After a long hibernation, Zhao Xiaofeng's consciousness gradually returned to his brain.
At this moment, his head was hurting. This kind of pain was like waking up drunk.
This was because the head would lose some water. The solution was very simple. Just replenish more water.
He grabbed the water from the robot cart and took two sips.
When the body was severely dehydrated, if a large amount of water was consumed for a period of time, it might cause water poisoning. This was one of the common sense that every qualified interstellar astronaut must have.
However, at this moment, he felt that his body was still a little stiff, and his tongue was not flexible. The words that came out of his mouth were a little vague.
"Hello, Old Cat. How long did I sleep this time?”
"Hello, captain. I can't answer your question for the time being! Before I answer your question, I want to report two pieces of news to you!”
" First of all, we encountered Aldebaran's outbreak on our way back from the exploration mission in the A3 system of Cassiopeius! We were less than a trillion kilometers away from Aldebaran!”
"What?!" Even though he had just woken up, Zhao Xiaofeng was still shocked when he heard Tomcat's words.
Aldebaran was a star that had reached the end of its life. Its volume was about 2,000 times that of the sun, and its mass was at least 10,000 times that of the sun.
Usually, when a star ran out of hydrogen, it would end its life with a heroic explosion.
The process of a star's death was known as a supernova explosion.
The supernova explosion of a star was something that most people would never encounter in their lifetime. For example, in the Milky Way, which had billions of stars, a supernova explosion would only happen once every 500 years.
For interstellar travelers, encountering a supernova explosion at close range was undoubtedly a tragedy among tragedies.
Take Aldebaran as an example. According to its mass and volume, the energy emitted by a supernova explosion could be comparable to the total energy emitted by the sun in its lifetime!
" The gamma-ray storm caused by Aldebaran's explosion lasted for thirty seconds. During that time, our spaceship was too close, only about 0.1 light-years away, so we suffered some irreversible damage!”
Tomcat reported dejectedly." A big thing like Aldebaran the Fifth is simply too big. Not only did its final heroic explosion destroy most of our spacecraft's instruments, but most importantly, the space-time turbulence caused by the violent energy explosion made it impossible for our spacecraft to determine space-time!”
"So we can't confirm the time?”Zhao Xiaofeng asked with difficulty.
"Yes, Captain!"
Tomcat replied," Such a large energy fluctuation will definitely cause space-time to distort. According to our knowledge, this is completely random!”
"We might have returned to decades ago, or it might have been hundreds of years ago!”
"So, are we lost?"
Although Zhao Xiaofeng was very weak, he still managed to ask this crucial question.
On a long interstellar journey, the worst thing was to lose one's direction.
To travel from one solar system to another, one usually had to cross a distance of light years.
Spaceships moved through space through inertia. Since there was no reference point most of the time, they could only use the coordinates of the explored solar system to set the course.
In a space where space-time was unstable, the photon would produce a distortion effect, and the curvature of space and pi would change.
This would result in a serious deviation from the original course because the navigation instruments on the Galaxy were designed based on the principle of spatial curvature.
Every time they adjusted their course, they had to activate the propulsion system, which would consume a large amount of the spacecraft's stored power fuel.
After hundreds of years of interstellar travel, there was not much fuel left on the Galaxy.
According to Zhao Xiaofeng's estimations, excluding the fuel needed to enter the planet's orbit and the fuel needed for the life support system, the remaining fuel of the spacecraft was only enough for three adjustments.
If they were in an unfamiliar Star Field, they would basically run out of ammunition and food.
The entire Galaxy would become a cold fossil in the universe after it ran out of fuel.
"This is the other piece of news that I have to report to you. After countless years of sailing, our current location is confirmed to be near Nanmen 2.”
"Nan Men Er! That's good."
Zhao Xiaofeng was relieved to hear Tomcat's answer.
Although there were countless galaxies in the universe, Nanmen 2 was the closest neighbor of the solar system where the Human Alliance was located. The routes to the various planets in the solar system had long been developed.
"Old Cat, we're going home soon!"
"Yes, almost home!" Tomcat replied with a smile.
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