Chapter 15 The First Year of Star Voyage
In the era of the home planet, due to the rapid development of science and technology, resources, population, war, political, economic, financial warfare and other factors, various unmanned interstellar vehicles have broken into the unknown vast sea of stars one after another to act as pioneers; In the joint airport in near space, human elites from various countries drove the most advanced star spacecraft to visit and land on other neighboring planets in the galaxy according to a predetermined schedule, and successfully built a permanent scientific research site.
Pulsating fusion engines are already in practical use on the spacecraft of various superpowers and economic complexes, and the principle is to make nuclear fuel into many tiny particles. For these "micro-hydrogen... bomb", heated to extremely high temperatures with a laser or particle beam, causing micro-hydrogen.. The projectile explodes, creating a shock wave and a stream of particles that eject it in a certain direction, creating a reaction thrust.
The Starship ecosystem has entered the third stage of experimentation at the Aeroport. It is not a closed space environment, but open, through nuclear fusion to produce sunlight-like energy to provide energy for the entire ecosystem, and simulate an artificial gravity field, but also embedded in the concept of true ecological architecture, every building material is renewable and recyclable. Advances in synthetic biology and chemistry have made it possible to create the infrastructure of the biosphere, including airflow, soil and water environments. All this is the most adequate preparation that human beings can make for the long and distant age of the interstellar Age of Discovery, which can easily be measured by thousands or hundreds of light years.
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However, plans never keep up with change.
This year is known as the first year of Star Voyage.
This year, the countries were originally happy and festive to usher in the New Year. Carnival, countdown to welcome the new year, food, wine, fireworks, laughter, drums, colorful flags...... Originally, it was all very good.
Deep in the ocean between two continents, off the coast of an island nation, an unprecedented tsunami erupted without warning.
The speed of the tsunami even exceeded 9 kilometers per hour, and it crossed the ocean in both directions in the east and west directions in less than a short hour. The wavelength of this tsunami is recorded to be more than 700 kilometers, and it has been agitating and galloping for thousands of kilometers but the momentum has not decreased; Although the wave height is less than one meter in the vast ocean, when it reaches the shallow water of the coast, the wavelength decreases and the wave height increases sharply, reaching tens of meters, forming a "water wall" containing huge energy. The roaring waves of the ice wall wash away the shoreline every few minutes or tens of minutes, without hesitation.
This is just a prelude!
Such a huge tsunami caused a chain reaction in the earth's crust, and natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and submarine landslides broke out one after another.
At a time when governments are busy with disaster relief, the most powerful blow of this worldwide disaster has been uninvited.
At the north pole of the parent star, there is a large ice ocean surrounded by several continents. Due to climate change and other factors, the sea ice area is decreasing year by year, and huge icebergs can be seen everywhere quietly melting and disintegrating.
And so naturally it happened. Storm surges, icebergs, and ice melt roar down from the northernmost tip of the home planet, all the way south!
In the aftermath of the disaster, in the inland desert of one of the continents, there were even two polar bears lying on icebergs dying.......
Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, storms, and more, especially the endless crests of the waves crashing into the air, creating infrasound! This kind of thing, in the air, can travel at the speed of sound, and in the water it travels even faster, with a recorded peak of 1,713 meters per second.
Infrasound is a sound that the average human cannot hear with both ears, but their destructive power is surprisingly great. When infrasound oscillates at a frequency of about 6 hertz, it can cause fatigue, which then develops from restlessness to instinctive fear. At a frequency of 7 Hz, it can paralyze the heart and nervous system. Intense infrasound waves can make people go from pain to death, and can rupture the hull of a ship and disintegrate an airplane.
However, while the aftermath of the disaster was still raging, and when the countries of the world were working together to provide disaster relief as never before, three interstellar vehicles bearing the flag of the island nation where the disaster began, with the assistance of huge thrusters, broke through the waves from the depths of the ocean that did not stop, went straight into the sky, and skimmed past the United Airport without looking back, and escaped into the starry sky.......
On the same day, in the next two hours, various superpowers and economic consortia launched interstellar vehicles from their own sea areas or inland bases, and the destination was not the United Airport, but the blank future of mankind.
This year is known as the first year of Star Voyage.
This year, there was no grand and flower-filled sailing ceremony at the airport, and there was no proud joint space fleet full of hopes and blessings for mankind.......
This year, no one. The camera captured endless ruins, riots, wars, and even tensions between several superpowers.
This year, what was left to mankind was the endless black of bloodstains, the miserable white candlelight of the ocean. Even the common people already know what the countries are keen to compete for sea power in recent years, and the depths of the sea may not be the home of all kinds of creatures as people think. The ambition and desire of human beings to explore and conquer the starry sky that cannot be detected by man, machine and satellite......
"This year is the first year of Star Aviation. The so-called 'Combined Fleet' that has left its home system has 'triumphantly rendezvous' in front of the first stargate. Through that gate, humanity established the first administrative star, discovered the first prehistoric civilization ruins, and gave birth to humanity's first 'nuclear power'......"
"Thank you very much for your hospitality, Your Excellency, High Priest, I am flattered and at the same time deeply grateful for this foreign guest. But, I thought, isn't it time for our small talk to end? It was a bad old man with a Mediterranean hairstyle, grinning, showing two big gold teeth, very bright.
Opposite the gold tooth, on the edge of the stone table, sat a ...... Hmm, older. He was dressed in a brown linen priest's robe, and was hunched up; The only two dozen or so yellowed hairs left on the top of the head became a weather vane for the gentle breeze outside the temple; There are so many old age spots on the face that it is easy to mistake it for a face at first glance.
Hearing the Golden Fang's words, the High Priest smiled in response, revealing his only three teeth.
"Master Gandalf, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and everyone helps each other as it should be. For the sake of your desire to send back two knives for the 'Quibassia' tribal alliance, you can mention any requirements, as long as they are within the scope of my 'Three Teeth' responsibilities and capabilities. ”
Gandalf the Golden Tooth scratched his chin, looked at the pair of "dentures" that opened and closed in the stone bowl in front of the high priest, and sighed, "Don't dare to say that you want to ask for it, but count it as a request." High Priest of the Three Teeth, can you put the first denture on? To be honest, I didn't know where to look when I was talking to you. ”
The High Priest of the Three Teeth waved his hand to raise the dentures to his mouth and said, "So what? Isn't that better? Hey, Master Gandalf, you don't know...... Our 'Quabasnia' tribal alliance are rough people with big limbs and simple minds, and many of them don't recognize me when I wear dentures. ”
After speaking, the High Priest of the Three Teeth also pointed to his three teeth.
Goldtooth Gandalf rolled his eyes and said jokingly: "You Kuimeng are not completely rough people, at least I know that your temple priests are all thieves and thieves, and every time I deal with you, I must be very energetic." ”
The High Priest of the Three Teeth smiled and shook his head, noncommittal, just took a slow sip of the juice in the stone cup, and then made a gesture of please.
"I'm not a saint either, so it's natural to ask for something to return the two Kui knives." Gandalf the Golden Tooth pointed to a staff placed on the stone table and continued, "I would like to borrow your staff for a look, limited to a pillar of incense. ”
"No way!" The High Priest of the Three Teeth responded quickly and resolutely.
"Right here, right in front of you." Gandalf concretized his request.
Hehe!
This time the high priest didn't even bother to speak, and directly gave a very human response.
"Plus the mech I brought!" Gandalf pouted and began to raise the price.
This price code obviously has a certain absorption power. Sanya frowned, and the teeth on the side of his mouth were also pouting.
"It's still not going to work!" After much thought, Sanya refused.
"I'll build you another demonic mecha of the same level!" Gandalf was so angry that he slapped the stone table and almost shouted: "This is my bottom line!" Lao Tzu, it took me thirteen years to have this one in hand!! ”
"Take it!" The three teeth suddenly became very refreshed, and with a wave of his hand, the staff slid in front of Gandalf.
Hey!
Gandalf took it upon himself at this time: "The Quikin and Mojing that make the mecha are provided by you. ”
"Understandably, yes." Sanya nodded.
"I'm also going to use the cornerstone as a mecha material, it's the 'temple cornerstone'!" Gandalf didn't know where to feel the floss out, and brought the floss into between his teeth, pulling it slowly and methodically.
"I don't know if that's a misunderstanding. Metals are strictly controlled on the list of human transactions with the Kuimeng. After all, we don't produce any metal here other than Quikin. Threetooth slowed down, fixed his scrutinizing gaze on Gandalf's eyes, and continued, "But this is the kind of mecha you're talking about now...... There is no need to rely on imports, all materials are locally sourced, and made by the Kui people themselves? ”