Hara Naichen and Durunik walked into the control center.

The control center is constantly issuing various operating instructions and receiving relevant feedback information.

"The Earth's Eye has entered the predetermined orbit and start the equipment self-test."

"The laser emitter has been charged and the device self-test is started."

"The simulation work of the two sets of light sails of the Earth's Eyes was successfully completed."

"The Earth's Pupil and Laser Emitter Linkage System run smoothly."

"Everyone, are you all ready?" Yuan Shichen asked with a serious expression.

"The preparations have been completed. I'm just waiting to enter the scheduled launch track." Operators from various positions replied.

"Okay, let the computer system perform another simulation and complete the self-test to ensure that everything is foolproof." Yuan Shichen continued to explain.

"Listen to your command!"

On the giant screen in the center of the command hall, there is a picture transmitted back from the space station and the Earth's pupil in real time.

Yuan Shichen stared at the screen without blinking his eyes, and the senior executives of other bases were also sitting in their seats without saying a word, quietly waiting for the arrival of that critical moment.

Time passes by every second, and the giant screen is counting down for launch time.

The computer system has calculated the angle and direction of accelerating the Earth's Pupil in advance to ensure that it can go straight to the Centaur Alpha Star System along the most accurate flight route.

As the saying goes, a good start is half the success, which is even more important for the Earth's Eyes.

If its initial flight route deviation is too large, it will be difficult for it to use the fine-tuning function of the light sail to correct the flight route during the entire flight, resulting in the fact that it will never be able to reach the Centaur Alpha Star System.

In addition, during the entire flight, every collision with particles in the universe will cause a slight change in the direction of the flight.

Although theoretically, the probability of impact from either direction is equal, over time, the real flight direction of the spacecraft will infinitely approach the designed flight direction.

Although the impact of particles does not change the direction of the spacecraft under this ideal state, if you let these subtle effects be ignored, you may regret that you will lose a thousand miles. After all, the 4.2 light-year journey is too long, and it is difficult to guarantee that something will happen on the road.

"The first set of light sails of Earth's Eyes has been unfolded."

The operator begins to broadcast the launch process in an orderly manner.

"The laser emitter is ready to enter the launch countdown."

“10,9,8,7,61, Start!”

Suddenly, a high-frequency tremor appeared in the video sent back from the space station.

Because the sound of the universe cannot be transmitted, the picture is silent, but looking at the scene in front of you still makes people feel tightened.

Yuan Naichen knew that the laser transmitter had been started.

If you stand in the distant universe at this time, you can clearly see that a stream of extremely powerful and vigorously bright pure light burst out from the laser emitter and accurately shines on the light sail of the Earth's pupil.

The moment he received the high-energy laser beam, the earth's pupil seemed to turn into a dazzling ray of light, and instantly disappeared from the spot and flew to the distant horizon.

According to the plan, a powerful laser beam will quickly accelerate the Earth's pupil to its maximum speed in a few dozen minutes.

"The Earth's Eyes Flying Normally, the Light Sail Works smoothly, and is continuing to accelerate.!"

The command center received the test results of staff on the flight status of the Earth's Pupil, and the latest data were constantly updated on the central large screen.

"Huh~"

Yuan Shichen finally let out a long sigh in his heart.

Because in the last second, a sentence was still floating in Yuan Shichen's head - "While talking and laughing, the masts and oars were destroyed in ashes!"

After all, a laser beam with such powerful energy shines on the light sail.

Although the light sail has been designed to have a reflectivity of 99.999999% (there is no mirror surface with 100% reflection in the world), this means that one hundred millionth of light will still be absorbed by the light sail, and one hundred millionth of it sounds small, the energy it contains is indeed extremely large for such a powerful laser beam.

If it were the nanospacecraft in the "Breakthrough Star Camera" plan of Mr. Hawking would have been heated to more than tens of thousands of degrees, and the masts and oars were eventually wiped out!

Although the launching team had conducted a laser beam irradiation experiment before, when it was really time to launch, everyone's experience was naturally completely different.

It is obvious that even the bosses who were supervising the formation in the command center instantly felt much more comfortable after hearing the news of normal operation.

"The Earth's Eye Flying Normally, It is Continuously Accelerating, Currently Speed ​​is 10.2% of the Speed ​​of Light."

It seems that with the help of alien super technology, the most difficult light source technology of laser sails, the acceleration process of Earth's pupil is much smoother than that of Mr. Hawking's nano-aircraft.

"The Earth's Eye Flying Normally, It is Continuously Accelerating, Currently Speed ​​is 30.4% of the Speed ​​of Light."

Five minutes passed, and like everyone else, Yuan Shichen was focused on the data that was constantly jumping on the screen.

"The Earth's Eye Flying Normally, It is Continuously Accelerating, Currently Speed ​​is 55.2% of the Speed ​​of Light."

"The Earth's Pupil is continuing to accelerate, and its current speed is 65.3% of the speed of light." After 15 minutes, the acceleration process of the Earth's Pupil begins to slow down significantly.

"According to the plan, the maximum working time limit for the laser emitter currently has is 25 to 27 minutes." Yuan Shichen frowned and began to calculate quickly in his heart.

All the staff in the command center, whose spirit had just calmed down, became tense again.

According to relativity, objects can approach but cannot reach the speed of light.

The greater the speed of the Earth's Pupil, the greater its mass will become. Therefore, the later it is, the more difficult it will be to accelerate.

"It is continuing to accelerate, and the current speed is 73.6% of the speed of light." 20 minutes have passed, and the acceleration of the Earth's Eye is much more difficult than imagined.

"The Earth's Pupil is currently at 82.1% of the speed of light. The laser emitter will stop working after 2 two minutes."

At this last moment, except for the heavy breathing of the crowd in the entire command hall, all the instruments could be heard.
Chapter completed!