The Star was not responsible for the modification, it was just installing a separate energy source for the hyperspace engine, and it was completed in just one day.
Subsequently, after two days of debugging and testing, it was ready for use.
For this operation, eight of the twelve mecha brigades that were originally fully loaded on the Star were directly removed. After all, there are still a large number of people and various equipment passing through, so enough space must be made available.
If not for the possible dangers...
The fleet command even wanted to withdraw the remaining four mecha brigades.
"Captain, all personnel have been confirmed to have boarded the ship and are ready to depart."
"Chen Xiaoguang, connect zero-point energy to the hyperspace engine, target the Large Magellanic Cloud, Alpha Star System."
"Yes, Captain!"
The next moment, the Star had rushed into the newly formed hyperspace window and disappeared.
At a distance of 160,000 light years, even today's technology cannot accurately detect which star system has civilization and which star system does not.
It is even more impossible to accurately know which star system has life planets.
Therefore, only limited observational data can be used to deduce the star system that is most likely to have life planets, which is the Alpha star system.
The reason why the Alpha star system was chosen as the first stop among many star systems that are suspected of having life planets is mainly because, based on the observed data, it is very likely that there are two life planets here at the same time.
At the same time, the Alpha star system is also in a good position. It is located in the center of a dense star system. Within 100 light-years around it, there are a full 167 star systems, and the distance between most of them is even less than 2 light-years.
The most important thing is that in this dense star system, there are a total of 38 planets that are suspected of having life.
This is quite an exaggeration.
You must know that there are only 37 star systems with living planets in the 300 light-years surrounding the Death Nebula, and most of them are not natural life planets, but life planets that have been modified in the later stage.
Therefore, one can imagine how fertile the area where the Alpha star system is located is.
"Report, the hyperspace engine is operating normally and the output of the zero-point energy module is stable!"
"The current speed is 0.148 light-years per second."
Hearing this, Jiang Xingchen nodded with satisfaction.
0.148 light years per second, which is almost 12,800 light years per day. In this case, it only takes 12 and a half days to reach the Large Magellanic Cloud.
This speed is faster than on the Orion arm.
After all, there was no zero-point energy module at that time, so the speed of hyperspace navigation had to be controlled, otherwise there might not be enough supply for those few super controllable nuclear fusion reactors that could travel dozens of light-years.
At this moment, the performance of the hyperspace engine was finally fully unleashed.
"Captain, Vice President Su wants to speak to you."
"Well..."
Jiang Xingchen, who was just about to get up and go to the porthole to enjoy the beautiful view of hyperspace, was stunned when he heard Fu Wanting's words.
Who is Vice President Su?
Naturally, she is the sister of our captain, and she is also the leader of the scientific research team heading to the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Even though he still didn't know what was going on, Jiang Xingchen felt that it was definitely not a good thing.
"Take it over!"
"Okay, Captain!"
The next moment, Su Yingxue's figure was projected.
"Yingxue, you..."
"Are you okay now?"
Before Jiang Xingchen could finish speaking, Su Yingxue interrupted him directly.
"I'm commanding a battleship."
"The next ten days or so will be spent sailing in an unchanging hyperspace. Is there anything I need you to command?"
"Uh... you can't say that. What if some system fails?"
"So, if something breaks down, you know how to fix it?"
"Okay...what do you want?"
Jiang Xingchen sighed slightly and surrendered.
"I don't want to waste these more than ten days of journey. Come here immediately and cooperate with me to continue the research on your gene."
"Wait...you're not going to bleed me again, are you?"
Jiang Xingchen immediately shuddered when he heard that Su Yingxue wanted to study his genes.
This girl has been very obsessed with her so-called savior gene recently, and she often pulls herself to have a tube of blood drained, or conducts various experiments on herself.
It will almost have a psychological shadow.
"Don't worry, you are my brother. How could my sister harm my brother?"
"Okay, I'll come over after making arrangements..."
"Waiting for you!"
The next moment, the call was hung up.
On the side, Fu Wanting was looking at Jiang Xingchen with a look of pity.
"Wanting, I'll leave the bridge to you. If you have any questions, please contact me directly."
"Captain, leave the rest to me, and you can go in peace."
After one hour.
In a temporary laboratory.
Jiang Xingchen was lying on the test table helplessly, with various patches covering his body, and around him were a lot of instruments that were constantly churning out data.
On the side, Su Yingxue, wearing a white coat, looked at the data thoughtfully.
"Yingxue, is it okay?"
"Shut up, don't interrupt my train of thought!"
"Uh...okay!"
Someone immediately became scared, shut up obediently, and continued to lie down.
Until half an hour later.
"Weird, so strange. What is this inexplicable gene fragment?"
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Xingchen, who was lying among the corpses, asked subconsciously after hearing Su Yingxue's words.
"What's wrong? The problem is huge!"
"Now I even wonder if you are a monster in human skin!"
Hey hey, what are you talking about?
Is it polite to call your brother a monster?
Although he wanted to complain, Jiang Xingchen was also very concerned about what Su Yingxue's words meant.
How could I become a monster in human skin?
"Did you find something?"
"I did find a big problem. Do you know why the highest level of genetic enhancement defined by the Star Sea Federation is only seven?"
"That's because level seven is already the limit that humans can bear!"
Without thinking much, Jiang Xingchen answered directly.
This point is recorded in the Tinder database, just like no matter how much you exercise your body, you cannot exceed the limit that your body can bear.
Genes also have limits, and the limits that human genes can endure are defined by the Star Sea Federation into seven levels.
"Yes, the seven-level genetic enhancement defined by the Star Sea Federation is already the limit, but you don't seem to have this limit."
"No restrictions? Isn't that a good thing?"
Hearing this, Jiang Xingchen asked a little strangely.
After all, the lack of restrictions means that one can become infinitely stronger. Isn't this a good thing or a bad thing?
"Good thing you are good!"
"What do you think the restrictions are?"
"It is a restriction, but it is also a kind of self-protection, because the range of genes can only be tolerated. If you continue to strengthen without this self-protection, once you cannot bear it, your genes will completely collapse!"
"Uh... Then after I become a level seven enhancer, it should be fine if I don't continue to enhance it, right?"
Jiang Xingchen was also shocked when Su Yingxue said this.
But soon, I thought of a way.
After I reach level seven, I will no longer receive reinforcements. Isn’t that the end of it?
How smart...
However...
"You think so well. If it were anyone else, there would be nothing wrong with this, but you are different."
"Others have to rely on gene-enhancing potions, but you are different. You don't need gene-enhancing potions at all. Instead, after the so-called savior gene is activated, it will strengthen itself."
"Now you have almost reached the standard of a third-level genetic enhancer."
"In other words, when you reach the seventh level of gene enhancement one day, it will continue to strengthen itself, and it will no longer restrict you, but it will not be able to stop it. In the end..."
hiss...
Now Jiang Xingchen finally understood.
It's like a balloon, you just need to stop blowing it after it's blown up.
But I do know that even if I stop blowing, the balloon will still take in air from the outside on its own initiative, and eventually...