interstellar involution king

Chapter 24 Gravity is such a bad boy
Fifteen hours later, there was a small storm in the wild star polar region.

The wind was blowing violently, sand and rocks were flying, and the polar sky was covered. Wherever the field of vision passed, it was all gray, and even the blue fat man in the sky could not be seen.

As a result, the launch plan had to be postponed.

This is nothing more than normal.

On a planet with an atmosphere, there are many factors that interfere with the launch.

Strong gravitational constraints, changeable weather conditions, each of which will increase the launch cost.

Because of this, most humans in the interstellar era do not like to live on a planet with high gravity, even if this planet has an extremely livable living environment.

Because it is too unfree.

Just like a child who has learned to walk, he will not covet the comfort of the crib.

With the storm out, there was nothing to do but wait.

In the rare free time, Lin Yuan, Zheng Wan, and Kitty Mao huddled together in the living cabin for dinner.

The three of them stood around a small square table with a side length of less than 40 centimeters, with a glass of water and a glass of thick high-protein spirulina juice in front of them.

This is lunch for the three of us. In fact, this is what we eat three times a day.

After taking a sip of blue algae juice, Zheng Wan smacked her lips and said, "When I make money, I must buy a nutrition cabinet with multiple flavors."

Lin Yuan nodded in agreement: "This thing is indeed getting harder to swallow."

Although the nutritional content of genetically modified cyanobacteria is comparable to potatoes, and there will be no major problems after eating for more than half a year, but it has a strong fishy smell, and eating too much makes people feel sick.

The kitten drank more than half of the glass in one breath, and then took another sip of clear water, sighed contentedly: "Isn't it delicious?"

The taste of this blue algae is very pure, it doesn't smell like urine at all, it's much more delicious than the blue algae juice she used to eat.

Zheng Wan sighed softly, and couldn't help but patted the kitten's head: "Poor little guy, when we get to Space City, I'll take you to a restaurant for a good meal."

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Since you want to eat a big meal, you can just eat something good and go directly to the original ecological restaurant."

The so-called original ecology is actually synthetic food. The full name is "directed gene breeding technology". For example, if you want to eat foie gras, you can use the goose's genes to directly breed a large piece of foie gras instead of raising a whole goose.

Zheng Wan naturally had no objection: "It's fine. Speaking of which, the last time I ate raw ecological food was 15 years ago."

"Okay, okay!" The kitten's eyes lit up, and it was already looking forward to it.

Linglong, who was locked in the classic machine, couldn't help complaining: "Original food? Is this what you pursue? It's really useless!"

Lin Yuan has already explained Linglong's situation in detail.

After the initial surprise, the two girls quickly got used to this electromagnetic prisoner. Who would be afraid of a 'ghost' living in a classic machine?

Zheng Wan pursed her lips: "I would like to ask you, have you ever eaten raw ecological food?"

"I used to eat it every day."

"Bragging and not drafting! Do you think you are the chairman of Qingmu Group?"

"Forget it if you don't believe me, hum~ I'm going to watch a TV series."

Linglong stopped talking, and the three of them ignored her.

After lunch, Lin Yuan was not idle, and became a temporary tutor, enlightening the basic knowledge for the kitten.

Zheng Wan stayed in the cockpit, continued to be familiar with the performance parameters of the spacecraft, and simulated the launch plan over and over again to ensure that every operation was correct.

She had to be cautious, because the barren star's gravitational pull was too great for Hope.With the engine thrust of Nozomi, it is quite difficult to fly out of the deserted star.

Time passed quickly, and two days later, the storm finally subsided.

Lin Yuan and Zheng Wan each put on their spacesuits, went out of the ship, checked the equipment carefully, and returned to the spaceship after confirming that everything was fine.

When launching, the three have clear responsibilities.

Zheng Wan sat in the driver's seat.

She has the most energy and the strongest body. Even if the external environment is harsh, she can guarantee the accuracy of the operation to the greatest extent.

So, she is the master operator of the spacecraft launch.

Lin Yuan sat in the passenger seat.

He is responsible for monitoring the status of the spacecraft in real time, and in case of unexpected situations, he must provide solutions as soon as possible.

So, he is the navigator of the spaceship.

As for kittens.

She is still young, and her current main task is to learn from Zheng Wan and Lin Yuan.

So, she's an apprentice in spaceship piloting.

According to the scheduled launch plan, the main control module will go into space first, and then guide the cargo module on the ground to launch.Finally, the docking of the two cabins is completed in space.

After sitting down, Zheng Wan checked the status of the spacecraft one by one according to the established steps.

"The fission micro-stack is functioning normally."

"The parameters of the engine are normal."

"The connection of the 3 auxiliary propellant tanks is normal."

"Ionization chamber is working fine"

After confirming that everything was ready, Zheng Wan took a deep breath and started the engine.

'Om~~~~'

The hull shook slightly, and a few seconds later, ion fireworks emitting a faint blue light rushed out from the jet port at the bottom of the spaceship.

The high-speed proton jet swirled the thin air of the barren star, bringing up huge smoke and dust under the spacecraft.

'Hoo~~~~'

Huge howling air flowed into the cabin.

Linglong sensed it and shouted, "Is the spaceship about to take off?"

Zheng Wan and Lin Yuan ignored her, one of them was in charge of the operation, and the other focused on observing the status of the spacecraft, both were very busy.

Only the kitten responded: "It's taking off, don't talk."

Linglong seemed very excited, she stayed alone in the old phone and started talking to herself.

"Ah~ It's been 20 years~ It's been 20 years~ I finally returned to the starry sky again!"

"Ah~~ Xingkong, Xingkong~ I'm back in your arms again."

"Woooo~~ But I'm still a prisoner~~~~~~ When will I be free?"

She seemed to be insane.

Listening to these words, Lin Yuan's heart moved slightly. It seems that this guy is not completely cold-blooded.

But she was still too loud.

"Little cat, turn that old phone to silent mode."

"Ok."

So the world is quiet.

After 3 minutes, the engine is fully warmed up.

Lin Yuan quickly checked the information fed back by each sensor, and raised his hand to make a normal gesture to Zheng Wan: "Start to increase your strength."

Zheng Wan held the pushrod tightly and pushed it forward bit by bit, increasing the output power of the engine gear by gear.

"Go 1 go 2 go 3 go 4!"

"Please note: Engine output is at 60%."

"Please note: In the current state, propellant consumption is extremely high."

The main control brain kept sending reminders, the vibration of the ship became more and more intense, the noise in the cabin was astonishingly loud, and there was an illusion that the spaceship would disintegrate at any time.

Zheng Wan was flustered and turned to look at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan stared at the various data on the main control screen, and raised his hand again to make a gesture of OK.

After all, the main body of Hope is a scrapped spaceship, and it has been severely dropped. Various structural parts are inevitably deformed, and resonance noise is unavoidable.

But everything is within the computational predictions.

Since Lin Yuan said it was fine, Zheng Wan put down most of her worries immediately.

She continued to increase engine power.

"Forward 5!"

Forward 5, the sub-high-end output, the output power reached 75% of the engine limit.

"Rumble~"

Amidst the thunderous roar, this small cube spaceship with a length, width, and height of 10 meters finally overcame the gravity of the barren star with difficulty, and began to lift off slowly.

The ground outside the boat slowly fell, and the scenery on the ground became smaller little by little, and the speed of shrinking became faster and faster~ faster and faster~
About 5 minutes later, the main control brain sent a prompt.

"Relative star speed: 60 meters per second. Acceleration: 0.2. Altitude: 9000 meters,"

"Attention: No. 1 auxiliary propellant tank has 10% remaining!"

After pushing the engine for 5 minutes, the speed of Nozomi was only one-fifth of the speed of sound, while the orbiting speed of Desolate Star was as high as 5 meters per second.

The current speed is far from enough to escape the gravity of the barren star, and must continue to accelerate.

Fortunately, the propellant was well prepared, and three auxiliary propellant tanks were installed externally.

Lin Yuan reminded: "The engine is in good condition. After dropping the No. 1 box, pull it to full power."

"it is good!"

After throwing away the No. 1 auxiliary box, Zheng Wan took a deep breath, held the putter with both hands, and pushed it to the bottom.

"Forward 6!"

"Current acceleration: 0.5, current speed: 75 meters per second." The main control brain displayed the status of the spacecraft in real time.

"Altitude 100001800036000."

"Note: There are 2% remaining in the No. 10 auxiliary box."

The second auxiliary propellant tank was also nearly depleted when the spacecraft reached half the speed of sound.

Zheng Wan saw sweat on her forehead: "There is only one auxiliary tank left, and the propellant is consumed so quickly."

She had the feeling of driving a classic car in a space city. She had already stepped on the full throttle and the engine was roaring violently, but the car just wouldn't go.

She also knew that this was impossible.

Hope is equipped with a deep space engine, which has a very high specific impulse and high energy utilization efficiency, but its thrust is short. It is really suitable for long-distance navigation in deep space.

Lin Yuan was as calm as before: "It's okay, the current situation is much better than expected. The remaining propellant in the last sub-tank is enough for us to enter orbit."

So far, everything is still within the computational predictions.

Looking at the porthole at this time, the land has been left far below by the Hope, and the horizon in the distance shows a clear arc, while the sky has become pitch black. On one side is the increasingly huge blue fat man, on the other It is the deep and boundless starry sky.

Compared to Zheng Wan's anxiety, the kitten did not have any troubles in this regard. Her big eyes looked at the scenery outside the porthole without blinking.

This was her first time in a spaceship, and also the first time she flew off the surface of a huge celestial body.

She clearly felt the depth of the universe, and also clearly felt the enormous power of the spaceship.

In her young heart, the Hope spacecraft was like a god, lifting her frail and ordinary body to the sky, and walking side by side with the stars in the sky.

'I also became a star in the sky. ' A thought flashed through her mind.

On the other side, Lin Yuan was highly concentrated and did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Desolate Star is too small, while Fatty Blue is too huge.

When entering orbit, the gravitational disturbance of Fatty Blue cannot be ignored. To enter orbit correctly, the engine output must be adjusted at any time.

Hope that the intelligent brain is always calculating, and transmits the calculation results to Lin Yuan's consciousness.

Lin Yuan kept reporting the correction parameters.

As soon as he reported it, Zheng Wan corrected it immediately, and the two sides cooperated extremely tacitly.

After 10 minutes, the third sub-box was dropped.

The master control sent a report.

'Current speed: 678 meters per second.Current altitude: 300km. '

'Activating the ship's internal propellants. '

Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief: "The kinetic energy and height are almost enough, let's enter the economic promotion mode."

Zheng Wan immediately adjusted the engine output.

At this time, the Nozomi has arrived in space, and the surrounding area is almost vacuum.

The small cube slid forward soundlessly, and the jet nozzles all over its body occasionally spewed out some light blue proton streams.At this time, the flight attitude of Nozomi will change accordingly.

Unlike being overwhelmed when it got rid of gravity, the Hope at this time has become very light, like a fish returning to the sea.

As they flew, the three people in the cabin felt their bodies float up slightly, and the gravitational force of the desolate star that had been acting on them all the time before disappeared.

The spacecraft successfully entered orbit and entered a state of weightlessness.

The master control sent a report.

"Attention: 78% of propellant remaining"

"The current altitude is 4000km, the speed is 237 meters per second, and it has successfully entered the deserted star geostationary orbit."

Geostationary orbit, that is, the orbit in which the speed of the spacecraft and the angular velocity of the star's rotation are exactly the same.

At this time, the Hope is like a kite hanging above the equator of the desolate star, motionless relative to the ground of the desolate star.

Lin Yuan leaned back on the seat gently, and said with a smile, "The first step, it's a success."

Zheng Wan let out a long breath, and relaxed her high tension, a smile appeared on her face.

"Gravity is such a bad boy."

Lin Yuan shrugged: "Indeed."

This bad boy not only likes to tease, but also likes to hide and hide, refusing to show his true colors to others.

Gravity is the only force that the Red Covenant has not conquered. For 2 years, countless heroes have bowed down for it, and countless geniuses have dreamed of it, but they have never been able to see the true face of gravity.

Even Lin Yuan, whose consciousness has passed through the wormhole, still sees the flowers through the fog, and only sees a corner of the mystery.

Zheng Wan naturally didn't know Lin Yuan's emotion.

After a short break, she said, "Next, launch the cargo bay?"

The cargo hold carries 140 tons of pure water, which is the hope of a better life in the future.

But this thing weighs 150 tons, more than 7 times that of Nozomi, and its thrust source is only 12 small 904 stainless steel pipes.And these things seem to be the product of Lin Yuan's head-slapping.

Although Zheng Wan trusted Lin Yuan very much, before witnessing it with her own eyes, she always felt that this matter was particularly magical.

(End of this chapter)