Chapter 499: Crossing the Spatial Zone
The Pioneer spacecraft has already flown out of this unusually open space zone, and the space area between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy is amazingly huge, and it is thousands of light-years away from its distance, even with the leap ability of the Pioneer spacecraft, it took Su Yichen and them several years.
As they finally crossed the space zone, the stars in front of them gradually began to increase, no longer like when they were in the space zone, there was nothing in all directions, except for the rare chance to meet a few lonely stars, even planets, comets and even meteorites could not be seen in the airspace, this scene made Su Yichen can't help but think of the barren desert.
In the past few years, Su Yichen and Ike still maintain a very delicate relationship, whether it is cooperation or peers, at least on the surface. If there is a change, it is Su Wei, an intelligent life, Su Wei's strange spatial ability has evolved again, and he can even directly shuttle through space to a certain extent, this phenomenon surprises everyone, including Ike, of course. For this reason, Ike proposed to study Su Wei's ability, and neither Su Yichen nor Luo Yan could object, but they also made a request to Ike, that is, Su Wei's absolute safety must be guaranteed, and Ike also agreed to this.
"This is the Andromeda Galaxy?" Ramon. Anthony asked subconsciously as he stood on the bridge and looked at the growing number of stars outside.
"Yes, do you see the great silver platter in the distance? It's the Andromeda Galaxy. Luo Yan nodded and said, while reaching out and pointing ahead. In fact, in some ways, the Andromeda Galaxy is very similar to the Milky Way, both galaxies are huge silver disks composed of countless stars, but they differ only in subtle ways.
"It's spectacular! It's a masterpiece of God! "Raymond. Anthony couldn't help but sigh that observing the Andromeda Galaxy from this angle is the most fascinating. It was also the first time he had come into contact with an unfamiliar extragalactic galaxy at such a close distance.
Luo Yan didn't say anything, she just looked at the Andromeda galaxy close at hand, in fact, from where they are now, they have entered the edge of the Andromeda galaxy. But there was no joy in Luo Yan's heart, not because she had been to the Andromeda Galaxy, but because of Ike. Along the way, Su Yichen and Luo Yan have tested Ike many times. Hopefully, we can let them go as soon as the Vanguard spacecraft arrives in the Andromeda system. However, Ike always replied ambiguously, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, but only asking them to accompany him to the Andromeda system before deciding the matter.
And now, they have arrived in the Andromeda system, and Luo Yan can't tell if Ike can agree to their request. In fact, realistically speaking, the possibility of them returning to the galaxy now, including back to their plane, is very, very small, compared to the Pioneer spacecraft. Their ships simply don't have the ability to jump. If at the highest curvature speed of the spacecraft, let alone return to the Milky Way, even if it is to cross that vast space belt, it will take more than a hundred years, and this time can even allow them to spend the rest of their lives completely.
Besides, what if they return to the galaxy? So far away from their own time, would they return to the solar system once again, at the base of Pluto, or on Earth to watch the birth of their civilization? In terms of time. It was simply not possible to reach that era, and they would have long since exhausted their lives. It's a thing of history.
"Where's Sue?" Ramon. Anthony asked suddenly.
"He's resting in the cabin." Luo Yan replied, in fact, it is a fact that Su Yichen is in the cabin, but he is not resting, over the years, Su Yichen has been looking for a way to "go home", and through the exchange with Ike, Su Yichen and Luo Yan have obtained a lot of Rand civilization technology. And Ike is also more generous in this regard, for their knowledge request, Ike has opened a certain permission, and can query scientific and technological information through the intelligent brain of the Pioneer spacecraft.
It is precisely because of these reasons that Su Yichen and his wife have never given up their efforts. Unfortunately, they haven't made much progress until now. Of course, in terms of basic technology and applied technology, Su Yichen and his wife can be said to have benefited a lot, but this knowledge still did not enable them to find the answers they needed to find, or the solution to the problem.
But that's it, they still go on, not to mention the long years of the journey also need to find something to spend time, maybe one day they can succeed?
Ramon. Anthony frowned slightly, everyone was on the same ship for so many years, Raymond. Of course, Anthony knew what Su Yichen and his wife were doing, and he also knew what they were thinking. However, from the very beginning Raymond. Anthony felt that the ideas of Su Yichen and his wife were fantastical, and it was impossible to succeed, and everything they did was useless.
"Actually, it's useless for you to do that." Ramon. Anthony whispered, glancing to the other side of the bridge as he spoke, a few dozen meters away from them, Ike was busy, and he didn't know what he was busy with.
Luo Yan raised her eyebrows, but didn't say anything, Raymond. Anthony continued: "Ike is so powerful that we are his companions on the surface, and I admit that he has a good attitude towards us, but you can't deny that we are in fact his captives, and even the objects of his travels. ”
"What do you mean by that?" Luo Yan asked.
Ramon. Anthony shrugged: "I just wanted to remind you that when the balance of power is too big to match, sometimes you need to know what you should do. Of course, this is my kindness, and you can not accept it, but as human beings from the same earth, our interests are aligned, and this is also my experience....... ”
Luo Yan somewhat understood Raymond. Anthony's so-called good intentions are to make them give up those unrealistic ideas and take Ike's ideas or orders as the lead. Perhaps, Raymond. Anthony's experience in the Red Dark Nebula has given him a keen eye in this regard, and he knows how to make trade-offs better than Su Yichen and his wife, plus he is already a successful businessman, and it is his instinct to be slick and accidental.
However, it is impossible for both Su Yichen and Luo Yan to accept it, because they and Raymond. Anthony is different, they are scientists. He is a scientist with ideals and persistence. This is Su Yichen and Raymond. The biggest difference between Anthony. For Raymond, of course. Anthony's "kindness" Luo Yan will not directly refuse, you must know that Raymond has been doing so all these years. Anthony is much closer than Su Yichen and Ike, plus they are not all the way, just because they came together by coincidence.
"Thanks, I think we'll think we'll think about it." Luo Yan hesitated for a moment and then replied with a thoughtful look. Ramon. Anthony smiled and nodded.
After standing for a while, Luo Yan left, she didn't go to greet Ike, and Ike didn't care about these etiquette anyway. Over the years, they have learned a lot about Ike's personality, especially when Ike is focused on one thing, he doesn't like to be disturbed, and that's the way it is now.
Leaving the bridge, Luo Yan walked towards her and Su Yichen's cabin. After a while, she came to the door of the cabin, opened the hatch and walked in, and the hatch closed automatically after she entered.
"Coming back?" Su Yichen was not working as Luo Yan imagined, but saw him sitting on the sofa and seemed to be contemplative, and when he heard the sound of the door opening, he had just returned to reality from his contemplation, and looked up in greeting.
"It's just breathable." Luo Yan replied, walked straight to Su Yichen and took his hand: "What." Aren't you tired? ”
"It's okay, right. Look at this. Su Yichen handed the Zhi Brain Terminal to Luo Yan, with a smile on his face.
Luo Yan took it and glanced at it, and then showed joy: "It's done?" ”
"Well, theoretically it can have been done." Su Yichen nodded.
Luo Yan hurriedly read it carefully, there was a lot of information in it, and it was impossible to read it all at once. Luo Yan only picked some key points to look at carefully, and at the same time silently calculated while watching, about half an hour later, Luo Yan put down the brain terminal, sighed and said, "I didn't expect it to be done for you." But...... What's the use of that? ”
"It's always going to work." Su Yichen put away the brain terminal, what he just showed Luo Yan was the core of the jump technology, that is, the important core technology for manufacturing the jump engine. With this, along with the necessary equipment, they were able to build a true jump engine, and if it was mounted on the new Vanguard spacecraft, then their ship would have the ability to jump.
If this technology is in their time, in their solar system and the earth, this is enough to be a technological breakthrough that the earth civilization is proud of, and even because of this technology, the earth civilization can jump from the primary cosmic civilization to the ranks of the intermediate cosmic civilization in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, the current time and space are different, the Earth civilization is far from being born, and they are far away from the edge of the Andromeda galaxy, so far away from the Milky Way, this technology is essentially useless.
But Su Yichen didn't think so, he thought that as long as they had this technology, then once they could leave Ike and find a suitable terrestrial planet, they might be able to create a jump engine by relying on the power of technology. Of course, this is only a possibility, a complete industrial replication is difficult to do, it requires a lot of manpower and material resources, including a long time, but in a sense, this is possible, don't forget that they not only have the New Pioneer spaceship, but also have intelligent life like Su Wei, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Su Yichen will not give up.
To be honest, Su Yichen and Luo Yan have worked hard for this thing, not to mention that on the Pioneer spacecraft, there is also Ike's access to their technology, and it is very easy to master the technology of the jump engine. The reason is very simple, because Ike is not a scientist in the first place, the scientific and technological information on the Pioneer spacecraft is not too perfect, and most of them are only theoretical technology and part of the application technology, and there is no such thing as a complete set of jump engine manufacturing in these materials, Su Yichen is completely dependent on the deduction from various related technologies, which is not easy, although it is impossible to ensure that this jump technology is consistent with the similar technology of the Rand civilization, but from the perspective of theory and simulation experiments, at least it meets Su Yichen's requirements.
Su Yichen's words made Luo Yan feel a glimmer of hope in her heart, she nodded, held her husband's hand at the same time, and then told him about Raymond just now. Anthony and those "good intentions" he said.
Listening to his wife's story, Su Yichen frowned, in his opinion, Raymond. Anthony's so-called good intentions are also warnings, and it is unknown whether he thinks so or whether he means it with Ike. However, Su Yichen believes that as long as they don't pose any threat to Ike directly, Ike will not make excessive moves, and Su Yichen has a doubt until now, he always feels that Ike took them directly out of the solar system is not just as simple as he said, it seems that there are other intentions.
In addition, there is another point that Su Yichen is more vigilant about, and that is about Su Wei's situation. If there was anyone among them who could pose a threat to Ike, it was Su Wei who was the only one. As an intelligent life, Su Wei is a different existence from all of them, and the spatial ability that Su Wei accidentally obtained is a powerful force, Su Yichen even suspected that Ike's request for Su Wei to cooperate with him in research was to limit Su Wei's strength, in case Su Yichen and his wife borrowed Su Wei to turn their faces with him, of course, he couldn't be sure, it was just a guess, maybe he was thinking too much, but Su Yichen always felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Thinking of this, Su Yichen thought of the hourglass that had been hidden close to him, Su Wei's ability evolution also gave Su Yichen a glimmer of hope for "going home", the hourglass was a key, until now they have tacitly kept this secret from Ike. But a secret is a secret, a secret cannot be kept forever, and once the next situation changes, Su Yichen can't predict what the outcome will be.
Now, the only thing they can do is to make all the preparations, for the sake of safety, Su Yichen backed up the information in the brain terminal to Luo Yan, and asked her to keep a copy of it too, and how to find a chance to talk to Ike in detail, they also discussed it, and felt that now is not the time, and when the Pioneer spacecraft really enters the interior of the Andromeda Galaxy, the current journey will undergo some changes, so at that time, maybe they can have a good talk with Ike. (To be continued.) )