Chapter 41: The Cosmic Drifting Bottle
The mechanical arm screwed up, and Jiang Zi lifted the antenna, checked it left and right, and put it on the shelf.
Originally, this work should have been done by Lou Qi, who was the communication technology expert in the station.
"Da Bai, how is the situation of the Iron Floating Slaughter?"
"Everything works."
Jiang Zi patted the dust on the Iron Float extravehicular suit, Cassini Station always has many sets of Iron Floating Armor for the station's team members to go out of the cabin, these heavy extravehicular suits are heavy and hard to wear, a bit like multiple layers of heavy body armor superimposed on the body - although it can't carry bullets at all, but the Iron Float is still lighter than the Mingguang armor on Mars, with the assistance of mechanical exoskeletons, people wearing this suit can drag a car.
The battery pack of the Iron Float is on the back, which is also the most important part of the whole system, the internal combustion engine cannot be used on Titan, the motor is the only choice, the high-density polymer battery can make the motor run at full power for ten hours, this is not the most advanced battery technology, but the battery that can withstand the ultra-low temperature of the Titan of more than minus 100 degrees Celsius is really a handful, the battery pack of the Iron Float is protected layer by layer, in a constant temperature state, once exposed to the external environment, they will soon freeze into bricks.
"On Earth, this set of things can carry rockets 50 kilometers off-road." Jiang Zi wiped Tiefutu's helmet with a rag, "One person is an infantry squad." โ
"The active military versions are Type 96B and Type 99A, which entered service in 2096 and 2099 respectively, and equips the unit Chinese People's Liberation Army low-earth orbit landing force." Dabai said, "The U.S. military version is the W48 and W88 models, which were put into service in 2089 and mainly delivered to the fourth class for use. โ
"But those armors are much stronger than the Iron Float, wrapped tightly from top to bottom, have you ever seen them? The bulletproof plate that is two or three centimeters thick even covers the buttocks. Jiang Zi slapped the extravehicular suit with a rag, and Tiefutu stood silently on the shelf, like a samurai, "The knight of the new era is in plate armor." โ
Although it is said to be a knight's plate armor, the individual exoskeleton combat system is much more flexible than the old antiques of the Middle Ages, and the powerful motor can provide enough power, so the soldiers equipped with the system can pull out various weapons from various places like FPS games, and have endless ammunition, the same motor has a total of five on the Iron Float, one on the torso and one on the limbs, this powerful force is an important helper for the station members to fight against the harsh weather.
"But on Titan, I can beat five of them alone." Jiang Zi said, "I am also a man who can withstand five divisions." โ
On Titan, Jiang Zi can not only single-handedly take on five divisions, but also five armies.
Because the world can withstand a mechanical exoskeleton of minus 180 degrees Celsius, it is only such a set of Tiefutu.
"They'll use missiles, Mr. Stationmaster."
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Liang Jing sat cross-legged on the bed, checking Dabai's surveillance video.
The P3 laboratory was empty, the black ball stayed quietly in the box and sealed, after the accident in Louqi, Jiang Zi never allowed anyone to enter the P3 laboratory, let alone anyone to touch the ball again, in Jiang Zi's words, if someone else had an accident in the station, then he, the stationmaster, would also be killed, and the earth would be returned, and he would go out directly to find a crooked neck tree and hang himself.
Jiang Zi even said that if we don't throw this hellish ball, lest it harm other people again, and was held down by Liang Jing and a few people, if they lose this ball, they will be national sinners.
In the future, history will tell that human science was once only one step away from a breakthrough, but it was cut off by a few ignorant and short-sighted fools.
Liang Jing frowned, after Hu Donghai's accidental death, he began to stare at the surveillance, and now that Lou Qi has disappeared again, he can be sure that this ball has a great secret, but it is impossible for him to touch this black ball again, he can only stare through monitoring, hoping to find something abnormal.
Hu Donghai died at midnight, and he was strictly guarded during this time period.
"This girl's ......," Liang Jing whispered, "you should give me a little movement." โ
He hoped that this ball could give him a little movement, such as growing two legs to run on the ground, but it just didn't move, across the screen, Liang Jing and Heiqiu seemed to be playing a game of wooden people, whoever moved first would lose.
Apparently the black ball is patient.
The ball arrived in the solar system 400 million years ago, and the experts on the station analyzed that it may have come from the Kuiper Belt or other galaxies outside the solar system, and it has not been discovered until today since it hit Titan 400 million years ago, during which time it has been sleeping for a long time.
It has been asleep for at least 400 million years and probably wouldn't mind sleeping for another 400 million years.
"I have an unreliable guess, is it possible that this girl is the storage of some extraterrestrial civilization?" Liang Jing looked at the screen and said leisurely, "A few years ago, people on the earth did this kind of thing several times, saying that they kept the information of human civilization and put all kinds of messy things into the hard drive and sent them into space, is it possible that this ball is such a thing?" A certain civilization that has perished, before it perished, packed all its information into this black ball, which is indivisible and indestructible, and the information will never be lost, and then wanders in the universe, and finally falls on the Titan, which is dug up by us. โ
"You have a lot of imagination."
"Think about it, isn't the diameter and circumference of this ball strictly mathematical? Maybe they use this method to record information? More than 100 years ago, didn't Americans also carve color maps on dishes and send them out of the solar system? Maybe these aliens are just like us, but they're more technologically advanced. Liang Jing asked, "Do you think this is possible?" โ
"Possibly." Dabai said.
"So this ball is a hard drive, and when you open it, you can get advanced technology and theories that surpass human beings by 10,000 years." Liang Jing said, "The director found out about this and was happy to hold it in the middle of the night." โ
"What about Mr. Lou Qi?" Dabai asked.
Liang Jing pondered for a moment.
"It's most likely that Lou Qi's opening method was wrong, and some defense mechanism was triggered, so there was no scum left after being bombed." Liang Jing said, "It's not just a hard drive, it's also a safe. โ
Liang Jing's strange idea is actually logical and self-consistent.
Whether he is correct or not, at least the coherence is clear, the universe is so big, it is not impossible to say that there is really an alien civilization that puts something in the ball and then sends it out, this cosmic drifting bottle may contain technology beyond humans, or it may be a love letter from a little green man to another little green man, but no one can make a statement until the black ball is really figured out.
"I hope you're right." Dabai said, "It's not early, it's time for you to rest." โ
Liang Jing glanced at the time, it was already past midnight, and it would be one o'clock in the morning.
He yawned, "Then you help me continue to watch, and remember to notify us immediately if there is anything abnormal." โ
"Understood."
Liang Jing put the tablet on the cabinet, rolled up the quilt and lay down, and soon fell asleep, and the sound of even breathing sounded.
Cassini was silent, everyone was resting, except for the electromagnet ghost of Da Bai wandering silently in the hallway, staring at the black ball in the glove box, the red indicator on the camera flashing second by second.