Chapter 320 Human Fleet Sets Sail
Two years later.
Outside Proxima b, 3,000 starships are ready to go.
And the exploration satellites surrounding it have already taken the lead in flying into the distance.
In the dim universe, dense blue dots of light suddenly flashed.
[Earth] Command Center.
In the huge holographic projection directly in front, an expanding detection network is taking shape.
Lv Yongchang stood on a high platform behind the command center with a serious expression, carefully checking the data in the holographic projection.
[Home Ship is ready, all personnel have entered hibernation]
[Engineering Ship is ready]
[Taotie Material Reserve Ship is ready]
[……]
[Ring Fleet Detection Network Deployment Completed]
[No abnormal conditions within 1AU, ready to set sail at any time]
One green light after another lit up in the holographic projection.
Lv Yongchang took a deep breath, turned his head to look at the "dirty" ice ball outside the porthole, and issued the last order.
"Human fleet, set sail!"
"Target: Ross 154 star system!"
As soon as the words fell, Zero's voice sounded immediately.
"The order has been confirmed."
"The route has been planned."
"The fleet will enter the [Forward Four] state in 15 minutes. All stranded personnel are requested to enter the deep-sea cabin immediately."
Lv Yongchang pressed the switch of the electromagnetic adsorption device beside him and stood up from his chair.
"Professor, see you in sixty years."
Beside him, Zhao Zijie's voice came.
Lv Yongchang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
"See you in sixty years."
As he said, he walked towards the deep-sea cabin at the back of the command center.
After a familiar series of procedures, Lu Yongchang slowly closed his eyes.
Before closing his eyes, his eyes stayed at the end of the star map.
Ross 154, I hope it can provide a safe haven for humans.
A faint thought flashed in his mind.
The next moment, his consciousness completely fell into darkness.
...
A few minutes later.
When it was detected that everyone had entered hibernation, the lights in the starship went out one by one.
At the same time, the Hall thrusters at the tail of each starship gradually brightened.
Proxima b.
A remote corner of City No. 4.
Ren Feng stared at the holographic projection in front of him in a daze.
On the projection, there was a real-time picture sent back by the satellite.
It was as if 3,000 small suns rose in the deep and dark universe!
At this moment, even the light of Proxima Centauri seemed extremely dim!
"Xiao Feng..." An old voice came from the side, "Has the human fleet set off?"
Ren Feng turned his head to look at his grandfather.
The old man squinted his eyes and reached out to grope on the coffee table beside him.
Ren Feng chuckled, stood up and helped the old man get his reading glasses, and said softly: "Yes, the fleet has set off."
"You too, I told you a long time ago that a small operation in the medical cabin can cure presbyopia, but you just don't believe it!"
The old man smiled and reached out to take the glasses, put them on the bridge of his nose, and then waved his hand.
"Hey! How can you talk like that?"
"I feel uncomfortable when I think of a robot entering my body!"
"Anyway, I think my eyes are fine." The old man muttered softly.
Ren Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head, and no longer explained the difference between nanorobots and ordinary robots.
"Xiao Feng."
The old man was silent for a while and then said: "I stayed in this dying star system just to accompany me, an old man who is half buried in the ground."
"Life in the future will not be as comfortable as before."
"Do you regret it?"
Ren Feng's breathing was slightly choked.
Then, he smiled with relief: "Maybe I regretted it at first, but now... I've let it go."
"It's not bad to live a plain life like this."
"What's more, aren't there 80 million new generations who choose to stay in the Proxima Galaxy?"
"Besides."
"Before leaving, Professor Lu left a weak artificial intelligence here. In addition, we can always seek help from Zero or others through long-distance communication, and there are various types of robots, so the quality of life will not be too bad."
Looking at Ren Feng's confident look, the old man stopped talking, but a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.
Really, is there such a comfortable thing?
From Earth to Proxima b, he has experienced too many things in his life.
From the rise of Xiaguo, the establishment of the Human Union, to escaping from Earth...
He has experienced almost everything personally.
It is precisely because of this that the old man knows very well that the development of human civilization will never be smooth.
In the event of danger, will the human fleet still have the energy to take care of this sub-civilization with no development potential?
Thinking of this, the old man sighed again and glanced at his grandson beside him with extremely complicated eyes.
He had already told his grandson about all this, but... it was useless to persuade him.
The old man shook his head slightly and put the thought in his mind behind him.
Whatever.
Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and it is not the turn of an old man with half of his body buried in the ground to speak about this matter.
Ren Feng, who was standing aside, obviously did not notice the subtle expression on the old man's face.
At this time, his eyes were still focused on the holographic projection in front of him.
Looking at the 3,000 bright blue light spots in the endless deep sky.
...
Sixty years later.
0.01 light-years away from the Ross 154 star system.
A fleet with a bumpy surface slowly passed by.
Although it did not suffer any attacks during the voyage, the originally bright and beautiful outer shell of the fleet looked particularly shabby under the influence of cosmic rays and tiny meteoroids.
In the center of the fleet, inside the flagship [Earth].
In the central computer room, various indicator lights flashed rapidly.
Then, starting from the computer room, the lights inside the hull gradually lit up.
In the command center, the holographic projection automatically unfolded.
A star map slowly emerged.
[Distance: 0.01 light-years (632.4 AU)]
[Has arrived at the preset awakening area]
[Awakening program is being started]
[The first batch of awakened personnel are awakening...]
...
At the same time.
In the Ross 154 star system 0.01 light-years away.
Four probes are still orbiting the dark red Ross 154 to perform detection tasks.
In the past sixty years, they have been tirelessly sending main star detection data to the solar system.
After the transfer, these data were transmitted to Zero.
According to the program preset by Lv Yongchang, once Ross 154 shows any abnormal movement, Zero will immediately and unconditionally execute the deceleration program and wake up all the personnel in [Earth].
But "fortunately", no abnormal data has been received in the past sixty years.
In the detection of the four detectors, Ross 154 is operating normally, spreading its own warmth to this dark and cold universe.
But with the arrival of the fleet, a gray shadow appeared again in the "normally operating" Ross 154.
The gray shadow disappeared in a flash.
The detector still transmits normal data to Zero.
