Chapter 1776 Space Experience
10 km.
50 kilometers.
100 kilometers...
The obsidian airship does not need a strong thrust to overcome the effect of gravity like a rocket, so it has been maintaining a high ascent speed. Unknowingly, the obsidian airship has risen to a height of about 400 kilometers above the ground .
At this altitude, the atmosphere is already very thin, almost a vacuum.
And everyone is already in a state of weightlessness.
For Xia Ruofei and others who put on the extravehicular spacesuit, it seems that they are more relaxed in the state of weightlessness. Although the bulky spacesuit still looks bloated, it seems to have no weight.
Sound cannot travel in a vacuum.
However, Xia Ruofei and the others don’t need to use mental power to transmit sound, because the spacesuits outside the cabin are all equipped with an intercom system, and everyone has set the frequency to the same channel in advance, so they can talk directly on the frequency.
Xia Ruofei said: "We are just verifying the flight. I think it is almost enough to maintain this orbital altitude. This is almost the orbital altitude of our country's Tiangong experimental module. Brother Chen, what do you think?"
Chen Xuan made an OK gesture and said, "Yes!"
This verification flight is mainly based on Xia Ruofei, and everyone will naturally have no opinions.
So, Xia Ruofei said: "Then I will release the spaceship!"
After finishing speaking, he first used his mental power to control the console of the Obsidian flying boat, expanding the range of the flying boat's shielding barrier by about 20 meters—this is almost the limit range of the flying boat's shielding barrier, and it has been maintained so large for a long time With a range of enchantments, the consumption rate of Yuanjing will also be much faster. But Xia Ruofei still has to do this, otherwise the spacecraft will be released rashly, I am afraid that many big countries will immediately notice that there is an unidentified aircraft on the 400-kilometer orbit, so the spacecraft must also be included in the scope of the shielding barrier. .
After adjusting the enchantment of the obsidian spaceship, Xia Ruofei took the dragon spaceship out of the spirit map space.
The dragon spacecraft appeared next to the obsidian spacecraft in an instant. At this time, the obsidian spacecraft had maintained an orbital altitude of 400 kilometers and was flying around the earth. The dragon spacecraft and the obsidian spacecraft were in a relatively static state.
Xia Ruofei directly connected the Dragon spacecraft and the Obsidian spacecraft with two straps—this strap is the kind of safety rope used by astronauts when they go out of the cabin, and it is in the accessory box of every extravehicular spacesuit. Equipped with several pieces, the relative state of the two is basically static now, and there will be no pulling force.
Just a simple connection with this strap is enough.
And even if the Obsidian Spaceship and the Dragon Spaceship drift far away in space, Xia Ruofei can completely control the Obsidian Spaceship to catch up, and there will definitely be no direct loss in space.
Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Dear fellows, then I will advance to the spaceship!"
After finishing speaking, Xia Ruofei lightly kicked the deck of the Obsidian spaceship with both feet, and then he flew towards the dragon spaceship.
Xia Ruofei didn't take any safety measures. He directly grabbed a fixed pole on the outside of the spaceship, and then waved to Chen Xuan, Ling Qingxue and others on the deck of the Obsidian spaceship behind him.
For ordinary people, it is basically impossible to directly enter a sealed spacecraft in space.
In fact, during space flight, if the spacecraft hatch is opened directly from the outside, it is estimated that the strong internal and external pressure difference can directly blow the hatch out. When astronauts go out of the cabin, they first come to the sealed cabin, and then decompress the cabin, so that the cabin becomes a vacuum, and there is no pressure difference from the outside, and then the cabin door can be opened.
Of course, this is not a problem for practitioners.
Xia Ruofei grabbed the fixed rod on the outside of the dragon spacecraft with one hand, and then his mental power directly extended to the return capsule of the spacecraft. The return module is also the cockpit of the spacecraft, and all controls are done here.
Although the power system of the spacecraft has been disassembled, some basic control units are still retained, otherwise the spacecraft will become a big pot, which cannot meet the needs of space life at all.
According to the operation manual, Xia Ruofei used mental power to remotely control the spaceship directly, turned on the main power supply of the spaceship, and deployed the solar panels to ensure that the spaceship has sufficient power supply.
Then, he manipulated the button to depressurize the cabin he was about to enter.
After doing this, Xia Ruofei directly used the mental force to pull the handle of the hatch and opened the airtight hatch.
Then, Xia Ruofei easily pushed in, and then lightly got into the interior of the spaceship.
Xia Ruofei checked briefly, and then said: "Everyone come here!"
Chen Xuan and the others also jumped from the black obsidian airship one after another, easily came to the top of the dragon airship, and then filed into the interior of the dragon airship.
Five people wearing extravehicular space suits got into this cabin at once, and it seemed a little crowded all of a sudden.
Xia Ruofei seized the time to close the airtight hatch, and then extended his mental power to the cockpit, checked the airtightness of the cabin, and only after confirming that the hatch had been closed and there was no problem with the airtightness, did he check the airtightness of the cabin. Pressurize.
Soon, the air pressure in this cabin was the same as that of the other cabins.
Xia Ruofei opened the hatches leading to other cabins, and said: "Okay, everyone can take off the space suits outside the cabin, but fellow Taoists in the Qi refining period wait a moment, Brother Chen, me, and Elder Yang come first! "
Xia Ruofei and Chen Xuan are both golden core stage monks. If there is a problem with the oxygen content inside the spaceship, or if there are other dangers, their survivability is far stronger than that of the Qi refining stage monks.
The three of Xia Ruofei took off the extravehicular spacesuit according to the operation procedure.
They tried to take a few breaths, and the feeling was not too different from the ground, but in the weightless state, they felt a little uncomfortable, but the environment inside the spaceship must be fine. At this moment, even a secular Ordinary people from all over the world can survive just as well if they appear on a spaceship.
So, Xia Ruofei gestured to Ling Qingxue and Yu Xiner.
The two of them couldn't wait to take off their spacesuits.
There is already air in this cabin, so everyone can talk and communicate directly.
Xia Ruofei said: "In order to ensure that when danger arises, everyone can change into spacesuits outside the cabin and escape from the spaceship quickly. All spacesuits are designed to stay in this cabin, but everyone has their own magic weapon for storage, so It’s better to put away their own spacesuits, so that there will be more space in this cabin!”
Everyone nodded, and collected their extravehicular spacesuits into their own storage treasures.
Then, Xia Ruofei took everyone to wander around inside the spaceship.
These cultivators are still somewhat uncomfortable with the weightless environment. They always feel that the soles of their feet are light and fluttering, and they have no concept of up and down, so they stumble when they move forward. Fortunately, when the spaceship is designed, some places that are easy to bump They all use soft bags, and the protection is still very good.
Xia Ruofei and the others browsed around and found that although these extended cabins are not very large, their designs are very reasonable.
For example, there are two rest cabins, so that men and women can be separated. Of course, the so-called rest cabin is actually a sleeping bag fixed on the wall, because in space in a state of weightlessness, there is no distinction between up and down, so everyone feels the same when standing or lying down.
There are also special areas for bathing and toileting on the spaceship.
In addition, because there is no need to load a large amount of living materials, and there is no need to undertake tasks such as on-orbit scientific experiments, and naturally there is no need to carry test equipment, so a lot of space in the cabin is saved. Xia Ruofei simply estimated that even if more There are a few people, but the overall space seems relatively spacious.
Of course, this is all relative. Compared with the ground, the interior of the spacecraft must be cramped.
According to the operation manual of the spaceship, everyone has practiced some basic operation procedures several times. Everyone can perform basic operations on the spacecraft independently.
Fortunately, everyone is a practitioner, and this kind of operation is not particularly difficult. The main test is memory, so everyone mastered it quickly.
Xia Ruofei and others stayed in the spaceship for about half an hour, then put on extravehicular spacesuits and returned to the orbital module that entered and exited the spaceship.
Xia Ruofei locked the hatch leading to the return cabin, and then used mental power to control the spacecraft button to decompress the cabin.
Then the hatch was opened, and everyone left the spaceship one by one and returned to the Obsidian spaceship.
Xia Ruofei did not put away the spaceship immediately, but began to arrange formations on the outer surface of the spaceship.
The main thing is the simple shielding formation. For Xia Ruofei, the formation itself is not difficult. The real difficulty is that he needs to fix the formation materials prepared in advance on the outer surface of the spacecraft, and these formation materials must be able to adapt to the relative relatively harsh environment.
When Xia Ruofei was in the United States, he had asked Li Yifu to make preparations in advance.
The material he uses is a kind of nephrite. Although the hardness is not very high, its ductility is the best among jade materials. Even if the temperature changes greatly, it will not crack easily.
Xia Ruofei inlaid the nephrite array talismans that had been carved in advance on the surface of the spacecraft one by one - in order to operate out of the cabin, a lot of grooves and handrails were designed on the outside of the Dragon spacecraft, Xia Ruofei placed the array talismans one by one according to local conditions Well, after checking it out, he went back inside the ship.
At this time, the hatch of the spaceship has not been closed, Xia Ruofei skillfully entered the cabin, and it was another process of closing the hatch and pressurizing.
Finally he came to the cockpit - this is the center of the spaceship control, Xia Ruofei also arranged the core of the formation here.
Although wearing a bulky extravehicular space suit, Xia Ruofei relied on mental power to directly operate the formations, so it did not affect his speed. A Yuanjing was inlaid on the core, and then left the spaceship.
The main function of this formation is to shield the spaceship, so that the monitoring equipment on the earth, satellites in orbit, space stations, etc., cannot find the spaceship, even with the naked eye, ordinary people cannot see it.
In this way, the Obsidian Flying Boat does not need to open the shielding barrier to the maximum all the time - when the shielding barrier is opened to the limit, the consumption of the original crystal is very large, if it is only a little waste, that's all. But in the case of a round-trip flight of up to one or two months, it is not a little bit of Yuanjing that is wasted, so Xia Ruofei naturally needs to improve.
After the shielding formation is arranged directly on the spaceship, a single crystal can be used for a month or two, and this consumption is basically negligible.
In fact, the shielding formation method can use spirit crystals, but Xia Ruofei doesn't want to change spirit crystals frequently, so he directly uses Yuanjing.
In this way, he only needs to control the opening and closing of the array, and basically does not need to care about the energy exhaustion of the array during the entire voyage, which is almost maintenance-free.
After Xia Ruofei left the dragon spacecraft, he didn't put away the dragon spacecraft immediately.
He also closed the cabin door, and then remotely controlled the cabin with mental power to repressurize the cabin just now, and then cut off the power of the spaceship, but the solar panels did not retract you—the mountain and sea realm of Lingtu space is spacious enough, and There is no need to put away the solar panels to save space, just store them in. Moreover, frequent charging of solar panels will also increase the risk of failure, and it should be the most stable to keep them in the open state.
After finishing all this, he put the dragon spacecraft into the Lingtu space, and at the same time temporarily closed the shielding formation of the spacecraft.
Xia Ruofei returned to the Obsidian spaceship, immediately reduced the range of the shielding barrier, and then said to everyone with a smile: "Okay, everyone's first space experience journey is over! It's time for us to return! The second batch of passengers are waiting to board the spaceship!"
Everyone's relaxed laughter came from the channel.
To be honest, when they first boarded the Black Obsidian Flying Boat, Ling Qingxue and Yu Xiner, two Qi-refining stage monks, were quite nervous. After all, space is full of unknowns. For them, fear is inevitable.
However, after about an hour of experience, this fear has weakened a lot, and they have more confidence in their hearts.
Xia Ruofei controlled the black obsidian flying boat to start descending, and found a suitable trajectory, and while descending, controlled the flying boat to fly in the direction of Huaxia capital.
The descending speed of the flying boat is very stable, which is also due to Xia Ruofei's precise control - after all, as the altitude drops, the earth's gravity gradually begins to work again. If there is no control, the speed must be getting faster and faster, but Xia Ruofei's Under the control, the flying boat can basically keep descending at a constant speed, which greatly increases the comfort of the "passengers".
At an altitude of about 3,000 meters, the flying boat has passed the accurate descent trajectory and reached the sky above Huaxia Capital.
Xia Ruofei controlled the Obsidian spaceship to hover in the air, and then everyone changed out of their extravehicular spacesuits—the oxygen content at this altitude is enough, and the temperature is within the range that ordinary people can tolerate. Naturally, they no longer need the protection of spacesuits .
The spacesuits that everyone changed were not put away, but stayed on the deck of the Obsidian spaceship, because the next batch of expedition members will board the spaceship soon, and they still need to use these sets of spacesuits.
After changing clothes, Xia Ruofei controlled the flying boat to continue to descend, hovering steadily at a height of a few meters above the courtyard of Liu Hai Hutong.