This incident quickly aroused Noliruoxi's vigilance.
Under his order, more intelligence forces were devoted to the analysis and observation of this matter.
Not only are all the spy satellites aiming their observation angles in that direction, the newly developed spy satellites with eavesdropping capabilities are also beginning to risk their own discovery, destruction or capture, getting as close to Sedna as possible and doing their best.
Stealing the information carried in those radio waves.
As a lot of information arrived, the slightest tension between the wise men of the War Temple and Noli Ruoxi slowly dissipated.
"All evidence shows that human civilization is trying to develop into the inner solar system. This is not a bad thing for us, but a good thing."
Finally, Noli Ruoxi came to a conclusion.
"Because this means that the planet where human civilization is located must have fallen into, or is about to reach, a situation of resource exhaustion at this moment. This makes them have to risk crossing this distance of nearly tens of billions of kilometers in an attempt to obtain resources from the inner solar system.
Resource supply. In this way, their development process will inevitably be affected, thus widening the gap with us."
And, this gap will only grow wider.
Faced with the seemingly desperate behavior of human civilization, people's vigilance has completely disappeared.
At this moment, Zhao Changxing had arrived at the space carrier in a "standard box". All accompanying personnel, supplies, etc. were already in place.
"lets go."
Zhao Changxing issued the order in a low voice.
"yes!"
As the order was issued, a huge amount of fuel was transferred into the combustion chamber, and then turned into hot gas, which was sprayed out from the main engine nozzle at the rear end of the space carrier's main shaft.
Zhao Changxing felt the space carrier's body tremble slightly, and then, Zhao Changxing, who was sitting on his seat, felt a force moving backwards.
This force is very similar to the so-called "push on the back" when riding in a car in the Earth Age. It's just that its size is much smaller, and you can only feel it slightly when you concentrate on feeling it. If you are slightly distracted,
, and immediately went unnoticed.
There is no way, the space carrier is too big, the mass is too high, even if it is running at full power at the moment, it is the engine with the highest thrust ever built in the history of the new mankind, the acceleration it can give to the space carrier is too small.
It is for this reason that Zhao Changxing directly allocated a full five years to wait for the space carrier to rush to the battlefield from Sedna.
Looking at the constantly rotating starry sky outside the window, Zhao Changxing sighed slightly in his heart.
This time, the future is uncertain and life and death are uncertain.
In order to avoid possible deep space star exploration, the space carrier chose a parabolic orbit. It would bypass the Sedna star from the side, far away from the line connecting the two planets, that is, far away from the line between the two planets.
Sneaking forward in the icy deep sky of the best channel.
Two months after setting sail, Zhao Changxing stood in front of the porthole and saw the dim star in the sky.
That is Sedna. At this moment, all the compatriots who are still alive, except those here on the space carrier, are all living there.
It has its own civilization and its own homeland.
At this moment, the distance between the space carrier and it is the shortest in the entire journey, and the distance is only about less than 2 million kilometers. But even at such a close distance, it still looks so dim and small.
The space carrier has been accelerating and moving forward.
During this voyage, Zhao Changxing did not organize the soldiers to carry out practical military training. The reason is very simple. The fuel on the space carrier is limited and must be used sparingly and cannot be wasted in training. In order to solve this problem, Zhao Changxing chose to let them
Train in a simulator.
The game "Star Wars", which has gone through dozens of iterations and improvements, has also been transplanted to the space carrier. The spacecraft operators wear masks all day long, sit on multi-functional simulation chairs, and play in the virtual universe.
Fighting hard. The logistics staff held the model and conducted training on emergency repairs of the spacecraft and emergency treatment of personnel all day long.
In the boring and dull long-distance space voyage, only these methods can keep people in a state of war.
At this moment, the space carrier has been sailing for two years and has covered a distance of nearly 40 million kilometers. This is undoubtedly a long journey for people, but it is insignificant for the universe.
The starry sky seen from here is basically the same as the starry sky seen on Sedna. Just like in the past two years, people have just had a dream, and they are still near Sedna and have never been there.
Moved.
Only spatial positioning instruments can let people know how far they have traveled.
According to the plan, the space carrier will soon enter the deceleration phase. It will complete the remaining voyage during the deceleration phase and finally "park" at a location not far from the Deep Sky Star and within the orbit of the Deep Sky Star.
Outside, and on the orbit around the sun, they orbit around the sun at a speed similar to that of Sedna and the deep sky star.
At this moment, the attitude adjustment engines have been started. They have begun to push the space carrier, which has lost a lot of weight after a long voyage and consumed a lot of fuel, to gradually change its direction. Its main engine is aimed in the direction away from the sun.
, and began to slow down the still huge and cumbersome spacecraft.
The gas ejected by the engine is extremely bright and hot, and can be easily detected at a long distance. But people are not worried that this will alert people in deep space stars. Because its directivity is also extremely high,
Just like a laser.
Unless the distance is very close, if it is not directly facing it, its existence will not be noticed at all.
Time passed quietly in such a situation. At a late night that seemed no different from the past, Zhao Changxing was suddenly awakened by a rapid alarm ring.
He subconsciously got up, grabbed his coat and rushed out.
The soldier on duty tonight immediately reported nervously to Zhao Changxinghui: "Leader, the shipborne radar has detected an object approaching us at high speed. Judging from the detection data, it is most likely not a natural star, but a man-made object.
object!"
The man-made objects that can be encountered here are either spacecrafts or spy satellites. At the same time, they can only be the creation of deep space civilization, not human civilization.
As the leader of human civilization, Zhao Changxing knew very well that he had no plans to launch a spacecraft or satellite here.
A thought flashed subconsciously in Zhao Changxing's mind: "We have been discovered!"
After Zhao Changxing, the war committee members who also came in a hurry also immediately thought of this possibility, and their expressions immediately became ugly.
How could it be such a coincidence? You must know that the route taken by the space carrier is a special route, which basically avoids the common routes between the two planets. It was originally chosen to avoid being occasionally encountered by enemy creations.
things happen.
So, if deep space civilizations had not discovered their own traces, how could their creations happen to choose this route?
Or, its mission is to search and confirm its own coordinates along this waterway to prepare for subsequent missions?
But none of this is actually important. Because the most fundamental basis of the sneak attack in this space expedition lies in the word "sneak attack". No matter what subsequent arrangements the other party has, as long as the other party discovers one's intention, as long as the sneak attack becomes
If there is an open attack, then even if the people's combat power is increased tenfold, it is impossible to win this expedition.
After all, there are still more than two years left before reaching the battlefield and launching an attack. Such a long time is enough for the deep space civilization to seize the time and arrange the planetary defense system to a fairly complete level! If you encounter this situation, then, you
Rather than making a sneak attack, these people would be better off delivering food.
However, at this moment, people are already in a dilemma and cannot even cancel this sneak attack! Because the space carrier is fuel efficient, it can only slow down and enter orbit, but cannot accelerate back to Sedna in reverse!
Although his heart was heavy, Zhao Changxing still reacted subconsciously.
"Radio silence! Shut down all engines and enter coasting mode! Turn off all exterior lights!"
"yes!"
The situation was urgent, and no one dared to neglect it. Immediately, the main engine, which was spraying hot and bright gas, stopped roaring. All unnecessary radio communications immediately stopped. All lights that might leak out were turned off at the same time.
At this moment, this huge space carrier is like an ordinary interstellar meteorite. If you are slightly farther away, you will not be able to detect its existence at all.
After making these arrangements, Zhao Changxing had time to check more detailed information about the man-made object.
"Relative speed 5.6 kilometers per second, heading, size..."
This seems to be a manned spacecraft. It is also in the inertial navigation mode. In particular, its orbit almost coincides with the space carrier. If both maintain the current course and speed unchanged, in about an hour
, the two will pass each other at a distance of only more than a thousand kilometers.
However, judging by current technology, the radar scanning range of a manned spacecraft of this size and quality is about 3,000 kilometers. In other words, once the distance between it and the space carrier is shortened to less than 3,000 kilometers, it will
It is possible to discover the existence of a space carrier!
To be more prudent, it would be more appropriate to set this distance at 5,000 kilometers.
Now how to do?
Everyone who knew the news cast their eyes on Zhao Changxing.
Zhao Changxing closed his eyes and took a long breath.