Apocalypse: The Stronghold System

Chapter 098: Hydrogen Walls, and Spacecraft

Fan Chen came to the Observatory on the Mothership, although the telescopes used were not sophisticated enough to observe the celestial bodies in detail, but for a place on the Mothership that from the beginning was not functionalized for this, it was already good enough.

Currently, there are Yu Sun as Astronomical Scientist, Zhang Junda as Astrological Scientist, and Zhao Yansu, Mathematical Engineer.

The three people were deciphering the limited data, and were calculating the data through complicated formulas that Fan Chen did not understand.

"What are you counting?"

Zhao Yansu looked up, only to realize that Fan Chen had come, but she only gave a small nod and said, "We know that NASA has found the hydrogen wall surrounding our Solar System, and we are currently discussing the intent of this wall through theories that make sense with the calculation of formulas."

Fan Chen did not get angry when he saw these three people not giving the military any respect, because he himself banned them, deeming it troublesome. It is different if you are serious like all staff gatherings.

Zhang Junda sighed as he placed the pen on a pile of paper. "The hydrogen wall outside the Solar System, has been confirmed to have a function to withstand attacks from outside, the wall that protects the Solar System is at least 100,000 — 200,000° Celsius, and because of this too, the, the radio signal we received from Supernova 1987A had a slight interference."

Fan Chen paused for a moment, then asked, "Then what about the Earth's distance from the Sun?"

Yu Sun took off his glasses after observing the celestial objects taken from the telescope and already printed. "The closest point to the Sun is called “Perihelion”, while the nearest point is “Aphelion”. The nearest point is 147 million kilometers, and the farthest is 152 million kilometers. Now, the Earth is a little dimmer, about 0.5% of the Sun's energy hitting the Earth's surface has disappeared. The nearest point is now between 148 — 150 million kilometers, and the farthest point between 153 — 158 million kilometers."

"For the season, there is no change, only fainter and the temperature is down, but it is expected that summer will remain between 35 — 39° Celsius, and winter, as it is today, is expected, 5 — 8° Celsius."

Zhang Junda nodded and added, "There is no change in the rotation of the Earth, nor does the revolution of the Earth, remain unchanged."

Fan Chen nodded his head, then he thought back about the hydrogen wall surrounding the Solar System. "The hydrogen wall protects the Solar System, is this intentional or not?"

He had already begun to think beyond reason, however, given the radio signals from the scene of the Supernova explosion, surely he was thinking of other beings outside the Solar System, and perhaps hundreds of millions of years ago there was a human civilization that was already traveling between stars, and using special technology to create hydrogen walls to protect the Solar System, their home.

Yu Sun shook his head and replied, "For the time being, we can't be sure if it was made naturally or not. But if we follow the data from NASA that we managed to get through the state computer, this hydrogen wall is formed because of the meeting between the interstellar wind and the solar wind."

Fan Chen did not know what a solar wind was, so Yu Sun told him.

The solar wind is a stream of charged particles (i.e., plasma) that spread out in all directions from the sun's outer atmosphere known as the corona. The flow speed is about 400 km/s, with travel time from the Sun to Earth for 4 — 5 days.

Yu Sun drew a star with the planets, then a wall of surrounding hydrogen. This picture is not a real picture, just a simple picture to facilitate the explanation.

"We have to send detectors as far away as possible, further away from Pluto to monitor this hydrogen wall, and get significant data. But before that, develop the Large Hadron Collider and get as many Higgs Bosons as you can."

Fan Chen was speechless when he heard Yu Sun's explanation, especially to obtain the Higgs Boson by building the Large Hadron Collider. To catch anti-matter alone was already extremely difficult, let alone collect the Higgs Boson which only had 1:1 Trillion seconds to catch it.

"Higgs Boson, what's it used for?"

Yu Sun shrugged and said, "Either, but Physicist Yang said that, he said that the Higgs Boson is the main material for spacecraft at the speed of light."

Fan Chen did not understand the relationship between the Higgs Boson and a spacecraft capable of traveling at the speed of light. He tilted his head while folding both hands in front of his chest. "How does it work, what about manipulating the Higgs Boson particle field in large quantities to create a gravitational energy that is revolusive?"

"Stand ..." Fan Chen realized something. "Revolutionary gravity? Whatisit? I seem to have forgotten something."

Yu Sun ignored Fan Chen's question, but chose to add an explanation regarding the Higgs Boson particle, "Yes, after successfully creating a revolusive gravitational energy, instead, then a region in the universe will move fast and move an object even at speeds exceeding that of light."

Fan Chen fell silent, thinking of Yu Sun's intent, however, he knew nothing could exceed the speed of light. "Warp technology? Wrapping the spacecraft with a field, and moving it to a marked place."

Yu Sun, Zhang Junda and Zhao Yansu nodded their heads.

Fan Chen finally understood why he had to build the Large Hadron Collider and find the Higgs Boson. To Warp Technology! This is a very difficult technology to develop, but if successful, the entire Solar System is like being in the palm of a hand, it can move around very quickly.

"It's a good project, but for now, we think first about the 118 SkyNet Satellites and the 2nd Volume Main Project. After that, it was another project" Fan Chen said.

Fan Chen looked at the three and said, "Is there anything else?"

All three shook their heads.

Finding there was nothing more to discuss, Fan Chen elemented himself alongside Fan Xiaoyu who from the beginning remained silent without saying a word.

Fan Chen clasped Fan Xiaoyu's hand, and took her to the training ground. "Yu'er, tonight we're going to the City of Wood Protection."

Fan Xiaoyu who was walking behind, tilted her head and asked, "For what?"

Fan Chen stopped, he turned to look at his sister. "What was your impression of the Fan Family?"

Fan Xiaoyu paused for a moment before replying, "There is no good impression, Yu'er hates those who continue to pressure us, and Yu'er always wonders, we are their family, but why do they always behave badly? At the meeting three years ago, they looked down on us, even insulting Mom!"

Tears were blocked at the corner of Fan Xiaoyu's eyes that tried to hold her back so that her cries did not break.

Fan Chen rubbed his sister's eyes, hugging her tightly while patting her nape. "Does Yu'er want to repay them, whatever the risk?"

Fan Xiaoyu nodded, then she looked up with open eyes when she realized something. "You mean, Big Brother came to Wood Protection City because he wanted to attack the Fan Family?"

"Not attacking ..." Fan Chen shook his head and said, "But take everything that should be ours, with a little extra reward for them."

Seeing her brother's sly smile, Fan Xiaoyu knew that this must be a war, and there would definitely be many casualties. This was what risk meant, and he had to take a bloody step when going to the Wind Protection City, that is, kill.

Fan Xiaoyu lowered her head, speechless, not knowing what to say, not knowing whether to leave or stay behind in Mingyue Defense.

Fan Chen smiled, he rubbed Fan Xiaoyu's head. "It's morning now, you can think about it until evening. For now, let's practice shooting."

Fan Xiaoyu looked up, she nodded her head and went back to following her brother.

But, Fan Xiaoyu remained silent, her head filled with questions surrounding the Wood Protection City and the Fan Family. She was very confused, perhaps, she should ask her mother after coming down later.

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