Abnormal crossing

Chapter 53 Deep Space Mining Area
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Different from the endless darkness outside the other jump point.

As soon as the spaceship drove out of the exit this time, Gu Wei saw another scene through the star screen:
In the distance, there are countless planets inlaid like diamonds on black velvet. The light they emit is interwoven into a colorful picture in space. Both the density and intensity of light spots are much higher than on the other side.

With the assistance of the spacecraft's starscreen view.

Gu Wei could even see a gaseous ring surrounding a planet and some equipment modules in orbit from afar.

When the Flutter Flutter flew away from the jump point, there were several transport ships around it that were obviously from the same group and slowly passed by.

If the starry sky on the other side is a small village with only scattered stars in the early morning, then this side is a prosperous and shining city that never sleeps.

"How is it? It's novel, isn't it?" When Gu Wei was in a daze, a thread of Meow Meow floated over from a distance. This time, the projection style was a bit like the attending doctor on Earth:
"This is the deep space mining area of the Masar civilization. The dense light spots in the distance are called the Polyhedron Cluster. The number of stars in the cluster exceeds 700 billion, and the density is extremely high. On average, there are 1 million stars in a spherical space with a radius of 1.5 parsec, so the visual effect is quite dazzling."

Gu Wei raised his eyebrows and exclaimed, "Wow, the density is so high?"

Stellar density has long been an important topic in astrophysics, and the unit of measurement is generally "seconds" - note that the seconds here are not the 30-kilometer light seconds.

It is a cosmic distance parameter larger than a light-year, abbreviated as PC, and defined as the distance at which the annual parallax of a star is one second.

Mathematically, one parsec is equal to 3.26 light-years, and above that there is another million parsecs, MPC, which is 326 million light-years.

Before Gu Wei's time travel, the astrophysics community generally believed that the star density in the center of the Milky Way was much higher than that at the edge.

For example, in the central area of the Milky Way, there are 1 million stars distributed in a spherical space with a radius of 4200 parsec, which translates to 28.9 stars per cubic light-year.

The star density near the Sun is only about 0.003 stars per cubic light-year.

That's right, the difference is 7200 million times.
So why do we always say in various popular science articles that the earth is just a countryside in the universe? Among them, star density is a very important parameter.

For example, houses in small villages are cheap and people live relatively scattered. It takes only ten minutes to walk from one end of the village to the other, and you only pass by seven or eight yards. But it is different in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. There are hundreds of families living in one building in the community.
Theoretically, near the center of the Milky Way, the average distance between nearby stars is only at the light-sky level. You will look up and see about one million extremely bright stars in the sky. The starlight in the night sky will be about 200 times that of the full moon - it's just that the radiation is a little bit greater.

Then Gu Wei looked at Meimei and asked, "Meimei, what is the Deep Space Mining Area?"

"Some special ores. This was a well-known main production area of zero-point ice back then," MeeMee shrugged like a little adult. "Zero-point ice is a type of ore with dark matter-like properties. It can be used to make gravity manipulation devices and high-density storage devices. Otherwise, the Alliance would not have set up the jump point here."

"However, the zero-point ice has been almost completely mined in recent years. Many of the spaceships outside are transport ships for transferring equipment or evacuating personnel. It is estimated that this jump point will also be moved within a hundred years."

Hearing this, Gu Wei turned his head and looked out the window again.

At this moment, several transport ships happened to slowly pass by the Fuleng Fuleng.

The external scene and Meow Meow's words reminded Gu Wei of the old industrial area in Northeast China. The two seemed similar to some extent.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore," Mee Mee adjusted her glasses and said to Gu Wei, "The spacecraft will experience complex time and space distortions during the jump, resulting in significant changes in speed and direction. So after leaving the jump point, it will take a certain amount of time for inertial navigation to adjust the speed to match the celestial bodies in the galaxy. You're free during this time anyway, why don't you come and play with Nuo Nuo for a while?"

"Nono?" Gu Wei didn't react for a moment: "What does she want to play?"

Mee Mee looked expressionlessly at the beast-eared girl behind her who was chasing her other thread like swatting a fly with a soup spoon in both hands and said, "We're using cannonballs to hit the asteroid. We're in need of a gunner."

Gu Wei: “.” Hearing what Mei Mei said, I suddenly remembered that Milo seemed to have promised Nuo Nuo to accompany her to shoot asteroids. But this shell seemed a little special. If it was placed on Earth, it might be reported as child abuse.
However, Gu Wei had a good impression of the little guy, and he had the opportunity to actually operate a cannon that he didn't know what it looked like, so after thinking for a while he agreed: "Okay, what do you want me to do?"

Seeing this, Meeme gestured to him to wait, then leisurely floated to Nono and Milo and said something.

After a while.

MeeMee brought the jumping Nuo Nuo back to Gu Wei and said, "Come with me."

Gu Wei resisted the urge to say "let's set off at daybreak" and pressed the crew bracelet to activate the magnetic media actuator attached to the sole of his shoe, then flew out of the main control room with Mee Mee and Noono.

As a result, after floating in the crew passage for a while, Gu Wei suddenly felt a little itchy in his calf. He turned his head and found that Nuo Nuo was gently touching him with his tail.

Noticing that Gu Wei was looking at him, the little guy flew to Gu Wei's shoulder with a smile and asked crisply, "Newcomer, can you cook?"

"Cooking?" Gu Wei thought for a moment and made up a story: "It's OK. For example, fried mooncakes with tomatoes, fried strawberries with celery, and bullfrog with skin are all OK."

"Wow!" The little guy's eyes widened in a moment of awe: "So amazing, no wonder you don't have a wife!"

Gu Wei: “????”

"Ahem, this is a custom in Li Zi's hometown, called food fighting," Mee Mee coughed lightly at the side, "Only if the woman beats the man can they get married, so the better the male chef is, the more likely he is to be single. It is said that Li Zi's mother smeared a layer of laxative on the edge of her father's spatula before she finally won. Nuo Nuo hangs out with Li Zi every day, and over time, he has also been influenced by Li Zi's values."

Gu Wei: “.”

Then he looked at Nuonuo who was flying around him, and finally he couldn't suppress his inner desire and stretched out his evil hand.
Pinched the little thing's furry ears.

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Nuo Nuo just looked at Gu Wei strangely, trembled his ears lightly, and continued to float up humming.

After a few minutes.

Meow Meow stopped outside a house.

Snap——

When the three of them landed and stood firmly, the door of the house opened automatically to both sides, revealing the scene inside:

This is an operation room with an area of about 20 square meters. In the center is a metal base with a diameter of about two meters. On the base is a thick pipe, and the other end of the pipe leads directly to the outside of the cabin.

The moment the door opens.

Nuonuo, who had been eager to launch the missile, cheered and rushed to the tube with a soup spoon in hand. He waved to Gu Wei happily, "Come on! Nuonuo is ready to launch!"

Gu Wei: “.”

Note: Please bear with me for a few more days. The chapter will be released on 1.1. After it is released, we can start the explosive update mode.
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