Earth Era

The two-choice question that Ye Luo asked Wei Feng, "Either return to the solar system or go to Nanmen 2," seemed a bit confusing, but Wei Feng understood the specific meaning of this question in an instant.

The cruel reality once again forced Wei Feng to the edge of the cliff, leaving no room for change. Yes, as Ye Luo said, he could only choose one of the two, and Wei Feng had no other choice.

If you choose to stay here to repair the damage to prevent fuel leakage, the Xinghai spacecraft will still have roughly sufficient fuel, but the navigation instruments will be destroyed by the fire. Without navigation instruments, the satellite wind would never be able to reach the Nanmen II system.

Because space is not a complete vacuum. There are still numerous microscopic particles here, and there are even interstellar dust clouds stretching hundreds of billions of kilometers. Although they are completely invisible to the naked eye and cannot be truly felt with the body, they play a role all the time. The Xinghai spacecraft will inevitably collide with them while sailing at high speed. In this constant collision, the course of the Xinghai spacecraft will continue to deviate, but for interstellar navigation, an initial one centimeter orbital deviation may mean 10 billion when it reaches its destination in the future. , or even an error of 100 billion kilometers.

The Xinghai spacecraft must constantly correct its trajectory to ensure its accuracy. To correct the orbit, a navigation instrument must be used - the navigation instrument is a set of precise and complete systems. It will continuously observe the radiation intensity and flash frequency changes of dozens of iconic neutron stars in the Milky Way, and then combine it with Dynamic star library, and then through careful calculation, you can determine your position. After determining your precise position, you can calculate the precise orbit. Without the navigation instrument, the orbit cannot be corrected, and the Xinghai spacecraft cannot reach Nanmen 2.

Although the Xinghai spacecraft carries spare navigation instrument accessories, but... the situation Wei Feng is facing at this moment is that if he does not put out the fire. A fire will destroy the navigation instrument - it will be destroyed, not that a part will fail. Just replace it and repair it. There is no way to repair a navigation instrument that has been damaged to this extent.

At the same time, if the navigation instrument is lost, although the Xinghai spacecraft will no longer be able to go to the Nanmen II system, it can still turn around and return to the solar system. Because the Xinghai spacecraft flew out of the solar system, Ye Luo had been collecting star map data during the voyage. With this data, even without navigation instruments. Ye Luo can also find an alternative way to return to the solar system. Because the remaining journey to the Nanmen II system has not been completed, and Ye Luo has no navigation data about the second half of the journey, this method can only be used to return to the solar system, but cannot be used to sail to Nanmen II.

Therefore, if Wei Feng chooses to stay here to preserve fuel, then Wei Feng will have no choice but to give up the idea of ​​​​voyaging to Nanmen Er and return to the solar system.

But...if Wei Feng chooses to extinguish the fire and retain the navigation instruments, the fuel reserve in cabin B will leak at least 70%. This will cause the Xinghai spacecraft to have a serious shortage of fuel reserves. It's so serious that the remaining fuel is only enough to decelerate the spacecraft from three thousand kilometers per second relative to the sun to relative stillness.

At this moment, the Xinghai spacecraft is in inertial navigation, and inertial navigation consumes basically no fuel. This means that if Wei Feng makes this choice. The Xinghai spacecraft can still fly to the Nanmen II galaxy under the guidance of navigation instruments. After arriving at the Nanmen II galaxy. The spacecraft still has enough fuel to slow down and enter the Australasia system, but there is no fuel to return to the solar system.

This is a matter of choosing one or the other. As long as you choose one side, you will inevitably lose the other side. They are like two girls who love Wei Feng deeply but are very jealous. No one of them can stand the existence of the other girl. As long as Wei Feng chooses one of them, the other girl will definitely If you leave Wei Feng, there is no possibility of looking back.

The choice is in Wei Feng's hands. But Wei Feng was really unwilling to make this choice. Wei Feng was still in the deepest hibernation a moment ago. At this moment, Wei Feng had to make this decision. And it has to be fast. Because if the satellite is delayed for too long, not only the fuel will leak, but even the navigation equipment will be burned. At that point, the moonwind can neither return to the solar system nor go to the Nanmen II system.

So...which one should I choose?

On one side are tens of millions of scientific research, engineering and logistics personnel, as well as the eager expectations of the time traveler team. If this opportunity is missed, human civilization may not be able to take this step of interstellar navigation until it becomes extinct. The other side is... forever lost in the vast space, unable to return to his hometown for eternity. Wei Feng will truly become a cold stone floating in the universe, never finding a home.

The standing fusion reactor around him may produce a secondary explosion at any time. The fuel stored in cabins A and B is still losing rapidly. In zone D, the flames are still destroying mercilessly. For Wei Feng, it is useless. For alternative navigation equipment, the situation has really reached a critical moment. But Wei Feng lost his mind at this time. Wei Feng felt that his thoughts seemed to be frozen. At this moment, Wei Feng could not move, think, speak, and even forgot to breathe.

It was a cruel choice to make this choice. Although Wei Feng had undergone more than 20 years of professional training before setting off, although Wei Feng had experienced more than two hundred years of lonely travel, although Wei Feng thought that his mind had matured. Tough enough to resist distortion, Wei Feng still hesitated at this moment.

There are two roads ahead, one is the wasted effort of tens of millions of people, the other is eternal drifting in loneliness.

"Captain, time is running out. According to my judgment of your physical condition and the difficulty of the mission, you must make a decision within thirty seconds and start action quickly. Otherwise, we may lose the fuel and Lost the navigation equipment." At this moment, Ye Luo's voice reached Wei Feng's ears, which made Wei Feng's thoughts return to normal.

At this moment, Wei Feng's voice was hoarse: "Give me...give me fifteen seconds! I will tell you my decision in fifteen seconds!"

Wei Feng knew that if he had enough time to answer this multiple-choice question, he might not be able to make a decision after thinking about it for a month, two months, or even a year or two. But now, Wei Feng must make a decision within fifteen seconds.

In the end, which path should we choose?

Time seemed to stand still at this moment. The quiet stars in the distance, the deep darkness in the universe, the white gas that keeps leaking, the crackling sparks that keep coming out... all these scenes are frozen in Wei Feng's eyes.

Wei Feng's eyes were a little confused at first, but they regained clarity after a moment, and then took on a hint of madness. A sound that sounded like the roar of a wild beast came from Wei Feng's throat. The sound was very vague, but Ye Luo could clearly hear every word in Wei Feng's roaring words.

"Go to hell! I'm an upright man! If you want to run home when you encounter difficulties, that's a coward! A coward!"

"Isn't it South Gate 2!! I'm going to book it! I have to go there and have a look! The worst possible outcome is death! When have I ever been afraid of death!"

The rotation of the Xinghai spacecraft's hull is slowly slowing down, and the artificial gravity has begun to gradually disappear. After Wei Feng roared those two words like a wild beast, a force came out of nowhere in his body, causing him to jump up, turned around, and ran towards Area D at a speed as fast as It was faster than Wei Feng's normal full sprint when he was healthy.

Wei Feng gritted his teeth tightly and his face was a little distorted. The low gravity at this moment created a lot of convenience for Wei Feng's running, making Wei Feng's running feel like flying. Ye Luo tried to stop Wei Feng at first and asked Wei Feng to choose a way to move forward that could maintain his physical strength. However, after seeing how crazy Wei Feng was, he did not stop Wei Feng anymore. He just kept telling Wei Feng the direction he was going and what should be done. What fire extinguishing tools to bring where.

Wei Feng finally rushed to Area D and rushed to the area where the navigation equipment was stored. Wei Feng picked up the fire extinguisher and started spraying it crazily. When one fire extinguisher was used up, he replaced it with another. He kept spraying crazily here, busy, and never stopped, like a tireless robot.

What leaked here was some gas mixed with oxygen. There was no flammable gas like hydrogen or methane. The fire here was caused by the explosion igniting combustible materials. Because the gas could not be discharged quickly, Wei Feng could only choose to extinguish the fire by extinguishing the open flame.

Wei Feng didn't know how long he had been busy before he put out the last open fire. The gas leaks were still continuing, but Wei Feng no longer had the strength to repair them at this moment.

At this moment, Ye Luo's voice came into Wei Feng's mind again: "Captain, the navigation equipment is only 20% damaged. It can still be used after repair. The fuel in cabin B leaked 10%. Seventy, because of the reduction in pressure, it stopped leaking on its own when the reserve was only 30%."

"Are you saying...we can never go back?" Wei Feng asked hoarsely.

"Yes." Ye Luo replied, "We can only continue to the Nanmen II Galaxy. We... will never be able to return to the solar system." (To be continued ~^~)