The first migration in history would take about two to three years.
The maximum speed of Blacklight Biotechnology's nuclear-powered engine could allow the spacecraft to reach one-tenth of the speed of light, which was thirty thousand kilometers per second. The distance between the two places was 1115 light-years, which was the distance that light took 1115 years to travel.
Based on this speed, it would take more than 11,000 years to travel from Earth to Kepler-642b. However, due to the subspace navigation technology, the distance between the two places could be shortened by 10,000 times. This meant that in theory, including the acceleration time of the spacecraft, the Blacklight spacecraft could reach Kepler-642b in two years.
This was an extremely terrifying speed.
After all, the diameter of the Milky Way was only 100,000 light-years. A thousand light-years was equivalent to one-hundredth of the diameter of the Milky Way. To be able to travel this distance in two years was unthinkable for humans just a few years ago.
Not only that, but as the research team of Blacklight Biotechnology deepened their understanding of the subspace, they also discovered two special coordinates, which were known as the "Mandeville Points".
These coordinates were discovered by a subspace scientist named Mandeville. Based on the mass of the solar system and the relative geographical position of the Milky Way, a formula called the "Mandeville Subspace Equation", which was used to calculate the influence factors of the subspace and the real universe, could be used to calculate one or two coordinates.
The function of these coordinates was to provide the safest entrance to and from the subspace.
Every galaxy had the most stable and safe subspace entry and exit points. When entering or exiting the subspace from these areas, the spacecraft would not be affected by the gravitational pull of celestial bodies and the mass of stars. This way, a subspace voyage could be completed with minimal damage and interference.
There were two Mandeville points in the solar system, one of which was near the orbit of Uranus and the other near the orbit of Pluto.
Because this equation was first discovered by Mandeville, it was named the Mandeville subspace equation, and the calculated coordinates were known as the Mandeville points.
When Chen Chen first learned about this, he suddenly understood why the Event Horizon had to perform a subspace jump at Pluto in the movie Event Horizon.
It turned out that there was the safest subspace jump point in the orbit of Pluto.
The next step was easy. Without informing any forces, Blacklight Biotechnology first conducted two test flights. When the test flights were over and all the equipment was operating as usual, this experimental human migration activity began quietly...
"Blacklight preparing to depart from Class-A port...
"Prepare to release A-rank comms …"
"Start engine, Blacklight entering reverse mode. Attention, reversing..."
"Blacklight preparing to depart from the port..."
Shaw sat on the bridge of the Blacklight as he listened to the voice of the artificial intelligence system.
Over the past year, Shaw's spirit, energy, and spirit had undergone a drastic change. His temperament had become deep and reserved. His cheeks were sunken, and his skin was rough. It was as if he had aged more than ten years in a year.
The biggest change was that his head had been shaved clean, leaving only a shiny bald head. On his bald head, there were even a few pure black button-like devices. They were devices called brain-machine interfaces.
The reason Shaw experienced such a drastic change was that Chen Chen did not remove all of the subspace airflow from his body in order to train his tolerance to the subspace. This was why Shaw was haunted by nightmares for most of the year.
The subspace airflow entangled him and corroded him, but it also tempered his will, making his consciousness as hard as steel.
Finally, just three months ago, with the help of many top psychologists in the world, Shaw overcame his inner demons and faced the death of his wife calmly. This was why Chen Chen had entrusted him with the important task of becoming a core member of this migration program.
There were two other people with him, a man and a woman.
The man was in his early twenties. Unlike Shaw, as the spaceship was about to depart, there was a hint of anxiety in his eyes. On the other hand, the woman next to him was in her thirties, who was calm.
All three of them were bald. They sat on the steel seats. Rather than saying they were sitting on them, it was better to say they were tied to them.
The three of them were seated in a triangular formation. Shaw's seat was closest to the window and also the seat in the middle. It was obvious that his status was higher than the other two.
"Connecting to the life-support system..."
At this moment, another notification came from the artificial intelligence system. Following the notification, Shaw saw a large tube dangling from the top of his head. After that, it wrapped around his mouth and nose like a long snake. Then, Shaw felt a slender soft tube protruding from the tube covering his mouth and nose. It went directly into his mouth and then into the depths of his throat.
"Blargh..."
At the same time, he heard the sound of the two people retching behind him.
Shaw ignored the movement behind him. He just quietly relaxed and felt the tube connecting to his stomach. Then, another tube protruded from the bottom of the steel seat and connected to Shaw's urethra and excretory orifice.
This was not the end. After that, several more tubes were inserted into Shaw's arms and connected to his veins. At this point, Shaw was completely confined to the steel seat.
"Connecting to the brain-machine interface..."
Finally, several plug-like devices protruded from above and slowly pierced into the brain-machine interface specially installed on Shaw's head. At once, Shaw felt his vision go black. His bionic eyeballs had completely lost their function.
Although he had lost his vision, Shaw felt that he had been connected to the artificial intelligence system of the Blacklight Cruise. From now on, every command he gave would be received by the artificial intelligence system within a millisecond.
This was a new profession that Chen Chen had created – subspace navigator.
Shaw was well aware that subspace navigation was fraught with danger. He had to make sure that the navigator was cautious and could not leave for even a moment. Therefore, his entire body was confined to the navigator's seat. His daily activities were controlled by the artificial intelligence system.
Some people might think that sitting in this seat for a long time would cause muscle necrosis due to lack of blood circulation. However, Blacklight Biotechnology had already taken this into consideration. The navigator's seat was equipped with a comprehensive massage system that could massage the navigator's body at any time. At the same time, it was also equipped with a weak electric stimulation function. Therefore, there was no need to worry about body necrosis even if the navigator sat in this seat for years or decades.
Shaw was the most important of the three subspace navigators. The other two people were Shaw's assistants that Blacklight Biotechnology had arranged for him. Both of them had been injected with the L factor extracted from Shaw's blood and obtained the same ability as Shaw. However, compared to Shaw's extraordinary talent, both of them could barely see within a range of several thousand kilometers in the subspace. Therefore, they were only Shaw's assistants.
"Brain-machine interface completed."
"Spacecraft activated... Target, orbit of Uranus..."
"Initiating acceleration..."
The artificial intelligence system's voice kept ringing in his ears. Shaw stared at the bionic eyeball that had lost its function, but there was nothing but darkness in front of him. To his relief, his consciousness had been connected to the artificial intelligence system of the spacecraft. He could do many things here such as playing games, playing chess, watching movies, and so on. He would not have to work for an entire year in boredom.
After all, although the subspace was fraught with danger, no one in this world could stay vigilant all the time. There would always be times when they needed to relax. Therefore, the presence of these two assistants was very important.
The principle of balancing work with rest was well understood by everyone except the capitalists.
As the spacecraft took off, Shaw spoke. His words were directly conveyed to the two assistants behind him through the brain-machine interface. "Gordon, Marcie, we'll be spending the next few years in cooperation. I hope that you'll do your best. If this voyage is a success, we'll have accomplished a great achievement and a bright future ahead of us."
"Navigator, we understand."
The two of them expressed their stance. Like Shaw, they were felons purchased by Blacklight Biotechnology from various countries. They did not receive their freedom but were lucky enough to stand out from hundreds of candidates and obtain abilities similar to Shaw's.
At the same time, they were given an opportunity. As long as this voyage was a success, they could also obtain freedom like Shaw.
Shaw nodded in satisfaction. As the spacecraft moved forward, he began to explore the depths of the spacecraft. The spacecraft was loaded with two thousand passengers. These people were all placed in deep hibernation in cryogenic chambers to conserve the limited resources in the spacecraft and avoid the dangers of the subspace turbulence.
If there were no accidents, when these people woke up, they would already be on planet Kepler-642b.
As the existence of the authority authority of this voyage, he was the human with the highest authority in the spacecraft, equivalent to the real captain. Therefore, he had the authority to look through the information of these people. At this time, Shaw was bored to death, flipping through the resumes of these two thousand people to kill time.
For the sake of safety, in this flight, the Blacklight would enter the orbit of Jupiter after ten days. There, it would undergo a gravitational acceleration and fly directly to the position of Uranus. Along the way, the spacecraft would accelerate to its highest speed — one-tenth of the speed of light — and then enter the subspace at the Mandeville Point of Uranus.
This would take about a month, which meant that Shaw and his two assistants would have a month to recuperate and build up their strength until they entered the subspace a month later. At that time, they would be able to put their skills to good use...
...
The Blacklight departed, leaving the earth in geosynchronous orbit and heading into deep space.
This situation alarmed the Earth Federation. More than a thousand astronomical telescopes witnessed the departure of the Blacklight, but the Earth Federation could do nothing about it. The representatives of the four continents wanted to convene the Lilith Conference, but in the end, only the four of them attended. Chen Chen was nowhere to be seen.
This caused the four continents to fly into a rage. Many people cursed Blacklight Biotechnology for being unscrupulous. Back then, in order to facilitate the Blacklight Foundation to form an offensive and defensive alliance, Blacklight Biotechnology had lost all face. Now that they had the power to resist the Earth Federation, they even ignored the basic rules!
Still, no matter how much they cursed, Chen Chen had no intention of meeting them.
A month later.
Chen Chen strolled alone in the Ares Science City.
The Ares Science City was the first and only permanent colony on Mars. According to Chen Chen's plan, this place would become an industrialized planet under the control of mankind. In the future, he planned to move most of the industrial industry here to reduce the environmental pollution on Earth.
Therefore, there were hundreds of thousands of Blacklight Biotechnology factories in the vicinity of the Ares Science City, gradually forming an industrial park that was even more prosperous than the Eco Science City.
Now that two years had passed, the original hundred thousand immigrants had completely adapted to life here. Not only that, but the second and third groups of immigrants had also joined them. The population of the entire Ares City had exceeded five hundred thousand.
From outer space, Mars had become a planet filled with greenery. This was because the Tardigrade Moss had spread all over the surface of the planet. This moss was full of vitality and constantly produced oxygen, giving Mars its own unique atmosphere.
The new moon of Mars — Ceres was also moving around Mars hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, constantly reviving the core of Mars and forming a magnetic field that was strong enough to resist the solar wind.
Chen Chen silently felt the relatively weak gravity on Mars, then raised his head and looked at the turbulent flow of people in the city center. Most of these people were Androids. The welfare of Mars meant that the people here had enough purchasing power to buy Androids to take care of their own lives. Therefore, Androids, which were somewhat rare on Earth, could be seen everywhere here.
As for the real city residents, those people were either working in their own posts or educating their children at home. Only when it was time to get off work would the city become crowded again.
"Sir, please excuse me..."
"Sir, hello..."
Chen Chen walked among the crowd of Androids. Most of these Androids would step aside when they saw humans. This was a problem with their programming. Androids were not aggressive. Their programming would never offend humans. Even if they were hurt, they could only escape without the right to fight back. If it was their master who hurt them, they did not even have the right to escape.
Before he knew it, Chen Chen suddenly walked to the door of the city's Central Hospital.
However, when he walked here, Chen Chen suddenly stopped. He suddenly turned his head and a trace of vigilance appeared in his eyes.
In the next second, the Field energy in his mind exploded. Chen Chen's powerful perception directly enveloped most of the hospital building and penetrated through the gaps in the windows, passing through the wards.
Finally, Chen Chen's perception completely locked onto the location. It was a newborn delivery room in the obstetrics and gynecology area. There, Chen Chen heard a loud cry!
A newborn with a wrinkled face was born, wailing loudly.
However, Chen Chen sensed an inexplicable feeling from this newborn.
It was a kind of... Ominous aura...
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
