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"At this time, someone proposed that an energy conversion device could be placed directly near the 'Gao', and this idea was quickly implemented, at first, due to the distance, after deducting the consumption on the journey, we didn't get much energy. But as astronautics and energetics continued to develop, the amount of energy we received multiplied, and the process of industrialization was able to continue. ”

"Industrialization didn't last a few years, and our astronautics actually invented the theory of warp engines, and at this time, scientists who were dissatisfied with the state of our planet came up with a whimsical idea to explore other star systems with the help of warp engines in search of a better living environment."

"Wait, you're talking about the warp engine?" Zhou Xin interrupted, "Is it an engine that can fly faster than the speed of light?" ”

Spred nodded in confirmation, and then he continued.

"So our industrialization came to a standstill, and all the people focused on making warp engines and the equipment that went with them. After another hundred years, the first spaceship with a warp engine at its core was finally built. ”

"However, it takes a lot of energy to start the curvature engine, and even with the development of energy technology at the time, we would not be able to start it. As a result, energetics has been developed for another century, and at the same time, we are concentrating on collecting energy for the start of the curvature engine. ”

"After more than 80 years, our warp speed ship is finally ready to go, but since we only collect one round trip of energy, how to choose the destination has become a very important problem. After a few more years of space observations, we finally chose a star about 10 light-years away, and we observed that there is a suitable planet in the habitable zone of this star, and this planet may be the home of our dreams. ”

"But the news brought back by the spacecraft completely disappointed us, there was a planet in the habitable zone of that star, but after arriving at that planet, we found that there was no water on that planet at all, and our desire to find a more livable planet came to naught."

"But at this time, there were still people who did not give up hope and wanted to organize a second expedition, but this idea was quickly rejected by most people. Do you want to spend another hundred years trying to win over a hope with such a low success rate? That's what the person who stopped said it. ”

"So the second expedition was put on hold, and in order to cut off the hopes of the scientists who wanted to continue the project, the government directly dismantled the spacecraft and used the dismantled materials in other places, except for the warp engine."

"Finally, the pace of industrialization can move forward again. However, scientists have not given up hope in the pursuit of a habitable planet, and after decades of scientific development, one scientist has come up with a crazy idea. That is to find a way to 'ignite' our parent star. ”

When he first published this theory, he also explained the origin of his idea, since we can't go to other stars to find a more suitable planet, then why don't we make our star into a star that fits our planet. At the same time, he also introduced that his method does not require a lot of energy, does not need to wait for a long time, only needs to inject a certain amount of special elements into the home star, in order to cause a more violent reaction in the core, then the mother star will release more energy, so that our planet will be in the middle of the habitable zone, if so, it can solve the problem of our planet. ”

"Is this possible?" Zhou Xin asked the Voyager.

"If the red dwarf star is at a critical mass, this project is still likely to be successful." Voyager replied.

Zhou Xin was silent and continued to listen to Spred's introduction.

"The man kept spreading his claims to the public, and gradually, more and more people began to believe his claims, and even some government officials began to agree with him." Spred apparently didn't want to name the man who caused the global catastrophe, so he kept using "that person" instead, "Finally, this plan to cause the destruction of the planet is finally on the agenda." Although there are still some people who do not believe in his plan, most are carried away by the benefits of the final success. As this plan continued to advance, a small number of people who did not support it also changed their minds one by one and began to support the plan. However, my researchers and I were staunch opponents, so we hid in this base before the plan was about to be implemented. As for the results of the later experiments, you have also seen them. Spred said with some frustration.

"This—" Zhou Xin hesitated a little, "If you don't mind, can you tell us about the process of the experiment?" This is a reference and a warning to our civilization. ”

Spred was silent for a moment, then pressed a button on the podium, and then stepped off the podium and sat down in the first row.

Their parent star "Gao" appeared on the screen, and at first, the star burned as calmly as before. Then, Zhou Xin saw a group of fleets flying over from outside the screen, and the fleet did not slow down when they approached the star, and rushed straight towards the flames of the star.

"It's an unmanned spaceship, and it's loaded with that special element." Spred said in a deep voice from his seat.

As the fleet continued to fly, the entire fleet gradually disappeared into the flames of the stars. At first, the star had not changed much, still burning quietly in the middle of the screen. After waiting quietly for a while, the star actually became a little smaller.

"Is this my delusion? How do I feel like it's getting smaller? Zhou Xin wiped his eyes.

"You read that right, just now, the diameter of this star has shrunk by about 1%." Voyager affirmed.

Although the size of the star has decreased, its brightness has increased significantly. After a while, sparks began to erupt from the surface of the star, and as time went on, more and more sparks were ejected, and the star's activity began to become intense.

As the sparks erupted, the star also returned to its original size. Then the sparks became more and more intense, and the star gradually exceeded its original size, slowly growing larger. At this moment, there was a burst of cheers from outside the screen, apparently the cheers of those involved in the experiment.

The star was slowly growing, and after a while, a voice that seemed to be a machine was heard, "'Gao' has reached a predetermined size." The cheers intensified. However, this does not mean the end of the star, after stabilizing for a while, the size of the star suddenly grows larger again, and this time even faster than before.

"What's going on! It's not the same as the results of the simulation! A panicked voice was heard off the screen, and then the background sounds began to become noisy. Apparently the experimenters began to argue. "The rate at which the planet grows has accelerated!" "Find a way to stop it!" "I didn't agree to this experiment so soon." "Where exactly is the problem?" ……

As they argued, the star continued to grow, and the sound of a "150%" unfazed robot sounded, at which point the growth of the star finally stopped.

"Phew—finally stopped." The voice at the beginning let out a long breath.

Before he could finish speaking, the planet suddenly swelled rapidly. In an instant, everything else on the screen vanished, leaving only the blinding white light of the entire screen.

"Ahh

Zhou Xin was also flashed by the sudden white light, and he hurriedly turned his head. But when he heard the scream, he couldn't help but turn his head back in curiosity, only to see a black screen, and the image came to an abrupt end.

"Is this the end of it? Is there no one in the back? Zhou Xin asked.

Spred was silent for a moment, and then whispered: "There was a big explosion in 'Gao', and the explosion instantly destroyed most of our outer space facilities, and only a small number of probes were located on the back of 'Lei' and survived. As for Ray, you out there should know better than we do, and all we have left is a surviving probe. ”

He got up from his seat, walked over to the podium and pressed the button. The screen lit up again, and this time the screen returned to 'Ray', but there were some mosaics on the screen from time to time.

"After the outbreak of 'Gao', all kinds of communication equipment were affected, so there was something wrong with the picture." Spred explained.

Although there are some mosaics, the basic situation is still clear. Zhou Xin saw that this detector was obviously located on the shady side of the "thunder", because the ground of the "thunder" on the screen was very dark now. However, unlike the night on Earth, there are not too many bright lights on the "Thunder" at night, only one or two dim lights vaguely show that this planet has traces of advanced life life, presumably as a result of their energy conservation at night.

At first, the picture is calm, and there is no change except for the occasional mosaic. After a while, a faint red light began to appear around the planet on the screen, as if the sun was about to rise, but the red light appeared in each direction, which was obviously not the actual sun rising. After the red light lasted for a while, Zhou Xin saw a terrifying sight.

Behind the red light, there was a "wall" that slowly rose from the horizon, and this wall rose higher and higher, and as it rose, it continued to advance towards the shady side. After a while, the wall completely obscured the red light. As the wall slowly advanced towards the shady side, Zhou Xin finally saw its true face.

It wasn't really a wall, it was a huge sandstorm that was raised, and the thick sand and dust blocked everything, creating a wall-like scene. Moreover, the dust did not come out of one side of the planet, but from all sides of the planet's edge, and came to the shady side of the planet in an encirclement manner. At the same time, Zhou Xin also clearly saw the height of the sand and dust in the image, you know, you can see the height of things in space, and the real height is very terrifying.

Before Zhou Xin asked, the Voyager came to a conclusion, "From the height and angle of this probe, it is inferred that the height of the sand and dust is more than 10 kilometers." ”

Zhou Xin had no time to express his opinion, because he saw that the sand and dust were encroaching on the still intact ground at a speed visible to the naked eye, and after ten minutes, a third of this side of the planet disappeared into the dust. More than half an hour later, the last pure land of this planet also fell, and this side was completely plunged into darkness, even the little light that could be seen at the beginning disappeared, and all that could be seen was the dust covering the planet.

After covering the entire planet, the raging sand and dust did not stop their tracks. In the footage, Zhou Xin saw that the sand and dust rose from the point where they finally converged and rushed towards the detector. Looking at the dust that was getting closer and closer to the detector, the signal was interrupted.

"The probe was destroyed by sand." "Then we launched some improvised probes, but the raging air made it impossible for us to do that. So we don't know what's going on behind the planet. ”

"Of course, we still know a little about the situation in the vicinity, and in the days after the disaster, we organized several search and rescue teams to find more survivors, but found that it was completely futile, and the dense dust cloud not only obscured our view, but also interfered with the operation of the detectors, so we gave up the search and rescue. But we made a conspicuous sign at the door, and just like that, a few more survivors came in the next few days. Later, we found that the atmosphere of this planet was only half of the original content, and we had no choice but to close the base. After some time, when there was not much left of the planet's atmosphere, we also launched some temporary probes to observe the situation on the planet's surface, and tried to contact other Vaults that might have survived, but we received no reply. Spred said in a low voice with a calm tone.

"Over the next few months, we tried to contact other Vaults and send distress signals into space, and while we knew it was futile, there was nothing else we could do. Moreover, doing this work can at least give researchers a glimmer of hope and save them from going to extremes with cranky thoughts. As it turned out, I was right. "Over the next five months, less than 10 researchers developed psychological abnormalities, and, with our guidance, only 2 chose suicide. Spred said with relief.

"Hats off." Although he knew that Spred couldn't see it, Zhou Xin still stood up from his seat and said with respect, "Your foresight saved everyone in this base......"