Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

On the voyage spacecraft Quest,

Mo Dao definitely needs to hibernate again, and the same goes for other researchers.

According to the sailing plan,

Qiuzou is expected to take nearly four years.

Continue to increase the speed to 6% of the speed of light.

Then, after one year of stable operation at 6% of the speed of light,

Accelerating again, finally reaching the ultimate speed of the Quest, which is more than 8% and close to 9% of the speed of light.

After that, most of the quest's propulsion engines will be shut down, with only a few remaining to correct the navigation route.

Until it is about to arrive at Proxima Centauri, restart all propulsion engines and perform the deceleration procedure.

From the beginning to the end of this voyage, it is expected to take about fifty years.

Mo Dao and other researchers on the spacecraft obviously do not have such a long lifespan, so hibernation is the only option.

Unlike some researchers,

Mo Dao has at most one chance of long-term hibernation left in this life.

After entering hibernation, Mo Dao would not wake up again during the entire voyage.

Human hibernation will not end until the quest reaches its final destination.

This time, Mo Dao will also undergo the longest human hibernation, which is expected to last more than fifty years.

This is also the limit of what human hibernation technology can currently achieve.

In other words, either Mo Dao wakes up and sees Proxima Centauri, which has never arrived before.

Or it's the beginning of a new life, that extremely familiar scene.

And Mo Dao was determined to enter hibernation again,

About half a year later.

First, at that time, after more than half a year of recuperation,

Mo Dao's body is more likely to be able to withstand another long-term human hibernation after ending the last human hibernation.

Second, at that time,

The voyage spaceship "Quest" will pass through the last place where human creations have set foot before.

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Different from the previous life,

Since the industrial centers built by the Research Institute in this life have expanded to Triton,

Relying on Triton’s productivity, in the past few decades,

It is naturally impossible to explore the Institute, so we will not continue to explore outside.

Although the industrial center for building long-distance spacecraft is on Triton, human progress does not stop there.

From the orbit of Neptune further out, all the way to the position of 500 astronomical units,

Although it is not as busy and lively as the inner ring of the solar system at the moment,

But along the way, every few astronomical units away, there will still be places similar to the small permanent bases of the Qiusu Research Institute and intelligent research bases.

These smaller research bases are basically responsible for deep space exploration and research in their own areas.

…

Four months after the Quest set sail.

People in the inner ring of the solar system, the permanent bases in the orbits of various planets, and the people on the moon, the ground, etc.,

Still being distracted by the quest number.

The Quest moved at an exaggerated speed from the vicinity of the last research base with human researchers.

It flew by at a distance of about 0.1 astronomical units.

These are still these years,

The permanent base was expanded after the birth of the Proximity series engines.

There are very few resident researchers compared to other research bases, less than a hundred.

When the Quest passed by them, they also sent the most sincere blessings to the Quest.

"I wish the Discovery a smooth journey as it expands the boundaries of humanity to the Proxima Galaxy."

and then,

Six months after the Quest set sail.

It is about 673 astronomical units from the orbit of Neptune.

Discovery flies past the last man-made object in the solar system.

An intelligent research base.

There is no research institute inside, and a helium-3 fusion reactor provides energy for the entire intelligent research base.

Due to communication delays,

Qiusuo Research Institute rarely conducts remote specific operations on this intelligent research base.

Just issue research and exploration tasks on a daily, weekly, or even monthly basis.

The intelligent equipment in the intelligent research base will complete the work as required.

When the Inquisition passed one astronomical unit away from it,

According to the preset instructions, it also sent a message to the search number.

"I wish the Qiuzou all the best."

"The request number has been received. I wish you all the best in your research and work."

After here again,

The quest will no longer be able to come into such close contact with other human creations other than the quest itself that belong to human civilization.

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Also at this time,

Mo Dao is about to enter hibernation again.

This is basically Mo Dao's last hibernation in this life.

He will hibernate here for the long voyage.

In addition to Miss Qin Huaishi going into hibernation at the same time as Mo Dao,

At the same time, all the researchers on the spacecraft will basically enter a long-term hibernation state together with Mo Dao.

On board the spaceship Quest,

There are obvious regional divisions, including living areas, research areas, and hibernation areas.

At this moment, we are in a hibernation area similar to the human hibernation center on the ground.

Intelligent robots are ready for hibernation for everyone.

Mo Dao, Qin Huaishi, and a group of researchers were already beside their hibernation cabins.

The eyes of all the researchers were focused on Mo Dao at this moment.

They still hope that Chief Master Mo and Yuan Mo can say something at this moment.

Mo Dao looked at the crowd and said,

There was a pause,

But in the end, I repeated that sentence again,

"Everyone, see you on Proxima Centauri."

After Mo Dao’s words,

Everyone, including Mo Dao and Qin Huaishi, entered the hibernation cabin one after another.

The intelligent robot used hibernation pre-materials for Mo Dao and others.

Hibernation substances then began to be generated in Mo Dao and other people's bodies.

A group of people began to enter the process of human hibernation.

There is still a period of time between using hibernation substances and completely entering hibernation.

During this time, a group of researchers from the Qiusuo Research Institute briefly chatted about some things.

About Proxima Centauri, about this long voyage.

For people, including Mo Dao, who only hibernate for a long time,

No matter how long this journey is, it only lasts for a moment.

At this moment, all the people were nervous, longing, and curious.

Perhaps as Commander Mo has always said, there is nothing special about Proxima Centauri.

But for everyone at the Qiusu Institute, it has special meaning.

Just talking like this, when a core researcher spoke to Mo Dao, Mo Dao would also respond with a smile.

Just like that, everyone lost consciousness one after another and began to enter a state of hibernation.

The intelligent robot performs hibernation procedures for everyone,

Until all hibernating cabins are closed one after another,

The entire spaceship suddenly became much quieter again.

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Time is obviously meaningless to a person in hibernation.

Shortly after Mo Dao entered hibernation,

The Quest had already exceeded the limit distance that the Star had reached in its previous life.

And this is just the beginning for the quest in this life.

Even at this time, the acceleration of the quest has not yet been completed.

Until three years and seven months after the Quest set sail,

The Quest finally completed the first stage of acceleration and reached 6% of the speed of light.

And after sailing forward for another year at 6% of the speed of light,

It has arrived at a position of six thousand astronomical units from Neptune.

It has entered the position of the Oort Nebula in a broad sense.

same year,

With the assistance of the pathfinding spacecraft ahead and Suigu intelligence, the Quest completed its course correction again and accelerated towards its ultimate speed for the last time.

In another year and a half, the speed of the Quest reached and stabilized at its ultimate speed.

After that,

That is a stable sailing time that lasts for more than forty years.

During this period, Mo Dao, Qin Huaishi, and most of the researchers also spent time in human hibernation.

Until the moment the Quest arrives in the Proxima Galaxy.

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