Chapter 214: Surveying the Alien Deep Space

Lilyth's temporary withdrawal stirred no great ripple within the New Era. To Qin Feng, it was merely a trivial noise on the path forward; his gaze remained fixed on a far grander goal.

The stable operation of the 【Geopulse Harmonic Resonance Analysis Array】 had established a solid ground-based early-warning barrier for the New Era. But the success of this planetary-scale perception system was like opening a door to a new world, freeing Qin Feng's thoughts from the confines of his blue mother planet.

The keel of the Deep Space Mothership continued to extend in the dry dock, its mission the Star Sea. Yet before venturing into the unknown, it must possess the ability to perceive the dark depths of space and foresee cosmic hazards. If Earth's "pulse" could be sensed, what of the "ripples" across the Star Sea? Those possible dense interstellar dust belts, gravitational anomalies, high-energy particle streams, and even… traces or latent threats left by other civilizations?

A bolder plan gradually took shape in Qin Feng's mind.

He intended to build not merely a ship capable of crossing the Star Sea, but a ship that could "see" the path ahead. He needed a system deployable on the Mother Ship, capable of wide-area, ultra-long-range deep-space exploration and survey.

This requirement was directly submitted to the Deep Space Exploration Department under the Science Council.

The department head was a young astrophysics prodigy named Evans, renowned for his unconventional thinking and bold hypotheses. Upon receiving the task, he was ecstatic, immediately assembling his team and presenting several deep-space detection schemes based on cutting-edge theories: ultra-long baseline interferometry, quantum entanglement remote sensing, and neutrino imaging.

These proposals were wildly imaginative, even bordering on the boundaries of current physics, representing the highest level of human conceptualization at the time.

Yet when Evans, laden with thick proposal binders, eagerly reported to Qin Feng, the response was identical to the one Smith Professor had received previously.

Qin Feng swiftly flipped through the files filled with complex formulas and conceptual diagrams, his brow barely furrowing.

"Not enough." He closed the last proposal, his tone flat and final.

Evans's excitement froze instantly, replaced by shock and frustration: "Mr. Qin! These schemes already push existing theories to their absolute limits—even extrapolating beyond them! If these aren't enough, then… what else can we rely on?"

"Rely on what?" Qin Feng raised his eyes, his gaze seeming to pierce through the office ceiling, reaching into the infinite depths of the cosmos. "Rely on breaking free from the frameworks bound by your current theories."

He stood and walked to the massive star map, his finger lightly tracing a vast region labeled "Unknown."

"We are going there. There are no known navigation beacons, no completed star charts, and even physical constants may differ subtly from our understanding. The systems you've designed may suffice near Earth, within the Solar System. But once entering true interstellar space, their precision, resistance to interference, and most importantly—their ability to foresee unknown threats—are far below requirements."

"I need a system that doesn't merely 'see' celestial bodies tens or even hundreds of light-years away, but can 'perceive' hidden dangers in that space—dangers invisible to conventional methods. For example: warped spacetime folds, decaying dark matter clouds, or… extremely subtle information radiation emitted by non-natural structures."

Evans opened his mouth to say this sounded more like science fiction, but seeing Qin Feng's unyielding gaze and recalling the miraculous nature of the 【Geopulse Harmonic Resonance Analysis Array】, he swallowed his doubt and asked: "Then… how do we achieve it?"

"You're thinking in the wrong direction." Qin Feng turned to Evans. "You've been focused on improving how to 'receive' signals, how to increase resolution. But why not consider how to 'actively illuminate' that darkness?"

"Actively… illuminate?" Evans murmured, a flicker of confusion crossing his eyes, then suddenly igniting into clarity. "Are you saying… like active sonar? But that works underwater and at short ranges. In the vastness of space, what kind of 'wave' could propagate effectively and be resolved? Electromagnetic waves? Gravitational waves? Or…?"

"It's a more fundamental, more hidden kind of 'ripple.'" Qin Feng did not answer directly; his mind sank again into the system interface.

This time, his consciousness searched the 【Super Technology】 database not for planetary-scale perception, but for interstellar-scale probes.

Soon, a technical blueprint surfaced: the 【Void Energy Spectrum Resonance Probe】.

The core of this technology was not to emit any physical energy wave, but to use exquisitely crafted devices to generate an extremely subtle "spacetime resonance" in localized space. This resonance, like a stone dropped into a calm lake, would induce faint ripples in spacetime itself—propagating faster than light.

When these ripples encountered massive celestial bodies, energy anomalies, or objects with specific structures, they produced unique "interference patterns" and "echoes." By receiving and analyzing these faint "echoes"—feedback from spacetime itself, nearly undetectable by conventional means—the system could reconstruct with extreme precision the target region's detailed energy spectrum distribution, mass field gradients, and even indirectly infer material composition and energy activity levels.

This was a completely revolutionary detection method! It relied neither on light nor known particles, but directly "listened" to the subtle whispers of the universe's own structure!

"This is it." Qin Feng's eyes gleamed with satisfaction.

He turned to Evans, still stunned and lost in thought, and ordered: "Cease all current development. The new deep-space detection system—I will provide the core principles and design. Your task is to concentrate all resources and achieve its engineering realization."

"Yes, Mr. Qin!" Evans replied with fervor, his earlier frustration replaced by overwhelming excitement and anticipation. He realized he was about to participate in a project capable of rewriting the history of human cosmic exploration.

In the days that followed, the Deep Space Exploration Department, in collaboration with materials, energy, quantum computing, and other departments, began the arduous work of tackling the 【Void Energy Spectrum Resonance Probe】 under Qin Feng's direct guidance.

Manufacturing the core generator capable of stably inducing "spacetime resonance" required an exotic material that maintained structural integrity under extreme energy levels; receiving the faintest possible "spacetime echoes" demanded a quantum sensor array surpassing all known physical limits; and processing the massive, high-dimensional interference data required constructing entirely new mathematical models and algorithms…

This was another challenge to the limits of cognition and engineering.

But the New Era excelled at turning the impossible into the possible.

Months later, the first prototype was tested in a heavily shielded underground facility.

When the invisible "spacetime resonance" was triggered and the receiving unit captured the unmistakable "echo" signal from a preset target at the far end of the chamber, the entire project team erupted in celebration!

Evans stared at the control screen, where the unique spectral interference pattern signaled success, too overwhelmed to speak.

He knew that from this moment, humanity's way of exploring the universe had been irrevocably changed.

The New Era's Deep Space Mothership, still docked, already possessed the 【God's Eye】 to pierce through the mist of billions of kilometers.

And this eye, in the future, would gaze upon even more distant, more mysterious Star Seas—and the secrets and threats hidden within them.

Qin Feng stood before the main console, watching the successful signal on the screen, a faint smile touching his lips.

Earth's pulse was now known. The next step: to listen to the heartbeat of the stars, to survey the boundless alien deep space.