Chapter 49: Replenishment and Departure
The boundless darkness has been torn apart, and the universe is lit up by the magic of the stars. It was very clear everywhere, and you could clearly see the huge gas planet, which shimmered with dark blue light around its short and fat body, and kept spinning rapidly, driving countless cyclones to surge.
Under the orders of Liu Wei, the fleet entered the orbit of the ring planet.
It's 6.9 billion kilometers away from the companion star, and it's hard for people to see the brown dwarf directly, and of course, they don't want to see the dead failed star. They just wanted to look at the yellow dwarf for a little more and greedily absorb the star's light.
After careful consideration, Liu Wei decided to open the noodle man's authority to go out of the ship, after all, the fleet only stopped here for three days, and such a precious and short time was very meaningful to the noodle man.
Noodle people can take advantage of this time to enjoy the light of the stars for a while and visit the beautiful gas planets.
The main purpose of the fleet here is to replenish some supplies, and the gaseous planet is a huge treasure, whether it is metallic hydrogen or helium, which the fleet needs.
It's just that as soon as the news was released, it caused dissatisfaction among the noodle people, and after more than 50 years, a demonstration broke out again.
They asked to stay here permanently and not to step back into the darkness.
The scale of this parade is not large, but it is very incendiary, after all, the embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill.
Tian Bin acted decisively to stop the further expansion of the march, and in return, he first made a false accusation by prolonging the stop, and then immediately informed Liu Wei.
When Liu Wei heard this, he frowned, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said:
"If nothing else, now the two-headed dwarf civilization has received the warning signal from the geocentric ship, and has held a meeting to decide to launch an attack on the noodle star."
"Do the people think it's safe here? For a Type 2 civilization that is likely to have undergone the Sixth Industrial Revolution, 13.39 light-years is too close, and the other side is likely to have unimaginable detection means to detect our presence. ”
"Moreover, the trajectory of the curvature navigation channel is not completely disappeared, from a microscopic point of view, the space has changed, and in the process of curvature navigation, the curvature engine will produce regular gravitational fluctuations and electromagnetic radiation phenomena, although the distance between the two sides is extremely far, this phenomenon may be ignored, but we can not take it lightly, we must be fully prepared."
"Therefore, we are still dangerous, and only by driving into that exciting nebula can we evade the detection of the other party."
"It's dangerous to drag on for a day now, and you need to explain it to them."
Faced with Liu Wei's unquestionable words, Tian Bin could only nod and withdraw from the quantum conference room.
After all, what Liu Wei said is reasonable, and he is the real person in power, who else can he listen to if he doesn't listen to him?
However, Tian Bin was not incompetent, he sent people to secretly find those leaders, and carried out measures such as sealing and monitoring, and finally in the absence of a leader, the parade was over.
In the past three days, countless patrol boats and transport ships went to the planet to collect supplies, and a large amount of supplies filled all the ships again.
Three days was a short time, and in the blink of an eye, the fleet slowly departed from the orbit around the planet and set sail again.
And the noodle man is still immersed in the dream of beautiful sunshine.
The fleet soon re-entered the invisible world, and the lovely star 11 disappeared from people's eyes, and its light could only remain in people's minds. It's a pity that dreams can't become reality, and the ephemeral can't become eternal, and the civilization that pursues sunshine always has to struggle.
This voyage will be the second and longest interstellar voyage between humans and Noodle Man, and the fleet will travel a long distance of 93.1 light-years to launch the Nebula 2.
This distance is enough to make people desperate, and because of the warning of this people's march, Liu Wei also decided not to dock any star systems again, no longer abandon any abandoned spacecraft, and the next stop is the terminal station.
Just 13 years of flight can drive people crazy, but what about 93 years?
Such a long voyage is enough to discourage all life, it is a real ocean, so wide that even light would take 93.1 years to cross, but they have no choice but to sail.
After all, life on the ship is still single, and a long trip does not allow for a large waste of materials, and it is difficult for the people to find the joy of life, and the sense of rebellion will inevitably be aroused from the heart.
Often, internal problems are the biggest problem of a collective, so Liu Wei decisively convened a meeting.
The decision was made to start a hibernation program on the grounds that people have a limited lifespan.
Researchers have previously reported that the average life expectancy is at least 500 years, but a fifth of the time is taken up by a single trip, and during this trip, people are limited in what they can do, and loneliness is bound to explode, and hibernation may be more beneficial to the people and to the fleet.
Of course, Liu Wei is also thinking about himself, he is over 100 years old, and he must live until the breakthrough of immortal technology such as quantum soul, otherwise he will not be able to return to Earth and uncover the mystery of the Kuiber Belt Space Rift.
After all, the surrounding starry sky is completely unfamiliar, and the distance between here and the earth can not be measured by just a few hundred light years.
The 93 years of hibernation will be short-lived, and in the process of hibernation, people can still roam in the virtual world to pass the time.
During this time, AI and robots will maintain the daily routine of the fleet. Of course, every year, some people are released from hibernation and on duty to prevent accidents.
The official soon released the news of a full hibernation, this time it was a mandatory hibernation, everyone must participate in the hibernation plan, no matter how reluctant the people were, they could only choose to lie down in the cold nutrition cabin, waiting for the rebirth of the body after 93 years.
During this time, people's souls are still active.
Xiao Foda has always been the editor-in-chief of the Noodle Man Star Newspaper, and in the face of this incident, she also truthfully reported and called on the people to actively cooperate with the government's work, and in the face of some resistance movements, she also spoke out forcefully to prevent the situation from expanding.
Of course, she also had to put down what she was doing and get into the nutrition cabin within two days.
It wasn't until the last hour that she reluctantly watched her children enter the nutrition cabin, and then met her husband's eyes and looked at her one last time with affection before entering the nutrition cabin.
Wang Ziang entered the nutrition cabin later than Xiao Foda, and he went to the special nutrition cabin with Tian Bin and others, and almost at the last minute, he accepted hibernation.
Liu Wei, on the other hand, had entered the nutrition cabin a day earlier. There are not many things left in the fleet, everything is going according to plan, and there are really not many things for him to worry about.
Hans and Hancho entered the nutrition chamber a day late, and they needed to check the status and trajectory of the fleet many times, and educate those who needed to be on duty.
The lights of the Life Sciences Institute were still on while most of the people were already in the nutrition pod, and they were one of the few institutes that did not hibernate.
Their mission is just as important as that of the Institute of High Energy Physics, the Institute of Materials Science and Technology, and other research institutes, and they need to work hard to conquer the fortress of quantum souls so that people can achieve true immortality.
At that time, people will only need to change their bodies to achieve complete immortality, which is of great significance to the entire civilization.