201: energy compression

Upon hearing Lin Yang's explanation, Dr. Chu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Energy shields were essential for advanced alien civilizations in sci-fi blockbusters.

Once an energy shield was raised, ordinary attacks were completely ineffective.

When watching such sci-fi blockbusters in the past, Dr. Chu had more than once thought how great it would be if such a powerful energy shield existed in reality.

So, when he saw the energy shield rise just now, he subconsciously assumed it was the super energy shield from sci-fi blockbusters.

Now, hearing Lin Yang say that it was far from the sci-fi version, it was inevitable that he felt some disappointment.

However, this disappointment only lasted for a short while before Dr. Chu became excited again.

Lin Yang had already developed the energy shield; although its defensive capability was weak now, that didn't mean it would always be so weak!

After a few upgrades, it might become comparable to those in sci-fi blockbusters!

The process of creating a product from scratch is the most difficult, but once it's developed, it can be gradually iterated and upgraded, continuously improved!

Something like an energy shield was simply impossible to develop with the original technological capabilities on Blue Star.

Now that it already existed, it was only a matter of time before the energy shield's defensive capability became stronger.

The momentary disappointment just now was merely a human instinct; after regaining his composure, Dr. Chu rubbed his hands and said with a chuckle:

"Lin, you are truly amazing to have developed the energy shield. Although its current defensive capability is weak, after a few more upgrades, it should be able to withstand large-scale thermal weapon attacks, right?"

Lin Yang nodded slightly: "Actually, the strength of an energy shield's defensive capability is most directly related to energy. The shield consumes a lot when resisting attacks. Theoretically speaking, as long as there is enough energy, it can resist thermal weapon attacks."

"Ah?" Dr. Chu was stunned for a moment, then asked somewhat confused: "Lin means that as long as there is enough energy, the energy shield outside can also resist thermal weapon attacks?"

"Theoretically, that's the case, but in reality, there's still a certain gap."

Lin Yang smiled, then explained in detail to Dr. Chu.

"To resist thermal weapon attacks, a large supply of energy is required, and energy naturally needs a place to be stored. That black disc I gave you is so small; it obviously doesn't have space to store a large amount of energy."

"Therefore, whether the item releasing the energy shield itself can store a large amount of energy is also crucial."

Dr. Chu frowned slightly and couldn't help but say: "Lin, do you mean that as long as the main body of the item releasing the energy shield is made large enough, with space to store energy, it can achieve the defensive effect seen in sci-fi blockbusters?"

"For example, if that small black disc outside were scaled up proportionally, leaving space for energy storage, could it resist super thermal weapon attacks?"

"Yes, but not entirely." Lin Yang shook his head, "To resist super thermal weapon attacks, the consumption is enormous. Even if it's enlarged ten or a hundred times and entirely used for energy storage, it might only be able to withstand a few missile attacks."

"Ah? Such a large consumption?" Dr. Chu was stunned again, then said: "Then, in the hypothetical scenario, wouldn't the energy shield item itself, capable of continuously resisting thermal weapon attacks, have to be made larger than a spaceship?"

"That's not it either." Lin Yang shook his head again, "If the item releasing the energy shield had to be larger than a spaceship, what would be the point?"

Dr. Chu was completely bewildered.

Lin Yang first said that the item releasing the energy shield itself had to be large enough to have space for energy storage, but now he said it wasn't, which confused him.

Looking at Dr. Chu's confused expression, Lin Yang smiled: "Dean Chu, I just said that many things are theoretical, but in practice, they can change significantly due to different technologies."

"For example, the problem you mentioned involves another technology: Energy Compression Technology!"

"Energy Compression Technology?" Dr. Chu couldn't help but repeat.

"Yes!" Lin Yang nodded, "So-called energy compression means that the same quantity of energy can be infinitely compressed to a degree that it takes up almost no space, without affecting the energy that the corresponding quantity can provide."

Dr. Chu was instantly greatly surprised: "There's such powerful technology?"

"Yes, so making the energy shield item itself larger is the most basic approach. The truly advanced approach is to compress energy, turning it into energy modules, which can achieve powerful defensive capabilities while minimizing space occupancy." Lin Yang said.

"This... it really is quite complex, huh..." Dr. Chu couldn't help but rub his forehead.

"Haha, actually, it's not that complicated. Simply put, as long as the Energy Compression Technology is strong enough, then the defensive capability will be strong enough!" Lin Yang laughed.

"For example, for the same energy shield item, the space for energy storage is fixed and limited. So, in the same energy storage space, whichever side has stronger Energy Compression Technology can place more energy in the same space, which means the energy shield will last longer, or in other words, its defensive power will be stronger."

"I see, I'm starting to understand." Dr. Chu gently patted his forehead again, then asked confused:

"So, does that mean the energy shield itself has no level distinction? Once it's developed, its subsequent strength is entirely related to energy?"

"That's not entirely the case either."

Lin Yang smiled slightly again, and without waiting for Dr. Chu to express confusion again, he proactively began to explain:

"Although the strength of an energy shield's defensive capability is mainly related to energy, there are still some technological differences in the energy shield itself."

"For example, a low-level energy shield can only defend against ordinary thermal weapon attacks. Even with abundant energy support, it cannot defend against certain super weapons."

"And a more advanced energy shield, in addition to being able to defend against ordinary thermal weapon attacks, can also defend against electromagnetic interference and so on. At the same time, as long as there is enough energy, it can also defend against super weapon attacks."

"In summary, while energy is more important, there are still some technological barriers within the energy shield itself."

"Oh..."

Although Dr. Chu couldn't fully understand upon hearing this, he grasped about seventy to eighty percent of it, then laughed heartily: "This thing really is quite complicated."

Then, he looked at Lin Yang curiously: "Then, Lin, have you mastered that Energy Compression Technology now?"

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