I've heard that this place is a thousand light-years away from Earth, and if all the spatial rifts are closed now, we will never be able to go back, right? ”

A scout from the Awakened unit looked at the dark night sky and let out a sigh of emotion.

In fact, he wasn't sure if the sky was a night sky now, and he could see stars shining in the sky.

Fang Yuan saw that this scout was quite young, not a few years older than himself, so he handed over a bottle of energy drink and asked, "Is it the first time you have sent such a long mission?" ”

This Scout's star power level is level 9, which is not low among the Awoken.

Of course, compared to the members of the military scientific research class, it is relatively low.

After all, the military scientific research class is selected from the best awakened people in the country, and naturally they are the top in all aspects.

"I've been on a few reconnaissance missions in the rift cave before, but none of them were as dangerous as this one."

The Scout took the energy drink and started talking to Fang Yuan.

His so-called danger is, in a way, based on the level of the Awakened of his peers.

Among the members of the military research class are war-level Lv.10 high-level awakeners, and there are meteorite-level super powerhouses in the teams of other countries.

One can imagine how dangerous the reconnaissance mission was this time.

"According to the reconnaissance plan, you will not be too dangerous, and you will return home safely." Fang Yuan comforted.

"I'm not afraid of danger, I just looked at the night sky and sighed with some emotion, this is a thousand light years away from the earth, and if there is no space rift, it is a place that we can't reach in our lifetime." The Scout sighed.

Han Youwei shook her finger and corrected, "It's not the night sky now, it's day for the Star Beast World. ”

"Daytime? No way. ”

Not only the scout, but the others next to him were surprised.

Now it's so dark outside the transporter that anyone would think it's night.

Han Youwei stretched out her finger and pointed to a relatively bright star in the sky, and said, "According to the information I read, that should be the 'sun' of the Star Beast World." ”

The crowd gathered in front of the glass and stared at the sky.

"Is that ...... 'sun'? No way. It's about the size of a sesame seed. ”

The Scout was surprised, he was a soldier relatively early, so he didn't know much about astronomy, but he was hungry for knowledge.

"Yes, that is the star of the star beast's home galaxy, and the distance between the star beast world and their star is 50 astronomical units, which is 50 times the distance from the earth to the sun. So looking at the size of the star here is about the same size as Neptune looking at the sun in the solar system, which is a relatively bright star. Han Youwei gave a general introduction to the star data of the star beast's home galaxy.

Beef Balls pressed his face against the car window, looked up at the sky, and suddenly sighed: "It's so cold!" ”

"Idiot, it's minus 150 degrees outside." Eve was merciless.

Beef Maru pointed to the star in the sky and said, "It looks about the same size as the North Star." That's too small, right? ”

Han Youwei began to popularize science again: "There is a misunderstanding, in fact, the North Star is not one star, but three, astronomically called a triple star, a system composed of three stars, the scientific name is α Ursa Minor." ”

"Wow...... It turns out that Polaris is a three-body problem. A cadet of the military scientific research class exclaimed.

"Can I see Polaris in the Star Beast World?" The scout asked curiously.

"As you can see, the Star Beast World is 983 light-years away from Earth, and Polaris is 434 light-years away from Earth. The Star Beast World, Polaris, and Earth are arranged in a triangle. The Star Beast World is about 600 light-years away from Polaris, and it can indeed be seen, and the brightness will be slightly dimmer than that of Earth. Han Youwei continued to popularize science.

"Is Star Beast World still in the galaxy?" The Scout asked a dumbfounded question.

This question is actually a bit stupid, and when I hear it, I don't even understand the astronomical attempt.

However, Han Youwei patiently explained: "Of course, in the Milky Way, the diameter of the Milky Way is 100,000 light-years, and the distance between the Earth and the Star Beast World is only 983 light-years, one hundredth of the scale of the Milky Way.

"In other words, even if there is no spatial rift, in fact, humans and star beast civilizations will meet sooner or later.

"Because the distance is so close, when the civilization level reaches 2.0 or above, the civilization will explore other star systems.

"If there is no spatial rift for us to meet the Star Beast in advance, we and the Star Beast civilization will probably find each other at civilization level 2.1, a local conflict at 2.5, and an all-out war within the system at 2.8, and the winning side will rule the galaxy and become a galaxy civilization of 3.0.

"However, we are born in the current era, and we probably can't see the future of galactic warfare, after all, it will take thousands, if not tens of thousands of years of development. However, we can try to finish the galactic war early. ”

Eve stretched out her hand to hug Han Youwei's arm and said leisurely, "Youwei knows a lot." ”

"We've been running on the surface of the Star Beast World for hours, why can't we see the Star Beast?" Someone turned the infrared night vision lens and looked around.

"It's minus 150 degrees outside, although there are also star beasts that may withstand such low temperatures, but there are very few of them, so there are very few star beasts on the surface of the Star Beast World." Eve swiped the tablet and flipped out the surface data of the Star Beast World for everyone to see.

Although the chance of a star beast appearing on the surface of the Star Beast World was very small, after five hours of travel, the reconnaissance team still found a relatively large star beast.

In order not to interfere with the reconnaissance mission, the team chose to bypass the star beast and move on.

……

Fifteen hours later, the reconnaissance team came to the west of the Great Rift Valley, three hundred kilometers from the end.

The reconnaissance team stopped in a secluded meteorite canyon next to the Great Rift Valley and set up camp.

This is a reconnaissance mission, and it is not necessary to rush to the Star Beast Nest, but to observe the Star Beast Nest from a safe distance.

The first step of the reconnaissance plan was to use a refracting telescope to observe and photograph the star beast's mother nest from a distance of 300 kilometers.

Once you're done, decide on your next steps.

After the Planetary Defense Council reconnaissance team was stationed in the Meteorite Canyon, they began to install machines in preparation for the observation of the Star Beast Nest.

The members of the military scientific research class put on their battle suits and opened the door of the transport vehicle, and suddenly a cold breath poured in, freezing the few remaining drinks in the energy drink cans on the table into ice.

"! I haven't put on my suit yet. Niu Dazhi complained, and hurriedly wrapped himself in black crystal shield armor.

"The temperature is minus 153 degrees, and the main components of the air are hydrogen and helium. Be careful not to leak oxygen from the oxygen supply system, it is not good to cause an explosion. Eve tests the composition of the atmosphere, alerting everyone.

The other side.

The team responsible for installing the refracting telescope has already begun tinkling work.