"Whose is it?" Qin Huaiyu pounced on the computer: "The signal is very weak and unclear, as if it was sent from far away." ”

Shu Yunpeng adjusted, trying to make the signal clearer. Gradually, the signal began to become clearer, and the contents were barely recognizable: "Our Oriza in the Kuiper Belt...... Please wait where you are......"

"Who is it?" Qin Huaiyu asked, "Let's wait in place?" ”

"It's definitely the Jones people, and this band is the one they set to contact me beforehand."

"Kuiper's Ornith, which is more than 40 AU away from where we are now, when are we going to wait?"

"It will take a few days, but it won't be long, the Jones spaceship will fly much faster than ours."

The Jones people were much faster than Shu Yunpeng thought.

"Hello, Captain Shu!" When Jones's delicate face appeared in the holographic image, Shu Yunpeng and Qin Huaiyu were both startled.

"They're coming so fast!" Qin Huaiyu whispered. She thought that the Jones people would not hear her when she said that, so she was shocked when the Joneses answered her words.

"Well, we've gotten up a lot of speed," said the Jonesman, "and you're here for us?" ”

"Yes," Shu Yunpeng replied, "Many people on Earth thought that you had left the solar system, but I thought you wouldn't leave, so I decided to come out and have a look, sure enough!" ”

"Hehe, there must be a lot of people there who are rejoicing!" Jones Man said.

"Can you tell us where you went this time?" Shu Yunpeng knew that for the Jones people, it was best not to beat around the bush and ask directly: "Does Kuiper bring any good things?" ”

"Yes, but we didn't go there this time, mainly for that." Jones is very frank: "There are two purposes: first, we have developed a new engine, which needs to be tested after it is installed; Second, we've received a signal from near what you call Centauri, from two motherships that were pulled down more than a hundred years ago, and we need to answer it. ”

"Then why didn't you go over and answer, but came back?"

"We've got two motherships passing by, and here we heard your call and came back!"

"I see, it's a lot to kill!" Shu Yunpeng said with a smile: "You said that you pulled down the two motherships a hundred years ago, I don't understand this!" ”

"Oh, that's right," the Jones man was still very frank: "At that time there was an opportunity in space to fly at a curvature, and five of our motherships jumped into it, but when the next two arrived, it was too late, the curvature disappeared, and they were pulled down!" ”

"The more I listen, the more confused I become, since you can master the curvature of flight, why do you pull down two more ships? And it's been more than 100 years as soon as it's pulled down? ”

"I'm sorry, Captain Shu, you misunderstood," said the Jones man, "I didn't say that we had mastered the curvature flight technique, I just said that we were able to use the curvature that occurs in space to speed up our flight." As for saying that it is more than 100 years to pull down, the speed difference between curvature flight and non-curvature flight is very large, and it is normal to pull down for more than 100 years! ”

"Do you understand?" Shu Yunpeng turned his face and asked Qin Huaiyu: "The more I listen, the more confused I become!" ”

"I didn't understand either," Qin Huaiyu shook his head and said.

"Don't ask any more questions, and I'll explain to you when I have time......" The Jones man asked, "You may as well tell me what you have to do here." ”

"I'm here this time, first, to see if I said that you haven't left, right, and second, I brought our armistice agreement by the way, please take a look at it and then negotiate."

"Okay, send the text over, and besides, please Captain Shu drive your ship into our mothership and we'll modify it for you...... Rest assured, we are here to help you. ”

As soon as he heard that the spaceship was going into the Jones mothership, Qin Huaiyu was scared, but Shu Yunpeng was not afraid. He knew that the Jones wanted to destroy him and his spaceship, and even if he wanted to run, he didn't have any chance: "Okay, I'll come up!" ”

The Jones people really had no ill intentions, they changed the engine for Shu Yunpeng's spaceship. During the time the Jones were changing the engines of his ship, he and the Jones discussed the terms of the armistice, making some modifications and additions. They negotiated almost, and the engine was modified.

"It's time to try your ship," said the leader of the Jones people. During the negotiation, the leader told Shu Yunpeng that her name was Samantha.

Shu Yunpeng and Qin Huaiyu boarded their spaceship and flew out of the Jones mothership and flew around in space. They were so surprised, the spaceship flew faster than a little!

"Now your ship can keep up with us!" Samantha said.

"So my ship can fly with curvature?" Shu Yunpeng asked.

Samantha denied: "Even if you come across such an opportunity, you have to dodge!" ”

Shu Yunpeng was puzzled, and Samantha told him that because of the material relationship, once his spaceship entered the curvature flight, it would immediately become fragments and even be shattered into elementary particles!

"Curvature flight is not something that can be flown if you want to," said Samantha, "even us, we need to be very careful, your earth's materials are far from enough to meet the needs of curvature flight!" …… As for your ship, in addition to the engine change, we have also appropriately strengthened certain parts to accommodate the increase in speed. As for curvature flight, neither can your ship. ”

"I see?" Shu Yunpeng was a little disappointed: "Thank you!" ”

"You're welcome!" Samantha said, "If Captain Shu has nothing else to do, then please go back to Earth quickly and ask your committee to send someone as soon as possible to sign a formal treaty." ”

"Hmm...... I still have a question, "Shu Yunpeng wanted to ask if his origin was related to them, but after thinking that this was the first official contact, since they hadn't left, don't be in a hurry: "Since your spacecraft is fast and can use curvature, it is easy for you to find a planet suitable for survival, why did you fall in love with our earth?" If you want me to say, the Centauri Proxima mentioned earlier, which is only a little more than four light-years away, isn't there a planet? ”

Samantha actually smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "You earthlings, you can really fantasize! Those whimsical science fiction movies, science fiction novels, what curvature to fly, is as convenient as drinking water...... And what Proxima Centauri Trisolarans and more! If you don't have enough time, I'm not going to talk about curvature flight, let's talk about the Alpha Centauri! There are no planets there! To say the least, there is no planet suitable for organic life at all! ”

"Really?" Shu Yunpeng pretended to be surprised.

"Of course it's true," said Samantha, "the Alpha Centauri galaxy, whose basic form is made up of three stars. Stars A and B are both large and close to the size of the Sun, and Star B is in orbits with high eccentricity. If star A is placed in the position of the Sun in the solar system, star B can orbit beyond the orbit of Uranus, with an orbital period of 80 Earth years, revolving around star A...... Even if there are planets there, the surface temperature can reach 1500 degrees Celsius. The magma emitted by volcanoes on Earth is only 1,200 degrees Celsius. Your 1500-degree heat is not a veritable hell! Can it still live and still produce life? ”

"I see!" Shu Yunpeng sighed. Imagine that a star about the size of the Sun, orbiting another Sun with a high eccentricity, could approach the Earth twice in 80 years. Will the earth still be blue then? He asked instead, "Can you tell me what it means to use curvature?" ”

"I'll talk about it later," said Samantha, "but I admire you, Captain Shu, you love to learn, you like to get to the bottom of things, and this trait is very precious!" But don't be fooled by the supernatural imagination of you earthlings, that will lead you astray...... Okay, let's hurry back to Earth, it's time to do it as soon as possible, don't you say? ”