Deep Space Fleet

In the central conference room of Area A of the Earth Age, Captain Zhao said: "Misters and ladies, this disaster is the biggest disaster in our entire voyage. A small half of Area M in our living area has been destroyed. The leaked air has exceeded 6,000 tons, and it is even difficult to determine what the source of the disaster is... Moreover, there are still two unfortunate people who have not been whereabouts for the time being."

"So the topic of this meeting is how to deal with that piece of high-dimensional debris, whether the related rescue matters are going on, and... how to repair the spacecraft, etc..."

"Next, I invite the only survivor, Mr. Zhang Yuan, to bring you first-hand information about the high-dimensional fragments."

Zhang Yuan organized his language and said exactly what he said in the morning.

Although the people below had heard about the relevant retelling, they were still silent at the moment, and everyone was listening carefully.

If you haven't really seen it, even a mathematician, it is quite difficult to intuitively imagine the fourth dimension, not to mention the fifth and sixth dimensions. These things can only be calculated in equations, but cannot be intuitively imagined.

"Mr. Zhang, are there really nine dimensions?"

Zhang Yuan replied: "I'm sorry, I can't be sure, everything is just speculation. If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I think it is difficult to describe the specific situation with human language and imagination. There are related videos in the camera of the spacesuit. I suggest that the relevant expert team can conduct a series of studies."

There was a heated discussion below, and for many physicists, it was almost a fanatical attitude to look at this matter.

Soon, another woman asked the question in her heart: "Then, Mr. Zhang Yuan, do you think it is worthless to rescue? Those two soldiers who were unfortunately sucked in..."

Zhang Yuan paused for a while, and said: "To be honest, I don't know how to rescue. Because I only saw myself in that space, and didn't see the two of them. The surrounding area is truly nothingness..."

"You know that concept of nothingness?"

"It's just... no, it's not the same as the emptiness in the universe, it's truly 'nothing'! If it reaches the edge of the universe, it might be what I see."

"So, I'm thinking that each inhaled object may be assigned to a different space."

"Until we fully understand the nature of the high-dimensional debris itself, it is unlikely that we will find out where the two of them are...so the probability of rescue is very low."

Having said that, several girls have started crying softly, they may be relatives and friends of the victim.

In such a large conference room, only the humming sound lingered in my ears, and everyone else was silent. This kind of truth sounds very cruel, but it is a fact. Conservation is the best strategy in the face of a position that cannot be resisted by human beings.

Zhang Yuan sighed inwardly. There is still a word that he didn't say, although he doesn't know what is the time lapse ratio between the high-dimensional world and the real world. But according to the time he felt, it was almost 1:1. Whether it was the exhaustion of oxygen or energy, they would disappear in that space. Those two brothers really had little chance of survival.

However, with a responsible attitude, he still wants to say this. The high-dimensional fragments are too dangerous, and he can't even guarantee that he can escape for the second time after being re-inhaled, let alone others.

After a few minutes of silence, and another few minutes of discussion, Zhang Yuan's message ended here.

Immediately afterwards, the second expert spoke.

This is an old expert in charge of spacecraft safety, the dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering of Deep Space University, with gray hair.

"Look, everyone, this is the high-dimensional fragment. It should be a creation of a high-level civilization, not a natural birth."

A robot is investigating in the room, and the detected image is displayed on the screen.

Zhang Yuan looked carefully and found that the thing was just a piece of broken glass the size of a fingernail. It lay quietly on the floor, did not emit light, did not produce the so-called attraction, and did not devour the matter in the floor.

This thing turned out to be an irregular shape of glass slag!

"It is the so-called warping point? Why did it become a substance in three-dimensional space? Or, the warping point is hidden in this piece of glass slag?"

A series of questions surfaced in Zhang Yuan's mind.

"First of all, it seems to have no mass..." After a few seconds, the old gentleman said: "Or the mass is very, very small, so small that we can't detect it with robots... It's an unknown material that we don't know .”

"However, this fragment can have a slight electromagnetic interaction with the material on the floor, so it can lie on the floor obediently."

"Secondly, we don't seem to be able to grasp its opening time. The first opening was when it hit the spaceship, and I don't know how many seconds it lasted. The second opening was when Mr. Zhang escaped. It lasted for 24.4 hours in total. Seconds... It has been so many days, and it has not been opened for the third time yet."

"Every time it is turned on, it will generate a gravitational acceleration of 6.2 meters per square second to the surroundings, forming a relatively strong attraction. And it will swallow all the matter within a radius of 2.2 meters around it."

Another video began to play on the screen: the light ball was absorbing the airgel on the floor, but the gravity of 6.2 meters per square second was obviously not strong enough to absorb it at all.

But after 3.1 seconds, the airgel on the floor suddenly disappeared, and a large hole with a radius of 2.2 meters appeared!

"Soft things will be sucked in, hard substances... can only persist for 3.1 seconds at most, and then form a small circle with a radius of 2.2 meters."

The high-frequency camera does not capture the time when the big hole appears at all. No matter if the picture is delayed hundreds of times or thousands of times, the hole that did not exist in the previous frame will appear out of thin air in the next frame.

Zhang Yuan took a deep breath, he didn't know what this strange imagination meant.

Captain Zhao heard this, and said: "So everyone, if it is confirmed that there is no way to rescue the two soldiers, should we throw this fragment into space to ensure the safety of the spacecraft, or continue to study it and find out more? s things?"

This thing is a time bomb. Once it explodes, it will cause huge damage to the spacecraft. There is no container to store it. Maybe it will swallow a lot of researchers along the way.

Even though Zhang Yuan has found a way to escape, not everyone will be able to escape according to the method.

Another old man stood up: "... Throwing it out is a very reasonable plan. We are already close to our destination, and we only need another three hundred years of sailing to reach our future home planet. We have inherited the Earth Most of the technologies of civilization are guided by the history of new civilizations, so in this case, why bother to create extra problems?”

Zhang Yuan frowned and did not express his opinion for the time being.

Captain Zhao asked again: "Then based on the history of new civilizations, can it be calculated whether to keep or lose?"

Zhang Yuan raised his hand and replied: "Sorry, there is no way to make calculations. We can't have a mathematical model for this kind of accident..."

"But in the face of more advanced technological creations, if the risks are controllable, the probability of negative events is relatively small."