When Nolan returned from Earth, she finally stopped being stuck and returned to her normal form.
"I'm still comfortable in my current state," Nolan's life-size holographic projection circled on the bridge, "It was stuck before."
Hao Ren asked about the unloading situation: "Where did you throw the ark? Is everything going well?"
"According to the navigation signal sent by the Siren, I sent the ark directly to the bottom of the sea, right next to Nasatorn. The Siren Queen can see it after she returns," Nolan nodded, "No problem
, it just caused a little turbulence when the cargo was unloaded, but it had no impact on Nasatorn. The Krakens responsible for 'receiving the cargo' should be busy inspecting and waterproofing the Ark. Such a big thing.
It’s enough for them to deal with it for a while.”
Hao Ren nodded and turned to look at the remaining twelve giant Ark ships. These huge spaceships were gradually accelerating away from the drone nest control area under Nolan's remote control. Because they used relatively backward curvature engines, they had to
The hyperspace jump cannot be started until these spaceships have left a considerable distance. Similarly, when they arrive at Io, they must leave the hyperspace state in advance and slow down slowly. This whole process takes three or four days. He looked at the people beside him.
Lawrence glanced at him and said, "You should stay on my spaceship for the next two days. I will also explain to you some of the current situation in the universe and more truth about the disaster that year."
Time passed peacefully, and the Ark fleet embarked on its voyage to Io as planned.
On the second day after the fleet accelerated, the Ark Fleet arrived at the "take-off window" about one light-year away from the drone frontier at sub-light speed. The Giant Turtle Yantai then entered the hyperspace state together with the entire fleet, and was in the hyperspace state.
It sailed at the speed of light to the "escape window" position 1.5 light-years away from Io. On the third day after leaving the drone nest, the entire fleet left hyperspace and left a long trail at the edge of Io's solar system.
A distortion lens stretching millions of kilometers. Nolan then conducted a final check on the conditions of the twelve arks. It was confirmed that the main functions of all spacecrafts were still intact, and the mechanisms related to landing deformation were also on standby, so she carried out inspections on the arks.
After the final calibration, the mighty fleet of giant ships readjusted their course and headed towards the blue water star one point and five light years away.
When the blue sea of Io appeared on the main projection, Lawrence didn't say a word for several minutes.
"Io has no land, and your ark is the only island, so you can only guard this sea for the next two hundred years," Katrina seemed to be in a good mood after getting the spaceship she wanted, and took the initiative to introduce it to her tenants.
Looking at this new home, "We sirens like this kind of planet very much, but it may not be comfortable for you... It is a place to stay, but if you want to rebuild civilization and seek development, it is not suitable."
Lawrence still didn't speak. He just stared at the blue sea on the holographic projection and remained silent for a long time.
"Are you stunned?" Lily carelessly poked the old man's back, "Are you still fascinated by Io?"
Lawrence reacted suddenly. He took a few deep breaths as if he had just escaped from the vast and endless sea of Io. After a while, he whispered: "...This is the sea..."
"This is just a remote shot," Hao Ren smiled slightly, "You will be even more surprised next. Nolan, start the Ark landing process."
The twelve giant Ark ships had slowed down to the point where they could land on the planet at any time. After receiving the remote command from the Giant Turtle Platform, these huge, mountain-like ships immediately adjusted their posture and began to fall into Io's dense atmosphere.
The olive-shaped rough shell of the Ark giant ship rubbed violently with the atmosphere, gradually shining with a red fire. Like twelve mountains wrapped in flames, it slid from space towards the surface of the planet, and the Giant Turtle Platform followed.
In the shadow of the giant ship Throne, the entire fleet entered Io's atmosphere.
As the height gradually decreased, the Ark giant ship activated a series of additional systems. A translucent "film" appeared around each ship, as if it were distorting space. This is the gravity distortion device at work. This
The huge gravity control device that can wrap the entire spacecraft isolates the spacecraft from Io's gravity to prevent these behemoths with a length of more than 100 kilometers from being twisted into scrap metal by the planet's strong gravity.
.And as the gravitational force between Ark and Io is weakened, the deceleration process of these spacecraft gradually reaches the end.
The first ship to approach the Sea of Io was the Ark "Qunluan". This ancient giant ship that saved the entire fleet with its spirit of sacrifice slowly descended in a majestic manner. The huge air current surrounding the Ark caused the sea to roll up.
The waves spread out in all directions. When the Ark gradually touched the water in a horizontal position, the general-purpose adaptive landing device built into the spacecraft was activated, and the thick black armor layers were slowly tilted amidst a huge roar.
Starting. The armor belt located under the spacecraft slowly opened to both sides while dropping a large number of fragments. Those falling fragments were parts that Nolan had cut and brittled in advance, because this system is too old. If
Without cutting off those deformed parts, it would be impossible for it to complete the subsequent series of deformations.
After the bottom of the Ark was opened, a large number of huge pipes, metal piles, suspension tubes and various immersed detection devices stretched out from the previously hidden dark cabins. They were immersed in the sea water of Io. These have been thirsty for a long time.
The ten-thousand-year-old equipment was finally put into use for the first time. On this strange planet, they eagerly collected information about the surrounding environment, and then reported it to the Ark's main control computer.
However, the data they reported will not be implemented. Nolan has cut off the main control computers of these Arks and replaced them with a series of simulated hosts built by the drone swarm, so that the Ark will not rashly take those presets in the program after landing.
action, but to put the entire process under control.
Twelve giant ark ships landed slowly one after another, forming a ring-shaped "island" on the vast sea of Io. The only intact Ark of the Throne was surrounded by Nolan's control.
In the center. The airflow caused by the landing of these giant spaceships and the vibration of the hull when the gravity isolation system was released rolled up huge waves on the sea. In a large area of sea around the fleet landing area, the wind howled like a sudden storm.
Huge waves surged, drifting and heavy rain poured down. The Giant Turtle Platform flew around the Throne Ark in the storm to confirm that this most important spacecraft did not suffer any damage during the landing.
The various sensors installed inside the Ark of the Throne and the penetration core that penetrated into the Ark's control circuits also sent the latest data, indicating that everything was in good condition. Except for slight water intrusion in the two isolation compartments at the bottom of the spacecraft, this landing
The process went smoother than expected.
Nolan reported to Hao Ren while reading the latest data: "The water detection and atmospheric detectors have been activated, and the Ark's life support system is updating the gas pool and reservoir. These things that have been circulating for ten thousand years can finally be replenished.
In addition, those spacecraft are still using deep-water radars to detect the seabed terrain, but the sea of Io is too deep, and the seabed resources are out of reach for the Ark civilization, so I decided to temporarily turn off those radars and they won’t be used anyway.”
Hao Ren nodded: "Notify the drone group and send some engineering units over to start repairing these spacecraft."
Nolan issued a summons order to the drone group, and at the same time controlled the Arks to enter the equipment shutdown process.
After running continuously for ten thousand years, these ancient spaceships finally landed on a planet, and their severely overloaded machines were finally able to take a rest. Of course, it is impossible to shut down all the machines in the spacecraft at once.
During the period when the human-machine group comes for maintenance, the equipment will take turns to rest and restart, thus providing conditions for the entire maintenance process.
While Nolan was busy with these technical operations, Hao Ren turned to Lawrence: "The most important part is opening the dome of the Ark. Are you sure the people in the spacecraft can accept what is going to happen next?"
Lawrence nodded slowly: "They will see the sky sooner or later, so why not do it while they are still willing to believe what I say."
"Wait a minute," Lily suddenly exclaimed, "are you going to open the outer shell of the spacecraft?!" (To be continued.)