It was a strange feeling, as if his consciousness was pulled into the void by the tentacles and floated in the boundless universe.
[Spiritual connection?]
Jiang Chen didn't know why this word appeared in his head, but if he thought about it carefully, it was quite appropriate to describe what he was witnessing.
Gradually, the universe lit up.
Everything around him was dyed in color, and the world of nothingness was filled with reality. It didn't feel like virtual reality, but it was similar.
Yes, it was like watching a holographic movie!
Suddenly, from behind the clouds, Jiang Chen caught a glimpse of a spectacular scene.
It was a vertical skyscraper, or a cuboid. It was rooted in the ground and pierced through the clouds. People were busy below. Suspended cars circled around and operated all kinds of equipment to add bricks and tiles to the skyscraper.
Written in 12 languages in white paint, they all said the same word.
Just like an inscription on a monument.
The space colonization ship, named after the God of Creation in ancient Indian mythology, belonged to PAC along with Zheng He and lifted off from the launch center on Sriharigoda Island. (Zheng He was launched from the Jiuquan launch center, the flight that Lin Lin missed, mentioned in Chapter 102.)
Just like watching a cutscene in a game, the frame that bound the building slowly cracked. Jiang Chen watched the "skyscraper" ignite, watch it lift off, watch it pass through the atmosphere, watch it leave the blue planet.
Leave the solar system.
Just like Noah's Ark engraved on the top of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, it carried one-sixth of humanity's hope. But it wasn't heading toward the monstrous flood, but to the boundless sea of stars.
With remorse for the past hatred and blessings for the survivors on the ground, the passengers waved goodbye to the planet.
The highest speed was one-tenth of the speed of light, and it could carry 27,000 passengers. Most of the passengers were elites in various fields, as well as construction workers.
According to the plan, Skyburn and the other two space colonization ships would rendezvous at Pluto's synchronous orbit and head to the wormhole 6400 astronomical units away from the Sun outside the solar system.
Although humans had never set foot here, the theory of the 22nd century had already proved that there was a singularity of the universe there, and all physical quantities would be distorted here. As long as they could cross this place, they could cross hundreds or even tens of thousands of light years.
And behind that black hole was the new home of human civilization!
Before entering the wormhole, everyone lay down in the hibernation chamber. Of course, while imagining the future, they were also prepared for the worst.
Fortunately, the god they believed in did not abandon them, and they safely left the wormhole.
After the first year, survivor 01 was the first to wake up from hibernation. When he woke up from the hibernation chamber, he was surprised to find that he was still alive and the space colonization ship was drifting in the endless universe in autopilot mode. He was so excited that he almost cheered.
According to the agreement, he entered the cockpit and proved to the system that he was healthy. Then, he released the rest of the passengers from hibernation.
They held a warm celebration, cheering for the new birth of mankind in the cold Milky Way.
Astronomers compared the star map and confirmed that the space colonization ship was still in the Milky Way, but it had reached the Libra constellation 20.5 light-years away, near the planet Gliese 581g.
This 581g planet was located in the "habitable zone" of the red dwarf Gliese 581, 0.15 astronomical units away from the star.
The planet was similar to Mercury in the solar system, always keeping one side facing the star, making one side of the planet permanently under light and the other side permanently in darkness, which was tidal locking.
Although it was hard to imagine, it was because of this special shape that the planet's climate was stable.
In addition, people also learned that the planet's revolution time was 37 days, it had a thick enough atmosphere, and there was water on the surface. The density of the planet was similar to Earth, and its diameter was 1.3 times that of Earth, so its gravity was similar to Earth.
A habitable Earth-like planet!
Happiness came too suddenly, and the crew broke into cheers like Columbus who had discovered the New World.
The only regret was that they lost contact with the other two space colonization ships, so they couldn't share this joy with others.
The space colonization ship immediately ended autopilot, changed course, and headed toward planet 581g.
On the way, the crew made all kinds of preparations for colonizing the new world. This included checking the operation of the colonization module and voting to decide who should be the first to set foot on the New World and be recorded in history.
But just as everyone was busy with their new life, the physicists on the space colonization ship made another shocking discovery.
The cesium atomic clock they carried showed a backtracking phenomenon.
This backtracking phenomenon couldn't be explained in physics at all. Just like everyone knew that atoms would decay, no one would believe that a decayed atom could return to its pre-decay state under natural conditions.
There was only one explanation. When they passed through the wormhole, they not only passed through the distorted space, but also through the distorted time.
In short, they returned to the past.
Based on the calculations of the quantum computer, the cesium atomic clock showed that the time was 120 BC.
In history, this year was the third year of Emperor Hanwu, the 634th year of Rome's founding. This year, Emperor Hanwu sent envoys to Alexandria to build the Pantheon in ancient Greece.
If the space colonization ship suddenly returned to Earth, Earth would be in a barbaric era.
This feeling was amazing, as if your parents hadn't been born yet, but you were already born into this world.
Physicists had many different explanations for this phenomenon.
Some people proposed that if the multi-world theory was true, could they have arrived at a world completely different from the previous world? And that Earth was also completely different from the modern world.
This theory was accepted by everyone to a certain extent.
Because they lived in the 22nd century, they really couldn't believe that three-dimensional people could move vertically on a four-dimensional scale. This would cause a time paradox. The only explanation for this phenomenon was that they jumped to a parallel world, and the previous world had nothing to do with them.
This feeling was subtle.
It was like the moment when a baby was separated from its mother and its umbilical cord was cut.
It wasn't only the distance that was cut by the universe, but also the spiritual sustenance.
In three seconds, everyone became quiet.
Some people tentatively proposed that if they changed their course to return to Earth, they could use the powerful combat power of the space colonization ship to conquer the planet that was still in the Bronze Age. Even if there was a distance of 20.5 light years, with the maximum speed of one-tenth of the speed of light, it would only take 400 to 500 years to reach Earth. The "worst" situation was that the space colonization ship encountered the Hun cavalry.
But this proposal was quickly rejected.
No one could be sure that in this parallel world, the history of Earth's civilization must have followed the trajectory of their original world. Maybe writing was invented a thousand years earlier? Maybe Columbus was born 500 years earlier? Maybe the first industrial revolution was 200 years earlier? Maybe all of this didn't happen at all.
Compared to the 400,000 years of evolution of the entire human race, only a small change would cause earth-shattering changes. The only thing they could be sure of was that this world was definitely different from their previous world.
Maybe when they returned to the Earth of this world, they would face a civilization that was more advanced than them. Who knew who would be the first to be beaten up like a native.
It was a strange imagination. After 20.5 light years away from Earth, everyone's thoughts revolved around a central word.
War.
Out of fear of the unknown, everyone settled down and put their thoughts back on colonizing the 581g planet.
At the same time, two ideas unknowingly formed in everyone's mind and eventually affected the development of this new civilization.
"Earth is not home."
"Humans are not humans."
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