Chapter 17: The Dark Rain (Part II)

"How? Are you sure? ”

"It was determined that according to the data provided by the Vanguard Fleet, the Scientific Research Department and the Exploration Department calculated the space-time curvature of the starry sky ahead through several methods, and discovered the existence of a large amount of dark matter. The damage caused by this piece of dark matter to Kuafu is similar to raindrops, so it is codenamed Dark Rain. ”

"Dark rain? The name is still very apt, I heard that there is a similar climate phenomenon on the earth, which is caused by environmental pollution, called acid rain. It is said that corrosive gaseous substances are suspended in the air, and when the rainfall is formed, they merge into the water vapor and fall to the ground with the raindrops, causing damage to the surface of the building. ”

"If it's just superficial, it's a matter of good luck, but the dark rain is even more terrifying, as it can ignore the solid shell of the current Kwafu and directly invade the Kwafu's ship, damaging important equipment and crew. Moreover, dark rain is random, and there is no mature theoretical basis at present, and there is no way for humans to predict and protect against it. If the critical position is injured, the crew will be killed directly, and there is no chance of rescue. Fortunately, as can be seen from the current situation, most of the damage caused by the dark rain acts near the hull, and less than 3% of the damage actually invades the hull. ”

"This 3% is really terrible, the results of random internal damage are incalculable, and we are still in the edge area of this dark matter, the matter is relatively thin, if we encounter a dense dark rain area, it is too dangerous to praise the father."

"The Ministry of Scientific Research has given a simple theoretical model, taking the intensity of the earth's rain as the term, the degree of damage as the standard, and simply dividing the dark rain into six types: star rain, drizzle, light rain, moderate rain, heavy rain and heavy rain.

"What is the stage of the dark rain when the local shell is broken?"

"It is a drizzle, local light rain, light rain and most of the following stages act near the shell, the internal damage is not very large, the extravehicular operation needs to be stopped, the maintenance robot and the crew can not bear this damage for a long time, last time there were two crew members who worked outside the cabin and injured the cranial nerves."

"How are they?"

"The body injury can heal itself, and the edema caused by the bleeding point in the brain has been controlled, but fortunately it did not directly hurt the major arteries and brain stem, otherwise it would not have been too late to rescue."

"You also have to pay attention, the real-time monitoring of physiology must be turned on by Xiaoba."

"Thank you, I'll pay attention, but don't worry too much, the current combat readiness, the new monitoring system will also find some signs and alert in time."

"I never thought that there would be such a situation in the universe, I used to think that the gravitational wind was the most terrifying existence in this space, and then I learned about other space phenomena from the information of Renhe civilization, but because there is a safe passage, we have not encountered it yet."

"Yes, this waterway is a safe waterway explored by Renhe, I didn't expect that there would be such an unexpected situation."

In fact, at the beginning of his contact with the materials of Renhe's civilization, Kuafu thought that human beings could not easily resist the cosmic phenomena that Renhe thought were safe. Therefore, with the help of benevolence, human beings did their best to build a pioneer exploration ship in advance to find out the way forward for Kuafu, and they also moved forward cautiously during the voyage, even if it was a familiar gravitational wind, they would do their best to deal with it. Until some time ago, there had never been a special situation that endangered Kuafu's safety.

As early as after the gravitational wind crisis, Kuafu re-realized a common sense, the universe changes at all times, this rate of change is not something that can be referred to by the environment on the earth, and the speed of movement of many substances can reach an incredible degree, even the speed of light is not difficult to reach, and large energy explosions occur all the time in the space of the universe.

But Kua Fu still ignores one point, that is, the universe that Renhe can see, or feel, is completely different from the universe of human perception, just like the dark matter encountered now, which is invisible to human beings, and is only a common substance for Renhe.

When humans gaze at this space filled with unknown substances, the stars in the distance are still twinkling, and the clear space is as refreshing as the blue sky and white clouds after the beginning of autumn, but these are just illusions of human senses.

"Has the General Headquarters now issued a specific plan?"

"It's still a relatively simple preliminary plan, which is basically to detect the approximate range of the dark rain, and stay as far away from the starry sky as possible, even if it takes a few more decades."

"Does Renhe's channel overlap with the Dark Rain?"

"I don't think so, it's hard to say, there shouldn't be any problem for the Ren and Civilization planetary-level spacecraft to pass directly through a thin piece of stardust."

Now that the Kuafu has entered a territory unknown to mankind, according to the route given by Renhe civilization, Kuafu does not have much doubt except for formulating the necessary measures. Because this is a route that other civilizations have recently discovered. As a sign of trust in the other party's technology and civilization, almost everyone on board the Kuafu recognized the safety of the waterway.

"You can ask Zhao Gan, he must have a way to know."

"I've asked, but he didn't answer right away, after all, for Renhe, most individuals don't pay attention to this small thing at all, and it may be in their logbook-like records."

"That's just a matter of waiting for him to reply, and I hope he can reply to you soon. You have really done a great job of getting such important information from him this time, how is the command going to reward you? Also, you'll be a celebrity in the future, don't forget my signature. ”

"How can there be meritorious service, I only learned after I reported that several people also put forward the concept of dark matter, and one person even made a preliminary analysis of the mechanism of action, and the explanation of the brain opening really opened my eyes. Although the scientific research department finally confirmed it and gave us a commendation, I was really embarrassed to get a reward for cheating like me. ”

"No matter what method you use, you are also one of the meritorious ones, in case they don't think of it, or think of it later, you are the only one who saved Kuafu, and this time it will definitely be recorded in the logbook."

"When you say that, now I'm starting to be proud, thank you!"

"This is the compliment you deserve, and I'm interested in what you just said how it works."

"Although I think it's a bit bizarre, there is some truth to it." Jiqing began to explain briefly to Yan Ru.

According to the available information, the density of this dark matter nebula is not high, and under normal circumstances, there is almost no interaction with the basic matter of human birth, and the two substances can be interspersed with each other in this way, just like two completely different multi-layered worlds, dark matter constitutes one world, and human matter constitutes another world, although in the same space, but it is more distant than the other galaxy.

The current speed of the Kwafu is very fast, and the speed of the rotation of this mass of matter is also very fast, and the direction of travel of the Kwafu is opposite the direction of the dark matter, and the speed of the two is greater relative to the speed of the movement. The extremely fast relative speed makes two completely different substances interact, and the result of this interaction directly destroys the interaction relationship between molecules and atoms in the human world, so that the originally stable structure undergoes unstable changes, molecules and atoms exist independently from the original order, and some specific areas of the human world are destroyed.

This effect will also become more and more powerful as the Quafu moves deeper into the denser mass of matter. In addition, some areas of the outer layer of this mass of matter are also mixed with a large number of high-density particles, these particles first bring a slight break to the Kuafu, if the Kuafu does not pay attention, when the Kuafu rushes into this mass of denser materials, he will be brutally torn apart by the powerful destruction of the other party, and even become the most basic particles, which will be completely digested by this mass of matter.

After all, the Quafu was too small for this celestial body formed by an unknown mass.

"These theories are still in the stage of complete speculation, but once confirmed, human understanding of dark matter will enter a new stage."

"Although dark matter is scary and mysterious to human beings, it makes people fascinated by a certain name, and I am willing to understand the mystery, I really want to see the mature theory of dark matter as soon as possible."

"Yes, I'm the same, but it's still early, and the research process of such a mysterious substance will definitely take a long time and the accumulation of practical experience."

"Have you ever wondered if any of those people who put forward the same dark matter speculation as you have come into contact with Zhao Kun?"

"Someone who cheats like me? I didn't think of it...... It's really possible. These people should be able to find out through public information or private chats with the crew, but how can you tell who it is? I can't ask them one by one, I just tell Zhao Qian directly, he should have a way. ”

"I think it is very likely that the person who proposed the preliminary theory that the dark rain harmed Kuafu, this conjecture is not something that can be thought of simply, except for those who have studied it for a long time, and it should only be thought of with some kind of help."

"I'll check it when I go back, thank you so much, so that I can also relax, every time Zhao Qiantuo dreams in the province, I am a little overwhelmed, and I feel really bad about hiding things in my heart."

"You're welcome, I can help Renhe, I'm also very happy, don't forget to mention my name to Zhao Gan, maybe I can also leave a strong mark in Renhe's historical records."

"No problem! This must be, let's make a big splash together, haha. Jiqing agreed casually as usual, he knew that the other party was not very serious.

"Haha, just kidding! Don't take it seriously. One of the most important things that comes to mind is that it is important to solve the current crisis of Kwafu, and you should seriously consider it. Yan Ru's voice was very solemn. If Zhao Kun was on or near Kuafu, he should be able to see the nebula more intuitively, and he would definitely be able to guide Kuafu to avoid this crisis safely. ”

"Then I'll have to check this person up. Hachi! Search all systems for information on people who have proposed the mechanism of action of dark rain. "Smart assistants are the fastest way to search.

A few seconds later, Hachi replied: "I screened it for the first time, and there is a lot of relevant information in the public information, and many crew members have searched for similar information, but there are no accurate results." ”

"How many guesses are there?"

"98 people, most of the information judgment is chat joke information"

"So much? What about the awardees this time? ”

"There is no public information."

"Hachi, restart the intelligent system." Jiqing thought of a method, but this method is against the law, and the real-time monitoring function in the personal intelligent assistant must be turned off, or it will not trigger an alarm and automatically upload the accusation system. This feature cannot be turned off, but it will be in the lowest monitoring state for a period of time when restarting, which can be bypassed.

Jiqing watched the restart begin, and immediately manually opened the communication information between Kuafu and Shennong during this time, and all the information of Kuafu will be transmitted to Shennong as backup data to bring back to Earth, which is an insurance measure, in case Kuafu is in danger, all important information can be retrieved from Shennong.

Recently, Kuafu encountered a dark rain, and there was a lot of information in it, and Jiqing couldn't use the system search function, so he could only quickly and manually flip through the information.

Hachi's system was 80% complete, but he still didn't find similar information, and just when he thought it would be useless this time, a piece of information was flipped through. This is an analysis report on the causes of dark rain, which was compiled by the Ministry of Scientific Research, and the opening sentence reads.

"The core point of the report comes from the conjecture put forward by Shao Hao, deputy commander-in-chief of the Kuafu."

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Shaohao! Jiqing felt that agreeing to Zhao Gan's request would definitely cause him a big trouble