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Admittedly, it is true that there is not enough data to make a scientific analysis. It is impossible to tell if this phenomenon is really man-made, or if it is just a coincidence, and this wormhole is just a wonder of nature.

"Alright, then Professor Rose, please put aside everything you have at hand and study this wormhole with all your might! All the resources on Expedition 1 will be tilted towards you, you can report to me directly if you have any needs, and I will try my best to meet all your requirements! However, God is a Western deity, and in the East we will think that man is a goddess made out of clay, so we should not use religious beliefs to explain these scientific problems! Wang Shizi finally shrugged his shoulders and ended today's topic, but the chip in his mind was already running at a high speed, and all the information obtained today began to be synchronized into his mind.

This research is not just a matter for a group of scientists, he must also be fully involved. Determined to go his own way, the pace of human exploration of the universe in advance, and now Wang Shizi needs to bear the fate of the entire earth civilization, one wrong step, or a catastrophe.

Of course, it may be that the consequences are not so serious, or that this passage is still only pointing to an uninhabited star field, who knows? As Addington Ross said, until more data is available, everything is unknown.

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Near Europa.

Hawkeye, which finally reached its target, began to slow down, slowly approaching the planet that scientists thought was likely to harbor life.

In terms of size, Europa is smaller than the Moon, with similar surface gravity, but perhaps because it is so far away from the Sun, the only star in the solar system, the planet is perennially frozen and has extremely low surface temperatures, which inhibits the activity of molecules and prevents the atmosphere from escaping, thus creating a thin oxygenated atmosphere.

A probe silently slid from Hawkeye into space, moving inertia in the direction of Europa, until it entered the atmosphere, and the probe's own engine began to work, allowing the probe to start moving around the entire planet along the designed orbit, and the collected data began to be transmitted synchronously towards Hawkeye.

The probe will circle the planet in Europa's atmosphere, powered by a microsatellite engine, collect enough data, and with the help of a companion robot, log in to Europa for sampling. Of course, these samples cannot be recovered, but the medium-sized probe's own analytical instruments will automatically collect and analyze soil and ice samples, and then synchronize the data to the Hawkeye.

If there is a discovery that is particularly worthy of study, it will apply for Expedition One to send a landing ship to land on Europa for more in-depth research.

According to the speed of the probe, it takes about three hours and twenty minutes for the probe to circle Europa in the atmosphere, and the working time after logging in is about ten hours, so for everyone on board, the next time is nothing more than waiting.

"Professor Tan, if Europa does encounter intelligent life, how are we going to deal with them?"

The waiting time is usually boring, and Xiao Yan began to take the initiative to communicate with Tan Zhenwen.

"I don't want to see intelligent life on Europa!" Tan Zhenwen paid attention to the data constantly sent by the detector, and said without looking back.

"Why? This shouldn't be a scientist's idea, it stands to reason that you should want to find an extraterrestrial civilization in the first place! Xiao Yan said curiously.

"Quite simply, Europa's environment is too abusive." Tan Zhenwen shrugged his shoulders, "You know, although Europa has plenty of water and oxygen, but it is not only extremely low in temperature, but also close to the huge radiation source of Jupiter, this giant planet emits nearly 20,000 times more radiation than the Earth, you see this is the data that the probe just transmitted, according to this set of data, we can judge that the average daily radiation value on the surface of Europa is about 5000 hausiferts, do you know what this concept is?" We do a chest X-ray and the radiation dose we receive is in the range of 10-15 millisieverts because of the surprise of the equipment, and the radiation transmitted by a conventional chest X-ray is only 0.0 millisieverts. According to the data given by the International Radiological Commission, every 1,000 millisieverts of radiation received by the human body will increase the carcinogenicity rate of 0.0165, a radiation dose of about 2,000 hasieverts will cause premature death in humans, and a radiation dose of 6,000 sieverts may cause immediate death. One can imagine how tenacious this life would be if intelligent life could really be bred under such extremely vicious conditions! At least they can survive in an environment where humans are daunted, and in the face of such a life group, I don't want to deal with them at all anyway! Even if they are still very backward in technology. ”

Xiao Yan nodded, and the meaning of Tan Zhenwen's expression was very easy to understand. If there is really life on Europa, it is indeed strong enough, even if a nuclear war breaks out on the earth, it will not affect their survival, on the contrary, or a nuclear war breaks out on the earth, it will also make the earth's environment more suitable for their survival, and having such an intelligent civilization as a neighbor is obviously not good news for the earth civilization.

Of course, there is nothing to be afraid of at this stage, even if there is indeed a civilization on Europa, then it is certain that their technology is still very backward now, at least there are no traces of space civilization such as artificial satellites near Europa.

"Fortunately, Europa has a deep enough ocean, if the previous speculation is correct, Europa has ice more than 30 kilometers thick on the surface, and the ocean is more than 100 kilometers deep, and the ice and sea water will scatter and absorb most of the radiation, so in the depths of the ocean, the possibility of life is very high. As for whether these undersea Europa life can form a civilization, that is two theories. But if you really want to talk about it, a civilization that can only exist at the bottom of the sea at the moment poses a negligible threat to the planet. Tan Zhenwen continued to add.

Xiao Yan roughly understood what Tan Zhengwen meant, extraterrestrial civilizations may exist in any way that is inconceivable in the eyes of humans, but no matter how incredible the living conditions of these civilizations are in the eyes of humans, if they can't even reach the ground of the planet, and can only survive in a pure liquid environment, the threat level to the earth is naturally far lower than that of a terrestrial civilization.

After all, now that the Earth civilization has entered the interstellar space age, it has taken a big step forward for any civilization that is still stuck on the planet. For those civilizations that have not yet been able to leave the ground, Expedition One is like a god in human understanding.

"Ha, if we can meet an extraterrestrial civilization that is still at the level of medieval technology, can we also play the role of a savior!" Xiao Yan said with great interest.

"That's very likely." Tan Zhenwen nodded to himself, "If our spaceship appears in front of the ancient civilizations, it will definitely exceed their comprehension ability, and it is not unimaginable to be worshiped as a god." Zooming in to the cosmic level, it is normal for a high-level civilization to be worshipped as a god by a low-level civilization. Because the advanced civilization has a more thorough understanding of the most basic rules of the universe, what seems ordinary to them is tantamount to a miracle to the lower civilization! It's like our interstellar jump, but when we get used to it, it doesn't feel like there's any fuss. It's just a mode of operation of high-energy particles, and in the eyes of low-level civilizations, our sudden disappearance, or sudden appearance, is tantamount to the ability that only gods can have! ”

The two were chatting for a while, when an abrupt siren suddenly sounded inside the ship......

"Attention, attention, the SSS-class report of the R&D layer of the expedition No. 1, please the captain who received the notification immediately put down the existing task for the time being, immediately go to the coordinate point marked on the star map attached to the notification near 300,000 kilometers, and immediately carry out the three-dimensional reconnaissance layout in a single ship after arriving at the designated location!"

The abrupt announcement made everyone on the ship stunned at the same time, and seeing the eyes of the crew members who quickly returned to their posts looking at their own inquiries, Tan Zhenwen explained with a serious expression: "Generally speaking, the SSS-level announcement at the R&D level represents an extremely significant discovery in the mother ship scientific research center, and this kind of notice will be issued only after the demonstration or the captain's permission." Normally, this discovery may be related to the fate of the entire expedition before it is first announced. ”

Just when Tan Zhenwen explained, Xiao Yan had already sat on the captain's command seat, called up the star map contained in the annex of the notice, and compared the star map with the position of the Hawkeye at this time, and then immediately displayed two icons on the star map of the ship, the flashing green coordinates represented the location of the Hawkeye at this time, and the flashing red coordinates were the coordinates they had to rush to. The distance between the two points was not too far, and what made Xiao Yan wonder was why the target coordinates were in the empty space of this starry sky.

"And Professor Tan, us?" Xiao Yan shrugged his shoulders and said.

"The matter at hand can't be compared to the three-S-level announcement, hurry up!" Tan Zhenwen glanced at the operating table in hand and said.

Anyway, the monitor has been dropped on Europa, and most of the work has been done, and if you are lucky, it may not need to be controlled by humans, and the probe can land safely on Europa, and all kinds of data will converge on Hawkeye.

In comparison, it is obvious that the 3S-level notification is more important, and Tan Zhenwen is also curious in his heart, what kind of discovery will make the mothership issue such an urgent announcement in the solar system! This is counterintuitive.

(To be continued.) )