"During the system inspection, it was found that the new hardware system was online and began to parse the driver. The analysis was successful, and the pairing of the R1178 molten salt nuclear reactor and the T56 marine ion engine array began! ”

Looking at the rows of code refreshed on the screen, Lin Chen waited a little nervously. It seems that his previous guess was not wrong, the earth has become a union, and the equipment of all countries is basically compatible, and there will be no problem of incompatible drives. If the system really can't recognize it, then Lin Chen really can't cry!

Today is the last day of the Lagrange point change, and in Lin Chen's field of vision, many spacecraft wrecks have lost their gravitational balance, plunged into the earth's gravitational well, and then rushed into the atmosphere and turned into a fiery red meteor.

During this time, he worked non-stop and spent a lot of effort to finally install this Russian-made engine module.

But whether it can be used is another matter.

After all, these ruins have been floating in space for nearly fifty years, and the devil knows if they can function properly!

Cuckoo!

The sound of a drumming metal deformation began to be heard. That's the sound that Jinwu 6 makes when it is being captured by Earth's gravity. Losing its gravitational balance, the massive body of the Golden Crow 6 is undergoing a slight metal distortion due to the influence of gravity.

"Didi! Three minutes countdown to reactor start-up! ”

As a steady stream of electricity flowed into the reactor, the circular reactor core began to slowly emit an eerie blue glow.

Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

More and more metal deformation sounds began to come and go, and Jinwu 6 began to accelerate out of the gravitational equilibrium point and kept moving towards a low orbit.

"Warning, warning, the current orbital altitude of this ship is too low, and it is recommended that Captain Lin Chen immediately take emergency measures to correct the orbit of the spacecraft. Otherwise, the ship will enter an irreversible orbital fall state in half an hour! ”

Hearing the crazy warning voice of the artificial intelligence of the Golden Crow No. 6, Lin Chen was also a little impatient!

"Shut up, isn't Lao Tzu starting the engine now? You artificial retard, you have time to complain, you might as well speed up the startup steps for me! ”

Just when Lin Chen opened his mouth to complain, the entire Golden Crow No. 6 suddenly shook!

Then there were tons of warning signs all over the screen!

"Warning, warning, reactor restart failed, serious reactor leak detected. It is advisable to discard the reactor components immediately! ”

"Damn, how can this be?"

Hearing this earth-shattering news, Lin Chen's whole person was not good.

Have all the previous good luck run out? It's still that the quality of Maozi's things is too poor, and after fifty years, the chain will fall off as soon as it is started.

It's a pity that there is no time to find a reason for Lin Chen now.

It's less than half an hour left. If the cause of the failure is not found within this time, he will sink with the ship!

Since the reactor was directly welded to the tail of the Jinwu Six, Lin Chen couldn't even pass through the internal corridor of the ship's hull. You can only put on a spacesuit and follow the walking path on the outside of the hull, step by step, to get closer to the engine components!

Inside the spaceship just now, Lin Chen only felt a slight vibration, and he hadn't noticed the danger of the situation yet. But when he arrives on the outside of the ship, he realizes that the situation is even worse than he imagined.

A large amount of metal debris was affected by the Earth's gravity and began to fall like a parabolic lead ball.

From time to time, some metal wrecks collided together, and then turned into a beautiful firework in a burst of firelight, illuminating this endless black curtain!

At the same time, because the spacecraft began to lose its stable orbiting speed, the overall inertia was destroyed, and a violent vibration was transmitted from the spaceship's shell to Lin Chen's body.

The huge jitter made it impossible to keep the balance of the electromagnetic boots, Lin Chen could only firmly grasp the mobile handrail on the shell, and then crawled towards the tail of the spaceship step by step with difficulty!

"Warning, warning, lethal radiation detected! Stay away from radiation sources immediately! Stay away from radiation sources immediately! ”

"Shut up!" Now Lin Chen, whose life is about to be in danger, has the time to take care of the radiation in the United States, and now if he doesn't start the engine, the entire spaceship will disintegrate.

I saw Lin Chen turn off the warning sign fiercely, and then speed up and crawl towards the tail of the spaceship!

Soon, Lin Chen came to the tail of the spaceship.

Where, the nuclear reactor components were emitting a blue glow, and it was clear that the reactor components were working, but the Jinwu VI AI judged that the reactor had failed to start.

Lin Chen, who was puzzled, immediately activated the signal connection with the artificial intelligence of Jinwu No. 6!

"Jinwu No. 6, I saw that the reactor was obviously working again, why did you say that the start failed!"

"Captain, the system has detected that the reactor output power is significantly below the predetermined threshold, and the ion jet engine cannot be started at the current output power."

"What, what does that mean? The output power is too low? ”

"Captain, the database is being searched, and the possible reasons are as follows:1. Reactor damage, 2. The decay time of nuclear reactive materials is too long"

Hearing the words of Jinwu No. 6, Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, and then said with some surprise: "The reactor is damaged, this is impossible, I used the detection skill in advance to make sure that the reactor is intact." ”

"Wait, the reactor materials have been decaying for too long, the wreckage of these spaceships has been floating in space for fifty years, I remember that the materials of the general nuclear reactor are used for twenty to thirty years, fifty years, even if they have not been started, these nuclear materials have almost decayed!"

As soon as Lin Chen finished speaking, Jinwu No. 6 added a sentence.

"According to the latest calculations, the captain's guess is correct. The nuclear material inside the molten salt nuclear reactor of the R1178 type has passed its optimal decay period. Its power rating has dropped by 70 percent. It is no longer able to support the energy requirements of the ion engine! ”

"This ship is about to enter an irreversible orbit state, please captain Lin Chen immediately take the rescue pod to escape!"

"Escape? Damn, all my hard work for so many days is on this ship. You want me to flee, and where am I going to flee? ”

Lin Chen, who was a little dizzy by the violent vibration, said angrily.

"There are spare life-support cabins in the ship's warehouse, these life-support cabins have the ability to pass through the earth's atmosphere, please captain Lin Chen immediately go to the life-support cabin and escape!"

"Joke, once we are captured by the earth's gravity, let alone the life support module, the entire spaceship will be burned to ashes in this attitude!"

Lin Chen used to be a science student, and he still had some common sense about the re-entry of rockets. Now the Jinwu 6 spacecraft can't change orbit and slow down at all, just plunging headlong into the earth's atmosphere, it's basically dead!