Receiving an unfamiliar radio signal, the collectors panicked for a while, then calmed down and calmly analyzed the unfamiliar radio signal.

"This signal is just regular, and it doesn't contain any information in it."

The signal does not contain any linguistic information, but simply exists, first three long-frequency waves, then three short-frequency waves, then three long-frequency waves, and so on.

The power of the signal was not very strong, so the collectors did not notice this regular string of signals until some time after they arrived.

"It could be providing coordinates, or a distress signal."

"Help?"

"That's right, on the Empire's side, if there is a Seren spaceship fleet in distress, it will use some radio bands that are easy to observe and not easy to block as a distress signal, in this regard, the clan and the empire have signed an agreement, if an individual receives a distress signal, it is obliged to carry out rescue, and conversely, if the empire receives a distress signal from an individual of the clan, it is also obliged to carry out rescue, a mutual aid agreement." The gatherer who came up with the idea explained.

"The Empire arrived near the Black Hole before we did?!"

"This is an analogy, this regular signal is not the same as the distress signal in the protocol, and the empire does not have the ability to come to the black hole at all."

Gatherers take the trouble to explain to their mistaken kind.

Although it is not ruled out that the regular signal is naturally formed, this possibility is very low, and it is more likely that there are artificial objects on the terrestrial planet that send signals all the time.

Artefacts, which meant being related to a new civilization that they had never come into contact with, made the gatherers excited at once.

"I propose that we should land on that planet and find the source of the law, maybe this will be an opportunity for the race to discover a new civilization, this is an opportunity not to be missed."

"Agreed."

"Agreed, it is recommended that an individual be assigned immediately."

Basically, there was no individual opposition, and as soon as the proposal was unanimously approved, none of the individual gatherers cared about the danger of it, and many gatherers recommended themselves to express their desire to go in the face of the interests of the group, and they did not care about their own life and death.

Soon, the gatherers finalized the candidates, and five gatherers were selected as the landed individuals, and at the same time, they were also obligated to actually deliver the surface observation data to the other gatherers who did not have tens of millions of that planet.

"Go to that planet to be safe, don't waste resources on the race."

"Understood."

After a brief explanation of the precautions, the five gatherers split into the mass of flesh that was giving birth to the giant organism and fell in the direction of the black hole.

After descending a certain distance, they turn on their antimatter propulsion in reverse, and in a strong gamma ray beam, they begin to slow down and fall in a straight line with a uniform deceleration.

The scorching red lotus karmic fire enveloped the falling gatherers, the flames caused by atmospheric friction.

"Change the look."

The five Gatherer instances turned off antimatter propulsion, changing their appearance to soft, flattened creature bodies, using atmospheric drag to achieve a weak landing.

They were like five towel blankets that were swept by the wind and fluttered in mid-air, eventually falling to the surface at a relatively slow speed.

"I landed safely, what about you?"

Due to the randomness of the landing site, the five gatherers were dispersed to different locations.

Responses from other collectors were quickly relayed within the radio channel.

"I'm fine, it's just hanging on the rocks and it takes some time to get down."

"It's a great place to have water on this planet."

"The planet is still in its very early stages, there is no fine sand, there are rocks and water everywhere, there is no land, and liquid water floods the entire planet's surface."

"If we knew that there was such an Earth-like planet next to the black hole, we wouldn't have to organize tens of thousands of individuals to carry a large amount of material resources across the scale of five light years, which would be too wasteful."

For gatherers, as long as there is water, then that planet is a good place, a starting resource for the growth of the race.

"Since it's all safe, let's start searching for the source."

"Understood."

The Gatherer, whose appearance has changed to that of a flat, canvas-like organism, relies on the sharp corners of the edges to support its body, and its size has shrunk compared to when it landed, and its musculature allows it to do so.

Immersed in liquid water at a depth of half a meter, the collectors began to move in the direction of the source, and they did not intend to converge, or the source was a good meeting point.

Along the way, the gatherers observe the environment on the planet's surface.

The planet was flat, the flattest planetary surface a gatherer had ever seen, with no towering mountains, and an ocean as far as the eye could see, except for a few reef-like rocks that sparsely jutted out of the water.

A world of water and dead silence.

The sky was gray, and the collectors also analyzed the composition of the atmosphere by the way, and there was a high proportion of nitrogen, with scarce oxygen and some other trace elements mixed in it.

"A planet like this is defined as a habitable planet on the side of the Serens, so the signal source is not launched from a colonial ship, right?"

"There is such a possibility, but I am more inclined to think that it is a transmitter for positioning the black hole, after all, it is a black hole next to it, even if it is a habitable planet, it is not suitable for being used as a habiting star, even if it is us, we will not choose such a planet with a black hole next to it."

"That's because the race needs a feedback signal to slow down at sub-light speed, and if you don't have that, it's okay to collect the planet's resources and use them for the development of the race."

"You're really greedy."

"How can the affairs of the race be called greed? This is a necessary nutrient for the growth of the race. ”

Along the way, all the way to talk, the gatherers unconsciously traveled a distance of hundreds of kilometers, and finally saw their destination, in the distance is a structure shaped like a metal box, at a glance can be judged that it is a human creation, very obvious.

"I see the end."

"I saw it too."

"Then let's get there quickly and complete the rendezvous."

The collectors who saw the artifacts were all excited, because this was the existence of a new civilization, and the level of technology was not low, otherwise it would never have reached this earth-like planet next to the black hole.

However, the gatherers were not happy for long, something happened on the surface, the ground began to tremble violently, the roaring sound shook the air, and a vague white line could be faintly seen on the distant horizon.