interstellar involution king

Chapter 2

A person.

Floating alone.

Surrounded by a deep and dark void, there is no point of support for the body, and there are almost no signs to distinguish the direction

Objects, up, down, left, and right have become almost meaningless, and time seems to stop passing.

Just imagining such a situation makes one's heart chill, let alone drifting all the way to Nanshan Space City, which is 3000 million kilometers away.

3000 million kilometers!

The distance between the earth and the moon is only 38 kilometers, and even light takes a full 100 seconds.

What's even more frightening is that Nanshan Space City will not wait for Lin Yuan in place. It revolves around Nanli No. [-] star and is in motion all the time.

When drifting, as long as there is a slight error in the direction, it will eventually lead to a deviation of thousands or even several kilometers.

The terrible thing is that the space rover jet assembly carried by Lin Yuan only provides a maneuvering margin of 10km.

Once it is used up, he will lose his ability to move, be controlled by inertia, and drift all the way to the unknown void of the universe. He will survive in despair until his energy is exhausted, and he will become a drifting mummy.

If it is the original owner of the body, it is absolutely impossible to float to Nanshan Space City with the space suit and a few jet components alone.

But since Lin Yuan dared to resign, he had naturally considered all the risks.

He thought silently: "Hope, calculate the optimal course, and tell me the parameters that need to be adjusted."

"The calculation is being completed. With the Nanli binary star as the reference, adjust the velocity vector according to the following parameters."

The Nanli double star is currently the only reference available.

In the next moment, Lin Yuan saw a large wave of numbers appearing in his field of vision.

He turned his head and glanced at the position of the Nanli double star, stretched out his arms as a measuring scale, made a few gestures back and forth, and made some calculations in his heart, then determined his exact position, and then began to control the 'space rover' 'components, constantly injecting high-pressure gas.

'Chi~~chi~~~chi~~~'

Lin Yuan operated very precisely, trying not to waste any energy.

After his drifting trajectory basically fitted the waterway, he thought to himself: "Hope, monitor my drifting status, and remind me immediately if the waterway deviates by more than one arc second." '

No matter how precise the machine is, there will be errors, let alone the human arm.He estimated that the direction had to be corrected every half hour, which also meant that a little maneuvering energy was consumed every half hour.

"I hope to receive it."

However, it is not safe enough to rely solely on yourself, the space suit is too thin, and the maneuver variable may be exhausted midway.

The best thing is to find a spaceship that happens to be nearby and is willing to rush over to pick him up.

After thinking about it, he turned on the communication system on the space suit, entered the regional public channel, and began to broadcast information repeatedly.

'I'm Lin Yuan, an engine maintenance engineer, with current coordinates (2f818, 9728, 621), and I'm drifting towards Nanshan Space City.If there is a spaceship that needs maintenance services, please feel free to contact me. "

Although all the organ components that are easy to maintain have been removed, the knowledge and work experience are still there, and there is hope for intelligent help. Although the efficiency is not as good as before, the ability is still there.

I believe there will always be someone who needs his ability.

Not long after the broadcast, Captain Wu Gong's voice suddenly came from the communicator: "Lin Yuan, since you have resigned from Lihuo Industry, don't expect to find a serious job in Nanli Starfield. No serious person will hire you."

Lin Yuan's heart moved slightly, and the memory of the original owner of the body emerged again.

"The three major industrial groups don't like employees jumping around. In order to scare the chickens and monkeys, they generally adopt an attitude of killing the resigned employees."

He couldn't help but said, "Captain Wu, why do you have to do such a terrible thing?"

Captain Wu sighed: "I personally don't want to do this, but this is the group's regulations. If you want to blame, blame the group. Of course, no matter whether you hate or complain, it has no effect on the group. Scavengers, this is probably your only way to survive."

"drop!"

Communication is closed.

A few seconds later, Lin Yuan saw a broadcast on the regional public channel.

"Lin Yuan, a former employee of Lihuo Industrial Group. During his work, he was full of bad deeds. After repeated persuasion was ineffective, he was dismissed by the group. From now on, this person has no relationship with Lihuo Industrial Group. People, be careful with this person—the news was released by Lihuo Industry's 'Wandering Poet' hydrogen harvesting ship."

Lin Yuan was speechless: "I'm going, are you really driving me to become a scavenger?"

However, the world is diverse, and there are people of all kinds, but there may not be a Captain Iron who is not afraid of the authority of the Lihuo Group.

Therefore, Lin Yuan continued to broadcast job hunting information on the public channel in a loop.

The communication power of the space suit is very low, and the news he released can only spread to a distance of 50 kilometers nearby. Whether there is a spaceship in this area depends on luck.

If no one came, he would float all the way to Nanshan Space City.

After floating for a while, another yellow alarm popped up on the digital screen inside the spacesuit.

'Caution: Average absorbed radiation dose: 2 mSv per hour (mild hazard!)
"2 mSv per hour. It is equivalent to a CT scan every hour. The intensity is within the acceptable range. My body will not have any major problems for at least half a year."

But the original organs all over the body cannot adapt to life in space after all. When they arrive at Nanshan Space City, they have to find a way to make money to replace their organs.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Then, how to make money. There are too few reference information, let's look at the memory of the original owner of the body first."

He sank into the depths of his consciousness, and carefully browsed the memory of the original owner of his body.

'Eat~sleep~ flirt with female employees.Eat~sleep~routine engine maintenance.Eat~sleep~ flirt with female employees, pay wages, buy gifts for guns'

"It's so monotonous. It's really a talent to be able to persist in flirting for 156 years."

From beginning to end, you can see the end of life at a glance.

But Lin Yuan patiently sift through, and found some valuable information amidst a pile of excrement.

'Technology has been stagnant for nearly a century, and Nanli Starfield has developed to an extreme.In every field of society, as long as it is profitable, there must be a large number of competitors. "

'Lihuo, Qingmu, Heishui, and Nanli Starfield's three major industrial groups control more than 60% of the resources in the Starfield, and they have been the winners in the competition for nearly a hundred years. '

'There are no proto-life planets in the star field, but there are hundreds of space cities, inhabited by nearly 300 billion people.According to the scale, the space city has four levels.From small to large, they are island, city, capital, and land. '

'Organs circulating in the market also have four qualities, which are human, demon, demon, and god.The top-level god-level organ can regenerate a person, ignore the harsh environment of space, and walk in space physically, but the price is also extremely touching. '

Plus, there's a chunk of expertise in engine repair that's also quite valuable, allowing for a quick overview of the technical details of this universe.

For the next time, Lin Yuan kept looking at this piece of professional knowledge. When he was hungry, he took a sip of the protein cyanobacteria in the life kit, and his shit and urine were all absorbed by the space suit. When he was tired, he just closed his eyes and went to sleep.

Soon, the smell in the spacesuit became quite nasty, but it didn't affect health. After smelling it for a long time, it became numb.

In the blink of an eye, 72 hours passed.

He floated nearly 780 million kilometers, which is equivalent to traveling back and forth between the earth and the moon 20 times, but for the universe, it is only a negligible distance.

No objects were encountered on the way, and no spacecraft responded to him, let alone rushed to retrieve him.

As expected, Lin Yuan also clearly felt the huge energy of the Lihuo Industrial Group in the Nanli Star Field.

"It seems that I really can only scavenge in the interstellar world."

There is nothing wrong with picking up waste, even if he can only pick up some junk that others don't want, he can live a good life.

But God seemed to be complaining for him, and about an hour later, there was a noise of "ZiZi~~ZiZi~" in the communication channel.

After a while, a severely distorted voice sounded: "Lin Yuan~ Lin Yuan~ are you still alive?"

Lin Yuan was taken aback: "Is there really someone who dares to come and get me?" '

In memory, if you dare to fight against the three big groups, you will also face the blockade of the three big groups, and the price is not usually high.

He responded immediately: "Are you alive, are you?"

"You look to the left side of your body."

Lin Yuan turned his head to look, and the first thing he entered was the white star Nanli No. 1. The strong light made him squint his eyes, and then he saw a faintly visible small black dot.

The space suit issued a collision warning: "An object is found approaching at high speed, the current distance is 200 kilometers, and the relative speed of the two sides is 20 kilometers."

In space, 200 kilometers is almost the same as face-to-face. At a relative speed of 20 kilometers, they can collide together in only 10 seconds.

After a few seconds, the black spot became so large that it almost blocked all sunlight.

"It's a solar sail!"

The membrane-like silver solar sail has a diameter of more than 1 kilometer, and an astronaut is 'sticky' in front of the sail. No, to be precise, it is the astronaut 'carrying' a large box, and a solar sail is unfolded behind the box!

Lin Yuan was taken aback: "I rely on ~single-handed interstellar flight~ Brave man!"

As the distance between the two sides kept getting closer, the man began to constantly adjust the angle of the solar sail. At the same time, high-pressure gas was constantly ejected from the metal nozzles on both sides of his body, assisting the steering of the solar sail.

About 10 minutes later, the fierce man performed a slow-motion tail-flicking movement in front of Lin Yuan, and stopped steadily at a distance of 1000 meters near Lin Yuan, entering the accompanying flight state at the same speed as him.

"Good technique!" Lin Yuan couldn't help but praise.

10 minutes, purely manual control, almost no energy wasted on the way, is a rare master of solar sail flying.

The astronaut on the opposite side smiled triumphantly, and waved at Lin Yuan again and again: "Boy~~~ You have a tough temper, and you dare to leave halfway."

Lin Yuan's heart moved slightly, and he said with a smile: "Resignation? The radio said that I was fired."

"Heh~~ I know the ways of big industrial groups very well. Even if you make a big mistake, they won't drive you away, they will just take the opportunity to squeeze you."

Later, she introduced herself: "I, Zheng Wan, the former spacecraft communication officer of Qingmu Industrial Group, have left the job for ten years, and now I am a scavenger."

Lin Yuan suddenly realized: "It turns out that we are sympathetic to each other. Then why did you come to see me?"

"I said I feel sorry for you, and I want to see you, do you believe me?"

"Do not believe."

There are quite a few Madonnas among ordinary humans, but there are absolutely no such people among astronauts!
Astronauts are the most respectful, pragmatic, and ruthless group of people who never overflow with compassion.The universe is not a warm and affectionate mother planet of the earth. It never jokes with you. If you make a mistake, you will die immediately!
"Hahaha~~" Zheng Wan laughed.

After laughing, she said solemnly: "Two ways. First, I will give you a ride and take you to Nanshan Space City, but you have to pay me 1000 star crystals, which can be credited, but you have to pay interest."

"What about the second?"

Lin Yuan is not very interested in this road now, his reputation is already bad, and it doesn't make much sense to go to Space City.

Zheng Wan patted the alloy shelf beside her: "Let's cooperate, go to the deserted star and pick up a spaceship!"

(End of this chapter)