Chapter 773 - 482: Arrival on Venus_2

Chapter 773: Chapter 482: Arrival on Venus_2

In the Cosmos, there is no gravity, the only reference point might be the Sun, it’s hard to have a sense of direction,

If you’re not careful, it’s easy to deviate from the trajectory.

Moreover, the Solar System is like a disk, all planets are revolving around the Sun at different speeds without stopping.

Therefore, the planets in the Solar System do not often line up in a straight line,

According to Wang Ye’s judgment, Mercury will soon reach its western elongation.

Elongation is a professional term in astronomy, only Mercury and Venus, which are closest to the Sun, experience elongation,

Western elongation means Mercury will be at the farthest west position relative to the Sun, with the greatest angle to the Sun,

At the moment of western elongation, standing on Earth, Mercury can be seen clearly with an astronomical telescope during the evening, without being disturbed by the Sun.

If there is no elongation, observing Mercury and Venus would only result in seeing the dazzling Sun.

And when Wang Ye arrives at Mercury, it happens to be at western elongation, which means when Wang Ye destroys Mercury, its image will be visible from Earth.

By then, humanity will have no choice but to watch as Mercury, which has accompanied Earth for billions of years, is brutally blasted apart by Wang Ye.

Actually, Wang Ye did not specifically plan the date before starting his journey to Mercury,

Encountering Mercury’s western elongation is almost a coincidence.

But it happens to be an opportunity, a chance for Wang Ye to demonstrate his strength in front of all humanity.

Resisting a nuclear blast is nothing; within the Cosmos, it is still very weak.

But what if he can blow up an entire celestial body?

The ability to blow up Mercury also means he could blow up other planets in the Solar System, including Earth.

By then, he would truly have conquered the entire Earth by force.

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Another day has passed.

Wang Ye continues to move swiftly and alone in the Cosmos.

But as his trajectory gets closer and closer to Venus, he suddenly sees a bright red star.

He immediately realizes that it’s Venus!

Wang Ye then continues to burn energy within and increases his speed by a couple of Mach numbers.

Accelerating towards Venus.

Venus, in ancient China, was called Taibai, the star of morning or evening pride, appearing in the east in the morning as Qiming, and in the west in the evening as Chang Geng.

In the West, it is called Venus, named after the goddess of love and beauty Venus from Roman Mythology. The Ancient Greeks called it Aphrodite, also the goddess of love and beauty in Greek Mythology. The astronomical symbol resembles a mirror, symbolizing Venus’s dressing mirror.

From this, it can be seen that many ancient mythological stories are actually mostly related to planets in the Solar System.

In ancient times, almost every celestial body observable by humans was given the name of a Divine Being.

This also shows that humans have always yearned for the cosmic stars from ancient times to the present.

Venus’s brightness in Earth’s night sky is second only to the Moon, making it the second brightest celestial body in the night sky, much like a small Sun, so in the Cosmos, Venus can easily be seen,

Venus is a terrestrial planet similar to Earth, commonly referred to as Earth’s sister planet. It has a very thick atmosphere, with over 96% consisting of carbon dioxide. In comparison, the carbon dioxide content in Earth’s atmosphere is only about 0.04%, which is the most suitable environment for human survival,

While Venus’s surface carbon dioxide is too dense, leading to the atmospheric pressure on Venus’s surface being 92 times that of Earth. Equivalent to the pressure endured at about 900 meters deep in Earth’s oceans. Such enormous pressure would certainly severely compress any equipment landing on Venus. Ordinary metal containers under such high pressure might easily be crushed like a soda can. If an ordinary person were to arrive on Venus’s surface without protective clothing, they would be nearly instantly crushed to death.

Moreover, due to the dense carbon dioxide covering Venus, like a blanket, it firmly locks in the heat from solar radiation, causing Venus to continually absorb heat, with its surface temperature constantly rising, having an average surface temperature reaching 462 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest planet in the Solar System, hotter than Mercury, the closest to the Sun.

The reason humanity called Venus Taibai is because when observed from Earth, Venus appears white due to atmospheric reflection, hence the name Taibai Venus.

But if observed in the Cosmos, it appears more orange-yellow, which is the specific spectrum reflected by the sulfuric acid droplets floating 60 to 70 kilometers high in Venus’s upper atmosphere.

Overall, Venus’s surface environment is extremely harsh, leading some to directly conclude, "Humanity will never be able to set foot on Venus."

Indeed, given humanity’s current technological level, even another few hundred years of development would make it difficult to land on Venus.

But Wang Ye evidently became a pioneer, solving this puzzle.

It is unknown how much time has passed, but Venus before him becomes increasingly large,

Wang Ye’s distance from Venus gradually closes to a thousand kilometers, up to several hundred kilometers.

At this moment, Wang Ye can clearly feel Venus’s gravity, if he wishes, he can now use Venus’s gravity slingshot to further increase his speed towards Mercury,

But before heading to Mercury, Wang Ye plans to explore Venus a little, after all, the cycle of cosmic travel lasts half a month, and he isn’t lacking this bit of time.

Due to Venus’s excessively harsh environment, there are almost no human traces around Venus, only a probe can be seen orbiting Venus.

Wang Ye connects to the internet for a search and discovers that this probe was launched by Japan’s Cosmos agency (JAXA), the Dawn probe, which is the only functioning Venus probe currently, but this probe lost contact last April, unable to transmit signals back to Earth.

So this probe has essentially become scrap, consuming the last bit of fuel, expected to run out by the end of the year. Once the fuel is exhausted, this probe will become cosmic debris, part of Venus.

This shows how desolate Venus is, humanity is even reluctant to continue launching probes to explore Venus.

In fact, since the 1960s, Venus exploration once had a boom.

From the early 1960s to the late 1980s, the U.S. and Soviet Union launched a total of 36 Venus probes.

After that, Venus exploration fell into silence.

The fundamental reason for this is Venus’s environment is overly harsh, not suitable for human habitation or constructing transfer stations.

Moreover, probing Venus so many times didn’t bring any materials needed by humanity.

This leads to the present situation where probing Venus is almost a waste of funds,

Rather than probing Venus, it’s better to explore Mars, where the environment is more suitable for human habitation.

After a period of soaring, Wang Ye finally enters Venus’s atmosphere, once inside, Wang Ye immediately felt the extremely harsh environment in Venus,

The surging heat waves and high concentration of carbon dioxide in the air slightly discomforted Wang Ye. Moreover, Venus’s interior is very murky, making it almost impossible to see far landscapes with the naked eye.

As Wang Ye further explores, he comes to a cloud layer composed of sulfuric acid, at this moment Venus seems to be experiencing a sulfuric acid shower, if an ordinary probe were to come here, it would probably soon be damaged by high-pressure and sulfuric acid, but for Wang Ye who has soaked in sulfuric acid for a long time, this is not a problem.

He soars towards the land while scanning the surrounding environment.

Actually, he came to Venus for another purpose, which is to investigate whether there’s life on Venus.

According to recent human explorations, the phosphine content in Venus’s atmosphere is exceedingly high, and this gas is commonly produced by living organisms.

This implies that life might possibly exist on Venus.

Despite the extremely harsh environment in Venus, the birth of life often appears miraculous, so in any circumstances, it’s possible for life to emerge.