Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 910 - 155 Location

Chapter 910: Chapter 155 Location

"Yes, it’s ending..." Su Zhan sighed lightly. "The days with Argon II are coming to a close! It’s a bit hard to let go when you think about it. I’ve spent two or three decades with this thing right from the start. How do the ancient sayings go... This is youth!"

"’Youth’? What’s that?"

"Hmm, it’s a shared cultural experience of physiological age fourteen to twenty-four?"

"What’s that?"

"Anyway, it’s just an adjective," Su Zhan waved his hand, then remembered the puzzling question he had.

"Hey, let me ask you something..."

"Hmm?"

"You see, the remaining materials of Argon II are enough for it to operate for thousands of years, during which it could travel several dozen light-years. But in the direction it has chosen, there isn’t a substantial destination within those dozens of light-years." Su Zhan took a sip of wine, "Am I being presumptuous if I write ’Argon II is probably heading towards the Solar System’?"

Thousands of years, several dozen light-years, a long time, a vast distance.

But in comparison to Argon’s journey, it’s insignificant.

You could say it’s heading to the Solar System; it’s possible. In the Olorun Civilization’s view, the habitable zone is likely Venus and Earth. But if Argon’s destination is in action, it could be intercepted by the gravity wells of Saturn or Jupiter. Launching several for safety is quite normal.

Although the enclosed system inside Argon II hasn’t stalled, Argon II itself has deviated from its course.

But it could also be because Argon’s materials could only take it this far at most.

According to human calculations, the load capacity of Argon’s hull and the material consumption rate based on Argon II’s operational efficiency are indeed close to the departure time detected based on the uranium fuel block’s half-life.

Argon’s performance only supports them running for so long, traveling this far.

"I don’t know. I don’t care." The officer shrugged, "It’s kind of amazing they dared to attempt interstellar travel with such lousy materials."

"Haha, that’s called having ideals."

"Ideals, huh..." The officer sighed, "Ideals, hey, ideals... Have you heard? Recently, there have been rumors..."

"What?"

"The King has a plan. He says that in more than eighty years, we won’t participate in the final holy war; instead, we will go looking for Olorun."

"Argon took a million years to get here; how could we possibly take just a few thousand years to go there? Human history isn’t even that long," Su Zhan was quite shocked, "Could this be another rumor?"

In more than eighty years, a final war will descend, the Throne will initiate a final war, and all things built will vanish, with the victor determining their position in the new world.

After over a hundred years of subtle influence, all Protectors have accepted this setup and believe it to be only natural. It’s part of the inherent logic of this world, an inevitable event.

Of course, there is one exception.

The Godspeed Court can leave the Solar System at any time.

Anyone with sense can realize this. Perhaps this is the "humanity" of His Majesty Yawgmoth. The King of Godspeed, being Yawgmoth’s adopted son, thus receives this bit of special treatment. The Godspeed Court is upgraded generation after generation, clearly for interstellar immigration.

If the King of Godspeed wants to leave, he can do so at any time.

But no one knows for sure what the King of Godspeed himself intends. The King of Godspeed has never publicly expressed his stance on the matter. When asked, he either changes the subject or smiles without speaking.

In any case, within the Godspeed Court, there are all kinds of theories. Some say that His Highness wants to go to Proxima Centauri, others say he wants to go elsewhere. Some daring individuals even suggest that His Highness has some story with a certain Female Hero on Hero’s side, so maybe he won’t leave after all.

Anyhow, the King is magnanimous and doesn’t care how people discuss it.

"Going to the Mother Planet of the Olorun Civilization" could only be considered one of the guesses.

"Anyway, that’s what the seniors on my side say. Otherwise, why does the King insist on studying that core here?"

"If the King cares about this, shouldn’t we be studying the Shell more?" Su Zhan mumbled, "Based on the marks on the Shell, we might even be able to backtrack where Argon II passed by."

Just like different regions have different soils, the abundance of elements and composition of interstellar matter vary in different parts of the Universe. Telescopes can see a rough approximation.

Yet, Argon’s speed is constant.

The marks those interstellar materials leave on the Shell are like geological changes.

With careful study, one might even backtrack Argon II’s general route from its Shell. Even the flight path map is ready-made.

Of course, the shell of Argon I isn’t in such good condition. After passing through the atmosphere, it sank into the sea, got wrecked. At the end of the Chivalrous War to the Ascension War, it was left without maintenance, exposed to Earth’s winds and rain for decades, worn down the researchable details.

—People of that time didn’t know to treasure it.

Such a thought passed through Su Zhan’s mind.

He also knew, of course, that the technology of that time likely didn’t support such detailed research.

Moreover, in the 21st century, humans weren’t able to utilize a star chart.

But...

"People, you need ideals." He sighed like this.

"Hey, speaking of which, that black thing, where is it supposed to be deployed?"

The core of Argon II will be deployed the next time the Godspeed Court approaches Earth. This is a complex process. Before passing Earth, the Godspeed Court will also slow down, but it’s still quite fast. So the Court must release the core in advance, then use thrusters to slow it independently, ensuring it enters orbit at a sufficiently slow speed.

"I don’t know. That thing isn’t thrown directly; it’s placed into the Shell of a replica after being thrown into Earth’s orbit, then smashed down. Where exactly it lands is decided by those people." The officer scratched his head.

But he added another sentence: "But it’s quite obvious, yeah, there’s a plan to throw it near Argon I."

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Xiang Shan stood on the head of a giant whale, gazing at the sun in the sky.

The sunlight penetrated the seawater, but with very limited power. However, Xiang Shan could still faintly determine the sun’s position from this bit of sunlight.

Combining this with his built-in clock, Xiang Shan could roughly gauge his latitude and longitude.

According to the map, he was now in the North Pacific, approaching the Indian Ocean.

He was already quite close to the destination. If Yuki were still alive, she would find a way to move towards this place as well.

The place where Argon fell, the place where his entire story began.

He would rest there for a while, then execute a few significant actions.