Chapter 58: The Orbital Race

The Alliance Star is the busiest planet in the Human Alliance, but it is rare to see aircraft in the planet's atmosphere transporting and flying between places, most of them are just spacecraft that transport people and cargo to the planet's orbit, and there are also privately operated amusement planes. The air control is very strict because there are so many aircraft that it will be a disaster if everyone flies.

And what about the ground? There are still very few transportation arteries that can be seen, and most of the places on the planet are forested, green, lakes, mountains, rivers and seas and other natural landscapes, where are human activities?

Beneath this harmonious and tranquil surface, the true pulse of human development is surging.

The entire underground of the Alliance Star is full of traffic tunnels, people pass underground, warehouses are set up underground to store materials, and even people are still living thousands of meters underground. The Alliance no longer mines minerals and does not set up heavy factories on the planet, but a prosperous society is reflected in the flow of people, and the more activities between humans, the faster the society develops.

The huge underground transportation network is divided into three parts, the shallow urban subway allows people to easily travel through the city, the human city is extremely huge, and it is very troublesome to want the traffic not to be congested, so the urban subway is opened. The underground traffic efficiency is much higher than that of the ground, the aircraft in the city is not allowed to fly at low altitude, there are many tall buildings, which is a huge hidden danger, and the ground transportation network is only a plane, but the underground transportation network is three-dimensional.

The intercity transportation network is less than 500 meters down, and in fact the underground traffic is much faster than the ground level.

The intercity transportation network goes down to a kilometer, and there is the freight transportation network, and the dense tunnels are hidden deep under the Alliance Star.

All these transportation networks are divided into public transport tracks and private running tracks, so the transportation network must be three-dimensional, monitored by a huge operating system, and much safer and more efficient than on the ground, after all, everyone is not running on the same plane, and the underground rail car can reach the speed of an aircraft.

And looking down from the air, none of this can be seen.

Qinguan will go down to the second layer of the intercity transportation network today, and take the intercity subway to another city, and the public subway will go through a closed vacuum tunnel, and the speed can exceed a thousand miles per hour at the fastest. Looking at the underground traffic monitoring personnel, he compared them in his heart, at first glance, these people were worse than the staff of the interstellar train, and the staff of the interstellar train could still see the stars of the universe, they were simply buried underground.

But things can't be simply compared with one or two aspects, after all, these people work on the planet, and they can go to the ground at any time after work and shifts, and the interstellar train is much more painful, and in serious cases, it will not touch the ground for more than two years.

He mixed in the flow of people, and there were a lot of people going to Songzhou today, because the traditional vehicle orbit race started today, and the participating groups were gathered there, and then went up to the space station from Songzhou to prepare for the competition, in order to ensure fairness, the referee team began to control the contestants throughout the process from here.

Songzhou got its name because it was a pine forest when it was founded more than 1,000 years ago, and now it has become a huge city, because it is not far from the capital, so many people and goods who are not allowed to come in are transiting there, and the city will be big in the long run.

Soon, without waiting for a few news items, the subway arrived, and Qin Guan followed the people from the intercity to the subway on the city road, and came to the starting point of the game - Songzhou Aerospace Airport.

No one paid attention to him, and although his photos were distributed everywhere, there were many people who resembled him, and few people dared to recognize him if he changed his hairstyle and wore a hat, unless he was an acquaintance. Moreover, he is now using another security ID card, which was prepared for him by the chairman of the alliance, at least not from being suspected by the surveillance system. …,

A high platform is arched over the skyfield, and the participating teams come out to the cheers of the audience, and then they will rush to the starting point of the space station. Everyone had supporting teams and idols who were cheering feverishly, Qin Guan looked around coldly, and then walked around the display platform and straight towards the air and space transport plane that the participating teams were riding.

This orbital race is also known as the traditional standard individual aircraft orbital race, in which a single-seat vehicle is competed, but it must be supported by a group to participate in the competition, and the aircraft uses a rocket engine in a strange way, which is both traditional and standard. Tradition refers to the rocket engine, which is a technology of human beings more than 1,000 years ago, and the combustion agent oxidizer is poured into the combustion chamber, emitting a huge amount of heat to eject gas to propel the aircraft.

Since it is a standard, of course, there are restrictions on the participating aircraft, limiting the size of the combustion chamber and limiting the fuel tank.

This event has been inherited for more than 1,000 years and is a nostalgia for human history, but it has developed to this day is no longer comparable to the past, even if a rocket engine is used, its power efficiency is much better than the previous one. The rapid development of materials technology and aerospace technology is all being used upwards, and various consortia are also competing with each other, and this performance will win them great fame.

As soon as he got close to the transport plane, a staff member stopped Qin Guan.

"What are you doing?"

This is also a war, a war between the participating groups, what if there is an opponent to sabotage?

Qin Guan smiled at him and said, "I'm a crew member, and I'm sending them to orbit." ”

The sturdy staff stretched out his hand, Qin Guan handed him the pass that was ready, and the staff scanned it with the accompanying computer on his wrist, and found that this pass did not show Qin Guan's identity, but it had a high military authority, could it be that the military sent someone to assist?

He decided not to pursue Qin Guan's identity anymore, after all, the authority was there, Qin Guan had the power to pass, he was not like inquiring about the military's news, just engaging in a traditional competition, so as not to offend the military.

"Please come over." He still has a serious expression on his face to show that he is responsible.

Qin Guan happily stepped onto the transport plane and hid next to the cargo hold.

The contestants finished the show, followed the team all on the transport plane, and the audience took the passenger plane to the rail station, this competition has a track, with the rail station as a mark, the audience can watch the game on the rail station, although they can't see the whole process, you can also feel the excitement of the players when they pass the rail station at high speed, and there is live TV and live broadcast.

"All the contestants, get ready now." The referee team followed, "Everyone gets on their own orbital plane, from now until the end of the race, you will spend time in the cockpit, each of you will be equipped with a navigator, they will give you tips on the track and shoulder some of the referee's responsibilities, this arrangement is random, arranged by the referee team by lottery." ”

The contestants rushed into the warehouse, where their "fighters" were placed, and all the preparations were made, and they were not allowed to go down after a while. Even if they have a "convenient" system installed, they don't want to waste this time in the intense and tense competition, wait a minute, they have to pay full attention to the three hundred circles of the alliance star.

One player estimated that he ate a little too much, and he was left behind when he went to the toilet.

"Wait for me, there's still a ......"

Before he could go in, someone came up to him on the back of the head, and then he fainted in front of his eyes.

……

The contestants have special protective suits with a small life-sustaining system, water to drink, a little food to eat, and a few urine excretions. However, it is not much, and this is the most simplified protective clothing, because it is necessary to lose weight, and it is necessary to think about outperforming the opponent in every detail, so even the number of times to urinate is limited. …,

Opening the protective suit, Qin Guan took a general look at the information, and then boarded the No. 5 machine.

This is also a two-seater cockpit in parallel, in fact, it can fly with a single seat, and the track is marked in the system, but it is customary to follow a navigator, one can remind the driver, and the other can play the role of supervision, these days, once you lose the monitoring, you will cheat.

Entering the cockpit, Qin Guan saw a young girl in the passenger seat.

"Oh, woman?" He was a little strange, do you know that the race schedule is very intense, and the girl can stand it?

"Every navigator has a weight limit, just to not burden you, most of them are girls." The girl glanced at Qin Guan, and suddenly wondered: "Who are you, I have seen the players of Anda Company, not you." ”

Qin Guan was stunned and said with a smile: "He can't come with diarrhea, I'm a backup." ”

"So coincidentally?" The girl leaned back in frustration and said, "That's miserable, I'm sure I'll lose to them." ”

"This ...... You don't seem to be winning or losing. Qin Guan reminded her, "This is not your game, take it easy." ”

"You know what, several of our leading sisters have bet, and if the ranking is too low, I will lose badly."

"Well, that's really hurting you."

Qin Guan sincerely felt sorry, "But you seem to be a member of the referee team, and you are involved in gambling...... Isn't that okay? ”

The girl said coldly: "You care so much, I am only responsible for supervision, and I can't exercise the power of adjudication." ”

"That's not right, how can a pretty girl be involved in gambling." Qin Guan spoke earnestly.

"Forget it, I don't have much hope anyway, don't talk about you, I'm not optimistic about the one you are choosing." The little girl turned her head to look around the cabin, and sighed faintly: "Today will be my idol's tenth championship, but I am close to him, it seems that my luck is really bad." ”

"You're really unlucky this time, but who is your idol?" Qin Guan asked curiously.

"Winning the championship for the 10th time! I've given you such a big hint, and you still don't know the way? The little girl looked at Qin Guan, looking like she hated iron but not steel, as if she was looking at a bad boy who didn't learn and didn't know how to be idle.

"This ...... I didn't pay much attention to it before, I was training behind closed doors. Qin Guan had no choice but to laugh, is this common sense?

The girl sighed again and said, "Sit well, don't quit halfway through the race for a while, so that I already have a good face." ”

Qin Guan is inexplicable, this is my competition, does it have a lot to do with whether you have face or not?

No, it doesn't seem like it's my game......