binnovel Chapter 510 Answering questions
Chapter 510 Answering questions
After leaving the atmosphere, the Flying Dragon flew towards its target location at a normal speed. Li Chenglong unbuckled his seatbelt and smiled at everyone, saying, "Alright, we've now entered a stable flight phase, everyone can relax a bit."
Han Xiaoling also unbuckled her seatbelt and carefully stood up. After taking a couple of steps, she said curiously, "I've seen astronauts on TV who are suspended in a state of weightlessness, but we don't feel that way in the Feilong spacecraft."
Ida, the intelligent computer on the Flying Dragon, said, "Because the Flying Dragon has simulated Earth's gravity conditions inside, you can live normally inside the Flying Dragon just like you would on Earth."
Erica shut down her handheld crystal computer and said, "At our current speed, it will take three years to reach the coordinates, so we will need to make a jump voyage in between. According to our calculations, we are currently about 2.2 million kilometers away from the coordinates, while the Flying Dragon's jump voyage can reach a maximum of 3000 billion kilometers. Traveling this distance is a piece of cake."
Teacher Lena added, "In addition to jump travel, this Flying Dragon can also travel through space, covering a greater distance in a single journey. However, this type of space travel consumes a lot of fuel, so it usually only uses jump travel."
Li Chenglong nodded: "When we went from Roland Star to the Interstellar Alliance headquarters, we used space travel twice. Otherwise, if we had only relied on jump travel, we don't know when we would have arrived. Space travel not only requires a lot of fuel, but also requires a long time to recharge after each use before it can be used again."
Pei Lijuan from the Second Department asked, "Captain Li, Teacher Lena, what are the common methods of space travel currently used, and what are the differences between them?"
Li Chenglong replied, "Currently, there are three known methods of spaceship navigation: normal navigation, jump navigation, and space navigation. Normal navigation is self-explanatory. Jump navigation is like playing checkers, where you instantly move from one position to another, and the distance and jump location are generally fixed. Space navigation is also the most commonly used method for traveling the longest distance. It involves opening a spatial barrier in one normal space and then being transported to another normal space through a spatial tunnel."
Lena added, "Actually, there is another type of dimensional travel that is extremely difficult. Theoretically, this method of travel can allow one to travel back and forth between different universes, and also to reach any place within the same universe at will. However, research on this is very slow and is currently only in its initial stages. There have been some people in history who possessed the ability to travel between dimensions, and Lord Li was one of them. The last person who possessed the ability to travel between dimensions disappeared thousands of cosmic years ago."
Erica replied, "As for the differences between different methods of travel, the more advanced the method, the farther it can travel, but it is also less safe. According to the records of the Interstellar Alliance that Li Chenglong brought back, in the last thousand years, the accident rate for normal travel is three per thousand, the accident rate for jump travel is twenty-two per thousand, and the accident rate for space travel is two percent."
She paused for a moment and then continued, "However, in the last two hundred years, with the development of technology, the accident rate of these three types of travel has decreased to some extent. The accident rate of space travel has dropped to 50 per thousand, while the accident rate of jump travel is 15 per thousand."
After answering that question, Erica also asked her long-standing question: "Teacher Lena, according to the records of our planet Meral royal family, in the history of our planet, even an Awakener with S-level potential like me has a very difficult time leveling up, and the highest I can reach is level 12. So why are there so many level 13 powerhouses emerging here now?"
Lena nodded slightly: "I am quite familiar with the situation on Planet Merar. One of the reasons why your planet has so few high-level experts is that your planet has not had any battles for tens of thousands of years. Even your royal guards usually only train and rarely participate in missions of the Interstellar Alliance. Although long-term peace is a good thing, it is not conducive to upgrading."
She continued, "The second reason is your royal tradition. Your royal family has always wanted people to avoid using their superpowers for war or conflict. Therefore, some modifications were made to the royal books, changing some of the recorded information, including the potential and levels of superpowered individuals. I discovered this when I went to Meral before, but your father didn't answer me directly, so I understood what he meant."
Teacher Lena concluded, "As for why there is a large number of advanced ability users now, we are still investigating. In the past two thousand cosmic years, there has indeed been a rapid increase in advanced powerhouses, especially after the emergence of void creatures, which has seen an almost explosive growth. I personally feel that this phenomenon is related to the emergence of void creatures."
Qin Mengyao from the second department raised her hand and asked, "So, Teacher Lena, what is the relationship between the potential and level of a superhuman now?"
Li Chenglong chimed in, "Let me answer that. According to our latest statistics and research, combined with previous data from the Interstellar Alliance, we can conclude that the highest potential level for a D-grade candidate is level 11, and the probability of successfully upgrading to level 11 is only 25%. The highest potential level for a C-grade candidate is level 12, but the probability of upgrading to level 12 is extremely low, only about 5%."
"The highest level of B-grade potential is level 13, but the probability of reaching level 13 is only 8% at most. Among them, it is 1% for those with superpowers, 6% for those who have awakened, and 8% for those with psychic abilities. The highest level of A-grade potential is also level 13, but the success rate is much higher. Based on our observations, it can reach 60%."
"As for S-rank potential, we estimate the highest level to be 14, but we haven't seen an S-rank powerhouse at level 14 yet. As for SS-rank and SSS-rank, we can only estimate the highest level to be 15 at the moment."
Teacher Lena added, "The relationship between the highest level and potential is both close and not very close, but it is still very valuable for reference. For example, even if they are both level 12 three-element ability users, their success rate of upgrading to level 13 is obviously lower than that of awakened and super-powered users. The three special attributes in the three-element system at level 12 are also very important. If it is just strength or speed, the success rate of upgrading will be even lower."
After she finished speaking, Han Xiaoling said excitedly, "I'm so lucky that I, an Awakened One with B-level potential, was able to level up to level 13!"
At this moment, Sun Menghua asked, "Then, Teacher Lena, how is the lifespan of a superhuman calculated? I've always heard people say that the higher the level of a superhuman, the longer their lifespan. Is that really true?"
Lena replied, "That's true, but according to my research and a lot of historical data, under the same level, ordinary ability users have relatively shorter lifespans, while awakened and superpowered users have relatively longer lifespans. If we convert it to one year on Earth, a level 1 ability user's lifespan is about 160 years, level 2 is 200 years, level 3 is 240 years... level 8 is 400 years, level 9 is 600 years, and level 10 is 800 years."
Erica continued, "Level 11 is 1100, level 12 is 1500, level 13 is 3000, and I don't know about higher levels. The longest-lived person I've ever seen is Teacher Lena in front of you. But a woman's age is a secret, and I can't tell you that."
Li Chenglong said with a smile, "This is only for ordinary superhumans. If they are awakened or superhumans, they can generally have a lifespan of 1000 Earth years at level 10."
He then gave a few examples: "For instance, many of the level 10 superpowered individuals in the space fleet are over 1200 years old. Not only that, but some special races have even longer lifespans. For example, Geddes, whom I met in the Interstellar Alliance, has a lifespan of 3000 cosmic years, but according to him, he is currently only about 55 years old on Earth. And on Roland, even the most ordinary elves have a lifespan of five or six hundred cosmic years."
The group sat together and chatted for a long time, discussing many of their questions, until the AI "Aida" of the Flying Dragon issued an alarm to initiate a jump voyage.