No one has ever been able to accurately describe what the starry sky is. All living beings can only look up at the sky and guess the starry sea from the hanging stars. Even the astronauts who landed on the moon are only standing in space not far from the earth. , touch the nearest moon.
Now.
Shen Cong has left the earth and is flying towards Mars. He will turn around in the orbit of Mars, fly past the orbit of Jupiter, and finally accelerate to the third universe in the most reasonable and labor-saving way, with the help of the dual force of the sun's gravity and the material engine. speed and continue to accelerate.
As the rocket speed increases, the earth becomes smaller and smaller.
Gradually, like the sun, it became a point of light, and this point of light continued to shrink. The rocket and spacecraft fell into darkness, and only the brilliance of the sun and the surrounding starlight were visible. It released active waves into space, feedback What comes back is nothingness.
In the silence of space, meaningless noise can be heard in electromagnetic radio stations.
The ultra-thunder wave radio station has lost contact, but the ultra-fire energy radio station can still communicate with the earth, receive and feedback flight conditions.
"Everything is stable, boss... You are about to enter the orbit of Mars. It is now one o'clock in the morning on Earth. I wish you a good dream." An Sanshun had already slept at home and woke up, and came to the launch base again to meet with Shen Cong communicated.
Sleep is a dispensable thing for Shen Cong.
He is still in the new phase of observing space, so he is busy recording and studying all space phenomena observed by the spacecraft.
Then transmitting these observation data to the earth is considered a scientific research task.
The orbit of Mars just flashes by.
Not long after, they had entered the asteroid belt. Due to the angle problem, the rocket and spacecraft did not pass through the asteroid belt, but passed by at an angle of thirty degrees. At this time, when Shen Cong looked up again, he could see countless The little stars are twinkling and moving, just like the sky full of stars in early summer.
Later, the asteroid belt also moved away, and the orbit of Jupiter was visible in the distance.
Jupiter is four astronomical units from the earth. The astronomical unit is the distance between the earth and the sun. At the same time, Jupiter is a gaseous planet, with a volume 318 times that of the earth, and a total mass that is 2.5 times the combined mass of the other seven planets in the solar system. Of course, this is different from Shen Cong doesn't have much to do with it.
He did not pass by Jupiter at close range. At this time, Jupiter was on the other side of the sun and invisible.
Starting from the orbit of Jupiter, the forward trajectory of the rocket is no longer parallel to the planet's orbit, but is at a certain angle and begins to escape the gravitational pull of the sun.
Shen Cong is looking forward to seeing the wonderful scene of the boundless universe. However, the so-called astronomical phenomena and celestial bodies sound wonderful on paper, and even more magnificent in images. However, it is only when you really drive in the universe that you understand the nature of the universe. It is so vast that apart from spaceships, there is no celestial body within the astronomical unit except for cosmic dust.
The communication system with the earth has long been interrupted, and the rocket is still accelerating, heading towards sub-light speed.
Silence.
There was total silence.
From the initial novelty to nothingness to boredom, Shen Cong has given up studying space and focused on practicing the Amaterasutra.
He will spend the next ten or twenty years alone in the spaceship.
The space of the spacecraft is not large. With the skygrazer as the core, the range of activities is only the size of a villa. The other areas are the hull and fuel storage areas.
By the time it reaches its destination, the spacecraft will have burned through at least half of its mass.
For interstellar travel, backward life can only use such primitive means.
"We are about to leave the solar system now, right?" Shen Cong looked at the vast starry sky in the universe. He could no longer see the sun. When he reached the ecliptic disc, the sun really became a star.
Now Shen Cong saw stars all around him, stars that were far or near.
After passing through the Oort cloud, it leaves the solar system.
Although real-time information can no longer be communicated with the earth, the detectors on the rockets and spacecraft are still continuously recording various information and sending it back to the earth. The earth will continue to monitor the rockets and spacecraft until sub-light speed. Due to speed propagation problems, it will no longer be possible. Unable to receive any information.
However, the Oort Cloud is boundless in scope and will still envelope sublight spacecraft for a long time. It will take several months to get rid of it.
"The calculation of coordinate positioning can only be done manually by myself. Fortunately, I have learned a solid knowledge of astronomy during this period, and I have the star map coordinates of Phantom Wings for reference. Otherwise, I would not be able to fly to the planet Te Cetus, halfway. You will get lost, lost in the universe."
After actually traveling into the universe, Shen Cong realized how ridiculous his previous thoughts were.
"If I hadn't encountered the Phantom Wings on the moon and received the inheritance of the cosmic fire, and persisted in entering the universe, I would have ended up wandering and dying of old age alone."
Up, down, front, side, left, and right, there is nothingness.
With just one deviation, the spacecraft may deviate from the course by light-years. If there is no star chart coordinate reference correction, the planet Te Ceti will only exist in fantasy.
Although I dare not say that it is 100% possible to reach the planet Te Ceti, there is at least hope.
For Shen Cong, one hope is enough.
"You can't do anything now, so just calm down and practice, and try to complete the evolution of fire before reaching the planet Te Ceti."
The content of Amaterasu Sutra comes to mind.
Shen Cong closed his eyes and quietly promoted the field superposition displacement, constantly improving the content of the original fire.
Thoughts flicker and everything happens in silence.
…
"The time, it has been two months and sixteen days since we left the earth. It may not be accurate. It could be time dilation or something."
"The location is uncertain. It has roughly left the Oort cloud, near the edge of the solar system."
"Event, the spacecraft is about to reach sub-light speed."
"Description, indescribable. The range of activity is imprisoned in the sky-grazer, and the active wave has no feedback to the outside world. However, the rocket has completed orbit separation and is now accelerated independently by the spacecraft. Energization has not yet begun, and the universe is pitch black. I am Lonely."
Close the notebook you carry with you.
Shen Cong no longer practices "Amaterasu Sutra" because according to the current situation, the sub-light speed spacecraft will reach sub-light speed in the near future.
When reaching sub-light speed, matter without protection will be energized, but it cannot be completely energized. The final result is that it collapses and turns into cosmic dust.
The super eight-knot gold has been used by Shen Cong in the support structure of the spacecraft, the sky-grazer and the overall protection of himself.
After the sublight speed flight, the spacecraft and the sky-grazer will definitely be in dilapidated condition, but it doesn't matter. Shen Cong will repair it according to the drawings. But he must not have any accidents, especially his own body and the original fire in his skull. , needs the strictest protection.
Recording interval is once an hour.
But it’s hard to say whether an hour at this time is an hour on Earth. No one dares to prove the theoretical product of time dilation.
Although Phantom Wings has experienced sub-light speed, it has no concept of time. After all, its world view is just that of a low-level fog star gaseous Zerg.
Humans think about the universe and establish philosophies, while the gaseous Zerg only kill and survive to become stronger.
The thinking of the gaseous Zerg is simple and stubborn, or one-sided.
suddenly.
Just when Shen Cong was struggling with the time effect, he suddenly felt that the acceleration of the spacecraft disappeared, the feeling of gravity caused by the acceleration also disappeared, and his body began to float in the carriage.
The super eight-knot gold outside the body emits a faint luster, resisting an incomprehensible force.
This power originates from within matter.
Shen Congming understood: "Energy has become prominent, and I have now officially entered sub-light speed... It is difficult for me to observe the scene outside the spacecraft. After the active wave is emitted, it cannot be recovered. The spacecraft's instruments are also completely malfunctioning and even a little weak." In the parts of the body, energization has occurred slightly."
Unable to be perceived by the outside world, Shen Cong still knew the inside of the spacecraft very well.
"Keep this state in this direction, and after a while, you will be able to release the sub-light speed flight state and decelerate. I hope the energy will not be too serious. If the deceleration engine cannot work properly by then, I don't know where it will fly. Fuel If you cut too much, you may not be able to reach the planet Te Ceti."
As thoughts arise, the Super Eight Knot Gold begins to dematerialize and move, resisting the occurrence of energy transformation.
If it weren't for these slight energy collapses, if it weren't for the complete interruption of external perception, flying at sub-light speed would actually be no different from riding a bus.
The mechanical watch on my wrist is still walking.
But at this second, several minutes may have passed outside.
"Time, after all, is just the movement of matter, the persistence and sequence of changes... My time has expanded during movement."