Chapter 420: Sub-Light Journey (I)

"After the debugging of all aspects of the data, each section began to charge to increase the strong magnetic field, and began to make the final countdown countdown, 5000, 4999, 4998 ......"

“…… 3654,3653,3652…… 2047,2046,2045,2043……”

“…… 10,9…… 3, 2, 1, 0, launch! "The initial velocity brought by the initial propellation of the gunpowder brought about by the metal object entered the area of the strong electric field at a speed of 230 ms per second, and under the acceleration of the strong electric field, the speed was still rising sharply, and the scenery in the tunnel where the strong electric field was generated changed from a clear picture to a blurred view, and the scenery like a glimpse of the light and shadow, only the tunnel in front of it did not change.

10kms…… This speed has exceeded the first cosmic velocity of the planet, and the second cosmic velocity is close to it, but at this time, the metal body with a uniform increase has not yet departed from the accelerating electric field of the corridor, and the speed is still steadily rising.

100kms…… The tunnel is a vacuum, and if it is filled with gas, the thousand pounds of metal will quickly wear out in just a few minutes, after all, at such a high speed, the air can already be approximated as a solid.

At this time, from the perspective of the metal body, the surrounding scenery has changed from a vague glimpse of floating light to countless thin lines, only the scenery in front has not changed, and the acceleration continues.

1000kms………… 1x10^5kms…… At this time, observing the outside world from the perspective of the metal body, the countless thin lines around it have become more and more blurred, almost invisible to the naked eye, and the brightness of the scenery in front of it has increased, like a light bulb that is gradually lighting up, from dim to dazzling.

The acceleration continues. The metal object in the strong electric field is a living body, and the metal exoskeleton with titanium as the main body is built into a cone shape, which is very similar to the titanium snail in appearance, but it is very different on the inside, it does not have a solid propulsion organ like the titanium snail, and there is a brain that dominates the main body in that place.

Unlike traditional cells, in order to be able to adapt to the acceleration from normal speed to sub-light speed, the collectors designed a new form of cell, whose cytoplasm is a concentrated solution of polymer, the magic of this liquid is that it appears as a liquid when stirred with ordinary stirring, but if it is smashed with force, it will appear as a solid.

The main reason why the concentrated solution as a liquid has such properties is that there is not a linear relationship between the shear stress and the shear strain rate of the concentrated solution itself.

Cells use this liquid as cytoplasm, and during the acceleration period, the whole interior will show solid properties, so as to avoid tearing of the internal cells, if ordinary cells are used to accelerate to sub-light speed, I am afraid that when they get out of the sub-light speed orbit, the metal object is just an empty structure, and the inside is already a pulp corpse.

During the acceleration period, it is necessary to ensure the activity of each cell, and the cells also need to breathe, and they also need nutrients, in the end, they are living things, not machines, and machines do not have such troubles.

In order to solve this problem, each cell is designed with vacuoles, and during the acceleration period, each cell inside the metal can maintain life activities by consuming the nutrients inside the vacuole.

This organism is not designed to store too many nutrients, and due to the relativistic shrinkage effect, the travel time to the target star system does not need to be as long as five years, and it will be shorter, so there is no need to expand the storage of nutrients.

Under normal conditions, the naked eye will form black vision due to recoil during acceleration in a sub-light orbit, resulting in the inability to see clearly from the outside world or even anything in front of it.

In the end, the eye also needs to carry out the chemical reaction of fluid matter to make the organism see everything around it clearly, and during acceleration, the strong recoil force will squeeze the fluid material on the microscopic scale of the visual system, resulting in temporary blindness or blurred vision, depending on the strength of the recoil force at that time.

To solve this problem, the collectors used two vision systems, one traditional and the other non-biotic, which is the same principle as the monitor.

During the acceleration period, all the cells inside the metal body will show solid properties, and even the blood will appear to coagulate, and the cells of the eyes are naturally no exception, so the visual system of the organism is basically in a state of strike, and then the organism will spontaneously activate another set of visual senses.

In the sensory part of the eye, there is a network of ions all over the inside of the cell, and under normal circumstances, the flow of cytoplasm causes them to exert their ability to receive visual information, but during the acceleration period, these non-Newtonian fluids are presented as solid at this time, so these ion channels can play a role at this time.

The captured electromagnetic waves are converted into digital signals of 1 and 0, which are transmitted to the brain through neurons, and the brain processes this information on its own.

However, even so, in this accelerated state, the accelerated metal body cannot determine its current position by observing external electromagnetic waves, because the speed has been increased too high.

Fortunately, there is no way to do this, the metal body only needs to feel the force it is subjected to if it wants to know where it is, because part of the sub-light orbit is a circumferential acceleration orbit around the equator, so after the speed increases, the metal body also has to bear a strong centrifugal force, with which you can roughly judge your position.

If the centrifugal force exists, it is clear that the metal body itself has not yet left the circum-equatorial part of the sub-light orbit, and when the centrifugal force disappears and the recoil force still exists, it is clear that the metal body has entered the vertical part of the sub-light orbit, and after a period of time it will reach more than 90 percent of the speed of light and break away from the accelerating orbit into deep space.

When the centrifugal force and recoil force are all gone, it is the accelerated strong electric field that has reached sub-light speed and has left the sub-light speed orbit, and has embarked on a journey to the target star system.

The acceleration phase is controllable, so despite the strong centrifugal force and recoil, it can only be considered a thrill, and the real risk of this journey is that after reaching sub-light speeds, the metal body embarks on a journey to the stars.

The races of that star system are up to you—the Supreme Will.

"I will get there safely, all for the sake of the community." The danger of the journey did not arouse the negative emotions in the metal body, and at this moment it was surprisingly calm inside, enduring the discomfort caused by acceleration, waiting for the state to recover.

In fact, it didn't wait long, and as the speed increased, the shrinkage effect intensified, and the acceleration of a few months did not seem to be even one from its point of view.

When the force exerted throughout the body wears off, it knows that an extremely dangerous journey has begun.