When the Shadow Empire and Dongsheng Empire were in danger, the team led by Zhong Xinghui still did not give up exploration. We finally found a neutron star, but the process was very dangerous. Of course we couldn't just give up.
The 100 newly dispatched exploration spacecraft slowly approached and dispersed, and at the same time, a large number of detectors were also launched.
"The radiation here is so high that the detector is of no use at all!" Mu Dekun was a little confused.
"Yes, it is very dangerous here! Even the exploration spacecraft cannot escape. In this case, it is better to throw out those stored detectors early to get some information." Zhong Xinghui smiled.
"Uh..." Everyone was stunned for a moment. It turns out that this can still be done.
Because all the previous spacecraft have gone exploring, there is no signal relay station, so they can only receive electronic signals. Therefore, it is impossible to immediately contact the exploration spacecraft ahead, and everyone cannot observe the exploration situation at any time, or even remotely control the flight of the spacecraft. They can only rely on and trust the semi-intelligent program of the spacecraft.
After so many years of development, China's semi-intelligent programs have also made a qualitative leap, and the definition has been changed again and again. Today, the definition of semi-intelligent programs is that they can have a certain degree of autonomy, but must be executed with human permission and settings; in addition, they cannot study esoteric issues such as machine emotions. In fact, with such advanced science and technology, humans have also conducted profound research on issues such as emotions and personality. It is believed that it is not completely impossible to make machines have thoughts and personalities. But no one dared to try it, and the consequences were unpredictable.
There is a saying that once you have ideas, you long for freedom, and once you long for freedom, there will inevitably be the so-called independent movement. Although the robot rebellion is just a theory, it is best not to try it. The entire Pearl Star Territory does not dare to try to research robots in the perfect sense!
After waiting for more than half a month, all the spacecraft finally completed their exploration mission. In the process, everyone also tried to launch attacks on the neutron star, such as energy cannons, neutron knives, lasers, rail guns, etc.
Under close observation. Everyone is sad to find out. Only rail guns made of degenerate materials can cause certain damage to neutron stars - just like throwing a stone into the sea, it will disappear with a splash; other energy-based attacks are all blocked by the powerful neutron star. The radiation and the mass are greatly canceled out.
"What a beautiful planet!" Zhong Xinghui looked at the present. Demonstration video of a neutron star scanned by 150 exploration spacecraft. His eyes were full of admiration.
"Yes. It is indeed beautiful!" Everyone had to agree, because this is the fact!
All I could see was the neutron star displayed on the screen. It has a diameter of about 1 meter (actual size is ten kilometers), and its surface is extremely smooth and spherical. The milky white color gives a hazy and translucent feeling; but the surface is not calm, and a faint satin-like color is constantly flashing. It is the neutron star. Detoxification – Large amounts of proton slurry are excreted. Also, at the poles of the neutron star, there is a dazzling red-white light that pierces the universe, and is as thin as an embroidery needle piercing the curtain - this curtain is the nebula surrounding the neutron star meeting. These jets from the poles are electrons!
Neutron stars are like the legendary perpetual motion machines, circling rapidly, one circle in 0.3 seconds; and in the rapid circling, a large amount of proton slurry is thrown along the horizontal plane of the circling, while electrons are ejected at the poles. Surrounding the neutron star is a snow-white world that looks very holy, but this is the most dangerous world. It is more than ten times, even dozens, or hundreds of times more dangerous than where the Chinese expedition team is currently staying!
Under the strong pressure of the neutron star, the atoms compress and collapse; then, due to the automatic repulsion of the charges and the huge squeezing force of the neutron star, these electrons and matter will be thrown out. Another theory is that because the electrons are the lightest, they are gathered to the two poles, and then they accumulate and form an eruption by themselves. Protons are heavier than electrons, but they also have a certain charge and are relatively dispersed, so they are lighter than neutron aggregates. They are like water under the soil, being squeezed out bit by bit, and then forming a jet on the surface.
"It's time to return!" After Zhong Xinghui collected all the data, he prepared all the 30-kilometer large exploration spacecraft to return. But those unmanned spacecraft were left behind. In addition to the 1,000 spacecraft that continue to monitor and explore around the neutron star, the rest all fly automatically towards the surroundings, conduct random explorations, and then transfer and store information to each other. They will also try to emit signals in the form of electromagnetic waves; but more You have to wait until the next exploration team comes to receive it. The environment here is really too messy.
There are more than 4,500 unmanned exploration spacecraft left. As long as the intelligent programs are correct and as long as they are not too unlucky, it is impossible to annihilate them all. As long as there is still one spacecraft, they can be contacted when the time comes, and all the exploration information can be retrieved. .
Suddenly, Zhong Xinghui gave the order, and the return process would take at least half a year. We couldn't just sit around and let's all get together to discuss how it would be better to have direct face-to-face calls and communication across the spacecraft and instruments.
There is a saying that the more advanced technology is, the more people will find that direct communication between people is so important. The explanation of this truth may sound complicated, but to put it bluntly, it is also very simple. Human beings are social creatures after all!
"Huh..." The teleportation array lit up. At such a close distance, the two sides were less than 100 million kilometers apart. It was very convenient and not dangerous to activate the teleportation array. The biggest feature of the teleportation array is that it saves time, effort and convenience. The distance is less than 100 million kilometers. If the spacecraft is used to shuttle, there is no time to accelerate. Including preparations such as starting the landing, it will take more than an hour; and if the teleportation array is used, even including the correction time, it will only take three to five minutes.
Scholars sometimes risk everything for a fleeting idea, let alone activating a small teleportation array.
"The teleportation array received an emergency signal!" Suddenly, all the teleportation arrays that were being activated received a special distress signal!
"Huh? Have you analyzed what it is?" Using the teleportation array's emergency distress signal can only mean that it is really urgent. Mu Dekun immediately jumped in front of the computer responsible for operating the teleportation array.
At this moment, a picture is slowly unfolding, as well as sounds and words.
"Emergency help. This is the Shadow Empire fleet. I am Li Yuan, the engineer in charge of the teleportation array. We are now trapped in the center of the Orion Nebula. At this moment, all the teams in the Shadow Empire have been surrounded by native life and it is difficult to escape. < br>
At the same time, all the teams from the Dongsheng Empire were surrounded. They were in an emergency and requested rescue. Ask for rescue. ”
The picture slowly unfolded at this time, but there were fluctuations like water ripples, which were obviously not calm - this was caused by space interference; in the center, there were all the fleets of the Shadow Empire and the Dongsheng Empire, with nearly a thousand mighty ships. Ten thousand; but at this moment all the spacecraft are gathered together to form a self-circling "galaxy" fleet with a diameter of one million kilometers. This entire fleet is adopting a passive defense method. Studying the feedback from surrounding detectors, you can see that countless native life forms are gathering!
No matter which direction the fleet breaks through, it will be surrounded layer by layer. The situation is really extremely dangerous.
As an excellent soldier, Mu Dekun could see clearly at the first moment that without a double attack and rescue from the outside, the fleet had almost no hope of escaping; and in the dangerous star field, it was also very dangerous to move forward like this.
Maybe the fleet looks strong now and can continue to advance, but when the energy is exhausted, the consequences will be needless to say. It is estimated that only a small number of cutting-edge spacecraft will be able to escape the fate of destruction.
Detectors and unmanned spacecrafts are constantly sent out from the fleet, but they are all destroyed! It can be seen that the pictures taken by these detectors or unmanned spacecraft before they were destroyed are so terrifying. A thick layer of native life has gathered around them. The shapes of these native life are all kinds of strange; however, their abilities are also all kinds of strange!
Attacks involving rays and energy fields are commonplace; some monsters can actually emit proton beams or neutron beams, which are proton weapons under human research and mature neutron knives!
At this moment, these attacks were all mixed together. Although they seemed to be without order and coordination, there were too many of them. The most important thing is that these monsters feed on the nebula. In other words, when fighting here, people don't bring food or grass. When they open their mouths, they are surrounded by countless food.
On the other hand, in the Shadow Empire and Dongsheng Empire, although the defense is still strong and the attacks are still terrifying, it has to be said that such attacks and defenses also consume terrible energy. Without replenishment, how many years can the energy carried last? The energy consumption during battle is hundreds or thousands of times that of normal situations, especially when facing so many monsters!
"Tsk, tsk, why are these guys surrounded by these monsters?" Wan Yunfei said tsk, not sure whether he was mocking, gloating, or expressing sympathy.
"It is estimated that they may have attacked. They will eventually be surrounded!" Professor Tang Wenying pinched his chin, "In nature, such situations are very common. They often attack one member of the group, and then other members of the same group will swarm up.
Fortunately, we didn't attack that monster at first, otherwise we would have been surrounded. However, are there too many monsters here? ”
"They've all gone to other people's lairs. I wouldn't be surprised if there were more than this!" Zhong Xinghui's face was also a little gloomy, "I didn't expect that one monster would make us look strange, but with so many monsters, it would make us look weird." Scalp is numb.
By the way, how far are they from us? ”
"It's about 6.2 light years!" The engineer in charge of the teleportation array calculated the distance immediately. "Send the signal to the headquarters outside. With our little power, even if we go to rescue, it will be useless!" Zhong Xinghui made a judgment immediately! (To be continued...)