Super Island Tycoon-Chapter 826 - 825: The Mysterious Planet

This equipment operates by shortening space to increase the speed of the spaceship, but it cannot provide the power to move forward by itself.

Therefore, Jiang Cheng installed several Star System-level Engines on the Pioneer.

The Star System-level Engine is something Jiang Cheng developed long ago, specifically designed for spacecraft.

This Star System-level Engine eliminates the traditional engine's working medium, allowing direct energy conversion into propulsion.

After eliminating the waste of the working medium, the engine's efficiency is greatly improved.

This new type engine without working medium is far more advanced than traditional chemical and mechanical propulsion, surpassing countless eras.

If Jiang Cheng hadn't personally developed it, humanity might take hundreds of years to produce it.

It can be said that this most advanced engine is one of the core technologies of the entire spaceship.

Aside from the Curvature Engine and Energy Shield, this engine contains the highest technological content.

Initially, Jiang Cheng spent several months developing this engine without a working medium.

The Star System-level Engine designed by Jiang Cheng can provide enormous power to accelerate the spaceship to half the speed of light.

Of course, if you want to continue increasing the speed, the Curvature Engine is needed.

After all, the faster the speed, the greater the energy required for acceleration; accelerating to half the speed of light is the engine's limit.

"The Star System-level Engine is operating normally, propulsion is continuously increasing and is expected to meet the take-off requirements in ten seconds."

Soon, the engines in the power room began operating, providing strong power to the spaceship.

Once the Star System-level Engine was activated, the entire ship began to shake.

The vibration spread from the power room to the bridge, causing Jiang Cheng to sway in his seat.

This isn't due to a failure of the spaceship's shock-absorption system but because this engine's power is simply too strong, hence the large movement upon startup.

After the spaceship's speed increases, this vibration will disappear.

Power transfer is underway, and the thrusters are starting normal operations!

Next, at the start-up of the thrusters, the thruster will eject all the power generated in the power room through the nozzle.

Then, due to the reaction, the spaceship will generate tremendous thrust forward.

The speed of the Pioneer will continue to increase with the growing propulsion until reaching the maximum speed.

At this time, if viewed from the outside, a large flame can be seen shooting out from the tail of the spaceship.

These flames emit a faint blue light, looking so beautiful.

As these faint blue flames continue to grow, the thrust at the rear continues to increase.

Once the thrust meets the set requirements, the Pioneer can fly toward the universe.

"Thrust has reached take-off requirements, ready to take off at any time!

With the entire start-up program completed, the Pioneer can take off at any time.

Upon hearing that the take-off program was completed, Jiang Cheng bypassed the ship's perspective and issued his command to everyone.

Pioneer, take off immediately.

As his voice echoed within the bridge, a staff member pressed the take-off button.

The Pioneer, following Jiang Cheng's order, slowly lifts into the air, starting its ascent toward the sky.

Soon, the Pioneer passed through the Earth and entered the universe.

Jiang Cheng looked at the scenery outside the bridge, as the blue sky turned into the dark universe, he gave the order to continue accelerating.

Spaceship accelerate!

At this moment, the power output from the power room suddenly increased, boosting the speed of the Pioneer.

Adjust course, target Neptune!

Finally, Jiang Cheng stated the destination of this test flight, the distant and mysterious Neptune.

Neptune is the planet farthest from Earth within the entire solar system.

Among the eight major planets, Neptune is the furthest, so Jiang Cheng chose Neptune as the test flight's target.

Originally, Pluto was the planet farthest from Earth, a celestial body located in the Kuiper Belt.

However, due to size and volume issues, in 2006, Pluto was removed from the list of nine major planets; now, there are only eight major planets in the solar system.

Since Pluto was downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet, Neptune is now the farthest from Earth.

The distance between Neptune and Earth isn't constant, experiencing significant changes due to its revolution.

On average, the distance from Earth to Neptune is about 4 billion kilometers.

This number, 4 billion kilometers, sounds incredibly daunting and unimaginably far away.

Luckily, the Pioneer itself can travel at half the speed of light, even without using the Curvature Attack; reaching Neptune is just a matter of hours.

Neptune's orbital period is 160 years, meaning it takes over a hundred years for this planet to orbit the Sun.

A year on Neptune is equivalent to 160 Earth years, which is a fascinating fact.

Jiang Cheng chose Neptune as the test flight's destination because this planet is far enough from Earth.

If it were Mars, at the Pioneer's speed, it could be reached in less than twenty minutes.

This short time isn't enough to test anything, but extremely long-distance test flights aren't ideal either, as any issues may prove too challenging to resolve.

So Neptune, Earth's farthest planet, is indeed very suitable, plus it allows for a visit to this mysterious planet.

Neptune is considered mysterious because humanity knows too little about it; historically, only Voyager 2 made a brief visit.

However, the brief exploration yielded little information, and humanity has limited understanding of Neptune, knowing only some basic data.

Voyager 2's rough examination of Neptune provided humans with an initial understanding.

The climate data obtained through detection reveals that Neptune's weather is undoubtedly harsh.

Since it's far from the Sun, the temperature is extremely low.

Temperatures over minus two hundred degrees are quite common on Neptune.

In addition to low temperatures, intense storms are also characteristic of Neptune; it hosts the most intense storms within the solar system.

Voyager 2 detected wind speeds exceeding two thousand kilometers per hour as it passed Neptune.

If such wind speeds appeared on Earth, a city would likely be blown away.

Such extreme climates are common on various planets, and Earth is much milder by comparison.

Neptune's current position has been detected, adjusting the ship's course!

"Course adjustment complete, continue accelerating!"