Chapter 499, The Mysterious Planet (Part II)
The Warry turned off its engines after a while. In order to prevent the mysterious planet from being surrounded by federal probes. Like a meteorite in space, the Frost Hunter flew towards its destination.
Li De and the others in the spaceship tied themselves to their seats, and several people changed into combat armor and put on helmets, which was to prevent the spacecraft from suddenly losing pressure in case it was hit by a small meteorite. Although Li De said that he had calculated the route and would not hit the asteroid, there were many accidents in the universe, and a meteorite the size of a goose egg from a distance of more than 100,000 kilometers that might not be detected could hit the spacecraft and make the spacecraft deviate from its course. As long as it deviates by one ten-thousandth of a degree, after a distance of hundreds of thousands of kilometers, it will deviate by tens of kilometers.
However, Li De, who has no experience in spaceship piloting, said this, which is obviously not very convincing. Karin expressed her deep suspicions and asked Li De to come up with evidence. But Li De used Eva's calculations, and of course there was no evidence. On the contrary, it was Liona who looked at Li De with an expressionless face, and did not seem to have any doubts.
Karin was nervous all the way, listening to the occasional crackling sound of a small meteorite hitting the spaceship, as nervous as the meteorite hitting her own heart.
"In ten minutes, our ship will be captured by the planet's gravitational field and will make a curved flight around that planet." Li De said in the intercom.
"How's our route?" Karin asked for the twentieth time.
"The visual deviation is no more than two kilometers." Li De looked out the window and said.
"Visually......" Karin broke out in a cold sweat, "Can you be more unreliable?" ”
Li De just felt a little funny, Karin had never been so worried about life and death. Even in the face of the sea of insects, she can not change her face, but now she is nagging like a little daughter-in-law.
Seeing that the black planet in front of him changed from the size of a ping-pong ball to the size of a basketball, and then became the size of the entire window, the Wari spacecraft really crossed an arc in the orbit it almost encountered, and everyone also felt the gravitational pull that had been lost for a long time. It's just that this is caused by centrifugal force.
"No detectors have been found, and the spacecraft is fully functional. The engine is working! Li De said after receiving Eva's report.
Finally, the lights in the cabin came on, and artificial gravity put everyone on the ground again.
"It feels so good." Karin breathed a sigh of relief, "I felt like I was in the hands of someone else for just a few hours, and it was a terrible feeling. ”
Li Degan laughed twice and began to slow down the spaceship, gradually approaching the planet named after James Lee.
"Close probes show that these black clouds contain a large number of ions, which are a variation of the ionosphere in the atmosphere. This layer of black clouds prevents signals from the universe from entering the planets. It also makes it impossible for people on the planet to detect the outside. Li De said as he looked at the detection report he had just received.
"In other words, if our ship hides in the clouds, it won't be detected?" Karin asked. If this is the case, then this time the task is much easier.
"No," Li De denied, "the ionosphere formed by these black clouds has a large amount of electrical discharge, and these lightning bolts are everywhere, and if they enter for a long time, the outer shell of the spacecraft may be penetrated by these lightning bolts." After all, the Wari is just a cargo ship. ”
In fact. Even a battleship would have been punctured through its shell for a few days in such an environment. It's just that the armor of the battleship is relatively thick, and the ability to resist electric shock is strong. A small cargo ship like the Wari can crash them with just a few lightning strikes.
"Shall we fly in then?" Karin asked.
"Nope. We don't know anything about the surface of the planet, and it's easy to fly into it and become a target. ”
"What then?"
"I'm going to speed the ship into the clouds and fly in it. As soon as you get to the bottom of the clouds, the probe signal will be able to get some basic information about the ground. Li De said. Hold the ship's joystick firmly with confidence.
And this action looks even more unreliable to Karin.
Leona and Alice looked at Li De with great trust, as if they trusted him unconditionally.
"And then? How do you plan to get to the planet's surface? Karin continued.
"On such a large planet, it is impossible for the Federation to lock down the entire sky. We look for blind spots in their radars. Then jump straight down in combat armor. Li De said very easily.
"So, we're going to have to leave the ship above the clouds?" Karin asked again.
"yes, what's wrong?"
"So how do we go back? Because of that cloud, we on the ground couldn't control the ship from a distance. ”
"This ......"
"You really haven't thought about it?" Karin looked at Li De in surprise. Then she turned her head to look at Liona and Alice. I saw that the two daughters had serious expressions, saying that even if Li De hadn't considered retreating, they would go with them.
"Is the place we're going to complicated, the Federation may have locked down the entire planet in order to hide this secret. I don't know what to expect, but I hope you ......"
Before Li De's words were finished, Karin knew what he meant. He didn't want to take the risk himself, but could she just watch him do it? Karin looked at Li De very seriously and said, "I will not leave you again." ”
Li De only felt a sour feeling in his heart, but the next second he saw Leona standing behind Karin, and his mood became complicated.
At this time, Eva had already given Li De a feasible plan, which was formulated by Goth, Ciri and Eva together, with Eva's computing power, Goth's experience and Ciri's soul of Jade's cognition, a battle plan made by combining the forces of the three parties.
"Let's start with a stone throwing and ask for directions." Li De said to the third daughter, "Use a probe disguised as a small meteorite to see the situation on the planet." If there is not much danger, decide on the next step. ”
Li De said this, and Karin had no reason to object.
The Warry flew into the black clouds. Outside the ship's window, only gray-black clouds could be seen, and there were snake-like lightning bolts. The Wari was struck by lightning on the hull, causing a jolt in the cabin.
"The cloud is about two kilometers thick, and we need to descend another 1,500 meters and then release the probe." Li De said as he grasped the ship's control stick steadily. The vibrational force from the joystick made his palms numb, but his arms were unusually steady.
A detector the size of a water cup was smashed into a small meteorite block specially made by a 3D printer. When the Wari reached the allotted altitude, the "little meteorite" was dropped from the bottom of the ship's hold.
The meteorite fell quickly, and it first checked the air for radar waves and other detection signals. When it found that there was no detection signal, it launched its own detection methods.
Life detections have shown no signs of life on the planet's surface. Infrasonic detection shows that the surface of the planet is basically an ocean, occupying almost 99 percent of the area, with only a few islands scattered. The humidity of the air reaches 120 percent, and the oxygen content allows people to take off their helmets and breathe directly,......
"Why is there an abundance of oxygen on such a planet, where there are no plants?" Karin looked at the message from the probe in bewilderment.
"Because of these clouds." "The water vapour content in the air reaches 120 percent, and the lightning arc in the clouds can ionize the moisture in the air into oxygen and hydrogen. ”
"So what's next? The planet seems to be a death star. Karin asked.
The so-called Death Star is a collective term for planets without life.
"In that case, we'll land directly on the planet." Leed said he had sensed that the Wari was about to fall apart.
"Seat belts all over the system, we're ready to land!" Li De shouted in the communicator. Although the only four people in the cabin were by his side, this feeling of being a captain still made Li De very happy. (To be continued.) )