projectile "slowly" advances in the guide rail. Every time it travels one meter, the guide rail on the display screen turns a little green. Green represents success and hope. And now, on this hundred-meter-sized screen, green is advancing so slowly! At least in Chen Feng's eyes, its progress was even a little difficult!
The nails on both hands have dug into the flesh without realizing it. The dream of nearly ten years is right in front of us, and no one wants it to be shattered! In particular, it is not only the dream of one person, but also the dream of an era, a nation, and an empire! Didi...electronic sounds came and went, that was the sound of the instrument working normally!
At this moment, everyone seemed to feel that this was the most beautiful but also the most nervous music in the world! The disordered electronic sounds played a hymn of progress of civilization. (To be continued...)