Chapter 9 The Long Road
Regarding the idea of human beings on Earth immigrating to Mars, Ye Qiuli never doubted it at all. This is known only by looking at the probes launched by governments and research institutions on the planet to the surface of Mars or in orbit around Mars.
At this time, not only is Mars itself very different from before, it has become vibrant, and even the outer space of Mars is also very lively, which is full of satellites and probes launched by human beings on Earth, and from time to time there are one or two space planes shuttling between Earth and Mars, even if it takes at least several months to go back and forth, they are also happy to do it.
Obviously, the human beings on Earth are full of interest in Mars, which suddenly has a living environment, and are doing their best to explore at this time, wanting to seize more advantages and lay the foundation for large-scale landings in the future.
Regarding the news that countries around the world are vigorously launching the Mars landing competition, Ye Qiuli has long heard about it, and even in order to learn more about their preparations and stage results, he has also invaded the space agencies of many countries, and I don't know how many large and small cyber hacker wars have been triggered.
Seriously speaking, the reason why the Martian environment can be transformed so successfully in just ten years is that Ye Qiuli has contributed to the things he did at that time, and the efforts of all countries in the world are also indispensable. Ye Qiuli's actions have laid the most solid foundation for the rapid development of Mars, and the various vehicles that frequently travel to and from Mars have not only brought scientific investigators, but also brought other things necessary for the development of Mars.
Without disturbing the researchers stationed on Mars from various countries, Ye Qiuli drove the new "Chitu" spacecraft, observed Mars for several weeks, combined with the terrain and landform environment detected before, remade a full-size three-dimensional map of Mars, took high-resolution photos and videos, and sent them to his own space satellite, so that after they turned back to Huanyu Technology Group, they flew away from Mars again and flew to distant Jupiter.
This time, Ye Qiuli needed to make a short stay on Jupiter to collect as much hydrogen 2 and helium 3 as possible as fuel for the spacecraft, and the fusion reaction raw materials he had originally stored were left in the old "Chitu" spacecraft, and now the new "Chitu" spacecraft only stores fuel that can cross the solar system, and it is still infinitely far away from the requirements of flying four or five light-years into space.
Jupiter is the largest gaseous planet in the solar system, the mass is 318 times that of the earth, the whole body is composed of 90% hydrogen and 10% helium and other trace substances, Ye Qiuli needs hydrogen 2, helium 3 elements on Jupiter The reserves are very rich, only need to go a little deeper from its surface to collect a large number of places, more convenient than extracting similar substances in the lunar soil.
After spending most of the day and collecting enough hydrogen 2 and helium 3 elements from Jupiter, Ye Qiuli put a special moon in its orbit to maintain contact with the earth, and then reluctantly left it and continued to fly towards the outer reaches of the solar system.
After appreciating the strange scenery of Jupiter, Ye Qiuli drove a spaceship to Saturn, saw the gorgeous rings of Saturn, and then flew to Uranus and Neptune, and looked at the two outermost planets in the solar system. As for Pluto, which has been removed from the planetary system of the solar system, of course he did not miss it, but this tragic planet does not seem to be anything special, and it does not arouse his interest in the slightest.
Flying past Pluto, Ye Qiuli officially entered the outer region of the solar system, the Kuiper Belt, which is home to the famous Halley's Comet. Among them, although Ye Qiuli did not see the famous Halley's Comet, he still found that there were many other comets dragging their long tails across the starry sky.
Beyond the Kuiper Belt, and further out, it is basically out of the solar system in the traditional sense, and although the influence of the sun is still there, it is not as obvious as before. As for Ye Qiuli, he really left the earth at this time, broke away from the protection of the solar system, stepped into the vast cosmic space, and completely embarked on a difficult exploration journey with an unknown future.
After wandering around the outer solar system for a few moments, putting down the second special satellite to maintain contact with the Earth, Ye Qiuli quickly turned on all the reactors installed on the new "Chitu" spacecraft, increased its speed to a maximum of 50% of the speed of light, and flew straight towards the Alpha Centauri star system 4 or 5 light years away according to the star icon drawn by Lu Yan earlier......
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The long interstellar travel is actually very boring and boring, not at all as exciting as Ye Qiuli imagined at the beginning, but it is very similar to the feeling when he was young when he took the long-distance train that has not yet increased the speed, from the starting station to the final station, it takes 4 or 5 days, except for the excitement when he first got on the train, the more he went back, the more impatient he became, except for sleeping, he couldn't find a way to pass the time, and even if he wanted to sleep, it was very difficult, he was tired of sleeping, and he could only slowly take time to the back!
At this time, Ye Qiuli experienced this impatience again, looking at the fiery red planet that quickly flashed outside the porthole of the spaceship, he had a feeling of drowsiness. It's been more than three years since he flew away from Earth, and this scene can no longer lift his spirits, and he doesn't have the interest of stopping and watching every time he encounters a new planet. Although it is rare to encounter a planet in this empty and lonely space, and each planet along the way has its own strange scenery, but if you see too much of the same thing, you will be aesthetically tired, and there will be no excitement.
With personal experience, Ye Qiuli can finally understand why geoscientists would include psychological problems as a major problem in exploring outer space. It turned out that the danger hidden in the long-term loneliness and loneliness was not much weaker than the treacherous space environment, and with the strong heart of his cultivator, he was a little uncomfortable, not to mention the ordinary people whose psychological state was worse than that of the boss.
Being in such an empty and deserted cosmic environment, and the lack of communication with the outside world, is indeed unbearable, and people who are not strong enough in their psychological quality may indeed be driven crazy by this! Take Ye Qiuli himself as an example, although there are many Xiuzhen jade slips in his hands waiting for him to read and study, which can be used to pass the long time, but not communicating with others for a long time still makes him feel very depressed, and his mood is inevitably a little impatient.
This is not a retreat cultivation, cultivators are completely immersed in the breakthrough of the realm when they are in retreat and cultivation, but they will not feel the passage of time, and ten or eight years will not mean anything to them. However, Ye Qiuli was in a different state of long-distance interstellar travel at the moment, in this dangerous space flight, it was impossible for him to enter the cultivation state even if he wanted to, the conditions simply did not allow it. In the process, he is actually in a state of wakefulness and loneliness most of the time, in that case, not only will he not be numb to the passage of time, but will be more sensitive.
Although along the way, Ye Qiuli would often release special satellites stored in the Flowing Cloud Immortal Ring to maintain contact with the earth, but he had already cut off substantial contact with the earth. After all, with the maximum flight speed of 50% of the speed of light of the "Chitu" spacecraft, it can already fly a distance of 1.5 light years in three years, and even if he stops and stops and does not fly the maximum distance, it is at least 1 light year away from the earth.
With such a long distance, at the speed at which electromagnetic waves transmit information, it would take more than two years for information to go back and forth after connecting with the Earth, even if a specially made satellite is used to relay it. The delay is as huge as this, and the real-time contact is actually of little significance at all, Ye Qiuli is to send a message to the earth every once in a while that he is still safe, and from the returned information, he understands some major events that happened on the earth a year or two ago, so as to make some adjustments to his boring interstellar travel, and he did not spend too much thought on it.
"Report, the distance from the previous satellite has reached 0.2 light years, will a new satellite be released?" Just when Ye Qiuli was drowsy and low in energy due to the dull and boring space flight, the central brain of the "Red Rabbit" spacecraft suddenly sent out a crisp inquiry to him.
This is a setting made by Ye Qiuli after leaving the solar system, and every 0.2 light years, a special satellite strengthened by refining means is dropped as an information relay device to maintain contact with the earth. When all the 100 satellites he stored in the Flowing Cloud Immortal Ring are released, this information coverage network can probably last for a distance of more than ten light years, and it can definitely circle the solar system to the Alpha Centauri star system.
"Agree to release...... Counting the two satellites in the solar system, this is already the eighth special satellite to be launched, right?How far are we from the solar system now?" After giving the order to agree, Ye Qiuli asked by the way about the specific number of satellites that had been released.
"Yes, this is the eighth moon that will be released, and we have reached the depths of the universe 1.2 light-years away from the solar system. Hearing Ye Qiuli's question, the central brain of the "Red Rabbit" spacecraft immediately gave a clear answer.
"Well, got it. After determining the detailed distance from the solar system, Ye Qiuli nodded slightly and continued: "Mark the position of this satellite in the star map, and then continue to move forward according to the original course!"
After giving the order, Ye Qiuli no longer paid attention to how the "Red Rabbit" spaceship operated, and instead focused all his attention on the detailed star map that the spaceship's Zhi Brain had just marked.
The reason why he decided to release a special satellite every other distance after flying out of the solar system was not only to maintain smooth contact with the earth, but also to point out the direction of progress in the vast universe, and to judge the specific direction of his own location, so as to ensure that after he was lost, he could quickly find the path back and return to the earth to start over.