Chapter 367: Dismounting
A month later, while the ship was still accelerating, it received a message from the front of the passage that it needed to slow down. The specific deceleration standards of pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info are as follows......
In this starry sky channel, even if it slows down, it can't be messed around, and it must be carried out in strict accordance with the standards. Because a lot of the standards are set according to the exit of the Star Channel. For example, the exit of the Martian channel of the Earth civilization will require the speed to be reduced to about 4 times the speed of sound, and if it exceeds 10 times the speed of sound, it will definitely hit Mars. And in an instant, from space to the rusty atmosphere of Mars, any spaceship can hang a layer of iron for you.
Not to mention that now the five thousand ships are moving together, so even if it slows down, it must follow the same standard. In this process of traveling at more than 0.5 times the speed of light, no one dares to play speeding and speeding spaceships, and there will be no fragments left of the dead people, only a molecular cloud.
It had only been a month since takeoff, and the spacecraft had not even accelerated to 0.3 times the speed of light before it began to slow down. This is interstellar travel, there is nothing on the ground that accelerates for months and does not reach maximum speed - it reaches maximum speed in a few seconds; But the starry sky is like that, an acceleration is a few months, and so is a deceleration.
Now, the fleet is halfway accelerating, and then it is about to slow down. Three days later, the speed slowed down to 0.12 times the speed of light, and it burst out of the passage.
After rushing out of the passage, there is still a vast starry sky, dark and brilliant coexisting, strange and harmonious. But this time, it seems to be a little different, there are thousands of ships gathered here, apparently waiting for the passage to open; To be exact, it should be waiting for the spaceship on the side of the Bosela civilization to pass through, and then the spaceship on the side of the Miata civilization will fly over.
It's just a 4.7 light-year passage and a one-way street. After all, the cost of building the starry sky passage is too expensive, and maintenance is not a small project, so there will be less trouble if it can be less.
But there's something different here, and that's - there's a planet that's lit up! The planet in front of him was too bright, attracting the attention of Qin Fei and the others.
In space, hundreds of huge space mirrors, hundreds of kilometers to be exact, shine the light of stars on the far side of the planet.
Almost instantly. Qin Fei judged that in addition to the general situation, "This planet is obviously already in the habitable zone, but through the space concentrating, it has forcibly created a living planet!" And here, this galaxy. There are three such planets of life! ”
In a galaxy, three life planets were forcibly transformed, and in this way, Qin Fei, Joseph, and Xu Dongfang were ...... And so on all the people of the earth's civilization. Gasp.
Transforming the planet is easy to say, but it's troublesome to do. Because, the planet is too big!
A spaceship of a few kilometers is huge enough, but compared to the planet, a spaceship of several kilometers is just a piece of gravel. The principle of transforming the planet may be simple, but the amount of work is very large. With the technology of the earth's civilization, it can only look around for existing life planets.
You want to transform a dead star into a living planet. There are a lot of hurdles to cross.
First of all, if the planet does not have a liquid core, the core must be activated. Without a liquid core, there is no protective magnetic field, and there is no way to filter harmful radiation from the universe. And the so-called activation is heating - this is a popular saying, and it makes the center of the earth boil again.
If it is a spacecraft, some artificial means can be used to temporarily install an artificial magnetic field; But to protect a planet for a long time, it is necessary to activate the planet's own core.
But how can a planet be activated with a diameter of 10,000 or 20,000 kilometers? That's where the big problem lies.
Secondly. Many non-living planets have nothing on the planet. Not to mention basic proteins, all chemical elements are not active, and oxygen is still in rust. How do you get it out?
Thirdly, among the non-living planets, if they are too close to the star, such as Mercury, they have to give up, such a planet is too hot and it is good to smelt minerals. The ones that are suitable for modification are those that are far away from the stars -- like Mars. Warm up by spotting light from space. But for the heating of a planet, how big is the reflector?
The construction of a one-thousand-meter spaceship on the earth has made the heads of countless scientists white. This thing doesn't just add a keel, the material is not up to standard, and if the spaceship is too big, it will either break or collapse.
And it's hard to control too big space equipment. What to do if you get out of control and are attracted by the planet, you can only watch the comet Earth.
Fourth, what about the atmosphere? What about water? Where do you get it from! What if it were a frozen planet, but what if it was a dry planet? In fact, the vast majority of Death Stars are dry planets. No water, no air!
Fifth, the soil! There are three most important foundations of a living planet: air, water, and soil!
Sixth, the transformation of a planet, not to mention how much huge engineering it takes, is just time, and the earth's civilization cannot afford it. Interstellar, even if it is an advanced civilization, if it wants to transform a desolate planet with certain conditions into a living planet, it needs to ...... More than 100 years!
Obviously, the earth's civilization does not have such a strong foundation to transform the planet.
However, the Miata civilization did it! On this marginal galaxy, they actually transformed three living planets! The farthest planet of life at this moment, that is, the planet of life that Qin Fei saw, is 6 billion kilometers away from the star, which is equivalent to the orbital distance of Pluto.
This distance is too far away, and the light of the sun is worse than the light of a match. Because it's too far away, don't say anything about dripping water into ice, grease can freeze here harder than steel.
Next to "Hey......", Gu Qingyan, a woman who has always been smiling, this proud woman, couldn't laugh anymore, looking at the bright planet of life in a daze, through the instruments of the spaceship, you can even see countless flying machines shuttling all over the sky and space, shocking inexplicably.
Really...... When I came out, I knew the gap between the earth's civilizations.
Compared to the Miata civilization, the earth civilization is like the difference between an international city and a mountain village. Although the technological "height" of the earth's civilization has caught up with the Miata civilization, the use of technology and the foundation of society are too far and too far away.
This gap is still like the difference between a small mountain village and a city. Although small mountain villages also have cars, computer networks, electricity, etc., it does not mean that small mountain villages are the same as cities.
After a long time, Gu Qingyan sighed faintly, "The Miata civilization is good at spiritual power and related cultivation. He doesn't seem to be particularly good at scientific research, so scientific research is extremely slow when climbing to the upper level.
But after all, the Miata civilization has a history of tens of thousands of years of starry sky development. This time has allowed them to lay a strong foundation. This alone is not something we can compare.
Gap...... It's too big!
This Miata is just a civilization that has been developing for 10,000 years, and it is intermediate to upper-middle. So, to what extent have those intermediate, high, or even high-level civilizations developed? ”
Qin Fei did not answer. Instead, he smiled bitterly, "I suddenly understand why high-level civilizations don't conquer low-level civilizations, it's so worthless!" The benefits obtained by conquering a low-level civilization are estimated to be not enough to even pay salaries, and not enough money for a return ticket!
So. It is better to keep the low-level civilization to develop its own culture, and the high-level civilization will come and pick the "fruit of culture" cost-effective. ”
The ship began to slow down around the system; But because it was only 0.12 times the speed of light, it only took a few days to slow down to 16 kilometers per second, just enough to catch up with the outer planet of modified life (orbiting speed).
Then there was a spaceship from the Miata civilization, which came to greet them. There is no need to meet this time - no need to meet directly; However, it is possible to meet in the virtual world through virtual technology, and simply and preliminarily determine the opinions and attitudes of both parties.
The virtual world is very beautiful, with blue sky and white clouds, colorful falling flowers, birds singing and flowers, it can be seen that the Miata civilization is a civilization that advocates "elegance". And I saw all the handsome men and women on the opposite side, each with a colorful tail dangling behind them. It's really joyful.
There are a lot of cosmic Chinese, but just looking at the appearance, there are very few that can be accepted by the earth's civilization; And there are even fewer that can conform to the aesthetics of the earth's civilization. As for the aesthetics that surpass the aesthetics of the earth's civilization, there are only a handful.
And the Miata civilization is the civilization that "surpasses the aesthetics of the earth's civilization". In addition, the Miyata civilization gave a lot of help in the early days of the earth civilization entering the interstellar stage, and it was very popular with the earth civilization.
This time it was just a meeting between the military and a simple handover, a preliminary exchange of opinions, and the conversation ended quickly, and Qin Fei and the others didn't even have a chance to speak.
After everything is verified. The fleet of the Earth civilization followed the spaceship of the Miyata civilization and took the "military channel" to the home planet of the Miyata civilization. The military channel, which is almost 20% faster than the civilian channel.
Almost all interstellar civilizations have their home planet as their capital - with a few exceptions.
But want to use military channels. However, there is a requirement in the Miyata civilization - the civilian passage is to accelerate after entering the passage; However, the military channel must reach the speed of 0.6 before it can be entered.
"This is a dismount!" After learning the news, Qin Fei could only sigh. The Miata civilization is still a relatively friendly civilization, but when they meet, they still have to give the Earth civilization a disadvantage-no, they haven't officially met yet.
Accelerate the ship to 0.6 times the speed of light and crash headlong into the Star Tunnel. This process is definitely not easy to deviate in the slightest. With a slight deviation, the fleet can crash into the starry gate, and then - in fact, there will be no more. The interstellar access path of the earth's civilization is cut off! It is estimated that it will be 50 years before the next team is formed.
Rushing into a starry sky tunnel at 0.6 times the speed of light is like strapping yourself to a rocket and launching from the south pole to the north pole, passing through a passage that just fits in. Dangerous, there is absolutely no room for regret! There is not even the slightest room for error, and the unexpected situation must be taken into account - what about encountering a tornado halfway? How about encountering missile interception by other countries halfway? It is normal to encounter electromagnetic storms and solar winds from stars in space.
This is not just a dismount, but also a test - I want to see if your earth civilization has the qualifications to come and visit us!
Friendly is friendly, but access is another matter.
It seems to be a simple requirement, but it tests the courage and determination of the earth's civilization, as well as spacecraft technology, space technology, and starry sky technology.
Spaceship technology is nothing more than an acceleration situation, you start now, accelerate me to 0.6 times the speed of light, and only then will you be allowed to enter the passage.
And star technology and space technology will be tested in this process. The sky is not "smooth" and changes at any time. The stars and planets in a galaxy are constantly changing, and the star system is not isolated, but forms a whole with the universe.
Therefore, space-time is like the surface of water, which is undulating. Naturally, the 'actual position' of the Starry Sky Gate in space is also slightly "fluctuating".
And when the speed of the spaceship reaches 0.1 times the speed of light, it is already difficult to make a turn, let alone 0.6 times the speed of light. This requires the spacecraft to be aimed at the entrance of the Star Passage at the beginning. But it's not easy, because in order for a spaceship to accelerate, it needs to accelerate around the star system - accelerating in a straight line, and there is not so much space; And because of the space distortion, there is no such thing as an absolute straight line.
Accelerating a spacecraft to 0.6 times the speed of light is not a simple numerical relationship. When the ship's velocity increases to 0.1 times the speed of light, the mass increases by 2%; When the speed is increased to 0.2 times the speed of light, the mass increases by 8.5%; When the speed of the spacecraft increases to 0.6 times the speed of light, the mass increases by about 145%!
With the current technology of the earth's civilization, it would take three or four months to accelerate the spacecraft to 0.6 times the speed of light, and the journey would require a full circle around the star.
It's the equivalent of playing football, where you're not shooting at goal; Instead, shoot the ball with your back to the goal. The ball will circle the globe and then fall into the goal behind it. During this period, changes in wind and waves (changes in time and space, etc.) need to be taken into account.
Of course, the changes in space-time are basically only affected by the gravitational pull of the planet, and there are still rules.
This is a severe test for science and technology; It also tests a civilization's understanding of the starry sky. Beyond that, it's a test of courage and guts - it's really a gamble, and it's saddled with the hopes of a civilization on Earth. Come on, let me see if you have the guts!
This is a very important matter. However, there is no way back! There is no need to wake up the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Liu Dingsong and Zhang Yongcheng, two S-class evolutionaries, personally make a decision, rush! Even if you die, you can't die in a nest. Liu Dingsong, the biggest soy sauce party in history, also had to play together.
Now that it's decided, let's rush! This time, instead of asking for a break, all asked for work! Every awake person on the spaceship who is not asleep is an evolutionary, and they are all B-class evolutionaries, and all of them have a certain scientific research foundation - there are no waste people on the spaceship.
Now, everyone is starting to help, calculating, detecting, and checking the surrounding environment, checking the data, and ......
Computers can be relied upon, but they can't be completely trusted, and they always need to be checked by someone. Computer errors aren't much news.
Also, people are more likely to make mistakes, so everyone cross-checks the data. Just calculating the simulated orbit took a full month. In the past month, Qin Fei has hardly had a chance to have fun.
To open your eyes is to study, and to close your eyes is to sleep. And it is often a hundred hours of work before there is a ten-hour break, which is also an evolutionary, and ordinary people will definitely be exhausted to death.
A month later, Liu Dingsong and Zhang Yongcheng also cross-checked their respective data and results, and finally made up their minds - ready to go!
The entrance to the Starry Sky Passage is less than five million kilometers behind the fleet; But in order to accelerate, the fleet had to circle the stars here, accelerate before returning here, and then rush into the starry sky passage at a rapid speed of 0.6 times the speed of light.
After determining the route, notify the Miata civilization military to clear the predetermined orbital area and not let the spacecraft enter this area.
Then I entered the data, checked the route, and everything was busy for another three days, and finally the countdown began!
When all the data is entered, the fate of everyone is handed over to the intelligent computer. When the speed exceeds 0.1 times the speed of light, especially 0.3 times the speed of light, it is difficult for the ship to adjust. Moreover, Liu Dingsong and Zhang Yongcheng decided that they must succeed at one time!
On Qin Fei's side, everyone walked together quietly, watching the countdown slowly disappear. The intelligent computer has entered the stage of automatic execution, and unless Zhang Yongcheng and Liu Dingsong nod at the same time, the state cannot be lifted. (To be continued.) )