Volume 10: Ancient Battleship Chapter 487: Resonance Field
However, as soon as the drone flew over the giant pit, it began to shake uncontrollably. Its two pairs of balancing rotors turned and stopped, and wisps of black smoke visible to the naked eye began to emerge from inside the movement.
"What's going on? Is there any interference?" Ke Lan asked immediately.
"I don't know, it doesn't look like interference, the signal received by the remote control is still full..." Before Layton finished his words, a series of sparks "crackled" from the drone, and then it plunged to the bottom of the pit.
"What shot it down?!" The Hound nervously picked up his weapon and aimed it in the direction of the huge pit.
"No, it wasn't shot down." Layton shook his head. "The last piece of feedback I received before the drone lost control was that the motor movement was burned out. The reason for the burn was... overload."
"Overload?!" The Hound was stunned for a moment, "How many energy crystals did you put into the converter?"
"No... This drone doesn't use crystal drive at all, and it doesn't have a converter. It uses lithium batteries." Layton said, "Even if it outputs full power, it can't be overloaded... There must be something wrong!"
"Could it be that there is really interference from the outside world?" the hound asked again.
"When Ke Lan asked about this just now, I checked it once. If there is interference from the outside world, the control system will definitely report an error, but now I only get the information that the motor is overloaded." Layton scratched his head in annoyance. "Overload means that the current input in a short period of time is too large and the movement is directly burned. But the problem is that the engine movement I chose is manufactured according to the standards of the crystal engine. Let alone one lithium battery, even the output power of twenty lithium batteries cannot burn it."
"This current may come from outside." Ke Lan analyzed, "'Wireless charging technology', you should be familiar with this term, Layton... This technology has been very mature in the old era, but it has not been widely promoted because of the excessive energy loss in the charging process. However, after this technical problem was solved, there are still many devices that use wireless charging technology . Last month, didn't the New Power Vehicle Company launch an air cushion car with a floating charging base?"
"You mean there is an external device 'remotely charging' the drone? No, no, no... That's impossible." Leighton shook his head like a rattle. "There are two main types of wireless charging technologies that are currently in practical use. One is electromagnetic induction, but this charging efficiency is not high and can only meet the needs of small products such as digital 3C that do not consume much power. The technology you mentioned for wireless charging of hovercraft uses electromagnetic resonance to... uh, this resonance is not the same as the resonance caused by the explosion of those insects, but the 'resonance' caused by the explosion is evolved from this concept..."
He continued, "Whether it's inductive or resonant, wireless charging has a limited transmission distance. Just like those bugs, as long as the distance is far enough, even if they explode at the same time, they can't cause resonance. When the drone is overloaded, it is at least a hundred meters away from the crystal columns below. How could it be resonated?"
"But the base on the Ark for charging the hovercraft is not this big." Aya suddenly stood up and pointed at the crystal pillars in the giant pit and said, "These pillars, if you take out any one of them, it is enough to cover the daily consumption of the entire Ark for a year, and maybe even more - with such a large power, a transmission distance of 100 meters should be achievable, right?"
"That being said, don't forget that we were standing on the edge of this huge pit, and the nearest crystal pillar was less than a hundred meters away from us. If this thing could cause electromagnetic resonance, all our equipment would have been destroyed." Layton retorted, "Unless these crystal pillars can choose their own targets... But since it destroyed my drone, there is no reason for it to let us, the invaders who have entered its attack range, go."
Aya couldn't help but remain silent. This was indeed something she had not considered just now.
"The range is limited to the area directly above the giant pit." A voice suddenly interrupted. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that Asano Akira had squatted on the ground at some point with his hands pressed tightly against the ground.
"I can feel... there is an unknown force field directly above the giant pit... my thoughts cannot penetrate it."
"A force field?" Ke Lan looked up subconsciously, but the dome corresponding to the top of the huge pit was no different from the surrounding area.
"Is it a defensive force field? Like an energy shield? No, that's not right." Leighton denied his guess as soon as he said it. "If it was a defensive force field, the drone would have crashed into it and exploded... Wait! I get it! This should be a resonant force field!"
"Resonant force field? What is that? Never heard of it—" The Hound glanced at Layton, who was a little excited at the moment.
"I coined this term myself, but this concept has been proposed by someone before, but because it cannot be implemented, it has been forgotten." Layton said quickly, spitting wildly, "The resonant force field uses the 'resonance effect' of energy crystals to allow a large number of crystals to amplify each other, thereby generating greater output power - you see, these neatly arranged crystal columns, aren't they a wonderful amplification array!"
"But, you just said it couldn't be resonance. Judging from what you said now, it seems you were talking nonsense?" The Hound frowned and complained, "Besides, if such a large-scale resonance really occurred, we are so close to each other, it is impossible that there would be no impact at all, right?"
The Hound raised his head and took a look at the remaining energy of the power armor. Not only did it not increase, but it actually dropped by two percentage points compared to the last time he checked.
"That's why this concept can only exist in theory and cannot be implemented!" Layton said, "In order to make this large resonant force field effective, there must be a way to constrain the energy. Otherwise, it will not be a force field, but a super explosion... just like those lava leeches. But this technology is far more difficult than building a perfect amplification array!"
"Just because humans can't create it doesn't mean this third civilization can't create it..." Ke Lan murmured, "It seems that they have mastered the technology you mentioned, and have successfully confined this 'resonance field' within the scope of the giant pit."
