"I’m old, and I just don’t have the energy to study the celestial book anymore. It’s up to you young people!"
Zhou Guifang left with frustration.
Ruan Wenye arrived.
Ruan Wenye’s job transfer was quick. After he was reported for duty at the High Energy Institute in the capital, he was imdiately assigned to the anti-gravity team.
"Any progress with the new experint?" Ruan Wenye asked directly upon arrival.
"First, take a look at this!"
Zhang Qican handed Ruan Wenye a docunt and explained, "This is Academician Zhao’s analysis of space. Once you understand it, you’ll get it."
Ruan Wenye, sowhat expectant, took it and carefully studied the first page for a long ti before flipping to the second and third pages. Eventually, he briskly went through dozens of pages and looked straight at the end, "Why is there no conclusion?"
"Isn’t this it?" Zhang Qican pointed to the last set of equations.
Ruan Wenye looked at the dense, tadpole-like array of equations and suddenly regretted joining the anti-gravity team.
This...
Could humans really comprehend this?
...
The experintal results were reported to the senior leadership, who imdiately took notice.
Due to a very important discovery, the responsible senior leaders decided to co and see the next experint in person.
Very soon.
The experint was ready.
That morning, the senior leaders arrived at the experintal base and inquired about the last experint. They had already reviewed the report several tis, but hearing about it firsthand felt different.
"Was it really a space rupture?" This news was astonishing.
Dong Lihua affird, "I saw it with my own eyes, the experintal device beca blurry, and so did everything else, even if it was only for a brief mont. It did happen, and at that ti, communication was inexplicably lost, and the device stopped operating for no apparent reason. Later, no faults were detected."
The senior leader nodded and asked, "How are the preparations for today’s experint?"
"All set, ready to start at any ti."
Dong Lihua was always thorough with his work. For over a week, he prepared diligently, ensuring that everything was perfectly in order.
In the last two days, he personally led a team to check the operation of each component, making sure there were no issues.
Zhao Yi, Zhang Qican, and Ruan Wenye entered the command center together.
The senior leaders imdiately greeted them, shook hands warmly with Zhao Yi, and said, "Academician Zhao, tell us about today’s experint."
They all sat down together.
Zhao Yi said, "Today we’re conducting two experints. Both will power up the device to its maximum capacity. One is a conventional anti-gravity cross-sectional experint, and the other involves rotating the experintal device to create an anti-gravity area. The latter allows us to actually see the spatial cloak."
Those who were in the know referred to the energy barrier as a ’spatial cloak.’
A spatial cloak, indeed, was a fitting na.
"But the forr is very important."
Zhao Yi explained, "The anti-gravity cross-section can also verify whether a spatial cloak can be ford, but the resulting spatial cloak may just be a plane."
"This is significant for technological research. A spatial cloak completely isolates energy; you can’t see inside from the outside, nor can you see outside from within."
"For the second experint, we need to carefully study the properties of the ford spatial cloak. I want to know if the spatial cloak is effective against plasma and what specific effects it has on matter, machinery, and biology."
Dong Lihua added, "We’ve made a lot of preparations for detection!"
After the two had finished speaking, Zhou Guifang and the technical and command personnel of the anti-gravity team also presented additional preparations for the experint.
The senior leaders listened intently, and then, unable to wait any longer, waved a hand and said, "Let’s start if we’re ready, no need to waste anymore ti."
The command personnel imdiately returned to their posts and announced through the microphone, "All sectors, prepare!"
"Safety check!"
"Personnel inside the device report at all tis!"
"Activate the device..."
The first experint began swiftly.
There was no sound in the command center, but they could see the inside of the device.
Everyone beca very serious.
The anti-gravity device was soon activated, and on the surface, it seed like nothing happened, but everyone excitedly waited.
After about a dozen minutes, a commanding officer suddenly shouted excitedly, "Report!"
"Lines 13 to 19 in Area C are disconnected!"
"Woosh~~"
All the people in the command center knew what this ssage ant. Lines 13 to 19 in Area C were all used for detection; their simultaneous disconnection ant that a space shield had been ford, isolating the energy within those lines.
"Area B, all is normal!"
"Area A, all is normal!"
"Lines 13 to 19 in Area C, continue to be disconnected..."
"Area C, surveillance lost for upper views on monitors 2, 5, 8, 15..."
The last report imdiately drew everyone’s attention. People in the command center turned to look at several monitor screens, only to see a bizarre sight. In the monitors, the pipes all seed to be missing their upper half, as if obscured by a black shadow.
The black shadow was very strange too; it was not purely black, but completely devoid of any light emission. Only by contrast with other parts of the monitor could one discern that it was black.
"Light, it’s been absorbed!"
"Not absorbed, it’s the transmission that’s been blocked; it’s disconnected..."
"This has to be a black hole~~"
"Probably what a black hole would look like. Kind of frightening!"
"..."
Watching the black shadow on the screen, many felt their hearts tremble with fear and concern.
Dong Lihua carefully asked Zhao Yi, "Academician Zhao, are you sure that’s a space shield? Not... a black hole?"
Zhao Yi chuckled and shook his head, "Don’t be scared, it’s not a black hole, rest assured, we are safe. It’s simply absorbing the light."
Dong Lihua swallowed hard, but no one mocked him as everyone had a similar feeling. Pure darkness, utterly invisible, was a concept entirely different from re blackness.
The senior leaders also fell silent for a mont before sipping water from their cups, then comnted, "This space shield is quite impressive!"
"Indeed!"
"Too impressive!"
"The experint is a success then!"
"..."
People in the command center kept discussing while other staff mbers continued with various tests.
The first experint lasted over an hour. Once all tests were complete, the experintal device was shut down.
What followed was a wait until the afternoon for the second experint.
After assigning the data compilation tasks and requesting reports on conditions inside the device, Dong Lihua walked over and said, "We can now confirm the space shield. Honestly, after the last experint, I still couldn’t believe it, but now it seems to be true."
Zhou Guifang nodded and said, "A space shield! Who could have imagined! It blocks energy, it blocks light."
"I never thought I’d see sothing that blocks light in my lifeti. Today has really been an eye-opener!"
"A space shield that can block energy has significant military implications. It could be used directly in ’sky fortresses’. By then, ’sky fortresses’ will really be fortresses, making current radars completely ineffective. There might even be other applications."
Dong Lihua sighed and continued, "This is a scientific miracle! If people outside knew about it, the world would explode."
The senior leader spoke earnestly, "We must implent the strictest confidentiality asures. The issue of secrecy is of the utmost importance. Before we achieve the next phase of results, no one is allowed to leave the research base, and everyone must follow commands."
Everyone nodded in agreent.
When the senior leader ntioned ’everyone’, he was referring to all the personnel of the experintal base, which didn’t include Zhao Yi or Zhang Qican. They were still allowed to leave, but necessary surveillance was still in place.
Zhao Yi was a bit different.
As the founder of the space interruption theory, he had no reason to leak any information, and the seniors completely trusted him.
Zhang Qican, however, was a different case.
Although Zhang Qican could leave with Zhao Yi, he was under twenty-four-hour surveillance. His phone calls and ssages were monitored, and even his daily life was under watch.
It was a necessary asure.
The research on anti-gravity was extrely important; not a bit of information could be leaked.
Zhang Qican had yet to reach the level of ’complete trust’.
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