The legend of Tiga

Chapter 2171 Earth Changes

"Unit 16, cleared to depart!"

"Understood. Unit 16, let's go!"

As the command from the flight control center was issued, Fudojian released the "brakes", and the Victory Condor assigned to the Space Adventure Team with the hull number 16 rushed out of the takeoff cabin with the door wide open like an arrow from a bow. The speed was so fast that the blue flame released from the main nozzle at the tail pulled out a long tail behind the Victory Condor, leaving a brilliant stream of light in the dark universe.

Accelerate, accelerate, and continue to accelerate.

The engine was roaring and releasing countless particle streams, pushing the Victory Eagle forward continuously. In just a short while, the speed of the Victory Eagle had exceeded Mach 100.

This speed is absolutely unbelievable on Earth, and it requires extremely high-tech materials to achieve such a fast flight speed.

But if converted into a more intuitive speed, it is 34 kilometers per second, which is just one ten-thousandth of the speed of light. It would take 50,000 years to fly to Proxima Centauri at this speed.

This is the horror of the cosmic scale. It is an extremely fast speed on Earth, but it is completely insignificant in the universe.

Take the asteroid belt, the destination of this trip, for example. The average distance from Mars is 75 million kilometers. If this speed is maintained throughout the entire journey, it will take 2.2 million seconds, or 612 hours, or nearly 26 days.

Is this fast?
This is why the Max power system is considered the foundation of mankind's journey into the universe, and why its inventor, Dr. Yaoi, is even alive and well and is written into history textbooks and hung in campus corridors.

Without the Max propulsion system, humans can no longer advance the New Frontier Project and build a Mariner Valley base on Mars. They can probably only conduct experiments on immigration to other planets on the moon. If they go any further, they will not be able to bear it.

After all, with the transportation speed and cost measured in years, at most we can send a few people to Mars to conduct scientific experiments, but it is impossible to carry out large-scale immigration.

"Neomax power system, activation in thirty seconds."

The operator in the front seat must follow the flight manual's requirements and speak out loud for every step of the operation, with his eyes, hands and mouth all in action. It cannot be ignored just because he is familiar with it.

The reason why we first use the ordinary engine to accelerate and then start the Neomax power system is because we need to fly beyond the Roche limit of the planet.

This is because according to the special theory of relativity, when the speed of an object increases, its mass will also increase. The reason why there is no intuitive feeling on the earth is that the increase in mass can only be significantly reflected when moving at high speed.

The speed on Earth, even the fastest missile, is insignificant compared to the speed of the universe and cannot be called high-speed movement at all.

For example, the fastest missile flying in the atmosphere is Mach 50, which is only 17 kilometers per second, while the Earth's orbital speed around the sun is as high as 30 kilometers, equivalent to Mach 88; the speed of the sun in the universe is about 230 kilometers per second, nearly Mach 700; the Milky Way, which is attracted by a giant attractor in the direction of Centaurus, is approaching it at a speed of 600 kilometers per second, equivalent to Mach 1,800.

Compared with this, tens of Mach are just a fraction.

The Roche limit is simply that two massive celestial bodies are pulling a tug-of-war with each other using gravity, and whoever can't hold on will be torn apart.

Gravity comes from mass, and mass increases as speed increases.

Therefore, if the Neomax system is activated within the Roche limit of a planet, the mass of the spacecraft will increase due to the surge in speed, and the gravitational force it is subject to will increase accordingly, but the material remains the original material and naturally cannot "pull" the planet, so the only outcome is that it will be torn to pieces.

Although this is theoretical, the fact is that before you accelerate to the level sufficient to be torn apart by the gravitational tides, the body of the aircraft cannot withstand the force and malfunctions, causing the engine to stop. After inspection, it is found that the entire aircraft is almost paralyzed and is not even worth repairing, so it can only be scrapped.

After that experiment, TPC banned the use of the Neomax power system within the range of the planet's gravitational tides, and even prohibited the activation of the Neomax power system in the system to prevent the destruction of the aircraft due to misoperation or other situations. Although TPC has advanced technology, any aircraft that can use the Neomax power system is extremely precious and expensive, and naturally no accidents are allowed.

After the countdown ended, the Neomax power system started, and the billions of stars outside the ship's window instantly turned into long strips, and as time passed, the length became longer and longer. If you look at the Victory Eagle from the outside, you can see that the 480-meter-long Victory Eagle has suddenly stretched ten times its length after the body glowed, and it looks like the clarity has been adjusted from blue light to P, becoming blurry, so that even the hull number cannot be seen clearly.

However, this situation did not last long. The stretching of the machine only lasted for a few seconds before it disappeared. Only a blurry area remained in its place, and then it gradually became clear.

Chiba Makoto and Fudo Ken, who were in the middle of it, saw long strips of starlight with irregular curves, just like the time-lapse photography on Earth.

The reason for such a strange scene is directly related to the fact that they are moving at 12.5% ​​of the speed of light. However, because the speed of light has not been reached, all the light coming from all directions has not reached the level of relative stillness. Otherwise, the direction of travel can only be determined by redshift and blueshift.

However, although humans have not yet reached the speed of light, and it is still unknown when they will reach the speed of light, humans have never stopped researching communications and route observations at the speed of light. Even though no effective results have been produced until now, support from various resources and funds has never been interrupted.

The reason was naturally related to the disappearance of the bird and the horse. Although the experimental data was lost due to the disappearance of Plasma Baishi, it was impossible to prove that the experiment really reached or even exceeded the speed of light, but this was only a rigorous scientific definition. In fact, everyone knew that the experiment was actually successful. The reason for stopping was that the method of losing a fighter and a pilot for each flight was unsustainable even for a big family. In addition, at that time, TPC did not have enough funds or resources to support two extremely costly flight methods, so it could only choose the relatively safe Max propulsion system.

But making a choice does not mean abandoning the other. Over the years, related research on Zero Drive has been ongoing, including in the areas of safety and communications, with continuous investment.

It's just that there are no effective results yet.

"It is expected to arrive at the asteroid belt in thirty minutes."

The immobile key in front announced the time given by the timer.

"Ok!"

Chiba Makoto nodded slightly. It was already very fast, and that was because there were no massive stars in the asteroid belt. Otherwise, it would have been necessary to slow down in advance to avoid running into the gravitational tidal field and being torn to pieces.

This waiting period is very boring. The autonomous driving takes over most of the work, and only a few tasks require the pilot to make decisions. Therefore, it is enough to just keep an eye on the key data. The extra energy will naturally make you want to chat.

"Captain, who do you think did it?"

To push such a large asteroid, even TPC needs to make good arrangements and careful calculations. It needs to drill holes, drive piles, harden multiple areas, and install super-powerful engines on it. After everything is ready, it will take a long time to accelerate it little by little under the precise calculation of the main computer to push the asteroid away from its original orbit. However, the information collected by deep space satellites shows that this asteroid has completed the orbit change and acceleration in a very short time, which is definitely not something that humans can do at present. So the only options left are aliens or monsters.

But everyone tends to think that it was an alien. After all, a monster would weigh no more than tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of tons, but this asteroid weighs billions of tons. For a monster to push this asteroid is as outrageous as a human lifting an elephant.

Therefore, from a technological point of view, everyone is more inclined to believe that it was done by technologically advanced aliens.

This is also the reason why TPC did not hesitate to send the Super Victory Team here.

It is not only to blow up this asteroid, but also to search whether there are other asteroids in the asteroid belt that have been tampered with by aliens.

If we put ourselves in other people's shoes, if it were human beings, the simplest and most convenient way to destroy a civilization would indeed be to use an asteroid impact. An asteroid can explode with enough power to destroy the earth's surface.

And since we can push an asteroid, it will not be difficult to tamper with more asteroids. This is the charm of technology - mass production!
As long as one is made, it is only a matter of time to make the hundredth and the ten thousandth.

"It should be a monster!"

Qianye Cheng looked at the magnificent scene outside the window and whispered, there was no reason, just a mysterious feeling.

This is also the inertia of the Ohten. Ninety percent of the incidents are caused by monsters. Even if aliens are involved, they often just show up or even just have a name.

Although it is scientifically very difficult to push a trillion-ton asteroid, the monster is unscientific and cannot be judged by common sense.

"Another monster!"

Fudo Ken sighed. Even though it had been ten years, everyone still hated monsters and couldn't get used to them at all.

"I really hope the cleaning plan can start as soon as possible." Fudo Ken said in a hopeful tone.

Chiba Makoto smiled and did not respond, but cast his gaze to the front right. Far away there, a huge man-made object with its limbs "stretched" was being tested, and there was a huge paint on it: NF-3000!

It was TPC's war fortress, Kulak's call sign.

"Clean up, is that all?"

Chiba Makoto said in a barely audible voice, he knew about this plan. Since the launch of the New Territory Project, human activities in the solar system have become more frequent, and the understanding of the solar system has become more and more. Only then did they discover that in the solar system that humans originally thought to be "empty", there are actually many cosmic insects living and surviving.

They vary in size, and most of them are in the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud beyond it, but occasionally they cross the orbit of Pluto. A few years ago, the Pluto space station was attacked by an "out-of-bounds" cosmic insect and suffered heavy losses.

It is precisely because space insects have repeatedly attacked TPC's facilities and spacecraft, causing huge losses to mankind and seriously threatening human exploration activities and transportation safety.

After all, although we now have the Max power system, the transportation cost has only been reduced, not eliminated, and it still follows the principle that the longer the distance, the higher the cost, and most of the ships attacked by space insects are heading to the orbits of Pluto and Neptune.

All the ships that can reach this place are of great cost and expense. The loss of each one is very painful, and even a single damage will delay the progress of human exploration.

Therefore, TPC, unable to bear it any longer, planned to launch a large-scale annihilation war against the cosmic insects in the solar system, so as to bring peace and stability to the inner solar system for a period of time.

The reason why it takes a period of time is that unless we travel billions of miles to the Kuiper Belt or even the Oort Cloud to eradicate the cosmic insects, otherwise, after eliminating these cosmic insects, new cosmic insects will slowly enter the inner solar system from outside Pluto.

However, human technology is advancing with each passing day. Even if there is only a period of stability, humans can achieve considerable development. As long as we can gain a foothold on Pluto, Pluto can be included in the range of human activities, thus laying the foundation for advancing into the Kuiper Belt.

The lead ship for this plan was the Kulak Call Sign, and it was precisely because of the wait for the completion of the Kulak Call Sign that it has not been implemented until now.

But with the commissioning of the Kulak call sign, preparations for this plan have probably already begun.

"Another big battle."

Chiba Makoto sighed in his heart, but his mind couldn't help but emerge the battle to annihilate the Lightning Man eight years ago, in which the Atlantis was the main force.

Also because the Lightning People had repeatedly harassed human aircraft, causing huge losses to human aerospace, there was a war to annihilate the Lightning People, which was actually a fight for living space.

And now, the same reasons, the same causes, the same war.

As expected, history is a cycle of reincarnation, and the history of human development is a history of expansion. Starting from the Great Rift Valley in Africa, it gradually spread to the world by fighting against nature and beasts, and then fighting against itself.

Now, the stage has simply been changed to a wider universe, but the struggle remains unchanged.

"Reach the designated location immediately and shut down the Neomax engine in thirty seconds."

Fudo Ken's voice woke Chiba Makoto from his daze. Looking up, he saw that the earth had expanded to the size of a chess piece, and three obvious flames appeared in front of him on the right.

With the help of this bright ball of light, one can clearly see a large amount of debris scattered around, which was caused by the explosion of the three missiles.

(End of this chapter)