Chapter 157: Invisibility Technology
No one knows how many years ago, Mars was once the birthplace of humanity.
During that time, human civilization was brilliant in the solar system for a while, and this Titan-class battleship, built from the crystallization of all human technology of that era, is the best proof.
On the Titan, the central computer used photons as information carriers, achieving computing capabilities even faster than graphene chips.
Just one weapon system includes antimatter understanding, focused magnetic field technology, energy management technology, materials science technology, and more.
All of the above are future technologies that current humanity cannot comprehend even one of.
Additionally, this spaceship’s external armor uses strong interaction material, which is also an extremely advanced materials science processing technology.
And there is nano buffering nutrient solution that can reduce buffering force for people, as well as hibernation pod technology that can basically achieve eternal life as long as power supply is maintained.
These are all technologies that current humanity cannot even hope to reach.
The star domain where human civilization was located back then was actually not peaceful.
‘Far away’ several light years away, there were also other racial civilizations no less than pre-human civilization.
But relevant information is missing, so specific details are unknown.
The only thing known is that the relationship between these civilizations and human civilization was not one of peaceful coexistence.
On the contrary, due to the increasing resources needed for development, contradictions between civilizations grew larger, and war became inevitable.
The Conqueror spaceship was born in response to this situation.
But the outcome was clearly not as pre-human civilization had anticipated; when the spaceship was completed, Mars, even the entire solar system, suffered the most severe crisis.
On Mars, the Utopia Basin has a diameter of up to 3200 kilometers, which is not naturally formed.
Rather, it was the consequence of an unprecedented catastrophe, and pre-human civilization basically began heading toward extinction from that time.
At that time, the Conqueror had initially gained combat capability, and with the combat power formed by 1 million population, it was even an existence that could sweep through surrounding forces.
But it was precisely during this counterattack that the invasion of electronic life dealt the final blow to the already crumbling pre-human civilization.
The final outcome was that the Conqueror was trapped in the yellow sands on Mars for an unknown number of years, until recently, when the electronic life on the Conqueror reconnected with the primal.
“Boss, the information is extremely fragmented. That electronic life that has already disappeared probably, during its confrontation with the previous human civilization, lost control of this spaceship for some reason, otherwise this series of matters wouldn’t have happened.”
A’dai quietly recounted, and Fan Ren nodded, also deep in thought.
“A’dai, do you mean that warp drive will cause spatial fluctuation, which can thereby be detected by other means?”
Li Jian asked the key point at this moment.
“Yes, Li Boss. But this is quite complex; not a shred of the specific theory involved in warp drive was left behind. Perhaps at that time this technology was also highly classified, but through the spaceship operation manual, it can be known that the larger the mass of the warp drive body, the greater the fluctuation it causes to space, making it easier to detect; conversely, the warp drive of a small spaceship might not cause any spatial fluctuation at all.”
A’dai explained with great difficulty, and including Fan Ren, everyone listened in a daze.
In the end, they could only understand it as: for a spaceship like the Conqueror in size, the impact caused during warp drive can be captured and located by civilizations within 10 light years that have useful warp drive technology.
And obviously, an unknown number of years ago, there were civilizations in star systems within 10 light years range, and back then their strength was actually not much different from humanity’s.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to join forces to attack human civilization after humanity developed the Titan-class battleship, dealing a devastating blow to human civilization at that time.
What about now?
Fan Ren didn’t know, but he didn’t dare to bet.
“Boss, this spaceship has a stealth function; it can make itself invisible in space, isolating all scanning methods, an ability even the naked eye cannot see. This already involves higher spatial theory, and I can’t explain it specifically to you because I don’t know either.”
“A’dai, are you sure it can shield all perception detection including vision? No method can detect the spaceship’s existence?”
Li Jian hurriedly asked.
A’dai didn’t hesitate; although it is now electronic life, it gives the feeling of no difference from its original self.
“Yes, unless it directly collides with the spaceship’s hull; otherwise, even at close range, it’s fundamentally impossible to discover the Conqueror. I’ll demonstrate it to you; the most powerful thing about this ability is that it doesn’t consume much energy—less than one-thousandth of what this spaceship normally uses. However, this requires your authorization, Boss.”
“Wait a moment, help me contact Commander Liu.”
“Okay, communication connected. Hello, Commander Liu, this is the Conqueror, I’m A’dai; Boss wants to speak with you.”
“Hello, Fan Ren. My fleet has completed resupply, and this time it’s equipped with small nuclear bombs. What do you have to say to me?”
Liu Shengzhan’s voice was no longer anxious, but there was no relaxation of vigilance at all.
“Commander Liu, the fleet doesn’t need to deploy for now, but maintain combat readiness state. For now, pilot a spaceship equipped with ordinary missiles and fly to 10 kilometers from my ship, wait for my message; I need to do a test.”
“Okay, this spaceship of mine already has missiles; coming over immediately.”
The call wasn’t hung up; Liu Shengzhan’s speed was very fast. 500 kilometers is not far for the Young Dragon, and soon their Young Dragon flew directly near the Conqueror.
From outer space, under the Conqueror’s massive figure, the Young Dragon was tiny, inconspicuous like an ant.
“Commander Liu, I’m about to test this spaceship’s stealth function. Help me watch the spaceship from outside and tell me the changes in real time. Also, turn on all detection instruments on the Young Dragon aimed at us.”
“Received, radar detection activated. Your spaceship’s signal is currently very clear!”
Fan Ren nodded; it seems the Conqueror in normal state doesn’t have anti-radar stealth capability.
“A’dai, I authorize you to immediately activate stealth on the Conqueror.”
“Okay, stealth starting, complete in 15 seconds.”
As A’dai’s words fell in the audio, the Conqueror began from the bow and directly seemed to vanish, suddenly becoming empty with nothing there.
Liu Shengzhan on the Young Dragon saw this scene, his eyes nearly popping out.
15 seconds passed in a flash; as the engines at the tail also disappeared, the colossal object originally in space seemed to completely cease to exist in this space in an instant.
In Liu Shengzhan’s view, now besides the dark cosmic background dotted with stars, it was completely empty.
“It’s gone, Fan Ren! It completely disappeared right in front of me. Fan Ren, can you hear me?”
