Chapter 1398: To Lolita
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The anti-gravity engine propelled the Explorer into the air smoothly, and soon surpassed the height of the floating island fortress, and then the ship continued to climb, the altitude continued to increase, and the surrounding temperature began to drop, and soon the temperature outside the ship dropped below freezing, and the light began to dim. Lewen is worth your collection
In space exploration, the most difficult step is to let the heavy spacecraft leave the earth and enter space, in order to resist gravity, at least ninety percent of the fuel on the rocket is lost in this process, but in Brandal, due to the existence of the prehistoric black technology of the goblin gravity well, as well as the existence of various technologies such as floating stones and anti-gravity magic, Don can overtake in a corner, quickly break through the key technology, and enter the space field.
This smooth climb made the passengers on the ship feel very fresh, especially the strong ones who had never left Purandal.
They looked down through the portholes over the land, which grew farther and farther away, and the flat land began to arc in the distance, and as they climbed in height, the dividing line between light and dark soon appeared in their field of vision.
"Now that we're in the stratosphere, the temperature outside is about zero degrees......
Riviz was stunned: "Huh? No, didn't the temperature drop to minus 40 degrees just now? Why is it that when the height becomes higher, the temperature outside increases? β
"That's because it's rich in ozone in the stratosphere, so the upper part of it is heated by absorbing a lot of ultraviolet rays from the sun, so the temperature rises due to the altitude," Croto explains. The temperature at the top of the stratosphere hovers around minus 3 degrees, which is about the same as the temperature on the ground, but after breaking through this area, the temperature will drop again with altitude, and it will soon drop to more than minus 200 degrees, which is very scary. β
It is difficult for ordinary people to understand the concept of more than 200 degrees below zero, so Klotto had to show him what it feels like to control the robotic arm, throw a fruit into space, and then tap it lightly, and it will directly turn into dust.
Riviz shuddered when he saw this scene: "This spaceship we are on is not going to be reduced to pieces as well, right?" β
Klotto said angrily: "If we can't even solve this kind of problem, do we dare to come to space?" β
His words inadvertently reassured several other people, although the people here were basically famous powerhouses, but they had never tried it themselves, and none of them dared to guarantee that they would be able to survive in the cosmic environment.
After breaking through the stratosphere, the altitude has exceeded 80 kilometers, and then the anti-gravity engine is turned off, the power source is smoothly switched to the magic engine, and after the spacecraft is adjusted by attitude, the bow of the ship is aimed at Lolita in the distance, and then the tail sprays out a light blue magic torrent, pushing the spacecraft to accelerate towards Lolita.
In space exploration, in addition to the initial stage of the planet's atmosphere, which is very difficult to break through, another very difficult technical problem to solve is the power source of the spacecraft's engine during distant space travel.
The traditional working fluid engine propels the aircraft forward through the continuous consumption of fuel, and the technology of this engine is relatively simple, but the problem is that the working fluid engine needs to consume a considerable amount of fuel to propel the aircraft to its destination, and the more fuel, the greater the propulsion required, and the more difficult it is to get out of the planet...... It's an endless loop.
In space travel, the best option is an engineerless engine, but physics cannot allow such a fantastic engine to appear (Emdrive is not yet considered a success), and even in the world of Brandal, a non-working engine is not possible.
However, in this world, there is a very cheap energy source with a very large unit energy density, and that is magic.
Void energy decays into ghost energy, ghost energy decays into magic power, and after the high-density ghost energy decays, it will form magic crystals, and at the same time, after the magic power is enriched in the living body, it will also form magic cores, magic pools and the like, which are very efficient energy sources.
Therefore, although Tang En has not researched the non-working engine, the energy efficiency ratio of the magic engine is far beyond that of the general working engine, so in space travel, he can consume the mana without any scruples and continue to accelerate in a very short time, so that the spacecraft can reach an extremely high speed, so that it can reach Lolita soon.
"Is this what you call weightlessness? Oh, it's a great feeling! β
As the ship got farther and farther away from Plantal, Riviz and the others could all feel the effects of gravity disappearing from them, and soon, he couldn't feel his bloated and heavy body, and the feeling of being able to breathe effortlessly made him almost burst into tears of happiness.
Although the other goblins didn't care about Rivez's bloated body, there were still many inconveniences about being overweight, and he couldn't stand it himself.
"It's a fresh feeling."
Jean closed his eyes and allowed himself to be free to levitate in the cabin: "It doesn't feel the same as using flying and floating, there's a ...... A freer, more relaxed feeling, as if your own body has disappeared. β
Everyone else was also experiencing a fresh experience of weightlessness at this time, and even Egwin, who had been silent all along, now had a face full of surprise.
And Donne, who experienced weightlessness for the first time, was similar to them at this time, excited like a child.
Just as they were having fun, the Explorer suddenly sounded the alarm: "Warning, a large unidentified object has been found ahead of the course, and the impact is expected to occur in a minute." β
Don and the others were all stunned when they heard this alarm, and then he and Kloto returned to the front of the console: "Show the obstacle image!" β
The next moment, an image of the detected object was projected in the center of the hall.
"Shhh
Tang En took a breath of cold air the moment he saw that thing, and his whole person couldn't help but tremble.
It was a very badly damaged space base, almost losing its full form, floating in space.
"What's that?"
When they saw the projection in the hall, they were all stunned, the structure and shape of this kind of thing were contrary to their common sense, so they couldn't understand it.
"Space station."
Donn muttered, "I'm afraid it's a space station left behind by prehistoric civilizations that has been floating in space for thousands of years. β
According to common sense, it is impossible for a space station that has lost power to drift in space for so long, it will be affected by the gravitational pull of the planet, gradually get closer to the planet, and eventually be affected by the atmospheric friction. The impact of the rub is getting slower and slower and then falling. If you fall, you will either burn up in the atmosphere or you will fall. Fall in the sea.
But now, they were presented with a space station that was so badly damaged that it was impossible to even distinguish its shape...... This is very unscientific.
The entire structure of the space station is on the verge of collapse, most of the area has been distorted, and some of it seems to have been badly damaged by an asteroid impact, and the whole looks completely devastated and has no potential value.
Perhaps, its only value now is to tell Donn that there was once an extremely developed prehistoric civilization in this world.
"This is supposed to be the space station that survived that catastrophe 10,000 years ago."
Feathersa said slowly, "If it had been hit head-on, it wouldn't have existed now. β
"The question is, is there anything else in it that has value for recycling?"
Donn was more concerned with the materials of prehistoric civilizations.
"I'm afraid it's difficult, even if it was there at the beginning, after so many years of radiation erosion, it may not be left."
The environment in space is very harsh, the huge temperature difference and strong radiation environment are not good for data preservation, and the entire space station has also lost its protective environment, and there is no way to leave anything.
"Then forget it."
Don gave up his intention to slow down, and directly informed the Explorer to change course, bypassing obstacles, and continuing to fly towards Lolita.
Perhaps, that space station used to be glorious, but now, it is just a ghost floating in space, with no value.
After passing the side of the dark space station, the Explorer continued to fly towards Lolita at a very high speed.
More than ten hours passed in a blink of an eye, and soon the explorer approached Lolita and began to enter thrust reversing deceleration mode, at this time, the people on the spacecraft could even see the crater above Lolita with the naked eye.
Looking at Lolita getting closer and closer, at this time everyone on the spaceship finally understood, why Lolita is a pink satellite There is a pink crystal growing everywhere on the surface of Lolita, and a large number of pink crystals form a huge crystal cluster up to a thousand meters, reflecting the light from Lumbica, so the people of Plandal will see pink.
"Could this be another magic crystal?"
Angus looked at the huge crystal cluster expectantly: "If you guess correctly, the magic contained in this magic crystal is probably stronger than what we are using now!" β
Hearing him say this, Tang En suddenly began to look forward to it, if the pink crystal cluster was really another form of energy after the ghost energy decay, they would have more choices.
A moment later, there was a sudden exclamation from the ship, and the passengers quickly gathered around the porthole, scrambling to look outside.
"Oh my God! ThisβThis is simply amazing! β
"At this point, I finally understand the significance of the space exploration program that His Majesty Donn has been pushing hard......"
"That's the most direct evidence left to us by prehistoric civilization, right?"