Chapter Ninety-Three: Lightspeed Ships
The scholar's usual look of pride returned to Weddell's face, and he replied with a smile: "Strictly speaking, it's not a build, but it's in the final stages of development." As long as it can sail smoothly into the Pacific Ocean without being detected by any human patrol vessels or tracking devices on the way, we can go to the beach and officially assemble the real thing. β
"What is cosmetic improvement? Do you mean that this spaceship can be invisible at sea? Hai Ge was stunned.
Weddle replied, "It's nature. In order for the Huoyi to finally drag the earth away from the solar system and follow the pre-laid orbit to the new universe, hiding the true face is a basic requirement. β
Hai Ge looked at Wedel and habitually said a mantra that U stars are more taboo, but earthlings came casually: "You, are you kidding?" β
He was inspired by his feelings, and he thought that such a rhetorical question was very reasonable. Wedel's idea was outrageousβhe intended to use one small enough to hold one person...... Or a spaceship of up to two people that would drag the Earth, with a mass of 60 trillion tons, out of the solar system, or even the Milky Way? Although this spaceship is gorgeous, it is too different in size and strength from what I originally thought......
Wedel was more serious than ever, he didn't object, and only habitually glanced at Haige with haughty eyes.
Hai Ge couldn't resist the silent retort, and shrunk his shoulders in embarrassment, not daring to rush in self-righteousness any longer, just waiting for Wedel to introduce his painstaking work further.
There was silence for at least a minute before Wedell continued: "An ancient Greek philosopher named Archimedes once said: Give me a fulcrum, and I can lift the whole earth. Later generations of scientists laughed at him, believing that he had just said something crazy. But what about you? After going through the fantasy journey and coming to the underground plant kingdom, what do you think of Archimedes? β
"Hmm~" Hai Ge thought for a while and replied honestly: "I don't approve of him, but I won't treat him as a madman......"
"Hehehe~" Wedel smiled and asked, "Why?" β
"Well, what I can't do doesn't mean that others can't do it, there are always miracles in the world. I can't subjectively assume that my own judgment is the right answer. β
Wedel nodded, "Very well, that's exactly the truth." Perhaps Archimedes' hypothesis is difficult to become a reality, but artificial Lagrange points are not a distant dream, and since the U-star people have been successful in the solar system, it is not difficult to find them outside the solar system. In fact, that pivot has been found. After more than ten years of joint research with experts in various fields of the Earth, we have established the most critical fulcrum near Pluto's orbit, connecting it with the Earth's shipping route, crossing the Kuiper Belt and extending into the Milky Way. All the formulas that make this possible possible are clearly written in these notebooks! As he spoke, he gestured to the stack of notebooks spread out on his desk.
"Of course, Earth's final destination is the extragalactic galaxy, so we split this escape into two phases: the first stage is to leave the solar system from Earth and enter the Milky Way; Leaving the Milky Way and entering an extragalactic galaxy is the second stage. To complete the entire journey, it is estimated that the earthlings will have to go through at least five to six generations, but escaping away from the dying sun and escaping to the galaxy that is temporarily safe will definitely be achieved while this generation of earthlings is still alive. In fact, as long as the preparations are done sufficiently and the Fire is driven to its maximum power, it may only take a few hours for Earth to enter the Kuiper Belt. β
"But can the Earth really avoid the various unknown threats lurking in the universe when it moves on a trajectory made of supermetal?" Haige believed Wedel's words, but remained skeptical about the practicality of the rails.
"Your worries are like a replica of the attitudes of those scholars in the U-star science community back then." Wedel smiled bitterly, "The triangular orbit is the original creation of the U star people, and it can escort the spacecraft very well. But to say that who has the ability to find a durable track that can last for 10,000 years, and keep laying the orbit to the extragalactic galaxy, they can't believe it. They are more willing to trust AI intelligence, believing that AI intelligence is the technological means that can help variable star spacecraft avoid risks and complete a long escape journey. As a result, their unrealistic expectations led to no one surviving in the end......"
"But your current plan also includes dragging the entire earth with a small spaceship, which seems to be more difficult than simply building a rail......" Hai Ge still questioned the feasibility of the plan.
Wedell said: "If the right fulcrum is found, a long enough orbit is built, and then the power fuel is used reasonably, and all kinds of resistance in the universe are eliminated to the greatest extent, an ordinary spaceship can indeed drive the huge earth along the orbit."
"We released a large number of miniature gravitational-wave space probes the size of mosquitoes, clearly detected potential threats in space, and set the orbit path to avoid them. In other words, as long as the Earth keeps moving in orbit, it will be able to reach Pluto, break out of the Oort Cloud, and cross the Kuiper Belt.
"You must know that the design principle of the Fire Yiren is from the variable star spacecraft. The operating system I removed from the Variable-1 will be installed in its entirety on the Fire. The only improvement is the speed of the spacecraft, which is no longer as slow as a snail, but has reached the speed of light of 300,000 kilometers per second in a vacuum environment, propelled by a fusion engine. Contrary to conventional wisdom, higher speed means that the ship can tow heavier objects, and the cargo hold of the Hoiren is the Earth. β
"This spaceship, can travel at the speed of light?" Haige's eyes widened in surprise again. But he was always in a state of ignorance, and in order to avoid making a fool of himself in front of a great alien scientist, he tried to listen and not speak.
Wedel nodded, "Not bad." Thank you Cangshen for letting me make the right choice and land Variable Star 1 on Earth. The rare mineral resources in the center of the earth have brought me great wealth, and I have obtained enough money to establish an underground plant kingdom. Of course, money alone is not enough, but also helpers, if it were not for the incompetence of the United Earth Government, which became a tool for the wealthy class to earn personal interests step by step in the disaster, I would not have been able to unite Earth scientists to establish the Light of Salvation Organization. It has been a great privilege in my life to explore the universe with those venerable people, to find artificial Lagrange points and orbital paths. β
Weedel has great admiration for geoscientists, and Haige is deeply touched. Thinking back to unilaterally competing with him in the fantasy, I only felt that I was too childish at that time.
But Wedel's evaluation of the U-star scientific community is not so high. He said regretfully: "The U-star people are blindly confident, they claim to be the patriarchs of cosmic-level science, and their arrogance makes the eyes of those scientists half-open and half-closed, leading to the judgment that the unknown field does not exist, and creating a fatal obstacle at the last moment of escape for the U-star people, which is a sadness that I can't get rid of until I die." β