The shrinking number undoubtedly means that our own spacecraft is rapidly approaching that point. But what is strange is that our own ship does not feel any inertia or overload.
This means that at this moment, we are still in a zero-gravity environment.
The commander immediately realized that if the speed obviously changed drastically but he could not feel any inertia and overload pressure, then this could only mean that it was his speed at the moment that offset those overload pressures.
Just like in the early Earth Age, when an airplane dropped freely from an altitude of 10,000 meters, the cabin would be in a zero-gravity state.
And this points to another fact. That is, where we are rapidly approaching, there is a super strong gravitational source that did not exist before, but now suddenly appears.
Although the distance between oneself and there is temporarily uncertain, the magnitude of the gravity experienced by oneself at this moment can be measured. It is very simple to determine the value of one's own speed change.
The conclusion is that the gravity experienced by oneself at this moment is at least 1,000 times more than the gravity of the earth! Because the sudden speed change of one's own spacecraft has reached more than 10,000 meters per second!
"what's the situation!"
There was no time to react, so he just finished some quick thinking in his mind. The next moment, the commander of spacecraft 46 suddenly discovered with horror that the sudden super gravity, in this moment,
And suddenly disappeared.
The next moment, a violent explosion occurred not far outside the spacecraft, lighting up the dark starry sky. But fortunately, this explosion did not have much impact on the spacecraft.
This series of changes all happened in a very short period of time. It was not until the changes subsided that people recovered from the previous tension and stiffness.
"Report immediately!"
The commander of spacecraft No. 46 made a decision immediately.
At the same time, in another direction with the Yuanhang spacecraft as the core, spacecraft No. 35 quietly disconnected from the mothership. The survey observation system only observed a slightly abnormal explosion at that place. After that,
There is no trace of Spaceship 35 anymore.
It's like it suddenly disappeared from this universe.
No wreckage, no debris, nothing.
It just lost all traces.
The main control room of the Yuanhang spacecraft. The civilization leaders, Zhao Changxing, Villagash, Zhuang Yunwei and others all looked solemn.
"Gravity bomb. This is a gravity bomb."
After viewing the accident images and related data, Zhuang Yunwei made this judgment immediately without any hesitation.
Some civilization leaders showed doubts.
"It can only be a gravity bomb." Zhuang Yunwei said slowly: "The sudden gravity will cause all matter within a certain range to converge towards it, and then under the extremely high gravity, the density will increase to an extremely high level.
, which means it has extremely high internal energy. Then, when gravity disappears and loses the restraint of gravity, the internal energy will be released, triggering an explosion."
Villagash whispered: "It was like a high-pressure oxygen tank exploding."
It is foreseeable that spacecraft No. 35 must have been destroyed by the extremely high gravity, like tearing dough apart, and all the hull structures were destroyed, and was extremely compressed to the vicinity of the strong gravity source. After that, there was an explosion caused by the release of internal energy.
, it has turned into dust and spread into the starry sky.
A total of nine crew members of Spaceship 35 unfortunately lost their lives in the process.
People were silent.
Before this, people had already speculated that this civilization had mastered gravity-related technology through the device that could cause the Yuanhang spacecraft to lose most of its kinetic energy, and also speculated on the existence of gravity bombs.
But people did not expect that among the debris of the war, there were also gravity bombs that had not been detonated.
"From the perspective of the war defense system, these may be interstellar mines deployed by the destroyed super civilization." A war committee member said slowly: "They were scattered into space irregularly, and they have their own unique characteristics.
Due to their extremely high concealment, they cannot be detected through radar scanning, and optical detection is also very likely to miss them. Once a target is discovered, these interstellar mines will swarm up like bloodthirsty sharks and destroy the target."
"The war relics we are stranded in are not just a relic. It is also a minefield..."
People's hearts became heavy again.
Before this, although most of the kinetic energy was lost, it was nothing more than changing the target from Aquarius Z to the Lakai 9352 galaxy. Although it may bring some hidden dangers, in general, this is not impossible.
things to accept.
However, if this ruins is a minefield, then our side will not even be able to leave here.
God knows where these highly concealed interstellar mines are located?
In the past period of time, although the Yuanhang spacecraft has not been attacked by interstellar mines, this is most likely because our spacecraft and the objects in this ruins have maintained roughly the same orbit and speed.
.And once the huge Yuan Voyage spacecraft maneuvers and develops a relative speed with the objects in this ruins, God knows, will it happen to hit those hidden interstellar mines?
Judging from the power of these interstellar mines, just one of them may cause serious impact on the Yuanhang spacecraft. At this moment, the Yuanhang spacecraft can no longer bear such damage.
By that time, human civilization may really perish in this vast starry sky.
"Let's stop the wreckage salvage operation first."
Zhao Changxing issued the order in a deep voice.
At this moment, a spaceship and nine soldiers had lost their lives for this, and Zhao Changxing could not tolerate more people dying for this.
A civilization leader said: "Judging from comprehensive data, the density of interstellar mines made of gravity bombs should not be high. Otherwise, they should have caused us losses long ago and been discovered by us. Since
In this case, can the Yuanhang spacecraft be forced to leave?"
Since its distribution density is not high, the probability of being hit by such an interstellar mine if the Yuanhang spaceship leaves forcefully will not be high. Compared to being stuck here and being trapped alive, it is obviously a better choice to take some risks
.
In a short period of time, other than Zhao Changxing, civilization leaders, war commissioners, and representatives of the scientific community such as Zhuang Yunwei and Vera Gash reached a consensus on this proposal.
It is not advisable to stay here for a long time and you must leave as soon as possible.
Zhao Changxing looked solemn, but did not speak for a long time.
After a long time, he opened his mouth and said in a low voice: "No. We can't afford this kind of risk."
The safety of the Yuanhang spacecraft is the safety of human civilization. The destruction of the Yuanhang spacecraft means the demise of human civilization.
However, only one gravity bomb can do this.
Zhao Changxing cannot tolerate such things as pinning the fate of civilization on luck.
"However, if you continue to stay, the risk will only get higher and higher! Maybe at some point a gravity bomb will move right to the Yuan Voyage spacecraft!"
"Then find them all!" Zhao Changxing said decisively: "Under the premise of not detonating them, capture them and turn them into our own weapons!"
"This is impossible!"
Someone immediately cried out: "They are extremely concealed and we can't find them! Besides, even if we find them, how to capture them? According to the current data, they will explode once they are hit!"
No matter how you look at it, Zhao Changxing's ideas are a bit whimsical, and can even be described as greedy.
At this moment, it's too late to hide, so why should we rush forward?
Zhao Changxing stood up, his voice full of determination.
"Whether it is the invasion of deep space civilization, Moyun Litar civilization, or the destruction of the super civilization we saw in the images before, they all tell us that this universe is not peaceful. For us who are so weak,
It is said that if you don’t seize every opportunity to improve yourself as much as possible, you are destined to not go far! Sooner or later you will be destroyed! Now is our chance! A gravity bomb, at a critical moment, can even turn the tide of the war and change the destiny of civilization!
"
Ordinary people with a lifespan of only 200 years at most may not be able to appreciate Zhao Changxing's urgency. Because in the foreseeable future hundreds of years, human civilization will most likely not encounter any disasters. As for any further, it will be beyond the reach of ordinary people.
The limit of vision.
But Zhao Changxing is different.
Zhao Changxing can live forever!
His vision can see a thousand years into the future, or even ten thousand years into the future!
Therefore, Zhao Changxing and others will make two completely different judgments about danger and opportunity for the same thing.
After stopping the words of the other civilized leaders, Zhao Changxing remained firm.
"I know what you are worried about. But we don't have the slightest chance.
First of all, this war relic has been formed for at least a thousand years, or even longer. For weapons such as interstellar mines, proactively discovering targets and proactively launching attacks are the most basic requirements. This means
, interstellar mines with this kind of performance, there is a high probability that they have self-detonated in the long period of time. Because there is no lack of material in this ruins. But at this moment, there are still interstellar mines that have not been detonated.
what does that mean?"
People were slightly startled.
This can only mean one thing, that is, all the interstellar mines that have survived without being detonated are "defective products" in a certain sense.
There should be various defects on them. And these defects provide the possibility of capturing them.