pertwk Chapter 105 Redstone Technology, Awe-inspiring
Chapter 105 Redstone Technology, Awe-inspiring
Chapter 105 Redstone Technology, Awe-inspiring
Redstone is an important component of Minecraft.
It can be said that the existence of redstone greatly enriched and improved the gameplay.
This unknown substance, originating from MC and emitting a dark red glow, with a texture between mineral powder and crystals, is not simply a wire or energy source.
It can be said to be the embodiment of MC's rule logic, the heart and blood that drives the automation of all electric machines.
From the simplest automatic doors to the magnificent mechanical structure "World Devourer" capable of swallowing mountains and rivers and completely hollowing out an entire area.
Its underlying operating logic all originates from redstone.
After hundreds of hours of closed-door research on the redstone, Pei Qi and his research team reached preliminary conclusions that would give any Nobel Prize laureate in physics a heart attack on the spot.
As we all know, in the real world, energy transmission is accompanied by loss, and signal transmission is limited by the medium.
But in Redstone's logic, these axioms are like waste paper.
First, let's look at the conductivity of redstone powder.
This powder can be laid on any solid surface in a very incongruous way, ignoring gravity and adhesion.
Whether it's on the ground, vertical walls, or even an inverted ceiling, once laid, it instantly transforms from loose powder into a conceptual "superconducting cable."
It does not require an insulation layer, a metal core, or a complex substation to maintain voltage.
The moment a redstone signal source is connected, energy is "instantly" activated along the entire line.
Note that this is a true instantaneous moment.
Without any delay components such as repeaters, the propagation speed of redstone signals appears infinitely fast on a macroscopic level.
This means that if Pei Qi had a long enough redstone wire connecting Earth and Mars, the moment he pulled the lever on Earth, the redstone lamps on Mars would immediately light up, completely ignoring the speed of light limit.
But that's not the most outrageous part.
What makes physicists feel most hopeless is the existence of redstone repeaters and redstone blocks.
Under the ironclad law of the second law of thermodynamics, perpetual motion machines do not exist; energy irreversibly decays during transmission. While redstone signals do indeed have a 15-meter "distance attenuation" limitation, this is merely a seemingly plausible disguise.
Once connected to a redstone repeater consisting of two redstone torches and three stones, the signal that has weakened to a weak state will be instantly "revived" and restored to its full strength of level 15, and can be relayed an unlimited number of times.
There is no power input port here, and no external power supply.
A repeater is like a black hole that generates energy out of thin air, amplifying a tiny spark into a raging fire.
The red stone, on the other hand, more bluntly declared the death sentence of the law of conservation of physical properties.
"Physics no longer exists."
A block made from nine parts redstone dust can permanently, continuously, and stably output a redstone signal of strength level 15.
It does not consume its own mass, does not generate waste heat, and does not undergo radioactive decay.
It sat there quietly, like an eternally beating heart, continuously pumping energy into the surrounding space.
This is a blasphemy against the law of entropy increase, the end of physics, but a boon to industry.
One of the Alliance's chief scientists researching redstone once wrote the following passage in trembling handwriting in an experimental report.
"The properties exhibited by this substance mean that we can build a lossless global power grid, manufacture redstone logic circuits with computing speeds surpassing quantum computers, and even—achieve truly unlimited energy."
"It is no exaggeration to say that if we can fully analyze and utilize the rules of redstone, human civilization will cross the barrier of the Kardashev index overnight and directly touch the threshold of god-level civilization."
Under the microscope in the laboratory, the red powder seemed to possess its own life.
When powered on, they emit a faint hum that only those with extremely high spiritual vision can hear; it is a frequency that can even interfere with the distortion of reality.
Redstone is not just a circuit; it is very likely a solid, regulated "miracle."
However, the ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny.
Despite the breathtaking grand vision depicted by Redstone, it encountered unprecedented difficulties in practical application.
Redstone, as a unique set of rules originating from the block world, has extremely poor physical compatibility with the real world.
The biggest problem lies in the mutual exclusion between size and conventional use.
In Minecraft, a simple AND gate or pulse generator may require several cubic meters of space.
If you wanted to replicate a redstone computer in reality, its size would probably be larger than a vacuum tube computer from the last century, and it might even need to occupy an entire city.
Moreover, the concept of "charging" in redstone is completely different from the current and voltage in reality.
Converting redstone signals into electricity that can power real-world appliances presents a technical challenge comparable to teaching a monkey to start a fire using quantum mechanics.
In contrast, the products from technology modules such as [Industrial Age 2], [General Machinery], and [HBM Core Technology] appear much more "approachable".
Although these technological modules are also cutting-edge, they at least follow the linear and normal logic of "inputting energy - processing matter - outputting products" and have sophisticated mechanical structures, which are more in line with the cognitive habits of human scientists.
For example, that [grinding machine] is incredibly efficient, capable of doubling the output of ore.
But if you take it apart, you'll find a rotor, a circuit board, and crushing gears inside, which can be "understood" and "reverse engineered".
This explains why current research focuses primarily on reverse engineering technological modules.
The nano-combat suit that Pei Qi was wearing was one of the pinnacle achievements of this approach.
Through structural analysis of the nano-carbon plate, the research department has successfully replicated a mass-produced exoskeleton armor.
Although the cost is staggering and it still cannot solve the core problem of "EU energy storage", such as the need to rely on pre-charged high-energy battery packs, the inability to automatically regenerate like the original version, and the upper limit of the kinetic energy damage it can absorb.
Despite its numerous flaws, it still gives the League's strike teams the capability to confront supernatural beings head-on.
A senior researcher once subtly suggested at an internal meeting: "Instead of spending decades trying to decipher a supernatural object called 'Redstone,' which is akin to magic, it would be better to invest limited funds and energy in reverse engineering research—even if it's pseudoscience, it at least looks like science."
"After all, building a working laser gun is far more practical than building a redstone calculator that occupies hundreds of acres but can only do 1+1."