Chapter 1277 - Set Sail! (1/2)

After a short break, the starship named “SS Origin”, set off from Celestial City.

The passengers waiting on Celestial City witnessed the shocking scene again.

The engine located on the bottom of the starship emitted an eerie blue glow that provided thrust for the starship, it slowly drifted away from Celestial City.

“The orbital parameters have been corrected.”

“The reactive nitrogen shield is operating normally.”

“Confirm star path safety.”

“All non-fleet personnel should enter the hibernation chamber.”

“The engine is confirmed to be normal, preset power to 10%, ignition is ready.”

“…”

Inside the bridge, reports came one after another.

The brain of the ship was located here, and the bridge also served as the nerve center of the entire ship. All information were collected in this location and all orders were issued out from this hub.

The captain stood at the back of the bridge. His cold and determined eyes stared straight ahead.

On the large holographic screen directly in front of the bridge, a star map that covered the entire solar system unfolded. The orbits of all observable objects were marked in detail in this star map.

A green arc marked the route of SS Origin connected Earth to Mars. SS Origin would orbit for one-fourth around the high Mars orbit before the starship set off to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, then it would sail through the deep space directly to Kuiper Belt. SS Origin would then cruise on the edge of the Solar System, perform training, scientific research, and exploration tasks issued by the Earth Defense Alliance.

From this point on, loneliness would become their shadow that constantly lingered with them. Until the starship receive the order to end the mission, returning to Earth was a distant dream.

However, they were already mentally prepared for this. Even if they would never be able to come back, they did not hesitate when they stepped on board.

Whether it was for their motherland or for the common future of human civilization…

“Captain.” The final procedure before departure was completed. The deputy captain approached the captain, and performed a Celestial Trade Navy salute. “Waiting for orders.”

Captain nodded, picked up the microphone from the command table, and ordered with might.

“Ignite!”

From Celestial City, in the deep and eerie universe, the two clusters of blue glows that held SS Origin gradually extinguished.

Instead, there was a brighter ball of flame.

The flame, like a small Sun, suddenly radiated from the end of the ship’s hull, emitted dazzling white light, and formed layers of heat waves behind it.

Deuterium imprisoned by a strong magnetic field collided violently with Helium-3, and at this moment all the light and heat generated by nuclear fusion were gathered into a bundle by the huge melting furnace. The force pushed SS Origin to the distant starry sky at an incredible speed.

Like a second sunrise.

The dazzling white light instantly blinded everyone.

When their eyes reopened again, the emotions that bloomed in each pupil was all, without exception, shock and excitement.

The passengers that stood in Celestial City waved their arms, and sent the starship off with cheers, whistles, and the flashes of the camera. People all knew that it would become a star in the darkness, and eventually disappear.

The workers of Celestial Shipyard, the astronauts working in the space station, and the people busy around Celestial City all stopped their work at this moment. They looked out the window or into the holographic screen as departed SS Origin. Their face all shared the same excitement and pride.

At the same time that SS Origin ignited, bright fireworks bloomed over Penglai. In this digitized city of the future, every holographic screen belonged to Future Group and every broadcast was playing the incredible scene.

People, regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, were all watching this in front of their TV… They all cheered for the same reason, prayed for the same dream, blessed for the same name.

Of course, the Internet gave the strongest response.

Three days before the departure of SS Origin, the three keywords “Origin”, “Envoy-Class Starship” and “Earth Fleet” emerged as the top ten most searched words of every major search engines. And when Celestial Trade’s official website annouced its launch, major TV and online media broadcasted the ignition of the fusion engine, the name “Origin” overtook the popularity of any scandals and became the most searched keyword!