Chapter 42: Departure from Mars

October 23, 2020 A.D., a special day.

The new human calendar, the first year June 7, 7:30 am.

At this time Oliver and others, as well as a few hundred selected scientists, scholars, technicians, engineers, etc., they were all sitting at their respective posts, fully loaded and ready to go.

Oliver also had some of the main project leaders concentrated in the captain's room, ready to give orders. Some members of the law and order team were distributed in various rooms of the ship, keeping the peace.

The rest of the tens of thousands of people were asked to stay in their rooms and were not allowed to move around. The good thing is that each room is equipped with a TV set, so people can see the whole process of the ship's departure.

As time passed, everyone's heart began to get nervous, either whispering, encouraging each other, or praying in silence. This day, but the future of all people ah, but human resources have been exhausted, the rest can only depend on the fate of God, people just quietly waiting, praying.

"When the time was up, Oliver announced, "I order you to retrieve the elevator."

"Captain's order, recover the spaceship elevator!"

"Recycle the ship elevator ..."

The ship was so huge that a high-speed elevator had to be used to get on and off the ship. With a burst of mechanical roar, quickly, the elevator next to the airship was slowly collected. Because it had been experimented many times long ago, there was no applause for this step, people just held their breath in anticipation of the next step.

"I order, dismantle the ship's support!"

"Captain's order, remove the ship's support!"

The Noah gently shook a few times, and a few of the last supports holding the ship were removed. Now there was only one last fulcrum left, and that was its "faceplate" engine. But the whole ship is still stable, the scientists have carefully calculated, it is impossible to let the ship overturn.

"I order all teams to make final preparations! The ship will be officially launched in ten minutes!"

"Captain's order, observation team, maintenance team, engine team, and inspection team get ready for work ..."

At this point, the entire ship was silent, everyone accelerated their heartbeat and stared at the TV screen for fear of missing something.

The time has come to test the final results, everyone has been fighting for this day for six months, but whether it will work or not, or unknown.

"I order, the Noah, nuclear propulsion system, officially ignite!"

"Captain's orders, activate Noah's nuclear power propulsion system, countdown begins ..."

With the input of a string of sixty-four codes, a countdown began to appear, "ten, nine, eight ..." Oliver's heart was also very nervous, the space program will be officially revealed in a few seconds or not!

"Five, four, three, two, one ..." people counted silently in their hearts with the countdown, staring at the screen, eyes unblinking. As the last second passed, suddenly, a bright white light flashed out from underneath the spaceship, which was first just a slit, and then grew larger and larger and more exaggerated in the end.

It was a sunrise that shook the ages!

Never before had there been such a powerful light in the world, as if a thousand suns had gathered together. These rays even took on some radiant blue color, which was a sign of extremely high temperature, at least hundreds of millions of degrees. A large amount of grayish-black dust rushed up with this glow.

A billion-ton helium-3 nuclear bomb - it exploded!

A not very large mushroom cloud arose from under the ship, and in a flash, the nuclear explosion released a huge energy of 4.184*10^18 joules, as if a natural greatness that had been bound for billions of years had suddenly been released.

The scale of this powerful energy is equivalent to the 9.3 magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean in 2004. However, the earthquake was so large in scope, and the Noah's engines were only so small. This energy exploded all at once in such a small space, as if a powerful star beast had been put into a cage.

It struggled, resisted, it wanted to be free, wanted to break free of this engine.

The whole "basin" engine was instantly filled with powerful shock waves, light radiation and electromagnetic radiation, and the searing temperature produced visual errors, as if the whole space was distorted.

The data in the laboratory began to jump wildly, the temperature of the core of the explosion is estimated at more than two billion degrees. Of course this is only an estimate, there is no instrument that can measure the exact temperature of it.

An incomparable shock wave ruthlessly surged toward the chassis of the ship. The infinite power of the moment made the ship shake violently. The "basin" engine underneath, which used to suppress a large amount of gas with its huge weight, could no longer suppress it at this moment!

The "star beast" finally broke through the cage, and as if it had boundless fury, a giant hand made of mushroom clouds lifted the ship up with ease!

The mass of a million tons was nothing, it was as light as a feather in front of this divine force, and in just an instant, the ship was hurled out.

The instant high temperature, electromagnetic radiation, and light radiation made all the TV screens tremble, and people could only see a snowy white. The electromagnetic radiation was so strong at this time that all satellite signals were blocked out, and only the observation room mounted next to the ship was still barely operational.

"The satellites can't connect! The moon rover is not working either! The two observation chambers on the left and right are still working!"

"... Quick! Use wired means to transmit data!"

People just held their breath and stared intently at the screen as the image finally became clear and people saw the great scene on their TV sets.

As an ancient Indian epic poem says: ""If a thousand suns shine together in the sky, mankind will perish, the earth will suffer, and I seem to become the god of death, the destroyer of all things in the world!"

This quote is all too appropriate to describe nuclear fusion. In the face of this destructive force, the thick "basin" engine of mankind was instantly vaporized, the sand was stamped into a crystal hard disk by the powerful shock wave, and all the sand was instantly melted into a glassy substance by the high temperature and pressure!

"This is the power of the sun ah!" Many people saw the nuclear explosion for the first time and could not help but feel such emotions, and also began to worry about the scientists' design, in case, what if the whole ship was blown up?

Professor Ding Yidong sat in the captain's room, his hands clenched into fists, his palms were already blue and purple, he was responsible for the design of the nuclear bomb, the engine was designed by Dr. Felix and many other scientists. He believed in himself and in his peers, but he was still nervous!

"The primary engine has been vaporized!" Various observation instruments sent out a large number of messages.

"Secondary engine completely burned up! Has come off!"

"The tertiary engine ... is working, it has successfully withstood the tremendous pressure! The ship is accelerating!"

There was an instant cheer in the captain's room, and Felix made a jump, jumped up from his position, and gave Ding Yidong a bear hug, the engines, no problem!