Chapter 1601 - Borrowing a Ship?

East Asia Heavy Industries building.

After Lu Zhou completed the assembly and entire experimental plan design of the first Z particle oscillation device “Z-Demo”, he came here all the way from Jinling.

Compared to the high-level executives of East Asia Energy, the executives of East Asia Heavy Industries were obviously much more approachable.

For example, the man named Yang Qidong standing in front of him at the moment, although his status was the chairman of East Asia Heavy Industries, he had no ego at all, and he invited Lu Zhou into the office very politely.

But, for some reason, Lu Zhou felt that this guy was a little nervous...

“I’m not interested in the position of the chairman, so you don’t need to be so nervous.”

Lu Zhou joked, but to his surprise, his own joke seemed to have no effect at all...

“Academician Lu, how could I be nervous? I’m not nervous at all!” Chairman Yang showed a stiff smile on his face as he continued, “If you want to be the chairman of East Asia Heavy Industries, that is the honor of our board of directors. As long as you have this wish, I would be overjoyed, why would I be nervous?”

But you don’t look happy...

Lu Zhou estimated that this guy was frightened by Liu Zhengxing’s case.

But Liu Zhengxing’s death really had nothing to do with him. It was purely because he exposed too many anonymous identities that shouldn’t have been touched and was destroyed by his own doings.

Speaking of which...

People from The Spirit of The Universe Foundation have integrated into East Asia Energy, so the same should go for East Asia Heavy Industries, right?

Although the profitability may be slightly weaker, as a top manufacturing giant, the power of East Asia Heavy Industries should not be underestimated...

Seeing Lu Zhou look at him with an inquiring gaze, Yang Qidong suddenly became nervous again.

“You... Do you have any instructions?”

Lu Zhou calmed his tone a little, looked at him, and said, “I told you, you don’t need to be so nervous, I’m just here to ask you for something. It should be easy for you... and it’s definitely beneficial for you.”

Fearing that Lu Zhou would be unsatisfied, Yang Qidong quickly said, “Please tell!”

Lu Zhou decided not to worry about his nervousness anymore. He organized the thoughts in his mind and spoke in the most concise way possible.

“So, I researched the Z particle oscillator some time ago, right? After a period of research, it is finally completed.

“In order to verify some ideas about hyperspace theory, I hope you can modify a starship for me.”

Yang Qidong was stunned. Thinking that he had heard something wrong, he asked, “Modify?”

“Yeah.” Lu Zhou continued, “I will borrow a search cruiser from the First Fleet in two days. I may have to ask you guys to modify it.”

Yang Qidong: “...?”

...

Pan-Asian Academy of Sciences.

Inside an office for theoretical physics research, Professor Lu Wenmao met the chairman, who came to visit him.

He turned around and stood up from the office chair. He then extended his right hand and politely greeted him.

“Hello, Mr. Chairman! I didn’t expect you to be here so soon. ”

Li Guangya smiled and said, “Professor Lu, you are the best in the field of Pan-Asian theoretical physics, of course I’m going to come here as soon as I can.”

“Oh, you’re too kind.” Professor Lu Wenmao felt his face getting warm. He said embarrassedly, “Academician Lu aside, even when compared to some other great names in my field, my abilities are still weaker.”

“You’re too modest!”

“Not modest, it’s that I can’t accept this compliment.” Professor Lu Wenmao sighed and continued, “Speaking of which, may I ask why are you here?”

Li Guangya smiled and said, “Here’s the thing, I want to ask you a question.”

Hearing that the chairman had a problem and wanted to consult him, Lu Wenmao immediately put on a serious expression on his face.

“Please go ahead.”

Li Guangya: “From the perspective of an expert, based on the theoretical basis provided by the Z particle gravitational wave equation, with our current level of technology, is it possible to achieve faster than light technology?”

Z particle gravitational wave equation and faster than light technology?

This question seems to be a bit broad...

Looking at Chairman Li Guangya, Professor Lu Wenmao was slightly taken aback. He asked cautiously, “You mean... open a stable hyperspace channel?”

Li Guangya smiled and said, “I don’t know the specific academic phrasing, but yeah, roughly.”

Lu Wenmao: “It might be a little difficult.”

Li Guangya didn’t give up and asked, “I know that it may be difficult to send a substance directly, but what about sending a piece of information? Through the method of hyperspace channel, accelerate the speed of information... How likely is it to be realized?”

Lu Wenmao smiled bitterly and said, “It’s hard to tell... To be honest, I am just a theorist, and I am not an expert at transforming theory into tangible application results. From a theoretical point of view, the Z particle gravitational wave equation does establish a fairly perfect mathematical model between the vibration frequency of the Z particle and the curvature of spacetime, but how to use this property to open a hyperspace channel is still a very big issue.

“Although 100 years ago we made a photon return to Earth from Mars 207.1 seconds earlier, it cost 1/10th of the ILHCRC’s annual funding that year.

“I’m not certain about the distant future, but at least for the next half a century... it is unrealistic to expect one to solve the problem of faster than light speed through this line of formula.”

After listening to Professor Lu Wenmao’s statement, Li Guangya’s face showed a thoughtful expression.

After pondering for a long time, he touched his chin and nodded.

“Oh, I see...”

Seeing the disappointment gradually revealed on the chairman’s face, Professor Lu Wenmao said, “Of course, this is just my personal opinion. It may be a little pessimistic. Maybe other people have different opinions from me. Anyway, I am sorry for not being able to help you.”

“No worries, you have been a great help!”

Chairman Li Guangya smiled. He was about to say some kind words to express his gratitude.

However, at this moment, Secretary Wei walked in from the outside in a hurry.

“Chairman Li!”

Li Guangya couldn’t help raising his eyebrows slightly and asked, “What happened?”

“Just now, Academician Lu made a call to your office, hoping that you can approve his experiment request.”

“Experiment request?” The expression on Li Guangya’s face became even more strange. He asked, “What experiment? Why is he asking me?”

Secretary Wei said with a wry smile, “He wants to borrow a... cruiser from the First Fleet.”

Cruiser?!

Li Guangya took a breath and couldn’t help asking, “Borrow a cruiser... What the hell does he want to do?”

That’s not something you people just borrow!

Without a reason to convince the congress, even he, as the chairman of the board, couldn’t arbitrarily mobilize the First Fleet.

“He said on the phone that he wanted to test the stability of some hyperspace channel...”

Seeing the dumbfounded expressions of the two, Wei Song gulped and continued nervously, “It seems to be... related to the faster than the speed of light experiment.”