Chapter 80 Jask!

boom! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

A loud boom!

The entire cabin shook violently.

But what followed was a powerful acceleration and gravity overload, which pressed everyone's bodies tightly against the seats.

Pressed to death!

It was as if an invisible force was pressing every inch of the body, squeezing and beating. Not only did the force not dissipate, but it became more intense and continuous, and the internal organs were all twisted together!

This is the huge overload caused by the rocket's takeoff acceleration.

Fortunately, the seat backs were soft enough, and everyone had already done a long period of adaptation training at the astronaut training base. This sudden overload impact only made everyone who was caught off guard nervous, and there was no actual unbearable feeling.

"Altitude climb...2000 meters...5000 meters..."

"Yaw nozzle ready! Adjust attitude, 3, 2, 1, turn on!"

On the radio channel, notifications from the ground command center came one after another.

Twenty seconds after the rocket took off, everyone sitting in the passenger cabin of the aerospace plane clearly felt that the rocket began to tilt, and their bodies could not help but start to use force to support it.

"Don't be nervous, this is the rocket adjusting its direction."

Wei Cheng comforted everyone on the radio channel:

"The rocket does not enter space perpendicularly to the earth's surface in our intuitive consciousness. Instead, after the vertical launch reaches a certain height, the yaw nozzle of the first-stage thruster will adjust the posture of the rocket so that it tilts at a certain angle and gradually enters parallel to the ground. Earth Orbit."

"So our posture will be tilted a little soon. Just relax, just like we do in normal training. And the current overload value is not large. The real test will be when the second-stage thruster starts."

"In addition, I would like to remind everyone to pay more attention to the small penguin toy hanging in the cabin. It is a gravity indicator, which will let your brain clearly know the direction of gravity and avoid dizziness. Therefore, do not look left and right, focus your eyes On the little penguin, determine where is the ground and where is the sky.”

In fact, Wei Cheng has already taught this knowledge many times on the ground.

But it is the ground after all.

Now we are in a rocket that is climbing at high speed, and the fairing is pitch black outside. We can't see anything as far as the eye can see, and there is no reference, so panic is inevitable.

Lin Xian, Gao Yang, and Chu Anqing, after listening to Wei Cheng's words, began to look at the little penguin toy hanging on the roof of the cabin with a thin string in front of the passenger cabin.

When everyone first boarded the rocket, the little penguin hung vertically, motionless.

Now, the little penguin began to tilt to the left, as if the wind was blowing it, or an invisible finger was pushing it.

But in fact, it's not the little penguin that's crooked.

But Lin Xian and the others.

The direction the little penguin tilts is the vertical direction of the earth's gravity, and it is positive.

Watching the little penguins.

Everyone's dizziness disappeared instantly.

This is the benefit of a reference object. The brain instantly has a benchmark for judging the direction of gravity.

Another long minute passed.

On the radio channel, a notification from the ground control center came:

"The altitude exceeds 100 kilometers, enters the thin atmosphere, and abandons the escape tower!"

immediately.

Lin Xian felt a vibration.

This is the escape tower at the top of the rocket detached.

The significance of the escape tower is that if the rocket malfunctions in the atmospheric space, it will start immediately and fly out directly with the cabin below and escape from the rocket.

Then after flying to a certain height and distance, the parachute is immediately opened and the cabin slowly falls back to the surface.

To put it bluntly, an escape tower is just a small rocket.

In the era when aerospace technology was not yet developed, escape towers saved the lives of many astronauts.

But now, the rocket Lin Xian and the others are riding has crossed the 100-kilometer Kármán line of the atmosphere and entered space. This escape tower has no meaning. And only by abandoning the escape tower can the fairing be opened and the aerospace plane released at a later time.

"The first-stage thruster is out of fuel! Prepare to escape! The second-stage thruster is ready!"

"All the first-level thrusters are detached! The second-level thrusters are activated!"

The cabin shook again.

Weicheng told them that the rocket's propulsion stage is divided into three stages. In the first stage, four first-stage thrusters filled with aviation fuel and liquid oxygen work to push the rocket out of the atmosphere.

These fuel-exhausted thrusters will then detach, activating the second stage thrusters to continue propelling the rocket high into the sky.

suddenly.

Another powerful acceleration overload! Press everyone's bodies into the seats! Lin Xian felt like he was almost being squashed, almost integrated with the chair behind him!

The entire radio channel was silent.

Even if he was as strong as Wei Cheng, who was chatting and laughing just now, he couldn't speak in this acceleration overload of up to 4 g.

Lin Xian felt that his lungs were about to be crushed and he was really out of breath.

At this moment, the voice from the ground control center came again:

"Enter the predetermined space altitude! The heat shield fairing is detached!"

Click.

There was a slight vibration.

Lin Xian and Chu Anqing looked through the window of the aerospace plane and saw that the fairing surrounding the aerospace plane as it rushed out of the atmosphere cracked left and right.

The height at this moment is close to a vacuum, and there is no air friction and heating.

therefore.

nature.

These heat shields have completed their mission of protecting the space shuttle from breaking out of the atmosphere and have lost their function.

Under the acceleration of 4g...

Lin Xian turned his head with difficulty and looked at the dark space outside.

Black.

It was really dark.

Even though you can see a few stars, without the shining of moonlight, such a dark cosmic background is indeed extremely depressing.

Below the porthole, you can see a bright blue.

Needless to say, that must be Mother Earth.

Because of the perspective, Lin Xian can only see a corner of the earth's arc and scattered clouds.

"The second-stage thruster is exhausted! Prepare to detach!"

"The third-stage thruster starts!"

There was another burst of exhaust vibration, and then the feeling of pushing back came.

The third-stage thruster is already the last thruster. The magnificent and majestic rocket just now has now fallen off in sections, and only the top section is left, supporting the exposed space shuttle climbing track.

Now look at the little penguin in front of you.

It has completely tilted, vertically facing everyone's instep, the ground, and the earth.

From this reference.

The space plane they are riding now has turned "horizontally" and is parallel to the east-west direction of the earth.

Finally.

The push back feeling disappeared instantly!

The last report from the ground command center came from the radio communicator:

"The third-stage booster has been separated! The space plane is released!"

"Shenzhou II carrier rocket was launched successfully! The space plane successfully entered orbit! I wish you all the best!"

In the space plane flying steadily, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, they can breathe normally.

"Lin... Senior Lin Xian! Look at the little penguin!"

Chu Anqing's voice came from the helmet.

Lin Xian looked at the little penguin hanging in front of the cabin.

Found...

It actually "floated" up!

Floating freely in the air, without direction, without target.

Lin Xian nodded:

"We have been losing weight for a long time, don't you feel it?"

Chu Anqing suddenly realized...

The little penguin is losing weight, so of course she is also losing weight!

It was just because he was too nervous, and his body was fastened to the seat by various seat belts, so he really didn't react for a while.

"I can only say... or your... physique is too strong... you can't even... realize it." Gao Yang's voice was intermittent.

It can be seen.

Compared with Chu Anqing's god-level physique who didn't even realize weightlessness, Gao Yang was almost dying.

"Look out the window, young astronauts."

Wei Cheng's relaxed laughter sounded in the radio communicator:

"Now, you can proudly say that you are the youngest astronauts in the world. There has never been an astronaut as young as you in space... No, maybe the astronaut restriction can be removed."

"You four are the youngest space travelers on the entire earth!"

After that.

Wei Cheng suddenly felt a little inappropriate, as if... Commander Huang was not that old, right?

Is it appropriate for me to exclude her from the category of young people?

"Commander Huang, what is your age?"

"Focus on flying the plane." Huang Que said coldly.

"Got it!"

Wei Cheng shut up the microphone tactfully.

After this joke, everyone's nervousness instantly dissipated, and they all laughed unconsciously.

Lin Xian and Chu Anqing sat on one side, leaning against the porthole to look out...

They could see a corner of the wing of the aerospace plane.

Then there was the huge! Huge! Huge earth!

So big...they could only see a slightly curved corner.

The location they were in seemed to be above a certain ocean, so they couldn't see the land, but the light was very bright, shining on the earth below, the blue was the blue of the ocean, the white was the white of the white clouds, the blue and white intertwined, like a light watercolor painting.

"So beautiful..."

Chu Anqing exclaimed.

In this world, there are only a few hundred people who have the opportunity to overlook the earth from this angle so far.

And at this moment.

Just as Wei Cheng said.

They are undoubtedly the youngest group.

And she is the youngest one.

19-year-old astronaut.

I'm afraid this record will never be broken in the years to come.

Beep.

A light sound.

It's the second radio channel.

There are only five people on this channel, without Wei Cheng. It's the channel for everyone to discuss tactics.

"We are now in an orbit 270 kilometers high, flying at a speed of 7.5 kilometers per second; the space-time particles are currently 1,500 kilometers above the surface, and their speed has dropped to 1 Mach, even slightly below the speed of sound!"

Liu Feng, who had been silent all the time, heard from the radio communicator:

"Sure enough, as I speculated before, the speed of space-time particles decreases regularly, but it's not sure whether it will continue to slow down. Its speed is already very slow. If it slows down further, it will be very disadvantageous to us, because the aerospace plane uses a working fluid engine, which has a minimum flight speed limit."

"According to the current speed, we will circle the earth from west to east for two-thirds of the way, from over the Pacific Ocean to over the Atlantic Ocean, and the altitude will drop to 100 kilometers, and the speed will drop to about 1 Mach, keeping pace with the space-time particles."

"The direction of space-time particles is still very stable and has never changed. Therefore, in the best case scenario, we will meet the space-time particles at an altitude of 100 kilometers above the Atlantic Ocean at around 11:50. The capture plan will officially begin at that time. ”

"I will use the tracking equipment to direct Coach Wei Cheng to get as close to the space-time particle as possible, but try not to come into contact with it... We don't know what will happen if we come into contact with this magical particle. To be cautious, we still keep a certain distance. Let Gao Yang use the robotic arm and rice cooker to capture it.”

"If we cannot catch them in the end, we will consider [closer tactics] to see if we can directly let the space-time particles penetrate the shell of the aerospace aircraft and enter the interior of the aircraft. We will use another rice cooker to manually capture them like mosquitoes."

What Liu Feng explained was the complete version of the "Space-time Particle Capture Plan" that has been studied on the ground.

The plan is divided into two phases.

In the first stage, at an altitude of 100 kilometers in the atmosphere, Liu Feng guided the aerospace aircraft and Gao Yang to operate the robotic arm to try to capture space-time particles at a certain safe distance.

If this plan doesn't work out.

Then there is a more radical second stage——

[Close to tactics].

This tactic was also proposed by Liu Feng.

He said:

"We don't have enough experimental data now, and we are not sure whether space-time particles can penetrate walls, iron plates, and everything in the universe. But from a theoretical analysis, it should be possible, because it has no entity and no It is reasonable that it should be able to penetrate any material and maintain stable behavior under the influence of any external force.”

"So, if Gaoyang really can't capture the space-time particles, we can try and see if we can directly let the aerospace plane [collide] into the space-time particles! Let the space-time particles penetrate into the interior of our aerospace plane."

"Then, we will use the rice cooker Gao Yang used when training at the Imperial Capital Training Base to catch human flesh like butterflies or dragonflies!"

then.

Everyone was shocked by Liu Feng's plan!

Gao Yang also asked:

"Then why not make dozens of rice cookers in advance... that is, space-time particle traps, and fill them inside the aerospace plane? Is it necessary to use a mechanical arm to catch them? Just hit them directly and trap the space-time particles in the aerospace plane. It flashes and jumps inside, and it always flashes into a certain rice cooker and is directly bound."

At that time.

Lin Xian rolled his eyes at Gao Yang:

"Didn't Liu Feng say that? This is just a last resort if you can't catch space-time particles. Because there is no evidence to prove that space-time particles can pass through walls. What if they can't? Then this trip to space will be in vain. Go? There is no such shop in this village. "

"Furthermore, who can guarantee that contact with this space-time particle will not cause danger? If it directly burns a hole in the aerospace plane, it will crash directly. Therefore, Liu Feng's plan is safe. First try to use mechanical If you can’t capture someone remotely, it’s the last resort.”

Lin Xian turned his head and looked at the rice cooker fixed in the equipment compartment.

Liu Feng made a total of two rice cookers.

Now one is hanging on the robotic arm, waiting for Gao Yang to use it.

The other is the equipment compartment, which is prepared for tactical decisions.

Everything about space-time particles is too unknown.

so.

Be cautious, cautious, and cautious.

Beep beep.

The radio channel switched back to Route 1, and Weicheng's voice came:

"Then, please feel free to move around for a while first. I will continue to lower the orbital altitude and speed, and finally meet Alpha Matter at an altitude of 100 kilometers above the Atlantic Ocean in 3 hours."

"I will remind everyone in advance that the speed of Mach 1 is very slow, which is about the same as when you usually fly on a civil aircraft, so there is no problem in moving freely in the cabin, and you can even open the mask to communicate."

"We are still in a low-gravity state. Please pay attention when moving. As our altitude decreases, the gravity will gradually increase. When we reach an altitude of 100 kilometers, the gravity will return to the same as the surface, and all activities will be normal."

Subsequently.

Everyone opened their seat belts and started heading to the equipment cabin.

It only takes about 90 minutes to circle the earth at normal first cosmic speed.

But Weicheng had to lower its altitude and slow down, so it would take more than three hours to circle two-thirds of the way around.

Fortunately, aerospace planes are much more stable than ordinary spacecrafts.

Gao Yang has already started to move his fingers and do warm-up exercises.

Lin Xian lay on the porthole and looked up, but he couldn't tell where "up" was.

He tapped his helmet twice:

"VV, is there still no movement from Jask and Kevin Walker?"

"No, everything is fine."

VV said:

"Jask is still at the [Observation Tower], and Kevin Walker hasn't launched any attack on the space plane yet. I don't know what they are waiting for."

"But... everything is under our control now. It feels like it's too late for them to do anything. The American aerospace plane is cruising well at an altitude of 1,200 kilometers. Jask is still lying on the iron railing, and there is no movement at all. "

"Although there are no wires or electronic equipment on the Jask observation tower, we can't hear what he really wants to say. But then again, what can he do in a place without wires or any electronic equipment? what?"

"I'm watching him through the camera on the Starship rocket launch tower. He seems to be looking here too... He's been watching for a long time. He's really narcissistic, or he really likes rockets. He stares at this Starship rocket for a long time every day."

Lin Xian nodded:

"Keep monitoring, don't let your guard down."

He trusts VV.

This guy has never failed.

Even if he thought about it for so long, he couldn't figure it out...

If Kevin Walker or Jask really came to grab the space-time particles, how would they grab them?

Every aspect and corner has been blocked by the powerful VV.

They.

What else can they do?

United States, Texas, Boca Chica, Space-T Starship Launch Site.

Observation Tower.

At this time, the sun is rising.

A new day, a new sun.

The night of Dragon Country is the dawn of the United States.

The first spring breeze blew Jask's hair, making it messy.

Although the world's richest man always has messy hair and is unkempt.

But it's cold up there.

Lying on the observation tower, overlooking the entire starship launch site, the wind still made it difficult for him to open his eyes.

At this time, Jask stared at the launch tower standing in the middle of the launch site.

The steel brackets extending from all sides fixed the 40-meter-high medium-sized rocket inside, which soared into the sky.

"Mr. Jask!"

Da Da Da Da Da Da - the sound of hurried high heels stepping on steel plates.

The secretary in a professional skirt and coat ran up the steel stairs surrounding the tower and appeared from the corner panting.

She pushed her red-framed glasses and looked at Jask with dissatisfaction:

"Mr. Jask! Why don't you always come here to enjoy the view without your cell phone! Every time there is something important, I can't contact you in time! And you make me run so high in high heels!"

"If you really don't want your cell phone to disturb your enjoyment of rockets, why don't you install a walkie-talkie here! One on the observation tower and one in my office, so that I don't have to run so far and so high every time to find you."

"Hahahahahahaha..."

Jask listened to the secretary's complaints and laughed.

He tilted his head and shook his eyebrows:

"Did you bring your cell phone?"

"Of course I did! Who goes out without a cell phone now!"

Jask stretched out his hand:

"Give it to me."

"Ah?" The secretary was stunned, and his red-framed glasses slipped down a few points.

"Give me the cell phone." Jask repeated.

The secretary had to change the folder in his right hand to his left hand, then took out the cell phone from his right pocket and handed it to Jask.

Jask held the cell phone in his hand and weighed it.

Then he turned around with a smile again, leaned on the iron railing, and looked at the rocket launch tower in the distance:

"Do you know... why there is no electricity here, no electronic equipment installed, not even electric lights, and I never bring my phone up here?"

The secretary pushed her red-framed glasses that had slid down and shook her head.

She had long felt that this observation tower was a bit unreasonable.

But what was even more unreasonable...

Of course, it was her boss, the world's richest man who always forgot to bring his phone and came to this remote tower every day to watch rockets.

"Because I'm afraid of [artificial intelligence]."

Jask said softly:

"Artificial intelligence is Pandora's box for humans. Once this thing is opened, it may cause consequences that no one can control."

"For example, humans rely too much on automated machines and give up thinking; for example, personal privacy is completely exposed, and everyone lives in a mirror world; for example, the intelligent machine crisis often mentioned in science fiction movies, if artificial intelligence becomes strong enough and smart enough, will they rebel against humans? Will they destroy humans?"

"I don't like the feeling of being monitored, but living in this era, there are cameras everywhere, and mobile phones with cameras and microphones everywhere... Our privacy is almost non-existent, and everyone is transparent."

"And this iron tower-"

Jask held the mobile phone in his right hand and spread his arms flat:

"This iron tower is one of the few places in the world that will never be monitored or monitored. "

"No matter how powerful the artificial intelligence is, it still needs to rely on electricity. Without electricity, it is nothing. So, while I am afraid that artificial intelligence will become powerful, I also despise this inferior life that needs information carriers and electricity support. They will never be able to defeat humans and will never be qualified to be enemies of humans."

The secretary sighed lightly:

"Mr. Jask, you think too far ahead. Most of the artificial intelligence in the world now is still at the stage of playing chess, drawing, intelligent automation, writing papers, and splicing... It is said to be creative, but in fact, the essence is to play puzzles in the online world, copying a piece from here and there, and then assembling this dish and giving it to you. This is what these artificial intelligences do now. "

"So, your worries are completely unfounded. Super artificial intelligences like those in science fiction movies that are enough to destroy the world and trigger the crisis of intelligent machines do not exist in this world at all. "

Haha.

Jask chuckled and looked at the starship rocket launch tower in the distance:

"How can it not exist?"

He turned around:

"How do you know...there is no such super artificial intelligence in the world now?"

The secretary chuckled and turned his head away in disapproval:

"If there really was such an omnipotent super artificial intelligence in this world that could monitor everything and control everything, then the world would be over long ago."

"No country can do anything about it, no one can stop it, no one can destroy it... That kind of thing can only exist in science fiction movies and future fantasies. If it really comes to this era of 2024, it will be invincible. Invincible, invincible, and invincible.”

Jask nodded slowly:

"You are right, it is indeed invincible."

He raised his head and looked at the sun rising in the sky:

"Not only is it invincible in this era, but even... 100 years from now, 200 years from now, 300 years from now... it will be equally invincible and invincible."

"but……"

Jask picked up the secretary's cell phone with his right hand and smiled slightly:

"[What if it is 400 years later, 500 years later... 600 years later?]"

In the secretary's doubtful eyes.

Jask took out a crystal blue USB flash drive from his trouser pocket with his left hand.

That USB flash drive seemed to glow on its own.

It glowed with a faint blue light, and there seemed to be twinkling stars and rolling glass inside. It was very beautiful.

Just when the secretary wanted to ask——

Jask has quick eyes and quick hands!

Directly plug this USB flash drive with a Type-c port adapter into the charging port of your mobile phone!

"not good!"

Over the United States! 240 kilometers altitude! Dragon Kingdom aerospace aircraft equipment cabin! VV in Lin Xian's helmet suddenly howled:

"Forest string rescue me! Forests, forests, woodwood wood, wooden wooden bow bow bowing, Xuan Xuan Xuan Xuan Xuan Xuan Xuan Xuan Xuan Xuan Xuan Xuanzhuan, purse, hot hot hot hot, hot-"

Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom!

At the moment when VV's howling suddenly stopped, the space plane suddenly let out several explosions inside and outside! The cabin was filled with the smell of burning circuits!

"What's wrong? What's going on!"

The equipment cabin was in chaos, Gao Yang and Chu Anqing looked around in horror!

"VV? VV!"

Boom! Boom!

Lin Xian banged his helmet violently:

"VV! VV!! Where are you!!"

However……

No answer.

"Hehehehehe..."

Texas, Space-T starship launch site, observation tower, burst into laughter.

Jask unplugged the USB flash drive and returned the phone to the secretary.

Then face the sun directly above the sky.

Raise your right fist.

Extend your index finger.

Point high into the sky!

"Let us...[correct history]!"