Chapter 464: Supernova
Ramon. Anthony woke up a little later than Royan, and when he opened his eyes, the first thing he said was to ask himself if he was in heaven or hell. This question sounded ridiculous, but Su Yichen didn't feel any amusement in his ears. Anthony himself knows that he has done good things in his life, but he has also done many more bad things, but in any case, going to heaven after death is the only hope in his heart for a person like him.
"It's not heaven, it's not hell, because we're all alive."
Su Yichen replied, Raymond. Anthony was stunned, and then slowly came to his senses. When he sat up and looked around to make sure everything was the same as before, the old fellow couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at? Are you glad you didn't go to hell? Su Yichen sarcastically said to him, although Raymond. Anthony is already a member of the Pioneer spaceship, but he doesn't have much affection for this old guy Su Yichen. It is no exaggeration for Anthony to go to hell.
In the face of Su Yichen's rhetorical question, Raymond. Anthony didn't answer, just continued to laugh. But while laughing, there was also a strange look in his eyes, which contained the ...... of happiness, regret, confusion and self-deprecation.
The laughter made Su Yichen frown slightly, he was about to drink Raymond. Anthony laughed, but before he could do so, Luo Yan gently tugged at him.
"Let him go/" Luo Yan shook her head slowly at him, while gently holding Su Yichen's hand. After experiencing such a dangerous moment, everyone felt that they were in a catastrophe, but now they are safe and sound, and this situation has a strong impact on people's spirits.
Su Yichen and his wife are better, they are two people after all, and both of them have experienced life and death. Whether it was the unexpected separation in the northwest that year, or the fact that Luo Yan was forced to hibernate later, or when they arrived in the Andromeda Galaxy through the wormhole, they .......
So many times of danger, the two have been coming over and supporting each other until today. But Raymond. Anthony is different from them, he can adjust his mentality in such a way of laughing in such a situation. It's already pretty good.
As a woman, Luo Yan understands this more clearly than Su Yichen, so she will stop Su Yichen from doing that. Moreover, although they are out of danger now, it does not mean that the danger is away from them. What had happened before had not yet been understood, and where they were now had to be determined immediately.
The power system of the Pioneer spacecraft has been restored, but the power recovery of the entire spacecraft is only partial. The threat posed by the dark matter bomb caused great damage to the Vanguard spacecraft. The main power engine has been damaged, and now only the backup engine is being started.
In addition to this problem, the hull of the spaceship was also damaged, but fortunately, the damaged state was not serious and did not affect the safety of the entire spaceship. But there was a key problem that made Su Yichen and them very anxious, because when they started the spaceship's brain system, it failed to start, and the core brain system of the Pioneer spaceship could not be awakened. It's a terrible thing.
"How?" Su Yichen asked Luo Yan anxiously.
After Luo Yan woke up, she rested for a long time and found a problem with the brain system, but when she contacted her three times to restart the brain she failed. This was the fourth time she had tried to restart, but it was still the same, looking at the data displayed on the screen, Luo Yan shook her head in frustration.
"What do you think is the problem?"
"I don't know, I can't tell." Luo Yan couldn't understand her husband's inquiry. It clearly shows that the hardware structure of the brain system is normal. There was no problem with the software, and the self-shutdown of the brain system was only due to the self-protection program of the original design system. As an intellectual brain expert and fuzzy math expert of the earth's civilization, he single-handedly created artificial intelligence like Su Li, Luo Yan can be said to be the most powerful scholar in this field. But now, even she can't tell what the problem is.
Luo Yan began to prepare for the fifth restart. Before restarting, she once again performed a detailed examination of the software and hardware. In fact, this work is the same as restarting the brain, she has done it four times before, and this is the fifth time. But the results of each test told her that everything was normal, but when everything was normal, the brain system still could not be successfully restarted.
This situation made Luo Yan very puzzled, and it was also something she had never encountered. If they were in the solar system now, with the assistance of equipment from the Earth or other bases, Luo Yan could have taken a simpler way to solve the problem. For example, directly replace the entire brain system, first ensure the normal operation of the Pioneer spacecraft, and then find a way to slowly find out the cause of the problem. But this method is not working at all, because they can't even figure out where they are, let alone take this method. The only thing Luo Yan can do is to keep repeating the detection and reboot process in anticipation of the recovery of the brain system.
But luck was clearly not on their side, and more than an hour later, the restart of the fifth brain system still failed, and the soul of the Pioneer spacecraft was still asleep.
"I'll try ...... again." Luo Yan's face was a little pale, and she said with a reluctant smile, but when her fingers were about to touch the keyboard of the console, Su Yichen stopped her.
"No need to try."
"But ......."
"At least not yet." Su Yichen resolutely pressed her hand, shook her head and said, "Let's replace it with an ordinary program first, the problem of the brain system will be solved slowly in the future, you are too tired, you need to rest." ”
"I ......."
"Listen to me! I'm the captain! ”
Looking at her husband's eyes, Luo Yan finally nodded slowly. In fact, she knew in her heart that Su Yichen was right, five consecutive restarts failed, which meant that the problem was not in the results of her previous detection at all, and if she wanted to find out the cause, it might take a long time, and it was unknown whether it could be solved. Now, the easiest alternative is to temporarily replace it with a normal program, and then slowly figure out the problem. If she keeps doing this, maybe before she finds out what the problem is, Luo Yan will be tired.
The use of alternative programs does not need Luo Yan to do, Su Yichen can complete it himself. More than an hour passed, when the temporary replacement program was docked. The Pioneer spacecraft has finally regained some capabilities, although it is now unable to fly at curvature due to the loss of its "soul", but it can barely navigate in normal flight conditions.
After all, the alternative program is a substitute program, and even if it flies in an ordinary state, it cannot reach the program of the intelligent brain. That is, the Pioneer spacecraft has now lost automatic control. Entered a very primitive semi-automatic state, and needed personnel to assist during the flight, fortunately, there were three people on the spacecraft now, if there were only Su Yichen and his wife, this kind of workload could crush them for a long time.
"Mr. Anthony, please keep an eye on this data at all times, and if there is a change of more than plus or minus 5%, press this button immediately." In order to improve everyone's efficiency, Su Yichen arranged for Raymond. Anthony is responsible for one of these links. This link is relatively simple, during the previous voyage. Ramon. Anthony also had a slight understanding of the control of the Pioneer spacecraft, and soon grasped the tasks he was responsible for.
“OK! No problem! "Raymond. Anthony made an OK gesture towards Su Yichen after grasping it, and then Su Yichen turned around and walked to his seat, but as soon as he turned around, Raymond. Anthony called out to him.
"What else?" Su Yichen turned around and asked.
"I'd like to ask where we are now." Ramon. Anthony asked hesitantly.
"The star map is still making comparisons, but don't worry, we're still in the galaxy. I'll tell you when the exact location coordinates come out, as the captain. Su Yichen replied calmly, and then walked directly to his place and sat down. Then concentrate on the link work he is responsible for.
Ramon. Anthony just asked casually, Su Yichen's answer made him temporarily relieved, and then lowered his head to monitor his work. However, he didn't know that what Su Yichen said was not entirely true, although they had now determined that the surrounding airspace was safe, whether it was the pursuing fleet before or the dark matter bomb that was forced to detonate later. These dangers are gone. But the problem is that due to the failure of the reboot of the brain system, they cannot accurately locate their position, that is, they have lost their direction in the universe.
From the solar system to the red and dark nebula, the Pioneer spacecraft was navigated by the intelligent brain system in the form of star map positioning. And now. There is a problem with the brain system, and the alternative temporary program is not able to complete the navigation task at all, which is like a car driving on an unfamiliar road, and after losing its direction and map, it cannot determine where it is.
Fundamentally, the problems we face today are more terrible than cars getting lost on unfamiliar roads, or even ships that have lost their course in the sea. After all, on land or in the ocean, one can rely on the direction of the sun or the instructions of the starry sky at night to determine the correct course. However, in the universe, especially in the universe where they are now, there are unfamiliar starry skies on all sides, the traditional positioning methods have failed, and after losing the brain system, the Pioneer spacecraft has no ability to sail in curvature, which is extremely fatal to them.
There is another point, Su Yichen did not tell Raymond. Anthony, that's that they're not in the Red Dark Nebula now. Judging from the surrounding situation, no one knows where they are at all, and those unfamiliar starry sky are clearly the appearance of normal cosmic space, and there is no trace of the cosmic starry sky that he is familiar with.
Su Yichen knew, and Luo Yan also knew, that there was only Raymond on the Pioneer spaceship. Anthony didn't know, and in order to avoid trouble, they tacitly did not tell each other the truth. Now, there is no other way to fly in this starry sky in a normal flight state. At the very least, they can try to find a familiar starry sky location to determine their location while on the move, or encounter other cosmic civilizations to get help. In addition, there is another way, that is, to repair the brain system as soon as possible, only if the brain system is restarted and restored, the Pioneer spacecraft can have the previous interstellar navigation ability.
For the next month or so, Su Yichen and Luo Yan worked hard to do these things, but their efforts still didn't have much effect. The starry sky around is still so unfamiliar, the brain system has not recovered, and the Pioneer spacecraft can only rely on ordinary flight conditions to navigate, which is as slow as a snail crawling compared to the previous curvature navigation method.
"Sue, are we lost?" In fact, more than ten days ago, Raymond. Anthony sensed that something was wrong, and today he couldn't help but ask directly.
Su Yichen hesitated, and just as he was about to nod his head in acknowledgement, the spacecraft suddenly oscillated violently, and this oscillation came extremely suddenly, even deviating the direction of the spacecraft that was sailing by a full 1 degree to the left, and Su Yichen, who was not at all defenseless, was almost thrown out of his seat.
"Are you alright?" Su Yichen tried to keep his composure and shouted loudly.
"I'm fine." Luo Yan replied.
"I'm fine, too." Ramon. Anthony was just as embarrassed, but fortunately uninjured.
"Analyze the scan right now, what's going on just now?" Su Yichen shouted loudly.
Under his control, the Vanguard spacecraft returned to a stable state, and although the oscillation continued, it was much less intense than the first one. This situation does not occur at all when the brain system is normal, because the brain system will continuously scan and feedback the surrounding space in advance to ensure the safety of the voyage while sailing. But now, in the case of program substitution, this feature is no longer available.
Luo Yan's analysis and scan quickly came out with results, and when her results came out, Su Yichen was stunned for a moment, because this result told them that the spacecraft had just experienced the impact of an energy oscillation wave generated by a strong supernova explosion, and the source of this oscillating wave was located on their right.
Supernova explosion? Su Yichen hurriedly turned on the three-dimensional perspective projection to observe the cosmic space, and when he saw that there was indeed a very bright star on their right, his heart suddenly became thoughtful. If his guess was correct, the bright star would have been the supernova that had exploded, and according to the speed of light and the speed of oscillation, the explosion would have been completed by the time the oscillation arrived, so only the extremely bright star could be seen from their position.
The supernova explosion was so powerful that it was estimated that they were tens of light-years away from the location of the explosion, but its oscillating waves could still affect the Vanguard spacecraft at such a long distance. (To be continued.) )