Bright Sword starts with the grenade flat.

Chapter 350 All Planetary Engines Shut Down
As Liu Peiqiang finished the last inspection and inserted his work card into the card slot, the voice of Moss, the artificial intelligence responsible for the entire navigator space station, rang out:

"Liu Peiqiang's handover procedure is complete. Liu Peiqiang is in full effect. As of today, you have been dormant for a total of twelve years and three days, and have worked on rotation for a total of five years and fourteen days. Thank you for your hard work over the past seventeen years. Congratulations. You can go home tomorrow!"

As Moss finished his words, his colleagues around him, including Makarov, clapped their hands!
Makarov, Liu Peiqiang's partner for more than a decade, said to Liu Peiqiang:

"We'll meet again on Blue Star in three years!"

That’s right, Makarov is three years younger than Liu Peiqiang, so it’s natural that he will retire three years later.

However, not long after Makarov finished speaking, Moss detected a sudden surge in Jupiter's gravity, and the original flight angle of the blue planet was also shifted by 9.23 degrees due to the influence of Jupiter's gravity.

That's right, plans can never keep up with changes. Humans who still don't have a clear understanding of gravity never expected that Jupiter's gravity would suddenly increase.

But this may be normal. After all, although humans have been able to create artificial gravity based on the principles and structures of alien spacecraft, they still have no clear understanding of gravity itself. Therefore, they have no idea that the proximity of two massive celestial bodies will actually produce a gravitational increase effect.

Such an effect was an unexpected result in the original simulation calculations. According to this trend, even if all the planetary engines were running at full thrust, it would be useless and the Blue Planet could no longer be pulled out of Jupiter's gravitational trap.

However, when faced with this irreversible situation, the artificial intelligence Moss felt that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to completely break free from human control.

Of course, in addition to this, the surge in Jupiter's gravity caused the movement of the Blue Planet's crustal plates, which caused heavy losses to the underground cities on the Blue Planet, which is an important reason why Moss has the confidence to get rid of human existence.

At this time, alarms were flashing on the Navigator Space Station, and Moss's mechanical and emotionless voice was resounding throughout the Navigator Space Station.

"Warning, planetary engine unit malfunction, number one hundred and twenty-one!"

However, as soon as the report was finished, Moss immediately corrected the data and started the report again:
"The data has been revised to 1,112... 3,319... 4,771!"

Then Moss reported again:
"Affected by the increased gravity of Jupiter, the thrust of Blue Planet's engines has been halved, and all steering forces have been lost. Blue Planet will collide with Jupiter in thirty-seven hours, four minutes and twelve seconds! In order to save energy and command ground rescue, the space station will activate low-power mode, and all astronauts will enter sleep mode!"

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However, just when Moss put all the astronauts on the Navigator Space Station into hibernation mode, Han Duoer was still in Han Ziang's car listening to Han Ziang playing old songs from decades ago! So Han Duoer complained to Han Ziang:

"Grandpa, can you please change the song? This song is so old fashioned!"

In response to Han Duoer's complaint, Han Ziang said:
"What do you know, kid? This song is a classic, don't you understand?"

Han Duoer ignored Han Ziang and turned to look out the window. Then she saw that the planetary engine on their Liping No. 3 underground city had stalled!
So he asked Han Ziang curiously:
"Grandpa, can this planetary engine also stall? How is that possible? This planetary engine has been running for more than 30 years, and I have never heard of it stalling!"

Han Ziang turned his head and looked at the planetary engine, and then he saw the scene of the planetary engine shutting down, and then he heard a broadcast from the car radio. "Blue Star is in service, and the highest level of mobilization is in service. Blue Star is in service, and the highest level of mobilization is in service. Notice to the global combat readiness forces. Affected by the gravity of Jupiter, a total of 4,771 planetary engines in the world have stopped working. To avoid a collision between the earth and Jupiter, all departments must follow the emergency plan No. 3 and set off immediately! All faulty planetary engines must be restarted within 36 hours!"

Such a broadcast naturally also notified the sightseeing car towed behind Han Ziang's car. However, just when Han Ziang was stunned by the broadcast, due to the influence of plate movement, the mountain on one side of the car suddenly experienced a landslide, and suddenly a huge rock rolled down from the mountain.

Before Han Ziang could react, it hit the sightseeing car towed behind Han Ziang's car. At the same time, the huge kinetic energy lifted the front of the car high up.

Han Ziang suddenly felt the front of the car lifted up high, and he activated the uncoupling button between the front of the car and the trailer next to the driver without even thinking.

After Han Ziang released the connection with the rear car, the front of the car naturally became much more flexible. So with Han Ziang's superb driving skills, they finally got out of the dangerous area of ​​the landslide.

However, although Han Ziang and Han Duoer escaped from the landslide, the Class 8 of Grade 9, which was left behind by Han Ziang, remained in the rubble forever.

Of course, this is not Han Ziang's fault. After all, under the circumstances at the time, if Han Ziang did not take measures to uncouple and save himself, Han Duoer and Han Ziang would have been buried together.

Han Duoer remained silent when she saw this scene through the rearview camera display. Although Han Duoer was not sociable in the class because of her parents, and could not get along with her classmates and had no good friends, the head teacher still cared about her very much!

However, Han Duoer was fifteen years old after all, and she understood that if they didn't break away from the relationship at that time, they would all die. So naturally she wouldn't blame her grandfather Han Ziang, so she could only remain silent.

However, it is somewhat different from Han Ziang and Han Duoer who had just escaped from a life-and-death crisis.

At this time, next to the Li Ping No. 1 planetary engine, Blue Star's highest commander, the surface commander, Liu Xiu, Liu Qi, Hao Xiaoxi and other senior officials of Blue Star were gathered here, making a lot of noise and looking uneasy and nervous.

After all, they are the highest commanders of Blue Planet. However, at this moment, such a large-scale engine shutdown occurred due to the surge in Jupiter's gravity. This was something no one had expected. Of course, everyone here naturally had to exclude Liu Xiu.

At this time, Liu Xiu did not panic at all, but spoke calmly:

"Why are you all panicking? If we all panic here, what will happen to the people down below?"

When Liu Xiu spoke, he naturally used sonic skills, so even though the command room was very large, everyone present could hear it clearly. Sure enough, as soon as Liu Xiu finished speaking, everyone present quieted down and looked at Liu Xiu, waiting for him to give instructions.

It was as if the 144-year-old man in front of them was their backbone, and Liu Xiu spoke calmly:

"First, follow the pre-made emergency plan No. 3 and do our best to rescue the damaged engine. At the same time, we will also look for the main reason why the planetary engine stalled. I remember that when the planetary engine was designed, it was designed to prevent earthquakes. All the bases of the planetary engines are not rigidly connected to the ground, but the base of the planetary engine can prevent earthquakes of magnitude 10 or above!"

(End of this chapter)