Shi Tian was overly sensitive to Shi Ye's voice. Before he turned ten, his first reaction upon hearing it was to run away, leaving him with a lasting fear.
"Ye Ge, when did you come back?" He glanced at the half-open window and leaned closer, trying to recall if he had done anything to provoke Shi Ye recently. Surely, he wouldn’t have come back just to cause trouble for him!
After closing the door, Shi Ye sat down in his computer chair and lit a cigarette, quietly staring at Shi Tian.
What had this kid done? Why did he run upon seeing him? Should he give him a beating first? No, better not. There were more important matters at hand; Air Force and Lu Ya were still outside dealing with Li Yunfei. If they came in, they would lose focus on the main issue.
What was going on with the Mini Light Boat? Why did Old Kong call him to order a boat? What was so special about that boat?
He had returned specifically to figure out the Mini Light Boat. Old Kong seemed quite eager to place an order, clearly interested in something on board.
What could possibly be worth Old Kong's attention? The Mini Light Boat had a maximum speed of around ten knots, which seemed impressive, but that couldn’t be what he valued most.
There were plenty of boats faster than the Mini Light Boat. The fiberglass fishing boats over in Sanya, less than ten meters long, could reach speeds of forty knots with two external engines at full throttle.
If that wasn’t fast enough, adding two more engines could push it to sixty knots—comfort might be sacrificed, but speed would not be an issue.
He wasn’t sure either! They had taken the boat out once and then called him from Sanya saying they wanted to buy it. But it might have something to do with the router on board; he had checked the surveillance footage and saw that Old Kong had brought people to dismantle the router!
Hearing that Shi Ye had come back for the boat put Shi Tian at ease. He closed the window and sat down at his desk, only to be slapped by Shi Ye.
"Router? What’s so special about that router?" Shi Ye slammed the cigarette case down in front of Shi Tian, waiting for his response.
The router that Shi Tian mentioned was definitely not an ordinary one. When he thought of routers, Shi Ye immediately recalled the communication system of the Smart Rod. Out at sea for hundreds of nautical miles and still able to enjoy real-time fish catch data—this communication technology was something he had long wanted to ask Shi Tian about.
It didn’t have any special functions; it was just two bridging routers. The only unique feature was its long transmission distance! It was durable enough; saying it was impervious to water and fire might be an exaggeration, but leaving it in seawater for a few days wouldn’t affect its functionality.
"Long transmission distance? How far?" After taking the tea that Shi Tian brewed for him, Shi Ye quickly asked. He was familiar with the term "bridging," as their villa's entire network coverage relied on bridging panels—not particularly advanced technology.
On Earth, it would definitely be within network coverage; whether it worked on the Moon was uncertain. Even if it did work, there would likely be delays—playing games would be impossible, but watching videos might still be feasible.
Neutrino communication had minimal signal attenuation. A small router like this might not seem powerful, but its signal could reach beyond the solar system without issue.
However, neutrinos were still somewhat slow. Some said they traveled slower than light speed while others claimed they were faster; both statements held truth because neutrinos are particles whose speed correlates with their kinetic energy.
Even though current experiments showed that neutrinos only surpassed light speed by six meters per second, this small margin had already challenged Einstein's Special Relativity since its premise is based on the constancy of light speed.
Shi Tian could only understand the router's parameters through Rogue Software’s documentation. Based on distance and signal delay estimates, he deduced that the neutrino signals emitted by the router traveled at nearly light speed—specifically thirty thousand kilometers per second—which was even faster than recent experimental data suggested.
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