Mecha and Knife

The "Xinghe", which was considered by Emperor Wudi III to be the "solution" for the space war between the Federation and the Empire, finally showed its theoretical limit speed when it was attached to the sixth spaceship and reached a distance of one million kilometers from the Azure Star. one third.

Relevant parties did not agree with this demonstration at first. Although everyone believed that this demonstration was necessary, they believed that other mecha fighters should replace Ji Xinghe to drive the Xinghe. Because, if Xinghe wants to reach one-third of its theoretical top speed, it must use the 'Emperor Engine' which does not have the possibility of large-scale application.

This is the name given by Xingyue. In the relevant documents of the Federal Academy of Sciences, it is also called the 'nuclear explosion engine'.

The name is not important, what is important is that this engine is very dangerous during use.

However, Ji Xinghe insisted on his own opinion, and like a tyrant, he used the authority of the commander of the Federal Space Defense Command to issue orders to require the relevant area to clear a channel. Therefore, the relevant parties can only bite the bullet and implement it.

In the common people of the Federation, when there is already a space vehicle that can directly ascend into space, the space is only one million kilometers away from the Azure Star. Although it still looks very open and boundless, there are actually a lot of 'obstacles' .

The Lingshan defense system was the first to bear the brunt. It was a dense defense network composed of hundreds of thousands of military satellites, space missile launch platforms, space outposts, individual starships, spaceships, and space battleships.

There is also the moon base, a springboard for humans to enter space, which maintains the main connection between the blue star, the moon, and alien stars all the time. I don’t know how many aerospace vehicles transit from the moon. There are only about 400,000 kilometers in lunar orbit.

This is not the traffic in space, but the glory of human wisdom.

"How to clear a channel? If the Xinghe explodes at extreme speed, it will not be able to carry out precise control. Its speed is too fast. If there is a mistake..."

"Shut your mouth, let you empty it and you will empty it."

"But it's really easy to make mistakes, and it's easy to cause huge losses. It's not easy to build the Lingshan space defense system. Many aircraft are actually spacecraft. It’s easy to say, but not so easy to get them back.”

Aircraft generally refers to aircraft that can fly in space, and spacecraft generally refers to aircraft that can fly in the atmosphere. The difference between the two is very large. A spacecraft designed to fly in the atmosphere first needs the support of oxygen in the fuel to be able to fully burn and release energy, and secondly needs the reaction force provided by the air to quickly increase the speed.

Federation fighter jets cannot be used on alien planets because of these two reasons.

Although some spacecraft can be sent into space and have the ability to fly after being modified, and because theoretically infinite acceleration can be performed in space, the requirements for acceleration capabilities are not high. But what is needed is not only chemical fuel, but also liquid oxygen as one of the fuels, which is difficult and expensive to replenish in space.

In the case of a fixed course, changing the course in order to clear a channel will increase consumption in itself. After that, it is necessary to return to the previous course, and the consumption will increase again.

"If there is a mistake, who is the most dangerous?"

"General Ji, I know, it is General Ji, so we should not conduct tests in this area, we can extend the test area outward. In the space three million kilometers away from the blue star, no matter how you test, you don't need to clear any waterways gone."

"What do you know, doesn't General Ji know? Yes, General Ji was originally just an ordinary auto mechanic on the Azure Star. He may not know this information, but don't the staff around him know? Why? , they all insist on testing in this area?"

"Why?"

"Because if Xinghe is really going to be used, it must be in the space area one million kilometers away from Azure Star."

"..."

"understood?"

"understood."

"work."

"yes."

The process of clearing the waterway, the thoughts in the minds of the relevant personnel, and some of their arguments, discussions, arguments, etc., have nothing to do with Ji Xinghe.

It has been six years, and he has been in the army for six years. Not only has he been promoted from a professional and technical private to the only active five-star general in the Federation, he has also learned a lot of truths. This, and many things, can be approached with one of the principles—prioritize whether the goal must be accomplished, and if so, ignore the cost.

If that spaceship really came to the solar system, it would definitely go straight to Azure Star. Even if that spaceship can defeat the Federation's space fleet stationed on an alien planet, it will definitely come to Celeste, because this is the root of the Federation, the root of mankind, and the root that cannot be given up temporarily.

Therefore, the use area of ​​Xinghe must be within a spherical space area one million kilometers away from Azure Star, and it is not limited to the direction of alien stars.

Clearing the channel is also an exercise, but at this stage, the Federation will definitely not explain the threat of "that spaceship" to the public. The Xinghe test has become a good excuse.

"Old man, do you really want to come in person?"

Li Zhengfan's voice rang in Ji Xinghe's ears. He had already driven the Xinghe away from the spaceship he was on, and was alone in the deep sky, looking at the blue sky a million kilometers away.

"kindness."

While Ji Xinghe responded, Xingyue had already marked Li Zhengfan's location and status on Ji Xinghe's viewing window. At this time, Li Zhengfan was on the bridge of a space battleship. Although he was not the captain of this space battleship, it was obvious that he was the captain of this space battleship, and his name had nothing to do with the facts.

This space battleship cruising in lunar orbit has some obvious differences from the active space battleships of the Federal Space Fleet. According to the information provided by Xingyue, it is code-named 'Long Yi' and is the first space battleship manufactured by the Federation Longzhou. A dragon-class main space battleship, its status in the space fleet is equivalent to that of an aircraft carrier in the past.

The name of the serial rank of the latest generation of space battleships of the Federation uses the twelve zodiac signs of the Dragon Continent, and the Dragon Class is naturally the absolute main force. The space battleships with other zodiac signs as the sequence level names have their own emphasis.

For example, the Tiger class is similar to the status of a cruiser, the horse class is similar to the status of a destroyer, and so on.

"That's fine." Li Zhengfan didn't try to persuade him, but changed the subject directly: "I hope you can help me realize my dream."

What is Li Zhengfan's dream? Receive the gift in the physical form of a space battleship and transform into a special life form.

But this matter, Ji Xinghe said before that it should be done by Li Yuanba. After Li Yuanba and Li Zhengfan both returned to Azure Star, Li Anbang also persuaded Li Yuanba as Ji Xinghe and the others expected. gifted ability, so this matter has not been completed.

Ji Xinghe hadn't contacted Li Zhengfan and the others for a long time. Hearing Li Zhengfan's words now, he understood why Li Yuanba hadn't mastered the gift ability—he didn't want Li Zhengfan to become a space battleship.

"Wait another three days."

Ji Xinghe replied in a calm tone, but Li Zhengfan was overjoyed and suddenly sad, but this sadness was hidden deep in his heart.

At the same time, Li Yuanba also heard this conversation, which was deliberately done by Li Zhengfan.

So he said, "I don't need three days, I don't need you."

Li Zhengfan smiled even more happily, but because his body was still in the form of a robot, and he turned off the expression display function on the screen of the visor, no one could see his smile.

Li Zhengfan, Li Yuanba, and perhaps Li Anbang, the problems that the three of them, father and son, could not solve in the past year, were directly solved before Ji Xinghe could really return to Azure Star. Moreover, this is not just a matter of their father and son. Li Yuanba has mastered the gift ability, which is of great significance to all mankind.

The communication channel became quiet. Although there were still some people who wanted to talk to Ji Xinghe, they were all blocked by Liu Mian and Su He who followed Ji Xinghe back to Azure Star. One of them was someone inside the military system. , a person who blocks the government system and the private sector can be regarded as having his own strengths.

When the news came that the channel had been cleared, Ji Xinghe directly activated the Xinghe. This time he started it himself, instead of Xingyue helping him to control the Xinghe.

On Xinghe stagnant in the deep space, the original propulsion engine at the tail disappeared during the process of mechanical structure extension and deformation, and was replaced by a special propulsion engine made of tungsten steel and gold.

Ji Xinghe, who was standing on the Xinghe, squatted down. The necessity of this posture is actually not great during the flight, but if it is in the course of the battle, it will be very large. He will definitely be the target of the attack, the smaller the body The less likely it is to be hit by an attack.

The roar suddenly sounded, and only Ji Xinghe himself could hear it in the whole world, even the people who had maintained a communication connection with him a second ago couldn't hear it, because the electromagnetic pulse that can interfere with communication exploded in the Xinghe propulsion engine. The moment it happened, it had spread to the surroundings at almost the speed of light.

The reconnaissance satellites that focused on Xinghe and Champion Hou could only capture a gleam of brilliance, and the Xinghe and Champion Hou completely disappeared from their sight. Only other detection devices could capture Xinghe's body. Moves quickly and transforms into a red dot of light on multiple large screens.

Without any line of sight, the state of Xinghe can be clearly seen at this time, because its speed has soared to 40,000 kilometers per hour in an instant.

According to the current speed, it only takes twenty-five hours to take Ji Xinghe across a distance of one million kilometers to reach Azure Star. In less than two months, it will be able to take Ji Xinghe back to the alien planet again, which is faster than the cruise speed of most of the spaceships and battleships in active service in the Federation.

However, this is only Xinghe's first acceleration.

A loud bang, along with the physical connection, entered Ji Xinghe's consciousness. Because of the vastness of space, he still maintained a certain line of sight, and he could clearly see the blue in the distance, which was moving faster. The speed becomes larger.

The second nuclear explosion of the emperor engine accelerated, so that the speed of Xinghe soared to 70,000 kilometers per hour. It is like a sewer manhole cover that was blasted into space by a nuclear explosion at a speed of 70 kilometers per second, but the speed is much slower at this moment, because the method and location of the nuclear explosion are not the same.

If you only pursue speed, Xingyue and the Federal Academy of Sciences can definitely make the Xinghe faster at this time, and the acceleration of two nuclear explosions can easily exceed 300,000 kilometers per hour. But that is uncontrollable, it will cause damage to Xinghe, and it can only be used once.

Controllable and reusable is the speed that can truly be called "mastered".

At this time, the speed of the Xinghe had reached the limit speed of the Federation spacecraft and space battleship, but it was obviously impossible to catch up with the spaceship from the third civilization. If it were so easy, Emperor Wudi III would have killed both Ji Xinghe and Ji Rong Xinyue in the No.

But it doesn't matter, Xinghe can still accelerate, and it can theoretically accelerate an infinite number of times in space.

The third boom... The fourth boom... The sixth boom...

The speed of the Xinghe has soared to 300,000 kilometers per hour, reaching 136 percent of the speed of light, almost approaching the speed limit of existing human spacecraft.

If he travels to the alien star at this speed, Ji Xinghe will be able to reach the alien star from the blue star in only eight days.

Of course, this is only in theory, and there are still many issues to consider in terms of specific implementation. But now is not the time to think about how long it will take for Ji Xinghe to reach the alien star. The most important thing to consider now is that after many times of acceleration, Ji Xinghe is getting closer and closer to Azure Star.

"My lord, change direction, it's already reached one-third of the theoretical speed."

Xingyue reminded Ji Xinghe that now she is the only one in the world who can talk to Ji Xinghe, and she is not affected by various external factors.

For this test, it is enough to test to 300,000 kilometers per hour. Although this speed may not be enough, it is only a manned test of a real aircraft after all, and there is no need to bear more risks.

But Ji Xinghe can become Ji Xinghe, how could he let himself go so easily?

The residual power produced by multiple nuclear explosions has already begun to affect his body, but with the isolation and distribution of the tungsten metal body and biological tissues, and his own ability to bear beyond human beings, the impact is completely within the controllable range .

"Closer."

Ji Xinghe looked at the smear of blue that was getting bigger and bigger in his sight, and knew very well that it was actually caused by psychological factors. In terms of the size of the blue star, the distance between one million kilometers and 800,000 kilometers does not seem to be so intuitive.

Xingyue didn't persuade her anymore, she also knew that it was not the Xinghe that really needed to be tested, but Ji Xinghe who might be the only one who needed to drive the real Xinghe. But she is ready to accept the control of Xinghe at any time. She doesn't want to see Ji Xinghe crash into the blue star, or the various federal aircraft, space elevators, space stations, etc. in the low-earth orbit of the blue star.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and Ji Xinghe rushed towards the blue star at an unprecedented speed, making all the people watching this show even more anxious.

When the distance was only 400,000 kilometers, the blue star had already occupied most of Ji Xinghe's line of sight, and the fear of giants did not exist for him, but combined with the speed at this time, Ji Xinghe also had some thoughts in his heart. waves.

What would happen if they collided?

Ji Xinghe thought so, but in his sight, the blue star had disappeared, replaced by a strange spaceship.

Of course, what he wanted to hit couldn't be the Azure Star, but that spaceship, if he couldn't forcibly board that spaceship...

Then let yourself become the sharpest knife in all mankind!

With a bang, the nuclear explosion engine was started again, and the Xinghe successfully completed the change of direction when it was only 300,000 kilometers away from the Azure Star, sailing away from the Azure Star.

After that, the speed of the Xinghe began to return to normal, and it returned to the blue star again. Li Zhengfan went to greet him with his space battleship. When Ji Xinghe successfully boarded the ship, everyone cheered, but what no one knew was what Ji Xinghe was thinking about in this demonstration, and what he planned to do in the future. something.