Chapter 162: Seventeen Years!
Xu Yunjin is a resolute person, and his style is still very militaristic. The necessary time made the necessary means, and soon, with his voice raised, he solemnly issued a series of orders.
The one-month maintenance period was forcibly compressed to 20 days, which was bound to significantly extend people's working hours.
All the new humans are still good to speak, after all, everyone knows the internal causes. But this series of orders has caused a lot of complaints from the subordinate civilizations, although these subordinate civilizations are elites, but they are more free-thinking, and there are also some internal gossip, saying that "the enemy may be coming, and the Pangu may have to give up" and so on.
Xu Yunjin sneered and dispatched a large number of troops to directly arrest some rumor-mongers, and then announced an increase in the welfare benefits of the "overtime period". Under the big stick and red date policy, the whole thing was suppressed.
“…… The necessary part of the maintenance can be obtained, and the non-essential part can be maintained after the departure of the 'Pangu'. Subordinate civilizations can't be too oppressive. Xu Yunjin said to an expert from the maintenance team.
"The Pangu battlestar must correct its course as soon as possible, speed up its actions, and leave as soon as possible." He sighed in his heart, and after a while, he deeply understood the usual difficulties of Yu Yifeng, the captain.
In this way, after more than twenty days, the anxious maintenance work was finally completed, and the Pangu was launched again.
The smooth operation of the first maintenance made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, the whole escape is a long-term project, and the farthest enemy is still 9.3 light years away, but it is not sloppy, and it is safe to set off a day earlier.
This time the communication was not useless, and the Pangu urgently updated the escape route. At the same time, the two sides also made a plan for the next step: change direction every four months.
The hibernation bill may continue, but the infrastructure work on the planetary curvature engine, including laying the foundation, producing basic materials, etc., can already be operational in Pangea.
The "Future" is responsible for observing the enemy's movements and informing the "Pangu" to change its course at any time. As long as there is a targeted route, it is not easy to plunge headlong into the enemy's encirclement network.
And just like that, the long starry chase began.
Although the Pangu is slow, it is still faster than light, and it can cover most of its movements. The enemy's spacecraft is running fast, but it needs to stop from time to time to analyze the Pangea's gravitational data, which greatly reduces the speed.
There's also a Future, which follows the enemy's buttocks, gathering information and threading needles.
One year ...... Two years...... Three-year ......
The whole pursuit soon entered a white-hot state.
The enemy took the lead in adopting the "encirclement tactic" of planetary warships chasing after them and the rest of the highly maneuverable small spacecraft intercepting them in front.
As long as some small fleets are lucky, just in time for the Pangu to stop for maintenance, they can be the first to strike!
Of course, a large number of fleets ran to the front of the Pangea, which was equivalent to completely imperceptible to the Pangea's movement. Coupled with the timely notification of the future, the package clamping mode of "waiting for the rabbit to try" did not have a very good effect.
A strange impasse arose.
The Future did play a huge role, commanding the Pangu on several occasions and avoiding the encirclement of enemy forces.
The universe is too big, because of the limitation of the speed of light, all kinds of information are like the fog of war. It's definitely a battle of mathematical, energetic and tactical aspects.
However, in the 4th year of the escape, a big event happened: the Future was discovered!
Almost with a battle star, there was a head-on conflict!
The massive explosion of photon torpedoes is like a blooming sun. A large number of scorching light flickered in a flash of time, and this time the collision caused the Future to lose a large number of ships and antimatter in reserve.
It is actually very normal to detect the movements of enemy troops for a long time.
Fortunately, as long as it didn't encounter the White Dwarf, the Future was not afraid, and its great mobility quickly threw its pursuers away.
There is always no danger in such an adventure...... It also makes the Future more and more cautious and more careful......
"It's been 8 years, and there have been 14 ...... of conflicts, big and small."
"If we run away like this, we won't be big after all! What to do? The other side's encirclement network has not been thrown away, but has a tendency to get smaller and smaller. The speed of our Pangu is still too slow......"
On this day, the Future was quietly resting in the void, observing the movements of the opposing battle star. Several experts were discussing, almost racking their brains.
After all, Pangu has been on the run for 17 years, running a total of 45 light years!
17 years!
"The nearest enemy planet is about 5.4 light-years away."
This distance trend is not pretty. The White Dwarf, in particular, is only 15 light-years away from Pangea.
The new humans will have to find a better way to get rid of this tracking once and for all.
"It's hard, it's really hard...... The traces of planetary movement are still too obvious. "People are distressed, and there is hardly any way to get rid of this kraft like chasing the enemy.
Without the help of other civilizations and without allies, the dark universe, everything can only be relied on itself.
Even Yu Yifeng sat in his seat with an annoyed face and didn't say a word.
In the past 8 years, they have gradually recognized the status quo, and at 3 times the speed of light, it is really difficult to escape in this kind of encirclement network.
Several times, it was because of luck in the complete sense that the White Dwarf Battlestar was misled, otherwise the Pangu would have been in danger a long time ago!
"There are two solutions now: first, put a large number of people into Pangu, and spend more than ten years to completely improve the remaining engines. After all, we have been preparing for a lot of time, so we should be able to speed it up. ”
"Second, give up the Pangu." This silence did not last long, and Yu Yifeng's voice was a little dry.
“…… It was our decision-making mistakes. I knew that a large number of people should have been put into the Pangu in the first place, and maybe the remaining 120 towers have been built now. The Pangu will be able to reach a higher speed and escape the ......" Yu Yifeng regretted.
In fact, this kind of thing can't be helped, and all the members present did not speak.
The decision was made by everyone...... It is also for the safety of the new humanity as a whole.
Now everyone is a little regretful, they didn't dare to take the risk at the beginning, so that the current speed is still 3 times the speed of light, and so many years have been wasted. Especially in the beginning, there were 9 years without enemy pursuit.
Although Yu Yifeng's think tank is smart, it is not a god and will make mistakes. The new humans have never experienced such a long pursuit battle, and in the face of such an enemy like kraft candy, they are simply the kind that can't be wiped off if they can't wipe it off, and they lack experience in dealing with it.
This kind of long-term war has made everyone's psychology and mind more mature.
"Well, no amount of regret is useless. It is imperative now that a large number of people are invested and the remaining curvature engines are built. Either you can only abandon the Pangu. ”
"That said, we need to discuss the question: can we hold on to the ten years that the whole project will take." Yu Yifeng stood in front and said solemnly.
The think tanks discussed for a while: the answer is...... I don't know!
Because there have been several times, relying on luck!
The enemy's planetary spaceship, with a maximum speed of 10 times the speed of light, is not particularly high, but it is more than enough to pursue the Pangea. Along the way, they stopped from time to time to analyze, although it slowed down the speed, but in the next ten years, whether they can catch up with Pangu, new human experts are really difficult to predict.
The speed of the White Dwarf is very fast, it can reach 50 times the speed of light, but the acceleration of this battle star is very slow, and it takes more than two years to start from zero to maximum speed.
Therefore, this battle star, the mobility is not particularly high, and the ability to turn is not good, which is why it has not caught up with the Pangu so far.
"We still have to gamble......" Yu Yifeng let out a long sigh: "If we can't give up the Pangu, we can only send all our engineering teams...... Bet on it! Ten years, are you confident that you will complete it in ten years? ”
All of them did not speak, and fell into a long hesitation.
After a long time, one of the experts said: "In less than ten years, we have already made a large number of components." Many of the infrastructure projects in the Pangu have also been completed. I estimate that seven or eight years will be enough. ”
Yu Yifeng didn't hesitate too much: "Then it's decided...... The next time the Pangu stops for large-scale maintenance, all the engineering personnel will be sent over. After 4 months...... Let's start the selection and preparation of engineers as soon as possible! ”