Chapter 11: Trek (1)
Crown slept in the dark, as did the other two. Pen, fun, pavilion www.
biquge。
The two-plus-one combo heralded the beginning of the journey together with a feast, and as the drinks poured into their mouths, Korors remembered that their skin began to change color.
Originally, Crown hated getting drunk, even though he often drank two glasses.
When drunk, his skin turned dark purple and his protrusions sharpened, not unlike the thorny creatures on Beham's companion, who were savages.
Crown thought about yesterday and looked at his skin, and it was okay, it changed back to its original appearance.
He is not worried about where the spacecraft will fly, because this time there is no port to unload the cargo to go, let the spacecraft fly by itself, the ship's central flight control system can complete the automatic setting of the dot matrix flight path.
Also, Endals is a loyal subordinate and a good co-pilot, and he must have had everything in place before last night's feast.
The other two have not yet come out of their respective cabins, and it seems that the hangover is not over.
Since there is no flight mission, there is no need to rush to wake Endals up.
Besides, Crown felt that the ship was very silent at this time, which was a very useful thing.
He stroked his stiff neck with his hand and walked towards the cab.
After reaching the indoor class A on the top floor, blue-purple shimmers were cast on both sides of the corridor leading to the cockpit.
Korors has an indescribable love for the color blue, and even when Nabra customizes skin care oils, he deliberately asks for blue.
The blue light of the walk in the hallway caught his eye, and he slowed down and stood in front of the porthole, looking out of the boat.
This is an unfamiliar starry sky in Korors, within the control of Nabra's planet, all kinds of nebulae are coiled in it, and the colors are very beautiful, but there are very few blue ones, especially this blue mainly gradient to purple.
He realized something, quickened his pace, left these favorite views behind, and sped to the cockpit.
Canceled the previous automatic mode, returned to manual, and turned on the holographic interstellar navigation system, which was usually updated by Endals.
The holographic system is turned on, and according to the prompt, Crown confirms the ship's position in the system.
The soft button of the touch fell, and it didn't bounce back for a long time.
Crown clicked on the location again to confirm, but there was still no response.
Is the system faulty?
Didn't Endals find out?
So why doesn't the system send out a fault prompt?
When a few question marks popped up in Flowers's head, the system responded.
A beep sound appears with a flashing red light, and clicking on the red light shows that the ship's location is difficult to identify.
Difficult to confirm?
The fifth-generation holographic interstellar navigation system is the most advanced in the Nabra galaxy, how can it not confirm the location information of the spacecraft.
Crons thought about it, pushed the workbench, and slid out of the chair.
He wants to see when the system was last updated, and the query results are displayed as three days ago.
This time should be when I am about to return to the planet Nabra, and the update time is no problem, it seems that Endals is still very responsible.
Chronos fell into deep thought, what was going on?
Chronos twisted her neck in the direction of the holographic navigation system, her mind racing.
The cockpit door opened automatically, and assistant Endals staggered in, looking strangely at the contemplative captain.
He judged the direction the captain's gaze was pointing, on the side of the navigation system.
Endals walks over and activates holographic mode, and something strange happens.
The nebula map, which normally fills the entire cockpit, now has only one corner of the circulating star.
The rest is dark, and the dark part makes up almost 90 percent of the entire nebula.
If the nebula map shows no problems, the only possibility is that the ship has broken into the dark part of the map.
Breaking into the dark part, the system naturally cannot confirm the location of the ship.
Chronos whistled self-deprecatingly, which was good enough.
When did the ship fly into a completely unfamiliar environment without the knowledge of the captain and co-pilot?
Endals remembered that before he and the captain had a drink, they had been set up according to standard operating procedures.
Damn, Flowers remembered something.
He flew up and down at the flight control system programmer in the center of the spacecraft, his fingers flicking up and down.
A neatly arranged command detection record appeared on the screen, and Korors looked at it, the expression on his face solemn.
For the record, the ship began to fly out as it wished before midnight last night.
The route of the spacecraft is not based on a nebula map at all.
Flowers wondered why the ship was making such a crazy move.
No matter how advanced the central flight control of the spacecraft is, it is just artificial intelligence, could it be that this system has evolved?
The evolution of artificial intelligence into human intelligence can only be seen in science fiction.
What exactly caused this crazy move by the system?
The day Crown remembers the day he got his hands on the spaceship, the most likely point to that curiosity.
Before the new ship was acquired, Korols was in charge of searching for old ships, and the rules of the Nabra system were like this, and novices should pilot the old ships.
Excited about the new boat, Crown did a simulation of all the systems on the ship.
There was a hint in the navigation system that caught his attention.
The system prompts that the ship can be connected to the captain's biological change information, and all that needs to be done is to scan the unique identification of the forelimb family into the system.
Chronos put his hand on the scanner and the information was silently fed into the flight control system.
Could it be that this random movement caused the flight error?
Endals reminds that there will be unknown influences from the universe after the ship flies into the Dark Zone, which has led to the deepening of this error.
It is very likely that in the area that the navigation system can take into account, all kinds of cosmic storms, nebula collapses and other unexpected situations can be predicted, and the accuracy of the forecast usually reaches more than 95%.
However, if you enter the dark zone, it is difficult to predict what will happen and what will affect you.
In this way, it is really a blind flight.
In the boundless universe, where can sailings be grounded?
This was beyond Korors' worst intentions, he just wanted to settle down quietly at the edge of the Nabra system, or close to the Nabra system, waiting for the opportunity to listen to the news and return to the planet Nabra.
No matter how advanced the system is, it has now become an ornament.
There was no forecast information, no navigation, and flying became a completely manual task.
Korors arranged for his assistant to take over the cockpit, and he returned to the rest pods to his chagrin.
On the way back, he meets Odans, a new member of the team.
Odance, a discerning girl, asked the captain why.
Korors understated the serious accident, and the girl thought about it, and suggested that they should find a planet with suitable conditions to settle in, and not continue to move forward without a purpose.
If you continue like this, you will get farther and farther away from Denabra .
Before Korors could speak to his assistant about Odans' suggestion, the light on the suit's shoulder blades flickered.
The red one is right in front of me, and it's really unbearable.
He didn't bother to say much to the little girl, and turned around and ran to Endals.
In extraordinary times, Crown did not dare to take it lightly.
In the cockpit, Endals saw the captain coming, pointed to the huge whirlpool in front of him, and was speechless.
Chronos was also a little stunned, he judged that this was a vortex formed by the massive collapse after the collapse of the nebula, and an incomplete regularized change in the energy matrix of the cosmic cascading space.
In terms of manifestation type, it is very similar to a black hole.
But in other ways, there are significant differences.
For example, a black hole is a "fatter you eat"
and so powerful that even the light can't escape in front of it.
However, the collapse in front of us will not expand indefinitely, and under normal circumstances, it will have a time limit for change.
In the end, collapse is extreme spread.
This collapse also does not absorb light, it only absorbs solid objects.
For example, a comet or a spaceship that is passing by with bad luck.
The teacher who taught Flowers back then had mentioned this type of collapse.
But the bad thing is that the teacher only learns this from his teacher, and that's it.
As for what exactly is inside the collapse, it is said, and it is only said that a rookie captain of the interstellar voyage has broken into, and so far Nabra has only received signals from them from trillions of light-years away, but it is impossible to determine their exact location.
In the final analysis, this is the absence of a living person and a dead body.
Yes, Crown only regarded this as an extracurricular supplement, who could have known that in a dozen years he would have to face this super terrible thing himself.
Endals called the captain to give instructions to determine the direction of flight.
The captain was now stunned, and he had to shout a few times in succession.
Korors came to his senses, and he ordered his assistant to reduce his speed and prepare to adjust the direction of his flight.
Endals had already reduced the speed of the spacecraft to its lowest speed, and after receiving the instructions, he directly began the second step.
The ship's massive hull began to slowly adjust its direction, and the captain walked to the back of the circular cockpit for ease of observation.
After the direction adjustment, the captain nodded to the assistant, and the perennial tacit understanding told the assistant that he needed to turn on all the main and auxiliary engines and use extreme methods to get rid of the powerful suction caused by the collapse.
Endals turned on the main engine one by one, and when he pressed the fifth, the light did not light up normally, and his heart trembled, and he must not have any problems at this time.
Although Endals did not have much formal education, he entered the industry relatively early, and he had heard about the collapse, anyway, the farther away the better.
He pressed the button again.
Still unresponsive, he tried to press down the sixth, seventh, eighth.
It wasn't until the ninth that the light display was normal.
Endals reported the situation to the captain, and Korors, touching the bulge on his face, said fiercely to adjust the power index to the maximum and do everything possible to get out of the area.
Chronos decided to temporarily shut down the ship's internal control systems, which account for a large portion of the power output, to ensure that the ship was out of this area.
It's really unlucky, it's bad enough to escape, and it has encountered a very rare collapse.
Three of the ship's main engines could not be started.
All of this bad luck came together, and Korors slammed the cockpit door with her hand.
Odhans behind him didn't speak, and at this time he couldn't help but ask the captain if he was annoying.
The captain sighed, as if to comfort the little girl, and also to comfort himself, saying that there is still hope, right?
Fortunately, only four engines could not start, and the rest were normal.
As soon as the ship's engines were fully turned on, the entire hull began to tremble.
The ship began to slowly leave the brink of collapse, and Endals did not relax, staring at the power index display on the console.
He was worried about how long it would take for the afterburner to get enough speed to get out of here.
You know, although this ship is very advanced, it is a cargo ship after all, and it does not have the super-powerful afterburner engines of a combat spaceship.
As the minutes ticked by, the speed of the ship did not change much, and the hull did not seem to be far from the collapse zone.
Endals alerted the captain that the power output index had been at a high level for a long time, which in itself exceeded the ship's design standards.
When he took over the ship, Endals vividly remembered that if the standard output was exceeded for a long time, the power system would heat up and shut down.
However, in this case, if it is stopped, it means that the spacecraft will most likely be sucked into the collapse area.
The worst-case scenario is always the most likely to occur, and the engine shakes the hull, mixed with several violent shaking, but it is all over quickly.
In front of the porthole, Chronos saw four massive main engines rolling through the rear of the hull into the collapse area, where they collided with other solid forms that had been sucked in, emitting dazzling sparks, and then they were gone.
He tried to comfort himself, but there were only four engines missing, and there were twenty-eight more on board.
The heavy-footed Crown slowly walked to the console and patted Endals on the shoulder.
He asked the assistant, is there any hope for us?
Endals didn't answer, which made the question more like self-talk.
The ship with four engines missing has been in a high state of power output for a long time, and the other engines are overwhelmed, and the edges have begun to turn red.
An exclamation from Odhans drew the attention of both men near the console, and another engine rolled away.
It seems that this is a dilemma, if the output index is lowered, the ship will be sucked in.
Without lowering, soon the sixth and seventh engines will break away.
But the ending is the same, they can't escape.
Korols twisted, he felt he needed to find some anesthesia again, the three of them were in different parts of the ship, Korors raised his glass, Odhans held the cockpit door handle tightly, and Endals lowered the output index.
The ship's hull shook less, and it slowly approached the collapse area.
From time to time, smaller stars swept by, scraping against the ship's hull and stirring up sparks.
The ship retreated into the collapse zone, and the strong suction force caused the ship to tumble.
The ship's self-balancing system was out of effect, the ship was in shambles, Korors was already red-eyed, and the drink spilled out of the glass, which fell to the ground.
Endals calmly closed his eyes, and Odanth was thrown out of the door, his head slammed against the edge of the console, and he fainted.