The destination is clear, as long as we know the current location, we may fly back, but the biggest problem at the moment is that we are now disoriented, and it is impossible to reach the K-1-76 area if we do not know the direction. I seem to have solved a problem, but I don't seem to have solved anything. At present, the most important thing is to find the direction, but how to find the direction!

The three of them returned to the command cabin and told everyone about the two situations, one happy and one worried. There was silence in the cabin, and for most people those were two pieces of bad news. The pessimistic atmosphere of the people completely infected us, and we who had returned to normal mood suddenly became gloomy again, and Hongyin lowered her head even more, as if she had caused all this.

In fact, this is not good news. Even if it takes time to find the place, I don't know if there will be anything to eat. I muttered in my heart, eating, and when I thought of this, I was shocked, stared at the captain and blurted out: "How much food do we have, how many days will we have enough to eat?" ”

Case. Locke seemed to be frightened by me, and said dejectedly, "Save some to eat for three months." ”

I was taken aback and said in disappointment, "So we only have three months to find our way back?" ”

"So to speak." Case. Locke paused for a moment, and replied with difficulty.

"Wow!" The captain's words were like a bomb that completely detonated the uneasiness and fear in people's hearts. Most of the women and a few of the men couldn't control their situation anymore and burst into tears. At the interstellar edge of the vast universe, trying to determine one's position for three months without a reference object is tantamount to a fool's dream.

"Is there any positioning equipment or method on this ship? If you don't take food into account, how long will it take to locate in the most optimistic scenario. "There are still people who calmly ask substantive questions, and the one who asks this question is the old man.

The captain leaned back and motioned to navigator Feng Hongyin to answer the question. Feng Hongyin tried his best to control his emotions, tried to be as calm as possible, but still said with a trill: "We don't have any other positioning method now, I'm afraid we can only passively receive the signal of the space communication station, judge the communication station through the signal, and then deduce our current location through the data of the communication station in the database." “

"But this is located at the edge of the Milky Way, and the nearest communication station is probably hundreds of light-years away from here, how did the signal arrive?" Carter still roared angrily, as if Feng Hongyin had caused the situation. Feng Hongyin couldn't control her emotions anymore when she said this, and cried in a low voice.

I looked at the crowd, and I was a little frustrated. Locke complained, "Isn't there a way to actively find out the direction on the ship?" There are more or less of them on most spaceships! ”

"This! We're just small ships on reconnaissance missions, and we usually sail in close quarters. There really isn't an active detection instrument. Hongyin lowered her voice, as if it was indeed her fault. The old man stepped forward and gently patted her on the shoulder as a sign of comfort.

"Captain, you're thinking about it. It's impossible for a spaceship to have no tools for positioning! Even if it's the most primitive! "I was so annoyed by the terrible equipment on this ship that I almost yelled, and if I really didn't have any tools, I would have to sit back and wait.

Case. Captain Locke was silent, he knew best what equipment was on board, and if he didn't know, then the others didn't know.

"Tools, tools, even the most primitive tools." I thought to myself, and suddenly I had an idea.

"Captain, do you have a photometer on your ship, even if it's a similar photometer!"

"There is a photometer, and the astronomical telescope used for observation on the spacecraft is equipped with a photometer." The captain took over, and his tense face finally relaxed slightly, "But the photometer doesn't seem to be of much use!" ”

"Nothing to do? Says who! "I'm right. Locke was very dissatisfied with his knowledge of astronomy.

"Does it work?" Case. Locke muttered to himself, then slammed the table and said, "I know what you're trying to say, there's a way to do it." ”

"What's the solution?" Everyone said in a hurry.

"It seems that we can only use the ancient Ling Xing Dafa."

"Lingxing Dafa?" Everyone involuntarily recited the word, and dozens of pairs of eyes stared at the captain.

Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, the captain explained: "The telescope on this spacecraft has its own small photometer, with which it can measure the light curves of distant stars using the transit method. Each star orbits around it, and when it turns to the telescope viewing plane, the planet blocks the star's light, and the star's brightness changes. Through photometer analysis, it can be known that its light curve changes regularly. As long as the light curve of the star we observe is the same as the star in the database, we can deduce our current position. It's just that the database on this spacecraft is incomplete, and the stellar light change data in the outer eight regions is only about one thousandth of the total, and considering the similarity of some star light change parameters, at least two stars that meet the parameters can be located more accurately. ”

"How long will it take to locate it?" Someone asked, as if grasping at a life-saving straw.

"The telescope with a photometer of this spacecraft is not specialized, the caliber is relatively small, the efficiency is relatively low, and it is estimated that it will take a year or two at the most optimistic!" The captain's voice was slightly helpless. As soon as I heard the captain say this, my mind suddenly went blank, and searching for the light curves of suitable stars in an incomplete database was tantamount to . Look for a needle in a haystack.

"So, we're basically still given a suspended death sentence!" I asked, with my mouth wide open, horrified.

"What can you think, but there is hope!" The captain nodded.

Is there still hope? There was not the slightest hint of hope in everyone's expressions. On the contrary, the disappointment completely exploded, the nitrogen in the air rushed to people, it wanted to enter the brain to increase the amount of dopamine in the brain, but it was very unpopular with the body cells, and was driven out by the combined force of the lung cells, and the dopamine content dropped to the lowest point.

My mind was ringing, and one by one figures were showing in my mind, my father, mother, my brother who cared about me the most, Yun Hao, Hans, Behuita, and the floc who was dating, I couldn't see them! I couldn't help but feel sad and my eyes slowly moistened. Suddenly, a figure appeared in my mind, and she was saying to me: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you will come back, I will wait for you in Celta." ”

The familiar voice pulled me back from the country of confusion and fear to reality, the road still has to go by itself, and as long as there is hope, I will continue to work hard. I cheered up, I would be able to go back, and nothing could stop me from believing in my reunion with my family.

Thinking about this, I suddenly had an idea in my head, and I looked at everyone and said in an old-fashioned voice that did not match their age: "It's hard to find distant stars, but it's always easy to find nearby planets with life!" It shouldn't be difficult to find a living planet in three months, find food, and survive. ”

For a while, everyone stared at me, and those who bowed their heads and wept wiped their tears, and their eyes rubbed with tears.

"You're saying that using the transit method to find out if there are habitable planets in nearby stars, if there is, it is possible to find planets with life, and then we can live." Carter said with a little excitement.

"Yes!" I said, but I also know that this is also more difficult, but after all, there is hope, people are most afraid of no hope, people without hope can not do anything, and a nation without hope cannot conquer the universe.

"Ling Xing Dafa can only find planets, but what you can find doesn't necessarily have life!" Still, there are those who make a different view.

"Try it! How do you know if you don't try! "I have affirmed my thoughts in my heart, and I believe that God will not destroy me.

"Hah! Ha! Ha! The old man patted me on the shoulder and laughed, looked at me happily and praised: "It's still a young man who has ideas, why didn't I think of this!" Wharton, who was next to the old man, also nodded slightly in agreement.

The cabin slowly fell silent, and I seemed to hear dozens of "Bang!" Bang! "The sound of the heartbeat, everyone's eyes are on the captain, he has the most power when he is out of the house, so everyone has to listen to him. The captain was still in deep thought, and did not make any movements except for a slight rise and fall in his chest, and after a long time, the captain finally let out a deep voice: "That's it, but the search for nearby planets and the search for distant stars that match the light parameters of the database are carried out in turn, and we can't walk on one leg." Luo Hao, you go to test the telescope and start working immediately! “

"It's the captain, but first look for planets with life nearby or find distant stars." Mechanic Luo Hao asked.

"Let's find living planets first, and then change to stars a day later, and so on."

"Yes!" Luo Hao answered and hurriedly walked out, every second of time now is precious to us.

"There must be a road in front of the lane mountain, everyone should have faith and believe that we will find our way home." The captain stood up, glanced at everyone and finally said, "All right, let's go back to our cabins and rest!" After a long flight, the body needs to recover well! The meeting is now adjourned. ”

I was lying in my cabin, a single cabin that was not large, much smaller than the single room of the space carrier I had sat in on the last expedition, nearly ten square meters, and there was nothing but a bed and a cabinet. The height is not so high, only about two meters two, which is slightly depressing. I took out the sword that had been given to me from the cupboard, drew the blade, and the cold light surged out of the scabbard, and the bright blade shone on a face that was still anxious, and although there was hope, the reality was still cruel. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen on an ordinary asteroid observation trip?

I closed the sword and put it back in the cupboard, and suddenly I had the feeling that it might be of great use.