The Second Space City Group, the Central Space City - Sunshine City, the post-Interstellar Exploration Alliance headquarters administrative area. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Ding Dong~"

The doorbell rang, and two middle-aged scientists were standing at the door, slightly nervous, waiting.

After understanding the situation, Yuan Haochen's work assistant introduced the two middle-aged scientists into the reception room, and after a while, Yuan Haochen also put down his work and walked in.

"Hello, Commander-in-Chief. This is the captain of the 37th Deep Space Resource Development Fleet - Van Lunding. ”

A middle-aged man at the head was the first to greet him, and he was none other than Gustav, commander of the Deep Space Resources Development Fleet.

"Hello, Commander-in-Chief, it's an honor to meet you." Captain Van Lunding greeted.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Gustav, and Captain Van Lundin." Yuan Haochen motioned for the two to sit down.

"I'm here for you today because the 37th Deep Space Resource Development Fleet has discovered a special small wandering object at the edge of the Oort Cloud. Captain Van Lunding will report back to you on the situation. "said Gustav, commander of the fleet for the exploitation of deep space resources.

"Here's how it happened, the 37th Deep Space Resource Development Fleet A and B teams have been looking for asteroids or comets (water resources) worth developing in the outermost region of the Oort Cloud. Just yesterday, we received a message from Team B from three months ago. They encountered a small wandering celestial body, and found traces left by an unknown cosmic civilization on the small celestial body......" Captain Van Lunding carefully explained the details to Yuan Haochen.

"Traces left by the civilization of the unknown universe!" This news surprised Yuan Haochen very much.

The Oort Cloud, a spherical cloud that surrounds the solar system, is about a light-year away from the maximum radius of the Sun, and is generally considered by astronomers to be the remnants of the nebula that formed the Sun and its planets 5 billion years ago.

The current Oort cloud contains many inactive comets, and when the Space City Group passed through the Oort cloud, it also found some very small wandering objects, ranging from tens to hundreds of kilometers in diameter.

A few years ago, the Second Space City Group had completely passed through the Oort Cloud, but the 37th Deep Space Resource Development Fleet A and B teams remained there to continue the resource gathering, and they will catch up with the Space City Group at a higher speed after the resource collection is over.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, it's really incredible." Captain Van Lunding continued, "Please take a look at these materials. ”

Captain Van Lunding began to show Hara the relevant image information.

"According to estimates, the longest axis diameter of this wandering small celestial body has reached 62 kilometers. Team B of the 37th Deep Space Resource Development Fleet discovered it in orbit approximately 1.1 light-years from Earth. Van Lunding continued to introduce in combination with three-dimensional images.

"It's very dark on the surface. It has been detected to have the value of mining precious metals such as platinum, palladium, and osmium. In the first week of mining, Team B discovered traces of the activities of an unknown cosmic civilization on the wandering small celestial body. ”

"The exact location is here, here, and here......" Van Lunding marked several locations on the virtual model of the wandering small celestial body.

"In this area, there are a large number of traces of unknown spacecraft landing, and, judging from these residual traces, they must not come from the earth civilization!"

Yuan Haochen looked at the image data and agreed with Fan Lunding's judgment.

"In addition, in this area, a large amount of building residues have been found, which certainly cannot be naturally formed!" "And, according to Team B's on-site investigation, the buildings were vandalized. ”

"To sum up, I think we have discovered the remains of another cosmic civilization." Gustav, commander of the Deep Space Resource Development Fleet, concluded.

"Can you determine the approximate age of the site's experience?" Yuan Haochen asked.

"It's hard, we can only judge, at least more than 10,000 years old." Captain Van Lunding replied regretfully.

"Hmm!" Yuan Haochen's thoughts spun quickly, "Are there any more clues to be discovered?" ”

"Unfortunately, although Team B is still working hard to explore, only the above clues have been found so far." Van Lunding looked helpless, "According to the current information, we can only prove that there was once an unknown cosmic civilization that reached this wandering small celestial body, however, we can't tell who they are and where they came from. ”

"The existence of the Creator has confirmed that human beings are not alone in this vast universe. Therefore, it is an accident that we can discover the remnants of an unknown cosmic civilization in space, and it is also an inevitable thing. Yuan Haochen said meaningfully.

"Inevitably, accidentally?" Gustav and Van Lunding are a little confused.

"In such a vast and empty universe, how could Team B be so lucky to discover this wandering little celestial body that carries unknown secrets?" Yuan Haochen was thinking from other angles, and said with a serious face, "Although, as long as it exists, it will definitely be discovered." However, let's not overestimate our luck. ”

Hara believes that a small wandering celestial body from the outer solar system has gone through a long time and a long distance alone, and then happened to come to the front of the 37th Deep Space Resource Development Fleet B Team, and was finally discovered by us. This is obviously a negligible probability.

"What do you mean, there may be many wandering small celestial bodies like this with the remains of an unknown civilization around the Oort Cloud?" Gustav asked.

"Not bad! That's what I thought. Yuan Haochen replied.

"Where did these little wandering bodies come from, and who used to stay on them?" Captain Van Lunding looked a little unconfident.

"At the moment, there are several possibilities." Yuan Haochen deduced, "First, these wandering small celestial bodies first came from the Alpha Centauri system, and the person who left the ruins was the creator. Second, these wandering small celestial bodies arrived in the solar system from a galaxy unknown to us after a long journey, leaving behind a cosmic civilization that exists far away. Third, these wandering small bodies were originally born around the solar system and have been orbiting around the Oort cloud. A long time ago, a cosmic civilization visited the Oort cloud, or even the solar system. ”

Yuan Haochen paused for a moment, and then continued to speculate: "I said before, this is an accident and an inevitable thing. It is obviously unlikely that a large number of alien galaxies will wander small objects and come all the way to the solar system at the same time. Therefore, the second possibility can be basically ruled out. Similarly, the probability that a large number of wandering small objects with relics will come from the Alpha Centauri galaxy is higher than that from other galaxies, but this is still a small probability event. ”

"Do you think the biggest possibility is that an unknown cosmic civilization has ever reached the periphery of the solar system!" Gustav was rather surprised and said, "So who will this cosmic civilization be?" Is it the Creator, or is it some other cosmic civilization? ”

"I don't know!"

Yuan Haochen didn't have an answer, but a layer of worry faintly appeared in his heart, and it always lingered...... (To be continued.) )