Chapter 320: The Space-Time Apple

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The warp drive that was originally fine suddenly became a dangerous technology after the technology tree was updated. This made Li Wenyuan pay attention to it.

Warp was his main mode of movement at the moment, and having the ability to teleport would undoubtedly make his interstellar space journey much faster.

However, humans classified it as a dangerous technology after a while. This was something that Li Wenyuan did not expect.

One had to know that in his dazzling technology tree, only the Natural Disaster Plan and Cruel Evolution Theory could have such a dangerous technology label. The most basic consequence of the former was the destruction of an entire galaxy.

“Did they find something on the warp drive again?” As he thought about it, he checked the new words in the notes of the technology warp drive.

[Special Remarks: The use of the warp drive will inevitably lead to the weakening of the space-time structure. Although the universe can repair itself, the time required will be multiplied countless times. We’ve confirmed that the World Breakers are a group of enemies from higher dimensions who are attracted by the over-spread warp technology. The weak areas of the space-time structure are their best entry points. However, according to our first-hand information, when warp is used to the extreme, it will attract some unexpected danger…]

“Danger…” Accompanied by the Special Remarks was a scene of an experiment left behind by humans.

In the video, humans were conducting countless warp experiments in the same place. An apple was teleported back and forth within a centimeter of the laboratory by warp technology.

The duration of the image was only about ten minutes, but it had been accelerated. To the naked eye of an ordinary creature, there would only be two motionless apples in the image. However, Li Wenyuan knew that the apples were undergoing at least a hundred warps every second and had never stopped.

Just like that, the scene remained still until it was about to end.

During this period of time, the experiment scene was deliberately slowed down countless times, and the apple began to teleport within a specific range visible to the naked eye.

At a certain moment, two apples suddenly appeared on the screen.

Or rather, when the previous apple warped, it left behind an identical apple.

This scene made Li Wenyuan feel a little incredulous. He didn’t think that humans would fake an animation to tease him.

No one could explain how that apple had appeared. It was like it had appeared out of thin air, without any warning.

The next moment, the apple warped back to its original position.

However, something even stranger happened. The moment the two apples touched, they disappeared into thin air without leaving a trace.

The final result of the experiment was that the apple was missing, but the impact was significant.

According to the experimental data left behind, when the second apple appeared, the data in the test site did not change at all.

The flow of air molecules there did not change due to the appearance of the apple. Even the mass and charge did not increase or decrease. The situation of the entire test site was no different from before the experiment began. The apple seemed to be just an illusion.

However, when the first apple returned to its original position, touched the second apple, and then disappeared, the data in the field changed. The most obvious thing was that all the volume and mass of the apple returned to zero, proving that the apple had completely disappeared from the test field.

The experimenters did not believe it and installed some kind of powerful signal transmitter in the apple. Together with their megastructure, they could detect signals at least within a distance of eight million light-years.

However, after another experiment, the apple still mysteriously disappeared from the sealed test site. No matter how hard they searched, there was no trace of it, as if it had really disappeared from the universe.

Li Wenyuan was not the only one who found this strange phenomenon strange. Even humans were puzzled by it. The information they left behind was mostly speculation about this matter.

Some people believed that there was an invisible hand manipulating the universe. This kind of behavior of destroying the space-time structure in one place would be identified as a bug and eliminated.

Some people believed that this was a natural phenomenon of the universe, a compensation for the shattered space.

However, after much discussion, this anomaly was finally defined as a space-time ghost.

[In the repeated warp test, we confirmed that the second apple that appeared had no mass at all. It looked like some kind of ghost that floated above the world.]

[At the same time, we also discovered that this ghost tends to approach the main body. Under our detection, the ghost apple has approached the main body by about two millimeters in an hour without any physical obstruction.]

[Since touching it will cause its main body to disappear, we don’t think this is a good thing.]

[Although the appearance of a ghost requires the warp drive to be abused to the extreme in the same location, which is impossible under normal circumstances, we still cannot deny the danger.]

[We discovered that after a ghost appears, it is impossible to eliminate its existence through any means unless it comes into contact with the main body and disappears together. It seems to be in our world, but not in our world.]

[In the end, we decided to call this phenomenon a space-time ghost. It’s like a vengeful spirit that breaks through space-time. It will chase the culprit until it dies.]

[The warp drive that could cause the space-time ghost phenomenon is also classified as a dangerous technology from now on, even if the probability of its occurrence was less than one in a billion. This also needs to be paid attention.]

“It’s indeed a danger worthy of attention. It shouldn’t affect my normal use…”

Li Wenyuan was slightly relieved because the premise of the occurrence of the space-time ghost was that the space-time structure of a place was shattered to the extreme.

He roughly calculated the number of times the apple had warped. It had to be at least millions of times, which meant that it would take millions of warps in the same place for a space-time ghost to chase after its soul, and the probability was almost zero.

The universe was so big that it was basically impossible for so many warps to happen in the same place in a short period of time.

Therefore, the sense of crisis brought about by this technology was not as heavy at this time. At least, it was still too early for Li Wenyuan.

After the warp drive, Li Wenyuan did not see any more anomalies or new technologies in the technology tree. This meant that he had basically read the updated content.

“There are more and more secrets that need to be analyzed… The Ether Dragon, the hunter who chased after Presolin, the Traveler Civilization, the scribe’s experiment, the contingency agreement, the civilization that created the contingency agreement, the shrinking world, the black hole, and now a space-time ghost has appeared…”

After sorting out the various matters to be dealt with, Li Wenyuan looked at the deep space through the spacecraft’s monitor.

“And all of you…That’s the biggest secret….”