Chapter 6: The Destroyed Planet
"Okay, the poles of this planet are about 2,193 kilometers in diameter. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info has a rotation period of 10 hours. The surface temperature is up to 0°C and down to -180°C. The acceleration due to gravity is about 1/16 of that of the Earth. There is also a faint magnetic field around the planet, and the core is suspected to be ironic. The main component of the surface is silica. At the same time, a thin atmosphere was detected on the planet's surface. The above is the situation of the planet detected by the exploration satellite. Voyager replied, "More detailed data cannot be achieved by these reconnaissance satellites alone, and it is recommended to send robots to land on the planet's surface for a more detailed investigation." ”
"Allow further reconnaissance, Traveler, just send the Scout Robot down." Zhou Xin looked at the planet map and said, and then he pointed to a place on the map, which was the block-like terrain on the plain, "Why is the terrain here so strange, can there be such regular blocks in the naturally generated terrain?" ”
"Theoretically, this kind of terrain exists." Voyager replied, "But the probability of such regular natural terrain is low, and the probability of man-made terrain is high. ”
"That's what I thought, too, when the robots are sent out, don't go to the glass side, even if there was something I don't think there's anymore. Focus on exploring the whole side of the situation, especially in this regular terrain. ”
"Okay, Captain, the Scout Robot is ready, and the Scout Robot has set its detection target...... Scout bot launch. "The Voyager sent out a series of instructions." The Scout Robot has been launched and is expected to reach the planet's surface in a day's time. ”
"That's right." At this time, Zhou Xin asked, "Why don't you keep getting closer, this planet is smaller than the moon, why can't we stop in the synchronous orbit of this planet if we can stop in the synchronous orbit of the moon." ”
"Because of the rules of planetary exploration: until it is determined that there is active life on the surface of the planet, this ship can only explore the planet at the farthest distance, which is the farthest distance. Captain, this is the first article written in the rules of planetary exploration. ”
"Uh, I forgot." Zhou Xin honestly admitted, "This is not the first time I have encountered a planet, and I am too excited to forget." Can you get closer now? I don't think there will be life on this kind of planet. Zhou Xin asked in a joking tone.
"Theoretically impossible, await your orders, Your Excellency, Captain." The Voyager replied solemnly.
"Okay, let's get into the synchronous orbit of this planet."
"Command received, secondary engines No. 2 and No. 3 are activated."
Five hours later, Voyager slowly approached the dwarf planet and finally stopped in synchronous orbit. On the screen, the basketball-sized black shadow turned into an arc-shaped skyline, occupying half the size of the screen, and under the faint starlight, Zhou Xin could even see the mountains and basins on the dwarf planet.
After three hours of silent orbital orbit around a dwarf planet, news came that the probe robot had successfully landed.
"Send me the picture of the robot." Zhou Xin said.
The screen in front of him is split in two, with the left half showing a dwarf planet and the right half showing a picture detected by one of the probe robots.
"Hey, how is it the image of the molten part." Zhou Xin was puzzled, "It's not that you don't go to that side." ”
"Due to the irregular shape of the planet, the robots made a mistake in the calculation of the route, and two of the robots flew over the predetermined location and landed in the vitreous area."
"Okay, let's take a look."
Zhou Xin saw that the ground around the detection robot was completely melted, and the ground formed by the glass was very smooth, showing a strange emerald green color under the light of the robot. In the distance, there is a flat glass floor, and the terrain is basically destroyed, and the undulations of the terrain are completely visible.
"The destruction is really complete, it's the end of the world." Zhou Xin sighed, "The power of the Nova explosion is really terrifying. ”
"In fact, the explosion of nova is only one of the weaker astronomical phenomena." The Voyager replied solemnly.
"Okay, okay, don't take it seriously, let's take a look in another place."
The screen flickered, and then a clump of crystal jungles appeared. The jungle is arranged in a circle, with a large pit in the middle, and the detection robot stands in this pit, and each surrounding glass pillar reflects a different posture of the detection robot, changing shape with the movement of the robot controlling the camera. At the same time, as the robot moved, the lights on the robot's body also reflected a bizarre scene in the jungle.
"What a place this is, this view, it's amazing." Zhou Xin said he was surprised.
"Another probing robot somewhere on the glass surface." Voyager replied.
"Glass surface?" Zhou Xin was surprised, "It stands to reason that the glass surface should not be flattened by a powerful shock wave?" How could there be such a big ups and downs? ”
"When the glass surface was still molten, it was hit by a meteorite, and then it cooled down, so this special landscape was formed." The Voyager explained.
"It's an amazing sight." Zhou Xin sighed, "There shouldn't be anything else here except for this special landscape, let's take a look at the situation in other places." ”
The screen flickered again, and a mountain appeared on the screen.
"Well, it looks like the picture is quite normal this time, let's move around and see what's going on." Zhou Xin said.
The screen begins to move, and the mountain begins to rotate in the frame, as the robot is bypassing the mountain. Suddenly, cracks began to appear in the middle of the mountain, and at first Zhou Xin thought it was a valley, but as the picture continued to rotate, Zhou Xin was stunned by the scene in front of him. The mountain on the screen was split into two halves by brushing, this is a crack that spreads from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, the length of the crack runs through the entire mountain, through the crack, Zhou Xin even saw the plain behind the mountain. The width of the crack is about 100 meters, looking at the mountain wall at the crack, the sign of a fresh fracture is very obvious, and Zhou Xin can even find the corresponding part of the mountain wall on both sides. As the robot continues to move, the camera moves to the edge of the crack little by little, and when you look down the crack, you can only see a mountain wall, and then it is pitch black, and the robot's light cannot reach the bottom of this crack.
"It's spectacular." Zhou Xin was surprised and sighed at the same time, "Is this crack split with the legendary Pangu axe, so neat." Moreover, the mountain has been split in half like this, and it still won't collapse, and this crack and the crystal jungle alone make this exploration worthwhile. This planet is amazing, Voyager, analyze how this rift was formed. ”
"A powerful shockwave hit the other side of the planet, and the aftermath of the impact passed through the entire planet and burst out on the other side of the planet, and the mountain happened to appear in the weak spot of the planet's plate, and this weak spot was directly broken by the impact of the shockwave from the other side, so such a terrain was formed. From the images sent back by the detection robot, it can be judged that the crack will not be formed for a long time, because the whole mountain is formed similar to the granite on the earth, so the solid structure and the weak gravity of the planet make the mountain not collapse for the time being, but due to the continuous influence of gravity, the mountain will not collapse in a long time. Voyager replied, "Probes over the planet have detected similar fissures in many other places on the ground, suspecting that the planet has a liquid core like Earth, as well as a similar plate structure." The Voyager added.
"Okay, I see. However, I have to say that this sight is still too spectacular. Zhou Xin replied. Let's continue to investigate, let's take a different look. ”
After more than two hours of exploration, Zhou Xin saw all kinds of strange landscapes of this planet mountain, including mountains tens of thousands of meters high; a huge ice-spewing "volcano"; a "wood" made of a large stone erection; A kilometer-high stone arch and so on. But at the same time, Zhou Xin also saw a lot of terrain that had been seriously damaged, from 100 meters to 100 meters long, and even saw cracks of 10,000 meters; Half of the mountain collapsed; Plains with cracked roads; huge bottomless pits; Ladder-like terrain up to 100 meters high, and so on. Of course, the main focus is on the devastated terrain, especially the cracks that cover the entire hemisphere, and even those that appear to be intact are surrounded by large and small cracks.
"It's devastating." Zhou Xin sighed, "A global catastrophe, unimaginable horror. Just as Zhou Xin was about to switch to the next camera, a strange scene flashed in the corner of the screen and caught his attention.
"Wait, what is this?" Zhou Xin hurriedly asked, "Return the picture a little." ”
The image on the screen regressed a little, and then Zhou Xin saw a human face on the screen.
"What is this?" Zhou Xin was surprised, "No matter how you look at it, it's a human face, how can it be a natural creation?" Could it be that there really is life on this planet? The environment on this planet doesn't want to be suitable for life. ”
"It can only be said that it is not suitable for life to survive now." Voyager added, "Analysis of the planet's surface soil shows that the planet's atmosphere once reached one-tenth the density of the Earth's atmosphere, with 15% oxygen and most of the rest nitrogen, 80%, in addition to the presence of small amounts of carbon dioxide and methane." At the same time, the probe found traces of the presence of liquid water on the surface of the planet. ”
"In that case, the environment of this planet used to be a bit similar to that of Earth. Could it be that this planet really gave birth to life, and this face is really a living creature? Zhou Xin asked excitedly.
"Not sure, Captain." The Voyager poured cold water.
"Well, I'm so excited." Zhou Xin calmed down a little, "It's true that a face doesn't mean anything, but no matter what, it's better to go over and take a look." ”
The side face on the screen is getting bigger and bigger, and it also shows more details, and Zhou Xin can even recognize his facial features. Zhou Xin's emotions became excited again. "This looks more and more like a living creature, are we really going to encounter extraterrestrial life?" Zhou Xin muttered to himself.
"It can't be." The Voyager poured another basin of cold water, "Even if there was life on this planet, it is impossible for these lives to survive this unprepared nova explosion, not even a theoretical possibility, captain, you still don't have too much hope." ”
Zhou Xin felt a little disappointed, but quickly regained his strength, "It doesn't matter, even if all the life on this planet is wiped out, it is enough to know that life once existed on this planet." You must know that this is the first planet we have encountered, and traces of life can be seen on the first planet, indicating that there are many places where life exists in this universe, and we are not alone in the universe. ”
But as the camera zoomed in and the details of the side face were further revealed, Zhou Xin's excitement gradually turned into disappointment. The face turned out to be made up of just a few stones, but from a distance, those stones formed a side face of a human. When the robot changed its angle, it couldn't see its original appearance at all, and there were only a few strangely shaped stones in front of it.
"Ugh." Zhou Xin sighed, "It's another disappointing result, can't there be good news." ”
"Emotional ups and downs can affect the health of the body, Captain." Voyager said.
"Don't worry about these details, I'm in good health." Zhou Xin stood up and waved his hand vigorously to relax himself, and then he continued to sit down. "Go ahead and see what the other probes are doing." Zhou Xin said.
In the next few hours, Zhou Xin sat in front of the command platform and watched the scenes sent back by probes from all over the country. However, except for the occasional complete terrain, the rest is basically destroyed and unshaped, according to Voyager's analysis, those relatively well-preserved terrain should be in the middle part of the planet's plate, and the shock wave that spreads throughout the planet has little impact on this part, so these parts are preserved.
After looking at the repetitive terrain after a few hours, Zhou Xin began to feel bored, and the excitement of exploring the first planet disappeared without a trace.
Finally, Zhou Xin stretched out and stood up boredly, "It looks like there won't be anything new on this planet, Voyager, the rest of the reconnaissance will be handed over to you, if there is any new situation, come and inform me, I'll go out for a walk." After speaking, Zhou Xin walked out of the command cabin with Xiaobai......