Chapter 984 1 Ye Guzhou

After putting on his helmet and carefully checking each seat belt, Liu Qingpeng reached out and turned on the instruments in the cockpit.

He took several deep breaths in an effort to make his expression less stiff. He reached out and touched the side of his helmet. A row of light blue light curtains instantly spread out in front of his field of vision, a strange and ordinary picture. A female face appeared before his eyes.

Navigator: "Navigator No. 01 is at your service...are you nervous?"

Liu Qingpeng smiled reluctantly: "What do you think?"

"It's best to control your heart rate, which will help avoid accidents. To save as much fuel as possible on board, you will complete the acceleration steps on the runway."

"How many G's?"

"20.1G."

"...Can you apply for the Guinness World Records for me?" Liu Qingpeng said with a wry smile.

The instructor said without humor: "No, this flight is a top-secret mission. Unless you are willing to try again when you come back."

"Let's wait until I get back to say this."

The instructor said in a positive tone: "You can do it."

you will?

Liu Qingpeng didn't believe it at all. No one was more familiar with the machine under his crotch than he was. The flight distance is 30 million kilometers, which is dozens of times beyond the normal cruising radius of the Electric Ray X-1. It is also a very dangerous flight outside the earth-moon system. Even if a quantum computer is used to navigate for him alone, he will survive. The probability is only one in ten.

What he was most worried about was not that he would not be able to catch up with the Earth, but that he would be unable to slow down and change orbit due to insufficient fuel during the return flight. He would eventually "pass by" the Earth-Moon system and become a lonely ghost in the solar system.

All the sacrifices just to take a look.

But he has no regrets because he took on the task himself.

Finally, he took a deep breath of the air in Star Ring City and resolutely pressed the takeoff button next to the joystick.

The robotic arm pulling the Electric Ray A-1 moved slowly, grabbed it from the parking lot, and "stuffed" it into the dark runway.

The signal lights on the runway were turned on one after another, but they still could not illuminate the hundreds of kilometers of runway.

Blue electric arcs began to swim around the edge of the aircraft. In order to prevent retinal detachment, Liu Qingpeng chose to close his eyes.

Whenever he lay on this runway, he felt like a cannonball being stuffed into the barrel of an electromagnetic gun.

The navigator's calm voice rang in his ears.

"Ejection countdown."

"5"

"4"

"3"

"2"

"1"

"0"

A tearing sensation came from every cell in an instant. Liu Qingpeng gritted his teeth and used his willpower to resist the accelerating tearing, while silently counting the seconds in his heart.

The torture lasted for a full minute, and the pressure on his shoulders suddenly relaxed. When he opened his eyes again, the Star Ring City behind him had turned into a round wheel, and he was already in the bright starry sky.

Looking from a distance, at the launch port in the center of Star Ring City, the blue arc flashed briefly for a moment, and then a black dot was thrown into the vast universe. Compared to the entire earth, this electric ray is like a lone boat pushed into the deep sea, small and fragile.

Earth's civilization, like a child in the sea of ​​stars, extended its immature hand to the unknown existence for the first time.

Before he could remember the fading earth, the navigator's voice rang in his ears again.

"Check weapons systems."

"clear."

Liu Qingpeng pressed the red button next to the joystick, and two thick and long round tubes popped up under the Electric Ray A-1, slowly opening to the wings. At the same time, under the command of the navigator, he opened the safety and pressed his thumb twice on the joystick.

Dazzling white light flashed, and several laser beams as thick as thighs rushed into the distance, disappearing into the darkness in the distance.

"The weapon system is normal." Reporting to the navigator, Liu Qingpeng reached out and turned off the safety.

Although his mission was just to get closer and take a look, no one could guarantee that the UFO had good intentions. The Electric Ray A-1 is equipped with the most powerful extraterrestrial attack weapon currently available in Star Ring Trade, the A-type attack module designed by the Doomsday Pan-Asia Cooperation.

If the UFO shows aggressive behavior after he approaches, Star Circle Trading allows him to judge whether to fire back based on the situation.

After getting rid of the gravity of the earth-moon system, Liu Qingpeng opened the throttle valve of the engine and accelerated towards the mission mark in the field of view. When the speed stabilized above the speed of the second universe, he immediately turned off the throttle and began a long wait.

It would take 2.6 million seconds to catch up with the UFO, which would be nearly a month if converted into days.

Naturally, such a small aircraft cannot have a complete ecological cycle function. When the power is sufficient, it can only store fresh water, liquid food, and oxygen for about 15 days. However, Starlink Trading specially modified a sleep chamber for his vehicle, and he would spend a long period of time sleeping. When approaching the target, the ground command center will naturally wake him up.

Of course, another possibility is not ruled out.

That's because of force majeure factors, such as the target suddenly accelerating and changing its position, causing him to miss it. When the ground command center determines that his remaining fuel is no longer able to help him catch up with his target, he will be awakened in advance to return home...

The temperature in the cockpit began to drop, and the life-support device injected a special cell stabilizer into Liu Qingpeng's body.

His hands left the joystick, and his vision began to blur, eventually falling into darkness.

…

In the ground command center, Jiang Chen frowned and looked at the electric stingray A-1 that had successfully entered orbit, and his clenched fists gradually loosened.

Although he had given full authority to this matter to Kerwin, on the day when the volunteers set sail, he could not help but come to the command center and watch the hero fly into the distance.

"It's over." Kerwin touched Jiang Chen with his elbow and reminded him in a low voice.

Jiang Chen nodded without saying anything. He finally glanced at Electric Ray A-1 on the holographic screen, turned around and walked out of the command room.

Although there has been no contact with the UFO, this sighting has had a profound impact on the scientific research strategy of Star Ring Trade. According to Jiang Chen's instructions, Kerwin immediately increased the scientific research budget for the interstellar navigation engine, and at the same time included "extraterrestrial attack methods" in the scientific research sequence for the first time... Originally Jiang Chen planned to take it slow first, after all The existing theoretical science is not enough to support overly powerful weapon technology.

What black powder is to muskets.

If the formula of gunpowder had not been developed, no matter how hard the ancient craftsmen studied weapons, they could only sharpen their bows and spears, but they would not be able to produce superior muskets.

Before the breakthrough of magnetic confinement technology in the apocalypse, laser weapons were generally regarded as the most promising extraterrestrial attack method. The A-type attack module designed by Pan-Asia Cooperation was also designed based on this concept. However, after the breakthrough in magnetic confinement technology, plasma cannons that directly fire high-temperature plasma have become a more promising option.

However, now, sharpening the bow and spear has become an urgent choice.

Regardless of whether the UFO is hostile or not, the star ring trade that opens up the starry sky on behalf of the earth's civilization must not show weakness! (To be continued.)