The legend of Tiga

Chapter 2039 The Call of Light

  "Ugh!"

Miko Masami sighed deeply, the uniquely shaped Plasma Hyakushiki in front of him brought his memory back to twelve years ago. In that dark universe, he was driving the successfully verified Max Power System No. 0 experimental machine, and soaring in the dark universe with Asuka Kazuma who was also driving the Plasma Hyakushiki.

In order to prevent accidents and to retain backup, when the Plasma Type 0 was tested by the Zero-drive flight method, the fastest Max Power System No. experimental aircraft at the time was also required to accompany the flight, and a variety of detectors were installed on the nose of the aircraft to observe and collect data on the Plasma Type .

After the two experimental aircraft, representing different methods of space travel, flew to the designated area, the Plasma Hundred Type started its engine after the countdown ended, pushing the Plasma Hundred Type to accelerate, allowing the two fighters, which were originally running side by side, to quickly distance themselves from each other.

The Max Power System No. 0 Experimental Machine followed from a distance, and the number representing the plasma type on the screen increased rapidly. In just ten or twenty seconds, it broke the fastest record set by the Max Power System No. 0 Experimental Machine and was approaching the speed of light at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Just as Sanko Masami was feeling delighted and excited about the Plasma Hyakushiki's successive record-breaking achievements, Asuka Kazuma's questioning voice suddenly rang out over the communication channel: "Is this... light? Such a strong light."

"Light?"

Upon hearing the sound, Sanke Changmei immediately shifted his gaze away from the screen and looked up at the Plasma Hyaku Shiki which had flown very far away. At this distance, the Plasma Hyaku Shiki was only a dot of light, and it was flying with its back to the sun, so how could there be such a strong light?

Looking at the radar again, there is nothing but empty space for 100 million or 200 million kilometers ahead. Where is the light source?

Could it be that the body couldn't bear it and something went wrong?

He had also encountered such a situation. When he first came into contact with the Max Power System No. 0 experimental machine, the unprecedented propulsion method made him feel very uncomfortable and his body had more or less problems.

Thinking of this, Sanke Changmei immediately said: "Yima, stop the test, stop the test quickly."

"It's too late. We're reaching the critical speed. Besides," Asuka Kazuma's voice came from the helmet's built-in speaker and was very calm: "I feel like the light is calling me."

  then

Asuka Kazuma's voice stopped abruptly, and Plasma Hyakushiki also disappeared from the radar. Miko Masami rushed to the place where Plasma Hyakushiki disappeared at the fastest speed, but found nothing. Not to mention Plasma Hyakushiki, there was not even a piece of metal fragment.

"Is the light calling Daddy?"

Asuka Shin muttered to himself, repeating the words of the Third Department Instructor. When the Plasma Hundred Shiki reached the speed of light, Dad saw the light and felt the light calling him, and then it disappeared.

  What is this

"The Zero Drive method is a space flight method that is superior to the Max propulsion system currently used. It can fly at a speed of 300,000 kilometers per second. It is an unprecedented great flight method for humans to challenge the speed of light. However, it has been frozen due to the disappearance of Kazuma and Plasma Hyakushiki."

Daimon turned his back to the three people and faced the recovered Plasma Hyakushiki. His tone sounded a little cold, which made Asuka Shin feel very uncomfortable. He said with a little anger: "Do you think all this was caused by my father?"

I haven't even asked this guy about my dad yet, asking if there was a problem with the test machine that caused my dad to not come back, but this guy came up and started to attack me with all sorts of sarcasm, trying to annoy someone openly or covertly.

Asuka Shin is a hot-tempered person and can't stand anyone slandering his father.

Sanko Changmei hurriedly shouted: "Fei Niao, you."

But before he could finish his words, Da Men turned around and looked directly at Fei Niao Xin, his tone unchanged, and said, "Yes or no, what's the point now?

Everything about the Zero Drive flight method was sealed, and there was no trace of the horse. No one knew what happened at the moment it reached the beam. "

"Don't we still have it?" Asuka Shin raised his hand and pointed at the Plasma Hyakushiki. Fighter jets have many ways to record and save data, and there are even more devices on the test aircraft for storing data. As long as the records are retrieved, he can restore what happened at that time and maybe find his father.

Although Asuka Nobuya knew that twelve years had passed and the possibility of his father's survival was almost zero, the only remaining hope was that his father had not yet found his body, everyone knew the real situation.

But even so, Asuka Shin wanted to know what happened twelve years ago, why his father disappeared in the light, and why only Plasma Hyakushiki appeared.

Da Men took a step forward, staring at Fei Niao Xin who was ten steps away with a sharp eye like an eagle, and said: "If the instrument is more reliable than people, then there is no need for people to take risks."

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With just one sentence, Asuka Shin was completely silent.

He himself is a pilot with nearly a thousand hours of flying experience. How could he not know the advantages and disadvantages between automatic driving and manual driving?

With the advancement of science and technology and the development of intelligence, artificial intelligence has been applied to aircraft driving early on. The Victory Swallow already has a computer-assisted flight system, and the Victory Condor has basically achieved automated driving. That is to say, even if the pilot is not in the cabin, it can still fly and return relying solely on the onboard computer program.

But no matter how intelligent it is, it is controlled by programs, and the programs input known conditions, but flying has always been full of unknowns. Even fighter jets that have been repeatedly tested in various situations may encounter unexpected situations, not to mention the freshly-released experimental aircraft. It is no exaggeration to say that problems may occur every second, or even problems upon problems, and faults upon faults, which are simply beyond the ability of computers to handle.

This is why test pilots exist today.

It is because in situations full of unknowns, people are always more reliable than computers.

Seeing that Asuka Nobuyuki seemed to be lost in thought, Daimon did not say anything else. Instead, he turned around and looked at the experimental aircraft that had been entrusted with infinite hope, and said, "Zero Drive is a grand navigation method for the future, Plasma Hundred Type carries the hopes of all of us, and Kazuma is carrying the dreams of all of us and heading towards a great goal."

Asuka Shin looked up in surprise, looked at the door with its back to him, and blinked in confusion.

Why did he suddenly change the subject? Wasn't he just slandering his father? Why did he suddenly start talking about ideals and hopes?

And it sounds pretty exciting.

At this moment, Chiba Makoto's voice rang out: "Everyone must be tired after coming here from so far away. Let's take a rest and have a cup of tea." The crisp words echoed in the empty cabin, bringing Asuka Shin back to his senses while he was immersed in a different emotion. It also made Daimon and Sanke look at each other, and then quickly looked away and cast their gazes elsewhere.

Qianye Cheng seemed not to notice and directly called out: "Fei Niao."

"Yes!"

"Take the three department instructors and the gate maintenance chief to the lounge."

"No, no," Sanko Changmei said hurriedly, "We are here for the Plasma Hundred Type. We need to quickly carry out the inspection and then bring it back to the Carlo base."

"Like This!"

The two men were indeed men of action. They did what they said and immediately began their intense and busy work, climbing up and down the plasma accelerator with instruments in hand. Although Damen was quite old, he was still quite agile and did not look like an old man in his 40s at all.

Sanke Changmei stood aside, looking at the values ​​on the screen. After checking one by one, he found that they were basically within the normal range, which made the smile on Sanke Changmei's face grow even brighter.

Because there is no major problem with the Plasma Type 100, it only has some minor flaws, which are not a big deal and can be solved with simple maintenance. It is no exaggeration to say that the Plasma Type 100 can be released for test flight now.

However, this was not something they could decide. The Zero Drive Flight Method had been sealed twelve years ago, and it was impossible to conduct experiments on the entire machine before it was unsealed at the headquarters. They could only bring the Plasma Hundred Type back to the Carlo Base as intact as possible.

What I was thinking was that if one day the headquarters gave permission, I could fly out immediately without having to start from scratch.

Hearing Sanko Masami's hopeful words, Chiba Makoto comforted him, "Don't worry, I think it won't be long before the headquarters will release the Zero Drive and let you start the experiment again."

If someone else said this, they would probably just laugh it off and think it was just words of comfort, but the words of the person in front of me carried a lot of weight. It is no exaggeration to say that even the director could not ignore them.

So after hearing what Chiba Makoto said, Sanke Changmei's eyes suddenly lit up, and even Damen slowed down the work in his hands and pricked up his ears to hear more clearly.

"Really? Captain Chiba!"

"I'm not trying to comfort you, but the facts require it." Qianye Cheng pointed to Saturn outside the ship window and said, "From Earth to Jupiter, according to the current speed of the New Max power system, it will take at least eight hours to reach the destination, and it may take less than a minute for the monster to destroy this space station."

Hearing this, Sanke Changmei was shocked and immediately understood what Qianye Cheng wanted to express.

That's distance and speed.

Back in 2005, the focus of defense was on the Earth. Not to mention the Mariner Valley base on Mars, even the Carlo base on the Moon had completed the first phase of construction. For a distance of kilometers, the Max propulsion system was enough. If it was switched to Zero drive, it would have to start decelerating before completing acceleration, so the demand was naturally not high.

But things are different now.

Not only is the Mariner Valley base on Mars under large-scale construction, but the Ganymede base is also being built on Ganymede, a large space station is being built in the orbit of Saturn, and there are plans to deploy space stations with the nature of material supply stations on Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

Human beings have traveled billions of kilometers. According to the current development speed of the Max propulsion system, it can no longer keep up with the pace of mankind. Therefore, the Zero Drive navigation method, which aims to achieve an initial velocity of the speed of light and even exceed the speed of light, is naturally needed by TPC.

After all, if it is the speed of light, then if it is close to Mars, it only takes a few minutes, and even if it is the farthest, it only takes half an hour.

If it is superluminal, then the time required will be even shorter. For humans who have already spread across the solar system, it will definitely solve the urgent problem.

This is like the Earth in the past, when people could ride horses or walk, it was extremely difficult for ordinary people to leave the county; but in the era of trains and cars, leaving the province was a piece of cake; when airplanes were everywhere, going abroad was not a difficult task; and when spacecraft became regular flights, people could fly out of the Earth without rigorous training and layers of selection.

Now that humans are once again faced with the situation of distance being too far and speed being insufficient, the Zero Drive navigation method will naturally be needed and will naturally not continue to be sealed.

After all, the biggest reason for sealing up the Zero-drive flight method was that there was not a high demand and its stability was too poor. Who could bear to see priceless fighter jets and pilots destroyed every time they flew?

Moreover, because humans lack sufficient knowledge about the speed of light, let alone communication when reaching the speed of light, even observation is impossible. We can only wait for the spacecraft to exit the speed of light. No one knows what will happen during this period.

  Especially at the speed of light, what would happen if it hits something?

Even the gate couldn't explain it clearly, so many experts and scholars at the time attributed the disappearance of the plasma to colliding with dust and other inconspicuous things.

Because according to the theory of relativity, when the speed of an object is infinitely close to the speed of light, its mass will also reach infinity. Even a millimeter of dust will become infinitely heavy at such a speed.

At the speed of an airplane, hitting a bird would cause huge damage to the airplane, not to mention an object of infinite weight.

Therefore, the plasma suddenly disappeared when it reached the speed of light, most likely because it was destroyed by infinite gravity.

This statement was recognized by many people at that time when there was no major breakthrough in basic physics. Therefore, after various considerations, the headquarters sealed up the Zero Drive navigation method.

But this does not mean that we have given up on the Zero Drive navigation method. Instead, we will wait until technology advances, materials break through, and our understanding of the speed of light and space is enhanced before testing the Zero Drive navigation method. By then, its safety and reliability will become higher.

Although Sanke Masami and the others had similar thoughts, they felt more at ease after hearing Chiba Makoto's analysis.

After all, apart from his other identities, Chiba Makoto is also the captain of the Space Adventure Team, at the same level as a staff officer, and a senior member of TPC. He must know some "gossip".

Now that he has said so, the unlocking of the Zero Drive method is probably just around the corner.

Thinking of this, Damen became more motivated. He wanted to quickly complete the inspection of the Plasma Type 100 and bring it back to the Carlo base for proper maintenance. Once needed, it could be used immediately without having to be rebuilt. At this moment, his heart was extremely excited and he even wanted to start testing the Zero Drive navigation method immediately.