The Great Interstellar Migration, it sounds simple in just a few words, but in fact it is the most severe challenge to civilization and technology.
There is also the mechanism of the spacecraft itself. Even if only one gram of force acts on the steel plate a day, after thousands of years, the steel plate will break or even be shattered into pieces.
Why does prolonged exposure to sunlight cause aging of some things? Radiation is only part of it, and the continuous and uninterrupted micro-force cannot be underestimated! Why do I feel warm after being exposed to the sun? Is it also hot when you slap it? The truth is the same, it’s the sunshine “hitting” you! Only when high-speed photons, particles, etc. hit you will you feel warm.
Some things had been considered before departure and there were some solutions; but there were also some things that were only discovered during the real big migration, such as the time difference just now.
But, no matter what, progress must continue!
Year after year, time is so worthless in space. But no one dared to close their eyes. They opened their eyes wide and went to fight!
Monitor every data, understand every unfamiliar situation, and strive to find problems as soon as possible.
The unmanned detection spacecraft at the front has suffered tens of thousands of losses - the reason why it has been so much is because the scientists have not activated any defense for the unmanned spacecraft at all!
The value of an unmanned spacecraft is not enough for two or three energy blocks! Perhaps in the outside world, such unmanned spacecraft are sometimes more expensive than manned commercial spacecraft, but here, unmanned spacecraft are disposable consumables! Moreover, there are many unmanned spaceships, and countless amounts are stored in the small space of the spacecraft; on the contrary, energy blocks are relatively precious.
Of course, this is not just a question of whether it is precious or not. The relatively fragile unmanned spacecraft can also play a warning role in a certain way - there is danger ahead!
When there is no way to directly observe the undercurrent of time and space from the side or from the perspective of a bystander, this is the only way to detect it. It has to be said that this is a relatively cheap and simple method for the time being, saving a lot of time; and the unmanned spacecraft can also be destroyed before it is destroyed. Send back enough data, etc.
Suddenly one day, the unmanned spacecraft in front sent back a set of special information. Based on these data tests, it was very close to the environment of interstellar space.
"We should have left the scope of the Milky Way!" Li Xianjie judged immediately!
But this is not over, the real challenge has just begun; Li Xianjie constantly compares various data, especially the data that Huang Daoxuan finally explored with his life, and the demonstration video that Zhu Danfeng repeatedly revised. Proofread constantly.
After a long time, Li Xianjie finally raised his head again and contacted Xiao Qingshan, "Commander Xiao, we are very likely to arrive at the strange, void world that Zhu Danfeng said!"
Xiao Qingshan's picture appeared: "Okay. By the way, it seems that we haven't passed 300 years, how come we have arrived here?"
Li Xianjie shrugged, "Time and space are distorted, and we are already deducing it. For the time being, our speed seems to be much faster. Perhaps it is affected by the collapse of the Milky Way. According to current calculations, there is about a 27% possibility of this. .”
"Well! Thank you." Xiao Qingshan simply ended the conversation and then began to direct.
The fleet began to slow down, and at the same time, a large number of unmanned detectors and a few unmanned spacecraft were sent forward to detect. Unmanned detectors can be very small, even the size of a grain of rice, and are characterized by being numerous and easy to hide; while unmanned spacecraft are characterized by powerful and complete functions and relatively strong protection. This time, the unmanned spacecraft has also been enabled with energy protection and even space defense technology.
Turning on the protective layer is more than simply adding defense. It also tests attack strength, endurance, etc. In this difficult environment, we must maximize the benefits of everything we do. In this way, enough energy can be saved as much as possible.
The fleet slowed down slowly, decelerating from the sublight speed inertial flight ahead. During the advancement of the spacecraft, when the speed is lower than the speed of light, it can fly by inertia without consuming energy; but if it advances faster than the speed of light, it will continue to consume massive amounts of energy.
The speed of the fleet slowly decreased. But it did not stop completely, but still retained a speed of about 30% of the speed of light; this was a strategic technique. If it stopped completely and wanted to accelerate again, it would take at least a few minutes - this time. It's a complete target!
However, retaining 30% of the speed is just right. It is enough to deal with ordinary emergencies, and it also has sufficient maneuverability.
The detectors and unmanned spacecraft ahead are already moving at sub-light speed. In the undercurrent of time and space, current technology does not dare to turn on super-light speed technology casually. This will inevitably cause unstable space-time turbulence here, which will lead to safety risks.
The previous data is constantly changing, but scientists are busy. On the contrary, Xiao Qingshan and other soldiers were a little bored looking at the images and data sent back from the front. To be honest, the pictures in front of me are all dark. Occasionally, I don’t know where the light comes from, but it also disappears in a flash. At first glance, such a picture may seem mysterious and alluring; but if faced with such a picture for hundreds of years, it will not be as attractive as the crudest landscape picture.
Therefore, looking at the dark pictures and the constantly flashing data characters, the soldiers could already be said to be yawning. In this place, there is no rotation of the sun and the moon, no division of day and night, just a boring, mechanical life day after day.
Maybe playing games online is the only way to play games. In that colorful virtual world, temporarily forget the boredom of the real world and the ubiquitous crises around you.
The fleet's exploration lasted for three years. The detectors ahead were constantly advancing. Some disappeared, some were destroyed, and some continued to exist and sent back a series of data. Finally, the remaining detectors and spacecraft seemed to have come from the cave to the vast world, with the sky high and the sky high. Here, the detection waves emitted by the detector or unmanned spacecraft did not return, and there seemed to be some existence around that the detector could not identify.
This is the characteristic of having no intelligence. If you encounter something you know, the detector will be able to recognize it; but if you encounter something unknown, the detector will lose its usefulness, and at this time it can only be detected manually. But the problem now is that there is no light in this strange environment. Through radiation, active detection technology, etc., what the detector captures is just patches of almost imperceptible gray fog.
Suddenly, under the command of a scientist, an unmanned spacecraft sprinted forward fiercely, rushing towards those mist-like worlds that had been discovered, and in the process, it also released attacks and even small nuclear warheads.
Science is crazy, especially at this time.
Boom... a violent explosion sounded, and in this environment without planets and gravity, a mushroom cloud actually formed!
This is unreasonable! Scientists discovered the problem immediately!
Detonating a nuclear warhead in space will not form a mushroom cloud. The reason for the formation of mushroom clouds is simply that a large amount of hot gas rises and then cools and falls. This requires the combined effects of gravity, ground (blocking), air buoyancy, etc.; in fact, detonating a nuclear warhead in space is just like an ordinary large firework, exploding in all directions.
And now, in this world, a mushroom cloud has actually formed, which shows that there is an environment similar to the ground world! There is gravity, there is ground or other obstacles, there is atmosphere, etc.
Based on the speed, height, brightness, radiation attenuation, maintenance time, etc. of the mushroom cloud, scientists can calculate the approximate situation here.
"The gravity is about 8 times the Earth's standard gravity, but the density of the atmosphere is relatively low. According to calculation data such as light radiation, the main components of the atmosphere should be interstellar gases such as hydrogen and helium."
"Analysis of atmospheric components... Didi... Warning, the detector cannot detect the world in front of it. There is only nothingness here, no abnormality with the real space!"
This... series of changes has made scientists a little confused! Even though the nuclear warheads have already exploded, you actually told me that there is nothingness ahead!
I still don’t believe it! Li Xianjie pulled out a list of attack technology names and clicked on them one by one:
"Laser beam attacks the ground!" "Report, unable to attack, nothingness ahead!"
"Opto-magnetic beam attack!" "No response!"
"Energy cannon attack!" "No response!"
"Directed magnetic field attack!" "There is a slight reflection! The reflection intensity barely reaches the minimum detection area of the detector."
"Record it. Next, use the rail gun to attack!" "There is a weak reaction. This kind of data appears for the first time and needs to be analyzed."
"Proton cannon., neutron knife, plasma cannon..."
Li Xianjie didn't care, he tried every existing attack technology in China.
"These madmen are not afraid of causing possible counterattacks from local life!" However, Xiao Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief before Li Xianjie's next order came again:
"Re-attack the previous attack starting from one thousandth of the strength, increasing by one tenth each time until it ends at ten times the strength; pay attention to collecting data!"
"Stay away from scientists from now on!" Xiao Qingshan made a strong note in his heart. Soldiers only destroy targets, but scientists really want to dissect them!
After repeated verifications, everyone finally had to stare at the existence form of the "world" in front of them, which was a bit weird! How should I put it, there is a weirdness between existence and non-existence.
If the speed is slow, the world does not exist; but when the speed is 0. times the speed of light, the world can be felt; nuclear explosions are caused by a large number of projectile particles, radiation, etc., many of which are within this range. Of course, nuclear The explosion was initiated by humans themselves, not after a collision. In a sub-light speed environment, you can see a dark world that seems to be composed of light fog!
Li Xianjie finished counting all the data, thought for a while, and spoke again: "Please note that the two unmanned spacecraft will activate space technology and fly in a super-light environment. Pay attention to the safety and stability of the undercurrent of space and time." (To be continued...)