Chapter 1: Crossing
In 3047 AD, the spaceship Golden Lion was sailing to Mars, and most of the passengers were college students who went to Mars for internships, and there were also a few tourists, a total of about 50 people. The captain is named Zhong Deyu, in his fifties, and he has been running back and forth between Earth and Mars for many years. Among the college students who went to Mars for internship this time, there were driving students, who were approved to go to the wheelhouse for training, Captain Zhong looked at these energetic faces and thought: "They are just as high-spirited as I was back then, and there are successors." Just thinking about it, he suddenly found that the captain had asked a female student to change from the simulated driving position to the official driving position, and he was standing aside to guide, so Captain Zhong walked over and said: "Captain, according to the rules and regulations, they can only be allowed to operate in the simulated pilot's seat, and only after they graduate, can they be allowed to sit in the official pilot's seat." ”
"Captain, I think she is quite proficient in simulated operation, and she is already fully competent for official piloting." The driver explained.
"No! A system is a system! The captain said sternly to the pilot, and then he ordered the schoolgirl in a soothing tone, "You better go back to the simulator seat." ”
The female student stepped out of the formal helm seat, turned around, and smiled at the captain, revealing a small tiger tooth, looking very cute, she saluted and said loudly: "Report to the captain, my name is Shangguan Lizi, I am learning spaceship driving and maintenance, and I have a long driving experience." In the simulated driver's seat, the driver gave me a strict assessment before I was put in the official driver's seat, and you must not scold the driver. After speaking, Liz took a step forward, walked up to the captain, and whispered: "There are all those who were admitted to college at the age of thirteen, and if they do things completely according to the rules and regulations, it is possible to bury talents, right?" ”
The captain couldn't help but look at Liz carefully: this child was not very pretty, but he had an angelic smile, very sunny and attractive, and people were willing to talk to her more, especially when looking at you with big smiling eyes, which made people feel so comfortable that they couldn't bear to refuse her request. So the captain said softly: "You are right. ”
Liz turned around and was about to sit in the official helm seat again, when the captain said, "Don't be busy! Even if you are a genius who can graduate from college at the age of thirteen, you have to pass an assessment before you want to fly a spaceship, right? You haven't passed the exam yet, so how can you get in the driver's seat first? ”
"Actually, I already have actual driving experience."
"Oh? Where have you flown a spaceship? ”
"My uncle is the captain of a cargo carrier. I've always loved spaceships since I was a kid and often went on interstellar trips with my uncle, so when I was in college, I majored in spaceship piloting and maintenance. Liz then whispered, "When I was in my third year of college, my uncle made me actually fly a spaceship many times under my soft grinding, so don't go and sue my uncle." ”
The captain was happy and said with a smile: "Even if you have a cargo ship's license, you can't drive a passenger ship, right?" ”
As he was talking, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded in the cockpit, and then the intelligent robot reported loudly: "A huge UFO suddenly appeared on our path, and a collision is about to occur in thirty seconds." ”
Liz turned around and looked at the large surveillance screen in front of the ship, and she saw from the screen that a huge UFO hundreds of times larger than her ship had emerged from the ground in front of them. Liz knows that the data calculated by the intelligent robot through the computer will not be wrong, and collisions cannot be avoided!
"The propulsion engines have all stopped." The intelligent robot operated and reported: "The reverse push engine has been fully activated. It is making a sharp turn to the left. Crash countdown. Twenty-five, twenty-four......"
Liz's heart hung in her throat, her mind was blank, she couldn't move her legs while standing still, she opened her mouth, but she couldn't make any sound, just stared blankly at the big screen, seeing the UFO getting closer and closer. Some of the classmates around him screamed, and some squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands......
After all, Captain Zhong had more than 20 years of piloting experience, and he knew that the only way to save the ship at this time was to reduce the weight of the ship. So he instructed the robot: "I am Captain Zhong Deyu, and from now on you must carry out my orders." ”
After the intelligent robot quickly performed voice comparison and iris recognition, it replied: "Certification." Captain Zhong, please give the order. ”
"Ditch the baggage compartment and food storage compartment!"
The baggage compartment and food storage compartment immediately separated from the ship, and the robot immediately reported, "Execution completed." ”
Captain Zhong looked at the alarm lights that were still flashing rapidly, and knew that the danger was still not cleared, so he resolutely continued to order: "Throw away the catering cabin!" He didn't have time to check if there were still people in the catering cabin, and for the sake of the survival of the vast majority of people, Captain Zhong did not hesitate to give orders.
"Done." The robot then reported: "The danger of collision is cleared. ”
As the ship's weight was reduced, it became more agile to turn around, so it avoided collisions and missed UFOs. Seeing that the danger was lifted, Lizi breathed a sigh of relief, and said to a female classmate next to her who was screaming with her eyes closed: "I'm out of danger!" It's okay! ”
"Almost killed." The classmate opened his eyes and muttered.
"It's okay!" Captain Zhong patted Liz on the shoulder from behind and approving, "In this batch of internship students, you can stand still without saying a word. ”
When Liz heard the captain praise herself, her eyes smiled like a moon bend, and she hurriedly turned around and said happily: "Where, not panicking in the face of danger is one of my strengths. However, thanks to your calm and calm command, we were able to get out of danger. ”
Captain Zhong was very happy to hear this, and was about to answer, when suddenly the siren sounded again, and the intelligent robot reported: "Our spacecraft is attracted by a super gravitational field of unknown origin, and is moving rapidly in the direction of gravity, unable to return to the established course. ”
Liz glanced at the speedometer and saw that it read: 100,000 kilometers per second. She was taken aback, and what surprised her even more was that the speed of the spacecraft was still rising rapidly, and after a while, the display on the speedometer turned into eye-catching red letters, writing: More than 300,000 kilometers per second, exceeding the measurement range.
"Did we enter the legendary 'Time Tunnel'?" Liz asked, slightly nervous.
Captain Zhong put away his smile at this time, with the usual serious expression on his face, and he replied to Liz simply, "Yes. ”
With Captain Zhong here, Liz felt that there was nothing to be afraid of, and she continued to smile and said: "That huge UFO just now turned out to be drilled out of this 'space-time tunnel', no wonder it suddenly appeared in front of us, and we are just following this tunnel to see its lair now." ”
Captain Zhong was rapidly calculating the coping strategy in his head, and he didn't answer Liz's words. The pilot saw that Captain Zhong's expression was a little wrong, and hurriedly pointed to the simulated pilot's chair and said to Liz: "Stop gossiping, hurry up and go to the internship." ”
After Captain Zhong sorted out his thoughts, he returned to the command platform and said to the intelligent robot: "I want to broadcast to the whole ship, please turn on all the loudspeakers." ”
"Connected." The robot replied.
Captain Zhong suppressed his uneasiness and said in a calm voice: "Passengers and staff, please note that I am Captain Zhong Deyu. We've just escaped a shipwrecked collision, so we've deviated from our original course and are now in the 'Time Tunnel'. The spacecraft is traveling at more than 300,000 kilometers per second and continues to accelerate. As we all know, according to Einstein's theory of relativity, we are in the process of traveling through time and space, and the spacecraft may eventually dock in the future, or perhaps in the past. The record of the 'time and space tunnel' is not yet complete, but in the future, when you go back, you can introduce it in detail to various media, and you will definitely become a celebrity at that time, and you can make a fortune by writing biographies. In order to ease the atmosphere, Captain Zhong deliberately said lightly.
"Hahaha." Everyone couldn't help laughing, but the pilot didn't laugh, because he knew: so far, no one has returned from the "time and space tunnel", and it can be said that there is no return. Regarding the information about the "Time and Space Tunnel", because it is a top-secret internal reference, his level is not enough, so he has only heard rumors, but has not seen the records.
Captain Zhong continued, "According to internal records, after the spacecraft passes through the 'space-time tunnel', it will still return to Earth, and if the computer judges that it cannot land safely, we will be ejected from the spaceship. Don't worry, though, the parachute will open automatically after ejection. Because there is no lack of oxygen, it is recommended that you do not wear a space suit, which is too heavy for the parachute to bear its weight. If someone happens to land in the woods, they will be stabbed by a branch, so in order to prevent this from happening, please wear space underwear, with space underwear, even a sword will not be pierced. When everything is ready, please go to the evacuation chamber and gather. The spaceship staff should leave the operation to the robot and go to the refuge chamber. Now that I'm done talking, let's go and prepare. When the robot heard this, it automatically turned off all the loudspeakers.
Captain Zhong said to all the personnel in the wheelhouse: "The people in the wheelhouse don't need to go to the refuge cabin, all the people sit on the chairs, fasten their seat belts, and the chairs of the people who sit in the wheelhouse will be automatically ejected in case of emergency." ”
After a period of hustle and bustle, the ship fell silent, and everyone nervously waited for the moment to break through the "time tunnel", and no one knew what would happen.
At this time, the pilot walked up to Captain Zhong and asked quietly, "Don't you want everyone to write a suicide note?" ”
"It's not the same as a plane crash." Captain Zhong replied in a low voice, "If it is a plane crash, the suicide note written by everyone may still be seen by the relatives of the deceased." And the spaceship was wrecked after passing through the 'time and space tunnel', who will the suicide note be handed over? It is very likely that the deceased is found to be an ancient person or a future person, and the suicide note cannot be handed over to the deceased's relatives. Moreover, the suicide note is of little value for the analysis of the shipwreck, and the crossing of the spaceship is recorded in a black box, so there is no need for us to add anything to the suicide note. ”
After a pause, Captain Zhong then said earnestly: "When you know that misfortune is bound to come, but you can't prevent it from happening, all you are left with is a long heartburn-like torment. Rather than let everyone suffer in pain, it is better to keep them in the dark, so that at least during this time, everyone will not be too uncomfortable. ”
"I see." The captain replied, and he thought to himself, "Captain Zhong is hiding the truth because of this." The idea of a leader is different from that of ordinary people! ”
After an unknown amount of time, the robot reported, "The gravitational field is about to disappear." At this time, the spacecraft began to slow down sharply, and after more than ten seconds, it rushed out of the "space-time tunnel". A blue planet appeared on the big screen of the spaceship, that is, the earth, and everyone laughed, but the smile immediately froze on their faces, because everyone could see that the speed of the spacecraft was still too fast at this time to land safely, and it would definitely die if it crashed into the earth! After a few moments, the computer automatically judged that the spacecraft ejected the entire crew.
Soon after Liz was ejected, the parachute opened automatically, but due to the inertia, the parachute could not withstand such a huge pull, and the rope broke several times at once, and could no longer maintain the shape of the parachute, turning into a long strip of cloth. Liz looked up and saw that the parachute was gone, and thought, "It's strange if you fall like this and don't fall into a meatloaf." She shuddered and fainted.