Wang Jiacheng sat down on the command chair, as if he had lost all his strength.
Ever since Kaiwu fell into this black hole crisis, his mind and body have been under tremendous pressure and suffering!
Now that he finally heard the good news, his tense nerves relaxed, and exhaustion and tiredness came like a tide, making him just want to fall into a deep sleep and never want to wake up again.
"Chairman, Chairman..." Hu Lan shouted worriedly, gradually increasing his tone.
"Hu Lan, stop shouting. The chairman is just too tired. He will be fine after a sleep!" Su Pu stopped him empathetically.
"..."
Before Wang Jiacheng lost consciousness, he vaguely heard the conversation between the two, and finally went to see Duke Zhou to play chess!
Suddenly, the Kaiwu made a slight vibration, and the fourth plasma engine also completed maintenance and joined in the work of outputting power.
At a speed visible to the naked eye, the spacecraft was far away from the black hole 800 million kilometers away. The terrifying distorted void was left far behind and turned into an origin the size of a ping pong ball.
800 million kilometers is almost 4.5 times the distance from the earth to the sun. It looks very far away from the earth, but in the universe this length is almost negligible. If any spacecraft sails at full speed, it can be reached in the blink of an eye!
In the spacious power cabin of the Kaiwu, countless engineering robots and ordinary crew members were busy in an orderly manner, working overtime to continue engine maintenance.
Chi Guochun stood on a high platform, urging everyone to rush to work, and loudly reprimanded and yelled at individual lazy crew members from time to time, showing no mercy at all!
Although the spacecraft is temporarily out of danger, who knows if other force majeure things will suddenly appear and put everyone in dire straits again.
Without the support of power, the Kaiwu salvage ship is like a lamb to be slaughtered in the cosmic sea, being ravaged and manipulated by various unknown risks at will!
As the supervisor of the power group, he is entrusted by the chairman of the board and must fulfill his duties without any carelessness! Chi Guochun was deeply moved when he saw that the chairman had thrown away many expensive exploration instruments and equipment for the sake of everyone's lives, and finally fainted from exhaustion on the command chair in the bridge room.
Three days later, Wang Jiacheng recovered as full of energy as before. He stood in his cabin on the Kaiwu and looked into the dark space. The black hole disappeared without a trace.
The Kaiwu salvage ship has accelerated to 0.2 times the speed of light, is truly out of danger, and is heading towards the designated target star field at high speed.
At this time, the stars in Wuyou Galaxy had long disappeared from Wang Jiacheng's human sight. Wang Jiacheng knew that Wuyou Galaxy was quite far away from him. In Wang Jiacheng's eyes, the nonexistent galaxy has turned into a large fuzzy halo, and only an optical telescope can be used to distinguish the individual stars in it.
Unknowingly, we have penetrated 150 million light-years into the cosmic sea. The first crisis almost wiped out Wang Jiacheng's entire expedition! The Cosmic Sea is indeed well-deserved, with dangers everywhere, and death may occur at any time!
Time continues to flow slowly. All the engines on the Kaiwu have been maintained and can sail at faster than light speed again at any time to reach the ultimate goal of this expedition.
Wang Jiacheng sat on the command chair in the bridge room, staring at the holographic image in front of him. A red line marked the path from the Fulcrum Star to 180 million light-years into the cosmic sea. Now 4/5 of the way has been completed, Wang Jiacheng is not willing to give up.
Feeling a little irritable, Wang Jiacheng walked to the porthole and looked back in the direction of the fulcrum star when he set off. At this distance, Wang Jiacheng could only see a slightly flattened ball-shaped thing. Wang Jiacheng understood that this situation occurred because of his observation angle. The black galaxy that Wang Jiacheng saw was only the size of a football, with a faint bright white light emitting from it. The Fulcrum Star hides in these lights.
"I wonder if our adventure of escaping the black hole will be recorded in the history of the Exploration Guild and become a classic case for future generations to learn from!" When Wang Jiacheng withdrew his eyes from the distance, such a boring thought came to his mind.
Shaking his head, Wang Jiacheng let out a meaningless laugh and returned to the command chair, waiting for the directors on board the Kaiwu to arrive.
Not long after, Su Pu was the first to walk in, greeted Wang Jiacheng, and found a place to sit down; then Hu Lan and Zhu Zhen were discussing something while walking; and finally, Chi Guochun arrived belatedly.
Chi Guochun and Wang Jiacheng understand that the power group he is responsible for has performed well and has been overloaded recently. It is amazing that all engine maintenance tasks were completed three days in advance.
Seeing that Chi Guochun had lost a lot of weight, Wang Jiacheng said with concern: "Guochun, you have worked hard recently! Now that the power of opening a warehouse has been restored, you can leave the work to your deputy and take a good rest for a few days. Don't worry. My body is exhausted! Haha, all of us rely on you to sail in the cosmic sea. It would be difficult to move without you!" The second half of the sentence was a joke.
Chi Guochun was honest and not good at words. He said: "Chairman, it's no big deal. It turns out that when I was serving in the fleet, my work was much harder than now. I have long been used to it! Hehe, if I really want to take some time off, I'm really a bit If you don’t adapt well, you are born with a hard life!”
Wang Jiacheng commented in his heart that this was a good employee who worked quietly and liked to do more and talk less. He decided to improve Chi Guochun's salary afterwards.
Junker Adam hadn't arrived yet, and no one was waiting for him.
Juncker Adam is currently recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder. This is a mental illness that cannot be treated through simple and effective physical means and cannot be cured quickly.
"Let's talk about the situation. Should we continue this cosmic sea exploration mission?" Wang Jiacheng asked straight to the point.
Several people looked at each other and did not answer directly, and it was not easy to answer. After all, the investor and boss were Wang Jiacheng, and he had lost everything for this expedition.
If he just goes back home, Wang Jiacheng will undoubtedly lose all his money this time. He feels sorry for such a good boss!
If we insist on the task of searching for the treasures of the Molova Empire and face many objective conditions, we may take huge risks but achieve nothing!
Wang Jiacheng's eyes swept around the faces of several people, and he roughly understood their thoughts. He pointed his fingers and said, "Just tell me!"
The reason is that Hu Lan has the best relationship with Wang Jiacheng, and he is also his direct confidant. He has a quick temper, can't hide things, and won't do a lot of twists and turns! It is easy to get real information from such people!
"Ah, let me tell you! I really don't know how to answer. I was discussing it with Science Officer Zhu Zhen just now, and we didn't get an accurate answer!" Hu Lan scratched his head and said.
"Chairman, let me express my opinion!" Science Officer Zhu Zhen stood up on his own initiative and continued: "On that day, in order to reduce the quality of Kaiwuhao by 2%, Hu Lan and I took people to the warehouse to handle the matter. . We abandoned 48% of resource detectors, 57% of unmanned spacecraft, 69% of food, 71% of various instruments and equipment, 90% of weapons and ammunition, and other types of exploration equipment. In short, any exploration of the space sea The supplies prepared have been greatly reduced! The only thing that has not changed in quantity is the energy blocks we carry!"
Wang Jiacheng felt bad after hearing this. He never expected that so many supplies necessary for the expedition would be discarded in order to reduce the quality.
Zhu Zhen did not stop and continued to speak rationally: "Our scientific team made a simple model to quantitatively compare the search and exploration capabilities of Kaiwu now and before the mass reduction. The overall exploration capabilities of Kaiwu Reduced by 58%!…”
Wang Jiacheng grasped the armrests of the command chair tightly with both hands. The veins on his joints suddenly appeared. He was extremely entangled in his heart and had to face the cruel reality.
Zhu Zhen's words clearly indicate that giving up this cosmic sea exploration mission is the wisest choice. If we force forward, the Kaiwuhao, whose capabilities will be greatly reduced, will have a slim chance of discovering the treasures of the Molowa Empire.
At this moment, Wang Jiacheng faced another difficult choice. As long as he nodded, turned around and went home, he, Wang Jiacheng, would become a pauper and have to work hard all over again.
Facing the terrifying black hole at that time, the situation was extremely critical. Wang Jiacheng was able to cut off his wrists, abandon all kinds of expensive materials, and save the entire ship.
Now 30 million light-years ahead is the exploration space for the treasures of the Molova Empire. Most of the discoveries recorded in history are at this distance.
Forward or retreat, they are like the two ends of a seesaw, floating back and forth in Wang Jiacheng's heart, unable to decide for the moment.
Su Pu, who had been silent today, said slowly: "Chairman, what Science Officer Zhu Zhen said makes sense, but that is under normal circumstances! This time we are exploring the universe sea. In order to deal with unpredictable risks, various equipment They are three times the usual quantity, so the existing exploration capability of the Kaiwu has been greatly improved compared to usual! It is not impossible to continue to move forward and search for the treasures of the Molowa Empire!"
Wang Jiacheng was overjoyed after hearing this and blurted out: "What Su Pu said makes sense. We have stronger exploration capabilities than usual..."
Wang Jiacheng said a bunch of reasons at once, and his voice became inaudible as he said it. Only he could hear it, like an old man who was thinking casually and couldn't let go of some obsession.
"What's the big deal? I'll bury my bones in the universe sea at most, don't you think so! Let's continue to move forward with the chairman, and we will never retreat!" Hu Lan noticed Wang Jiacheng's demeanor, understood Wang Jiacheng's thoughts, jumped up and shouted.
At first, there were only a few people echoing in the bridge room, but eventually it turned into a uniform cry: "Keep moving forward, never retreat! Keep moving forward, never retreat!..." The voice lasted forever.
As a scientific officer, Zhu Zhen was rational and wise. He did not follow the shouts or voice any objections, with a faint bitter smile on his face. Zhu Zhen understood that this was the inevitable result of the recognition of Wang Jiacheng by the ordinary crew members of the Kaiwu.
Through various things, everyone recognized this chairman and good boss! Especially when escaping from the black hole, Wang Jiacheng's calmness and command allowed everyone to survive the huge crisis and gained everyone's unconditional trust!
