Chapter 33: The Return
When Wei Qingyang said with some heaviness in his heart that he had not found anything, the expressions of everyone above Qingyang Star became a little unnatural, but they still comforted the families of the more than 200 people: "It's normal to have a little error, and there will be news later." ”
"I've been waiting for more than seven years, so what's the point of waiting a few more months?"
The family members of the more than 200 people who were comforted also barely squeezed out a smile and said repeatedly: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll talk about it later." ”
But the heaviness between their eyebrows and eyes can be seen by even the blind.
Time passed slowly in a somewhat tormented wait. They come to the observatory almost every day to ask the staff on duty if they have any news, but every day they are disappointed.
After a few months, they came less often, from every day to once every two or three days. After more than a year, it became only once every ten days and half a month. By the third year, it hadn't been for a long time.
Everyone acquiesced to Feng Yu, they had already been killed.
The universe is too vast, there are too many accidents that may be encountered, and this mission is so difficult, it is too normal for some accidents or something.
During this time, there were no emotional outbursts that were too intense.
It was a little bit of a journey from hopefulness to despair.
At this moment, in the boundless space, Feng Yu is facing the biggest crisis since the start of this mission.
At a speed of 4,000 kilometers per second, the formation to resist the attack of the Gangfeng was destroyed.
It wasn't a mistake or an outside attack, it was an accident.
I don't know why, obviously the speed has not changed, but a month ago, the strength of the wind blown by the artificial star suddenly increased by more than two times, and this time it exceeded the protective limit of the formation. At the critical moment, Feng Yu immediately presided over, narrowed the formation, and made every effort to protect the living area, so as to avoid casualties.
When the intensity of the Gangfeng slowly returned to normal, the protective formations were repaired, and people could go out for activities, they found that more than one million thruster formations had been damaged by the fierce interstellar Gangfeng.
Counting the spare ones, plus the repairs that can be used, the thrust can only be restored to half of the previous one at most.
Even so, it's not a big deal, and at most it's just a late return. But the most important thing is that the three space telescope formations left by Wei Qingyang have also been destroyed.
This is a big problem.
Without accurate positioning and navigation, the artificial star will not be able to adjust its orbit in time, and it will not know when to slow down or change its orbit, which means that it will not be able to return to Qingyang Star.
The disciples looked at the disfigured spatial telescope formation that had been destroyed, and their faces were bitter.
Feng Yu looked resolute and did not hesitate at all, as if this was not a big deal at all.
"The cultivation required for the space telescope formation is too high, and we can't fix it. But let's not forget that we are all familiar with the principle of telescopes. And on this artificial star, all kinds of materials are readily available. We can build one or more telescopes ourselves. ”
Indeed, as Feng Yu said, the principle of the telescope is actually very simple, it is nothing more than the adjustment and combination of some lenses.
A disciple muttered, "The lens accuracy requirements of the space telescope are too high, and we can't make ......."
Feng Yu shouted: "It's a shame that you still went to school for so many years. Patriarch: What is our most important principle? ”
"Yes......"
Everyone looked at each other, each hesitating.
"If you encounter a technology that you haven't mastered, go and study it! How can we master it without research? What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and get to work! ”
"Dry ...... What do you do? ”
Feng Yu waved his hand and threw out a list: "This is a list of technical obstacles to building a telescope with usable space, a total of seven major items, sixteen small items, one project at a time to study and solve!" ”
All the disciples immediately lifted their spirits.
At this time, I am afraid that there is no backbone. With the backbone and the direction of struggle, those fears immediately disappeared.
The abundant material reserves on the artificial star provide a lot of convenience for subsequent research work. Whatever material you want, you can find it all. So under the leadership of Feng Yu, more than 200 disciples were immediately divided into five project groups, plus an action group and a logistics group, and they worked vigorously.
Every evening, Feng Yu would hold a project meeting, where the leaders of each group would get together to inform each other of progress and difficulties, and brainstorm ways to find solutions. After the meeting, except for those who take a break, the rest of the people will immediately return to work.
After three months of such a busy schedule, the first space telescope was finally successfully prototyped. When the observation data was transmitted clearly and accurately, everyone fell into joy.
This telescope is fully usable. Although its performance is somewhat behind that of the Wei Qingyang version, it is enough to be competent for the next navigation and positioning work.
With the successful experience of the first one, the second and third were also successfully built. Thus, the advance of the artificial star is once again on the right track.
In the vast space, more than 200 people are still holding on to this small planet.
Time was still passing rapidly, and one day, above the Qingyang Star, Wei Qingyang suddenly felt that the Heaven Breaking Sword Array fluctuated. He immediately spread his divine sense, and the next moment he found that the sense of contact with certain people, which had been disconnected before, was reconnected.
At the beginning, the disciples who entered the Qingyang Star each pinned a trace of their divine soul in the Heaven Breaking Sword Array. The original purpose was just to better control these people, but now, this mutual induction has played a role that even Wei Qingyang did not expect.
Wei Qingyang's heart instantly gave birth to a trace of joy.
Even he didn't expect that those people would actually come back.
More than a dozen years late, those people finally returned.
At this moment, those people were about 12 billion kilometers away from them, and they were still slowly approaching.
But the direction they approached was not very accurate, and it was not completely aimed at Qingyang Star. After a little calculation, Wei Qingyang calculated that if they continued to sail according to their current course, they would pass by about 1.7 billion kilometers away from Qingyang Star, and gradually drift away.
This distance of 1.7 billion kilometers is the cumulative error of more than 20 years.
Wei Qingyang stood up and flew towards space.
Above the artificial star.
At this moment, many disciples were excited and apprehensive at the same time.
According to the data, Qingyang Star should be nearby. If you look in that direction at the moment, you should already be able to see it.
A total of three telescopes were all engaged in the search for Qingyang Star.
But the end result made everyone's hearts fall to the bottom.
No.
No.
Nothing.
As far as the eye can see, there is nothingness.
Feng Yu said: "Don't worry, it's just an error, we have expected it a long time ago." Look again, you can always find it. ”
At this time, a voice that was both familiar and unfamiliar came into people's ears.
"No need to look for it."
"Huh?"
Everyone reflexively turned around together, and saw Wei Qingyang slowly descending from the air with a smile on his face, and then walked towards everyone step by step.
"Sect Master!"
"Teacher!"
More than two hundred disciples exclaimed at the same time, and then rushed over desperately. In the process, I don't know how many people have red eyes, and I don't know how many people shed tears.
Even Feng Yu, who has always been calm and unhurried at any time, was also flushed with excitement.
More than 20 years of perseverance, more than 20 years of loneliness and loneliness, more than 20 years of interstellar voyages, wandering, and now, it is finally time to end.
Wei Qingyang nodded with a smile: "Leave the rest to me." You guys...... You're all good. ”
"Let's go, let's go home!"
"Go home!"
"Go home!"
At this moment, everyone cheered together.
Under Wei Qingyang's manipulation, this artificial star slowly modified its orbit and slowly approached Qingyang Star, and finally it took several months to dock in the orbit of Qingyang Star.
Both have the same speed and the same heading, and from this moment on, they will hold each other in a gravitational pull. This artificial star has become a satellite of Qingyang Star.
As early as a few months ago, the people on the Qingyang Star had received the news that Feng Yu and others had returned, and they had also brought back more than 10 billion tons of various scarce and urgently needed materials. So in an instant, more than 5,000 people on Qingyang Star fell into a carnival. This is especially true for the families of the more than 200 people.
When Wei Qingyang's divine consciousness wrapped more than two hundred people and descended on the Qingyang Star, on the viewing platform square, everyone came here to greet them, and even the babbling baby was not left behind.
"Our hero is back!"
With Wei Qingyang's solemn announcement, everyone cheered together.
Looking at the cheering crowd, looking at the people who were crying with excitement and hugging each other, Wei Qingyang's heart was also full of joy.
He knew that the obstacles restricting the development of Qingyangxing's science and technology had finally been removed. In the next time, Qingyang Star will usher in a wave of scientific and technological development.
And, with technology as the backing, no matter what the situation is on Proxima Centauri, he has the initiative.
There's a long way to go, and the voyage continues.