Chapter 40: Rushing Out of Blue Rain Star

Lin Lei stayed on the Hebrew Continent for a few days. After stocking up on a large amount of food, he piloted the spaceship and rushed out of Blue Rain Star.

Of course, the Aiwei was an acceleration spaceship; it did not have the advanced methods like Warp Flight or Space Jump that Fuweili had mentioned.

So they had to honestly use acceleration to break free from the gravity of Blue Rain Star, then the gravity of the planet, and finally the gravity of the star.

During this process, to save energy, the Aiwei would use the gravity of the planet for the first acceleration. After breaking free from the planet’s gravitational pull, it would use the star’s gravity to complete the second acceleration, finally flying out of the star system.

Because the planet had six satellites (including Blue Rain Star), the gravitational interference was extremely complex, so the required precision for calculating the route was very high. Otherwise, if they were attracted by one of the satellites, they would waste energy breaking free, and the loss would outweigh the gain.

Lin Lei was not good at this, but Fuweili knew how to handle it; her logical calculation ability was much stronger than Lin Lei’s.

With the help of the spaceship’s Master Control Brain, Fuweili synthesized a vast amount of orbital data for the celestial bodies in this star system. After spending over ten hours, she plotted a route with a precision within two kilometers.

The spaceship was expected to break free from the star’s gravity in two months, rush out of this star system, and reach outer space.

By then, the spaceship was expected to have consumed 15% of its energy, and its speed would reach 100 kilometers per second. At that moment, the real acceleration would just be beginning.

The Aiwei would continue to accelerate at 1.2 times the gravitational acceleration of Blue Rain Star, eventually reaching a low light speed state of 0.3C.

This process was expected to take 70 Earth days, after which only minor propulsion and slight directional changes would be needed.

…

The Aiwei had already broken free from the star’s gravitational pull and reached a high speed of 100 kilometers per second.

“Wei, where are we flying to now? To Apocalypse Star?” Lin Lei asked Fuweili, who was adjusting the spaceship’s trajectory.

Fuweili did not answer immediately; she finished the work in her hands before turning her head and saying, “The nearest civilized planet is over a hundred Light Years away from Blue Rain Star, and Apocalypse Star is even further. We have to cross a spiral arm of the Galaxy to reach the second spiral arm. Relying solely on 0.3C light speed, we would die of old age before getting there.”

Seeing Fuweili looking confident and self-assured, Lin Lei laughed and said, “That’s even better. We’ll just have a child on this spaceship, and when the food runs out, we’ll enter the sleep pods, hehe.”

Fuweili’s face turned red, and she pinched Lin Lei: “Who wants to have a child with you? I’m not joking with you. We are now going to a Space Jump point for the nearest Galaxy Flight, about 0.6 Light Years from here. We just wait there, and a flight will carry us. We won’t have to wait more than a month.”

“The Galaxy has spaceship flights? That’s really amazing.” Lin Lei sighed with admiration. Look at this, it’s an interstellar bus.

Fuweili answered somewhat absent-mindedly and listlessly, “Yes, this was established by the Galaxy Star Alliance to facilitate communication between interstellar civilizations. There are about 10,000 routes and over 50,000 Space Jump points. We’re in luck; there happens to be one nearby.”

The matter of having a child that Lin Lei mentioned just now stuck in Fuweili’s mind. Apocalypse Persons were very similar to Earthlings; in fact, all known higher intelligent beings were very similar. Why such a coincidence existed was something even an eleventh-level civilization could hardly explain clearly.

The most accepted theory currently was that in this Universe, there existed a final Will that unknowingly influenced the evolutionary path of intelligent life.

Of course, this was just a theory and had no scientific basis.

But despite the similarities, there were still some differences in genetic information. For example, Fuweili’s ears were pointed, while Lin Lei’s were round.

And to reproduce, the difference in DNA could not be too large. In the Galaxy, cross-species unions mostly could not naturally produce offspring; they had to rely on scientific means to correct the DNA of both individuals.

Fuweili had originally held some hope, because the lower the civilization level, the lower the average evolutionary perfection of its individuals, and the greater the genetic compatibility, meaning a higher probability of naturally producing offspring.

But so much time had passed, and the two had been intimate quite a bit. Fuweili had not taken any protective measures, yet her belly showed no sign of movement.

This was not beyond Fuweili’s expectations, but it still made her feel very disappointed. It seemed that although Lin Lei was an Earthling, his genetic evolution level was unexpectedly high.

Then again, looking at Lin Lei’s physical fitness, one could tell; the only thing he lacked compared to the super soldiers of an eleventh-level civilization was a Protective Force Field.

Wait, a flash of light went through Fuweili’s mind. Lin Lei must have mastered some kind of force field; otherwise, how could he have killed that Epic Beast?

She felt that the mist surrounding Lin Lei did not seem to thin; instead, it became thicker due to their deeper contact.

“What are you thinking about, Wei?” Lin Lei asked, finding Fuweili’s sudden silence strange.

Fuweili buried her face in Lin Lei’s chest and whispered, “I was thinking about our child. Lei, our DNA seems unable to combine naturally. I am very sad!”

As she said this, Fuweili felt her ears burning up.

Lin Lei really hadn’t seriously considered this matter. After being together for so long, he almost subconsciously ignored the differences between himself and Fuweili. Indeed, apart from her ears, she was no different from an Earth woman.

The issue of DNA difference was too complex, so Lin Lei decided to ask the System.

“System, can you solve the genetic difference?”

“Is the Host’s request to modify the genetic information carried by your sperm to make it compatible with the genetic information of an Apocalypse Person?”

“Of course, you could put it that way. Do you have a method?” Well, the System put it very bluntly, and Lin Lei understood clearly.

“Scheme One: Modify the Host’s genetic information to give it forced selectivity. That is: regardless of which race the Host mates with, offspring can be produced, with the Host’s genetic information being dominant. This scheme has a conception rate of 75%.”

“Scheme Two: Based on the genetic information of the current mating target, add correction code to the Host’s genetic information. After the genes combine, they will automatically select the optimal arrangement. This scheme has a conception rate of 1%.”

Scheme One was too overbearing; did they think he was a stud? And with any race, meaning if he mated with a pig, he could produce a human. That gave him the chills.

Scheme Two was better. At least he and Fuweili loved each other. Although a 1% chance was small, they could just do it 100 times. Take it slow, hehe.

“System, proceed with Scheme Two for the modification,” Lin Lei commanded.

Since Fuweili wanted a child, they should have one. Perhaps if something happened to him in the future, a child could give her hope.

“Modifying the Host’s reproductive system. Mating will be effective after twenty-four hours. Current sperm production is void; it is advised to empty it.”

Empty it… how? Lin Lei picked Fuweili up and placed her on his lap, whispering in her ear, “Don’t be sad, Wei, we will have a child, but we have to work for it.”

Hehe, this was the fastest way to empty it. After saying this, Lin Lei kissed the tip of Fuweili’s ear.

…

After flying continuously for nine months, the spaceship arrived at a very calm star region. There was almost no gravitational disturbance here, and even the light from stars in all directions was uniform.

“We have arrived at Space Jump Point S1543. It is a spherical ultra-quiet space with a radius of 150 million kilometers. Here, apart from the gravity of the Galaxy center, the gravity of other stars basically cancels each other out. This spherical space is an ultra-flat space, with very small Curvature.”

“Are we waiting here?” Lin Lei asked.

“Yes, I will set it up first to let the spaceship continuously send the Galaxy’s standard distress signal, and then we just wait. If we are lucky, there might be a response shortly; if we are unlucky, we’ll have to wait a month. You know, there is one flight a month.”

“Why a month?” Lin Lei was curious.

Fuweili explained patiently, “Because it takes a month for the impact of one jump on space to smooth out. Actually, if we had instruments, we could even measure when the last spaceship left and when the next one will come, instead of waiting here foolishly.”

Fuweili explained it clearly, and Lin Lei understood easily.

In fact, over these nine months, Fuweili had gone through the basic education of Apocalypse Star with Lin Lei. Now Lin Lei’s knowledge had greatly increased; he was no longer the ignorant man he used to be.