Case. Captain Locke explained to everyone the reason for the deviation of the spacecraft, a certain line contact of the original timing system was fused for some reason, causing the timing time of the timing system to be increased to about ten times the original, the original setting was 82 days, and now it is estimated that the flight is about 820 days, and due to the confusion of the timing system, the error of the guidance system is much greater than the normal range, although the guidance system is no problem to check alone, but in fact, the course is also deviated.

The captain spoke slowly, trying to explain the reason as clearly as possible, and finally said: "That means that we are now about 820 light-years away from our starting point, not the original 82 light-years, and we don't know where we are now, and we can't communicate with the outside world. We can't find our way home even if we want to, and although this is bad news, I still want to tell you what to do next. ”

The cabin was silent all of a sudden, and even the lady who had been crying just now tried to hold back her breath for fear of affecting the minds of others, something had already happened, and crying did not solve anything.

"Is there enough fuel for the spaceship to go back! Although the course is a little off, but it should not be a lot off, as long as you go back, even if the fuel is not enough to deviate from the direction, but as long as you contact the outside world to send us some fuel, and reposition it, you can go back. Carter, the ship's engineer, was very dissatisfied with the condition of the ship and asked angrily.

The captain looked at Carter and said helplessly, "You're right, under normal circumstances, but we only have enough fuel left to fly 500 light years." The nearest supply base should be about 400 light-years away, but the problem is that the site of our expedition is already near the edge of the galaxy, and now it is at the edge of the galaxy. This kind of place can be said to be no man's land. If we go in the wrong direction and don't get back into the range of the Alliance's regular activities, then we have only one dead end, and now we may have other ways to go, and we must be cautious and not impulsive. ”

Luo Yuxiang, who was next to Carter, patted him on the shoulder and said, "The captain is right, the consequences of finding the wrong direction and walking around may be more serious." ”

"Okay, I can make it very clear to everyone, on the premise of finding the wrong direction, I will not easily drive the boat, of course, if it comes to the last step, there is really no way to have to try, but not now." The captain said firmly, "Now let's discuss our next move, or how we can find our way back." Although it is my job to drive the spaceship, I am sorry that this happened, but since it happened, I hope that everyone will work together to find a solution. ”

It's not easy to find a way back, it's on the edge of the Milky Way, the star map is not detailed, the universe is vast, how to find a way home without a reference. My mind was racing, and the more I encountered things, the more I had to be calm. A memory of the star map appeared in my mind, and the most important thing now was to find or at least be able to accurately determine the current position, as long as it was generally accurate, we could also fly back to the core area of the alliance to seek rescue. Thinking of this, I'm Chaoge. Captain Locke walked until he was a meter in front of him before stopping.

"Captain, I'm a graduate of the Department of Geography and Engineering, you always have a star map here! Let's take a look at the star map together, and don't worry too much if you can roughly determine the current direction. ”

"I've tried this too, but I'm not too sure!" Case. Locke sighed.

"Let me see! Maybe I can give some advice! "I haven't lost faith, how can I back down at the slightest difficulty!

"Yes! Jingtian is from the Department of Geography and Engineering, so maybe he can determine the direction! "When I say this, some people seem to have found the ark and cheer me up.

"Okay!" The captain nodded and motioned for me to come over.

The captain, Feng Hongyin and I entered a cabin that was not too big. Feng Hongyin opened the star map, and a long strip of light that was artificially divided into small squares and flashed with cold stars appeared in front of me. This is a spiral arm of the Milky Way, and it is also the star field where the Outer Eight Region is located. The galaxy is so vast that it is divided into sixteen regions to make it easier to manage the alliance. Detailed star maps were made for navigation and identification in each area. Different from the square star map of the eight inner regions, the eight outer regions are relatively narrow and long, and people design the main area star map as a cuboid, and the special aspect of the outer eight regions is the most obvious.

Outer Zone 8 is a cuboid with a cross-section of a square with a side length of 1,250 light-years and a length of 20,000 light-years. The cuboid was cut into 200 light-years segments, for a total of 100 segments. Organized outwards into 1 to 100 districts along the area close to the outer seven districts. Each region is divided into five rows and five columns, with a total of 25 cells with a length and width of 250 light-years and a depth of 200 light-years. The first row is numbered A to E from west to east, the second row to the fifth row, and so on, and finally to Y.

In each small area, the cube is divided into 100 parts according to the side length of 50 light years, numbered from the inside to the outside, divided into four pieces, each 25 light years deep, and the first block is divided into K1 to K25 from east to west and from top to bottom. Zone K1 is in the northwest corner of the entire block, and K25 is in the southeast zone. The second block is numbered K26 to K50 and so on. This kind of area space with an edge length of 50 empty years is the smallest scalar unit on the star map, and the first region of the outer eight regions is fully numbered 1-A1 area, the first 1 represents the first region, and A indicates the A area. The second 1 represents the first area of cell A. People in District A are more accustomed to omitting the name of Region 1, referred to as Area A1. The block where our home planet Celta is located is numbered in the 36-K63 zone, and we are in the 36 region and it is called the K63 zone, and the 36 region is added to the region number, and the Earth is in the 36-K8 zone.

"Our original target, the Asteroid Eileena, is in the K61 region, which is already very close to the edge of the galaxy! Now it's flying so far outside the star chart. Feng Hongyin pointed to a large square on the left side of the star map and said to a small square on the outside.

The K region is originally on the outer side of the cuboid belt, and the K61 region is on the outermost side of the K region, originally we sailed from the inside of the galaxy to the outside, and the distance from K63 to K61 was 100 light years on average, and we flew more than 800 light years, and we had already flown out of the range of the star map.

The universe is infinitely large, and the reason why the Outer Eight Region is only marked is 1,250 light-years wide and 20,000 light-years long. It's not that there isn't anything on the periphery of this area that doesn't need to be marked, but because each star map has been explored by the Alliance's predecessors for many years. During their exploration, the predecessors of the Outer Eighth Region discovered that the main planets of the Outer Eighth Region were concentrated in this cuboid with a side length of 1,250 light-years and a length of 20,000 light-years. Out of this area, the star field is vast and sparse, and the exploration value is not great. In fact, not all of this area has been explored, and many of the marginal areas have been forgotten without much exploration. For example, the K61 area where the Erena Asteroid we visited this time is an almost forgotten area, and the Elenena Asteroid Exploration is a supplementary exploration of the forgotten region by the Alliance.

This is still the case within the area, and needless to say outside the area, it can be said that it is a forbidden area for flying. It's not like there's a supply base in the area, there's a liaison base, and it's not good to get lost outside the area and only bury yourself in the universe. Compared to the universe, human beings are so small.

"We're about 700 light-years northwest of K61 right now." Feng Hongyin pointed to an area outside K61 and operated it. As she operates, three K-s-sized spaces have been added to the outside of K61, and we are currently about the outermost space.

"The three additional areas are tentatively named K-1, K-2, and K-3 from the inside out, and we are about in K-3. The most serious problem now is that we only have enough fuel to fly for 500 years, and the most optimistic estimate is that we will have to go back to the K-1 zone. The captain also picked up the indicator stick and shone it on the K-1 area.

"You just said that the nearest supply base to here is about 400 light years, as long as we fly to the supply base, it won't be a big problem." I looked at the star map, and I didn't think of a way to do it for a while.

"Actually, I'm not sure if there is such a supply base, I just heard the old captain of this ship talk about it." Case. Captain Locke smiled wryly, and he looked at me with wide eyes and an unbelievable look on his face as he explained, "I was in a hurry and said something uncertain. ”

There was silence in the cabin, but Hongyin broke the embarrassing situation: "Aren't you from the Department of Geography and Engineering?" If you don't have a contact station, even if we return to the K-1 region, we will only have to send random messages in a directionless manner, and then we can only try our luck to see who can receive our signals. Of course, as long as you return to the K-1 region, the probability of receiving it will be higher, unlike here, there is no hope. ”

"Okay, let me think about it." I suddenly felt a lot of pressure on my shoulders, and it was too difficult for anyone to memorize heavy information with the human brain in the information age. Fortunately, I am not more accustomed to memorizing things according to traditional mental power, unlike ordinary people who rely too much on memorizing fragments and storing information.

"Liaison station and supply station! Liaison Stations and Supply Stations! I leaned back in my chair, closed my eyes, muttered to myself, and the star maps in my mind played in my memory, and suddenly a bright spot flashed.

"There it is." I opened my eyes and straightened up, and I saw that Ge. Captain Locke and Feng Hongyin looked at each other with unusually happy and expectant eyes.

"In the northwest corner of Area 76 in the K-1 region, the Alliance set up an information transmission station 60 years ago, which was set up in the extrastellar area to eliminate the rebel Sheim, and it is maintained by robots all year round."

"Are you sure?" Case. Locke let out a scorching heat, and was very much looking forward to my answer.

"Sure, I've looked it up."

"That's great, as long as we fly to the K-1-76 area, we will be saved!" Hongyin's tense face also relaxed, revealing a happy smile.