Chapter 980 Landing on Io

When Nolan returned from Earth, she finally stopped getting stuck and returned to her normal form.

"I'm still comfortable in my current state," Nolan's life-size holographic projection circled on the bridge, "It was stuck before."

Hao Ren asked about the unloading situation: "Where did you throw the ark? Is everything going well?"

"Following the navigation signal sent by the Siren, I sent the ark directly to the bottom of the sea, right next to Nasatorn. The Siren Queen can see it after she returns," Nolan nodded, "No problem , it just caused a little turbulence when the cargo was unloaded, but it had no impact on Nasatorn. The Krakens responsible for 'receiving the cargo' should be busy inspecting and waterproofing the Ark. Such a big thing It’s enough for them to deal with it for a while.”

Hao Ren nodded and turned to look at the remaining twelve Ark ships. These huge spaceships are gradually accelerating away from the drone nest control area under Nolan's remote control. Because they use relatively backward curvature engines, they have to wait until these spacecrafts have left a considerable distance before they can start the hyperspace jump. In the same way, they When you arrive at Io, you have to leave the hyperspace state in advance and slow down slowly. This whole process takes three or four days. He glanced at Lawrence next to him: "You should stay on my spaceship for the past two days. I will also explain to you some of the current situation in the universe and more truth about the disaster that year."

Time passed peacefully, and the Ark fleet embarked on the voyage to Io as planned.

On the second day after the fleet accelerated, the Ark fleet arrived at the "take-off window" about one light-year away from the drone frontier at sub-light speed. The Giant Turtle Yantai then entered the hyperspace state together with the entire fleet, and was in the hyperspace state. It sailed at the speed of light until it reached the "escape window" position 1.5 light-years away from Io. On the third day after leaving the drone nest, the entire fleet left hyperspace and left a distorting lens millions of kilometers long at the edge of Io's solar system. Nolan then conducted a final check on the conditions of the twelve arks, confirming that the main functions of all spacecraft were still intact, and the mechanisms related to landing deformation were also on standby, so she performed the final calibration on the arks, and the mighty The giant fleet formation readjusted its course and headed towards the blue water star one and a half light years away.

When the blue sea of ​​Io appeared on the main projection, Lawrence didn't say a word for several minutes.

"Io has no land. Your ark is the only island, so you can only guard this sea for the next two hundred years." Katrina seemed to be in a good mood after getting the spaceship she wanted, and took the initiative to introduce it to her tenants. Looking at this new home, "We sirens like this kind of planet very much, but it may not be comfortable for you... It is a place to stay, but if you want to rebuild civilization and seek development, it is not suitable."

Lawrence still didn't speak. He just stared at the blue sea on the holographic projection and remained silent for a long time.

"Are you stunned?" Lily carelessly poked the old man on the back, "Are you still fascinated by Io?"

Lawrence reacted suddenly. He took a few deep breaths as if he had just escaped from the vast and endless sea of ​​Io. After a while, he whispered: "...This is the sea..."

"This is just a remote shot," Hao Ren smiled slightly, "You will be even more surprised next. Nolan, start the Ark landing process."

The twelve giant Ark ships had slowed down to the point where they could land on the planet at any time. After receiving the remote command from the Giant Turtle Platform, these huge, mountain-like ships immediately adjusted their posture and began to fall into Io's dense atmosphere. The olive-shaped rough shell of the Ark giant ship rubbed violently with the atmosphere, gradually shining with a red fire, just like twelve mountain peaks wrapped in flames sliding from space towards the surface of the planet, while the Giant Turtle Platform followed. In the shadow of the giant ship Throne, the entire fleet entered Io's atmosphere.

As the height gradually decreased, the Ark giant ship activated a series of additional systems. A translucent "film" that seemed to distort space appeared around each ship. This was the effect of the gravity distortion device. This huge gravity control device that can wrap the entire spacecraft isolates the spacecraft from Io's gravity to prevent these behemoths with a length of more than 100 kilometers from being twisted into pieces by the planet's strong gravity. iron. As the gravitational force between Ark and Io is weakened, the deceleration process of these spacecraft gradually reaches the end.

The first ship to approach the Sea of ​​Io was the Ark "Qunluan". This ancient giant ship that saved the entire fleet with its spirit of sacrifice slowly descended in a majestic manner. The huge air current surrounding the Ark caused the sea to roll up. The waves spread out in all directions. When the Ark gradually touched the water in a horizontal position, the general-purpose adaptive landing device built into the spacecraft was activated. The thick black armor layers were slowly raised amidst a huge roar, and the armor belt underneath the spacecraft was While a large number of fragments fell, it slowly opened to both sides. The fallen fragments were parts that Nolan had cut and brittled in advance, because this system was too old. If the deformed parts were not cut off, It is simply impossible for it to complete the subsequent series of transformations.

After the bottom of the Ark was opened, a large number of huge pipes, metal piles, suspended tubes and various immersed detection devices stretched out from the previously hidden dark cabins. They were immersed in the sea water of Io. These have been thirsty for a long time. The ten-thousand-year-old equipment was finally put into use for the first time. On this strange planet, they eagerly collected information about the surrounding environment, and then reported it to the Ark's main control computer.

However, the data they reported will not be implemented - Nolan has cut off the main control computers of these Arks and replaced them with a series of simulated hosts built by the drone swarm, so that the Ark will not rashly adopt the presets in the program after landing. actions, but put the entire process under control.

Twelve giant ark ships landed slowly one after another, forming a ring-shaped "island" on the vast sea of ​​Io. The only intact Ark of the Throne was surrounded by Nolan under the control of Right in the center. The airflow caused by the landing of these giant spaceships and the vibration of the hull when the gravity isolation system was released rolled up huge waves on the sea. In a large area of ​​​​sea around the fleet landing area, the wind howled like a sudden storm and the huge waves surged. , the drifting rain poured down. The Giant Turtle Yantai flew around the Throne Ark in the storm, confirming that this most important spacecraft did not suffer any damage during the landing process.

The various sensors installed inside the Ark of the Throne and the penetration core that penetrated into the Ark's control circuits also sent the latest data, indicating that everything was in good condition - except for the two isolation compartments at the bottom of the spacecraft that had slight water intrusion. The landing process was smoother than expected.

Nolan reported to Hao Ren while reading the latest data: "The water detection and atmospheric detectors have been activated, and the Ark's life support system is updating the gas pool and reservoir. These things that have been circulating for ten thousand years can finally be replenished. In addition, those spacecraft are still using deep-water radar to detect the seabed terrain, but the sea of ​​Io is too deep, and the seabed resources are out of reach for the Ark civilization. I decided to temporarily turn off those radars - they are not used anyway. "

Hao Ren nodded: "Notify the drone group and send some engineering units over to start repairing these spacecraft."

Nolan issued a summons order to the drone group, and at the same time controlled the Arks to enter the equipment shutdown process.

After ten thousand years of continuous operation, these ancient spacecraft finally landed on a planet, and their severely overloaded machines could finally take a rest. Of course, it is impossible to shut down all the machines in the spacecraft at once. During the period when the drone group comes for maintenance, those equipment will take turns to rest and restart, which provides conditions for the entire maintenance process.

While Nolan was busy with these technical operations, Hao Ren turned to Lawrence: "The next step is the most important part - opening the dome of the Ark. Are you sure the people in the spacecraft can accept what is going to happen next?"

Lawrence nodded slowly: "They will see the sky sooner or later, so why not do it while they are still willing to believe what I say."

"Wait a minute," Lily suddenly exclaimed, "are you planning to open the outer shell of the spacecraft?!"