Chapter 139: Arrival At Jupiter Ring
After hearing this, Li Jian fell silent for a moment. Fan Ren’s plan currently had no precise end time.
But the matter was crucial. Until the plan completely and thoroughly produced results, the entire Mars would be completely physically isolated.
And they, the security forces stationed on Mars, would inevitably remain on guard until the plan was completely finished.
“At the same time, you will also be responsible for transportation and supply work between Earth and Mars. This point is crucial; all electronic systems that could possibly be infiltrated by artificial intelligence must be completely isolated throughout.
For this reason, the ships responsible for transporting material supplies will have an extra data hard drive prepared. Each time they re-enter space from Mars, the spaceship’s systems will be completely powered down, a brand new hard drive will be swapped in to resume operations, and the old hard drive will be destroyed on site.”
Hearing this, Li Jian nodded and also fell into contemplation.
He had some impression of the power of artificial intelligence. This thing could invade other electronic systems through networks, electronic circuits, or even electromagnetic waves, where it could persist, replicate, and hide at extreme speeds. Without complete physical isolation, it was impossible to defend against.
Although it was currently just the initial self-awareness, it still had to be treated with extreme caution.
“Boss, this time you’ll have to go through hardship again.”
Fan Ren knew Li Jian would definitely not refuse. He looked at the boss in front of him, who was deep in thought, with guilt on his face, feeling a complex mix of emotions for a moment.
“Hey, what’s that? You have your responsibilities, I have my mission. Even Third Brother, isn’t he also struggling again for our common goal?”
Li Jian smiled and patted Fan Ren’s shoulder, then turned to look at Liu Jun, who had been silent over there.
Liu Jun was stepping down from his position as general manager in charge of Xinghai high-voltage radio distribution, and afterward would be transferred to the newly established space hub at the Jupiter-Mars Lagrange Point to serve as the person in charge.
Responsible for providing Mars with building materials, equipment, supplies, and so on needed for construction.
And it was foreseeable that this process would also be equally lengthy.
“Isn’t it because Second Brother has been muddling along for so many years without a few capable helpers by his side?”
Liu Jun sighed, but a smile also appeared on his face.
“That’s just it. Us three brothers: Second Brother holds down the Blue Star Hub, I handle security for Utopia City, and Third Brother you take care of things at the Jupiter-Mars Hub. After this mission ends, with this military headquarters brother here, us three can drink and chat together again.”
Li Jian had always taken care of his brothers as the big brother. Even now, with Fan Ren’s status far higher than his own, he remained the same.
At this moment, Liu Jun unbuckled his seatbelt and walked toward the rest cabin behind. Under the curious gazes of everyone, he came out hugging a suitcase.
“No need to wait until later to drink and chat. Look at this!”
Liu Jun grinned and opened the suitcase, revealing bottles of white alcoholic beverages neatly arranged inside, which immediately made everyone chuckle in stunned amusement.
“At home, Yu Rou doesn’t let me touch these things. These are my treasures; I’ve brought them all this time.”
As he spoke, he tossed a bottle each to his two brothers, and very familiarly didn’t even leave out Dan Wu, the transparent man over there.
Fan Ren caught the wine bottle in his hand; he was truly convinced.
However, he didn’t object either. Their journey still had 10 days before arriving at the Jupiter-Mars Lagrange Point, so relaxing a bit now wouldn’t delay anything.
“No more talk about that. Today should be Boss’s celebratory banquet. Cheers!”
Liu Jun took out a pack of peanuts, squeezed back into his seat, opened his wine bottle, and shouted.
The spicy alcoholic beverages went down their throats, instantly flushing everyone’s faces red.
This time, even Dan Wu showed a rare smile on his face.
Five days later, Peregrine Falcon dragged its tail flame, streaking across Mars orbit like a meteor.
Eight days later, Peregrine Falcon turned its bow, thrust engines at full power, and began deceleration.
Since Jupiter itself was the most massive planet in the Blue Star System, its mass was so exaggerated that it exceeded the total mass of all other planets in the Blue Star System by 2.5 times.
Just Blue Star alone would require 1321 to match it.
And precisely because of its enormous mass, the gravity it produced was also immense.
Peregrine Falcon had to begin deceleration two days in advance.
Otherwise, at this speed, it would be pulled straight into Jupiter’s body due to its massive gravity.
Moreover, Jupiter itself was a gas giant planet.
It contained vast amounts of hydrogen and helium, as well as other substance elements not yet explored by humanity.
But even so, just these hydrogen and helium alone would be enough for humanity’s development for countless years.
However, as always, because of its enormous gravity, there was currently no ability to develop it.
But the periphery was different. Around Jupiter’s periphery was a planetary ring composed of a layer of ring-shaped substance 30,000 kilometers wide.
Peregrine Falcon’s first target this time was precisely here.
In his speculation, these ring-shaped substances contained large amounts of ordinary crystal stone, and like Saturn’s rings, should also have equally vast quantities of water ice cubes in solid form.
Not only that, among the dozen or so satellites above Jupiter, there was one extraterrestrial satellite regarded by humanity as a treasure.
Europa.
From existing detection, Europa was a satellite with vast water resources, comparable in size to the Moon.
And there was one point that Fan Ren particularly valued.
Like the Moon, Europa was a satellite locked by Jupiter’s gravity with tidal characteristics.
One side forever faced Jupiter, the other always turned away.
At the same time, because of its extremely thin atmosphere formed by water vapor, this thin atmosphere could not intercept the raging solar wind at all.
Fan Ren speculated that its far side had large amounts of helium-3 elements.
This was also an important fuel source for nuclear fusion.
Added to the fact that it itself was a satellite rich in water resources, once this speculation was confirmed, Europa would completely replace the Moon and Blue Star, becoming humanity’s development energy core location.
This was also why Fan Ren wanted to establish a new space hub at the Jupiter-Mars Lagrange Point.
In the future, this space hub would form a massive industrial zone for ore processing, spaceship construction, and energy production.
As for the space hub above Earth, Fan Ren was even more inclined toward human habitation and renting it to other high technology companies for space experiments.
Two days later, the spaceship’s speed had slowed to match the motion speed of the Jupiter Ring.
In the cockpit, all four people simultaneously gazed at the massive planet occupying their entire view.
Jupiter.
This was a planet that appeared to mix multiple colors from the outside, and even with the naked eye, one could see the massive red spot on its surface, about 1/10 the size, which was a massive hurricane weather phenomenon.
This was also the largest weather phenomenon observed by humanity so far.
Its range diameter could even envelop the entire Blue Star, which was unimaginable.
Fan Ren slowly withdrew his gaze and looked toward the Jupiter Ring not far away, now visible to the naked eye.
At this time, Peregrine Falcon’s speed was basically equal to the Jupiter Ring’s orbital speed around Jupiter, so from outside, it now appeared as if it were stationary.
