Great Power Technology.

Chapter 550 Giant Phobia

After bidding farewell to the navigator, Ye Zhou walked out of the centrifuge cabin along the gangway. He was a little caught off guard by the instant disappearance of gravity, and his brain felt a little chaotic. But soon, the long-term training instinct once again controlled his body, and he began to move around. Float forward in a zero-gravity environment while observing everything around you.

Obviously, this area is the main body of the spaceship. The huge hull is surrounded by 12 working fluid engines for propulsion. These engines are not ignited at this time, and they just stay so quietly, as if they are lurking monsters.

The two fuel-free fusion engines at the rear end of the centrifugal living cabin are really responsible for the power of the spacecraft. It is these two-day engines that allow this spacecraft named "Wei Qing" to cross a distance of 8 million kilometers from the human home planet. On the earth, came to this completely strange galaxy.

Ye Zhou touched the wall next to him, and the holographic screen lit up. As his thoughts flashed, the screen began to follow his line of sight, showing the surroundings of the spaceship. Soon, Ye Zhou found his target.

Io.

This satellite is the most volcanically active celestial body in the solar system, with a diameter of more than 3600 kilometers and more than 400 active volcanoes dotted across its surface.

Due to the gravitational and tidal pull of Jupiter and other satellites, the formation of Io is extremely distorted. Under the constant friction, the volcano erupts continuously and violently. The eruption height can reach up to 480 kilometers from the surface, and the temperature can soar up to 1800 ℃ .

Its Io is like a horrible purgatory.

Silicate, sulfur, sulfur dioxide, etc. make up the surface riddled with holes, coupled with weird and bright colors, even if you just look at it from a distance, you can feel a sense of suffocation as if from the power of ancient times.

Now, the distance between Weiqing and him is only 15 kilometers.

On a cosmic scale, this distance can simply be said to pass by.

Ye Zhou once couldn't understand the so-called "giant phobia". He felt that those things were just a little bit bigger, and there was nothing to be afraid of. After all, who doesn't like big things?

However, when Io gradually occupied the entire porthole in the holographic simulation video, he suddenly felt heart palpitations one after another.

The feeling of being shrouded and swallowed is probably the real "giant fear".

"What are you doing here?"

The person floating behind interrupted Ye Zhou's thoughts again. When he looked back, the information flow immediately showed the identity of this person.

This person's name is Xu Chang, and like himself, he is also the engineer of the working medium engine of Weiqing. In future operations, I will work with him to control the fusion engine and provide the spacecraft with enough power to shake the asteroid.

"No, I just saw Io passing by, and I was a little shocked."

Xu Chang nodded and replied:
"I've seen it twice. It's really scary. Although I know we're still beyond its capture distance, I still can't help shaking every time it passes by. I didn't have this in Earth orbit before. feeling."

Ye Zhou smiled and said:
"Can this be the same? The earth is a livable environment, and it will be a hero when it lands. If we land on Io, there will be no ashes left."

"That's not the case, the material of the fusion engine is resistant to high temperature, at least the engine can leave a whole body."

"... There's really no need for this kind of rigor here?"

"Hahahahaha, just kidding. How is your side, is the divertor working properly?"

Hearing this, Ye Zhou shook his head, he did not forget the task he was going to perform in the simulation.

"Everything was normal in the last inspection, and the trial ignition was also normal, but I don't know if it can withstand high temperature, high pressure and radiation shock in an extreme environment."

Xu Chang frowned, and said with some hesitation:
"It shouldn't be a problem, right? The ground test and the space test are all going well, so there won't be any problems during the actual operation. What, you don't have confidence?"

In the simulation, Ye Zhou is the chief designer of the divertor of the entire fusion reactor. If he says he has no confidence in the divertor, it will have a major impact on the entire plan.

But even so, Ye Zhou still said cautiously:
"We have never conducted a full load test. At that time, it was one thing to be short of time, and it was also one thing to consider the necessity."

"According to the design parameters, 48 ​​engines are more than enough to push the carme, and it cannot reach the full load state."

"But the problem is, we don't have a second chance to try. Once we start, we have to go all out."

"I estimate that when the implementation actually starts, our batch of four spaceships will all enter the full load mode—you know, many people on this batch of push ships don't even think about going back alive."

"If this happens, it will be a great test for the engine, especially for the divertor."

"If the hearth can last for one minute longer, our success rate will increase by one percentage point."

Xu Chang nodded, patted Ye Zhou on the shoulder and comforted him:
"Don't worry too much. Didn't the simulation pass? Believe in our craftsmanship and technology."

"Besides, the full load test is too dangerous. You can't even blow up a bunch of people before the earth is out? This is also one of the considerations above."

"Also, we people may be reckless, but we are not ignorant people. They will consider what situation needs to be dealt with. We just need to do a good job in technical support."

Ye Zhou sighed deeply and didn't answer. Seeing his expression, Xu Chang was speechless for a while.

After a while, he suddenly laughed inexplicably, and Ye Zhou looked at him in confusion and asked:
"What are you laughing at?"

Xu Chang shook his head and replied:
"I just think it's quite fun. Think about it, adjacent dimension invasion, advanced civilization, we are actually using such primitive methods to deal with their attacks, and it's actually useful."

"explode!"

"Sure enough, the explosion is the source of all things. By the way, have you ever thought that the overall logic of the invasion of adjacent dimensions would be so simple?"

The "simple logic" that Xu Chang said is actually aimed at the Szilard enrichment effect. According to this theory, the space channels invaded by adjacent dimensions will be enriched in the high-energy area, and will continue to increase with the increase of the energy source. Transfer and transfer.

This theory has been verified for hundreds of years without any problems, and this also proves one point:
The so-called "advanced civilization" on the opposite side doesn't seem to be that advanced.

At least, their access to the "information" of this dimension of human beings is actually extremely limited.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhou replied:

"The logic is crude, but it works — that's more than anything."

"No matter what stage they are in the development of civilization, at least they have a water pump, and we don't have one. This is the key to determine the problem."

"No, no, that's not what I meant."

Xu Chang shook his head again and again, and then continued to ask:
"I want to say, do you have a feeling that perhaps, the civilization on the other side, their development route, is going astray?"

"Walking off? What do you mean?"

Ye Zhou asked suspiciously.

Xu Chang breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked:
"Have you heard the story of the interstellar pirates?"

(End of this chapter)