Earth Era

Because the planet is so huge, people in space cannot even take all of New Jupiter into view. It is no longer spherical in people's eyes, but a huge plane extending to infinity. At an altitude of more than 10,000 kilometers, people can clearly see the various crisscrossing airflows of different colors in the atmosphere of New Jupiter, and can even see their flow.

It was one huge, extremely violent cyclone after another. The most powerful storms on Earth are as tame as kittens compared to any other cyclone on the planet. Numerous satellites in the distance are suspended in the sky like small glass balls, and super planetary accelerators with a length of hundreds of thousands of kilometers are tightly hooped on the planet like golden hoops.

Its rotation allows it to remain in space without being destroyed by the new Jupiter's gravity. Because it is too long, people cannot see its ring structure. What appears in people's field of vision is a straight line extending straight below the horizon. All equipment has been debugged and all preparations have been completed.

Under the joint orders of Professor Laird and Commissioner Han Luochang, the activation order was finally issued. In that moment, each planetary engine opened the rear cover at the same time, spraying out weak blue flames.

As time passed, the blue flame eventually became stronger and longer. The flames, which are dozens of kilometers wide, gather together, like a misty curtain covering the new Jupiter. The indescribably powerful thrust was poured into the huge planet below through the ubiquitous magnetic field, eventually allowing it to slowly change its speed and orbit.

At this moment, endless winds and thunderstorms appeared above New Jupiter. The chaos of the magnetic field affected the entire planet, causing it to change from its previous calmness, and even affected the deepest parts of the planet. People knew that although the violent winds and thunderstorms presented before their eyes at this moment were shocking enough, more shocking changes occurred in places inside the planet that people could not see.

But no matter how violent and changing the planet is, it cannot affect the planetary accelerator located at an altitude of more than 10,000 kilometers. The improvement of physical theory has completely solved the problem of unstable work of planetary accelerator, allowing it to face any situation without moving.

This scene not only happened in the new Jupiter base, but also in the new Saturn base.

A number suddenly appeared on the huge virtual display screen, 0.00011. The next moment, it became 0.00022, and the next moment, it became 0.00033.

It is known that these numbers show the orbital changes that the planetary accelerator has made for it. At this moment, deafening cheers resounded throughout the entire viewing spacecraft. Wherever this scene is conveyed, there will be cheers. Countless people spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate, and the always strict social security policies were relaxed a little today.

Looking at the ever-changing numbers, Professor Laird felt the urge to cry. Scientists at the Scientific Planning Committee have been waiting for this moment for too long, and now it is finally here.

Professor Laird knew that in a dozen years, new Jupiter and new Saturn would enter orbit around each other. At that time, they will spontaneously shorten the distance between each other and eventually complete the fusion without the need for the promotion of planetary accelerators. Of course, before that, the two planetary accelerators had been dismantled and would not be affected by their fusion.

"All suffering will pass, and hope is ahead..."

Professor Laird spoke impassionedly in front of countless media reporters and spectators. Below, Han Luochang turned his head slightly, looked at Wu Wei lightly, and then their eyes fell apart the next moment. But both of them saw something special in each other's eyes.

Time is still passing by slowly. Yesterday's carnival disappeared in an instant and soon became a memory buried deep in the depths. Life will continue on the same track as before, and nothing will change because of that carnival. After the planetary propulsion project lasted for approximately thirteen years, the planetary accelerator dismantling project officially began.

In the past ten years or so, the distance between the two planets has been reduced from 700 million kilometers to less than 5 million kilometers. This distance is enough for them to orbit each other to form a pair of binary stars, and while orbiting the Phoenix star together, they will spontaneously reduce the distance between them.

They have no hope of becoming a stable binary pair. When the track was first planned, that possibility was ruled out. Their only destiny is to become one, and no one can change that.

During the previous advancement process, the satellite systems of the two planets were severely affected. Although they do not break away from the planet's gravitational field, they are enough to change the existing orbit. So large-scale collisions began, and changes in orbits further affected the stability of the satellite system, so more satellites fell into instability. So far, the orbits of more than a dozen satellites that have reached hydrostatic equilibrium have been fatally affected. Even if the two planets maintain their current orbits and do not change, they will one day be thrown out or be torn apart by the planet.

A large number of collisions formed countless small debris in satellite orbits, which even plunged the entire periplanetary space into chaos. Impacts on planets will never stop. According to statistics, on average, tens of trillions of tons of mass will impact new Jupiter or new Saturn every year. This further affects the planet's atmosphere, making it more violent.

A large amount of debris even seriously threatens the safety of planetary accelerators. However, people had considered this possibility as early as the construction site. The complete space defense equipment saved the planetary accelerator from being destroyed.

After the two planets entered orbit around each other, the planetary accelerator dismantling project officially began. Countless engineering spacecraft, as well as military spacecraft transferred from the military, plus billions of workers, engineers, and scientists participated in this task. But even with such a huge effort, the demolition project still lasted a full five years.

All the dismantled planetary acceleration sections were placed in orbits around stars far away from the Phoenix star, waiting for their next use.

The entire civilization began to wait again. Only after the two planets have truly merged and calmed down will new laying begin.

After another decade, the fusion of the two planets finally began. The close distance has changed their shape from spherical to ellipsoidal, and the intersection of the outer atmosphere has begun a few years ago. Their satellite system was severely affected by their too fast operation speed and too close distance. A dozen satellites were thrown into space and became planets orbiting the Phoenix star. Another part of the satellites left Phoenix directly. galaxy. The most dramatic process occurs a year before the planets merge. It was a huge satellite with a mass of up to 7% of the Earth. It lost its stable orbit due to gravitational disturbance. After exceeding the Roche limit of the new Saturn, it was first torn into pieces by gravity, and then turned into long strips and hit the new Saturn. above.

The impact even permanently changed the new Saturn's color and slightly altered its attitude. But even such a violent impact would pale in comparison to the planetary collisions that would come later.

During the fusion of the planets, gas equivalent to seven Earth masses was ejected, forming a smaller nebula orbiting the Phoenix star. The energy released was even four times more than the energy released by the sun during the entire stationary period. one part. After the fusion, the brightness of Messenger Star, the planet formed after the fusion of two planets, even exceeded that of Phoenix Star. It lasted for more than four years and only decreased in the fifth year. To the extent that it is slightly inferior to Phoenix Star. The violent stellar storm even expanded the scope of the Phoenix Galaxy's stellar circle by two billion kilometers.

It became a star. Although it is just a failed star, it is enough for human beings.

From now on, the Phoenix Galaxy loses two planets but gains a companion star. The Phoenix Galaxy has also become a binary star system.

The Messenger star's satellite system - no, it should be called a planetary system now - was more severely affected than expected. Almost all the large moons that reached hydrostatic equilibrium left it, except for two that remained with it. Moreover, the orbits of these two satellites are not stable and may change again at any time. What's left are only some weird-shaped smaller satellites, and some small things that can't even be called satellites and can only be called interstellar rocks.

However, due to preparations made in advance, the satellite used to store fusion fuel and various mineral resources was preserved intact. It had been pushed into the orbit of Phoenix before the planets merged, and was not much affected by the later interstellar collisions - the military specially deployed a fleet to defend against meteorites that hit it. In this disaster, it became the biggest winner.

Before the Messenger Star truly calmed down, the push for this satellite started again. It was once again pushed into the vicinity of the Messenger Star and had a stable orbit. In the future voyage, it will become the travel package of human civilization. No matter what is missing, whether it is energy or minerals, people will ask for it from it.

After a further seventeen years of waiting—a little longer than planned—the laying of two stellar accelerators began again. It took more than five years to lay the two accelerators on it again. One of the accelerators became the main thruster, and the other accelerator became the attitude adjustment thruster.

When everything is ready, the great voyage that countless people have been looking forward to for more than a hundred years is about to begin.