The starship Xinghai, carrying more than 40 crew members, flew to Jupiter, and although it was fast, it took three days to arrive.

Including the 12 expedition members, everyone had to live in space for three days, and in addition to the work on the spacecraft, it was their daily life, and everyone was happy to work and live together.

In the blink of an eye, three days have passed, and the sea of stars has carried the crew to the orbit of Jupiter, and soon found the mysterious new celestial body, the 60th moon of Jupiter.

After the spacecraft arrived at its destination, it adjusted its flight data, docked into the orbit around Jupiter, and sounded the alarm, urging all personnel to come to the bow command module.

The command cabin and the nearby viewing cabin were crowded with people, and more than forty crew members came to the bow of the ship, standing in front of the large porthole, looking at the huge Jupiter in front of him, the captain stood in front of Liu Xie, pointed ahead and said: "Your Majesty, that is a new celestial body that is suspected of being a wormhole." ”

It is said to be a new object because it is a newly discovered object and has a gravitational influence on the other moons in Jupiter's behavioral system.

It was found to be volume, spherical in shape, about 1,000 kilometers in diameter, and massive, about one-twentieth the size of the Moon.

But it is not visible to the naked eye that it is a planet.

Liu Xie said: "Send a probe to the past and observe it up close. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," the captain ordered the probe to be launched.

And now the distance between the spacecraft and the wormhole is about 100,000 kilometers, after all, the wormhole is a new thing, and it has only been introduced in books before, but in reality, this is the first time it has appeared, so you must be careful to take your good.

The probe quickly flew over, and soon sent back the observation footage, which was taken on the big screen, and the wormhole was shown as a large black circle with a glimmer of light around it.

Everyone looked at it nervously and curiously, and Liu Xie held his chin with his hand.

In addition to watching this big guy, everyone is also waiting for Liu Xie's decision. After thinking for a while, Liu Xie asked, "Have you brought the scene here to the earth?" ”

The captain replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, since we are far from the earth, it will take half an hour for the signal to be sent back, and if we receive a reply, it will be an hour later." ”

"So slow?" Liu Xie asked sideways.

The captain said: "Yes, Your Majesty, it is still the closest distance, about 600 million kilometers, and it takes half an hour for the photoelectric signal to arrive." ”

The speed of light is 300,000 kilometers, and now the Earth is 600 million kilometers away from Jupiter, 600 million divided by 300,000, which is exactly half an hour, and a few minutes more.

Liu Xie muttered: "It's been so long! ”

Then he said: "It seems that this quantum entanglement communication technology must be vigorously studied!" Ordinary photoelectric signal communication is too delayed. ”

The captain added in due course: "And it will attenuate, and at such a distance, the attenuation will be even more serious." ”

Liu Xie said: "Let's take a look first, and after we get more information, we will discuss countermeasures." ”

The probe began to rotate around the wormhole, and when it turned to the other side of the wormhole, the data sent back was amazing, because there was no gravity on that side!

Not only is there no gravitational force, but there is also a repulsive force!

The researchers were puzzled, and Liu Xie asked, "What is the situation?" Why is it repulsive? ”

Zhou Su, who is the Minister of the Space Development Agency, is also the commander-in-chief of the lunar base, and also participated in the expedition and is also the chief engineer of the operation.

Zhou Xu said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks so, since it is a wormhole, it is bound to be a tunnel connecting two distant distances in the universe. Since it is a tunnel, there must be two entrances and exits, one here and one at the other. ”

Liu Xie said: "You mean that there is a wormhole on the other side of the universe that is exactly the same as the one in front of us?" ”

Zhou Xu nodded and said, "If the wormhole theory is true, it is like this." ”

Liu Xie thought for a moment and said, "Then you mean that the repulsive side of our wormhole is the exit?" The attractive side is the entrance. ”

Zhou Xu nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen thinks so." ”

Liu Xie looked at Jupiter outside the porthole and the huge wormhole on the screen, thinking, and at the same time asked in his mind: "Little dictionary, you give an assessment, if we pass through the wormhole now, what is the success rate?" ”

"50%," the little dictionary says.

"it!" Shangguan Yu couldn't help but scold, "You didn't say this!" ”

The little dictionary replied, "Then I don't know anything about wormholes!" ”

Liu Xie asked again: "Since you don't know about wormholes, can it be understood that the administrators don't know about wormholes either?" ”

"I don't know if they know!"

"Alright, no calling, don't beep." Liu Xie said angrily.

In fact, he is now engaged in a fierce ideological struggle in his heart, should he go into the wormhole and take risks? He had a strong premonition that the administrator's wife would let him do what he liked for the rest of his life, including doing bad things.

So, including the adventure through the wormhole?

He kept asking the question in his mind.

Everyone was watching him, waiting for him to make a decision.

If you follow the more normal approach, it is to wait, and it is impossible to enter the wormhole and explore it now! Then it is to wait for the research of quantum entanglement, and after the research is successful, send a probe to enter the wormhole, reach the other side of the universe, and send the situation over there in real time through quantum entanglement communication technology, and only after confirming that there is no danger over there, then send personnel to the adventure!

That's the normal way to go!

Thinking of this, Liu Xie asked: "Zhou Xu, do you estimate how long it will take for quantum entanglement communication technology to be developed and put into practical application?" ”

Zhou Xu said: "Your Majesty, this is not accurate, but according to the current progress, it will take at least ten years to reach the level of long-distance real-time communication." ”

"Ten years?" Liu Xie said, "It's been too long! ”

He couldn't wait now, and asked the little dictionary in his heart: "Don't you have quantum entanglement technology?" How long does it take to achieve ultra-long-range communication? ”

The little dictionary replied, "Zhou Xu is right. ”

"it!" Liu Xie scolded in his heart, "How can this be! ”

He thought of the words of the caretaker's wife again: You can do whatever you want in the second half of your life!

So that means I'm going to do whatever I want to go through the wormhole and adventure now, it doesn't matter? He himself couldn't figure out how he could have such a strong desire to take risks now!

Liu Chun, who was not far away, walked over, she peeked at her father, and felt that Liu Xie had a trace of anxiety.