The stars, but they become the gray wind

"That's true... Although I'm a strong artificial intelligence... But for issues like these that concern the fundamental laws of the universe, we can't do anything... Even a civilization as powerful as Sky Star can't, at least for now, change the physical constants of the universe."

"In the end, all we can do is wait, right?" the red-haired cat girl comforted the pink-haired elf girl.

Near the L5 Lagrange point of Sky Star, the speed race has entered its final stage. All the spacecraft have started the final sprint acceleration. Although there are only a few spacecraft that have persisted to the final stage, a considerable number of spacecraft participating in this race are just there to join in the fun. For example, those strange spacecraft with a lot of electric propulsion installed on the surface have been left behind in the acceleration phase at the beginning of the race. And those spacecraft using pure chemical fuel have basically exhausted their fuel and announced their withdrawal after flying less than 1/10 of the distance. The most special one among the many ships that joined in the competition was the one that used laser sails as its power. It was the last one to persist in the competition. Under the continuous high-power laser acceleration provided by the Alpha VII space city in the rear, the light sail spacecraft finally had a good speed increase. However, due to its low acceleration, the light sail spacecraft was eventually left behind in the end. When it arrived at the L3 and L4 Lagrange points and turned, the laser transmitters installed on the space cities at these two Lagrange points The laser light wasted too much time in helping the light sail spacecraft to turn, and the light sail spacecraft ultimately failed to catch up with other spacecraft with dual high-torch engines of acceleration and specific impulse. Seeing that it was being left further and further behind by other spacecraft, and even the tail flames of other spacecraft were almost invisible, the light sail spacecraft finally became anxious and took out its secret weapon. The main structure of the light sail that received the laser light began to change, and the light sail fixed in the middle and rear of the hull was directly retracted into the ship, and a dragging light sail of thousands of square kilometers was opened at the head of the hull. Then this The ship launched one nuclear bomb after another towards the position between the hull and the light sail. The huge amount of radiation generated by the nuclear bomb exploding in a vacuum shone on the light sail with extremely high reflectivity, causing the acceleration of the spacecraft to increase sharply. In a very short period of time, the spacecraft, which suddenly used light to absorb the pulse propulsion generated by the nuclear explosion, gained a huge speed increase and began to try to catch up with the torch ships in front that had left it behind. After seeing this scene, the other contestants were stunned, curious about how the pilot of this ship sewed the laser sail and the nuclear explosion pulse propulsion sail together on one ship.

"Is there such a thing?" Luo Ying's face was filled with black lines as he looked at the spacecraft that was using nuclear explosion pulses to illuminate the light sails for propulsion, which looked like the Ladder Project in a famous science fiction novel.

"Some of our compatriots are really creative... Why does the design of this ship seem so unique?"

"The pilot of this ship is a genius, right? How on earth did she manage to sew two light sails with completely different purposes onto one ship?" Luo Ying pointed with an embarrassed face at the spaceship on the screen in front of her that was throwing a nuclear bomb towards the towed light sail in front of it.

"Miss Luoying... I think you'd better remember one thing..."

"Uh, what's the matter?"

"After all, you'll be one of us from now on, so I'd better remind you... This is a crucial point... Don't ever underestimate the abilities of some of our compatriots who have nothing better to do. They'll always come up with some bizarre tricks for you."

"If you mean this thing... I actually agree with your ability to do things." Luo Ying said, pointing to the spaceship on the screen.

"No, no, no... This kind of thing can only be considered relatively normal among fancy tricks... Some idle individuals in our civilization may come up with tricks that are more abstract than you can imagine... There is no such thing as the most outrageous, only more outrageous... Don't underestimate this... Sister Luoying."

"I think I've seen enough abstract things about the civilization of Sky Star... Even if I see something even more bizarre and abstract, I probably won't be surprised..."

"With your mentality... I think you'll probably be shocked once or twice by the level of abstraction in our work..." After seeing Luo Ying's reaction, Elena pursed her lips. As for the abstract art and fancy work that some of her compatriots like to do, Elena dared to bet that what she had seen was definitely not the limit of the level of abstraction, and her compatriots could definitely come up with something even more bizarre in some sense.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this for now... We're almost at the final stage of acceleration... Although I don't think we can win, there are at least several ships among the remaining ships that are faster than us. And based on the rough calculation of their fuel consumption rate during the voyage, there are still at least 3 or 4 ships with ridiculously large reserves of fuel and propulsion fluid. We currently have about 1/4 of the propulsion fluid left. If we use all of it for acceleration, it may not be a problem to fight for the top ten at the current speed, but forget about the top three. Several torch ships are now desperately using afterburners. Our acceleration is really not enough. "What's that? The accelerations of the ships I've highlighted are approaching 15G. God knows how much fuel they've pumped into their engines just to get a higher acceleration... Ah, that guy up front threw away a depleted tank of metallic hydrogen to reduce the load. How much metallic hydrogen did he carry? At the rate of metallic hydrogen consumption since the start of the race, he must have filled every space in the cabin with metallic hydrogen tanks, right?" Elena complained as she stared at the empty metallic hydrogen tank that passed by not far from her own ship.

"Forget it, never mind... I'm going to turn on the afterburner and spray out all the remaining working fluid. The acceleration will be a bit high later, so you guys should be prepared." Elena turned around and greeted the two of them.

"Acceleration? Isn't the maximum acceleration of this nuclear saltwater ship only 3G? Continuing with 3G acceleration... this shouldn't require much preparation, right?"

"No... Actually, there's something I didn't mention. This spaceship also has a super afterburner mode, which completely abandons exhaust speed and uses all fuel to pursue acceleration indicators. In this mode, the spaceship's cruising acceleration will reach over 18G, which will literally crush you flat. Get ready, my dear sister Luoying... I'm going to use the afterburner!!!"

"Ah?" Luo Ying was a little confused because she hadn't reacted yet. But as Elena pressed a button on the panel, a strong push on her back and huge pressure pressed her down on the seat.

"What the hell! What the hell?"

"This acceleration is as high as 18G!!! It's exciting! Even if I can't make it into the top three, I have to make it into the top ten! Yeah?!!!" Elena, who was also pressed down on the chair by the extremely high gravitational acceleration, began to shout excitedly.

"Oh my god! This gravity acceleration is too outrageous! Why didn't you tell me earlier?!" Luo Ying's face was almost deformed as he was pressed on the chair by the gravity acceleration of 18G, and he screamed under the heavy pressure.

"Don't worry... Your current body is from the same branch as those mermaids. One of the main features of those mermaids' bodies is that they are extremely good at withstanding the high pressure underwater and can survive normally in the oxygen-deficient, high-pressure environment. A mere 18G of gravity is just a little uncomfortable for their physical fitness. Don't worry, you won't die!"

"That's not the fucking thing I'm worried about! Why is the acceleration increasing again?! Wasn't it agreed to only be 18G? Now the acceleration of gravity is almost reaching 25G! What the hell is going on?!"

"I think the hull structure can still withstand overloading the engine. This spaceship was built with several times more redundancy. Slightly overloading the reactor or engine once or twice shouldn't be a problem!"

"Don't overload the fader casually ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!" Under the increased acceleration caused by the overloaded engine, Luo Ying, who was pressed on the chair and unable to move, could only utter bursts of continuous screams.

Chapter 140: Competition Results and Weightless Environment Training Before Departure (5000 words)

"It seems like I used too much force?" Elena said as she looked at Luo Ying, who was foaming at the mouth and passed out on the chair.

"Even if you are physically able to withstand extremely high gravitational acceleration, it's natural that you will become like this if you are suddenly pressed on a chair with a gravitational acceleration of 25G for more than ten minutes, isn't it?" Anna walked forward and rubbed Luo Ying's cheek, but Luo Ying, who had been tortured by the extremely high gravitational acceleration for a long time and was unconscious, was still slumped in the chair.

"Is the child okay?" Anna asked worriedly to the holographic projection of Xiao You who was also surrounding Luoyang.

"Don't worry, she's fine. This is a highly realistic synthetic body, so it's not likely to go wrong. But the problem lies with this body... The sensory realism is too high. Otherwise, the child wouldn't have fainted so easily from the acceleration of gravity."

"And I checked...it seems that this child's body's sensitivity to sensations like pain is a bit high."

"How high? How many times higher?"

"Not really... This body's sensitivity to pain is only about 20% to 25% greater than yours, which is still within the normal range."

"But that 20%... in that state just now, it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back for this child. She fainted from the pain."

"I've already lowered the sensitivity of her pain nerves. She'll probably wake up in a few hours."

"But...if she wakes up...how will she react if she finds out we lost the game?"

"She probably won't have any reaction... I think Sister Luoying's worldview has been severely impacted in such a short period of time. She just lost the competition and missed the chance to hang out with the mermaid girls from the organizers... Sister Luoying probably won't mind that much... After all, we're just joining in the fun, so getting fifth place is already pretty good."

"But it's a pity that I can't get close to the mermaid girls who organized the event..." Anna pinched Luoying's face, who was slumped in the chair, with a regretful expression.

"Sister... is this what you think? You're already a scumbag... and you're even thinking of harming the mermaid girls who are organizing this?"

"It's because I already have countless concubines, so it's normal to add a few more girls!" Anna looked proud of this and didn't care about her bad behavior at all.

"Oh... forget it... I'm also a member of your harem anyway..." Looking at her sister who was making some bad remarks in front of her, Elena covered her face helplessly.

"Even though I can't hang out with the girls from the organizers, I can take this opportunity to get to know the other contestants. Hanging out with those girls who like art is pretty cool too. Consider it compensation for not being able to hang out with the mermaid girls from the organizers!"

As Elena expected, her sister planned to add a few more young girls to her harem after returning to Alpha Seven and meeting the other contestants in this competition. In Elena's opinion, the only good thing her sister did in terms of feelings was that she didn't mind her other harem developing relationships with her sister or getting involved with each other.

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Luoying slowly woke up in an uncomfortable dizziness. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw an unfamiliar ceiling. Then, Luoying found herself lying on a soft bed.

"Hey, are you awake?" Elena's familiar and pleasant voice came into Luoying's ears from the bedside.

"Elena? Where... am I?" Luo Ying rubbed his eyes and asked Elena who was standing beside the bed in a daze.

"How's it going in the crew lounge at Spaceport Alpha 7? Did you sleep well?"

"Am I... fainting?"

"Yes... During the final stages of the competition, you passed out on my Torch spaceship due to the excessive gravity. After the competition, Anna and I moved you here so you could rest."

"Oh...thank you so much...where's Anna?"

"She...went to Alpha Seven's neighboring town of Suwulingjiu to pick up girls at the players' party after the competition."

"Huh? Flirting?"

"Yeah...it's only been a day since I played with your body, and you're already flirting with other girls. Is my sister a scumbag in every sense of the word?"

"Well... Anna is such a scumbag. She did that to me not long ago."

"Forget it... Anna has always been like this. Even a little sister like me is considered a member of her harem... She treats me the same way. At most, she'll comfort me after we get into bed and lift my skirt, then go on to flirt with other girls."

"But the reason... Anna is just naturally such a scumbag is because our mother and our mother were both lesbian harem queens. Anna, who inherited their genetic memories and part of their personality... is naturally a scumbag too. But when my mother gave birth to me, she restrained herself a lot... I didn't become a scumbag like Anna who likes to play with girls' bodies, although I did inherit almost all of our mother's experience in that area."

"Really...sometimes I just can't figure it out...we both inherited our mother's genetic memories, and acquired brain-computer interface data input, but why is it that every time I get to sleep with Anna, I have to be the bottom?"

"Maybe... it's because Anna, that scumbag, is just like a gangster and is a little too strong." Luo Ying, who was leaning on the bed, answered.

"Not necessarily... Anna is very good at judging people's feelings. When she meets a weak girl, she likes to act like a female hooligan, touching her body and harassing her directly. When she meets a strong girl, she pretends to be weak and voluntarily plays the role of a weakling in front of the strong girl. In this regard, perhaps I should praise her for being a scumbag with rich theoretical and practical experience?" Elena sat on the bed and hugged Miss Luoying.

"Let's not talk about this anymore... We only took fifth place in the competition. I hope you're not too disappointed."

"You mean the competition? I don't really care. I'm here to have fun with you guys anyway, so the outcome doesn't really matter to me."

"And fifth place, this result is already an unexpected result, right?"

"That's true. I originally planned to be in the top ten, but getting fifth place is kind of a pleasant surprise in a sense, right?" Elena, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, smiled and reached out to rub Luoying's head.

"Um... Elena... what are you doing?" Luoying said shyly as her face was being rubbed.

"Of course it's the head pat... If nothing else, it's quite comfortable." Elena moved her face closer and rubbed Luoying's face.

"Yes...it is indeed...it is quite comfortable..." Luoying felt very comfortable as Elena rubbed her cheek and touched her head intimately, but her face became redder as she was so close to Elena.

Earth, February 24, 1909, Taylor Island Mass Accelerator

In the distance, watching the mass accelerator on Taylor Island catapulting the last giant ordnance bird into the air, Renlong breathed a sigh of relief. Although there was still a lot of things for everyone to do, this stage of the work was finally completed.

Staring at the world map on the data board in his hand, which is updated in real time by the monitoring data provided by low-orbit satellites, the data board is planning and displaying the routes of 12 giant weapons birds after being launched by the mass accelerator. These 12 giant weapons birds will be deployed to the seven continents and oceans on the earth, four in Eurasia, two in Africa, two in South America and North America, one in Oceania, and the remaining three giant birds will maintain a military deterrent presence in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, the three main oceans of human activities. These 12 giant weapons birds will be in the earth's atmosphere. The 12 giant ordnance birds will be used to patrol the Earth permanently. After everyone leaves, they will be the sword of Damocles to maintain long-term peace on Earth for the next hundred years. What is left behind are not only 12 giant ordnance birds, but also a series of automated factory facilities on the surface and underground of Taylor Island. These automated factory facilities will provide a steady stream of logistical supplies for the giant ordnance birds, and use the underground automated production facilities to interfere to a certain extent with the humans on this planet, so as to promote their unification in a more peaceful way, rather than through violent means such as two world wars with countless casualties.

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"What is this?" Ren Long asked, looking at the data chip handed to him by Kalisi.

"The memory chip of strong artificial intelligence ZOE."

"Huh? The AI ​​for air combat?"

"That's right... but now the AI ​​inside this chip is more than just an air combat AI. While you were training the giant military bird, Yuuki and I have been feeding its big data learning neural network with data on economic production planning and relatively mild interference in human civilization. Now, the AI ​​ZOE inside this chip is a truly strong AI with independent decision-making and thinking capabilities that can help humans on this planet achieve planetary and species unity one day."

"As long as this chip is inserted into the data center on Taylor Island, he can use the facilities and production capacity of the underground factory to slowly guide the human race on this planet towards unification. However, this process will probably be very long. It will take at least decades to integrate the current chaotic global population, and true unification may take at least a hundred years. We probably don't have the time or the energy to wait here any longer."

"The artificial intelligence within this chip... consider it my gift to the human civilization on this planet... However, they will have to prove themselves worthy of accepting and utilizing this gift through their actions over the next few decades or even centuries."

"Why do you sound like we're not planning on coming back?"

"It's unlikely that we'll ever return to this planet. Even if we do, we'll only take a look or two."

"But...are you sure you really want to leave a strong artificial intelligence for the humans on this planet?"

"I'm sure... Judging from the current state of human civilization on this planet, it would take them hundreds of years to create this level of strong artificial intelligence. Even if they do manage to create strong artificial intelligence someday..."

"It is also difficult to prevent the control of this strong artificial intelligence created by them from falling into the hands of a small elite group in society...ultimately further exacerbating social inequality and the gap between the rich and the poor, and tearing society apart."

"Since that's the case... why not leave behind a strong artificial intelligence that is absolutely fair to all of human civilization, ensuring the material and spiritual enrichment of all individuals, and building a more idealized society, to guide the development of civilization on this planet to a more sustainable and healthy state, rather than allowing it to develop freely and uncontrolled, driven by capitalist interests, ultimately leading to a cyberpunk society where a small elite occupies the vast majority of social resources, living a life of luxury, while the majority of grassroots individuals can only struggle on the brink of life and death."

"I've been wanting to say this for a while now... You really do hate this kind of... capitalist society driven by unbridled capital interests?"

"Capital, from the moment it was born, has been absolutely not something that can truly benefit the long-term development of human civilization. Only by taking the time to slowly dismantle Mr. Xu, the foundation of this system, and by changing the negative nature and desires of humanity born under capitalism, which pursue so-called wealth and power, can we create a more idealized utopian society. Otherwise, the contradictions brought about by capitalism will never be fundamentally resolved. Even if interstellar colonization and expansion can bring relief, the contradictions will only be alleviated. The contradictions themselves will continue to accumulate and may one day evolve into an even greater disaster. Since we now have this opportunity, why not plant a seed that can completely eliminate the contradictions caused by the existence of capitalism itself?"

"When humans on this planet develop to a certain level, the strong artificial intelligence we leave behind will slowly eliminate the part of human consciousness and cognition that is about national and ethnic narratives in a very gentle way, and eventually become a whole. At the same time, the financial system formed by currency will also be slowly disintegrated in the process, directly removing an important pillar that supports the existence of capitalism. Ultimately, this planet will move towards our ideal state." Carlisle said to Renlong.

"So…that's it?"

"That's it...what else can I do?"

"I thought... you would use more violent methods... After all, considering your style, such gentle methods are really rare."

"It's about treating the symptoms... Since many of the subsequent conflicts on this planet caused by nationalism and the rise of nations haven't yet arisen, we can naturally use more gentle means to integrate the humans on this planet in a more gentle way. If it were already the post-World War II era, when countless countries and ethnic groups caused wars and conflicts that led to a series of endless ideological conflicts, I would have had to use more violent means. In the early 20th century, at least many of the sources of conflict hadn't yet arisen, and we could have addressed the problems more directly at the root, preventing a series of subsequent conflicts and wars from happening."

"Is that so... It does make sense... To prevent the humans on this planet from falling into endless fratricide and mutual hostility?" After listening to what Carlisle said, Renlong thought carefully while holding the Zoe chip in one hand.

In geosynchronous orbit, next to the space elevator, the Grey Wind mothership in the dock has completed all preparations before setting sail. The zero-point energy reactor has been started, making the entire ship like a living creature. The green energy pipes and patterns on the hull are flashing with extremely regular light.

Inside the synchronous orbital space station with the space elevator next to the zero-gravity dock, Charlotte and the others looked out the window at the giant ship that looked like a steel mountain range with a little bit of disbelief. The giant ship almost occupied the entire orbital dock. The green light flashing on the surface of the spacecraft made the whole ship look like a giant living creature floating in a vacuum, rather than a technological creation.

At this time, Charlotte and her companions were floating in the zero-gravity zone of the space station. Qianshi was almost clinging to the window, staring at the huge ship in the distance with glowing eyes. His maid Beata was trying to learn how to move in a completely weightless environment, but obviously, she was doing very badly. Beata was almost kicking her limbs and floating around in the air, occasionally bumping into the surrounding ceiling and walls. On the other hand, because of the frequent use of the anti-gravity function of the C-ball, Angel adapted much faster in this situation. She was almost like a seasoned astronaut, moving freely in the weightless environment with the help of various handles everywhere, and even had the energy to teach Charlotte how to perform various activities in a weightless environment.

"If it really doesn't work, just activate the magnetic adsorption ability of Miss Beat...bracelet!" Yuki, who was acting as a guide at the side, looked at the few people in front of him who were not used to the weightless environment and gave a considerate reminder.

"Ah, what bracelet?" Beat, who was floating around in the air, obviously didn't react.

"Before you get up from the space elevator, in addition to the magnetic boots, I also gave each of you a wristband. That wristband has the control interface for the magnetic boots. Press a button on the wristband and the control interface for all the devices attached to your body will pop up. If you really don't want to float around in the weightless environment, use the wristband to activate the magnetic boots' suction function. That way, you can walk normally like on the ground."

"Oh... So this is what this bracelet is used for. I was wondering why you gave each of us a bracelet before coming here?" Beatrice, who had been reminded by Yuuki, remembered the bracelet on his right hand. He pulled up his sleeves and found the button on the bracelet. After pressing the button, a square holographic display interface popped up from the bracelet. Before he fell to the ground again, Beatrice pressed the start button of the magnetic boot adsorption function on the bracelet interface. After a choke when landing that almost caused Beatrice to fall, Beatrice finally managed to stick one foot to the ground and successfully stabilized his body.

"Huh..." After finally stabilizing her body and standing firmly on the floor, Beata finally breathed a sigh of relief. She raised her head and looked around. Dorothy, Chise, and even Charlotte had already mastered the skills and methods of moving in a weightless environment. As the one with the worst physical fitness among them, Beata could be said to be the one with the slowest progress.

Seeing that his friends had already learned the skills of moving with their limbs in weightlessness, and only he could barely stand with the help of magnetic boots, Beatrice felt a lot of pressure.

"Don't worry, Miss Beatle. Moving in a weightless environment is no easy task. The fact that your friends were able to learn it so quickly shows that they are quite talented in this area. If you take it step by step, you too will learn it."

"Carlisle and Renlong still have some finishing work to do, so we still have enough time. Besides, operations in a weightless environment are mainly just for dealing with unexpected events. Just in case, our spacecraft has an artificial gravity system. Letting you learn the skills and experience of moving in a weightless environment is just to prevent the possibility of the artificial gravity system of the spacecraft failing. At least when encountering such a situation, you won't panic with the relevant experience." Jiecheng patiently taught Charlotte and the others.

Chapter 141: Faster Than Light (5000 words)

Three days later, Earth time, February 27, 1909. Three days ago, Kalisi and his crew had completed the final finishing work. All the things and equipment that needed to be carried had been transported to the mothership via the space elevator. Now, everything was ready, just waiting for the moment of departure.

"Everyone, are you ready?" Carlisle, who was sitting in the captain's seat, asked everyone on the bridge.

"Of course we're ready. We can set sail at any time!" Aze answered excitedly. Her hands were tightly gripping the armrest in front of her, staring at the holographic projector in front of her that displayed the status of various parts of the spacecraft.

"Charlotte, what about you?"

"Of course, that's no problem." Dorothy gave a thumbs up to Carlisle who was sitting in the captain's seat, and grinned confidently.

"OK... Preparations for departure are complete. Dock fixed tractor beam is shut down. Let's go!"

Following a command from Calisi in the captain's seat, the giant ship floating in the dock began to move forward slowly after receiving the neural signals sent directly to various systems on the spacecraft by Calisi, the driver and captain, through her own brain. If you look from the outside of the dock at this time, the sharp bow of the dagger-shaped hull divided into three parts is the first to appear from the exit of the dock. As it gradually breaks away from the constraints of the dock, the sunlight without the obstruction of the atmosphere shines on the silver-gray shell of the Grey Wind mothership, which is a dagger-shaped shell with a concave rectangular middle. In the reflection of the sunlight, dark green lines are dotted in the silver-gray shell.

When assembling the ship, the components of the various parts of the ship released by Kalisi from the hyperspace container fused themselves together in a way beyond imagination. Therefore, Kalisi and others had almost no effort. After the main parts of the hull sections and components of the entire spacecraft were separated from the hyperspace container and towed into the dock by a tugboat with a tractor beam, these components, like building blocks, automatically assembled and fused their corresponding parts, and finally formed the 22-kilometer-long Grey Wind mothership. Afterwards, after inspection by Kalisi and others, the joints of the various hull sections were almost completely integrated at the quark level. Even instruments could not detect any traces left after the two different sections were welded together. After experiencing the amazing sight of the spaceship under construction in the dock assembling itself, Kalisi and others have been familiarizing themselves with the various systems and equipment of the spaceship.

While getting familiar with the spaceship, Calisi and the human dragon also discovered that this spaceship could be operated automatically with only one person, or even without a person. Even if it was unmanned and the hull was fatally damaged, the spaceship could automatically repair itself. Of course, Calisi also noticed that this spaceship seemed to have a design for carrying a super shipborne artificial intelligence, but Cabot did not give her a shipborne artificial intelligence. Therefore, this function for carrying shipborne artificial intelligence is actually vacant at present. Therefore, the entire spaceship still needs any one of the four people to connect his or her brain to the operating system of the entire spaceship like a clone pilot in New Eden, and issue all kinds of extremely complex decisions and operations to the spaceship that only intelligent creatures can make.

"Undocking procedure completed, 5 kilometers from the dock, inertia-free thrusters activated!"

As Calisi's new order was issued, asymmetric gravitational fields began to be generated in front and behind the spacecraft, pushing the spacecraft to slowly accelerate, just like a surfer on the sea surface riding the waves that rolled in from behind and were higher than the sea surface. The entire spacecraft rode the waves composed of the asymmetric gravitational field and began to accelerate forward. From the perspective of an external observer, the acceleration of the spacecraft at the height of the synchronous orbit has exceeded 5G, and the speed has reached nearly 3000km/s, which is close to 1% of the speed of light and is still accelerating. If the spacecraft was not running a gravity tidal inertia-free engine, but a gamma-ray jet close to the speed of light and a plasma mixed with a large amount of propellant ejected from the matter-antimatter annihilation reactor at the tail of the spacecraft, then the earth below might have completely turned into a scorched earth by now.

The tidal stacking inertia-free engine, which is propelled by an asymmetric gravitational field, continuously releases tiny amounts of gravitational waves to the surroundings during operation. The heat dissipation grille at the tail of the spacecraft also emits a faint blue light. With the energy output power of the zero-point energy reactor comparable to that of two yellow dwarf stars per second, the entire spacecraft is speeding towards the dark deep space far away from the earth.

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"Next, we need to test the ship's FTL capabilities. Both FTL engines need to undergo a short-distance jump test. I don't want to be forced to stop midway through the next 20,000 light-year journey due to a FTL engine malfunction."

"We have to test the superluminal engine... Even if the stuff Cabot gives us is of absolutely excellent quality, it's true that testing can't be ignored... But which engine do you want to try first?" Renlong, who was sitting in front of the captain's seat, turned around and asked Calisi.

"Let's try the Alcubierre Warp Drive first... After all, it's the first jump... and the distance won't be too far."

"Superluminal negative energy flow begins to be injected into the warp chamber coil... Everyone, get ready. We are about to truly 'fly faster than light'."