Chapter 1396 Heading to Lolita

The anti-gravity engine pushed the Explorer smoothly into the air, and soon surpassed the height of the floating island fortress. Then the spacecraft continued to climb, the altitude continued to increase, and the surrounding temperature also began to drop. Soon, the outside of the spacecraft The temperature dropped below freezing and the light began to dim.

In space exploration, the most difficult step is to let the heavy spacecraft leave the earth and enter space. In order to resist gravity, at least 90% of the fuel carried on the rocket is lost in this process. However, in Purandar, due to the goblin The existence of prehistoric black technology such as gravity wells, as well as various technologies such as floating stones and anti-gravity magic, allow Tang En and the others to overtake in corners, quickly break through key technologies, and enter the space field.

This smooth climbing experience made the passengers on the spacecraft feel very fresh, especially those strong men who had never left Purandal.

They looked down at the earth through the portholes. The earth was getting further and further away, and the flat land began to arc in the distance. As their height climbed further, the dividing line between light and darkness of Purandar soon appeared in their field of vision.

"Now that we have reached the stratosphere, the temperature outside is about zero degrees..."

Levitz was stunned: "Huh? That's not right. Didn't the temperature just drop to forty degrees below zero? How come the temperature outside has increased as the altitude has increased?"

"That's because the stratosphere is rich in ozone, so the upper part of it is heated by absorbing a lot of ultraviolet light from the sun, so the temperature rises with altitude. The temperature at the top of the stratosphere is It hovers around minus three degrees, which is about the same as the ground temperature. However, after breaking through this layer, the temperature will drop with altitude again, and it will soon drop to more than minus two hundred degrees, which is very scary."

It is difficult for ordinary people to understand the concept of more than two hundred degrees below zero, so Clotto had to demonstrate to him what it felt like - he controlled the mechanical arm, threw a fruit into space, and then tapped it directly. It turns into dust.

Rivitz trembled when he saw this scene: "Won't the spaceship we're on also turn into pieces?"

Clotto said angrily: "If we can't even solve this problem, do we still dare to come to space?"

His words inadvertently reassured several others. Although most of the people here were famous and powerful people, they had never tried it themselves. None of them could guarantee that they could survive in the cosmic environment.

After breaking through the stratosphere, the altitude has exceeded 80 kilometers. Then the anti-gravity engine stalled and the power source was smoothly switched to the magic engine. After the spacecraft adjusted its attitude, the bow was aimed at Lolita in the distance, and then the tail A torrent of light blue magic was ejected, pushing the spacecraft to continue to accelerate towards Lolita.

In space exploration, in addition to the initial stage of the planet's atmosphere, which is very difficult to break through, another very difficult technical problem to solve is the source of engine power for the spacecraft during distant space travel.

The traditional refrigerant engine propels the aircraft forward through the continuous consumption of fuel. The technology of this engine is relatively simple, but the problem is that the refrigerant engine needs to consume a considerable amount of fuel to propel the aircraft to its destination. The more fuel, the The greater the push required, the more difficult it is to escape from the planet... This is an endless cycle.

In space travel, the best choice is a medium-free engine - but physics is impossible to allow such a fantastic engine to appear (Emdrive is not considered a success yet and will not be considered), even in the world of Purandar, It is also impossible to achieve a working medium-free engine.

However, in this world, there is a very cheap energy with a very large unit energy density - that is magic.

Void energy decays into psionic energy, and psionic energy decays into magic power. After the high-density psionic energy decays, magic crystals will be formed. At the same time, after the magic power is enriched in the living body, magic cores, magic pools and other things will also be formed. These are all It is a very efficient energy source.

Therefore, although Tang En has not developed a refrigerant-free engine, the energy efficiency ratio of the magic engine far exceeds that of ordinary refrigerant engines. Therefore, during space travel, he does not need to consider orbital factors and can travel without any scruples. It consumes magic power to continuously accelerate in a very short time, allowing the spacecraft to reach an extremely high speed, so that it can reach Lolita very quickly.

"Is this the feeling of weightlessness you are talking about? Oh, this feeling is really great!"

As the spacecraft got further and further away from Purandal, Rivitz and the others felt that the effect of gravity was disappearing from their bodies. Soon, he could no longer feel his bloated and heavy body. The feeling of breathing effortlessly made him almost burst into tears of happiness.

——Although the other goblins don't care about Levitz's bloated body, there are still many inconveniences to being overweight, and he himself can't stand it.

“A very fresh feeling.”

Jean closed his eyes and let himself float freely in the cabin: "It feels different from using flying or floating techniques. There is a... freer and more relaxed feeling, as if my body has disappeared. .”

Everyone else was also experiencing the new experience of weightlessness at this time. Even Aigwen, who had been silent all this time, now had a face full of surprise.

Tang En, who had experienced weightlessness for the first time, was similar to them, as excited as a child.

Just as they were having fun, the Explorer suddenly sounded an alarm: "Warning, a large unidentified object was found ahead of the route, and an impact is expected to occur in one minute."

After Tang En and the others heard the alarm, they were all stunned, and he and Clotto returned to the console: "Show the obstacle image!"

The next moment, the image of the detected object was projected in the center of the hall.

"hiss!"

The moment Tang En saw that thing, he took a deep breath, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble.

It was a very badly damaged space base that had almost lost its complete shape and was floating in the universe.

"What is that?"

Justine Sa and the others were stunned when they saw the projection in the hall. The structure and appearance of this thing were contrary to their common sense, so they couldn't understand it.

"space station."

Tang En murmured: "I'm afraid it's a space station left by prehistoric civilization that has been floating in space for thousands of years."

According to common sense, a space station that has lost power cannot float in space for so long. It will be affected by the gravity of the planet, gradually approach the planet, and eventually be affected by atmospheric friction. The speed will become slower and slower, and then fall. , either burn up in the atmosphere, or fall into the sea.

But now, what appears in front of them is a space station that has been severely damaged and cannot even distinguish its shape... This is very unscientific.

The overall structure of this space station is on the verge of collapse. Most areas have been twisted and deformed. Some parts appear to have been severely damaged by the impact of an asteroid. The entire space station looks riddled with holes and has no potential value at all.

——Perhaps, its only value now is to tell Tang En and the others that there once existed an extremely developed prehistoric civilization in this world.

"This should be the space station that survived the disaster ten thousand years ago."

Justisa said slowly: "If it had received a frontal impact, it would not be possible for it to still exist now."

"The question is, is there anything worth recycling in there?"

Tang En is more concerned about the information on prehistoric civilization.

"I'm afraid it's very difficult. Even if it's still there at the beginning, after so many years of radiation erosion, it may not be left."

The environment in space is very harsh. Huge temperature differences and strong radiation environments are not good for data preservation. Moreover, the entire space station has lost its protective environment and it is impossible for anything to be left behind.

"forget about it."

Tang En gave up his plan to slow down and directly notified the Explorer to change its route, bypassing the obstacles and continuing to fly towards Lolita.

Perhaps, that space station once was glorious, but now, it is just a ghost floating in space, without any value.

After the Explorer passed by the dark side of the space station, it continued to fly towards Lolita at an extremely high speed.

More than ten hours passed in a blink of an eye, and soon the Explorer was approaching Lolita and began to enter reverse thrust and deceleration mode. At this time, people on the spacecraft could even see the crater above Lolita with the naked eye.

Looking at Lolita getting closer and closer, everyone on the spacecraft finally understood why Lolita is a pink satellite - there is a pink color growing everywhere on the surface of Lolita. Crystals, a large number of pink crystals form huge crystal clusters up to a kilometer high, reflecting the light from Lumbika, so what people in Purandar see is pink.

"Is this another kind of magic crystal?"

Angus looked at the huge crystal cluster expectantly: "If your guess is correct, the magic power contained in this magic crystal may be stronger than what we are using now!"

After hearing what he said, Tang En suddenly began to look forward to it. If the pink crystal cluster was really another energy form after the psionic energy decayed, they would have more choices.

A moment later, exclamations suddenly sounded on the spacecraft, and the passengers quickly gathered around the portholes, scrambling to look outside.

"Oh my God! This, this is amazing!"

"At this time, I finally understand the significance of the space exploration plan that His Majesty Tang En has been vigorously promoting..."

"That's the most direct evidence left to us by prehistoric civilization, right?"