Bernard said to Captain Solo: "I said we should land here, I remember Jack is here."

Juan remembered that Soma did not announce Jack's crime before leaving in order not to ruin the plan, so Bernard did not know.

He interrupted: "Why, if you don't land on the tarmac, where else can you land? This planet is just a platform that can take off and land spacecraft."

Bernard said: "The captain said he would stop at the Orc Plains north of Mount Xinqilimanjaro and said that the delivery address indicated by the consignee was there.

"I said no, the soil there is too soft and the spacecraft will sink when it lands."

Juan secretly thought proudly that even if you stopped at the Orc Plains, you wouldn't be able to find Jack.

He echoed: "The soil of the Orc Plains has absorbed water from the rainy season. Not to mention the spacecraft, even parking a car will press out water."

Captain Solo said nonchalantly: "It's okay, my spaceship has been modified and can land in swamps.

"I prefer to park in the wild than pay taxes."

Juan heard Captain Solo's worry. He patted the other party on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'll give you tax exemption forever."

Captain Solo suddenly became sunny. He laughed and had a drink with Juan.

Then Captain Solo said in a joking tone: "No, no, I don't dare to come again, your planet is too remote and difficult to find.

"I made a big loss sending this shipment. If I take other routes during this time, I can make double the profit."

Juan urgently needs the spaceship to dock. He is fed up with the feeling of being abandoned by the world.

He hurriedly explained: "You are just unlucky to have traveled across this planet only once every two or thirty years."

"What, time travel?"

Juan saw the surprised expressions of Captain Solo and navigator Bernard, so he told the story of the beautiful planet traveling to another three-dimensional space.

In the end, Juan raised his chin in disbelief and said, "Well, even those of you who have traveled all over the star map have never experienced it."

Captain Solo touched his smooth chin and said: "I have heard of similar things. In our circle of non-tax captains, someone once mentioned Star Trek.

"Without any warning, suddenly all the reference stars disappeared and were replaced by a completely unfamiliar galaxy.

"Later, he took the risk to initiate a space jump and actually came back. However, when he went to explore again, he could not find that strange galaxy."

Bernard lamented: "I really didn't expect such a thing to happen. I have been running interstellar routes for so many years, how come I have never encountered it?"

Captain Solo sneered: "You used to be a well-established master, and you ran mature routes.

“I don’t know how many spaceships have flown those routes, so there is definitely no risk.

"It's not like us. In order to avoid taxes, we sometimes have to take some routes that few people know about. There may be a fatal danger somewhere along these routes."

Bernard must have had a little too much to drink. He exposed the matter unceremoniously: "Come on, tax avoidance is not smuggling."

Juan didn't want everyone to be unhappy, so he changed the topic and asked: "Bernard, I haven't asked you yet, why did you change the owner?"

Bernard took another sip of whiskey and sighed: "The world is difficult. The original aerospace company cannot survive and has no choice but to lay off employees.

"I was unemployed for a while. I heard that someone needed a navigator to go to a beautiful planet, so I quickly recommended myself, and ended up on their pirate ship."

"Hahahaha" "Hohohohoho"

Captain Solo and first mate Chewbacca were not angry at all about the "pirate ship". They seemed happy to see Bernard defeated.

Captain Solo also put his arm around Bernard's shoulders and said: "Once you get on my spaceship, don't worry about getting off. Just do your best, hahaha."

Juan knew that the aerospace company's review was very strict, and anyone who had been involved in smuggling would never be hired.

So even if the world gets better and the aerospace company recruits people again, Bernard will not be able to get involved.

As for the navigator profession, its applicability is extremely low, and there is no other way out except to serve in space flight.

So Bernard had to either change careers or lose his job.

If he wants to go to space again, he can only follow Captain Solo and engage in smuggling.

But this is Bernard's choice. Whether it is his choice or not, Juan can't help him.

Juan could only change the topic while drinking with Bernard:

"By the way, Bernard, let me ask you a professional question, how does a spaceship suddenly jump from one place to another?

"Some people say that they use a curvature engine to bend space. Is that true?"

"That's nonsense," Bernard said, and he became more energetic when talking about the field he was good at. "Bending space, and it's a space measured in light years, how much energy does that require?

"Believe me, no matter how big the spaceship is, it can't be done."

Juan wondered: "But all spacecraft are leaping and can span hundreds of thousands of light years or even farther in a short time. How do they do it?"

Bernard did not answer directly. He asked instead: "Do you know the time?"

"Time? Well, it's four o'clock in the afternoon."

"I'm not asking you this, I'm asking you, what do you understand by 'time'?"

"Well, I know that we are in a four-dimensional space-time, which is three-dimensional space, plus one-dimensional time, but time cannot go back, so that's probably it."

Bernard asked in a serious tone: "Then what do you think the 'nature of time' is?"

Juan only graduated from college, so such a profound question was beyond his cognitive scope. However, with the brain chip and network, it was not difficult to copy the answer.

Juan repeated the answer he just found: "The essence of time is movement."

"correct."

Bernard gave Juan a thumbs up, then he stood up unsteadily and walked to the corner.

Bernard used a lit cigar to burn a spot on the wallpaper on the two walls in the corner at the same height.

Juan's eyes twitched when he saw it, but he didn't say anything to stop it.

Then Bernard pointed at a point with his cigar and said: "Suppose there is a two-dimensional creature in a two-dimensional space. Now, he wants to start from this point, take a two-dimensional spacecraft, and go to another point."

Bernard used the shadow of a cigar to represent a two-dimensional spaceship. He moved the cigar so that the shadow of the cigar would translate on the wall. After reaching the corner of the wall, it would translate to another point.

"The distance from a point to the corner is one light-year, and the speed of his two-dimensional spacecraft is the speed of light.

"Of course, it cannot actually be the speed of light. Only things without mass, such as photons, can reach the speed of light. Anything with mass cannot reach the speed of light.

"But for convenience, I assume that this two-dimensional spacecraft flies at the speed of light.

"So, how long is the shortest flight time?"

"The two-dimensional spacecraft naturally flies close to the wall. The distance from two points to the corner of the wall is one light-year. So it will take at least two years to fly at the speed of light."

"Correct, this is how a spaceship flies in the same dimension.

"Next, let's talk about the jump."


Chapter completed!