World-saving Plan: The Only Savior
Chapter 479 - 360: 50 Kilometers per Second

Chapter 479: Chapter 360: 50 Kilometers per Second

Zhang Xiaoman’s Flow Star Covert Action Special Service Ship’s most substantial component was the Jump Engine.

The Jump Engine, a massive part, took up most of the ship’s space, over 30 meters in length, qualifying as a super engine per the structural diagrams he reviewed.

Its function was easy to comprehend; according to the Star Order Mainbrain’s explanation, it could fold space.

It would open a channel allowing the spaceship to perform jumps, within which the ship could travel long distances at superluminal speeds.

This was quite impressive, given that the most challenging problem in space travel was long-distance navigation.

The enormity of the universe was always beyond human imagination. If it was impossible to achieve the speed of light, the only option was to find alternative methods.

The Jump Engine excellently resolved this issue: however, it required numerous conditions to operate.

Besides extensive preparation time and energy consumption, the most crucial requirement was to have the exact coordinates of the target location in advance.

Without coordinates, the spatial channel could not position correctly, making jumping unfeasible.

Besides the navigation system, what concerned Zhang Xiaoman the most was the weapons system.

Regrettably, this Covert Action Special Service Ship was not primarily offensive; it was highly skilled in electronic warfare, but rather deficient in combat.

The entire ship was only equipped with one Laser Gun Turret, one Machine Gun Turret, and a Dense Array Defense System—fewer weapon ports than an Anti-gravity Car.

But that was unavoidable, as this ship was designed specifically for electronic warfare, not combat—outside its area of expertise.

After the Star Order provided a brief overview, Zhang Xiaoman followed their guidance to tour the different areas of the spaceship.

From the combat zone to the logistics zone, to living areas, sleeping quarters, and even a cultivation zone for growing plants, the spaceship was essentially a small fortress.

In theory, such a large escort ship could not be operated by one person.

To perfectly control it, the crew, including the ship captain, system administrator, operator, navigator, engineer, mechanic, medical officer, psychological interventionist, trainer, logistics personnel, and security staff, would need to number at least fifty people.

However, another dictum from the Star Order stated that the Dawn had a fully automatic intelligent AI system with incredibly potent computational capabilities, allowing it to be controlled by just one main computer.

Of course, the control was severely limited and could only perform basic operations. For further action, personnel would still be needed for auxiliary control.

Zhang Xiaoman arrived at the spaceship’s control room, filled with intimidating machines; he could neither comprehend them nor dared to inquire about them.

After all, with his Class C license, even if he asked, he likely wouldn’t understand the explanations.

Well, he didn’t care much about driving the spaceship; as long as he could use it normally, everything else could be left to the intelligent system.

Zhang Xiaoman sat in the middle chair reserved for the ship captain, feeling the material and observing his surroundings, and it felt pretty good.

"Star Order, start the spaceship, ascend,"

he directed the system.

These commands might have been somewhat irregular, but he wasn’t a professional ship captain and hadn’t studied subjects like "Spacecraft Navigation," "Ship Control," "Guardian Ship Support Theory," or "Special Service Ship Specialization" and was unfamiliar even with the basic command set.

Yet, as a powerful artificial intelligence, the ship system easily recognized what he meant.

Of course, he could also look up the above-mentioned books in the Escort Ship library or download e-versions directly to the Star Network Terminal from the ship’s main computer.

"Command received, please commander, confirm the destination,"

the voice of the Star Order rang out as a three-dimensional holographic map unfolded before Zhang Xiaoman, clearly displaying the Star Map of the Water Blue Star.

He fiddled with it and discovered that, apart from the Water Blue Star sector, all surrounding areas were displayed as unexplored.

"Oh yes, don’t forget to activate the covert operation mode,"

Zhang Xiaoman added.

After he finished speaking and randomly selected a point on the Star Map, the bright lights inside the spaceship gradually dimmed. The pleasant voice of the Star Order was heard:

"Command received, covert operation mode activated, inertia dampeners activating... Activation complete, releasing acceleration restrictions, automatic navigation starting..."

As the voice of the Star Order fell, the spaceship flickered briefly, then disappeared from the eyes of the craftsmen group, silently lifting off the ground toward the set destination.

At that moment, Zhang Xiaoman did not feel any change in his surroundings, yet he could see through the holographic projection screen that he was moving at an astonishing speed. In just a few minutes, the new model of the Dawn had already exited the atmosphere.

Although the craftsmen group understood that the warship had likely ascended by then, they still wouldn’t leave, all staring up at the sky as if they could see the spaceship soaring in the cosmos through the vast distance.

"Destination reached, automatic navigation off,"

came the pleasant alert sound, and Zhang Xiaoman belatedly realized he had reached the space outside Water Blue Star.

He remembered being in a similar location before, traveling in a multi-purpose Anti-gravity Car, though its speed couldn’t compare to the current one.

He vaguely remembered the Anti-gravity Car’s maximum speed was around 5000 meters per second, and why this speed was sufficient to break away from the gravitational pull of Water Blue Star and reach outer space.

The reason was simple: it used an anti-gravity engine and naturally didn’t have to adhere to the human-defined principle of first cosmic velocity.

But now, this Escort Ship was even more exaggerated, achieving a speed of 50 kilometers per second, escalating the speed tenfold, which was quite shocking.

If at this efficiency, traveling from Water Blue Star to the Moon would only take about two hours.

This was understandable, as 50 kilometers per second was the maximum speed and could only be achieved in space.

Moreover, as a Special Service Ship specialized in speed and electronic warfare, achieving such efficiency was not excessive.

After all, with current human technology, spacecraft could reach approximately one-fifth of their speed in space.