Chapter 108: Into the Cloud of Charged Particles
In the space of one and a half light-years, thousands of warships of the Interstellar Alliance of the Solar System were assembled one light-year away, which was all the interstellar warships sent by the Interstellar Alliance to guard outside the sun after the war.
Since the end of the war with Centauri, the Covenant has sent starships on three occasions outside the solar system. The most recent starship dispatch was ten years after the somersault cloud departed from the solar system. The difference is that since the speed of the last batch of starships has increased to 20,000 kilometers per second, they have reached the spacespace of the Covenant fleet assembly in front of the somersault cloud.
This batch of starships has reached new heights in terms of speed, armament, and defense, and all of them are equipped with wormhole ultra-long-distance real-time communication systems, which can basically maintain contact with the general headquarters of the Star Alliance fleet. It seems that the solar system's technology has exploded again in three decades.
The somersault cloud was still sailing, gradually approaching the airspace where the Covenant warships were assembled. The reason why the battleships sent later did not encounter the somersault cloud was because the battleships sent later chose a route closer than the somersault cloud.
Yang Yi sat in the position of captain of the bridge of the somersault cloud, looking at the starry sky projection on the holographic screen in a daze. Since being attacked half a year ago, the somersault has not been attacked.
This made Yang Yi a little depressed, and despite careful investigation, Yang Yi was never able to find out the identity of the battleship that attacked the somersault cloud. After destroying the unidentified warship that attacked the JD Cloud, Yang Yi had repeatedly contacted the Dark Light and the Deep Sea Carp starships that had set off at the same time through the wormhole ultra-long-distance real-time communication system carried by the somersault cloud, but all of them lost contact.
As soon as it opened, Yang Yi thought that it was because of too much interference in the universe, but in the past six months, the somersault cloud has flown over a constant distance, but it has never been able to establish communication with these two warships, which makes Yang Yi realize that things are not so simple.
The Dark Beacon, the Deep Sea Carp and the somersault are the same batch of warships that set off, the difference in departure time is only two days, and the flight speed is about the same, it stands to reason that it will not be too far to meet with the somersault cloud, which makes Yang Yi have an ominous premonition in his heart, could it be that these two battleships have been attacked like the somersault cloud, and they have been killed?
The moment he felt that something was wrong, Yang Yi immediately contacted the Star Alliance headquarters a light year away, wanting to report this abnormal situation to the Star Alliance. As a result, something that surprised Yang Yi even more happened, and the Star Alliance headquarters a light year away could not be contacted. In this way, the somersault cloud has become an island of information in the universe.
Thinking of the inexplicable attack on the somersault cloud, Yang Yi realized that there must be a problem in the middle. However, to Yang Yi's surprise, he originally thought that the somersault cloud would be attacked, but after more than half a year, the somersault cloud was not attacked in any way, and even the meteorites and interstellar dust in front of the channel were much less, and everything went unexpectedly smoothly.
Although it is still seventy-nine years before it reaches the constellation of Centaur, it stands to reason that it should go into hibernation again. But Yang Yi didn't have any thoughts of hibernation.
Three months ago, after confirming that the somersault was completely repaired and safe, Vice Captain Han Weiwei had already entered hibernation at the urging of Yang Yi. In these days when Han Weiwei hibernated, Yang Yi flew alone in the universe with the somersault cloud. When she missed Han Weiwei so much, she came to Han Weiwei's hibernation cabin, silently stared at her lover's peaceful and sweet smile, and muttered to herself.
Sometimes, Yang Yi really wanted to wake her up and talk to her. But Yang Yi knew that he couldn't do this, the somersault cloud would sail for a long time, although he and Han Weiwei had mutant genes, but Yang Yi was not sure whether the mutated genes had any effect on anti-aging. He didn't want his lover to die of old age on the somersault before he even reached the constellation Centaur.
Ever since Han Weiwei was awakened at the Earth Star Alliance Hibernation Center, the problem of aging has always been a sensitive area that Yang Yi does not want to touch. But when I saw Han Weiwei, I found that Han Weiwei was still the same as before the war, and her face had not changed in the slightest. Yang Yi was vaguely aware that the mutant genes that had been modified by the Maltese seemed to have strong anti-aging ability, and Yang Yi was of course very pleased.
After more than 100 years of development after the war, the progress of anti-aging technology has once again experienced an explosive period, and the life expectancy of human beings has been extended from 170 years before the war to 210 years old, and most diseases have basically been overcome by medical technology. It can be said that this is the longest life expectancy and the best living conditions in human history, and it should be satisfied.
However, the lifespan of more than 200 years is still too short compared to the hundreds of years of interstellar flight. Since ancient times, aging and death have been considered irresistible laws of nature. But who is willing to face aging, and who doesn't want to extend their life expectancy without limit?
Human beings are born with the fear of aging and dying. There is no greater fear in life than death, and the greatest challenge of human beings is the inability to resist aging and the inevitable death that will eventually befall everyone.
The fear of aging and death comes from the depths of the heart and soul, and this is true for other people, and Yang Yi is no exception.
"Bang"
Suddenly, a huge bolt of lightning appeared on the holographic screen, illuminating the entire dark cosmic space ahead.
Yang Yi was shocked, this change came too suddenly.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
Several more blinding bolts of lightning appeared on the holographic screen, accompanied by a rumbling blast of thunder. Illuminate the channel ahead as bright as day. At the same time, a purple cloud appeared around the ship.
"Warning, enter the tropospheric region of the cloud of high-energy charged particles in space, and the whole ship will turn on the highest defenses."
Just as Yang Yi was looking at the huge lightning that kept appearing in the purple clouds, and was a little inexplicable, a reminder sound came from the spaceship system, and a red alert appeared on all instruments.
When Yang Yi heard the system's reminder, he couldn't help but get nervous, and instantly felt the lightning and thunder in the earth's atmospheric dust. He knew very well in his heart that he must not underestimate this particle cloud, if he was not careful, the somersault cloud could be struck by lightning in the charged particle cloud, and the huge current at the moment of being struck by lightning would not be able to destroy the somersault cloud, but it would also cause some electronic components to burn out.
"Boom!"
There was a loud sound like the sky cracking, and a dazzling white lightning appeared in the space ahead, and the hull of the somersault cloud began to tremble, and it was struck by this huge lightning.
"The spacecraft detached at high speed and performed a tropospheric intensity and range scan of the cloud of charged particles."
Yang Yi didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly fastened his seat belt and gave instructions to the spaceship system.
"Charged particle cloud scan report, energy intensity hazard level, range of ten astronomical units."
After a few seconds, a scan report came from the ship's system.
"Fifteen astronomical units, it seems that the range is not small."
Yang Yi looked at the continuous huge lightning on the screen, as well as the thicker and thicker purple clouds in front of him, and knew that it was too late to avoid it at this time, such a large area of particle clouds could not be flown over in a moment and a half, no matter how dangerous it was, it was only possible to break through hard.
After making up his mind, Yang Yi calmed down in his heart, let the somersault cloud defense be fully opened, and rushed towards the purple clouds of lightning and thunder at the fastest speed.
Due to the interference of charged clouds all around, the scanning range of the somersault cloud was reduced to the extreme, less than a million kilometers.
To Yang Yi's surprise, the particle cloud in front of him was far thicker than Yang Yi imagined, and it flew out less than 10 million kilometers, and the instrument scanning range of the somersault cloud dropped again, shortening to less than 100,000 kilometers. At a speed of 10,000 kilometers per second, this can no longer guarantee a safe avoidance distance, and if it hits a large meteorite or asteroid, it will cause a huge disaster.
Just as Yang Yi was about to slow down the speed of the Spreading Cloud, a huge meteorite with a width of several kilometers suddenly appeared on the channel ahead, and it was rapidly crashing into the Spreading Cloud 100,000 kilometers ahead.
"Hell!"
In such an urgent situation, Yang Yi didn't have time to react at all.
"Poof!"
A thick blue light was launched from the somersault cloud, shattering the meteorite from a distance of 50,000 kilometers. Fortunately, the spacecraft was in a state of high defense after entering the cloud of charged particles, and the central computer calculated the meteorite's flight trajectory in time, fired a gamma energy cannon, and destroyed the asteroid-like meteorite before it collided with the somersault cloud.
Yang Yi broke out in a cold sweat on his back, and breathed a sigh of relief These meteorites wandering in the universe are like invisible killers, which can make the spaceship of interstellar voyage be destroyed by it at any time.
The cloud of charged particles was getting thicker and thicker, and the somersault cloud had turned purple all around it.
"Boom!"
Yang Yi had just breathed a sigh of relief, and another dazzling lightning bolt lit up the night sky in front of him, followed by a deafening lightning bolt.
Yang Yi only felt that the spacecraft trembled violently, and then there was a sneering sound, and the hologram also shook a little, and it returned to normal after a few seconds, obviously the lightning just now hit the hull shield of the somersault cloud. Do you really want to be buried in this cloud of charged particles?
After switching the spaceship to manual piloting, Yang Yi had an ominous premonition in his heart, and held the spacecraft control stick with a gloomy face, but he couldn't find any good countermeasures for a while. In the face of such a disaster, it is even much more difficult to deal with than the average enemy. If you face the enemy, you must at least have a specific goal, and in this cloud of charged particles, you have no way to start.
The ship went deeper and deeper into the clouds, but the clouds showed no sign of thinning. Looking at the almost endless purple clouds, Yang Yi's expression became more and more solemn.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, the somersault suddenly shook violently, and Yang Yi was almost thrown out of his seat as if he was being pushed from behind by something.
"Warning, the stern of the ship has been hit by a high-speed unknown object, and it has entered a maneuver evasion action!"
Amid the sound of an alarm from the bridge instruments, an early warning report came from the somersault cloud spacecraft system.