Here is a briefing from the Mineral Exploration Vessel, Captain Kraken:

The "Bird Statue" is the name given to the person who discovered it, and the first person to discover it was a mineral prospector - Kim Geun-ju.

He is the only Asian on the Planetary Mineral Exploration Ship "Dreadnought", and he is a native of the ancient Stick Country.

In the vicinity of Saturn's beautiful rings a year ago, a probe ship is at work, a mineral probe ship.

Two hours ago, they detected a huge pulse wave near Saturn's rings, also known as Hurricane Coibo because it usually comes from the Coiwave belt.

This kind of shock wave sometimes causes the huge floating objects in the universe to vaporize at ultra-high temperatures in an instant, or shatter and burst out, and if it is directly hit, it is very dangerous.

Although the probe received the early warning information in advance, and also adjusted the course and protective measures of the spacecraft accordingly, it was still hit by a small iron meteorite disturbed nearby after the pulse.

Although it was protected by the ship's electromagnetic fluid shield, it did not cause much damage - this fluid shield can be shrouded around the hull for about 50 meters, and the closer it is to the hull, the stronger its defense ability.

The spaceship was like a needle, moving through a flame the size of a football field, filled with α particles of unknown origin.

The electromagnetic fluid shield resisted most of the impact energy, but the spacecraft still left a few potholes in the rear compartment due to the strong impact force.

After tens of seconds of violent shaking of the hull.

Kim Geun-ju is carefully examining the ship's damage data on the display screen, and the scanning probe on the outside of the hull shows that there is nothing unusual inside the ship except for the damage outside the ship.

After the pulse, there were only one or two tiny craters in the outer compartment - this was the centripetal impact of the meteorite that was bounced open by the protective shield, and the faint aftermath hit the hull.

Everything else on board is working fine.

It's like a lump of bird droppings falling right on the roof of a car, and it doesn't have any effect on the car except that it feels a little dirty.

Except for a small surprise discovery - the spaceship has become heavier.

In fact, the spacecraft weighs 25.27 grams, which is a line of red letters given by the navigation system after checking the spacecraft's data.

Ship's gravitational system - normal

Ecological maintenance system - normal

Trajectory - normal

Shipboard Biological Response System - Normal

Energy system – normal

Basic parameters of the hull - anomalous

Data display: +0.02527kg

……

A line of red letters is so glaring.

"Well, what? Has the ship's basic parameters changed? ”

Kim tensed slightly, and several possibilities raced through his mind: Anyway, there was something on the ship that didn't belong here. Was it a meteorite drop? Space junk being inhaled? Or, is there any garbage that hasn't been thrown out of the boat that hasn't been counted before?

He immediately retrieved the overweight locations in various parts of the ship and initiated the detection of foreign object intrusion.

Kim's fingers flew through the system and began to scan, while he was slightly surprised and shouted at the others, "Hey! Let's take a look at this! ”

Kim was convinced that something seemed to be embedded in the bulkhead of the stray warehouse, clinging to the bottom of the ship.

All the details are unknown, only known - this thing weighs 25.27 grams.

Kim informed the other two people on the boat of the preliminary test results and the circumstances of the discovery.

There were two other people on board, one was Captain Kraken and the other was Navigator Houghton.

Kraken listened to the preliminary report, and his brows were slightly twisted together!

Three people gathered in front of the display to watch carefully, carefully analyzing each piece of data.

"Isn't it that we're too nervous, this level of shock! …… To this extent? Does it have an impact on our ship! Is the shield out of order? ”

Horton obviously didn't take this thing seriously, and he really didn't agree with Yu Jin's summoning - it made him put down the huge and complicated massive data of mineral specimens that needed to be counted, but he was a little dissatisfied with this display.

"I guess just a small piece of debris from a meteorite, or some other piece of garbage, swept past our ship in the impact. I suggest, leave him alone, maybe after a while it might float away on its own. Horton spoke first, apparently not paying much attention to the little thing, and so far, it had had no effect on their ship.

"No, of course it does!"

Kim retorted loudly, "That thing doesn't belong to our ship...... Maybe a small screw can make our return trip come to naught, or bury us in the universe! ”

Captain Kraken stared at the screen, muttered for a long time, and suddenly looked up and said, "You're right! This thing needs to be clarified further...... And the point is not the impact, but the weight. ”

"Come to think of it, is this a material shock? If there is residual wave energy from a meteorite that can hit the hull, then, in the first place, it should not have mass. Secondly, in terms of its mass and impact, it should exceed the strength of the shield, that is, it should be at least something weighing more than 5 tons! ”

"Moreover, our protective shield will immediately change the trajectory of external forces, or change our trajectory. So, if it's not matter, it's energy! ”

Captain Kraken glanced at the two of them.

"For example, the common cosmic storms in this area, strong magnetic fields or something...... Damn it! In short, God forbid us not to be touched by that kind of thing. But don't you think it's strange? That thing not only went into the shield, but also fell to the hull, and the mass! And our ship's system detected it and reacted! ”

"So, what's your suggestion?" Horton asked, narrowing his eyes.

"My advice is to probe it now, get ready to look closer, and get rid of it physically! I would like to remind you, gentlemen! Don't forget the Navigation Quarantine Act. ”

Jin also nodded: yes! That's right, I agree with the captain that unless the shield is broken, or something is wrong with the system - but that's unlikely. Otherwise, nothing is still attached to our ship after the impact.

After a short discussion between the three of them, the elimination plan began.

The plan went well, and the extravehicular drone, operated by Kim, slowly approached it from the rear of the hull.

The drone was used because the mass of the thing was too small, and the volume was not detectable at the moment.

Only the precision probe on the drone can work effectively, and using something as bulky as a robotic arm to deal with it is completely a knife to kill chickens.

However, they were wrong!

At a distance of about 10 meters from the drone, everyone finally saw it.

The object, which weighs 25.27 grams, is only slightly smaller than a tennis ball.

It was blocked in the gap between the bottom of the ship's chamber and the shell of the particle engine, just a dead end, and it was not visible to the naked eye.

Obviously, the drone's tiny probe will not be able to complete the mission!

Kim operated the drone to return, and immediately changed into a robotic arm control glove, opened a door from the top of the spaceship, and the delicate robotic arm stretched out.

Kim skillfully operates the robotic arm, which he has often done in previous rock exploration operations to obtain ore specimens, like an old driver driving down the wide, flat streets he is familiar with, without the slightest nervousness or panic.

The eyes of the three people were fixed on the screen, closer, closer, and the mechanical arm approached the thing lightly, without a trace of hindrance.

When he was approaching the object less than 10 centimeters, Kim suddenly felt that something was not right, it was a control glove!