Chapter 103: Trial Voyage Begins
Spaceships and ordinary yachts are two things that are incompatible, how can they be combined?
Hai Ge thought it was impossible, but Wedel didn't show any embarrassment, and seemed confident. This is his painstaking innovation, step by step to the present, and it seems that it is about to be completed.
Lem stood aside with his head bowed, waiting for his master to continue his order.
Wedel paced small steps, circling the hull and the Hoiren, like an antique connoisseur perusing a priceless work of art. He had to hold a magnifying glass in his hand, and it would be even more pretentious.
After pacing back to the same place, he said to Lem with satisfaction: "Yes, there is no error between every part and the installation part, and it can be disassembled and reassembled." In addition, the rocket thrusters hanging from the bottom of the ship must be hidden in the water and completely invisible from the water. There must not be even a micron gap between the fuel tank and the engine compartment, otherwise it will all start over! ”
"Yes sir, rest assured, we promise we won't let you down!"
Lem confidently patted his chest, put his finger in his mouth and whistled, and the boatmen began to work again.
This time, they dismantled the Fire with the help of electronic tools in their hands, and all the parts were installed in the structure of the yacht according to the drawings. Soon on the giant platform, the Prometheus-like spaceship was gone, replaced by a yacht that looked plain on the outside, but contained the greatest spaceship invention on the planet at its core.
"In reality, when the ship is being built, everything is controlled by AI robots, so the man-hours will be halved compared to now." Wedel whispered to Haige, as if he was afraid that these words would be heard by Lem and the others.
In fact, these working shipbuilders on the U star are just phantoms created by Wedell with his memories, and he doesn't have to be careful with them at all, but he respects such memories, even if they are the people in the memories, and he doesn't want to make them sad.
"Mr. Wedel, you are not only a brilliant scientist, but also a magician of all time!"
"Haha, how can you see that?" Wedel was amused.
"It's amazing that you can use the wonderful magic you designed based on scientific principles to conjure a nuclear-powered spaceship that can travel at the speed of light, and what's even more amazing is that you have come up with a new trick to hide this spaceship in an ordinary ship and let it sail into the Pacific Ocean, unless I see it with my own eyes, I can't believe it anyway!" ”
"Child, your compliment, I, a bad old man, have the cheekiness to accept it." Weddle laughs: "In fact, before starting this big project, even I wasn't sure enough to ensure the final success. But I must act, or neither Earth nor Wedel-U, including my departed family, will despair from my cowardice, and I cannot add to the mistakes I have committed in the past, which would be a great sin. ”
At this, his brows furrowed, and his tone became heavy: "Of course, there are also super metals that are still being developed to build space orbits. I guess for the last time, I can't fail or you'll only have a 50% success rate left. What a terrible thing that would be, I can't let it happen, I can't ......"
By the end of the conversation, he was almost whispering, clearly nervous from nervousness. Fortunately, the Fire Yiren, which is being reassembled, temporarily distracts him from his worries about plant metals.
"Mr. Wedel!" Haige stretched out a hand and gently placed it on his shoulder. This is what Wedel often does when he comforts him.
"Yes boy, what's the matter?" Wedel was startled, as if awakened from a nightmare.
"You're going to succeed, don't forget how you encouraged me." Hai Ge said.
"Uh, thank you for comforting me at such a time, it's great to have friends!" Wedel barely smiled, but Haige felt that he was comforting himself.
The two men stood in the dock without saying a word, and waited for about half an hour before the ordinary yacht-type Huoyi was finished.
A miniature oxygen-generating unit is embedded in the bow of the yacht along with a fusion engine, and pipes and cables are connected throughout the hull, some of which run below deck.
The surface of the deck is coated with a thick layer of waterproof paint, which will not come off after twenty years of use. The paint is actually meant to conceal the real deck material—it's the outer shell of a spaceship, titanium mixed with plant fibers, a supermetal that can partially photosynthesize. It ensures that the ship is flexible and deformed to a certain extent to avoid intruders in space.
Pipes and cables lead to the stern of the ship, where a propeller with a sophisticated radar detector is installed to orient the Flamer.
Of course, that's not all, the spacecraft needs a rocket boost to get into a given orbit for takeoff, so a small rocket booster is suspended from the bottom of the yacht.
As a result, ordinary yachts that appear to be powered by gasoline can actually sail the Pacific Ocean without needing to refuel on the way.
The yacht is ready to set sail.
Weedel led Haisong onto the deck, then took a white handkerchief from his pocket and waved goodbye to the boatmen standing on the keel pier and the lookout board of the dock. Looking at the strange but always plain faces of those people, Haige believed even more in Wedel's evaluation of his home planet humans - the U-star people are sincere, they never cheat each other for profit, and use lies for profit. They are the people of light and fire, with the openness of light and fire......
The barrage door controlled by the air pressure pump slowly rises, followed by a loud "bang", and the sea water pours in, like a fierce white dragon jumping up from the bottom of the sea. Soon the water level inside and outside the dock reached a level waterline, and directly in front of the air, a red pilot light hung high, and the pilot light kept flashing, leading the Huoyi people away from the dock where it was built, and slowly sailing into the blue sea.
When the dock had become a black dot and finally disappeared from view, Wedell still leaned against the white metal railing, staring intently in that direction, like a sculpture draped in sunlight.
Hai Ge knew that he was still immersed in the longing for his home planet, so he couldn't bear to disturb him until a long time had passed.
"Mr. Wedel, is there a purpose for our voyage?" Hai Ge asked, his voice softer than the slightly blowing sea breeze.
"Huh?" Wedel finally moved, as if he had woken up from a dream again, but this time it was a sweet dream.
"Ah, I'm sorry, it looks like I'm wandering for a while." He said apologetically.
"No, it's me who should say I'm sorry, I interrupted your thoughts." Haige hurriedly replied.
Wedell smiled: "It's nothing, in fact, I didn't have anything in my mind just now, and the past that has been haunting me suddenly disappeared like that dock, probably waiting for me to get rid of this ordinary body and turn into a soul to chase them." ”