After a long hibernation, Zhao Xiaofeng's consciousness gradually returned to his brain.
There was an indescribable pain in his head. It was like waking up from a night of hangover.
Hibernation was to reduce the loss of lifespan caused by long-distance travel in space, and its side effects were also obvious.
The longer the hibernation, the more water the brain cells lost.
The solution was very simple. He just needed to drink more water.
He grabbed the water from the robot cart and took two sips.
However, at this moment, he felt that his body was still somewhat out of his control!
His tongue was not as nimble as usual, and the words that came out of his mouth were a little vague.
"Hi, Tomcat. How long did I sleep this time?”
"Hello, captain. I can't answer your question for the time being! Because before I answer your question, I have to report two pieces of news to you!”
" First of all, we encountered the outbreak of Aldebaran on our way back after completing the exploration mission of Star System A3 in the Celestial Queen Constellation! 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.
He straightened up from the hibernation box, his face filled with unconcealable shock!
Because he knew!
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 huge explosion.
The process of a star's death was known as a supernova explosion.
A supernova explosion 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 occur once every 500 years.
For interstellar travelers, encountering a supernova explosion at close range was undoubtedly a tragedy among tragedies.
Using Aldebaran as an example, based on its mass and volume!
The amount of energy it radiated during a supernova explosion was comparable to the total amount of energy the sun radiated in its lifetime!
"The gamma-ray wind caused by Aldebaran's explosion lasted for 30 seconds. During this 30 seconds, our spaceship was too close to it!
" The straight-line distance is only about 0.1 light years. Under its violent energy field attack, our spaceship has suffered some irreversible damage!”
Old Cat looked a little depressed as he spread his hands and reported helplessly,"
"Aldebaran the Fifth is too big. Its last explosion destroyed most of our spacecraft's instruments. More importantly, the space-time turbulence caused by the violent explosion of energy makes it impossible for our spacecraft to determine the space-time we are in now!”
"So we can't be sure of the time now?”
Zhao Xiaofeng asked with difficulty.
"Yes, Captain!"
" Yes!" Tomcat replied," Such a large energy fluctuation will definitely cause space-time distortion! According to our knowledge, this is completely random!”
"We might have returned to decades ago, or it might already be hundreds of years later!”
"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 rough estimation, 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.
Because the ship's navigation map was based on the position of the stars in the explored universe!
If they were in an unknown star field, then the interstellar navigation map would not be able to guide them.
Just wanting to walk out of it, who knew how many years it would take!
This was obviously the worst news.
Although Zhao Xiaofeng's expression didn't change, his heart sank!
"Captain, if you are worried, please listen to the other good news I have to report to you!“
Old Cat winked and said,"
" After countless years of sailing, our current position is confirmed to be near the second south gate.”
"Nan Men Er! That's good."
Zhao Xiaofeng was relieved to hear Tomcat's answer.
Although there were countless galaxies in the universe, the Solar System's closest neighbor was the Solar System.
It was also the star that was the second closest to Earth, the mother planet of the Human Alliance!
There was no way to get lost here. The star map on the ship's navigation system had already covered the range of the nearest galaxy in the Milky Way.
"So, Tomcat, we're going home soon!”
Zhao Xiaofeng finally smiled.
"Yes, captain, we're almost home!”Tomcat replied with a smile.
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