Chapter 266 Trivia

Wang Sen also knew that the swarm was still sticking to them behind the fleet.

So after Qi Yiming made the decision, he didn't say anything more and turned to leave the office.

Two days later, a large fleet flew towards the nearest mineral star.

During this period, Fang Min also came to Qi Yiming once, mainly reporting on the issue of personnel migration.

Although the Hope and the Knight were gradually moving out their industrial facilities, the space that could be vacated was actually not large.

In the end, the two spacecraft only accommodated less than 50,000 more people.

However, only a small part of the industrial facilities in the two giant colonial spacecraft were moved out. As the plan progresses, the two spacecraft can accommodate more than 3 million more people.

In order to ensure the influx of so many people, the life support systems inside the Hope and the Knight were also upgraded accordingly.

Half a year passed quickly.

As before, the advance fleet set off more than a month in advance. After receiving the safety information sent back by He Zhenzhu, Qi Yiming ordered the fleet to set sail again.

It was a bit awkward to determine the next rest point, because the closest galaxy to the fleet had exceeded the maximum distance that the fleet could continuously jump.

That is to say, the next rest point of the fleet would be a void.

Originally, Qi Yiming wanted to use the unprecedented delivery capability of the Xuefeng to deliver the fleet to the longest distance, but the information given by the shipboard intelligent computer instantly made Qi Yiming give up this idea.

At present, there are only more than 100 tons of ether crystals on the Xuefeng. Even if all the crystals are consumed at once, the fleet can only be delivered to more than 400 light years away.

There is no way. The fleet is too large. It seems that more than 100 tons of ether crystals cannot withstand consumption.

In the end, Qi Yiming chose to use the jump engine honestly and fly slowly to the next node.

The distance of 32 million light years, Qi Yiming felt desperate when he thought about it.

According to the current speed of the fleet, Qi Yiming would have said goodbye to this world by the time he arrived at the destination.

What he was worried about was whether humans would have human-like mutations like those on the desolate planet earlier after a long period of space travel.

If humans have undergone a minor evolution like a docile boiling frog, forming reproductive isolation from their ancestors, then according to the security system of the former Federation warship, their descendants will definitely not be able to activate the war star.

So Qi Yiming called Shi Shaojie and asked him for some information about this aspect.

After listening to Qi Yiming's explanation, Shi Shaojie said to him: "Put your heart at ease. Our colony spacecraft is designed according to the best living environment for humans. The damage caused by cosmic rays to humans has been taken into account at the beginning of the design, so we will not have the so-called genetic mutation at all."

"But will long-term space travel have any other effects on humans? Thus causing a kind of hidden evolution or degeneration?"

"This..." Shi Shaojie frowned and thought for a while: "According to the existing research data, as long as there is no major change in the living environment after a long period of space travel, it is basically unlikely that the situation you said will occur."

"Time... I mean time..." Qi Yiming emphasized the word time: "You have to know that our destination is 32 million light years away. At the current speed of the fleet, humans will have to go through at least a dozen or even hundreds of generations of population changes."

Shi Shaojie lowered his head in thought, and he was stunned by Qi Yiming's question.

"I think the execution speed of the hibernation plan needs to be accelerated." Qi Yiming said, looking at Shi Shaojie who was silent.

"We are already doing our best. The population is too large, and the hibernation will take a long time. So everyone needs to do a lot of preparation before entering the hibernation capsule. It will take at least half a year from the time a person starts preparing for hibernation to the time he enters the hibernation capsule."

"How many people have entered hibernation so far?"

"Less than 5 billion..."

Qi Yiming crossed his arms and walked to the huge one-way window in the office, looking at the pedestrians outside the window in a hurry, thinking.

The New Federation lost the least population when it evacuated, and basically took away everyone who could be taken away.

The Cloud Ring Federation lost a lot of people, and only took away more than half of its own population.

As for the Taro Empire and the Turing Republic, Qi Yiming was already very lucky to be able to take away 20% of the population in the country.

The total population in the evacuation fleet is now about 30 billion.

Before leaving the human territory, in order to respond to the threat of the swarm at any time, Qi Yiming did not dare to start the hibernation plan.

Because fighting against the Zerg, the loss of population is very serious. At that time, a large number of new soldiers must be recruited to join the fleet. If too many people enter the hibernation capsule, those who have just entered the hibernation state can only perform the emergency awakening procedure, so it is not worth the loss.

It was not until Qi Yiming led the fleet to leave the human territory and escape into the void that Qi Yiming started the hibernation plan. However, it is impossible to get nearly 10 billion people into the hibernation capsule in a short period of time. This is an extremely time-consuming project.

Seeing that the hibernation plan could not be completed in a short period of time, Qi Yiming could only ask Shi Shaojie to strengthen the investigation of abnormal mutations in the population to try to avoid tragedies.

Shi Shaojie nodded. Although he thought Qi Yiming's worry was unnecessary, it was better to be safe than sorry. He knew a little about the situation on the desolate planet. If this situation really happened in the evacuation fleet, it would definitely be catastrophic.

After all, the resources on a planet can still support a large population, but it is different in the fleet.

So if this kind of thing happened in the fleet, the fight between the two sides would be faster and bloodier than the fight on the desolate planet.

Qi Yiming also knew that this kind of thing could only be prevented. If there really was a genetically mutated humanoid, Qi Yiming would definitely eliminate this threat as soon as possible.

After the two discussed this matter, Shi Shaojie was about to get up and leave, but Qi Yiming stopped him.

"I haven't finished talking yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

"There's too much work in the Academy of Sciences. Even if I'm watching over my group of researchers, they'll find opportunities to slack off. If I'm not here, they'll probably dare to put down their work and go out to play."

Qi Yiming smiled: "Don't push too hard. A proper rest is still beneficial to research work."

"Don't pretend to be a good person in front of me." Shi Shaojie looked at Qi Yiming with contempt: "I don't know who's urging me to get research results all day long?"

Qi Yiming smiled awkwardly: "Um... How is your research on deep space navigation technology going?"