"Iode 18 has a diameter of 21 kilometers. I have seen the orbital data. You have no intercepting window. If you carry out a frontal impact, the Washington will directly hit the fragments."

"Reject the request, please stay on the current track and standby."

The tone of the Navigator Wei Qing was so calm that it was indifferent. He issued instructions one by one to push the process to reset all the calculations. After a moment, everyone saw new results.

According to the new push process, the four pushing spacecraft will disengage 34 minutes before the collision. Logically, this is still a relatively sufficient time to disengage.

But the problem is that the detached spacecraft must undergo a deceleration process of up to 20 minutes. During this deceleration process, the impacted Ioyu will continue to move. Its gravity will soon capture the power spacecraft, and the electromagnetic shock and dust clouds generated by the explosion will completely cover the entire power deceleration area.

In that area, no spacecraft could escape.

"Do I need to slow down and cooperate?"

The voice of the navigator of the Zheng He was heard, but Wei Qing responded immediately:

"No, then you will be swallowed by the adjacent dimensional channel. If there is a loss of power and you cannot reach the scheduled impact location, then all our plans will be done."

"Abide by the order, Ye Zhou, lift the thrust limit and push the engine into full load."

Ye Zhou frowned, he was still hesitating. For him, this was a simulation that could be repeated, but if the correct solution was not found, it would be meaningless to do anything blindly.

Whether it is the Washington or the four propulsion spacecraft, including Wei Qing, they all think about sacrificing themselves, but is there a way to make everyone survive?

He was still thinking, but the Washington had responded:

"I want to leave the command system, Wei Qinghao, your decision is wrong."

"You can't use the lives of 80 people in four spacecraft to bet on a chance, you have to accept the established losses."

"Now, the Washington is the one that was set to lose."

After his words fell, the highlights representing the Washington on the screen in front of Ye Zhou escaped from the joint command system. Then, Ye Zhou saw a cluster of bright blue lights light up from a distance - that was the sign that Washington started to push the engine.

Those engines were originally designed to push a certain asteroid, but now they are used to push the spacecraft itself.

The navigator of the Wei Qing looked at the Washington, which was gradually sailing away in silence. A few seconds later, he issued the order to execute as planned.

Yes, he can't bet.

This fleet represents the hope of human beings. What they have to do is not only complete the task, but also retain the experienced fire as much as possible and bring back as much data as possible.

Therefore, the four spacecraft participating in the promotion must be kept.

And the Washington... they are indeed bargaining chips that can be sacrificed.

In the public communication channel, Ye Zhou heard that the Washington navigator was still chatting about the endless sky.

"Maybe our spacecraft can withstand impacts, maybe it may not be necessary..."

"The acceleration is too fast, the overload is about 12 g. I'm a little shady, but it's okay..."

"If this continues, the retina will fall off."

"Will we become the Guinness record who has suffered the longest overload time? I remember the current record is 20g overload for 69 seconds, right?"

"After going back, tell my mother that my necklace was buried under a tree..."

"No, don't drink coffee, add some milk to me..."

The words of the navigator of the Washington DC were gradually confusing, which was a symptom of extreme brain ischemia. Judging from the star chart, the overload of the Washington DC at this time had reached an astonishing 23G.

The crew members above were all flesh and blood bodies that had not been transformed!

Ye Zhou looked at all this anxiously. If things were allowed to develop, it was very likely that the Washington could only crash directly into Iroon Eighteen according to the designed track, and use the impact of the explosion of the fusion engine to temporarily slow down Iroon Eighteen's speed, giving Iroon Eighteen a window of crossing.

In that case, the Washington will lose all operating space.

what to do?

There is no way----No, there is a way!

A thunder suddenly flashed in Ye Zhou's mind. He cut into the main communication channel and shouted to the Navigator of Wei Qing:

"There is a way! Take over the Washington urgently and lower their speed, they don't need to hit it themselves!"

The navigator did not hesitate at all. He completed his authorization to Ye Zhou in just 10 seconds. Then, Ye Zhou remotely controlled the Washington DC to turn on the reverse push. After two minutes of slowing down, the Washington DC DC DC pilot regained consciousness.

"What's going on?! We're ready!"

He questioned the public channel in anger, but Ye Zhou ignored it and said directly:

"Now, change the course, Washington turns to Io Forty-one, and use your counter-thrust engine to push Io ​​Forty-one to change the track, so that it can hit Io Forty-one!"

"We don't need to let Io stop. Like Io, we only need its track to deviate a little bit! 5 kilometers! Enough!"

After he finished speaking, the Washington Navigator woke up from his dream and exclaimed. Then, a series of instructions were issued, and the orbital solution was immediately executed. After a few seconds, he replied:

"No, our thrust is not enough, we need Dante to respond----it's too late...it can't get through."

"No, you don't need it."

Ye Zhou shook his head calmly.

"Open the full load and push the maximum thrust of the engine can reach 120,000 tons, 1.44 million tons of total thrust, plus two working fluid-free engines, you can definitely push Io ​​forty-one!"

"Full load...this is dangerous."

"It's better than just going to die!"

Hearing Ye Zhou's answer, the navigator of the Washington DC stopped saying anything more. After a moment, the Washington DC began to perform orbital changes and approached Io Yu at an extremely high relative speed 6 minutes later.

At this time, four Chinese spacecraft had begun to gradually detach.

All the windows of opportunity were locked, and almost all the hopes of this "backflow operation" were pressing on the Washington.

"Prepare to start pushing...we can't soft land."

"Then just hit it, the speed that Washington can withstand."

The navigator of the Wei Qing issued a decision order. After the four Chinese spacecraft left, they did not slow down, but continued to maintain their companionship. If the Washington impact failed, they would continue to implement the backup plan - the price was the four spacecraft and everyone on the spacecraft.

"I understand, prepare to land hard."

The Washington Navigator's voice was so serious for a second, then it became a little cynical:

"This is a real space billiard ball... Ye, help me check the status of the push engine."

"Temperature is 260 million degrees Celsius, thrust is 123,000 tons, and loss rate is 27%.

"The furnace has been heated, and you still have 19 minutes."

"clear."

"I already feel the temperature of the furnace."

After a brief silence, the Washington turned with a shocking and sharp angle. The huge G value made the navigator vomit blood, but he was not moved at all. Instead, he looked directly at the Iopa Forty-one who was close to him and shouted loudly on the public channel:

"Washington! Full load, go forward! Go forward!"
Chapter completed!