Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

"Teacher, how about I go with you?"

One of Mo Dao's students smiled at first, as if he was joking, and then his voice became lower and lower as he spoke,

"Anyway, I'm too old and can't make much contribution if I stay on the ground. Why don't I follow you and go deeper into the universe?"

The other core researchers who followed them to the interior of the Star stopped what they were doing at this time.

Listening with open ears, it seems that more than one person has this idea, especially some older core researchers.

"Leave this Star to me, and you can build the next one."

Mo Dao smiled and responded.

Including Mo Dao, the other core researchers fell silent and did not speak again.

They just helped each other with some final preparations inside the spaceship before it took off.

When all preparations are completed,

These core researchers who had followed them inside the Star to see them off also had to leave.

"Mo Yuan, we have installed the most powerful communication equipment possible on the spacecraft. You can still keep in touch with the ground at any time after setting sail."

"Detection equipment on the ground and other stars will also keep tracking and monitoring the traces of the Star until... they can no longer be captured."

A core researcher who was directly involved in the design and construction of the Star said before leaving the spacecraft.

Mo Dao nodded.

In fact, there is still a sentence left unsaid.

As for the ground, after the Starship that Mo Dao and Qin Huaishi were riding disappeared from the detection range of human society,

For the Research Institute, and for humans, Mo Dao and the two of them are equivalent to truly passing away.

Other core researchers left the spacecraft one after another.

Then, arrive at the scheduled time.

The scheduled program begins.

The internal hatch of the Star was also closed.

The interior of the Star, which is quite vast,

Apart from Mo Dao and Qin Huaishi, the only other person left was the intelligent robot controlled by Suigu who was still active.

…

The interior of the Star is already spacious for a simple life of two people.

In more than 20,000 square meters of movable space,

In addition to the room where Mo Dao and the two rested, the researchers from the Qiusuo Research Institute even set up a small garden.

There are also some laboratories, small libraries, entertainment spaces, and smart medical examination rooms for conducting some research work.

While not wasting anything, it's still packed to the brim.

After the core researchers left, Mo Dao and Qin Huaishi sat down in front of the small garden.

The biggest difference from the ground is that it is above the inside of the spacecraft.

You will definitely not be able to see the sky when you look up. Over the small garden area, researchers from the Qiusuo Research Institute designed a simulated dome.

When it was not far from the earth,

This dome will display a picture of the day's sky at the Ground Research Institute.

After moving away, the previously stored sky images will be played back according to a certain scale.

"...Mo Yuan, do you want to say something more?"

Through the communication system and the broadcast in the spacecraft, the voices of the people on the moon sounded again.

now,

Before the long-distance ship set sail, Mo Dao seemed to have something to say.

Mo Dao raised his head,

After a pause,

Then facing the researchers on the moon, the ground, and even permanent bases on other planets,

The moon, the ground, countless people who are paying attention to the Star at this moment,

said,

"Search for current and future researchers and technicians at the Institute,"

"Friends on the ground or elsewhere."

"See you, Proxima Centauri."

For Mo Dao, that moment will eventually come.

And from now on,

For people in this life,

The Proxima Centauri galaxy, which is adjacent to the solar system, has become even more special.

Perhaps Proxima Centauri is nothing special compared to other planetary systems.

But the existence of Mo Dao has given this Proxima Galaxy a special meaning that cannot be erased.

Before sailing away in this life,

Objectively speaking, the voyage of the Star has provided a direction for humans on the ground and in the solar system.

After that, even if it was just to see what the place Commander Mo wanted to go to was like,

There will also be many people, one after another, continuing to move deeper into the universe, exploring and broadening the human world.

…

After Mo Daona's last words,

The densely packed electric propulsion engines installed on the Star were started one after another under Suigu's control.

The energy generated by the helium 3 reactor is transformed into powerful power through the most advanced electric propulsion engine.

The huge Star as a whole began to move slowly,

Begins to leave lunar orbit.

Except for the first moment of startup, Mo Dao and the two people inside the Star,

Because the acceleration of the Star is low at this moment, there is not much feeling.

It took Zhejiang several minutes to detach from the lunar orbit.

For viewers on the ground, on the moon, and elsewhere watching live broadcasts from China News Service and others,

In the picture captured by China News Agency,

The Star has shrunk from a behemoth to something so small that it is invisible.

It took more than an hour.

During this hour,

Most of the people who were paying attention to the Star never left.

When no trace of the Star was found in the footage captured by China News Agency,

Many people's emotions seemed to burst at the moment.

There was a kind of fierce emotion that was difficult to simply describe, which surged from the chests of most people.

Before, although Mo Dao did not often appear in public,

people knew that he was in the Qiusuo Institute, right there.

Even if they could not find him, the core researchers of the Qiusuo Institute could always find him.

For people of this era,

the departure of Chief Master Mo always makes people feel uneasy.

The father of deuterium-tritium fusion, the father of helium-3 fusion, the creator of the Qiusuo Institute,

the creator of room-temperature superconducting materials,

the lunar city, Suigu intelligence, electric propulsion.

The era of intelligence, the era of spaceflight...such a person has left now.

On this day, the Xingchen carried Mo Dao and two people,

and completed the departure of this long voyage from the lunar orbit.

...

For a long time afterwards,

many people spontaneously paid attention to the trajectory of the Star.

The Quest Institute and the official also satisfied the wishes of most people.

Every day, the approximate location, direction and route of the Star were updated.

On the daily updated navigation trajectory map of the Star,

people can see that

after setting sail from the lunar orbit, the Star has been in a state of continuous acceleration.

Every day, the Star travels much farther than the previous day.

People can clearly see that

the Star carrying Mo Dao and the other person is getting farther and farther away from the ground and the moon where they live.

On the 38th day,

the Star passed the orbit of Mars. For the most advanced spacecraft of this era, this speed is already very slow.

Since at this moment, the position of Mars' revolution is not in the direction of the Star,

the Star has not had a close contact with Mars.

However, on the distant Mars, the Mars resident base is still calculating, and when the Star passes through the orbit of Mars,

it sends blessings to the Star.

"Mars permanent base wishes the Star a successful completion of this long-distance mission. Wish the Star a safe journey."

"Goodbye."

After passing through the orbit of Mars,

from Mars to the position of Jupiter's orbit,

although the voyage distance is farther, the time taken by the Star is much shorter.

Only 16 days later,

the Star passed the position of Jupiter's orbit,

the Europa permanent base also sent blessings from Europa to the Star on its voyage.