Chapter 917 Psychedelic
Star Cluster Era 1388,
Early August.
After nearly a week of long voyage, the Swan is finally about to bypass the Great Hole.
Because Li Chengxi felt that simply driving the ship was too boring, he quit and went on strike, and the operation of the Swan was entirely dependent on people.
However, as a warship that was retired after only three years of service, the specifications of the Swan are not much different from those of the current warships. The retirement was only due to the rise of magic mechas, which made the old-style ships less suitable for magic mechas.
A large amount of automation makes its operation much simpler. As long as there is no battle, there can be two or three people in the bridge for a long time.
"I'm done!"
In the bridge, Sana put the pen into the card holder and danced with joy.
Sana's basic education has not been completed yet, and she has to leave Black Hand Port and board the Swan, but at least you have to be able to read and do basic math.
So during this period, several people took turns to teach Sana and assigned her homework.
However, no matter where you are, doing homework is a headache, so it is not difficult to understand how happy Shanna was after finishing her homework.
"Not bad, basically all done"
"Then can I go play?"
"No."
Long took out a stack of textbooks from behind like a magic trick.
"Here are some exercises, please write them down."
"..."
Alyssa, who was sitting in the captain's seat, raised her eyelids when she saw this. When she was a child, Long was also responsible for teaching basic subjects. Whenever she thought of the tragic situation back then, it would bring up psychological shadows.
At this time, An Yun, who was in the navigator's seat, suddenly said:
"We are almost at the scheduled location and are about to start the last jump."
Alyssa nodded, turned on the ship's broadcast, and notified everyone to come to the bridge.
It was inappropriate to let Shanna do homework during the jump, so Long could only put away the exercise book with a little regret.
——Escaped.
After everyone arrived and fastened their seat belts in their respective positions, Li Chengxi suddenly said:
"Are we almost there?"
"You are really in a hurry, yes, we are almost there."
Li Chengxi didn't speak for several days in a row. He appeared only when he was almost there, skipping the boring long-distance journey directly.
Of course, Li Chengxi just wanted to play a space war. Long-distance travel is so boring.
Since Li Chengxi appeared, the control of the Swan was once again in his control. According to the coordinates sent by An Yun, he turned the Swan's forward trajectory, and when he reached the designated position, he immediately started the jump.
The dim light reflected on the bridge for about a few seconds, and then the dark background of the universe appeared in front of him again.
This is a star system with stars similar to the sun, but the planets that can be seen as far as the eye can see are all uninhabited. They are either stone balls or gas planets, without any traces of human beings.
"Are you sure you didn't give the wrong coordinates? It doesn't look like there are people living here."
"Yes, you can see it if you drive a little further."
The Manta increased the engine output and continued to move forward.
On the way, we can see that some of the airspace images are distorted, and then large cargo ships appear, and occasionally warships and other ships appear, not just the Swan itself.
Where there are so many ships, there are either earth-like planets or space stations, but to be honest, I really didn't see anything like a space station.
However, these cargo ships seem to know where to go, and everyone is moving in the same direction.
About four or five minutes later, the starry sky in front of the Swan appeared a very large area of distortion, just like looking in the mirror with a funhouse mirror.
Then, a red planet was squeezed out of this distortion, and the picture effect was like squeezing out an egg yolk.
This scene itself is surprising enough, but then, the red planet seemed to rotate and move to the other end of the field of vision at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then merged into the distortion and disappeared.
When the red planet disappeared, a blue planet was squeezed out of the distortion again, and the two planets went back and forth.
"There are eight planets in this galaxy, but the orbit of the fifth planet is almost invisible."
Alyssa had obviously been here before, and explained calmly:
"The red and blue planets we just saw are just satellites. They are in a natural space distortion, entwined and rotating with each other, and rotating around the star as the center. It is called a unique duet."
The universe is indeed vast and boundless, with all kinds of wonders.
"If we drive directly over, we won't be hit by the planets, right?"
"No, it just looks like it's very close from the outside. In fact, those celestial bodies are in a special space distortion, and there is a separate space inside. Just drive over."
Alyssa said so, and Li Chengxi let go of his hand that was about to release the accelerator and continued to control the Swan to get closer.
This experience is magical. The Swan seemed to have hit a soft and fluffy translucent wall directly. The next moment, the wall opened a barrel-shaped hole to accommodate the Swan.
And inside the hole, there is another view.
You can see the land full of lights appearing right below you. As the Swan goes deeper, the land begins to bend upwards, and finally the land appears around this barrel-shaped hole. It's as if the Swan is passing through the center of a huge planet.
This scene reminded Li Chengxi of the classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, which has a philosophical flavor.
Continuing forward, the empty picture began to distort, forming complex lines that could not be seen at a glance. In some parts, cities and farmlands on the surface of the terrestrial planet could be seen clearly, and in some parts, starlight refracted in the universe could be seen, which was dazzling.
Fortunately, this situation did not last too long. After only two or three minutes, the empty hole and the picture of the terrestrial planet disappeared without a trace.
The Cygnus once again passed through something like a translucent wall, and this time appeared in the cosmic background that seemed normal at first glance.
From a visual perspective, they seemed to be staying in place without moving much, but if you look to the left front, you will see two satellites, one red and one blue, slightly larger than the moon, orbiting an terrestrial planet, which was not visible before.
"The locals call themselves Mormo, which is said to mean the only one. Before they could enter the void, they always thought they were the only habitable planet."
This is no wonder. After all, they are in a special space distortion. If they are not close, they can't see that there is an terrestrial planet in the galaxy.
But now this is a busy route, and ships coming from the other side of the big hole will approach here for supplies and unloading.
After a little sigh at the wonder of the universe, Li Chengxi asked:
"Where are we going now?"
"To the space station, we don't have to enter the atmosphere this time."
This is a good thing, at least if we get into any trouble, the Swan can escape quickly.
It is this kind of thinking mode based on "getting into trouble" that makes Alyssa feel a little bit of shit...
