As the citizens of the empire began to gradually adapt to this rapidly developing world and extended their vision from the solar system to 40 light-years away, the brave spaceship was advancing alone, opening up a broader territory for the development of mankind.
Zhang Wenliang looked at the atomic clock. It was already the 114th year of the Imperial Calendar, AD 2168, and the spacecraft had been traveling alone in space for 17 years (the year of Venus). In 2017, there were 500 million people on the spaceship, but now 10 million new people have been born; at the same time, 2 million citizens have closed their eyes forever.
Some people are old and young, and they just want to enjoy it before they die; while some people are not adapted to the space environment. The empire has not yet analyzed the specific reasons. After all, there are relatively few examples, and the signal transmission is slow. In fact, except for the latest War and Light spacecraft, which carry ultra-long-distance communication devices, the current Hope spacecraft does not carry such a device - which means that the Hope spacecraft can actually be said to be the same as The solar system is completely isolated!
In order to save resources, these dead citizens will be cremated and buried. After arriving on the planet, they will move to a fixed land.
The huge spaceship slowly flips to provide artificial gravity and moves forward at high speed. Zhang Wenliang, his wife, sons and grandsons all sat together to eat together - he didn't know whether it was breakfast or supper. In fact, even though there was a clock, but without the rising and setting of the sun, people gradually forgot the difference between morning, afternoon and evening. . I just mechanically follow work requirements and schedules. The spacecraft needs to operate around the clock. This also requires sufficient manpower to maintain it at all times. And such tense days have passed for 17 imperial years.
However, the destination is also approaching.
Through the porthole. You can see the bright ez Aquarius galaxy in the distance, three stars, so wonderful! They hover around each other, and human technology still has not figured out their birth mechanism. And this star system is even more weird. Planets with life are actually born inside the orbit of the star! If the earth is like this, decisive geocentric theory!
And now this distance. Observing these three stars is very clear. The combined mass of three red dwarf stars is about the mass of the sun. But the amazing thing is. Between three stars, a living planet will be born. It can only be said that the world is so vast and full of wonders, and the wisdom of nature challenges the human worldview again and again!
The three stars turned out to have similar masses. They are attracted to each other and perform annular motion, with an orbital radius of 120 million kilometers, and its radius distance is approximately equivalent to the current distance between Venus and the Sun. It takes almost half a standard year to complete one rotation.
It is said that the light emitted by these three stars is not particularly strong. Because of their small size and slow nuclear reaction, the brightness of a single star is less than one-tenth of the sun. The sum of the three barely reaches two-tenths of the sun's illumination intensity. , one fifth. Then, in theory, the planet in the center will not have sufficient light and temperature - the light it receives at this distance is almost equivalent to the light intensity in the orbit of Jupiter. Even if it were increased three times, it would only be equivalent to the light intensity of the asteroid belt! Such light and temperature may promote the birth of primitive life. But there is definitely not enough energy to support the birth of more complex creatures, especially mammals, and further intelligent life! The energy consumed by the brain of intelligent life is terrifying. Without sufficient energy supply, it is difficult for life to evolve high intelligence! And it is displayed according to the received signal. There is a splendid world there!
"Since we don't understand, let's just take a look. First launch a few fast detectors; ah. The detectors should be beautified to make them look cute and make it easier for these elves to accept us. First impressions are often Very important.
By the way, I think we should send out a signal first, the signal is fast, and tell the struggling elves in advance that we are coming and let them hold on. It doesn’t matter if it’s already extinct; but if it happens to be on the verge of extinction, such information can often make the warriors who are fighting more powerful and increase their survival rate.” The wife said softly next to her. After all, the woman is careful. . This little oriental place was already very beautiful. After so many years of practice, Yun has shown a mature charm and a kind of maternal kindness! Not to mention, because she has been a queen, she also has an inexplicable majesty; all of these make Dongfang Xiaoyun beautiful. It's so gorgeous that most people don't dare to look at it directly.
"That's the only way it can be." Zhang Wenliang smiled faintly. This life was already rich enough. He had a beautiful wife, became an emperor, and now he has the opportunity to lead mankind to declare martial law and peace, and lead mankind to expand. All of this seemed so incredible in the Earth era; but now, it has become the main means of human expansion in space.
Without too many heroic words, the warriors used practical actions to interpret the progress of mankind.
Electromagnetic waves are emitted one after another, regardless of whether the other party can receive the electromagnetic wave signal, using methods ranging from traditional binary electromagnetic waves to the most advanced infinite base technology in the current empire - this new technology triggered by the information theory of the universe; and the language emitted is more It includes dozens of languages on earth, mainly Chinese, and even the deciphered elven language.
The signal is very simple, just a few words: Received noble distress signal, we are about to arrive.
At the same time, the two detectors were violently ejected. With the initial speed of the spacecraft itself, the two detectors flew as fast as 0.7 times the speed of light! They plunge into the gravitational range of Aquarius first.
Year 114 of the Imperial Calendar has passed by in a hurry, and year 115 has arrived, and the spacecraft has detected the gravitational field of Aquarius. There are still 120 billion kilometers left, and we are about to enter the ez Aquarius galaxy. The huge solar sail slowly unfolded and began to prepare for the coming slowdown. The deceleration time takes a full year!
The spacecraft must reduce its speed to a reasonable range in order to safely enter this strange star circle! Too fast. It must rush out; if it is too slow, it may be captured by the star and need to be accelerated again-this is not a good idea.
According to the calculation, the deceleration time here. It takes a full 1.5 standard years, which is the time it takes for the stars here to circle around three times! I just don’t know how life in this world without darkness calculates time and divides years, months and days.
Squeak... The huge solar sail started to work again after sleeping for 20 imperial years; the shining sail surface captured the almost undetectable light at this distance, providing a little pitiful slowdown.
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A land full of green, a world full of flowers, beautiful, majestic and other kinds of trees rising into the sky. The trees are densely covered with fruits, and some beautiful animals are constantly shuttling among them. here. It's like a beautiful animated world, and an extremely beautified animated world!
Thornslip...a small animal the size of a fist with a big tail, holding a red fruit in its two front paws, ran past quickly.
The high priest paid no attention and continued to stare at the altar. The flowers have bloomed and fallen 50 times. Still haven't received any information. The bravest warriors of the six tribes who cut their wrists to donate blood have turned into withered bones, but they are still waiting firmly beside the altar!
The pale bones exude a sacred brilliance - they resolutely gave up their lives for the safety of the tribe, and used all their magic power and blood to activate this altar - this altar was researched by the wisdom of the elves for tens of thousands of years. The altar!
A gust of wind blew by, and the breeze blew the white hair of the high priest. Under the dry white hair is a withered face. Apparently, 50 high priests of blooming flowers are waiting here. Has reached the end of life.
Rustling... A middle-aged female elf wearing a golden flower crown walked slowly over, holding a purple-gold scepter in her hand. But this scepter, in addition to symbolizing power, is also a powerful magic wand!
About ten meters away from the high priest, the female elf stopped gently and put the flower crown and scepter aside. There is a horizontally growing canopy, just like a table.
Then the female elf clasped her hands together. He walked respectfully to the high priest and stood quietly with a bow.
"What's going on outside?" The high priest spoke slowly, but his body remained motionless. Several jasper-like vines wrapped around the high priest's body, providing the great elder with life force.
"Back to the high priest, the situation is not optimistic. In the past 50 years, the number of our people has dropped by about 1 million every year; now there are only 80 million! But the number of dragons is slowly rising. The warriors can no longer stop it. Lived.
"If," at this point, there was a little bit of despair in the female elf's eyes, "if there is no way to restrain these dragons, we will return to our mother's arms forever." ”
"Mother..." The high priest looked up and saw a strange tree not far from the altar. The vines on the high priest's body extended from this tree. This tree is not particularly tall, only about a hundred meters tall. It looks a bit small under the surrounding trees that are over a thousand meters tall.
But this tree is green and translucent, as if it is made of jasper. And its branches are all different. Some are broad leaves, some are needle leaves, some are grass leaves, and some are even soft silk wadding like water plants. This is a mother tree. It is said that everything on this planet begins here, and elves are the top creatures born from the mother tree.
At this moment, at the top of the tree, there is a thirty centimeter-sized fruit. This fruit is translucent on the outside, and you can even see a strange embryo inside! This embryo is the next elven royal family!
The mother tree gives birth to an ordinary purebred elf every year; every hundred years, three years are used to give birth to an elf royal family. All elven nobles started here and then began to have children. The birth of the elves is very regular, one boy and one girl, there is never a mistake. As for the current elves, except for the nobles, the rest are all the descendants of the union of the elves and nobles, and then they continued to multiply, and the current elves came into being.
This is a magical world, a beautiful world. Under the care of a special cosmic environment, the planet here is full of strange energy, and even outer space has such abundant energy; the elves call this energy magic energy; and every elf is a master of magic.
But because they were born from plants, the elves are a strange race. Although the civilization (on the ground) is extremely developed, they remain indifferent to the world. Their biggest hobby is cultivating plants. Expand the influence of "mother".
But thousands of years ago, changes occurred. The elves, who remained independent of the world, continued to expand due to the rapid increase in population. He actually came into contact with an evil being.
As humans imagine, there is an even stranger continent on the other side of the planet; life here starts from birth, whether it is a plant or an animal, and begins a life course of killing until the end of life. And because of the constant killings, the life here has lost its sanity.
until. A demon dragon accidentally swallowed an elf and unexpectedly gained a little wisdom. Then he swallowed hundreds of elves one after another, becoming the existence with the highest IQ in that continent! This made the Demonic Dragon clan go crazy. Under the guidance of this demonic dragon that gained wisdom, the demonic dragon began to continuously devour the elves to gain wisdom.
Thus began a war that spanned thousands of years. Expanded!
However, the war was not good for the elves from the beginning; the elves who played with flowers and grass every day were no match for the dragon that came from the killing.
Until now, the number of elves has dropped from the peak of 1.5 billion to 80 million! The annihilation of the race is already right in front of us!
However, because this planet and its surroundings are filled with massive amounts of magical energy, the powerful magicians of the elves can fly out of the planet and exist briefly in space - so the elves can see the outside world; thus, the high priest has an idea ——Seek help from outer space!
Yes, if this situation continues, the elves will definitely become extinct. That being the case. Might as well take a gamble!
Therefore, under the auspices of the high priest, three men, three women, and six powerful elves were selected from the clan. Use their strength and blood to open the altar and ask for help from the outside world.
But it has been 50 years, and there is still no response, which has made the current Elf Queen a little desperate.
"Don't despair until the last moment." The high priest's voice was like the friction of dry trees, harsh and unpleasant. But in dry eyes. But it shines with the light of wisdom: "The world outside is too big. We only have three stars in the sky. But the world outside has hundreds of millions of stars. But we are too far together, even if they receive our distress signal , it may take decades or even hundreds of years to get here.”
There was no fluctuation in the words of the high priest, as if he was telling a fact.
But this answer made the despair in the Queen's eyes even greater! The high priests are the previous royal family, or even the previous royal family. They are the spiritual pillars of the elves.
Of course, the Queen also had the opportunity to go to outer space and knew that the world outside was vast and far away! ! ! Far beyond imagination! They used the most powerful magic arrows in the clan to attack, and they couldn't even cross the range of the three suns in the sky! (If people on Earth knew their behavior, they would laugh out loud.)
Suddenly, there was a sudden light between the sky and the earth, and then quickly disappeared.
In the distance, a bright, even dazzling light beam flashed away, with the light and shadow of beautiful green vines entwining on it.
"Forbidden curse!" Tears fell from the queen's eyes. A power that is exchanged for life, a power that leads to death together. It is because of this ruthlessness that the elves recently withstood the crazy attack of the dragon.
But the magic dragons and magic dragons also have strong magical abilities!
However, before the Queen's tears fell, the altar suddenly came to life. The blood on it that had not dried up for 50 years suddenly began to flow, and then turned into strange images, symbols, etc., floating in the air. As the information received by the altar continued to increase, these strange symbols became more and more numerous and their scope became wider and wider.
In the end, a ten-meter-square light curtain was formed, with hundreds of different symbols flashing on it, and some were even messy lines - obviously some signals could not be captured by this altar. But at the very back, in the lower right corner, there is a line of text that the elves recognize:
The noble distress signal has been received and we are about to arrive.
Coming! ! ! At this moment, a strong light burst out from the eyes of the high priest, and the light in his eyes took the shape of leaves, which was one of the signs of powerful magical ability. "Hahaha... The elves can be saved! The civilization that can come from the distant starry sky must be very powerful! We can be saved! We can be saved..." The high priest and the queen hugged each other and cried!