Starting from a top student and marching towards the sea of ​​stars

Chapter 488 Desperate Situation

"I can't believe they actually want to stop Ning Chen's Martian spacecraft from returning to Blue Star. This is something that is simply impossible to do. Star Technology is the real technological leader of Blue Star Civilization. No one can have more powerful aerospace technology than them."

"This is the funniest joke I have ever heard in my life. Where on earth did this 'Believers in God' organization come from? Where did these civilian scientists come from? If you really have such ability, it would not be Ning Chen who landed on Mars now."

"If this can add some fun to our boring lives, then it is a meaningful thing. Of course, what I expect is to see this 'God's Believers' organization make a fool of themselves right away, because what they want to do is simply impossible to do."

"I don't know why some people still have such great malice towards Ning Chen and Star Technology. Without Star Technology, our Blue Star civilization will remain at the original technological level. Limiting our own technological development will not do us any good."

Just when everyone was actively discussing this matter, this "Believers in God" organization once again made some new statements on this matter.

"My fellow Blue Star friends, don't worry. Our spacecraft jammer will only affect spacecraft at the edge of the atmosphere and will not affect the normal flight operations of Blue Star. Our action is to prevent Blue Star civilization from exploring space outside of Blue Star, because this will lead to Blue Star's self-destruction. Everything we do is to protect our Blue Star civilization."

Naturally, not many people will believe these seemingly high-sounding statements, but many people are still very concerned about the direction in which this matter will develop next.

Xingchen Technology has recently responded to this matter. After receiving the message sent by Ning Chen, the responsible personnel of the relevant departments of Xingchen Technology first began to detect whether there are similar electromagnetic wave frequency band signals within the range of Blue Star.

The final result was just as Ning Chen had worried about. They did find similar signals on Blue Star. This proved that someone on Blue Star had indeed received the signals sent by this alien civilization in advance, and they had been in contact with this alien civilization for some time.

This basically shows that the statements made by this "Believers in God" organization are probably not alarmist, but they really have some technologies that transcend the current technological level of Blue Star civilization.

On the other hand, Star Technology has also begun testing some spacecraft to see whether the organization’s so-called spacecraft jammer is really as powerful as they say.

After all, this is the most critical factor in the whole incident. If it turns out that their spacecraft jammer is not that easy to use, then there is no need to worry too much about this matter.

But if the real situation is indeed the same as what this organization said...

Then everyone must think of a way to solve this problem. Otherwise, even if the astronauts who land on Mars will not encounter immediate danger, after a few months, they will only face the situation of resource depletion and wait for death in despair.

Star Technology immediately launched a brand new rocket. Since this was a temporary space launch mission, the entire mission was carried out in a somewhat hasty manner. However, relying on Star Technology's powerful aerospace technology, under normal circumstances, this mission would definitely be completed smoothly.

To be on the safe side, this rocket launch mission was not broadcast live around the world like previous ones, because if the mission really fails, the negative public opinion reaction it causes will be immeasurable.

Even so, there are still several professional aerospace organizations that use their special channels to secretly pay attention to Star Technology's space launch.

The ignition and take-off processes of the rocket went very smoothly, which made some people feel a lot more relaxed. They began to think that everything this "believer in God" said was just an exaggeration and that such powerful technology simply did not exist in this world.

But just as the rocket reached the edge of the atmosphere, strange things suddenly happened.

The rocket seemed to have suddenly touched an invisible barrier and was unable to climb to any higher altitude. Even though it maintained normal power, it remained at this altitude.

This sudden change made the entire Star Technology aerospace project team responsible for the rocket launch feel extremely unbelievable.

"Is there... such a terrifying technology in this world? How on earth did they manage to stop our rocket from continuing to fly upwards?"

Although they have been working in the aerospace field for many years, they have never experienced such a technology. Even someone with strong scientific research capabilities like Ning Chen may not be able to reproduce the same terrifying technology.

"We can't even understand what theoretical knowledge this technology contains. Rather than saying that this is the technological level reached by humans, it's better to say that this is a technology bestowed by God..."

After that, Star Technology once again tested the spacecraft landing mission, and the final result made them feel completely unbelievable.

When the spacecraft gradually descended from the space station to near the edge of the atmosphere, it seemed to suddenly encounter an invisible barrier, which made it impossible for the spacecraft to successfully pass through the atmosphere and complete the landing process on the blue planet.

After confirming the failure of these two experiments, the aerospace project team of Star Technology fell into an unprecedented state of silence.

No one knew how they were going to solve this problem. What was even worse was that at this moment, Ning Chen, the most important person in Star Technology, was still on Mars, 100 million kilometers away, and might never be able to return to the Blue Planet.

Other aerospace organizations that were paying attention to Star Technology's space test soon learned the news, and this result made them feel extremely desperate.

Even the most powerful aerospace technology of the Blue Star Civilization, Star Technology, cannot solve this problem at this time, so other aerospace organizations naturally cannot launch any spacecraft.

Although such results are extremely difficult to accept, Xingchen Technology must report the results of these tests to Ning Chen truthfully.

Ning Chen received the news a few minutes later. Despite the extremely desperate news, Ning Chen remained relatively calm.

Because at the beginning, Ning Chen had already anticipated such a result, which made Ning Chen mentally prepared, knowing that this matter must not be just a joke or intimidation. Without feeling too anxious about it, Ning Chen first thought about the technology used by this organization and what technical theories might be involved.

First of all, Ning Chen can be sure that this is definitely not some kind of "supernatural manifestation" technology. As a staunch materialist, Ning Chen knows that there is no "God" in this universe. The so-called "God" is nothing more than some advanced civilizations with higher technological levels.

When he first started analyzing, Ning Chen, like everyone else, didn't have any clues, but after careful consideration, Ning Chen found several possible ways to complete this technology.

At this moment, the other astronauts on Mars were unaware of what had just happened and were still carrying out their Mars exploration mission according to Ning Chen's arrangements.

Among them, only Song Xiyun had no intention of exploring Mars anymore. After learning more of the truth behind the matter, Song Xiyun knew that what the "Believers of God" organization said might be true.

Judging from Ning Chen's current appearance, he must be anxiously thinking about the response strategy for this matter. Song Xiyun hopes that Ning Chen can find some ways to solve this problem.

At this moment, Ning Chen suddenly said to Song Xiyun:

"Song Xiyun, let's study this matter together. I will share with you some of the information we have obtained so far..."

In the following time, Ning Chen told Song Xiyun about the test results of the two space tests just conducted by Xingchen Technology, as well as the possible results of his sharing of this spacecraft interference technology.

Upon hearing that both of Star Technology's spacecraft tests had failed, Song Xiyun's heart skipped a beat, realizing how critical the current situation was.

However, Song Xiyun's emotion did not last long. Soon, Song Xiyun and Ning Chen began to discuss some of the theoretical techniques involved, as well as the corresponding solutions.

"Ning Chen, what you mean is that this organization is likely to use some electromagnetic wave transmitting devices to achieve this spacecraft shielding effect? ​​This technology should not be considered very advanced, right?"

Hearing Song Xiyun's words, Ning Chen nodded and said:

"Yes, Song Xiyun, just as you said, pure electromagnetic wave shielding technology is indeed not that incredible. We have used similar technologies many times before. It's just that this time, they used this technology too maturely, and they were able to expand the coverage of electromagnetic wave interference to the entire Blue Star. This is something that even Xingchen Technology cannot do now..."

Compared with other possibilities, Ning Chen felt that this possibility was greater. Otherwise, the technology used by this organization might be an advanced technology that Ning Chen could not understand at all.

But if this is the case, with the current technological level of Blue Star civilization, it would be difficult to reproduce such technology, at least it would definitely not be able to achieve such maturity immediately.

"Ning Chen, according to your idea, how do we build the device to achieve this technical effect?"

"Since this is an electromagnetic interference technology that can cover the entire Blue Planet, there must be more than one device used. There must be at least three, and at most more than a dozen or even dozens. Otherwise, even if a single device has very strong electromagnetic signal shielding power, it is absolutely impossible to achieve such an effect."

At this point, Ning Chen felt that there were some similarities between electromagnetic wave interference technology and satellite technology. In addition to the existence of a standard for the minimum number of equipment, the more equipment there is, the better.

This means that there are now multiple devices on the blue planet that are used to interfere with the electromagnetic wave signals of spacecraft, which at least provides some clues to the problems they are currently troubled by.

On this basis, Ning Chen continued:
"And in order to achieve a good interference effect on spacecraft, these electromagnetic wave signal interference devices must be at a certain height. With this information, it will not be extremely difficult for us to find the location of these electromagnetic wave signal interference devices."

Ning Chen's words gave Song Xiyun some hope, but Song Xiyun also knew that the implementation of this matter would not be so easy.

Due to the emergence of these spacecraft signal jammers, Star Technology currently no longer has the ability to conduct detailed inspections of every location on the Blue Planet. Even satellites that are relatively close to the Blue Planet's atmosphere will also be interfered with by these devices.

Therefore, they must prepare some other plans to deal with such situations in a long-term manner.

Ning Chen and Song Xiyun roughly estimated the resources they carried. If these resources were used normally, they would be enough to support the astronauts' lives for a year. If they were only used to support everyone's minimum energy consumption, the actual usage time could be extended by more than half.

"Song Xiyun, don't tell the other astronauts about this for now. Letting them know about this won't help us in any way. Instead, it will only make everyone fall into despair. Let's rely on the two of us to solve this matter."

"Well, don't worry, Ning Chen, I won't tell anyone else."

Ning Chen and Song Xiyun acted as if nothing had happened. They continued their exploration of Mars as before. On the surface, they continued with everyone's work, but secretly they were constantly thinking about how to deal with this incident.

However, what Ning Chen and Song Xiyun did not expect was that this matter would develop much faster than they had imagined.

After other aerospace organizations learned that the launch and landing tests of the Star Technology spacecraft had failed, the news gradually spread to the outside world through the mouths of some people.

With the help of online social platforms, the speed of the spread of these news showed an exponential increase. Before long, the astronauts on Mars also learned the news.

(End of this chapter)