Chapter 13: Dark Hope

On the second day of the shuttle experiment, the perfect calculation formula had been sorted out by many scientists. Then the existing energy circuit of the shuttle was moved and installed somewhere on the fifth floor.

Next, more ruminant drugs were synthesized, and the strong acid in stock was extracted, and then a batch of alien plants were urgently spawned, soaked in strong acid. In the initial stage, energy crystals based on one cubic millimeter were used as energy sources.

In this way, in this room, a strange reactor with alien plants as its energy source was installed, and its fuel was energy crystals divided into extremely small particles.

Of course, such a small energy source is naturally impossible to supply the entire Hope spacecraft. The energy required for the entire Hope spacecraft is extremely huge, almost equivalent to the energy consumption of a million people in a medium-sized city.

After all, this is in space, with life support systems, oxygen circulation systems, power supply, energy consumption of various equipment, etc. Although there are only more than 120,000 people, the daily energy consumption is definitely comparable to a medium-sized city with a population of one million.

Daily energy consumption.

This small energy crystal reactor is actually used to produce more energy circuits. According to the energy circuit and conductor design of the late scientist Allison, this small energy crystal reactor can supply enough energy for three days.

Create enough energy loops within a certain period of time to replace the original energy of the Hope, and start storing energy for the Hope.

This matter is naturally the most important thing at the moment. Even Yao Yuan can't care about anything else. He waits outside the steel smelting room almost twenty-four hours a day. Every time a new energy circuit is produced, technicians and relevant scientists are asked to do it.

Arranged on various lines that have been set up. Since then, as the spar reactor has supplied more and more energy, the metal smelting room has increased from the initial 10% utilization rate to the later 100% utilization rate. The energy circuit produced

More and more, the Hope received more and more energy. In such a virtuous snowballing cycle, it was not until the fifth day that the stored energy of the Hope was finally exhausted, during which it began to use the energy provided by the spar reactor.

Until then, the energy in the Hope finally reached a balance between the spar reactor and the daily energy consumption of the Hope. However, the operations in the metal smelting room have not stopped, but this time the scientists proposed an ambitious plan.

Plan, they hope to build a large spar reactor on the fifth floor that can consume 500 cubic millimeters at a time. This will serve as the main energy pool of the Hope, which can bear the consumption of space jumps and completely replace the old nuclear reactor.

You must know that in addition to requiring a huge amount of energy to make a space jump, another key is that the amount of energy consumed per unit time is extremely huge. Because of this, the original Noah 1 exploded in the air, and then the Hope was destroyed.

It was converted into three nuclear reactors, that's why.

The current small energy crystal reactors can indeed bear all the energy consumption of the Hope, and some of it can be stored for emergency use. However, relatively speaking, these crystal reactors cannot bear the space jump.

The burst energy per unit time is too huge, unless a large spar reactor of five hundred cubic millimeters is built as these scientists said.

However, while this large-scale energy circuit was still being manufactured, some chemical and biological scientists urgently halted the project. According to their calculations and analysis, existing human technology and processes were not up to standard and could not create a strong acid solution of too high a strength.

Even reaching the level of acidity of body fluids in organisms on desert planets, humans cannot achieve it at the current level. Therefore, it is impossible to suppress the rumination of a large number of plants in large-scale crystal reactors. If such a huge crystal reactor is really built, it is likely that it will be directly destroyed.

The Hope was blown into two pieces.

Because of this, the plan was later modified to change this large spar reactor into three medium-sized spar reactors of 100 cubic millimeters. Of course, this was not enough to achieve the energy output per unit time of the space jump...

"In other words, we can currently maintain all the energy consumption of the Hope normally, but are we unable to achieve a space jump?"

Yao Yuan looked at the several scientists in front of him very depressed, and then looked at the data file in his hand. This file listed in detail the output energy per unit time required for space jumps, and the current unit time that the Hope can provide.

There is a huge difference in the output energy between the two. Unless a large crystal reactor is built, the Hope will really be trapped in this star field.

Several scientists were also very helpless.

When humans were on the earth, they did not realize that various countries could develop slowly. Although the earth's resources are limited, it is not a problem for humans to develop to the space stage. As long as we go out of space and have stable spacecraft navigation and mining equipment in space,

Such a large number of solar system stars and countless meteorite layers are all mineral resources, which can be said to be almost inexhaustible.

And this, according to the current scientific explosion rate of mankind, will only take a hundred years at most to achieve.

But human beings were forced into the universe, and the scientific level of the 21st century was really insufficient. Even the most basic metals, solution purity and other basic processes were unable to adapt to various aspects of the universe.

Such requirements, for example here, if human beings' technological level is slightly more developed and can produce strong acid that meets the requirements, then large and ultra-large spar reactors of 500 cubic millimeters or even 1,000 cubic millimeters can be produced immediately.

There is no need to worry about any energy at this time.

Silewei also sighed and said: "There is really no way to do this, because a large spar reactor of 500 cubic millimeters is no longer something we can manufacture with our current technological level. Of course, science is progressing. If we give it another

After five, no, three years of dedicated research, we can try to build a large-scale 500 cubic millimeter spar reactor, but now... we really have no choice."

Yao Yuan also knew this, but he sighed deeply, took out another document from the desk, and handed it to Silewei. Silewei's expression suddenly changed after reading it, and then handed it to

He asked several scientists next to him. After receiving the documents, the expressions of these scientists also changed.

"Have you all seen it? In fact, we were forced to escape from the earth in order to find the possibility of billions of people dying. To be honest, it is a surprise that we can get to this point and find alternatives to nuclear energy.

I was pleasantly surprised.”

Yao Yuan took back the document and said with a wry smile: "The living expenses of more than 120,000 people. The ecological park on the sixth floor is three-dimensional. The latest structural park. In addition to planting, there is also meat.

The breeding of pigs and cattle, and because of the 24-hour lighting and the optimized seeds carefully selected by various countries, can basically shorten the harvest period by one-third. As long as there is no waste and luxury, and there is sufficient

The energy supply, in terms of food alone, should be enough to feed more than 120,000 people."

"But what about other things? For example, fertilizer, do you always use stored fertilizer? If you want to synthesize it, where do you get the raw materials? There are also the most important rumination agents and strong acids for the spar reactor. These things are stored, but what about the long term?

There are no raw materials to synthesize, and there are no unlimited supplies on the Hope."

"Not to mention the two most basic things, water and oxygen. Although the Hope has the most complete water vapor and wastewater circulation system, a very small part will be lost after all, and the same is true for oxygen. If there is no

Raw materials, just use a little less, there is no way to replenish them..."

Yao Yuan looked at the various data on the file and said worriedly: "There is no need to worry about the energy problem now. According to the output of energy crystals per cubic millimeter you calculated, the energy crystals of the Hope can support ten

There are more than a year, but if there is a problem with materials... Three years at most, the consumption of various materials, after three years, the first thing to be consumed is fertilizer, because the raw materials will be used to make strong acids and ruminant chemicals, and then oxygen and water resources will also be consumed.

It is completely consumed... Therefore, the calculated answer given by relevant experts is three and a half to four years, which is the maximum time limit for the Hope to survive in the void."

Several scientists were silent, but they all understood these consumptions. Just like the superconductors that humans have always wanted to create, they can transmit electrical energy without loss, but they have not yet created a superconductor at room temperature. Existing conductors have

Electrical energy loss is a principle. Any life-sustaining circulation system, whether it is water or oxygen, will have losses based on humankind's current technology. However, the Hope can be said to be the embodiment of humankind's highest technology. The loss is so small. This

It can already be said to be an extremely lucky thing.

However, as long as an Earth-like planet or a group of meteorites is found, the Hope no longer has to worry about these losses.

As long as radioactive materials can be found, the nuclear reactor can be restarted. In this way, the space jump can be operated. And among the meteorite materials, there are many materials that contain oxygen and hydrogen. As long as the energy is given up, then it can

Water can be synthesized from it, and all kinds of elemental materials required for chemical agents can actually be obtained from it. So, one is energy, and the other is matter. This is the lifeline of the Hope. As long as these two are available, as long as

If it does not encounter a major cosmic disaster, then the Hope actually has hope of continuing to make space jumps and survive.

After all, the Hope is so large and carries more than 120,000 people. This ensures the diversity of human genes and the most basic needs for reproduction. Moreover, there are scholars, scientists, etc., so there is still hope.

Almost all human knowledge is recorded in the central computer, which ensures that the knowledge system is passed on from generation to generation, so that the fire of civilization will not be extinguished...

"So, let's pray together."

Yao Yuan put down the document and looked at the window outside the captain's room. There was a dim blue sea of ​​nebula material, and he murmured.

"I pray that the material in this nebula has condensed to the limit. Its range is actually very small, so that the Hope can fly out of this area within three years and ensure that this area is within the scope of a star system... Don't you mean

, does that blue light indicate that there is a star nearby?"
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