Earth Era

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This is a small fiery red planet. Before the footsteps of human beings set foot here, it has maintained desolation and loneliness for at least tens of millions to hundreds of millions of years. Originally, this number can be expanded to 4 billion years, which is the time when the solar system was born in the calculation, but even if human civilization has established a large base on Mars that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, humans still cannot be completely sure. Or rule out the possibility that life once existed on Mars. So, for the sake of rigor, this time frame should be delineated as tens of millions to hundreds of millions of years. At least, human civilization can be sure that no life has existed on Mars for the past tens to hundreds of millions of years.

At this moment, more than three hundred years have passed since the solar crisis. After the crisis that almost destroyed the entire human civilization passed, the technology of human civilization finally ushered in an explosive development once again. This explosive development is not only because of the survival instinct in desperate situations, but more because the reverse fusion layer created by the solar civilization has brought great enlightenment to the science and technology of controllable nuclear fusion in human civilization. Fifty years after the solar crisis, controllable nuclear fusion technology has finally been researched. It is driven by controllable nuclear fusion technology that human civilization has truly stepped into space.

The lunar base once built for Zhao Huasheng is the first time that human civilization has built human structures on a planet other than Earth. After Zhao Huasheng returned to Earth, the lunar base became a landmark building and port for human civilization to enter deep space. With the lunar base and sky laboratory as springboards, with the help of the more powerful impetus brought by controllable nuclear fusion technology, human civilization has finally put its footprints on the desolate land of Mars. And in the following 150 years, this great Martian city that could accommodate hundreds of thousands of people was built. And named the city after Zhao Huasheng. This commemorates Zhao Huasheng's outstanding contribution to human civilization.

Not only Mars, the footprints of human civilization are also printed on more planets. Astronauts have even landed on Vesta and Pallas in the asteroid belt, and there is a semi-permanent space base established by human civilization above the thick clouds of Venus within the earth. Human civilization is preparing to launch into the farther sky, and preparations for the manned landing on Jupiter and its satellite system have begun. It is expected that the first astronauts will be launched within 50 years...

This is an era of science and technology exhibitions, and an era full of hope, knowledge and exploration. The age of great seafaring once brought glory to Europe, and now. The new era of sailing for the exploration of the entire solar system is also destined to bring human civilization to a new peak. It is believed that the construction of the first Mars base, Watson City, is only the first step for human civilization to colonize the entire solar system. Even Zina, Sedna, who is farther than Pluto, will one day be planted with the flag representing human civilization.

Advances in productivity have brought great benefits. Even the poorest people in human civilization do not have to worry that their survival will be threatened by cold and hunger. People with a little skill and willing to work on their own can live comfortably to a rich life that was unimaginable in the past. at the same time. Because of the opening of the era of interstellar voyages, practitioners related to natural science have truly become the top of the society. They not only have the most complete scientific research environment, but also have a social reputation that matches their contributions. People now know that no matter how much the government and people attach great importance to education, even if the college enrollment rate for young people of the right age is as high as 97%, and even if the graduates of natural science-related majors will hit a new high every year, the relevant scientific and technological talents will still be insufficient. So under the stimulation of high welfare, the fertility rate has once again increased significantly, and the population has once again experienced explosive growth...

Controllable nuclear fusion can bring about an almost infinite supply of energy, and the exploration of the starry sky will bring about a truly infinite living space. What people are afraid of is that there is not enough population to occupy the newly opened land, and people will never be afraid of the problem that living resources and living space will be compressed because of too many people.

Human civilization has never been more prosperous, and never has it been more hopeful. The city of Watson is the most concrete manifestation of this prosperity and hope.

There is a busy trade route connecting Watson City and the Earth. Whenever Mars and Earth move to the same side of the sun and the distance between them is shortened, this trade route will open, full of goods and goods. The spacecraft and scientific research spacecraft will travel back and forth between the two places at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per second. The materials from the earth will support 30% of the energy and material consumption of Watson City, while the various energy and materials from Watson City. Specialties sell for high prices on Earth.

This is the first interstellar channel opened up by human civilization. Under the support of this interstellar channel, you can taste the special food from Mars, or simply take a few dozen days to travel to Mars, see Sailors Canyon with your own eyes, look up at Mount Olympus, or Feel the super storm above Mars, which has become the hippest way to vacation for the burgeoning middle class of human civilization.

But now is not a good time to travel to Mars. Because of the difference in the revolution rates of Mars and Earth, the distance between the two planets is constantly changing. At this moment, the distance between Mars and Earth has exceeded 100 million kilometers. Traveling or doing business over such a long distance is not a wise choice. Therefore, in this business route at the moment, except for some spaceships that must perform tasks, there are no other spaceships.

The reduction in the number of spaceships directly led to the desertion of the spaceport above Watson City. At this moment, in this huge spaceport, except for some areas where there are still staff on duty, most of the other places have been shut off the energy supply and plunged into darkness and cold.

Under the cover of darkness, a small spaceship with a gorgeous shape quietly left the port and entered into space, and then disappeared into the darkness under constant addition. during this whole process. Communication equipment in the port has maintained contact with the ship. And got a very compliant response. So the port staff were not alerted by the electronic system. Although the departure of this small spaceship is not so normal.

After the small spacecraft left the spaceport, it began to add continuously until it was 113 kilometers per second. For a small private spacecraft, this speed is quite fast, and under the limit of the fuel it can carry, this speed is basically close to the limit. Under such a height, it only takes ten days for it to come to the vicinity of the earth and complete an interstellar journey across Mars and the earth.

However, this small spaceship did not follow the long-established fixed trade route that was paved with navigation satellites and material supply points. It veered off course shortly after leaving Mars. It even deviates from the ecliptic plane, and moves along the strange space where there are very few spaceships, and basically only scientific research and military spaceships come.

In front of you is a huge and bright sun, and behind you is a vast sea of ​​stars. Surrounded by such a beautiful scenery, this small spaceship is suspended silently, standing still. Only through the constantly changing numbers on the electronic instrument can you perceive that this small spaceship is moving forward. If you only look at the surrounding environment, no matter what. No one could notice that the spaceship was moving forward.

In this silence and stillness, thirteen days passed quietly. The sun became bigger and brighter, and the pale blue star ahead finally changed from a point to a disk. If you look a little further away, you can still see the blue planet not far away. The moon with a faint white light.

It is less than five million kilometers away from the earth. After the beginning of the era of interstellar voyages, the distance of five million kilometers is not too far away, and it can even be considered quite close. Not far ahead, there will be space patrols and supplies built by human civilization, as well as inspection bases, and any spacecraft trying to approach the earth will have no way to escape the observation of these bases. At this moment, the pilot of this small spacecraft has prepared a whole set of deception and concealment procedures to deal with these bases.

But at this very moment, just as the driver is about to approach the earth, in the distant starry sky on the left side of the direction the small spaceship is facing, a dim star that cannot even be directly seen by the naked eye is extremely short. Suddenly it became brighter. Its brightness increased so quickly that in just a few seconds, its apparent magnitude increased from 6.21 to minus 13, which was almost brighter than the full moon.

Therefore, in the eyes of the spacecraft pilot, in addition to the sun, the earth and the moon, the bright stars he can see have this extra star.

The bright star appeared so suddenly that there was no sign of it before it changed. It just appeared there, separated by thousands of light-years away, projecting its own light into this small star system and entering the eyes of the spaceship driver.

The pilot of the spaceship knew that the star was called Haishan Er. Haishan Er is a star system located in the base of the carina. This star system consists of two stars. However, due to the occlusion of too thick interstellar dust clouds, humans have not directly observed the companion star of Haishan Er. Because Haishan Er is too big and too bright, it can be observed by people.

Haishan Er is a blue giant star with a minimum mass of 120 times that of the sun and a luminosity of more than five million times that of the sun. Such a strong luminosity is close to the Eddington luminosity limit, which will cause the radiation pressure on its surface to be close to or even out of the gravitational force of the star itself. This makes it extremely unstable, causing it to blast out massive amounts of material at a very high rate. In fact, scientists estimate that it has ejected at least thirty suns' worth of mass since its birth.

It's a young and cranky massive star. Generally speaking, such stars are very short-lived, tens of millions or even millions of years after their birth, and will end their lives in a magnificent big bang after being born. People call this process of star death a nova.

And obviously... just now, the star Haishan Er exploded and died. It ended its own life in such a heroic and indescribable way, with a light so strong that it still looks like a full moon even if it is separated by more than 7,000 light-years, and transmitted its death message to the solar system. Noticed.

The pilot of the spacecraft knew that the explosion of Haishan Er also announced the birth of a black hole. It's so massive that an explosion of this magnitude would create a black hole directly at its core rather than a neutron star. Part of the material ejected by the explosion energy will fall back into the black hole to become its food, and the other part will form an accretion disk orbiting it. The faster blast debris will continue to spread, eventually forming a nebula.

Although the explosion of Haishan II is heroic, it will not have much impact on the earth or the solar system. Because the distance is too far. Except for the fact that interstellar navigation needs to increase its anti-radiation power, ordinary people will not notice anything other than seeing an extra star in the sky that is as bright as a full moon.

But the explosion of Haishan II is a good thing for the pilot of this small spaceship~www.readwn.com~ The spaceship pilot knows that after the explosion of Haishan II, the attention of the entire human civilization will be attracted, and almost all The observation power will be aimed there, and accordingly, the inspection of the spacecraft will also be reduced. This helps ship pilots muddle through more safely.

But the little craft didn't end up getting close to Earth. After the distance from the earth was shortened to 3 million kilometers, it suddenly disappeared from here, without any warning, just like the explosion of Haishan II, it just disappeared out of thin air.

No one other than the original owner of the spacecraft will know that a small spacecraft once left Mars to come to Earth, and eventually disappeared here. Because it did not leave a port record among the ports on Mars, nor did it leave a port record among the ports on Earth. None of the navigation satellites or testing stations on the trade route left any communication records about it.

The starry sky was still silent, as if the little spaceship had never appeared before. (To be continued...)

ps: Volume 2: The disaster of the stars has finally been conceived, and the first chapter has been coded before 12 o'clock... The new journey has begun, ask for a ticket~ ask for a ticket~