Chapter 231 Fuel leakage
The long journey continues. Every time Wei Feng wakes up, he has another thing in addition to doing some daily spacecraft maintenance work, that is, looking at the star in the distance, just quietly watching, and doing nothing except gazing.
Wei Feng would think of many things in his mind, sometimes the war that was happening in the solar system, and sometimes the time traveler team. But these ideas usually end with a sigh. Wei Feng was still concerned about the solar system and human civilization, but Wei Feng knew that except for the people in the time traveler team, no one in human civilization would think of himself anymore. He had been completely abandoned by human civilization.
In this cycle of sleeping again and again and then awakening, the sun's luminosity weakened little by little, and a star opposite to the sun became the brightest star Wei Feng saw.
Wei Feng knew that the star was the destination of his long voyage. It looked like a star, but in fact it was two. They were two stars revolving around each other. Because they were too close to each other, they could not distinguish them from Wei Feng's position. So their lights overlapped and entered Wei Feng's eyes together, becoming the same star.
Not far from this star, there is a star that has never appeared before. It is very dim and looks very inconspicuous. Even in this empty and clear universe without any barriers or scattering, Wei Feng also has to squint his eyes to see it.
It is Proxima Centauri, also known as Centauri alpha star c. The other two stars are named Centauri alpha star a and b. Centauri are the smallest in the South Gate two and three star systems, closest to the sun, and the darkest star. When on Earth, its light and a and b are merged together, and only one star can be seen on Earth. Now, when Wei Feng's journey has been driving for more than two light years, it finally escaped from the light of a and b stars. It has its own independent image.
"It's been more than two hundred years..." Wei Feng sighed, stopped staring, and continued to enter the busy work.
Every time he wakes up, Wei Feng's work has to be more and more work than the last time. Because the frequency of failures in Xinghai spacecraft is getting more and more frequent, and there are more and more places that require Wei Feng for maintenance. This makes Wei Feng feel a little worried, because Wei Feng knows that there is still more than 700 years of long journey waiting for him, Wei Feng is not sure whether the Xinghai spacecraft can last until that time.
After leaving the solar system, the Star Sea spacecraft is Wei Feng's only home. If even this home is lost... Wei Feng can only leave his life in this vast and vain dark universe and turn it into a cold stone.
Every time Wei Feng enters hibernation, he is worried about whether he can wake up smoothly. Because there are too many uncertainties. Wei Feng doesn’t know which day there will be a fatal failure in the spacecraft, and this failure may cause him to fall asleep forever and never have the chance to wake up again.
After Wei Feng entered hibernation with some worries, the Star Sea spacecraft once again returned to darkness and silence. Time was still passing quietly. I don’t know how long it had passed, nor do I know when it was now. There was a sudden movement at the stern of the Star Sea spacecraft quietly floating.
A subtle flash flashed at the stern of the spacecraft. After the flash, a hole with an almost meter diameter appeared there. Then, a large amount of gas ejected from the hole. As the Star Sea spacecraft rotated continuously around the space, it quickly faded and thinned, and finally disappeared without a trace in space.
With the emergence of this hole, the entire Xinghai spacecraft boiled in an instant. Countless instruments inside the spacecraft began to shake, and the red warning lights began to flash rapidly. In that invisible place, countless data streams were generated from sensors installed in various parts of the spacecraft, and then quickly passed along the communication link to the central computer located at the core of the spacecraft.
It was also from this moment that the lighting equipment in the Xinghai spacecraft was instantly turned on, then the survival system was turned on, and the temperature control equipment was turned on. The hibernation cabin that Wei Feng was sleeping was also pushed out of the ultra-low temperature equipment.
The awakening program has begun to be executed. After the program is executed, the hibernation compartment hatch is opened, and Wei Feng slowly opened his eyes.
After a moment of loss of consciousness, Wei Feng regained consciousness. So Wei Feng said to the empty hibernation room: "Leaf falls. Has the ten years been here?"
After asking this question, Wei Feng noticed something was wrong. There seemed to be a tense and solemn atmosphere in the air, and some very sharp sounds were heard in his ears.
"What happened? Report to me immediately." Wei Feng said.
"Captain, we are in trouble." Ye Luo's voice remained calm, but his speech speed was much faster. "A instrument in the energy cabin A failed due to aging. The failure caused the fusion reactor pressure imbalance and thus an explosion occurred. The hull structure was slightly damaged. The explosion exploded through the partition between the 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 urgent measures, this measure is not enough to completely block the fuel leakage."
Although Wei Feng's body was still soft and weak at this moment, Wei Feng's thoughts were not affected. After listening to Ye Luo's report, Wei Feng's brows frowned at this moment: "Explosion? Fuel leaks?"
"Yes, that's why I'm urged you to wake you up." Ye Luo said, "I don't have the ability to deal with this emergency alone."
"Immediately... I'll show me the maintenance plan immediately, and I'll repair it now." Wei Feng said, climbing out of the hibernation cabin with force, but fell to the ground because of unstable steps. Wei Feng almost fainted after falling, but Wei Feng finally gritted his teeth and resisted the dizziness without losing consciousness.
Wei Feng knew how urgent the situation was. Wei Feng knew very well about the hull structure of the Xinghai spacecraft. He knew that the A-shelf is the fuel tank responsible for supplying regular fusion reactors. The so-called regular fusion reactor is a reactor that is always in work and provides uninterrupted energy for the entire spacecraft. Because even if Wei Feng entered hibernation, there were always some instruments in the spacecraft, such as central computers, monitoring sensors, positioning instruments, orbital fine-tuning thrusters, and other equipment that cannot be turned off. This requires that a fusion reactor must be at work at all times to provide energy.
Because it has been working, the probability of it failure is the highest. Every time I wake up, Weifeng will focus on the maintenance of the regular fusion reactor, but unexpectedly, it will eventually fail.
If the fusion reactor is just a failure, it is nothing, but the most important thing is that it blows through the barrier between the energy chamber a and the b chamber, and blows up the hull, causing fuel leakage in the a and the b chamber. There is not much energy reserve in the a chamber, but the b chamber is one of the main energy reserve warehouses. If the fuel in the a chamber is leaked, even if only half of the fuel in the a chamber is leaked, this is a consequence of Weifeng's unacceptable.
In this vast and void space, fuel means everything. It means power, lighting, food, air and drinking water... it means life.
"Captain, I must warn you in advance that your current physical condition is not suitable for maintenance tasks." Ye Luo said, "According to my judgment of your body, you must rest for at least five hours before you have the ability to deal with this accident."
"Five hours?" Wei Feng's tone began to become serious: "How much fuel will leak in five hours?"
"When you fix it, it... will leak at least 70%." Ye Luo replied.
"Don't talk about Ye Luo, prepare a space suit for me immediately and prepare a maintenance plan. Also, immediately take out the repair tools from the warehouse. I know my own situation, so you don't have to worry about me." Wei Feng said decisively.
Wei Feng knew that the fuel reserves on the Xinghai spacecraft were limited. If the fuel leaked by 70% of the B-cell fuel, he would not have enough fuel to return to Earth.
"I need to remind you of the risks of this practice. With your current physical condition, if you perform maintenance tasks, the probability of your mistakes will be as high as 80%. Your mistakes are likely to make the situation worse." Ye Luo said, "Are you really sure you want to perform maintenance tasks now?"
"Of course I have to go." Wei Feng said, "Ye Luo, although you are already very intelligent, you still don't understand the importance of spiritual power to a person. Although my physical condition is not good,... do you know that we have no choice and no way out."
"Human civilization has abandoned the sutra and is an orphan without a family. Besides relying on our own struggle, who else can we rely on?" Wei Feng continued to say quietly, "So... our maintenance task must be successful this time, because if we fail, we will lose everything."
Ye Luo said: "Okay Captain, I have prepared the tools you need for you as you told me. At the same time... I also believe that Captain, you will succeed. I wish us good luck." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!