A star in the constellation Centauri 2103 AD

The three stars burned calmly and violently. The darkness around the ground sets off the blinding glow of the stars. Around the stars, several meteorites streak across the sky, leaving a beautiful trail that gives people infinite reverie.

Fifteen days away from Proxima Centauri, a huge figure lurks in the darkness. The star's glow, though greatly diminished, still reflected the vague outline of the figure. As the camera zooms in, the blurred figure gradually becomes clear.

The dust accumulated on the body of a huge building shows its age, and the few parts that have escaped the dust-covered part are still stubbornly reflecting the luster of metal under the light, making people have no doubt or even envy for the excellent craftsmanship of this building.

"Jiuquan base, this is Huo Qu's sick number, I think you should be very happy to see the situation here." The central computer of the exploration ship sent back such a message. In the 22nd century AD. Humans have finally figured out the easiest way to use wormholes, that is, to let photons carrying data and information pass through wormholes, so as to achieve real-time communication between galaxies.

Several high-definition cameras were launched from the exploration ship and circled the building like satellites. The data is transmitted back to Earth four light-years away, projected into a complete hologram in a circular area specially separated by glass.

This historic moment was witnessed not only by the staff responsible for observing the operation of the exploration vessel, but also by all the national officials of the country.

The Huo Quzhi exploration ship was launched into space by country Z in the fifties of the 21st century, using the most advanced artificial intelligence and nuclear fusion engine at that time.

It is the world's first unmanned spacecraft targeting extrasolar galaxies, which contains the high enthusiasm of country Z and even the world for exploring extrasolar galaxies. Just naming this spacecraft after the Han Dynasty general Huo Qubing represents the hope that the people of country Z can bravely enter no man's land and create unprecedented noble achievements. As for the specific results, the older generation of researchers has no illusions. I thought that as long as I could collect some basic data, I could declare the mission complete, but I didn't know that I accidentally discovered this ancient building.

The launch center quickly recovered from the initial, and some experts began to express concern about the building. No one knows if it's a good thing or a bad thing to find it, and the civilization that can create such a thing must be far more than the human race that has just mastered space travel within the star system, and it is a matter of little effort to destroy the human race. It wasn't until Huo Qu's Sickness tested the carbon-14 on an unknown building that everyone breathed a sigh of relief: the building was built more than 10,000 years ago. This suggests that even if the civilization ever visited here, it was 10,000 years ago, and now God knows if it has survived.

However, just in case, the top level of country Z decided to temporarily block the news from the public, and only informed the other four high-level countries of the LHG Security Council. Under China's leadership, seven of the five founding member countries, plus the two countries D and R, which were added after consultation, signed a non-disclosure agreement to jointly develop and study the unknown building.

The research program is going well at first. The artificial intelligence on the Huo Qu Sick is fully capable of some basic research tasks. The dust that had accumulated on the building gradually cleared away, and the building finally returned to its original appearance, a double-storey ring facility roughly in the shape of a round cake. Disappointingly, according to the scans of the Ho Qu Sick, there are no conceivable weapons on the ring facility, no devices are still in operation, and there does not seem to be any research value other than the materials that make up the building to be studied.

Just when all the researchers were discouraged, Huo Quzhi sent a message of great value: "The material of the building itself has a strong magnetic field, and the circle it forms is quite perfect, so the wormhole at the center of the circle is always open, and only energy needs to be injected to expand the wormhole to the extent that any ship of the size of the building can pass through." “

This news is undoubtedly explosive, allowing the wormhole to remain open and artificially enlarged, and once this technology is mastered by humans, then intergalactic travel will be easy, and the so-called dark forest theory will be shattered.

The leaders of the seven countries were all overjoyed when they heard the news, and on the surface, everyone was still in harmony and worked together to develop this unknown building.

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"Mr. President, our space-based weapons have arrived in the sky above the capital of country E, and if they don't hand over the energy technology, we are ready to fire at any time!"

"Very good, but let's try to mediate through diplomacy, and try not to fight if you can."

Unbeknownst to the president, however, two armed satellites had quietly floated over his head, loaded with weapons that could destroy the entire capital in an instant at any moment.

The political situation on the earth is turbulent, but Huo Quzhi doesn't care about this, and piles of data are still transmitted back to Earth for researchers to study as usual. At the same time, while secretly fighting against each other, human beings did not forget to give Huo Qu's death order: "You are not allowed to input energy into the building without authorization!" ''If there are the creators of the building opposite, it is as easy as pinching the earth that has just entered the interstellar age with their technological content as it is to pinch the ants to death.

The study lasted about a year, during which the seven signatories scrambled to launch hundreds of new exploration vessels to Centaur. Of course, it is still claimed that these exploration vessels are carrying out ordinary exploration missions. Researchers are working around the clock to complete the wormhole maintenance theory and try to conduct experiments. Until this day ...

Chinese New Year's Eve 2104 AD

"Let's welcome the New Year with a round of applause... The host's cheers resounded throughout the research center. Even on Chinese New Year's Eve, the researchers did not stop to rest. The week before, there was news from the Huo Qu Sick that a stellar storm was brewing on Proxima Centauri, and the predicted scale was quite terrifying, and they wanted to collect as much data as possible before the Huo Qu sick was incapacitated. Just as the researchers were immersed in the sea of data, the alarm of Huo Qu's disease resounded throughout the research institute.

"Jiuquan base, I'm in some trouble here, my detector shows that the building's energy system has suddenly started working!"

"Didn't you tell you you couldn't inject energy into the building? Why take the initiative without permission. “

"No, Jiuquan base, I didn't do anything wrong, it was the building that ran itself. I'm forwarding the live log to you. “

The hologram was projected in a circular area again, and the expressions of all the scientists present gradually changed from surprise to horror.

The Centauri Gate is emitting golden light all over its body, and the upper and lower layers are moving clockwise and counterclockwise, respectively, and the speed is getting faster and faster. The area at the center of the circle began to distort gradually, and even the light was bound by this area, and could only draw a circle in it.

"Huo Qu sick, get out of there quickly" A researcher woke up from his shock and hurriedly gave the order.

Huo Qu's illness is much faster than a human's response, and the main engine immediately retreats with all its strength when it observes the distortion of the area, but even if the engine is overloaded, it still can't get rid of the terrible suction of the building.

"Jiuquan base, it seems that something is passing through the Star Gate."

From the holographic projection, arcs of electricity crossed the building, and the surrounding meteorites broke away from the gravitational pull of the stars, raining down on the whirlpool formed by the building, and being crushed into atomic-level powder by the wormhole. The triangular object slowly emerged from the whirlpool, and then grew larger and larger, and when the whole object was completely free from the wormhole, everyone could see that the object was none other than a starship. The Huo Quai, which is about the size of an aircraft carrier, can only be like a baby in front of the starship.

The picture ends abruptly, and the researchers look at each other, everyone understands that the alien civilization that they hope for but fear of encountering has now really appeared.