Vast Starry Sea
The Centennial Plan transformed the human fleet from a few Mountain-Class Warship to a thousand Lake-Class Warship. Adding other types and functions of spaceships, the total number of human spaceships reached approximately 1,300.
This is only the Lake-Class Warship. If we include the Mountain-Class and Small Escort Ship, the human fleet has reached two thousand ships.
During this period, humans also upgraded their Residential Spaceship. Well, not exactly upgraded, but rather, due to advancements in shipbuilding technology, they built larger Residential Spaceship.
Each new Residential Spaceship can accommodate 500,000 residents; in fact, each ship is a town. Humanity possesses 150 such spaceships, of which 110 are already fully occupied.
That is, about 55 million people. Adding the number of soldiers on various warships, the current human population has reached approximately 60 million.
The scheduled departure time arrived quickly.
Yue Yuan also returned to the bridge of the Lyra and prepared to issue the departure order.
Prior to this, humanity had already packed up all Engineering Ship, Research Ship, Biosphere Spaceship, and various ground facilities.
A year before the Great Fleet set sail, a batch of unmanned Probe Spaceship had already embarked on their journey. The Great Fleet represented the entirety of the new Human Civilization, and it was crucial not to rush off without prior preparation; Probe Spaceship ahead was absolutely necessary.
"Connect all fleet communications and issue the departure order!" On the Lyra, Yue Yuan turned and floated towards the Commander's seat, speaking to the communications personnel.
He's already done the launch mobilization and all that. In reality, humanity doesn't need any launch mobilization in its current state. He just said a few simple words to show a sense of ceremony.
As the order was given, the massive fleet adjusted its posture to maintain speed synchronization with the rest of the fleet.
The ship's crew returned to their positions as before, preparing for the impending acceleration.
Since it was a normal departure, the fleet did not pay attention to the Acceleration Buffer Fluid or enter Overclock Mode. After all, the preset acceleration was not large, and the human body could withstand it.
The moment the fleet set sail, the long tail of the Heavy Nuclear Fusion first illuminated the surrounding asteroids, followed by the explosive pulse propulsion of the Cold Nuclear Pulse Engine.
"Goodbye, Aldebaran!" Many people silently said this as they watched Aldebaran gradually shrink on the outdoor screen.
Propelled by two propulsion technologies, the Great Fleet gradually accelerated from a relatively stationary state: 1% of the speed of light, 2% of the speed of light, 10% of the speed of light, 15% of the speed of light. Amidst flashes of cold nuclear pulses, the fleet easily broke through the 15% speed of light barrier that even Tier 1 Civilization could not overcome, and then continued to accelerate: 16% of the speed of light, 20% of the speed of light, 25% of the speed of light, until it reached 30% of the speed of light, at which point the fleet began to enter a constant-speed navigation phase.
Of course, in theory, the fleet could continue to accelerate if the thrusters were kept running. However, since it had already reached the maximum speed of the reverse-propulsion particles of the cold nuclear pulse, the cold nuclear pulse could no longer provide much power to the warship. It was possible to continue accelerating by relying on light pressure, but the 'propellantless' thrust brought by that light pressure was a drop in the ocean for such a large warship.
Therefore, 30% of the speed of light, much like the 15% speed of light for Tier 1 Civilization at the time, became a thick speed barrier standing in front of all Level 2 Civilization.
As the dual-core engines gradually shut down and the secondary engine takes over to maintain thrust, it also signifies that humanity will once again embark on a long period of space travel.
While humans could live normally during such voyages, hibernation was the safest option amidst the vastness of space. This is because all the supplies and fuel on warships were reserved for voyages, not for normal life.
To minimize unnecessary damage, hibernation is naturally the most suitable option.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the New Humans' goal is to travel to more distant star systems.
The rotating duty system has been reinstated.
Humanity—no, we should say the New Humans —has once again embarked on a long Starry Road.
Since the New Humans Overclock Mode technology was fully opened, humans have felt that they are truly different from before, so they have given themselves the name "New Humans".
He is indeed New Humans. As for Yue Yuan himself, he now possesses more than just the strength of his first physical enhancement. With the popularization of Overclock Mode among the general public, he has also modified himself with Overclock Mode.
To be fair, Yue Yuan has a pretty good talent for controlling Overclock Mode. He was able to easily and freely control entering and exiting the mode after completing the modification.
After several days of training, he mastered the switches for each part of his body. Of course, since it was activated by the 'Goosebumps' mechanism, the 'each part' was not accurate to a small area, but at most to large parts such as the upper and lower body, hands and feet.
In addition to the Overclock Mode, Yue Yuan, like other soldiers, underwent Bio-alloy Skeleton modifications.
This transformation phase differs from the Overclock Mode, which relies on injections and binge eating for energy. Because it involves skeletal changes, it is more complicated.
Those undergoing the modification must first undergo genetic modification to enable their bodies to generate cells that can utilize metallic elements. Afterward, they must periodically inject themselves with a metal-rich injection over a long period.
This injection period will likely last one to two years.
The initial plan actually took longer, but scientists later had a sudden inspiration to combine the Kuntai People's 'abnormal development' technology with this bone metabolism modification, which shortened the modification time to two years.
The Bio-alloy Skeleton modification technology naturally originated from Wolfe Biosphere research, which is based on the genes of organisms with a steel-like appearance.
Of course, as a form of human modification, it cannot be transformed into a real steel skeleton, since steel is too easily magnetized.
So after countless experiments, the New Humans created many transformations, the best of which was an alloy with a high titanium content.
It is a type of Titanium Alloy.
During this modification, the original calcium-rich bones of the human body will be gradually replaced with Titanium Alloy. The person who completes the modification will then have a Titanium Alloy skeleton.
Combined with Overclock Mode, it truly becomes superhuman.
Of course, the modification of the alloy skeleton cannot only involve the skeleton. After all, the skeleton has changed, and the weight has increased accordingly. The ligaments and other parts that were originally used to drive the calcium skeleton will also be overburdened. Therefore, this kind of modification actually involves the skeleton and the various parts that connect the skeleton.
The technical difficulty is extremely high.
However, in the past century, the New Humans' accumulated research in the Wolfe Biosphere and the results of Kuntai People's Biotechnology research have sparked new ideas, which has led to the New Humans' rapid progress in human body modification technology. Various related human gene modification technologies have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, thus enabling humans to master these body modification technologies.