Star Wanderer

Chapter 3: Extremely fast spaceflight

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Since the development of astronomy, there have been two issues that have troubled scientists the most. The first is how to make a spacecraft that can sail permanently to span the vast interstellar space measured in light years. www,QuANbEn-XiAoShUo,cOm

The second question is, of course, how to break the upper limit of light speed and achieve super-light speed in the universe.

The first problem was solved by the ramjet.

Even in the void, there are actually countless unobservable free substances such as hydrogen atoms, as well as ubiquitous dust, collectively called interstellar matter.

The ramjet uses electromagnetic fields to collect a large amount of these interstellar materials, and then uses the most advanced and space-saving ion reactor to convert these materials into amazing energy and spray them out to form a never-ending power. It can reach sub-light speeds of three-quarters of the speed of light, or even gradually increase to the speed of light.

The second problem is solved by the discovery of counterspace. The concept from the infinite universe is that the space we are in is just one level. The upper limit of this level is the speed of light. If you cannot exceed the speed of light for a day, you will be forever limited to this level of the universe.

But at the same level, there are also differences between positive and negative spaces.

When a huge force field is formed in space that is so powerful that even light cannot escape, a "black hole" will appear, which is the entrance to counterspace.

Scientists use this theory to continuously increase energy with the endless forward and reverse circulation of power. When the energy of the entire spacecraft reaches its limit, an instantaneous micro black hole can be created, allowing the spacecraft to enter counterspace without being limited by the speed of light. , which can reach an astonishing speed of up to one light-year per Earth hour, immeasurably shortening the time of spaceflight.

In the super-light flight in counterspace, everyone must hide in the life-support box and enter a state of hibernation, protected by the force field of the life-support box, which is called cosmic sleep.

The Whale is now entering the preparation process for counter-space flight, gradually increasing speed and increasing energy, and the interactive reactor continues to accumulate power.

All personnel stick to their posts and control various sets of sophisticated instruments and equipment.

In the medical room at the belly of the ship, Medical Officer Zeke and Zana Riva both frowned, looking at the bald "Firebird" lying quietly in the large transparent round cover. His limbs and waist and neck were locked with metal hoops as thick as a child's arms.

The sketch screen that occupies the entire wall of the medical room, under the operation of Zeke's remote control, keeps changing the screen: brain wave analysis, heartbeat condition, pulse strength, excretion and secretion in the body, and metabolism. Views, but all negative reactions.

It wasn't until a dazzling human-shaped color picture appeared on the screen and countless colorful lights emitted from the center of the figure to the surroundings that the vitality and movement appeared.

Zeke sighed and said: "If the scan of the life magnetic field hadn't told us that he has life energy hundreds of times stronger than ordinary people, I really don't believe that he is still alive, but why is everything about him the same as death? It’s really puzzling that there is a living magnetic field but it is full of life and interest.”

Shannariva's beautiful eyes fell back on her body.

This is a very strong, mighty and rough man's body. If his skin were not rough and dark, his face could be considered very characterful. If there were a pair of beautiful eyes in his closed eyes, he must be a very attractive man. I wonder what he looks like when he puts on his clothes

At this time, Zeke coughed dryly, and Shannariva woke up and looked at him.

Zekexian had been thinking about the problem of other scanning instruments not responding. After attracting the attention of this super beauty, he continued: "The only explanation is that these instruments designed for us cannot work on him."

Zannareeva showed great interest for the first time and asked curiously: "Can the medical officer explain it more clearly?"

Zeke felt proud when he saw her asking. Such a seductive beauty was a gift to a man. He only hated her for seeming like she was rejecting others thousands of miles away. Busy said in a confident tone: "These instruments can only detect things within a certain range. For example, if the activity in his brain is faster than light, or the metabolic activity slows down to a certain level, these scanners will It won’t do anything.”

Shannariva was stunned for a moment and said, "Do you think this is really the case?"

Zeke smiled bitterly and said: "It is unbelievable that this person can exist in a place that is absolutely not suitable for any life to grow. If there are one or two more incredible things, who says it is impossible."

Shannariva took a deep breath and turned her eyes back to "him". A strange look appeared on her face, but she said nothing.

Zek looked at her knife-like outline and sighed: "I really hope his nerves were not damaged by the neural cannon. Then we can connect his head to the language learning machine when he wakes up and use it. If language cells are formed in his brain, then we can talk to him directly." After saying this, he looked at the speech machine that was placed in a corner like a chair but with a hood above it, and the process of his learning was condensed in his mind.

Shannariva said seriously: "Even if he wakes up, we still can't do anything to him. This is the strict order of the institute."

Zeke nodded in understanding.

He would never be allowed to interfere with such an important "human version". At the same time, I secretly sighed in my heart that this person might be imprisoned in the Earth's research institute in the Himalayas. Until he is completely understood and there is no danger, then he can hope to live a normal life. But that might be hundreds of years later. What a tragic fate.

Zannareeva responded to her cold composure and asked: "Is his body structure different from ours?"

Zeke said: "There is no difference at all."

Shannariva was startled and said: "This is impossible. After hundreds of thousands of years of evolution in the Firebird Galaxy, how could he be like us? At least some of his organs will be particularly developed, and some will not be there for a long time. Degeneration with use is the basic law of genetics."

Zeke sighed: "What we are seeing now is a 'riddle'. If he doesn't cooperate, or never wakes up, we may never be able to guess the answer to the riddle."

Shannariva showed that weird look again and said in a deep voice: "I have an intuition that he is listening to us."

A chill rose in Zeke's heart.

Before there was a chance to respond, the red alarm bell flashed. After a long blast, Commander Waddens's voice spread to every corner of the Whale: "Attention everyone, the anti-space speed voyage will begin in one hour. Please Go into your life tank and repeat..."

Ji Huifu looked intently at the lunar scenery of undulating mountains outside the glass wall.

The federal government has not attempted to modify the moon's environment. Its insignificant size means that it does not have enough gravity to retain any air. And based on federal law, the Earth and her beautiful little moons are protected areas, shielding them from earth-shaking man-made changes.

This beauty stretches out on the surface of the moon. The strong contrast between the light surface and the dark shadow makes the mountains of the moon have an indescribable and strange beauty.

In particular, a crater in the distance reminds people of the violent scene when giant rocks hit the earth's surface. But this is all in the past. Any unknown object among the stars that breaks into the lunar warning network will be shot into pieces by the automatic laser first.

The cruise ship passing by in the distance painted a beautiful white light.

The twelve people sitting around the conference table were patiently waiting for her. No one, whether they were her admirers or enemies, dared to disturb her silence and thoughts.

These twelve people represent the top leadership of the Federal State, including Minister of Outer Space Affairs Zhu Siti, Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Army General Di Ping, Director of the Research Institute Fu Xiuqing, Minister of Energy Li Qi, Secretary of Transportation Drini, Secretary of the Interior Bu Shaoling, Minister of Education Sha Yunxian, Director of the Medical Department Frankie, Minister of Propaganda Xin Biji, Chief Security Officer of the Ministry of Justice Ai Huada, Director of the Intelligence Bureau Elicia and Secretary of General Affairs Guruv. Seven of them are women, and they are all first-class beauties with different styles, representing various models of female beauty.

Ji Huifu looked back, looked around at everyone present, smiled slightly and said, "Okay! The meeting can begin."

Zhu Sidi, who had a cold expression but was charming in her bones, coldly inserted: "I would like to remind the chairman that there are three very important people waiting for your instructions outside to see if they can participate in our meeting."

Ji Huifu's beautiful eyes flashed, and she said calmly to the beauty who had been coveting her position as chairman: "No problem, I have sent someone to inform them that I will meet them after the meeting to find out how they happened to meet at this moment. came here."

Zhu Sidi smiled calmly and said nothing, which made people feel unfathomable.

Everyone here focused their attention on their beautiful leader. In fact, except for the institute director Xiuqing, who was uniquely noble and beautiful and had an otherworldly temperament, even the boss of the whale commander, Major General Waddens... Admiral Di Ping, a majestic and handsome man with raven-brown hair, did not know the true purpose of his trip to the Firebird Galaxy, let alone others.

Ji Huifu has been the supreme leader for three thousand years. She has her own way of controlling her opponents. She did not immediately turn to the topic. Instead, Ilysia, who was in charge of intelligence, said: "Yili, please report the latest situation intelligence first."

Calm and steady, with beautiful blond hair, Ilicia looked a little solemn and said slowly: "The situation does not look good. The twenty-eight spy reconnaissance planes recently sent to reconnoiter the Black Prison Legion entered the declination line seventy-eighth. After that, they all disappeared without a trace, leaving us completely unaware of what happened in that vast star area?"

Everyone was silent and felt heavy. Although they had only lost one colonial galaxy so far, if all the star sectors beyond 70 degrees of declination fell into the hands of the Black Prisoners, it would represent more than 100 billion stars in the Milky Way. Two-thirds of them have been placed under the influence of the black jailers.

Elicia continued: "We have established one hundred and thirty-eight armed space stations in the border area to monitor the enemy's movements, but we can't find any trace of the Black Prison Army, nor can we guess the target they will attack next. , it makes people frightened and makes them unable to sleep or eat well."

General Di Ping, the top leader of the military, intervened: "I still insist on counterattacking the Yangma System and regaining the lost ground. What we lost last time was that we knew nothing about the enemy. However, after seven years of research by our Strategy Department, we have We have the confidence to deal with them.”

Director Chun Xiuqing of the institute said softly: "The general still does not believe our analysis. The reason why the Black Prison Army can defeat us is not that they surpass us in technology, but that their combat nerves and mental strength are better than ours." They are more superior, so we can defeat more with less. When we meet again, and they have the advantageous location, we will just repeat the same mistakes, and there will be no sudden miracles."

Di Ping's eyes flashed and he was about to argue when Ji Huifu said coldly: "The Federal Research Institute is the absolute authority of our scientific research. Their judgment is the final conclusion. I don't want anyone to waste time questioning it."

Di Ping was speechless, but everyone could see that he was still angry.

Zhu Sidi said: "But there is one thing I must remind the chairman. If we regroup our forces and counterattack Yangma Star, there will be many benefits. The first is that we can regain the initiative and test the enemy's strength. And we can attack On behalf of the defender, the ability to concentrate all the power to attack the enemy is better than spreading the power. Every day, I am afraid that the enemy will appear in the sky of the colonial star."

Traffic Secretary Drini also said: "The enemy has not carried out further aggressive actions for seven years. Maybe they still have not been able to consolidate their control over the Yangma System, or there may be some internal problems. If we no longer carry out a counterattack, we may A missed opportunity.”

The coquettish Xin Biji, Minister of the Propaganda Department, nodded and said: "Chairman should know from my recent report that comments from the news and media circles blame us for ignoring the lives of the two million citizens of the Yangma system and not taking decisive actions to save them. "

Secretary of the Interior Bu Shaoling said solemnly: "Recently, there are signs that the spies of the Black Prisoners may have infiltrated into some of our colonial systems. Unfortunately, we still haven't caught half of them. This is really worrying. .”

Ji Huifu had known that Zhu Sidi would make a big fuss out of her standing still. In fact, they had a certain reason. The twelve ministers in the meeting now, except for her husband Xiuqing, were all from the war camp and had not yet spoken. It seems that they all tend to launch a general counterattack.

Zhu Sidi looked at Ji Huifu coldly and said: "This is a major matter related to our life and death. I propose to submit it to the Federal Parliament for debate and decide whether to fight or defend. Chairman! Should we vote to immediately transfer this proposal to the Parliament? ?”

Ji Huifu secretly sighed in her heart, Zhu Siti had a wishful thinking. If the parliament voted in favor of counterattacking the Yangma system, it would be the most serious blow to her prestige, and she would no longer need to be the chairman. Everyone's burning eyes fell on her face.

Ji Huifu smiled lightly and said: "Before answering the Minister of Outer Space's proposal, I would like to ask you to watch a video sent back by the Whale, and ask the dean to narrate it for us."

When everyone showed a look of astonishment, the three-dimensional image machine mounted above their heads shot out colorful lines and projected them into the space behind Ji Huifu. Planet No. 7 of the Firebird Galaxy appeared in reality, wildly. The fierce fire could not stop spurting out, making a rumbling roar that made people's hearts tremble.

When Zannareeva, Dr. Zeke and others were all thrown into the sealed life-support box and began to undergo cosmic sleep, "he" was still awake and opened his closed eyes. The life-sustaining cover, which was several times larger than the life-sustaining tank, activated the device that could freeze all nerve activity and blood pulses, but it could not affect him at all.

In fact, when the nerve cannon hit him, he was stunned for only a few seconds. He had already mastered the energy of the nerve cannon, absorbed and decomposed it, and turned it into his own power. Being brought to this place, he felt excited and happy about escaping. But he didn't know the purpose or intention of these similar people towards him, so he had no choice but to enter the usual state of hiding, observe, master and learn.

His thoughts went into every facility and weapon of the Whale, for survival and curiosity. Several of these weapons made him wary because they could destroy him before his energy could understand and react.

This made him even more afraid to act rashly. What aroused his interest was the women on the ship, especially the woman who kept observing him from close range.

When he "grew up", there were still seventy-two tribesmen on Planet Seven, fifty-three of whom were women. In order to cultivate the next generation, these women had sex with him one by one. Unfortunately, all the babies were born before they were born due to intolerance. He died young living in that cruel environment. Even so, the woman still gave him the greatest joy and the most beautiful memories, making him understand the taste of love, and there was only the molten pool left.

So he hopes to study hard, adapt to life in the new environment, and become one of them.

Let’s start with the language learning machine. Although he couldn't understand the words of the man and woman beside him, he could "see" the images in their minds and understood the function of the language machine. But first, he had to learn from the cage-like cover and the metal locking the body. The hoop came out. It was a piece of cake for him.

His thoughts were combined with the spacecraft, enjoying the feeling of increasing speed.

The Whale has not yet entered the surreal counterspace, but it has reached interstellar speed, running as fast as light. The super interactive force of the ion reactor hidden in the stern of the ship suddenly trembled. Huge magnetic energy was injected into the body from the magnetic energy center in the belly of the ship. The speed suddenly increased sharply, finally breaking the 299,792.5 thousand per second. The speed limit of light in meters.

The spaceship came to a standstill, as if suspended. Outside the ship was boundless darkness, with not even a hint of light.

He could no longer feel any speed, but his whole body became heavy and his eyelids drooped feebly.

The only thing that is still active is his ability to think, which is completely unaffected by the speed of space and allows him to continue to check all instruments and the situation inside the ship.

The temperature and pressure did not change, the reactor continued to operate, and the energy increased exponentially.

He didn't understand what happened or where the spacecraft went, but he knew it was a strange way of traveling.

What was affected was that the energy in his body was many times slower than usual.

He concentrated his mind and will, condensed and moved his energy, and tried to return to normal, fighting against the feeling of paralysis of his body's functions. It was a very new but very terrifying experience.

It was as if his mind had completely bid farewell to his body. It was an extreme feeling of emptiness. He wanted to use breathing to gain energy, but he couldn't even do this simple action.

A kind of understanding arose in my heart, that is, in this strange space, the subjective time and the objective time have been detached from their usual close connection, that is to say: here time is distorted, but he is still It is through the past concept of time that we experience and survive, so we encounter difficulties.

After understanding this, he stopped thinking and concentrated on increasing the speed of the energy running on the nerves in his body. He knew that when the speed of operation reached synchronization with the interaction in the reactor, he would be able to interact with the beings in the spacecraft again. The distorted time and space returned to consistency, and he was able to move freely again.

The three-dimensional image of "him" gradually disappeared, and everyone looked at Ji Huifu as if their souls had returned. The latter calmly said: "Now the whole key lies on this only remaining Firebird star. He represents why human beings are so successful." Evidence that this amazing power can be developed. If we can grasp his secret or repeatedly create his superhuman life factor, we will not only take an insurmountable step in evolution, but also It is possible to defeat the Black Hell Legion, so we must not act rashly now, and we should wait until the Whale transports him back to the institute. Does anyone object to my decision?"

After a moment of silence, Admiral Di Ping took the lead in expressing his stance, saying: "Everything will follow the chairman's decision."

Everyone agreed.

Ji Huifu's eyes fell on Zhu Sidi, the only one who had not yet expressed her opinion, waiting for her to speak.

Zhu Sidi breathed a sigh of relief and said helplessly: "Since there is such a hope, I no longer insist on launching a counterattack in the short term, but should this be announced to ease the public's mood?" Then she asked the Minister of Propaganda Xin Biji Said: "Do you have any good suggestions?"

The energetic Xin Biji said excitedly: "If this news can be announced, it will naturally be exciting." Xuan sighed: "But it will also cause unnecessary fear. The existence of such a person is really used to just accepting 'Normal' people find it unbearable and become even more afraid of the prison inmates, which may not be worth the gain."

Ji Huifu cut in and said: "Our purpose is to resist the invaders, so all considerations must be from this perspective. Let me make the most serious statement. The existence of this Firebird star will be the highest level of confidentiality. Except for the giant No one will be allowed to know except the personnel on board the Whale and us. If anyone leaks the information, it will be a serious crime of treason. No matter who it is, I will not let it go."

The beautiful eyes shot out a cold light, slowly scanning everyone, and said word by word: "I will use all the power in my hand to protect the secret of this Firebird star. If the spies of the Black Prisoners find out about this Human existence, you should know the terrible consequences."

He breathed a sigh of relief and regained his ability to move.

Si Gan came to the metal hoop that locked him, and then extended along the metal hoop to reach the mechanism of the control switch. After studying for a while, the energy came one after another, turned on the switch, and the steel hoop opened automatically.

Then he opened the cover and used a language learning machine to form new language cells in the language center of his left brain. Then he used all his time to absorb all the data and information in the spacecraft's intelligent system to understand these similar civilizations and social structures. When the time came When the time comes, these people will find that he has disappeared into thin air and will never be found again.

Because he will become an indistinguishable member of them, and he will be the one who knows how to enjoy life best.

Suddenly, his thoughts spanned the vast distances of time and space, connected with the strange substances in the pool, and felt that she was saying goodbye and blessing to him.

He knew that another more intense firestorm had erupted on the planet where he had lived for more than five thousand years.

And it's the last time.

The molten pool is not a dead thing, but another form of life.

A strange life full of love.

He is his eternal partner and ally in the universe.