Earth Era

Chapter 231 Fuel leakage

The long journey is still going on. Every time Wei Feng wakes up, in addition to doing some daily spacecraft maintenance work, he has one more thing to do, and that is to look at the stars in the distance, just watching quietly, except for staring. Otherwise, do nothing.

Wei Feng would think of many things in his mind. Sometimes he would think of the war taking place in the solar system, and sometimes he would think of the time traveler team. But these thoughts usually end with a sigh. Wei Feng is still concerned about the solar system and human civilization, but Wei Feng knows that except for the people in the time traveler team, no one in human civilization will think about him anymore. I have been completely abandoned by human civilization.

In this cycle of falling asleep and waking up again and again, the luminosity of the sun weakened little by little, and a star in the opposite direction to the sun became the brightest star seen by the satellite.

Wei Feng knew that that star was the destination of his voyage. It looks like one star, but it's actually two. They are two stars orbiting each other. Because they are too close to each other, it is impossible to distinguish them from the position of the satellite. Then their rays of light overlapped and entered Wei Feng's eyes together, becoming the same star.

Not far from this star there is another star that has never appeared before. It was very dim and looked very inconspicuous. Even in this empty and clear space without any obstruction or scattering, Wei Feng had to squint to see it.

It is Proxima Centauri, also known as Alpha Centauri C, and the other two stars are named Alpha Centauri A and B respectively. Star C is the smallest star in the Nanmen 2-3 star system, the closest to the sun, and the faintest star. When it was on the earth, its light merged with the two stars A and B. Only one star could be seen on the earth. But now, the journey of the moon wind has traveled more than two light years. , it finally broke away from the light of Star A and Star B. Has its own independent image.

"More than two hundred years have passed..." Wei Feng sighed and stopped staring. Continue to enter the busy work.

Every time he wakes up, Wei Feng has more work to do than the last time. Because the Xinghai spacecraft malfunctions are becoming more and more frequent, more and more places need to be repaired and maintained by Wei Feng. This made Wei Feng feel a little worried, because Wei Feng knew that there was still a long journey of more than seven hundred years waiting for him, and Wei Feng was not sure whether the Xinghai spacecraft could sustain it until that time.

After leaving the solar system, the Xinghai spacecraft is Wei Feng's only home. If even this family is lost... Wei Feng can only leave his life and turn into a cold stone in this vast and empty dark universe.

Every time before Wei Feng went into hibernation, he was worried about whether he could wake up smoothly. Because there are too many uncertainties. Wei Feng didn't know that one day a fatal malfunction would occur in the spacecraft, and this malfunction would probably cause him to sleep forever, with no chance of waking up again.

After Wei Feng entered hibernation with some worries, the Xinghai spacecraft once again returned to darkness and silence. Time was still passing by quietly. I don’t know how long it had passed, and I didn’t know what time it was now. Suddenly, there was a little movement at the tail of the quietly suspended Xinghai spacecraft.

A tiny flash of light flashed away at the tail of the spacecraft. After the flash, a hole almost one meter in diameter appeared there. Subsequently. A large amount of gas was ejected from the hole. As the Xinghai spacecraft rotated, it continued to circle in space, and then quickly became lighter and thinner. Eventually it disappeared into space without a trace.

With the appearance of this hole, the entire Xinghai spacecraft boiled in an instant. Countless instruments inside the spacecraft began to shake. At the same time, the red warning light also began to flash rapidly. In that invisible place, countless data streams are generated from sensors installed throughout the spacecraft, and then quickly transmitted along the communication links to the central computer located at the core of the spacecraft.

It was from this moment that the lighting equipment in the Xinghai spacecraft was turned on instantly, then the life support system was turned on, the temperature control equipment was turned on, and the hibernation capsule where Wei Feng was sleeping was pushed out of the ultra-low temperature equipment.

The wake-up procedure has started. After the program was executed, the hibernation cabin cover opened, and Wei Feng slowly opened his eyes.

After a moment of confusion. Wei Feng regained consciousness. So Wei Feng said to the empty hibernation room: "Ye Luo, has the ten years arrived?"

After asking this question. Wei Feng noticed something was wrong. There seemed to be a tense and solemn atmosphere permeating the air, and some very sharp sounds were faintly heard in the ears.

"What happened? Report to me immediately." Wei Feng said.

"Captain, we are in trouble." Ye Luo's voice remained calm, but spoke much faster, "An instrument in cabin A of the energy cabin malfunctioned due to aging. The malfunction caused the pressure of the fusion reactor to become unbalanced, resulting in a malfunction. The explosion slightly damaged the hull structure. The explosion penetrated the partition between cabin A and cabin B, causing the reserve fuel to be directly exposed to the interstellar environment. The fuel is currently leaking rapidly. Although I have taken some emergency measures, This measure is not sufficient to completely prevent fuel leakage."

Although Wei Feng's body was still limp and weak at the moment, Wei Feng's thoughts were not affected. After listening to Ye Luo's report, Wei Feng's brows wrinkled at this moment: "Explosion? Fuel leak?"

"Yes, this is the reason why I woke you up urgently." Ye Luo said, "I don't have the ability to deal with this emergency situation alone."

"Immediately... show me the repair plan immediately, and I will repair it right away." Wei Feng said, climbing out of the hibernation cabin with all his strength, but fell to the ground because of his unsteady steps. Wei Feng almost fainted from the fall, but in the end Wei Feng gritted his teeth and resisted the dizziness without losing consciousness.

Wei Feng knew how urgent the situation was at this moment. Wei Feng is very familiar with the hull structure of the Xinghai spacecraft. He knows that the A cabin is responsible for supplying the fuel tank for the standing fusion reactor. The so-called standing fusion reactor means that it is always working and provides uninterrupted energy for the entire spacecraft. reaction furnace. Because even if Wei Feng enters hibernation, there are always some instruments in the spacecraft, such as the central computer, monitoring sensors, positioning instruments, orbit fine-tuning thrusters and other equipment that cannot be turned off. This requires that there must be a A fusion reactor is always working to provide energy.

Because it is always working, its probability of failure is highest. Every time he woke up, Wei Feng would focus on the maintenance of the standing fusion reactor, but unexpectedly, it eventually broke down.

If it was just a failure of the fusion reactor, it would be nothing, but the most important thing is that it blasted through the barrier between the energy cabin A and the B cabin, and damaged the hull, causing the fuel in the A and B cabins to leak. Give way. There is not much energy reserve in cabin A, but cabin B is one of the main energy storage warehouses. If even half of the fuel in cabin B leaks, this will be an unacceptable consequence for Wei Feng.

In this vast and empty space, fuel means everything. It means power, it means light, it means food, it means air and water... it means life.

"Captain, I must warn you in advance that your current physical condition is not suitable for carrying out maintenance tasks." Ye Luo said, "According to my judgment of your body, you must rest for at least five hours before you can handle this." Unexpected abilities.”

"Five hours?" Wei Feng's tone became serious: "After five hours, how much fuel will be leaked?"

"After you repair it, it... will leak at least 70%." Ye Luo replied.

"Stop talking about Ye Luo. Immediately prepare a spacesuit for me, prepare a maintenance plan, and immediately take out the tools needed for maintenance from the warehouse. I understand my own situation, you don't have to worry about me." Wei Feng said decisively.

Wei Feng knew that the fuel reserves on board the Xinghai spacecraft were limited. If 70% of the fuel in cabin B leaked, he would not have enough fuel to return to Earth.

"I need to remind you of the risks of this approach. With your current physical condition, if you perform maintenance tasks, the probability of you making a mistake will be as high as 80%. And your mistakes are likely to make the situation worse. Oops." Ye Luo said, "Excuse me...are you really sure you want to carry out the maintenance task now?"

"Of course I want to go." Wei Feng said, "Ye Luo, although you are very intelligent, you still don't understand the importance of mental strength to a person. Although my physical condition is not good, but... you know? , we have no choice and no retreat."

"Human civilization has abandoned us. We are already orphans without a home. Apart from relying on our own hard work, who else can we rely on?" Wei Feng continued to say quietly, "So... our maintenance mission this time We have to succeed because if we fail, we lose everything.”

Ye Luo said: "Okay Captain, I have prepared the tools you need according to your instructions. At the same time... I also believe that Captain, you will succeed. Wish us good luck." (To be continued~ ^~)

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