Chapter 358: Living Planet

There are many life planets in the universe, just like there are many cosmic civilizations in the Milky Way, but compared to the boundless universe, the huge and incredible galaxy, the existence of a life planet is not so easy to discover.

The difficulty of discovering the existence of extragalactic cosmic civilization in a Andromeda galaxy that is almost equivalent to the Milky Way is almost equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack, after all, the number of stars in the entire galaxy is hundreds of billions or even trillions, and the formation of a living planet is extremely small in terms of its probability, and the larger the base, the greater the probability of producing a living planet. But you must know that this is only from the perspective of probability, for the Pioneer spacecraft, the probability of encountering a living planet or even an extragalactic civilization is very small.

But no one thought that they would actually meet a living planet in such a short period of time, and they might even meet the civilization of the universe beyond the river, which instantly made everyone excited. According to Su Li's calculations, the Pioneer spacecraft is currently about 0.37 light-years away from the small galaxy where life planets exist, which is not far but also very close for the Pioneer spacecraft, and it only takes them about 100 days to reach it at a curvature speed.

"Can you confirm that there's a living planet over there?" Everyone was pleasantly surprised and couldn't help but ask, Su Li took out a document with great confidence, which contained detailed space exploration information, and this information could confirm in many ways that there was indeed a terrestrial planet in a small galaxy about 0.37 light-years away from the Vanguard spacecraft, and from the location of the planet, spectral analysis, environmental simulation and other aspects, this terrestrial planet is very likely to be a living planet.

Su Yichen and the others looked at this data carefully, except for Gao Jian, all of them were outstanding scientists, and even Tang Le of the Blue Star Civilization was young, but he had no less knowledge of the universe than anyone present.

The data that Su Li took out was very detailed. Although she was unable to make further explorations due to some limitations, judging from the data at hand, it was indeed possible that the terrestrial planet was a living planet.

"Is the other party a cosmic civilization?" Downer asks a question.

Su Li shook her head: "This can't be proved for the time being, in fact, we now even conclude that this terrestrial planet is a living planet is just speculation through data, if we want to really understand its situation." You'll have to go straight to it. ”

Tang Le nodded silently, Su Li was right, the equipment and technology of the Pioneer spacecraft were limited, and being able to do this was already Su Li's limit. Then again, even if this terrestrial planet is just a rudimentary life planet, it is an exciting and encouraging thing for them to wander the universe.

You know, what a living planet means to the Vanguard spacecraft, if there is still a developed cosmic civilization on this planet, then the possibility of their return to the galaxy is further enhanced. For this, not only Tang Le thought of this, but also everyone else.

There was a long discussion. For the sake of safety, everyone decided not to take the initiative to send a communication signal to the terrestrial planet, knowing that they are not in the Milky Way but in the Andromeda Galaxy, and everyone knows nothing about the situation of the civilization in the extragalactic universe. Once the cosmic civilization of the Andromeda galaxy has an unfriendly attitude towards other cosmic civilizations, then taking the initiative to contact each other will bring great danger to everyone on board the Vanguard spacecraft.

Everyone agreed to change course for the time being and go to that small galaxy to see first, and what the situation would be like when they finally arrived there would be only to find out when they got nearby.

Soon, the Pioneer spacecraft adjusted its course slightly. Once again, they are in a state of curvature, and this time they are targeting small galaxies that are likely to harbor living planets or even cosmic civilizations.

It's not too far. In order to be safe, the Pioneer spacecraft did not move at its maximum curvature speed, and after a continuous curvature voyage of about a month, the Pioneer spacecraft broke away from the curvature state again, at this time they were less than 0.25 light-years away from the small galaxy, and as the distance got closer, Su Li once again explored the terrestrial planet. This time the results were much more detailed than the first time, and it is now 90% certain that the terrestrial planet is indeed a living planet.

This result made everyone very excited, but there was also another result that made everyone a little disappointed. Because as the distance approached, Su Li did not find any artificial celestial bodies in the asteroid system, which means that this living planet has not yet produced cosmic civilization. Maybe this is a living planet that has just evolved, or maybe this is a living planet where only primitive civilizations exist.

When the results were put in front of everyone, Kevin. Adams couldn't help but sigh. No matter what kind of living planet this is, it will not help them much to return to the galaxy without producing a cosmic civilization. There's no doubt about that, Kevin. This is also the reason why Adams sighs. However, in any case, as a living planet that has come into contact with the extragalactic galaxy for the first time, and may even exist in a primitive civilization, they will never give up such an opportunity from the perspective of science and space exploration. Therefore, the Pioneer spacecraft did not change course, and after a short rest, it once again entered a curvature navigation state, heading towards the living planet.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of days passed, and when the Pioneer spacecraft arrived at the remote area of the small galaxy, according to the setting, Su Li accurately manipulated the Pioneer spacecraft to break away from the curvature state for the last time, and the spacecraft began to use ordinary engines, and at the same time, all the equipment on the spacecraft carried out another exploration of the interior of the small galaxy, including the living planet.

This is a small galaxy that is somewhat similar to the solar system, except that unlike the solar system, it is not surrounded by nebulae, which is somewhat like the blue star civilization. A young star is its core, and there are eight planets revolving around this star, and five of the planets rotate from west to east around the axis of rotation, and the other three planets rotate from east to west on the axis of rotation, which is a rather peculiar phenomenon, because in the solar system, only Venus, the only planet, rotates from east to west on the axis of rotation, and in this small galaxy there are actually three planets that rotate like this.

The second planet from the Sun, the first terrestrial planet closest to the Sun of the five planets that rotate from west to east on its axis of rotation is the planet of life that they have detected. This planet looks beautiful from space in blue-green.

What's even more surprising is that the size and mass of this living planet are not much different from those of Earth, which means that Earth humans, and even the Blue Star people, can move freely on this planet without special devices. As for the content and composition of the planet's atmosphere, Su Li also quickly came up with the results. And the results are also exciting, except for a slightly lower nitrogen content and a slightly higher oxygen content, the rest are not much different from the earth, then it can prove that all of them can breathe and move freely on this living planet.

"Have you discovered civilization?" Su Yichen is most concerned about this, there is no doubt that this is a living planet, but it is uncertain whether there is intelligent life on this planet. According to Su Li's detection results, there are oceans, plains, mountains, forests, and rivers on the planet...... In addition to these, there are many signs of life. But these are not the most important things, the important thing is whether there is intelligent life in these lives, that is, the existence of primitive civilizations, which has not yet been determined.

"The distance is still too far, and the atmosphere cannot be accurately detected, but it is very feasible for this living planet to have a primitive civilization." Su Li replied.

"Calculate whether there is any danger for the Pioneer to land on this planet." Su Yichen thought about it for a moment and asked.

Su Li quickly replied: "There is no danger in landing with our spacecraft, but I recommend sending a small shuttle into the atmosphere to explore in detail first, and then make sure there are no problems before landing." ”

"What do you think?" Su Yichen asked left and right.

"I think it's good. We can temporarily stay in low-Earth orbit and enter the atmosphere by small shuttles to explore. Luo Yan was the first to nod in agreement.

"I'm not against that. However, I would like to propose to explore with bots to reduce possible losses. Kevin. Adams added.

Tang Le and Gao Jian nodded at the same time, and soon the plan was decided, and then the Pioneer spacecraft began to approach the living planet, and a few days later, the spacecraft arrived near the planet, and began to slow down under Su Li's control, when the speed slowed down to a certain critical value. The spacecraft drew a graceful arc in space, and smoothly entered the low-earth orbit of space, steadily keeping pace with this living planet.

After entering low Earth orbit in space, the small space shuttle that had been prepared for a long time flew out from under the belly of the Pioneer spacecraft under the control of two robots, and the small space shuttle started its engines shortly after flying out of the spacecraft. It first circled the living planet, and after making the third circle, the altitude began to drop, and the small space shuttle gradually entered the atmosphere.

"Pay attention to the height of the descent." Su Yichen and the others all watched the landing of the small space shuttle in front of the three-dimensional projection on the bridge, although the pilot was a professional robot, but the actual driving and control was the intelligent brain of the Pioneer spacecraft, and Su Li also remotely controlled and mastered the shuttle through the intelligent brain, and all the data was transmitted to the bridge synchronously.

"The descent altitude is normal, the atmospheric contact is normal, the surface temperature range of the shuttle is normal, and the engine is running normally......."

One by one, the data is constantly reported from the announcer of the brain, and everyone can clearly see that the surface of the small space shuttle that is passing through the atmosphere is gradually beginning to turn red, this is because of the resistance and friction of the atmosphere, but it doesn't matter, although the manufacturing material of the small space shuttle is not as good as the shell part of the Pioneer spacecraft, but it is also a special space alloy, and the shuttle body made with it as the structure can fully withstand such temperatures. What's more, the friction temperature shown by the current feedback is still far from the bearing capacity of the main material of the shuttle.

"Control the speed!"

"The speed control is complete, the shuttle is running well, and in 18 seconds it will cross the atmosphere without a hitch."

In just 18 seconds, the body of the small space shuttle became brighter and brighter, like a small burning sun. But it's all normal, and all the data feedback that comes back shows that.

Soon, the small space shuttle passed through the atmosphere without any problems, and now it is in the interior of the atmosphere. At this time, the brain of the Pioneer spacecraft began to increase the engine power of the shuttle to slow down again, knowing that the speed of the small space shuttle after passing through the Taiqi layer must be reduced, or it will be like a meteor, if it flies too fast, it is likely to cause an accident due to the complex climate and environmental reasons inside the atmosphere, that is, on the surface of the planet.

A few seconds later, the speed of the small space shuttle was reduced to the normal range, and at this time, the robot pilot inside the shuttle also really began to take over the control, of course, the core control is still controlled by the Pioneer spacecraft brain, you must know that now the shuttle has entered the surface of the planet, due to the existence of the atmosphere will cause some small delays in information transmission, the main body of the robot can avoid the problem in the first place.

When they saw that everything was going well, everyone's hearts relaxed, and a smile appeared on their faces at the same time. The next step is to control the small space shuttle to explore the planet's surface in detail, and without the obstruction of the atmosphere, the next exploration should go smoothly. The robot pilot began to fly around the west and east of the planet's surface according to the order given by the spaceship's brain, and now below the shuttle is a vast ocean, on the Pioneer spaceship, everyone can clearly see this beautiful and vast ocean from the three-dimensional projection transmitted back, including the countless creatures in the ocean, these creatures are large and small, the shape is no different from the fish on the earth, some are very beautiful, and some are very ugly, and even they saw a huge school of fish, Densely covered a large area.

The shuttle flew over the ocean for a distance, and after collecting some information, Tang Le couldn't hold back, he pointed to the land and said, "Let the shuttle go to the land to see, if there is a primitive life, maybe it is on land." ”

Su Yichen nodded to Su Li, Su Li immediately gave an order to the robot of the shuttle through the spaceship Zhi Brain, the shuttle turned around in the sky over the ocean, and then adjusted its course and flew towards the nearest land, only a few dozen seconds later, the land was not far away, and when the shuttle was about to enter the land, an image suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes, when everyone saw this image, they were stunned at first, and then their faces were full of joy. (To be continued......)