The starship manufacturing base is located in a mountainous area 50 kilometers away from Luo City, this area is not covered by a space dome over a radius of 30 kilometers, with high temperatures all year round, no grass, and few people.

The frisbee flies over the bare mountains, inside is a large basin, the first thing that catches your eye is a circular special glass cover with a diameter of three kilometers in the central area, this cover is spliced, there are several buildings under the cover, Wan Guoyong introduced that it is the central office area and living area, mainly comprehensive office buildings, design buildings, leisure and entertainment areas and residential areas, as well as a park.

Around the round glass enclosure there are six rectangular super-large factories, all of which are equipped with special glass roofs without exception, each 1,000 meters long, 300 meters wide, and 200 meters high, which is the starship manufacturing workshop.

The outside world feels that this place is very mysterious, in fact, in today's developed satellite technology, for some countries, this is not a secret, so it is not a leak to expose the eyes of Ilev and Katerina, but they can only go to the manufacturing workshop where the Earthfire is located, and other areas are not allowed to enter.

Considering that the interstellar voyage is long and monotonous, the cabin comfort is designed to be high. There are many entertainment projects in the leisure and entertainment area, and there is a holographic film and television center in it. There is also a professional fitness center, where Panlong team members usually exercise regularly to strengthen the cellular memory and habits of the bionic body.

If someone is feeling bored, there's also a hypnosis center where the bionic robot can sleep all the way to its destination.

At present, the Earthfire does not have the conditions for ordinary people to be hypnotized. The engineers and staff accompanying the ship have been genetically modified, and their body's ability to resist radiation, cold and heat has been greatly improved, but they still need to wear spacesuits and be equipped with oxygen generators in space. Genetically modified personnel can also enter deep sleep through hypnosis, and supplement a sufficient amount of concentrated nutrient solution before sleep, which can ensure that they do not wake up for one to three months, and the longest limit is three months, and then they have to get up and move their bodies to avoid problems.

The staff started the two nuclear fusion reactors, the roof of the starship workshop began to open slowly, and the whole of the Earth Fire was a cigar streamline, with an arc-shaped head and tail, with a slightly thinner head and a slightly thicker tail.

The entire hull lit up with a milky white glow, and the middle circle and bottom were a little brighter. The hull of the ship shook, the anti-gravity device began to work, through the strong magnetic field and other means to change the direction of the earth's gravitational waves, and then use the attraction of many gravitational waves in outer space, so as to achieve the effect of anti-gravity, the core structure of the anti-gravity device borrowed from the structure of the flying saucer in Antarctica, and some principles could not be explained clearly.

Ten minutes later, the Earthfire slowly rose into the air, gradually accelerating, until it turned into a white light and disappeared in the sky.

The ship's engineers and staff are busy, analyzing massive amounts of data and keeping in close contact with the ground control center.

On this voyage, the Earth Fire also has a task of placing quantum navigation beacons in outer space, and all starships in China will unify quantum communication standards, and these quantum navigation beacons with different numbers will become the guiding light of the vast space.

After the Earth Fire broke away from the earth's constraints and entered space, on the one hand, it turned on the plasma thruster at the tail, and adjusted the disturbance and utilization of gravitational waves by the anti-gravity device, double acceleration, and rapid progress, the maximum speed set by the Earth Fire was 380 km / s, and the usual sailing speed was 300 km / s, and now the distance between the Earth and Mars is not the shortest, about 190 million kilometers, and it will take 7 days to get to Mars according to the theoretical speed, but minus the placement of quantum road signs and other test tasks, The entire voyage is expected to take about 15 days.

The anti-gravity device can disrupt, shield and grab gravitational waves, so the interior of the starship can simulate gravity, and the current gravity strength is similar to that of the earth, and the internal oxygen generator of the starship supplies oxygen around the clock.

Earth-class starships are equipped with interstellar radars, and the radar at the head position will remain always-on, and if it encounters space rocks and asteroids, it will warn in advance, and then the starship's control system will slow down or adjust the direction to avoid according to the distance and the size of the object.

Twenty-four hours after departure, after flying about 20 million kilometers, the Earth Fire stopped and laid out the first quantum buoy, which was the size of a satellite and equipped with two large-capacity nuclear batteries, one in working condition and one in reserve. The solar panels are directed towards the sun, and the buoy is equipped with ion thrusters, which are pushed back into place when the buoy is attracted by other gravitational waves.

The quantum beacon also has a space telescope, which has both observation functions and a communication module, which can be used as a relay station for quantum communication. During normal operation, it constantly emits universal electromagnetic waves and quantum signals as well as its own numbering information. Every time a quantum buoy is placed, the control center on Earth detects its signal around the clock.

After the arrangement, the Earthfire did a 360-degree maneuver in space to test its steering ability, and then started accelerating again in the direction of Mars. Every time the navigation beacon is arranged, because Mars has been orbiting around the sun, every time the navigation beacon is arranged, the Earth Fire will fine-tune the direction of travel, and each time the navigation direction seems to be a straight line, and when connected, it presents an arc.

When he was about to stop and set up the navigation beacon the next day, one of the starship pilots sent by Wan Guoyong, who was also the acting captain of the Earthfire, reported to Shi Hao that space rocks had appeared 10,000 kilometers in front of the ship, which was a bit like the structure of diamonds on the earth after spectral analysis.

After flying nearly 40 million kilometers before encountering the space rock for the first time, Shi Hao came to the spirit, he asked the acting captain to go to the designated place to arrange the quantum navigation mark, and after the navigation mark was arranged, he flew towards the space rock, and the space rock traveled at a very Buddhist speed, about 1 km / s.

The shape of the space rock is irregular, the widest point is about 30 meters, after flying near the space rock, the Earth Fire also flew at a speed of 1 km / s, Shi Hao and a staff member out of the cabin to sample.

Shi Hao put on a protective suit hood and a small ion thruster on his back, and he was connected with another staff member with a rope, and the staff member was wearing the latest type of spacesuit, because it has been genetically modified, it is relatively adaptable in space, the spacesuit is not very heavy, and the oxygen generator and ion thruster are behind it.

The two of them entered space through the mission module, Shi Hao was very excited to step into space again, and after going out, he first turned over two heels, and the researcher who was traveling with him was already very nervous, and was almost frightened by Shi Hao, but he knew that Shi Hao had been in space for 35 years, and under his infection, the researcher gradually relaxed.

The two controlled the ion thruster to get close to the space rock, the whole rock was black, they originally wanted to take a sample, but they couldn't cut a single point with the tools in their hands, including the special dagger in Shi Hao's hand, the researcher used a simple analyzer to analyze its structure, and at the same time took pictures and sent them back to the ship for further analysis, and found that the whole space rock was a black diamond, with high hardness and good toughness, and it was also very rare on the earth.

Shi Hao and the researcher had no choice but to return.

After returning to the Earthfire, Shi Hao simply followed the rock to fly, an asteroid as big as B52 was intercepted, such a precious diamond, the volume is not large, and nothing can be said to let it run.

But when they came out, they were not equipped with any tools to capture small stars, and after thinking for a while, he asked to talk to Su Yan through the quantum communication function of the navigation beacon that had just been debugged.

Soon Su Yan's phone was connected.

"Xiao Su, I found a good thing on the road, a black diamond with a diameter of 30 meters, this thing will definitely be valuable, it's a pity to give up, but we don't have a capture tool, do you have a way?" Shi Hao said directly.

Su Yan learned in detail about the speed and state of the space rock, drew and analyzed it on a drawing for a while, and said: "This space rock is not high, I think you can put a few ion thrusters on it, and then adjust the direction, accelerate it to 30 km/s, push it to the vicinity of the moon, and we will catch it." ”

After a while, Su Yan sent the data and the overall plan, and the ground control center also approved the plan, when placing the ion thruster, Shi Hao and the others also had to place a quantum navigation beacon on the space rock, and the ground control center would track the travel route of this quantum navigation beacon throughout the process, and then capture it.

This time, Shi Hao, Wang Ping, Laura, Mickey and Lao Hei came out of the cabin, brought four ion thrusters and a quantum navigation marker, adjusted the angle, and then started to start the ion thruster after the arrangement was completed.

After everyone returned to the capsule, the Earth Fire flew with the space rock for three hours, and only after confirming that there was no deviation in direction did it return to the vicinity of the quantum buoy just arranged, adjust the direction and fly towards Mars again.

During the journey, Laura, Katerina, and Tian Sakura discussed the value of black diamonds while watching a movie, comparing whether to make necklaces and look good to wear, or to make rings and earrings to wear good, women are born to love beauty and gossip, and there is nothing wrong with this.

Ilev and Wang Ping also played hotly, they challenged the limit of strength in the gym, as for the diamond in their hearts, there was no fluctuation in their hearts, isn't it just a stone, black and not slippery, I don't care about it at all, it seems that I used to be either a single dog or have been married for many years, an old husband and wife.

Along the way, Shi Hao stayed in the central control room, focusing on the space rocks and asteroids he encountered, and he really found a few, but he gave up exploration because the flight speed was too fast or too small to be worthless, and when he was about to Mars, he encountered an asteroid with a volume of about three B52 sizes, and there were many valuable mineral deposits on it through spectral analysis, but due to the large volume, the flight speed was about 120 km / s, which was relatively fast, and he gave up the plan to land and explore, but Shi Hao still commanded the Earth Fire to approach, Put a quantum buoy on the asteroid and notify the ground control center to closely track and calculate the orbit.

Due to the exploration of space rocks and asteroids, the road was delayed more than expected, and it was not until eighteen days later that everyone saw an orange-red planet, which was getting closer and closer, with mountains, plains, canyons, sand dunes, and those large and small craters that could be seen everywhere.