Australia, on a private estate.

Meng Xiaobai found this place according to the time and place on the letter, Australia is vast and sparsely populated, and large estates are common, but this manor is obviously different.

It sat alone in the wilderness, and there were no defenses outside as Meng Xiaobai had imagined, only a fence to keep out the beasts, and it looked more like an ordinary farm manor.

Meng Xiaobai did not let his guard down, before he arrived, the satellite had already locked here, and the microrobot also probed around, and did not find anything abnormal.

He also put on the internal armor made of carbon fiber and nanomaterials, and brought the robot Lin Hong, it can be said that now there are missiles aimed at him, and Meng Xiaobai can also ensure his safety.

"Mr. Meng, it's here!" Outside the manor, Lin Hong stopped the car.

Through the car window, Meng Xiaobai saw an old man walking towards them, his hair was gray, his body looked quite healthy, and behind him, a respectful middle-aged man was followed.

"Appearance recognition...... "Maruko" immediately found the identity information of these two people.

"Pilton Gary, 67 years old, Australian. He used to be a professor of space physics at the University of Technology in Melbourne. ”

Colin Garcia, 31, an American, also graduated from Melbourne's Weiss University of Technology and was a former student of Pilton. ”

"It looks like it's about the same as what we know before. Meng Xiaobai got out of the car. When he investigated the Navigator Organization before, he learned that this organization originated from the Vess University of Technology, and both of them were from there, so they should be inseparable from each other.

"Mr. Meng, welcome. I'm Pilton Gary. You already know me. Pilton came up to greet him, and he looked very kind and calm on his face. Colin behind him was silent, silently standing behind.

"Professor Pilton, are you Prometheus?" Meng Xiaobai asked directly.

Pilton smiled and said, "Let's go in and talk." Mr. Meng rest assured, I am just an ordinary manor here, not a military base, and there is no danger. ”

Meng Xiaobai took Lin Hong into the manor with him, and Pilton did not take him indoors, but took him to the roof of a high platform in the manor.

It is equipped with astronomical telescopes and some instruments, and it looks like a small astronomical observatory.

It's seven o'clock in the evening, and it's twilight in the fields, and the stars are twinkling in the sky.

Meng Xiaobai and Pilton sat at the table, examining each other.

Pierton looked Meng Xiaobai up and down, and said with deep emotion: "You are really a miracle, I didn't expect that deep space technology can develop into the world's No. 1 scientific and technological overlord in less than ten years." ”

"Mr. Meng, I want to ask you, is this a gift from the Creator?"

Meng Xiaobai shook his head and said, "We don't believe in the Creator. ”

"Or should I put it another way. Pilton said, "Aliens." ”

Meng Xiaobai didn't answer, but asked rhetorically, "Professor, do you think aliens exist?"

Pilton looked up at the starry sky and said, "Look, the universe is so grand and magnificent! We, humans, and even our earth, are only a drop in the ocean in the universe! And the history of mankind is only three million years! Even the former masters of the earth, the dinosaurs, ruled for 160 million years. Whether it is space or time, human beings are as small as dust. ”

In the face of such a world, such a universe, we have to be in awe! It is not surprising that intelligent beings appear in this vast universe. And they are likely to be more powerful than humans, with higher intelligence and technology!"

"So, Professor, you believe in the existence of aliens. Meng Xiaobai said.

"Yes, I've always believed in the existence of aliens. It's not just me, it's my father, who is an astronomer who's spent his life looking for traces of extraterrestrial existence and observing planets where life might exist. "Unfortunately, he never succeeded in testing his conjectures throughout his life, and I, taking his ideas and putting them into action." ”

"I'm curious to see what the professor has discovered. Meng Xiaobai looked at him.

Still looking at the starry sky, Pilton said, "In the solar system we live in, the energy of the sun is the source of the growth of all living things. And around us, the Sun has a lot of neighbors, like stars like Proxima Centauri. ”

"Many stars have their own star systems, and planets revolve around them, absorbing light and heat from the stars. In the midst of countless trillions of collisions and coincidences, life was born!"

"Earth, people, is not the only example. ”

Meng Xiaobai listened patiently, he had already guessed that Pilton must have made some discoveries.

Pilton stretched out his hand, and Colin, a student standing next to him, immediately took a stack of high-definition photos, and Pilton handed it to Meng Xiaobai.

Meng Xiaobai flipped through a battle of a star, which was an astronomical photo of a star and a planet.

The star is very faint and red all over. And within its gravitational limits, a black planet revolves around it.

“Gj1214b。 Meng Xiaobai recognized these two photos at a glance, because he had seen them before.

"I didn't think you knew. Pilton was a little surprised, although Meng Xiaobai might have seen these photos before, but it was rare for him to remember the names of these two planets.

Pilton continued: "The star in the photo is a red dwarf. It is smaller and more dimmer than the sun. Red dwarfs do not expand into red giants, but gradually shrink, and when hydrogen is depleted, it is also the time of its death. ”

"Gj1214b, on the other hand, is a similar planet orbiting the red dwarf. Or rather, it's a 'super-Earth'!"

"This planet is completely different from the super-Earth we have discovered before, 75 percent of its surface is covered by the deep sea, while the Earth is only 71 percent!

Pilton said, his expression became excited, and Meng Xiaobai noticed that his student Colin was also looking at the starry sky yearningly.

"I've always believed that there is life on this planet, and that it's intelligent life that is higher than humans!" Pilton said.

Meng Xiaobai shrugged his shoulders and said deliberately: "It is forty light years away from the earth, and we have no way of knowing whether it has life or not. ”

"No! we know!" said Pilton, "Mr. Meng, what I'm going to tell you next, only a very few people in the world know, even those in high positions, they don't know at all!"