238: Chapter 238 A Lonely World

As long as they found it and repaired and expanded it, the Human Fleet could also perform FTL travel.

Gao Yuan had always been worried that the Human Fleet wouldn't have enough time to enter the Spiral Arm...

Now with FTL travel, there was no problem; as long as they could create a magnetic field on that planet within ten years strong enough for the Human Fleet to perform FTL travel, they could escape the pursuit of the Arcticans and successfully enter the Orion Arm Spiral Arm.

Therefore, Gao Yuan ordered the Human Fleet to stop advancing and for all personnel to land on that planet.

But by then, the planet was already devastated and completely unsuitable for living; if they were to build an Underground City, the workload would be too massive.

Furthermore, there was a large amount of high-energy radiation on the surface.

However, the planet was large enough and its gravity strong enough that the human world's aerospace carriers could rotate in the planet's high-altitude orbit as space stations.

Humans would still live on the warships and aerospace carriers, needing only to send some robots to work on the surface.

Soon...

The Era of Great Construction arrived, and Gao Yuan named this planet 'Linxing', meaning a temporary residence planet.

Time passed day by day...

Linxing underwent a major transformation; a large hole was hollowed out at the North Pole of Linxing, and high-power electric motors were installed inside...

Eight years had passed, and they had only flown a distance of 0.5 light-years.

If this FTL travel was not successful, humanity would lose its chance forever.

Gao Yuan would probably have to become a Seed Human.

This was the first test after the construction was completed.

More than a hundred tons of Antimatter were placed at the North Pole of Linxing.

This Antimatter would serve as fuel to provide massive energy, which would then be converted into electricity to generate a powerful magnetic field...

An experimental spaceship was placed in the hole.

Gao Yuan looked nervous.

"Let's begin..."

Gao Gan gave the order.

Soon, the Antimatter Engine started, and the generator began to run...

Monitors checked the operation of this 'FTL gravitational field' from all 360-degree angles.

All high-level human officials were very nervous.

This experiment had to succeed...

As time went on, the monitored magnetic field grew stronger and stronger...

Bang! The monitor was burned through by the magnetic field.

Gao Yuan was not disappointed; instead, his face was full of excitement.

It had exceeded the monitoring levels of current human technology, which meant there was hope.

The magnetic field grew even stronger, and suddenly...

Swish.

The spaceship in the gravitational field disappeared.

Everyone jumped up in excitement.

It disappeared...

That meant it had successfully entered Subspace.

Everyone became excited; Gao Yuan's face was full of smiles, and he turned around to hug his assistant Mo Yun, spinning him around several times.

"Did you see that? We succeeded!"

"I knew the Marshal would succeed; the Marshal is the strongest human in history!"

Gao Yuan looked back; Mo Ti had a cold expression, and Gao Yu stood beside her; looking like an elven prince, he also showed a smile...

Gao Yuan's confidence increased greatly.

"Gao Gan, let's start now!"

"The success of the experiment shows that this technology is feasible. Now we need to consider how to set the direction, because once we enter FTL travel, except for a few Four-dimensional beings like you and me, everyone else will fall into a state of stasis! With so many warships, it's impossible for just the few of us to operate them, so we must use autopilot... and when the time comes for FTL travel, information won't be able to be transmitted out, so the program must be set in advance. A deviation of one degree, and we might go missing! We must arrive at the Orion Arm precisely!"

Gao Gan looked solemn.

"Yes, this is very important! We only have two years to prepare; we must launch in two years..."

"Mm..."

The success of the experiment gave everyone confidence.

People now began to enter high-intensity work; the planet's position was constantly changing, so the precise position of the planet at the time of launch needed to be calculated to set accurate coordinates to the Spiral Arm!

Such a calculation was very difficult because just one meteorite could change the planet's flight speed and angle!

Therefore, to ensure the calculations were correct, a fleet was also needed to constantly clear the airspace ahead to ensure the planet's state of motion would not be disturbed!

Also, the weight of all warships plus humans had to be precise to the milligram. If it were just one aircraft, it would be relatively much simpler, but this time it was a group of aircraft, plus the aerospace carriers.

No one knew if these aircraft could withstand the pressure of the powerful magnetic field...

Would they collapse?

Because it couldn't be calculated within a powerful magnetic field.

But now, people's only choice was to pin their hopes on FTL travel.

...

Two years later, everything was ready.

Gao Yuan sat in the warship; at this time, those operating outside were all robots, as all humans had already boarded the warships and aerospace carriers!

After sending off Gao Yuan and the others, these robots would become the only 'residents' on this planet!

Over a thousand tons of Antimatter were transported here and put in place.

The parameters were confirmed one last time.

Gao Yuan took a deep breath, "Check the FTL gravitational field..."

"Antimatter Engine check complete!"

"Generator check complete!"

"Geology team check complete!"

"Airspace management check complete!"

"..."

Gao Yuan saw that everything was normal on the light screen.

"Ignition!"

Boom...

Massive energy was released from the hole at Linxing's North Pole.

Gao Yuan could feel the warship vibrating constantly.

"How are the aerospace carriers?"

"Reporting to the Marshal, they can still hold on for now... there are cracks on the outer deck!"

Gao Yuan was full of worry, but there was no turning back now.

They could only leave it to fate!

The vibration of the warship became more and more intense, and suddenly... Gao Yuan felt his body become light.

The scene before his eyes changed.

He could see various rays flying over his head and nebulae gathering.

This was...

Success?

Gao Yuan glanced at the warship's control system; the system was a mess of garbled code and could no longer be controlled. He stood up and walked toward the back.

Mo Yun seemed to be frozen in place, his face still full of worry...

Gao Yuan touched Mo Yun's face; it was soft, but there was no response.

He saw that all the staff were motionless.

Everything in the entire warship was at a standstill.

Clocks stopped, and the system was paused.

Gao Yuan felt as if he had entered a paused world.

Walking from the bow to the stern, there was silence, not even a sound; the light in the warship remained constant, and the fuel would never burn out...

At this moment, Gao Yuan suddenly realized...

If only he could move, it would be too tragic; for several years, no one to talk to, no changes, no food or water, but he wouldn't feel hungry! Nor would he feel thirsty... he was a bug in this paused world!

For the first month, Gao Yuan even teased Mo Yun.

Later, he lost interest and started looking for other female crew members.

But after a year, he could find anything in there with his eyes closed.

Loneliness, solitude...

Gao Yuan felt like he was going crazy!