"It's blank. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Atlas replied, "The description of this area on the star map is normal space, not an unknown area. ”

Although Atlas confirmed the information of this blank area on the star map, everyone still had doubts about this empty space.

"It's too big a blank space." Spred began by saying, "Judging from the distance between the front and back planets, two more planets in this area are more than enough. ”

Darton agreed, "I think there's something here, too." Atlas, you're looking for any strange markings in this area of the star map. ”

"No, everyone has searched for the star map several times, and they have searched every inch of it, and there is really nothing in this area." Atlas confirmed.

Zhou Xin thought for a while, and then thought of the situation in the solar system, and he said, "It's possible that there are really no planets in this place. Dart: Do you remember the asteroid belt in the solar system? Perhaps there is a similar asteroid belt in this empty area, and you should not be able to observe such a small celestial body. ”

Hearing Zhou Xin's statement, everyone only thought for a few seconds before agreeing, and even Atlas showed a thoughtful look, "This statement of the captain's brother is very likely, if there is an asteroid in this area, we really can't observe it." ”

After discussing for a while, Zhou Xin motioned for Atlas to continue to introduce the situation of the target galaxy, so everyone refocused their attention on the big screen.

Atlas first swept the four inner planets with his baton, and then spoke: "According to the introduction on the star map, these four planets are generally small, basically in the smallest celestial bodies that our observation equipment can observe. ”

"Smaller?" Zhou Xin asked curiously, "How small is it?" ”

Atlas was suddenly asked, she couldn't find any stars to compare for a while, she tilted her head and thought for a moment, then patted her head and replied: "It's almost a little smaller than the Earth, and if it's a little smaller, the observation equipment won't be visible." ”

Zhou Xin nodded and motioned for Atlas to continue, "This is one of the planets. Atlas pointed to the fourth planet from the inside out, "It's probably the largest of the four, about 1.5 times the size of Earth." Moreover, the planet is located in the habitable zone of this galaxy. ”

Everyone suddenly became interested in the planet, and Spred asked, "Habitable zone?" Where is the planet located in the habitable zone? Edge or middle? ”

"Right in the middle." Atlas replied.

Hearing this answer, some people became a little excited, this is the first time they have encountered a planet located in the middle of the habitable zone, you know, the only planet they have encountered that is located in the middle of the habitable zone is the earth. Except for Earth, all the planets they had encountered before in the habitable zone were all on the edge of the habitable zone, so everyone present who knew about the earth was happy.

Seeing the expressions of the others, many of the Thunder Star people present felt inexplicable, seeing their puzzled expressions, Dart explained to them slightly, and at the same time as Dart explained, Zhou Xin held his chin and fell into contemplation.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Xin opened his mouth and asked Atlas: "Atlas, let the planet be released in advance, let's introduce the situation of the star in this galaxy first." ”

Hearing Zhou Xin's question, the excited people also calmed down, they looked at Atlas with concern, and under Zhou Xin's reminder, they finally remembered another important thing - it is not enough to be a planet located in the habitable zone, if the parent star it orbits is an unstable star, then it is useless where the planet is located in the habitable zone.

However, Atlas's answer made everyone settle down a little, "The star?" It's a stable star in the main-sequence stage. It's slightly larger than the Sun, and it's a little younger than the Sun, about 4.5 billion years old. No violent eruptions were observed in the time observed during the star map, and nothing else. ”

After listening to Atlas's introduction, Zhou Xin was still not too excited, but continued to signal her to continue to introduce the situation of other planets. Seeing this, everyone also calmed down, they had experienced a lot of disappointment before visiting the galaxy, and the situation on this planet only shows that the probability of civilization on the planet is a little greater, and it does not mean that there must be civilization on it, most of the people present understand this, so they are not too gaffe.

Atlas then introduces the second and third planets, both of which are very ordinary planets, and in terms of size and location, it is very likely that they are rocky planets. After the introduction, Atlas pointed to the innermost track, and then showed a mysterious expression.

Seeing the little girl's expression, Zhou Xin felt very strange, but this time Atlas didn't sell it, just paused and began to say: "Brother Captain, do you remember the galaxy I was in before?" ”

"You mean the galaxy where the frozen planet is located?" Zhou Xin nodded, "Of course I remember, at that time, we were still looking for Atlanteans on that planet for a long time, what's the matter, does this planet have anything to do with that frozen planet?" ”

The little girl shook her head, "No, no, no, it doesn't matter, and people aren't talking about that planet, they're talking about another, the planet closest to the star." ”

Under Atlas's reminder, Zhou Xin still thought for a long time before remembering, and he hesitated and said, "You mean the planet that is only 0.2 AU away from the star?" ”

The little girl nodded vigorously, "That's it, but the two planets don't have anything to do with each other, they're just a little bit alike." She pointed to the innermost orbit on the chart, "Does the captain's brother know how far this planet is from the star?" This time, she paused for a moment before continuing, "You can't imagine that this planet is only fifteen million kilometers away from the star it orbits. ”

Everyone had no idea about this distance at first, and even Zhou Xin was a little puzzled, but he knew the conversion relationship between the distance unit of kilometers and the distance unit of astronomical units, and he calculated the result in a single thought, and he was immediately surprised.

"0.1 AU?!" Zhou Xin exclaimed in surprise, "This distance is too exaggerated, Atlas, have you read it wrong, how can there be a planet at such a close location?!" ”

When Zhou Xin shouted this distance, the Thunder Star people present, including Spred, also showed a look of surprise, they had visited the galaxy where the frozen planet was located with Zhou Xin before, so they still had a little idea of this unit. At the same time that the Thunderstar was surprised, Dart also showed a look of surprise, apparently he had also completed his unit conversion and understood how close it was.

"It's the first time I've seen a planet so close." Atlas continued, "Because it's so close to the star, the star chart doesn't have a lot of information about the planet, but it's scary to think about. ”

Zhou Xin nodded, "Indeed, it's terrifying to think about, but it's a very interesting research object, such a close distance from the star can actually form a planet, won't it be torn apart by the huge gravitational pull of the star?" ”

"Uh-huh." Atlas nodded vigorously, "People are also very curious about this planet, and they must explore it when they get there." ”

Of course, despite the excitement, Atlas did not forget to introduce the situation of the remaining planets. But there is nothing strange about the remaining four planets, and based on their position and size, the four planets in outer orbit can be almost certainly determined to be giant planets. As for the rest, the Atlanteans did not say much about the planets on the star map they left behind, or their observation equipment did not look at the planets in more detail.

"Okay, that's what the galaxy we're going to look like, and there's nothing more to say on the other star charts." Atlas concluded.

After listening to Atlas's words, everyone present fell into deep thought, and after a while, Zhou Xin figured it out, and seeing that everyone else had something to say, he stopped: "Okay, I almost know what you are going to say, it's nothing more than guessing about the situation in this galaxy, this time we won't speculate like before, anyway, we will be able to reach our destination in more than a month, and we will know the specific situation of that galaxy at that time." ”

After listening to Zhou Xin's words, everyone was slightly stunned, but they didn't raise any objections. Only then did they turn their attention to the present time, and everyone was surprised to find that before they knew it, it was already late at night. So everyone was in no mood to continue, and they dispersed and went back to rest. Zhou Xin was the last to leave, and before leaving, he looked at the star map on the screen for a while, and then he shook his head and left the command cabin with a puzzled expression......

Another month has passed, and there are only a little over three days left before Voyager reaches the target system, and during this month, everything is working normally. Inside the spaceship, repairs are in full swing, although it is said that the ship's repairs cannot be completely completed before reaching the target planet, but with the help of the Atlanteans, the speed has been significantly accelerated, according to the estimates of the Voyager, the maintenance work at this stage that originally took more than three months is now estimated to be completed in only two and a half months. Zhou Xin is still very satisfied with this, because in his opinion, the spaceship will encounter unknown situations, and if he maintains the best condition, he will be more confident in dealing with unexpected situations.

On this day, Zhou Xin finished his day's work, and when he was about to get on the ship to sleep, a notice came from the Voyager.

"Your Excellency, Captain, this ship has left the warp speed flight state and entered normal space." The notice of the Traveler was very brief, but when Zhou Xin listened to this notice, he suddenly felt inexplicable, and calculated the time in his heart, and a trace of ominous premonition flashed in his heart.

This time he couldn't sleep anymore, and hurriedly put on his clothes, and he hurried back to the command cabin that he had just left.

As soon as he opened the door of the command cabin, Zhou Xin asked directly: "What's the matter, isn't there more than three days left to reach the destination?" Why are you out of hyperspace now? ”

In the command module, several thunder people on duty were busy checking in front of their respective consoles, and now each of them had a confused look on their faces, hearing Zhou Xin's question, they did not stop their movements, and one of them replied while operating: "We don't know what the situation is, the spacecraft left the warp space suddenly, and there was no sign at all before leaving the warp space." Wait, we're trying to restart the warp engine. ”

Zhou Xin walked into the command cabin, but he didn't sit down, but walked between the various consoles, he browsed the data displayed on the console, and found that there was no warning on it, staring at the normal information on the last console, he asked puzzled: "Voyager, is there a problem with the various systems on the spacecraft?" Why did we leave the warp space early? ”

"Everything is working fine with all the systems on board." The Voyager's answer made Zhou Xin even more puzzled, "This machine has not received an abnormal report. ”

"Everything is normal?" Zhou Xin said to himself, "Could it be that the time estimate is wrong?" We've reached the vicinity of the target galaxy? So he asked, "Voyager, check where we are now, have we reached the target galaxy?" ”

After a while, the Voyager replied, "After observation, this ship is still about a light moon away from the target galaxy, and it will take three days to reach it in warp mode." ”

Seeing that the conclusion of the Voyager was the same as predicted before, Zhou Xin's heart was at a loss, he carefully sorted out the current situation, and in the end, he could only attribute the problem to the warp engine that did not have detection equipment installed.

When he came to this conclusion, Zhou Xin was still a little unconvinced, because just a month ago, Spred had just told him that there was no problem with the warp engine, so he was still thinking about it in his heart, trying to find out other reasons.

While he was thinking, the thunder people finally figured out what the problem was. After discovering what was wrong, several Thunderstar people present showed surprised expressions, and the Thunderstar man who answered before shouted: "How is it possible, the warp engine has lost power......!" ”