The Oort Nebula, which is the edge of the solar system, will, in a sense, be like hundreds of years ago when the concept of states existed on Earth, there are national boundaries between countries, and today's Oort Nebula is equivalent to the "boundary line" between the solar system and the rest of the small galaxies.

With the end of the second war between the Earth civilization and the Gaia civilization more than 400 years ago, the Earth civilization finally won the war, and the Oort Nebula was operated by the Earth civilization as the boundary line of the galaxy.

In fact, in the past few decades, the earth's civilization has gradually expanded outward, and the tentacles of the earth's civilization have even extended to the direction of the "golden galaxy" discovered by Su Yichen and others. However, for external expansion, the earth's civilization basically started with science and exploration, and did not carry out large-scale colonization actions. Of course, there is a reason why this is the case, unlike other cosmic civilizations in the Milky Way, the earth civilization surrounded by the vast Oort Nebula has an innate geographical advantage, and the entire Oort Nebula is equivalent to the natural barrier of the solar system.

In the last war, the main battlefield of the war between the Earth civilization and the Gaia civilization was on the Oort Nebula, taking advantage of the geographical advantage of the Oort Nebula, the Earth civilization barely withstood the crazy attack of the Gaia civilization in the first ten years of the war, and gained valuable time for the later counterattack and the final victory of the war.

In addition, outside of the Oort Nebula, that is, several small galaxies bordering the solar system, there is no cosmic civilization, and even the most primitive and primitive planets have not been formed. Of course, with the current scientific and technological capabilities of the earth civilization that has entered the second-level cosmic civilization. It is theoretically possible to transform a terrestrial planet for habitation in a small galaxy outside the solar system, but it is important to know that if this is done, the earth civilization will invest a lot of manpower and material resources, and some of the gains outweigh the losses.

Therefore, the current civilization of the earth is still based on the Oort Nebula, with the main goal of ensuring the security of the solar system. Perhaps when the earth civilization enters the third-level cosmic civilization or even higher, the state of large-scale development will be formed for those poor small galaxies near the solar system.

To ensure control of the Oort Nebula. At the same time, in order to prepare for the solar system, the earth civilization has spent nearly 200 years to set up 11 forward bases in the Oort Nebula, which are all modified from some small terrestrial planets inside the Oort Nebula, and Lynch's No. 7 forward base is one of them.

Forward Base 7 is built on a small terrestrial planet with a diameter of about 1,730 kilometers, which is about 70% the size of Pluto. On the surface, the overall layout of Forward Base 7 is somewhat similar to that of Pluto, which is actually quite normal. This is because 9 of the 11 forward bases in the Oort Nebula are built exactly after the structure of the Pluto base, and the other 2 forward bases are also built with reference to the structure of the Pluto base, but in some ways it has been changed according to the characteristics of the small type of planet in which it is located.

Lynch was the commander of Forward Base No. 7 with the rank of colonel. Although his job is mainly responsible for the management of Forward Base 7 and reconnaissance and patrol in the area under his jurisdiction, he is not a member of the Space Fleet, but an officer under the Solar System Defense Committee, another important military branch of Earth civilization.

Although it is an advance base, the No. 7 forward base has the same well-established as the Pluto base, and there are not only soldiers living on the base. There was also a small defense detachment of the Space Fleet, the supreme commander of which was a young major. Administratively under the command of Lynch, but in the event of an emergency, according to the military structure and command system of the earth's civilization, this small defense detachment has a certain degree of autonomy.

In addition, there are nearly 10,000 ordinary people in the No. 7 forward base, and these ordinary earthlings include scientists, technicians and even ordinary earthlings, who live in the artificial city below the base. All resources can be provided by the biosphere in the base. Of course, in addition to these, the transport ships that travel between the Earth and the base will also bring a lot of supplies to the base on a regular basis to meet the needs of the base.

Lynch is 39 years old, an age that is the golden age of a military man. He was born about 360 years after the Earth civilization won the war, and as a soldier who grew up in peacetime, it was rare for him to reach the rank of colonel and take charge of an advance base at his age.

Although Lynch's family background is very good, and his good family background coupled with his graduation from the highest military academy of the Earth Federation makes him have an advantage over ordinary people in the military world, but he obtained this rank and got this position more because of his own efforts, rather than relying on the strength of his family as ordinary people imagine.

More than 20 years ago, Lynch, who graduated from military school, received the rank of lieutenant with distinction and subsequently entered service in the space fleet. During his service, Lynch rose to prominence during a military exercise, and the small assault ships under his command nearly turned the tide of the exercise with a weak attack on a strong one. Since this time, Lynch, a young soldier, has been noticed by the above, it is said that the Space Fleet Command even planned to transfer him to the headquarters staff at that time, such a good opportunity was not expected to be rejected by Lynch, you must know that once you enter the headquarters staff, it is equivalent to making a soldier clear the obstacles to progress, coupled with his family background, the future is limitless. But no one expected that Lynch not only refused this great opportunity, but also took the initiative to sign up for the escort work of a scientific research expedition, which was not only stressful, boring, and boring, but Lynch took the initiative to apply to join.

After receiving approval from his superiors, Lynch was transferred from the Space Fleet to the Federal Academy of Sciences directly under the Earth Federation to serve as an escort for the scientific research expedition. Over the next decade or so, Lynch completed many missions with great success, and was calm and decisive in the event of an unexpected accident on an expedition, which allowed the entire expedition to return safely.

For this reason. Lynch was awarded several medals and gradually promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. When Lynch was 35 years old, the commander of Forward Base 7 was transferred back to Earth, and Lynch was recommended by the military to be transferred to the Solar System Defense Committee, and at the same time sent to Forward Base 7.

For 4 years, Lynch won praise from his superiors for his excellent work. He was also promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel to colonel. Such a speed of promotion is very rare in peacetime, not to mention that Lynch, as the commander of the No. 7 forward base, is still a capable person in his own right, and many people agree that Lynch will be promoted to brigadier general before the age of 45, and the star of the admiral is just around the corner.

Today, as usual, Lynch woke up at 5 a.m. Although the 7th Forward Base is far away from the Earth, all the work and rest times inside the base are exactly the same as those of the Earth, and even the artificial sun in the city is basically synchronized with the Earth.

Accustomed to exercising in the morning, Lynch spent more than an hour running and swimming, then took a shower and changed into a military uniform, eating breakfast while reading the news messages that came in. Although it is far away from the earth, due to the progress of science and technology, the news on the earth is still very timely except for a slight delay.

At half past six, Lynch drank the milk in the cup, put down the smart terminal and got up, the adjutant who had been prepared for a long time was already waiting at the door, got into the car, and the autonomous wheelless hovercar quickly got on the track and galloped towards the headquarters.

"Colonel. The work arrangement that you are mainly dealing with today is ....... Sitting in the car, Lynch quietly listened to the adjutant's report. Managing an advance base and commanding a spaceship are completely different concepts, and Lynch's job is more like that of the military and political superintendent, not only responsible for the military work, but also the daily work of the entire base, including personnel arrangements.

These are all very tedious things, but for the capable Lynch, they do a very good job, which is also an important point that he has been recognized and praised by his superiors after serving as a commander. While listening to the debriefing. Lynch silently considered today's work arrangement, and when the adjutant finished reporting, Lynch briefly made slight adjustments to the arrangements made in advance, and the adjutant nodded again and again, his fingers dotted on the smart screen. to make adjustments.

There were still a few minutes away from the headquarters, and suddenly the emergency communication in the car lit up, the red light flashed and flashed, and the adjutant was immediately stunned, and when he reacted, Lynch had already connected the communication instantly.

"What's the matter?"

"Report sir! It was discovered that the unknown spacecraft was approaching the nebula from outside the solar system, and the opponent was extremely fast, and it was expected to arrive at the ...... of the 7th Forward Base Area in 30 minutes. ”

"Unidentified spaceship? Blazing fast? Lynch frowned, these words were simply too general, as a commander he always did not like the kind of ambiguous words that his subordinates said when they reported.

"Distance! Velocity! Where did the other party come from? Lynch asked three questions briefly.

But the officer on duty at the command headquarters couldn't answer, and just as Lynch's face darkened a little, the adjutant who was familiar with his character hurriedly reminded him: "Is there any image?" Upload the video horse! ”

"Yes, yes! Wait a minute. The officer on duty hurriedly replied, and soon a blurred image was transmitted to Lynch through the terminal, and it was recognized through the image that this was a strangely shaped but beautiful spaceship, indeed as the duty officer said, the other party's speed was extremely fast, and this speed was not in the curvature navigation, but in the ordinary navigation, judging from the preliminary data, such a speed was almost amazing.

"Contact the other person immediately and ask for identification. All personnel of the entire base urgently assembled, all entered a wartime state, notified the fleet to attack at any time, and transmitted all information ...... to the earth. Lynch didn't think much about it, and soon issued a series of orders, the officer on duty nodded again and again, Lynch casually turned off the communication, and the adjutant who had taken over the automatic operation willingly increased the speed of the car, and at the same time turned on the highest priority authority of the car, and the track in front of the car automatically restricted the rest of the vehicles, and the car carrying Lynch was speeding towards the command headquarters at almost the highest speed.

When Lynch arrived at the headquarters, the entire headquarters was already busy, and at this moment, the unknown ship was already very close to the No. 7 forward base, and judging from the projection, the ship still showed no signs of slowing down, and flew quickly towards the area they were talking about.

Lynch stared at the ship, he was sure it was a ship he had never seen before, and he was even more surprised at its size as the proportions of the ship gradually became determined.

After the earth civilization entered the second-level cosmic civilization, its spaceship construction ability was already very strong, and even during the first-level cosmic civilization, the earthlings were able to build a huge space city. But it's one thing, to fly such a huge artificial celestial body at this conventional speed, not to mention that the Earth civilization can't do it, I'm afraid even the Blue Star civilization is reluctant.

Is it friend or foe who is coming? Who is the other party? What are their intentions at the edge of the solar system? These questions made Lynch frown deeply. After all, the war between the Earth civilization and the Gaia civilization has only been a few hundred years, and although the Gaia civilization lost the war, as an old second-level cosmic civilization, it has always been unwilling to accept such an ending. Over the years, the Gaia people have often sent some spy ships to the edge of the solar system to test and treasure the civilization of the earth, and Lynch has dealt with this situation after serving as the base commander, but this time it seems to be a little different, is it the helper that the Gaia people have found?

At this time, the commander of the base fleet also arrived at the headquarters and took the initiative to salute Lynch, Lynch saluted back, pointed to the image of the unknown spaceship, and just as he was about to say something, a second lieutenant officer of the base suddenly shouted: "Sir! The other party sent a communication! ”

"Communication? Did the other party identify himself? Lynch turned his head sharply and asked hurriedly.

"Yes, sir, but ...... But....... The second lieutenant officer looked very strange, and looked at the content of the communication in front of him with some disbelief.

"But what? Speak! ”

"You...... See for yourself. ”

Lynch strode over to the correspondent, and was equally stunned when he saw the contents of the communication, which were so strange that he couldn't believe it.

The newsletter was brief, with only one line on it, and it was a line of words arranged in both Chinese and English.

"This is the Earth Civilization Home spaceship, my compatriots, we are finally back......." (To be continued......)