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Chapter 236 Starship II Test Flight
Much of Texas has been deserted due to two world-class crises.

Only in the vicinity of the Umbrella Space Rocket Launch Site are there any signs of human activity.

And today, fifteen minutes before the test flight of Starship 2.

In the command room of the space base building.

Serious-looking technicians sat in front of computer screens, staring closely at the real-time parameters of Starship II.

Carl, Wanda and the other two girls were teleported to appear outside the command room.

Elon Musk, who received the notice in advance and is the person in charge of the Starship project, was waiting outside the command room early.

Seeing Boss and his three confidantes appear, he immediately bowed and greeted them, "Good afternoon, welcome Boss, and three beautiful ladies are here to inspect."

"There are still fifteen minutes until the launch of Starship Two. Please follow me into the command room to observe this starship test flight in real time."

Carl nodded casually, and followed Musk into the command room with the three women.

In the command room, everyone was concentrating on their work. Carl glanced at Starship Two projected on the holographic screen.

"How confident are you in this test flight?"

Musk, as the person in charge of the entire space rocket base, did not make any guarantees at the first time.

"I'm sorry, Boss. It's hard for me to give you too much assurance, although we have checked the status of Starship II many times."

"But for an extremely complex spacecraft like Starship, no one can guarantee its success unless it actually flies out into space and undergoes the test of the vacuum environment of the universe."

Looking at the holographic screen, a sci-fi starship with a silver-white hull and flowing green lines on the surface of the ship stopped on the runway of the launch site.

Wanda asked curiously, "What are those green lines on the surface of this spaceship?"

Musk immediately used his professional knowledge to explain: "Madam, you have a very sharp vision. In fact, it is the energy shield activation device of the starship spacecraft."

"The liquid flowing inside the green lines on the surface of the ship is a rare substance called Y-12 molecule."

“It possesses two special properties: room-temperature superconductivity and energy field excited state.”

"This rare substance Y-12 can only be artificially synthesized in a laboratory. As long as enough energy is injected, the energy field state of Y-12 can be stimulated."

"For example, every molecule of this special substance can transform its molecular structure into a special quantum state defensive energy field through ultra-high intensity energy."

"The benefit of this technology is that when a starship encounters an enemy laser or energy attack in space, it will automatically activate the Y-12 liquid defensive energy field."

"This is equivalent to starships being immune to laser and energy attacks to some extent!"

Musk used a lot of professional terms, but Wanda only understood the last sentence and said in surprise:
"Then this starship is unmatched, and is immune to the enemy's energy attacks?"

Musk shook his head with a serious expression and said, "To be more precise, if the starship is attacked by an energy that exceeds the safety threshold, it will be destroyed."

"The battle between spear and shield has lasted for thousands of years in human history. Even in the universe, this battle will continue."

"It all depends on whether the enemy's energy attack is stronger or our shield technology is more advanced."

Karl didn't say anything, just stood there quietly with a calm expression.

This energy shield technology is what Umbrella scientists learned from other civilizations in the universe, including Wakanda and Atlantis.

Combining its advantages and improving its disadvantages, thousands of scientists spent half a year to finally develop the Y-12 energy shield technology.

For Earth civilization, it is considered extremely advanced, but for Carl, its defensive performance is still a bit poor.

After all, his strength is there. Not to mention the Y-12 energy shield, even one of the most terrifying celestial bodies in the universe, the neutron star.

He can use his atomic manipulation ability to decompose it into atomic dust.

Therefore, what Carl values about the Y-12 energy shield technology is that it can automatically defend against the enemy's energy attacks.

The requirements for defensive performance are not high.

If one wants better defensive performance, Carl feels that only the degenerate matter of neutron stars or the strong force materials used to make water droplets can barely be considered.

At this time, Musk raised his voice and reminded, "Everyone, please note that there are still 30 seconds until the test flight."

Hearing this, Carl, Wanda and the other two turned their gazes to the holographic screen and quietly stopped on Starship No. 2 at the launch site.

[Attention all personnel, there are 10 seconds left before Starship Two takes off! ]

An emergency broadcast spread this message throughout the rocket launch base.

【10】

[Nuclear fusion reactor power increased to 10%]

[Starship No. 2's secondary engine is starting.]

[Anti-gravity engine started successfully]

Two streams of ultra-high temperature blue air shot out from the tail nozzle of Starship No. 2.

【3】

[Starship Two is taking off.]

The entire Starship No. 60 is 7000 meters long, meters high, and flat like a flying saucer, weighing tons!
If the anti-gravity engine had not been activated to offset most of the gravity, the airflow ejected by the turbojet engine would not have been enough to propel the starship to take off slowly and vertically.

Of course, this is also because the anti-gravity technology of the umbrella is not mature at this stage, otherwise the turbojet engine technology used by fighter jets would not be used at all. At this time, Starship No. 100 took off vertically to a height of meters, began to fly forward and continued to accelerate.

[The nuclear fusion reactor is operating well, the flight attitude is normal, and it has entered automatic flight mode. ]

Looking at Starship Two on the holographic screen, it continued to accelerate after takeoff and was out of sight in less than three seconds.

Knowing that the takeoff was only smooth, Carl turned to look at Musk and ordered:
"I'm going to observe Starship No. 2 closely. If there is any problem, I will recycle it. Be careful not to treat me as an enemy."

Musk replied blankly, "I understand." Out of loyalty, he carefully reminded:

"But Boss, if the starship's nuclear fusion reactor fails, it may cause a terrifying fusion explosion. You must be careful."

Carl nonchalantly reminded them, "Just do your job well and don't worry about me." Then he teleported away.

Seeing this, Wanda on the side did not worry about her man. Instead, she whispered with her two sisters, Skye and Gwen.

"Looking at this, the test flight should be successful. Sister Skye, are you ready to travel in space?"

"Travel? That's you and Sister Gwen. I guess I'm going there to do hard labor. If the base wasn't so boring, I wouldn't want to do space mining."

"Oh my, when the time comes, you can seize the opportunity, get hold of his weakness, and act cute. Will he really let you work as a space miner?"

"It's hard to say. That bastard doesn't seem to be buying into this recently."

Carl had no idea of the private conversations between Wanda's three girlfriends.

He is now following Starship Two, rushing into space at a speed of Mach 20.

[Starship No. 2 breaks through the atmosphere, officially enters outer space, and begins self-checking all functions of the starship.]

[Test Project 1: Nuclear Fusion Reactor Restart]

[Test Project 2: Quantum Communication System]

【Test items.】

In the vast space, take a close look at the sci-fi appearance of the Starship II, against the backdrop of the cradle of human civilization and the aqua blue earth.

Karl couldn't help but feel a strong sense of pride in his heart.

Umbrella was able to develop smoothly all the way to breaking out of the earth, all thanks to its careful protection over the years.

"Tsk tsk. I am so great!"

After secretly reveling in his own great achievements for a while, Carl did not forget one more thing on this trip.

While waiting for Starship Two to complete its self-inspection, he began to fly in other directions.

Follow the simulated flight trajectory given by Red Queen to search for Starship One that has lost contact.

Of course, he did not forget to pay some attention and keep an eye on the status of Starship No. 2.

Half an hour later.

Carl finally found Starship One, which had lost power and had been flying around the Earth by inertia along a fixed space orbit for nearly half a month.

Starship One is larger, more than 150 meters long and more than 90 meters high. Its appearance is similar to Starship Two, both are flat flying saucer-shaped.

At this time, Starship One was flying around the earth at a speed of 9.6 kilometers per second. After Carl enveloped the entire spacecraft with his telekinesis, he carefully began to slow down.

The whole process took ten minutes, mainly because of the concern that too violent deceleration would cause Starship One, which had already lost contact due to a malfunction, to disintegrate.

After finally reducing the speed to zero, Carl used space teleportation to take Starship One and disappeared into space in an instant.

In a blink of an eye, he brought Starship One back to the launch pad runway of the Umbrella Space Rocket Base.

Carl was suspended in the air, with the entire huge Starship No. 1 below him.

The engineers who had been waiting for a long time, along with a dozen technicians, immediately gathered around and began to repair the faulty spacecraft.

Compared with the huge Starship One, the human figures are just a dozen small black dots, so small.

But it is these ant-like humans who have created such a spaceship with such mechanical beauty!
It can be said that Starship One is the highest technological achievement of human civilization.

After sighing for a while, Carl teleported back to space again and cooperated with the ground space base to wait for the self-inspection of Starship No. 2 to complete.

Occasionally, Starship Two would have some minor problems, such as a precision part coming loose or an extremely complex circuit malfunctioning.

Under the guidance of Umbrella Corporation's engineers, Carl will use his abilities to repair it as much as possible.

Some of them simply could not be repaired, such as some circuits that had problems from the beginning of the design. It was too troublesome to modify them, and Carl had no choice but to leave them alone.

Anyway, this Starship No. 2 is just an experimental spacecraft, so it's fine as long as there are no problems with its important functions.

Two hours later.

Starship Two's self-test is complete.

[Self-check procedure completed, Starship II detected 31 fixable vulnerabilities]

[27 vulnerabilities have been manually repaired, skip the repair procedure, execute the scheduled plan, and merge with the space capsule]

(End of this chapter)