The Large Magellanic Cloud is hundreds of thousands of light-years away from the ring of the Milky Way. At this distance, the Milky Way's gravitational pull is not much. If the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Milky Way itself were not attracted to each other, relying solely on the gravity of the Milky Way itself would not be possible at all. Possibly tethering small galaxies like the Large Magellanic Cloud.
The Large Magellanic Cloud itself is seven to eight thousand light-years in diameter, so it's not a small thing!
And now, after a long voyage, the fleet has begun to escape the gravitational range of the Large Magellanic Cloud, and is actually 200,000 light-years away from the Milky Way! This distance is almost one-tenth of the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy! But things cannot be calculated this way! In fact, as the theory deduces, the real interstellar space and the galaxy space inside the galaxy are different! Everyone has already felt it!
The fleet has entered a sub-light speed state, or it has shut down its engines and is just flying by inertia. Anyway, there is no resistance in the universe, and the gravitational pull of the Milky Way itself is very little at this distance. If the energy is enough, we can fly to the Andromeda Galaxy by relying on inertia, but it is estimated that it will take more than 3 million years, which is obviously unrealistic!
All personnel are very familiar with the operation. Every spacecraft enters sublight speed and inertial flight almost simultaneously. Some of them do not reach the designated position, and there will be no problem with a little adjustment. Every explorer is an elite. Although there is danger, this is a race against time. No one can tell what the center of the galaxy will lose its temper!
Therefore, in principle, failure will not be accepted in this exploration! Facing the unknown interstellar space, brave adventurers must find a way here, or at least understand the temperament of interstellar space, etc., to lay the foundation for the future interstellar migration.
Although many detectors have been launched before. But a detector is a detector after all, and no kind of exploration can compare to direct exploration by people themselves.
Groups of data have been collected on-site. Feeling the slightly different feeling in person is completely different from watching groups of data sent back by detectors.
Just like a glass of water, the measured temperature says that around 30 degrees is the most comfortable, but how to feel comfortable? This cannot be expressed by numbers! How do you feel it directly? Of course I took a sip myself! Simple and direct. You can understand what it feels like. And then you’ll know how to adjust the water temperature—you don’t even need a thermometer at this point!
The same is true in space exploration. Groups of data from the detectors ahead are just data! Moreover, in the face of different environments, the data of the detector may not be accurate.
It's like a thermometer that used to detect the temperature of water. If you ask it to detect the temperature of the flame, there's obviously something wrong with it!
"I feel that there are some differences. But I can't tell what the difference is!" The prince of the fairy civilization was the first to speak.
Red Snake Fang also observed for a while, and then slowly said: "I also have a feeling, um... It seems to be a lot calmer, and my mood is much peaceful, um... Also, I feel that the surrounding area seems to be a lot clearer. Hey, Why do I feel like there's something wrong inside the spacecraft? I always feel a little awkward, but I can't explain it.
besides. As the ship progresses, these feelings become stronger and stronger. It feels like...there's something wrong with my senses! ”
Gradually, the discussion around them became louder and louder, and many people began to feel awkward. As the fleet moved forward, this feeling became more and more obvious.
Chen Dali, Muzi Li, Hongxing and Mu Yingjie never spoke, but it was obvious. The expressions of the four people are getting more and more serious!
If at first everyone thought it was due to visual misalignment, etc., no one thinks so now!
When everyone is in this situation, it means that it is not their own problem, nor a personal problem, but that there is really a problem in the outside world!
"All spaceships pause. Slow down! Slow down!" Chen Dali gave an urgent order! Although everyone was determined to die when they set off, they could not blindly die. Even if they die, they must die in a worthwhile way; otherwise, if these spaceships and preparations are not brought back with any useful value, it will be a loss of Chinese civilization. Huge loss; most importantly, who is responsible for the delay in time at this critical moment!
"The power of space braking technology is still decreasing after 54%, 53%... and it is expected that stopping will take four times longer than the rated time." As soon as the space braking was prepared, the computer started to alarm.
"There's a problem with the space!" Chen Dali and the others reacted immediately. The interstellar space outside the universe is really different from the space inside the universe!
After more than half an hour, all the spacecraft came to a stop and maintained an extremely slow speed, only about one kilometer per second. This speed is really not fast in space. The reason why this speed is maintained is to balance the gravity of the Milky Way. Although the gravity here is already very low, it is not impossible.
"Everyone starts checking. First check their own work, then follow the plan, cross-check. Check the problems!"
"Calibrate the instrument first!"
"Check for spatial distortion."
"Check the condition of the spacecraft."
Orders were issued urgently, and all personnel began to mobilize urgently. This is a matter of one's own life and safety. No one needs supervision from others, and even self-cross-supervision will naturally form.
The inspections passed one by one, and a day later, the report was compiled, everything was perfect, yes, perfect, no difference was found!
However, this is obviously not right! Although the changes in the surroundings are slight, everyone present can feel it! Not to mention anything else, in today's Chinese civilization, the golden elixir stage is almost equivalent to the adult standard; therefore, every Chinese scientist on the scene is basically at the golden elixir stage or above, and these people's senses are very sensitive!
Even the prince of the Fairy Tribe, Guangming Qingguang, felt the changes on the scene, not to mention others.
"Sure enough, it is right to go out and explore actively!" Mo Yingjie was very calm at this time, "Maybe we are fans of the authorities, and maybe we can try to examine and review the current situation from the perspective of bystanders.
I think you don't need to worry too much. After all, we are here to explore, and it would be best if we can gain something. And now that we have a discovery, maybe we should be happy. ”
"Hey, that's right!" Hongxing was the first to react, "Haha, don't tell me, it's just different from the head of an officer. Yes, we originally came out to explore and explore, isn't the situation now what we expected? Yes, that’s it. No need to check now, we should be safe for now, now we should start research!”
Not to mention, once this thought changed, everyone stopped being nervous and started their own research projects while the external environment and physical conditions remained unchanged.
Eliminate item by item, check item by item, and even verify some conjectures!
Finally, a scientist named Kong Zhiren in charge of the space project discovered the problem, explained it in detail, and also listed a series of solutions to the problem.
Elite scientists who have made achievements always attract attention. Under the current Chinese civilized social system, a scientist who has made achievements is a shortcut to the nobility. This is a more appropriate path than military merit.
Facing everyone, Kong Zhiren did not get carried away, but pulled his team all over... At this moment, the glory not only belonged to Kong Zhiren, but also to this team!
There are no boring opening remarks, and there are no lively fans. This is a spaceship, the center of a fleet, deep in the universe, and the audience is only scientists and elites of all sizes. Everyone was very straightforward and went straight to the topic. We were in a hurry!
Many listeners even had experiments and research projects in hand and did not stop, so they brought a pair of ears to connect.
"Ahem, I just made a discovery. After verification, it has been basically confirmed. That is, due to gravity, the interstellar space inside the Milky Way is indeed completely different from the interstellar space outside. This difference can be described roughly like this. < br>
That is, the Milky Way is like a huge whirlpool, but outside the Milky Way, it is a pool of stagnant water.
The vortex of the Milky Way is caused by the gravity of the galaxy itself, which makes space fluctuate. The zero space distortion we use as a reference is itself sampled from the Milky Way galaxy space. In fact, there is still a twist.
Outside the Milky Way, space is not very distorted, even almost dead, and is closest to the zero point of space. Therefore, the space and time we live in have changed. Time and space have changed, so mechanical equipment, spacecraft, personal senses, etc. have all changed. I tested the angles of the main keels of the spacecraft on ten spacecrafts and found that all angles had an error of one billionth. This is due to spatial changes.
If this error is not corrected, our future fleets may get lost in space. My personal suggestion is to move the spacecraft production factory directly to space for production.
Also, the space in the interstellar universe is denser and more compact, a bit like the characteristics of our space freezing technology, which means that the space acceleration of the spacecraft cannot reach theoretical values. According to the latest calculation results, if we fly in such a space, it is like sending a ship into a swamp. Whether we can reach the other shore is a question.
Maybe, we should find another way! The time and danger of flying directly to the Andromeda Galaxy may be beyond our imagination. Otherwise, even with the technology of a seventh-level civilization, we would not be able to build an artificial wormhole to leave the galaxy. ”
"Can't fly directly into interstellar space?" This is like an iron bar hitting all scientists on the head. "Publish the data and testing methods so that more scientists can test them!" At this time, even Mo Yingjie, who was previously calm, changed his color! (To be continued...)