Xiao Yu adopted some of the latest technologies during the construction of Dawn, such as more reasonable circuit design, more efficient engine design, etc. It is estimated that the technological content of Dawn is at least ten years more advanced than that of Hope.
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In particular, the Dawn is equipped with a large number of weapon systems. The number of high-power laser cannons has increased to thirty, and the reserve of strategic hydrogen bombs has increased to ten. In addition, the Dawn is also equipped with a large number of conventional weapon systems.
For example, up to a hundred conventional ammunition missiles, such as high-firing machine guns, etc.
Not only that, Xiao Yu is also intensively developing the next generation of new weapons. However, Xiao Yu also knows that there is little hope. The hydrogen bomb already represents the most lethal weapon within the framework of the two physical cornerstones of relativity and quantum mechanics.
If there were no breakthroughs in basic physical theory, it would be impossible for humans to develop weapons more powerful than hydrogen bombs. What Xiao Yu is doing now is just making some preliminary physical theory reserves.
The discovery of black insect creatures and wood spirit creatures in the solar system made Xiao Yu wary of alien civilizations he might encounter. Xiao Yu was not a peacemaker. If he encountered an alien intelligent civilization, Xiao Yu would rather kill it directly.
destroy it, and are unwilling to risk contact with the other party.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the Hope had already completed half of its return journey and had reached the orbit of Jupiter. Xiao Yu couldn't help but think again: "Why don't the Hope go to Jupiter again and capture some wood spirits?"
Come here. Anyway, I’m not on the Hope, and the Hope is very safe.”
Xiao Yu wrote a program and sent it to the Hope. The Hope immediately changed its course and flew towards Jupiter.
In order to prevent unexpected situations, Xiao Yu also added a piece of code about risk assessment to the program. This code includes an index assessment of various possible dangers. It has the highest authority over the manipulation of the Hope. If the risk index
If the evaluation exceeds 90 points, the Hope will desperately escape from Jupiter.
The Hope slowly approached Jupiter. Under the control of the program, it first scanned all the Kodama within a range of 150,000 kilometers around itself. After finding that their number was within its acceptable range, it first selected
A relatively weak wood spirit gathering point flew over.
This Kodama gathering point was 400,000 kilometers away from Jupiter. The Hope quietly approached them. Then, the Hope stretched out a mechanical arm from the hull. There was a specially made plate made of highly radiation-resistant material on the top of this mechanical arm.
It formed a large net, just like catching bugs. The mechanical arm swung by and caught all the wood spirits in this wood spirit gathering point.
Those wood spirits were still ignorant, neither resisting nor avoiding.
Xiao Yu, who had been paying attention to the situation of the Hope, was immediately overjoyed. Because this meant that his speculation was correct, and in the future, he would have an endless supply of wood spirits to build his spaceship.
The Hope began its journey of free flight. Creatures like Kodama do not occupy space anyway. As long as the total radiation amount is within the allowable range of the confinement device, the Hope does not have to worry about being damaged by the Kodama.
In an orbit of 200,000 kilometers from Jupiter, a meteorite block about half a meter in diameter is rotating carelessly around Jupiter. On it, there are about thirty Kodama of initial strength gathered. Behind it, the Hope is quietly
Accelerating, they slowly approached it. After the two speeds were synchronized, the mechanical arm on the Hope swung over and grabbed the meteorite and the thirty wood spirits on it.
The meteorite block was then discarded, and the wood spirit on it was imprisoned in a metal box.
This similar situation lasted for more than half a month, and Xiao Yu captured nearly ten thousand wood spirits. Looking at the fruitful fruits of his labor, Xiao Yu thought with satisfaction: "Catch another thousand, and then catch a thousand more."
Return after a thousand."
Ahead, a wood spirit gathering point appeared. According to the intensity calculation, there were about 1,300 wood spirits gathered there. The Hope stopped there and began to send out a signal, asking for Xiao Yu's instructions. Xiao Yu thought for a while, but still
Decided to take action.
Against the background of the huge Jupiter, the tiny Hope began to slowly approach a point where nothing could be seen. Although it was just a void when viewed with the naked eye or optical instruments, the radiometer clearly told Xiao Yu that there was nothing there.
, gathering more than a thousand wood spirits.
Only three thousand kilometers away from this wood spirit gathering point, a sudden change occurred.
This group of wood spirits began to show a strong blue shift!
It was at this time that the Hope detected that this wood spirit gathering point was home to 1,200 wood spirits. It was clearly an extremely powerful radiation source with a gathering of three hundred wood spirits, and
A group of powerful wood spirits whose radiation output alone is three to ten times the size of ordinary wood spirits!
"I'm going!" Xiao Yu screamed, but there was nothing he could do. Because when he received the signal, more than half an hour had passed since the incident happened. In other words, everything that was supposed to happen happened.
It happened. As for what happened specifically, Xiao Yu could only make a judgment based on the signal he received next.
Xiao Yu's mind was stretched to the extreme, and he watched the movements of the Hope closely.
The Hope is the first true interstellar spacecraft built by Xiao Yu. It has special meaning to him and must not be surprised.
While watching the movements of the Hope, Xiao Yu also began to think nervously: "What is going on? Why does this powerful wood spirit show different behavioral characteristics from other wood spirits? It actually knows how to actively attack
The truth?"
Xiao Yu couldn't understand the truth for the moment, so he simply put it behind him. There was just one thing that Xiao Yu understood clearly.
That is, if I want to capture the wood spirit again in the future, I'm afraid it won't be that easy.
Information from the Hope was continuously transmitted into Xiao Yu's brain. Xiao Yu saw that at the moment when the group of wood spirits showed a strong blue shift, the danger assessment code immediately started running, and the danger index rose linearly, from ten o'clock to
Twenty o'clock, climbed to fifty o'clock, and continued to rise...
However, what Xiao Yu has set is that when the danger index reaches 70 points, the Hope will stop to observe; when the danger index reaches 80 points, the Hope will launch an attack; when the danger index reaches 90 points, the Hope will
Desperate to escape.
Now, the danger index is only fifty points! So the Hope is still trying to slowly approach the wood spirit.
The strength of this group of wood spirits is equivalent to 1,200 times the initial strength of the wood spirits! Even if the Hope has the special bonus of black insect corpses and wood spirit radiation, it cannot withstand so much wood spirit radiation!
If this group of wood spirits approaches, the Hope will be immediately damaged and most of its instruments will be destroyed, and Xiao Yu will completely lose the Hope.
The approaching speed of the two reached one hundred kilometers per second. In other words, in just thirty seconds, the two would collide head-on.
At this moment, Xiao Yu regretted and wanted to grab a handful of his hair. Xiao Yu regretted that he had not perfected the risk assessment procedure.
The danger index was slowly rising. Finally, the danger index reached 70 points. Under the operation of the program, the Hope stopped, as if wondering what was happening ahead.
"Mom, you idiot, run away!" Xiao Yu shouted silently.
This is the difference between a program and a human brain. A program will always only execute according to the preset code, without any flexibility. If Xiao Yu was in this situation, he would have run as far as he could. But
For a program, what is a hunch? Is it one or zero?
The group of wood spirits was only two thousand kilometers away from the Hope. At this moment, the danger index climbed to eighty!
Five high-power laser cannons facing the wood spirits began to fire. The power of these laser cannons was more than ten times more powerful than the laser guns of the old spaceship at the beginning, but those wood spirits were all mutated, and their strength was stronger than that of ordinary wood spirits.
Spirits are generally so powerful that it takes half a minute of continuous shooting with a laser cannon to destroy one.
What's more, among this group of wood spirits, there is also a super powerful wood spirit with a radiation intensity equivalent to three hundred ordinary wood spirits!
Xiao Yu had closed his eyes and did not dare to look any further. It only took them twenty seconds to cover the distance of 1,500 kilometers.
Finally, ten seconds before the encounter, the danger assessment index climbed to ninety!
The preset escape procedure came into effect immediately, and the Hope ignored it and turned around and ran away.
At this moment, the powerful anti-overload and maneuverability of the Hope were fully revealed. Almost instantly, it climbed from a relatively static state to a speed of two kilometers per second, and it was still rising! While escaping,
The five laser cannons were still firing, trying their best to block the pursuit speed of the wood spirit.
Xiao Yu's mind was tense. As for whether the Hope could escape, he really wasn't sure at all.
Time passed by second by second. The wood spirit chased the Hope at a fixed speed, and the Hope was constantly accelerating. After chasing and escaping, thirty seconds later, the leading wood spirit caught up with the Hope.
Adhered to the shell of the Nozomi.
"Fortunately, fortunately, it's just a wood spirit with seven times the normal strength. I can still bear it." Xiao Yu muttered silently and continued to watch the Hope closely.
Another Kodama caught up with the Hope. At the same time, the speed of the Hope continued to increase. Forty seconds later, the speed of the Hope climbed to 80 kilometers per second!
At this moment, Xiao Yu was sweating profusely. The speed of eighty kilometers per second was enough to escape the pursuit of the wood spirit.
Looking at the dozen wood spirits tightly attached to the shell of the Hope, Xiao Yu smiled bitterly in his heart.