On July 20, 115 A.D., at 12 o'clock in the evening

After Lin Sen officially issued the emancipation authorization for Nanying Jane and Pinoxiu, almost all of the arbitrators' executive officers also received a meeting reminder at the same time.

Five hours later, when the sun was rising, Arnold's Heart opened special passages many times to welcome participants from afar.

July 21 at 6 a.m. sharp

The crescent-shaped vehicle with a pale gold color appeared on the launch pad again, but this time it was not a well-versed series of combat models that were about to be launched, but a transcendent-class star spacecraft.

There were not many passengers this time, only 10 people.

But these ten people have gathered the core of the entire arbiter's rights level.

After all the personnel boarded, Qin Wen opened the launch channel, and not long after, the spacecraft codenamed "Zhanyu 9" rushed into the sky at the third cosmic speed [about 16.8 kilometers per second] under the propulsion of the neutron warp engine, and reached the orbit of the Gaia near-Earth satellite in just 40 seconds.

After reaching a position 750 kilometers above the ground of Gaia, the auxiliary engine of Zhanyu 9 was turned off, and the ailerons were deployed at the same time, and the half-moon fuselage was also transformed into a triangle, but this triangle was incomplete, and there was a perfect circle in its center.

This circle shimmered with a dazzling blue light, and when the flickering frequency of the light exceeded the limit of the naked eye's resolution, Zhanyu 9 accelerated again and rushed into the depths of the star at the speed of the fourth universe [about 100-140 kilometers per second].

During the initial acceleration, all passengers can clearly feel the distortion of space, which is a visual error caused by the folding of the state of matter at the fourth cosmic velocity.

When the acceleration is complete, this phenomenon quickly disappears.

Then Qin Wen turned on the public frequency broadcast: "Good morning everyone, welcome to take the Zhanyu No. 9 Xingyu spacecraft, the current speed of the spacecraft is 137 kilometers per second, the current progress is good, you can leave your seat and move around freely, but remember not to try to open the window, that will only make the whole spaceship instantly turn into a sesame seed." ”

Qin Wen's joke was lukewarm, and everyone smiled heartily and got up one after another.

Lin Sen first came to the unmanned bridge, where he could clearly see the neutron warp engine in the center of the spacecraft, the almost silent neutron warp engine is the most powerful special engine that human beings have been able to build and apply so far, its details Lin Sen does not know, but Mannie once briefly described the working principle of the neutron warp engine with him.

"If we walk on the ground with the help of friction, and rocket lift-off requires propulsion, then we can unify it as the relative force of the movement of things while the whole space is unchanged! Of course, my statement may not be correct or rigorous, but you should understand what I mean, right? "Mannie was quite serious when she explained things.

It was not only Lin Sen who was present at that time, but also Han Kongwen and Amy.

"So now...... The neutron warp engine is the warp force that establishes me unchanged, but the space folds! Its highest goal for the future is the so-called 'warp speed'! To put it more simply, we use the warp engine to compress the space, compressing one cubic space to 0.5 square meters, and then we expand the compressed space backwards to replace where we were before, so that we can obtain spatial displacement! Isn't that easier to understand? ”

However...... Even Xueba Amy and Han Kongwen don't know much about the so-called space compression warp engine, let alone Xuezha Linsen.

So after listening to the explanation at that time, Lin Sen had an expression.

"I don't really understand! But it always feels amazing! ”

And after Mannie explained, Lin Sen only asked one sentence: "Can the Warp Engine take us back to Earth?" ”

Mannie replied, "Give me some more time, and I'll just train it to the extreme!" ”

With this, other explanations are not important, Lin Sen nodded, and then said to Mannie, but also to Han Kongwen: "Ask for money for money, ask people to give people, in short, give what you want, as long as you can complete it, you are the greatest hero of mankind!" It must go down in history! ”

Inspired by this, Mannie was really happy.

However, Lin Sen doesn't care if he says a word, the headache is the actual operators Han Kongwen and Amy......

Why?

To give a simple example, if it is an exaggeration that a hunt completed through super-dimensional intervention costs tens of billions of Cyne, then the neutron warp engine burns 50 million Cyne worth of fuel every second, which is not just an exaggeration, but terrifying and outrageous!

While Mannie's team has solved the most important problem of humanity's return from a long voyage, the new problem is that even if Gaia is emptied, it may not be able to obtain enough fuel for the voyage.

This is also an important reason why the top level of the arbitrator will terminate the cooperation with Pingyu Group and choose to take charge of the energy on its own.

Right now......

Lin Sen looked at this neutron warp engine for ten seconds, and it burned 500 million, which is equivalent to the consumption of all the equipment of an integrated combat company.

Thinking like this, Lin Sen closed his eyes in distress.

At this time, Han Kongwen also came nearby, and her eyes also fell on this engine.

"In another month, Sister Yan's comprehensive assessment report will come out, and it will be clear how much fuel the entire Gaia Star can provide and how far we can go, but I don't have a good premonition...... Scold...... Isn't it weird? ”

Lin Sen replied, "Not surprising at all...... I'm pretty much what you think, this engine is far from perfect...... Although it has no noise, it is more backward than the internal combustion engine of the steam age......"

Han Kongwen smiled: "No wonder, you don't look happy at all...... But your analogy is a bit too much, no matter how imperfect it is, it is the most powerful engine that humanity has ever mastered. ”

When Lin Sen heard this, he shook his head and said, "No, it's not the most powerful. ”

Han Kongwen was stunned: "En? ”

Lin Sen continued, "You may have forgotten how we came to this planet, right? Human beings have already started the era of cosmic civilization as early as the period of earth civilization, although it is like fireworks fleeting, but we have to admit that the things on the Quantum Voyager-class mothership whose whereabouts are still unknown are what we really need. ”

Han Kongwen listened to Lin Sen's words but was not surprised or surprised, she had a completely different opinion.

"I'm not what you think...... The Quantum Voyager's performance in the record is certainly very powerful, and it is a good proof that it was able to bring humans here, but there is no record of how long it took the Quantum Voyager to travel through the vast cosmic desert to get here, so ...... The situation is different, and we have to think about it completely differently, and it would be a shame to just hope for something that was born in the time of the earth. ”