Volume 1 Chapter 319 The Exiled Traveler
In the center of the screen floats a large inverted cone-shaped platform, which appears to be some kind of rock structure, like a huge island that has been pulled out of the sea and thrown into the universe.
If it was just like this, of course, it was not enough to surprise Ye Linghan to this extent, maybe it was a meteorite that had undergone various collisions during its journey of hundreds of millions of years to form this form, although it looked more magical, but it was not an unbelievable thing.
However, in the center of this "cosmic island" is a huge rectangular object, and it looks like a mouthful...... Coffin.
What are coffins for? Of course, it is used to pretend to be dead, could it be that in this coffin-like thing lies the corpse of a creature that humans have never known at all?
This coffin is crystal clear throughout, like a handicraft carved out of the most precious crystal, and you can even vaguely see the exquisite patterns on it.
"Professor Han, what is the scale of this picture?" Due to the lack of necessary references, Ye Linghan could not judge how big this island was, and the size of this coffin was difficult to estimate.
"Well, there's a specific document in the nest, just look at it." Professor Han took out a thick stack of materials from a safe in this room, "These are the most concise reports of all our research results, since you are a descendant of the Xuanyuan family, it is reasonable for you to see these things." ”
"Thank you, Professor." Ye Linghan took the thick book, and the paper at the bottom was a little wrinkled and yellowed because of the years.
This bizarre cosmic island has a mysterious name called "Neverland", with a diameter of about dozens of kilometers and a thickness of about 13 kilometers, which is almost the size of an asteroid.
The first sighting of Neverland was five years ago, near the asteroid belt outside Mars, and according to long-term observations, it has been crashing into the direction of the Sun at a relatively slow but gradually increasing speed, and has now entered the interior of Mars' orbit, and its next stop is Earth.
According to the laws of motion of "Neverland", there is a 78.25% chance of colliding with the Earth in orbit after three years.
"Professor Han, can this picture be enlarged?" Ye Linghan asked.
"Hmm." Professor Han worked together, and the picture on the display screen was magnified several times again, and even the traces of time on the "Neverland" could be clearly seen.
Roughly estimated, the length of this crystal coffin is about 20 meters, the width is about seven or eight meters, and the thickness is four or five meters.
"Looks like there's something else?" This crystal coffin was so conspicuous that Ye Linghan only noticed it at first and ignored other things.
In this land with a diameter of only a few tens of kilometers, it is densely covered with countless huge mounds, and in front of each mound stands a stone tablet several meters high, which is engraved with simple and obscure words, as if singing the praises of a heroic deed that can be sung and cried.
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that there would be such a thing." Ye Linghan shook his head sluggishly.
Suddenly, he noticed that the tombstones of all the tombs were facing the center of this cemetery, and this feeling of the stars holding the moon seemed to be very similar to the structure of the sword mound in the headquarters, so that said, the existence in this crystal coffin was like a "king"?
"What are these things?" Ye Linghan also noticed that there were still a few things around the coffin, but the clarity of this section of the video was really limited, and only some vague patterns could be seen.
"Oh, this part of the video was captured when the probe passed by, and we couldn't stop it, so that's all there is to it, but then we have another way."
Professor Han seemed to see Ye Linghan's thoughts, and switched the display screen to another video: "This is what we secretly launched to Mars and its satellites later, and it should be regarded as the latest and clearest part." ”
After some adjustment, the picture was finally adjusted back to the vicinity of the crystal coffin.
I saw that the four things around the crystal coffin are four one-person-high stone statues, these stone statues are extremely strange, set dragon head, antlers, lion eyes, tiger back, bear waist snake scales, horse hooves, ox tail and a body, and once a Chinese legend called a creature called the unicorn is quite similar.
"It's really unimaginable." Ye Linghan shook his head and sighed.
Even though his current knowledge is the best in the world, such a "Neverland" still makes him have no clue, and he is completely unable to find a connection with what he has seen and heard.
What was buried in the mound, what was lying in the coffin, and what were the four stone statues?
"Professor Han, you have been studying for so long, do you have any important discoveries?" Those materials were too thick, and Ye Linghan didn't bother to read them carefully.
"To be honest, we really didn't gain much, because the observation conditions were too harsh, and now the 'Neverland' has been far away from Mars, and the artificial satellites we used to arrange have all lost their effectiveness, unless we directly create a spacecraft to land directly on the 'Neverland', but this is simply impossible."
Ye Linghan nodded, indeed, human beings do not have enough technology to carry out such a far-distance interstellar voyage, and who knows that it is not safe on the "Neverland"?
"We only have a lot of image materials, but we don't know anything about what is in the crystal coffin, but according to the sculpture on its appearance, we find that there is no totem or text of a prehistoric civilization on the earth, so that thing should have nothing to do with the earth."
"As for the mounds, we also know very little." Professor Han said ashamedly that this research cost the country a lot of manpower and material resources, but apart from a large number of image materials, they still know nothing about it, which is really a bit difficult to talk about.
"By the way, why can't you send a probe directly to Neverland? This must not be a particularly difficult task, right? Ye Linghan asked, at least from the point of view of the extraterrestrial planet landing probe, this technology has become mature.
"That's the third point I'm going to make, and it's the only part we can get to know a little bit, look at this video!" Professor Han turned on a video again.
The time shows that five years ago in February, Neverland was crossing from an asteroid belt.
You know, the asteroids in the asteroid belt are dense, although their spacing is still very large for humans, but for the "Neverland" with a diameter of dozens of kilometers, it is already very dangerous, and its straight track and speed are not too fast, and collision with other asteroids is almost an inevitable event.
Sure enough, just a few minutes later, an asteroid with a diameter of more than two kilometers slowly came from the side, and according to the trend of the speed of the two, the asteroid must have hit the side of "Neverland" accurately.
When he saw this, Ye Linghan couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat, if he bumped into it, it wouldn't be a joke.
However, at this moment, a light blue halo suddenly flashed on the four small stone carvings around the crystal coffin, and a protective shield as thin as foam appeared around the crystal coffin, and even the mound with it was completely enveloped.
A moment later, the asteroid slammed into the surface of "Neverland", but the imaginary defeat did not realize that the asteroid passed through the thin layer of energy was instantly turned into powder, and then fell to the "Neverland" leisurely, becoming one of its many dust.
"What a powerful energy!" Ye Linghan couldn't help but admire, how great the kinetic energy carried by an asteroid was, if the energy of that protective shield was not enough to destroy that asteroid in an instant, it would inevitably cause devastating damage to it.
Although Ye Linghan already has a strength comparable to that of a peak source energy, he is still ashamed of that kind of energy, maybe it is not impossible to blow up an asteroid with a diameter of two kilometers head-on, but to completely destroy it in an instant, only powder remains, I am afraid that even a strong person with a gene unlocking degree of more than 50% may not be able to do it.
Only then did Ye Linghan understand why there were only some fine friction traces on the "Neverland" at most, instead of being pitted like the surface of the moon, otherwise it would have been reduced to dust in the universe long ago.
"Now you get it, right? Why are we so worried about the emergence of Neverland? ”
Ye Linghan was silent, indeed, the appearance of Neverland does not know whether it is an opportunity or destruction for human beings, what kind of secrets it contains, and what kind of changes it will cause to the future of human beings, these are all unknown.
But at least no one dares to underestimate the power of those four stone statues, and God knows if it will directly penetrate a hole in the earth when it passes through the earth, and then I am afraid that it will be the real end of the world.
No wonder those Sun Nation people are so crazy to know the secrets of this laboratory, if they have this power, then what force in the world can stop their ambitions?
"Professor Han, is there a precise time when 'Neverland' is close to Earth?" Ye Linghan asked, he needed to know how much time he had left, and in the remaining time he must become strong enough to be able to face all the hidden unsettling factors.
"Well, it was probably around April 17, 2020, and it is estimated that its energy will have a certain impact on the earth in the previous period."
"How ...... three years to go Well, in three years' time, I will definitely unveil your mystery! Ye Linghan clenched his fists and said firmly.