Evening time on the 10th

The data simulation phase of the "Kuafu" plan has entered the most critical moment.

The "Kuafu-3" interstellar exploration ship that the warriors are on is flying over Mercury, and the next step is to head to the "sun", the destination of this interstellar exploration.

"The Sun", this star that releases light and heat into the universe all the time, is almost 1.3 million times the size of the Earth!

What is the concept of 1.3 million times? It's like throwing a grain of rice into the bathtub.

The "Kuafu 3" interstellar exploration ship is more like a grain of rice and the Pacific Ocean in front of this star that ignited human civilization. The vastness is no longer enough to describe the shock. In fact, when the extreme bigness and the insignificance of the individual

When there is a realistic gap between the two, cognition will begin to simplify the process, or... people's perception will temporarily disappear to make up for the cognitive pressure caused by the excessive disparity.

In psychology, this non-subjective conscious behavior is called "rational self-rescue", or "simplified cognition".

It probably describes that people will put themselves in a safer state under extreme circumstances. The astronauts in the exploration ship are in this state now. Of course, they will not be afraid because they feel their own insignificance.

Because they are all professionally trained.

The early simulations were very successful. Today is the final sequence stage. It is also the first attempt to start from the Earth and transit through Venus, and then directly pass the orbit of Mercury to enter the final exploration stage.

The simulation cabin is in a completely enclosed state of weightlessness, and the seven astronauts in the cabin are concentrating on completing every step of their operations. Some people may say, it is already 2150, and technology has advanced so much, why do we still need so many spacecrafts?

What about human steps?

In fact, whether in space or on the ground.

Reliability always comes before technology.

Just like when the Russians launched the first manned spacecraft to Mars in 2040, their main power rocket engine was still a technology from the Cold War era between the former Soviet Union and the United States.

This does not mean lagging behind, but it does mean that the more mature it is, the more reliable it is, and the more reliable it is, it is often the one that can best withstand interstellar navigation where variables are constantly emerging and expanding.

From mechanical manual operating levers to integrated cockpits, there are also a variety of buttons.

Everything that can be handled by humans will generally not be left to machines during long-term simulation training, because machines can "entertain themselves" in another, more extreme and harsh environment.

Halfway through the simulation training, Fan Yunchi walked in wearing casual clothes with his hands drawn/pockets inserted.

The room was full of his team members, and most of these people were his students, so no one would say a word of nonsense because of Fan Yunchi's casualness.

Looking at the data images fed back by the simulation chamber, they next entered the "Wismart Outer Ring", which is a specific marking area 1.9 million kilometers away from the sun.

This marking area will be marked by the first batch of explorers from the Xinghan National Aerospace Center. Entering this area means that you are about to come into contact with the truth behind the "disappearance of the sun".

According to records and reports from Xinghan International, the first group of explorers took the "Sungrazer 7" manufactured by Xinghan International and passed through the "Wismart Outer Ring" and entered the "Black Barrier Area" on March 1, 2147.

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This area was determined to be a lost area that could not be penetrated by any electromagnetic waves. Therefore, the "Sungrazer 7" completely lost sight of it not long after entering the area, and its whereabouts are still unknown.

At the beginning of 2147, the second group of explorers had already set off on the "Sungrazer 9" and had just passed Mercury's orbit around the sun.

Therefore, two exploration ships were eventually lost, and as many as 27 people were missing.

These are the essence of Xinghan International Aerospace Center...

It was July 2146 when Fan Yunchi led the team to the Tianye No. 19 shelter. The shelter had just completed the assembly of "Kuafu No. 2".

However, the "Kuafu" plan was urgently stopped before it was implemented, and the specific reason is unknown.

The ongoing test of "Kuafu No. 3" is not based on "Kuafu No. 2", but a complete restart plan, but the name is slightly inherited.

Fan Yunchi watched for a while, then walked aside, sat down, took out the crystal board and started playing the game.

He is currently playing a development game, which is similar to the model of reclaiming land and building a small home on a deserted island. The only ones in the team who dare to do this are Fan Yunchi and Lang Xinggui, the main programmer behind this simulation experiment.

Others did not dare to speak and just stayed at their posts silently waiting for the simulation to end.

The simulated exploration ship began to slow down after passing through the "Wismart Outer Ring", and it is expected to reduce its speed to the first cosmic speed before approaching the black barrier area.

The seven members in the starship cabin are very excited. After all, so far they have basically completed the exploration trajectory of the first batch of explorers. But the next simulation process is the focus...

Due to the lack of core key data, Fan Yunchi's team prepared a quite heavy "experience" for "Kuafu 3" in the simulation calculation of the "black zone".

At the same time, in order to ensure that this simulation is not a formality, the programmers of the "Kuafu 3" simulation data and the simulation operators of the "Black Zone" have been under completely closed management for the past two months.

status, which means that neither of them knows what cards the other party will play.

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"After one hundred kilometers/enter the 'black zone'." Astronaut Zou Minjun is the captain of this simulated exploration voyage. His current heart rate is maintained at about 110 beats per minute, which is relatively low compared to other astronauts.

"Turn on the recording monitor!" Astronaut Shang Xiaofeng No. 2 began to work according to the previous drill deployment arrangements.

"Turn on the recording monitor!" Astronaut Feng Lei, No. 3, is mainly responsible for data monitoring and recording.

"Open the front-end blocker of the hull." Shang Xiaofeng continued.

"Open the front-end blocker of the ship!" Astronaut No. 4 Mo Yunhe turned the operation module to the bow of the ship, and turned on the energy blocker of the "Kuafu 3" bow through the mechanical operating system.

"Everyone is ready to accept the impact." After Shang Xiaofeng reminded, a huge tremor occurred inside "Kuafu No. 3", but it was only for a moment.

Zou Minjun asked astronaut Feng Lei on the 3rd: "Has it been recorded?"

"The first wave of energy peaks have been recorded, now let's try data backhaul!" Feng Lei had a lot of data beating in front of his eyes. He accurately captured the key data through retinal operations, then packaged and organized it, and after systematization was completed, he directly

Upload to astronaut Yan Xilan on the 5th.

"Start data backtransmission!" Shang Xiaofeng said.

"The data has been accepted. Let's start the first transmission!" Yan Xilan sat upright. He was in the center of all the astronauts. There were three sets of retinal projection screens in front of him and a brain-computer neural integrator sitting under his butt.

, now he is incarnate as a human computer, refining Feng Lei's rough-polished data and launching the data packets through the particle energy-guiding orbit of "Kuafu 3".

"Data preparation is complete! Backtransmission begins!" It only took fifteen seconds for Yan Xilan to finish it, which broke his previous record of seventeen seconds and thirty-three seconds.

Astronauts No. 6 and 7 are the launch team. The equipment they operate is similar to a cannon, except that the cannon does not fire cannonballs, but a "data particle rail gun" that can penetrate the black barrier area and launch key data.

The data signal is disassembled into particle units, divided into an encrypted meal through the calculation of the array template, and then launched with one-tenth of the energy of "Kuafu 3". The target is uncertain, but the data recovery team is already there.

The Mercury region has prepared a "big net" to capture data. The area of ​​this net can cover almost half of Mercury.

But it's not the biggest yet.

According to the deployment of the "Kuafu" plan, there is also a superstring induction network that can surround one thousandth of the "Wismart Outer Ring", which is the key to accurately capturing feedback data.

This network is fixed by seventeen space "monuments" and is invisible to the naked eye, but it can accurately capture key particle data signals.

As soon as Yan Xilan finished speaking, the composite multifunctional helmet worn by astronaut Chang Xueping on the 6th began to calculate the launch orbit path, and astronaut Meng Wanying on the 7th began to operate the exploration ship to extract the energy needed for launch.

The accurate energy extraction is 9.3533%, and the error value cannot exceed 0. interval. This requires No. 7 to accurately control the accuracy of energy extraction at all times.

Just when Chang Xueping on the 6th was about to say: "The lock is complete!"

Feng Lei on the 3rd issued a warning: "A new energy peak is approaching, be careful to resist the impact!"

As soon as he finished speaking, "Kuafu No. 3" began to tremble violently again, this time the tremor was much greater than before. Captain Zou Minjun remained calm as he drove the exploration ship up and down along the valley peaks, without any movement.

Without guidance and auxiliary data, it all depends on directly feeling the ups and downs of valleys and peaks.

It's like driving a car blindfolded, relying entirely on the vibration of the impact feedback to determine the position of the exploration ship.

This is nothing to Zou Minjun, who has 7,000 hours of brain neuron simulation driving experience. He has been staying at home for the past five years and this is today.

After the second valley peak avoidance, the exploration ship obviously entered a relatively stable state.

But No. 3 Feng Lei's expression changed slightly and he said: "Continuous energy amplitude has been detected, and the impact frequency is expected to approach the critical value, and the blocker is very likely to be damaged!"

After hearing this, Zou Minjun made a decision in a very short period of time: "Change the position of the ship, and everyone will reverse and prepare!"

When they heard the word "reverse", except for Zou Minjun, the expressions of the other six astronauts changed!

You know, this is not as simple as parking and reversing on land. Even if it enters the mysterious "black zone", the speed of "Kuafu 3" at this time is still between the first cosmic speed and the second cosmic speed.

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The exact data feedback is that the current speed is 9.835km/Shangguanyeyue.

If you directly choose to "reverse" at this time, then "Kuafu 3" will be directly crushed by its own mass and reaction force in a very short period of time, and everyone in the exploration starship will undoubtedly die.

Of course, in reality, let alone a 29-ton interstellar spacecraft, even a small car has to have a maximum braking distance of about 40 meters when traveling at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour.

Therefore, Zou Minjun's "reversing" is a general description, but the actual operation process is to guide the "Kuafu 3" to retreat in an extreme environment.

It is roughly like a drop of water falling. The side pulled by gravity becomes convex, the surface tension increases, and the tail end becomes smaller. The extreme "reversing" operation of "Kuafu 3" uses this surface tension feedback to make

The exploration ship is adjusted forward and backward to alleviate damage to the hull caused by "deceleration".

Synchronously, the pulled energy trough is like a drawn bowstring. As long as Zou Mingjun can use the "trough rebound" effect, "Kuafu 3" can achieve a course reversal within the critical collapse interval.

But even if there is a slight mistake in this operation, the result will be irreversible.

Fortunately, the seven astronauts performing the simulation exercise this time are comrades who have lived together for three years. They all come with the consciousness of living and dying together, so no one will question Zou Minjun's decision at this time, let alone

It won't cause him any trouble.

The computing power of the simulated data core also exceeded the critical threshold because of this simple "reverse".

Other studios that are using the computing core have popped up warning signs, indicating that the system is now fully utilizing computing power. If you don't want to lose important data, you should quickly back up and shut down.

The crystal plate in Fan Yunchi's hand outside the simulation experimental cabin also gave the same warning.

He raised his eyebrows, turned off the game, stood up, and silently waited for the final result.
To be continued...