After leaving the Jupiter system, Xiao Yu felt extremely happy. Although he had been frightened before, Xiao Yu believed that the frights were completely worth it. The value of these weird radiation sources is not only the ability to improve materials
Performance is so simple.
The most important value is its mechanism for transforming materials. In other words, why do metals experience significant improvements in various properties under the influence of these radiation sources? If this problem is clarified, Xiao Yu can use this as a basis.
Based on this, more and stronger materials will be developed.
This is the greatest value of these radiation sources. There is no doubt that studying this problem requires a huge amount of data computing power, and Xiao Yu is not lacking in computing power.
The improvement in ability shown by the combination of the human soul and the computer is not as simple as one plus one. The research capabilities of a true electronic life are no weaker than the collection of the entire human society. Because it has nearly unlimited learning and computing capabilities
He is supported by his ability, innovation ability and precision that is unmatched by humans. Combining the two major advantages of humans and computers, there is no doubt that Xiao Yu is powerful.
Watching Jupiter go away and become smaller, Xiao Yu focused his attention on a bright star in the distance, which was Saturn.
After observing the orientation and other data of several neutron stars in the universe, Xiao Yu determined his position. His current position is still 700 million kilometers away from Saturn.
It is very difficult to determine one's position in the universe. However, humans have done some research in this area and basically solved this problem. That is to determine the position through pulsars.
When a massive star evolves to its later years and undergoes a supernova explosion, if the remaining core mass is less than the Oppenheimer limit, a neutron star will be formed, which relies on the balance between its own gravity and neutron degeneracy pressure to obtain its own stability.
A pulsar is a type of neutron star. It spins at an extremely fast speed and emits extremely powerful radiation at its poles. It is extremely stable. It is like a bright lighthouse in the universe. In this way, by observing several pulses
By looking at the parameters of the star relative to itself, one can infer its position.
Of course, this has a premise, that is, the positions of these neutron stars have been determined before. Before Xiao Yu escaped from the earth, he had copied all the astronomical data observed by humans to his own hard drive. Of course,
Also contains data on these neutron stars.
The journey in the universe is long, and another six months have passed. Looking at Saturn getting bigger in front of him, Xiao Yu's mood cheered up.
If it were not necessary to slow down when approaching Saturn, this time could be shortened by about a month.
During these six months, Xiao Yu calculated the new data obtained from Jupiter and made a modification to his previous theory. Now, he is more confident about mastering controllable nuclear fusion technology.
Moreover, during these five months, Xiao Yu also conducted detailed research on the strange radiation source locked in the box. For the convenience of naming, Xiao Yu also gave this strange Jupiter creature a name,
It is "Number One".
Of course, Xiao Yu would not dare to release No. 1. Otherwise, the interior of the spacecraft would be instantly burned and melted. Conducting research through a thick metal box would be like scratching the surface, but it would be better than nothing.
Even so, Xiao Yu has obtained a considerable amount of data. He has initially determined that this is indeed a kind of creature, a strange creature. Except that it has no physical mass, it has all the characteristics of life.
For example, when Xiao Yu sends an extremely high-frequency radio wave to it, it will show restless fluctuations, and its radiation intensity will also weaken accordingly. But no matter how Xiao Yu operates, it can never be turned off.
The radiation intensity is increased a little.
After a large number of tests, Xiao Yu measured that the intelligence of No. 1 is roughly equivalent to that of a trilobite from ancient times. In other words, they are still in the early stages of evolution.
During this period of time, the metal materials that make up the box have been strengthened a lot, and its various performance indicators have almost tripled their initial levels. However, after reaching this level, there has been no improvement since then. It seems that it has been
There is an upper limit to the performance improvement of metals.
Corresponding to the improved performance of metal materials, the radiation intensity of No. 1 decreased by 0.03 percentage points.
Xiao Yu estimated that if one ton of metal material were to double its original performance, the total radiation intensity of No. 1 would be reduced by 0.01 percentage point.
In other words, the radiation intensity of No. 1 is enough to improve the performance of 10,000 tons of metal materials! This much metal material is enough to build the skeleton of a medium-sized spacecraft.
You know, before the destruction of the earth, except for the spacecraft secretly built by Xiao Yu, the heaviest human aircraft, the International Space Station, weighed less than 500 tons. Even Xiao Yu's spacecraft, after being fully loaded with fuel,
It only weighs a few thousand tons, and the metal materials used are no more than two thousand tons.
Xiao Yu is full of expectations for the performance of No. 1.
The research on controllable nuclear fusion and the research on No. 1 only occupied less than 10% of Xiao Yu's calculation rate. During these five months, most of Xiao Yu's energy was used to discover new stars.
, as well as supplementing old star data.
Xiao Yu is compiling a huge star catalog covering all stars. Of course, this work has just started now.
This work seemed almost impossible to humans in the past because the number of stars in the universe was too huge. There are one thousand to four hundred billion stars in the Milky Way alone.
So for convenience, humans have compiled many star catalogs that classify various types of stars. Commonly used types include HD, SAO, BD, etc. But Xiao Yu doesn’t care about this. He plans to classify all types of stars, nebulae, and star clusters.
, white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes, galaxies, etc. are all compiled into a star catalog.
Because Xiao Yu has almost unbelievably powerful storage and retrieval abilities, the huge number is not an obstacle to him.
In the past few months, Xiao Yu has used the detection system on his spacecraft that is not weaker than the Hubble Space Telescope, combined with the data that humans already have, to initially sequence more than five million stars, and also
Corresponding observation data is attached. Such as mass, volume, age, absolute magnitude, spectrum, metallicity, angular diameter, rotation speed, orbiting speed, position information, etc.
This star catalog is dynamic. Because the stars in the universe are moving, the star catalog compiled by Xiao Yu will slowly change its various data as time goes by.
"Such a great star catalog should have a shocking name. Well... let's name this great star catalog the Sky of Heroes. The sky is the universe, and the stars are the stars in the universe!"
"The Record of Heroes in the Sky!" Xiao Yu was secretly proud as he read this resounding name.
In the Sky of Heroes, the star numbered one is undoubtedly the sun. The sun has a special meaning to Xiao Yu.
Jupiter is getting closer and closer. In Xiao Yu's field of vision, Saturn, surrounded by the spectacular rings, looks like a dancing beauty.
Saturn's rings have amazing physical properties. They are huge, but extremely thin. The radius of Saturn's rings is about 110,000 kilometers, but its thickness is only about 20 meters. It is mainly composed of meteorites, ice particles, etc.
Saturn has a similar structure to Jupiter, which means that the resources that can be obtained on Jupiter can also be obtained on Saturn.
Moreover, for Xiao Yu, the resource richness of Titan is no worse than that of Europa.
After reducing his speed relative to Saturn to thirty kilometers per second, Xiao Yu entered the orbit around Saturn, and then slowly adjusted his speed to reduce his speed relative to Titan to two kilometers per second. Successfully
Entered orbit around Titan.
At this time, there are more things that need to be done. Because with Xiao Yu's current technology, he cannot take off directly from the star without leaving the rocket. Even Titan has an escape velocity of only 2.6 kilometers.
Not even on small planets.
In other words, when Xiao Yu lands this time, there is no possibility of moving in a short time. Therefore, Xiao Yu must choose the most suitable area to land. This area must be land, but there must be a methane lake nearby.
Provide energy, and in order to obtain sufficient building materials, the landing location must be close to an area with relatively sufficient iron elements.
Xiao Yu began a long journey around Titan. During tens of thousands of orbits, Xiao Yu gradually drew a three-dimensional map of Titan. On this map, Xiao Yu marked the terrain of various places.
Different, such as where are mountains, where are volcanoes, which areas are rich in iron, which areas are rich in silicon, which areas are lakes, which areas are land.
After careful analysis, Xiao Yu finally selected a place.
The Xanadu area, also known as Shangri-La, is a highly bright reflective area located in the leading hemisphere of Titan, which is as large as Australia.
The traditional theory is that this is a huge methane lake, but after on-site observations, Xiao Yu rejected this theory.
Through the dense atmosphere, the surface conditions of Xanadu District entered Xiao Yu's lens. What appeared in front of Xiao Yu was a magical world.
There is a solid surface here, and there are lakes, but they are not very big. At the same time, there are rivers made entirely of liquid methane flowing slowly, just like on Earth.
The geological exploration report showed that there was an extremely rich iron ore in a certain area of Shangdu District. Xiao Yu thought about it and chose the landing site here.
After detailed orbit calculations, Xiao Yu slowly lowered his altitude and speed and began to slowly approach Titan's smooth surface.