188: Chapter 188 The Secret of the Gravitational Field

Gao Yuan roughly understood what Gao Qiu meant; once he seized control, he would likely develop various superweapons in secret.

He might even hollow out the interiors of entire asteroids to turn them into battleships, just like the Vesta before.

"I know, Grand Marshal. I've already found the entrance to the wormhole, and I need a massive amount of dark matter!"

What?

Gao Qiu stood up abruptly. "You found the wormhole entrance? On the Moon?"

"Yes, I've already tested it. It's definitely a wormhole entrance!"

Gao Qiu's face was full of excitement.

"Good, good! I have dark matter here. I've collected quite a bit over the years!"

"By the way, how much do you know about that advanced civilization?"

Gao Yuan asked.

After all, there was a thousand-year gap.

Gao Yuan felt that the Future World must have at least more data on the advanced civilization than he did.

"Come, follow me back to Earth. I'll give you all the data, as well as the method for collecting dark matter. We haven't found a way to manufacture dark matter yet; what we have now is mainly collected from outer space!"

"What exactly are dark matter and dark energy? Have you researched them?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"Dark matter and dark energy support the expansion of this universe. This is also a fundamental property of Four-dimensional Space. You know, gravitational fields are the most basic rules of the universe. Whether in three-dimensional space or Four-dimensional Space, gravitational fields remain unchanged! But do you know where gravitational fields come from?"

Naturally, Gao Yuan didn't know.

"Gravitational fields... this universe is actually supported by dark energy and dark matter. Moreover, the density of dark energy is uniform. The greater the mass of a celestial body, the steeper the curved surface it creates in the dark energy layer. All surrounding small celestial bodies will operate on this curved surface! This is the essence of a gravitational field; it's actually a curved surface of dark energy. As for dark matter? It's an advanced version of dark energy. Dark energy is a basic medium composed of massless particles, while dark matter is a medium composed of particles with mass! Dark matter has higher structural strength than dark energy!"

"When the mass of a celestial body exceeds the limit of dark energy's support, it creates a hole in the dark energy layer. Surrounding objects, including light, will enter this hole, forming a black hole!"

Gao Yuan was amazed. So this was the truth behind universal gravitation?

"Grand Marshal..."

"Let's talk on the battleship. We're going back to Earth first!"

...

On the battleship flying toward Earth, Gao Yuan and Gao Qiu sat face-to-face.

"What were you going to ask just now? Continue..."

"Right, why does a wormhole need the support of dark matter?"

"A wormhole is a temporary passage created by space folding. As I said before, most regions of this universe are supported by dark energy, but some regions are supported by dark matter. Dark matter has mass and can withstand the pressure of a wormhole!"

"But if you can't observe dark matter, how do you capture it?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"Although we can't observe it, gravitational fields exist. As long as there is mass, there is a gravitational field! We calculate the gravitational field of dark matter and then use high-energy electromagnetic force fields to capture it in outer space!"

"Can humans manufacture it?"

Gao Qiu sighed. "It's very difficult. We only know of the existence of unobservable matter, but we can't study its composition. Being able to capture it is already a stroke of luck; how could we possibly manufacture it? Besides, in outer space, dark matter accounts for 26.6% and dark energy accounts for 68.3%. The matter we commonly see accounts for less than 5%! Do you know what that means?"

"It means that within the Solar System, the reserves of dark matter weigh five or six times more than the Sun!"

"Exactly. With such incredibly abundant reserves, why would we need to produce it ourselves?"

Gao Qiu asked in return.

Gao Yuan understood...

For this return to Earth, Gao Yuan was aboard a sun-class battleship. This was the flagship of the Heavenly Army, much faster than Gao Yuan's moon-class battleship and twenty times larger in volume!

Soon, they arrived at Earth.

"Grand Marshal, where on Earth are we?"

"Settlement 99. This is a base I built with my own hands back in the day! Let's go, head down. Everything you want to know is inside!"

Gao Qiu had already taken complete control of the entire human world. After the downfall of the Development General Administration, the Human Federation dominated all power, and the parliament was nothing more than a fig leaf.

As soon as they stepped off the battleship, a flying car arrived to take Gao Yuan and Gao Qiu to an underground base within Settlement 99.

"Few people come here. Even during Su Muyan's reign, this place was top secret!"

"The secrets of the advanced civilization are in here?"

"Yes..."

After their brainwaves were identified, the two entered the interior of the underground base.

Gao Yuan saw that the architectural style here was somewhat similar to the alien civilization base he had discovered on the Far side of the Moon.

There was also a dome above, with many models placed around.

Gao Yuan saw many statues with human heads and snake bodies.

He thought to himself that he had believed he'd discovered some great secret, but in fact, the Future World had known about it for a long time.

They arrived in front of a super photonic computer.

"Hope, activate!"

"Voice recognition successful. Activating!"

Seeing Gao Yuan's confusion.

Gao Qiu began to explain.

"This is our largest independent photonic research computer, and it's also the computer with the strongest computing power in human history!"

Soon, many virtual reality projections appeared around Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan felt as if he were watching a live-action movie, and he was right in the middle of it.

The film began with a desolate Solar System...

A billion years ago, Earth began to nurture life, but at that time, the entire Solar System was desolate!

Primitive anaerobic life appeared in the oceans.

Then, a wormhole appeared on Earth, followed by the appearance of plants. Large amounts of oxygen began to be released, and tens of millions of years later, the oxygen concentration on Earth reached 40%!

Soon, in a laboratory, aliens with snake bodies and human heads created mitochondria. This was a type of intelligent biological robot capable of self-reproduction. Mitochondria were then implanted into living cells...

Next, Earth entered the aerobic era!

Gao Yuan also saw the aliens using high-tech means to adjust the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Even the Moon's mass was strictly calculated, with the excess being tossed into the Asteroid Belt!

Actually, Gao Yuan had already guessed most of this...

"Grand Marshal, would you say these aliens are humanity's benefactors or our enemies?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"One could say that without them, we wouldn't exist. Even if civilization were eventually nurtured on Earth, it wouldn't be human. But because of their existence, we are permanently confined within the Solar System! This isn't something that can be simply defined as benefactor or enemy!"

"If we want to head out, we must break through this confinement!"

"Eight hundred years ago, we found the remains of a being with a human head and a snake body in the permafrost. We conducted three hundred years of research and analysis on these remains and even decoded their genome!"

Hmm?

Gao Yuan's face was full of shock. They had decoded the alien genome?