Chapter 92: A Distress Signal (I wish you all a prosperous Year of the Monkey!) )
Immediately afterward, he noticed that there seemed to be an object in the distance reflecting a dazzling light. Well? Artificial! It's a fragment of some kind of metal! Xiao Cheng perked up, immediately slowed down his sailing, released a small detector, and chose the direction of the metal fragment to sail over.
There was an irregular asteroid with a diameter of more than ten kilometers nearby, and the probe with a diameter of only more than 30 centimeters flexibly avoided all kinds of tiny rubble, and approached the suspicious metal fragment little by little, and returned the detection data in a short time, which was actually the fragment of the external armor module of a cruiser-level starship, and there were some various fragments scattered around.
According to calculations, this starship should have been wrecked here five years ago, and it was unfortunate that like Xiao Cheng, it plunged into this asteroid belt, and with the huge body of the cruiser, it was indeed difficult to avoid these small meteorites.
Xiao Cheng was a little silent, the consequences of the disintegration of a starship in space are very serious, if the people who escaped cannot return to the nearby space buildings or habitable stars in time, it is impossible to hold out in space for more than 3 months just by relying on the escape capsule.
Nuwa, who was silent, suddenly said, "Maybe it's not so bad, there is a habitable star here." ”
What the? There is actually a habitable star in this wormhole? Xiao Cheng simply wondered if his ears had heard something wrong.
"You'll understand when you get out of this asteroid belt." Nuwa said briefly.
Xiao Cheng explored more and more starship fragments along the way, according to the analysis, the unknown cruiser was likely to hit a large area of meteorites and disintegrated on the spot, but fortunately, he did not scan the biomass, that is to say, no one died here, after all, he was a little relieved, and began to concentrate on the exit of the asteroid belt.
Due to the dense rubble, the starship never dared to travel too fast, and it took more than two full days to finally get out of the asteroid belt! At the same time, Xiao Cheng was also amazed by the breadth of coverage of this asteroid belt.
The scanner finally worked normally, and after careful scanning, Xiao Cheng finally found that this wormhole was actually composed of a complete galaxy, with a total of 14 planets revolving around the stars, according to Nuwa, this galaxy was originally supposed to be a normal galaxy outside the wormhole, but then the space near that galaxy suddenly collapsed, and the galaxy was completely "swallowed" into it, and then the space collapsed and slowly healed the "wound" to form the wormhole.
This asteroid belt is located between the sixth and seventh planets, and the habitable star here is the fourth planet, Xiao Cheng also has a great interest in this strange galaxy, so naturally the first thing he thinks of is to go to the habitable star in this wormhole to take a good look and compare it with the normal habitable star outside.
Switching the jump engine, the "Chuxin" quickly disappeared into space.
A few seconds later, the "Chuxin" jumped out of subspace, only 10,000 kilometers away from this mysterious habitable star, and the planet can already be observed very well, the scanner gives a detailed index, 70% on land, 30% in the ocean, 27% in oxygen, there is primitive carbon-based life, and the degree of evolution is average.
Xiao Cheng was slightly stunned, such a high oxygen content here shows that the body shape of the organisms on the planet should generally evolve to be quite large, which is not suitable for exploration on the planet, especially since he does not carry a battle mecha on this frigate. If he rashly enters the planetary land, I am afraid that he will end up in a very miserable situation...... As for piloting the "Chuxin" to land, he was still worried about encountering some accidents, this was the only vehicle he could get out of the wormhole! If something happens, you can't cry!
However, the development of many things will not be left to him.
Just when Xiao Cheng hesitated and was not ready to enter the planet's interior, the starship actually received an intermittent distress signal!
“…… Voyager ...... Distress...... 7 people...... Urgent ......"
The content is very vague, and it seems that the signal is not very good.
"Xiao Cheng, this is the first time I have obtained detailed information about this habitable star." Nuwa opened her mouth and said, "This distress signal is very unstable, maybe it was sent automatically many years ago, in this environment, the chance of human survival is almost infinitely close to zero, I suggest you still don't go to the rescue easily."
"Am I the kind of person who doesn't save me when I die?" Xiao Cheng shrugged his shoulders, "Under the starry sky, human beings are too small, and when they encounter compatriots in distress, saving people is the first criterion." ”
"That has to be a prerequisite for your own safety!" Nuwa was a little speechless.
Shaking his head, Xiao Cheng said: "I also know that this rescue mission is very dangerous, maybe nothing will be found, but if someone really survives, they have struggled in such a harsh environment for five years, it must be very difficult, the galaxy where this wormhole is located is already remote enough, if I leave today, the next time someone comes, I don't know when - I destroyed that position, maybe no one will come over in a short time...... Besides, the Firepower of the Chuxin is very strong, and I don't think those flesh-and-blood creatures can withstand the strafing of our powerful firepower. ”
After a pause: "Although it is the consensus of human beings not to destroy the ecology of the outer planet as much as possible...... But since it is to save people, if necessary, it has to be made once. ”
Nuwa sighed and said no more.
Xiao Cheng adjusted the direction of the "Chuxin" and rushed towards the direction of the signal source.
With the protection of the energy shield, the process of entering the atmosphere was very smooth, but what made Xiao Cheng feel slightly troubled was that the distress signal came from a large area of lush primeval forest below, even though the land of the planet was basically covered by forests.
Xiao Cheng tried to send a contact signal, according to the feedback information, his contact signal was actually blocked by these dense primeval forests, which is a bit weird, due to international practice, the distress signal is generally transmitted using the simplest optical quantum communication means, and he also uses the same means for feedback, how can it be blocked.
"Be careful, it's not the forest that's blocking the signal." Nuwa said suddenly, "Float in the stratosphere first and release the probe, something is not quite right in the forest below. ”
"Nuwa, did you find anything wrong?" Although Xiao Cheng had doubts, he would not doubt Nuwa's suggestion, so he immediately released the hive detector.
This kind of hive detector is a kind of detector specially for planetary exploration, each hive probe contains 500,000 ultra-micro flight detection robots, which can carry out the most detailed reconnaissance and scanning of the 100-kilometer radius, adapt to any climate environment, conduct detailed data analysis on the destination soil, air, biological, non-biotic and so on, and establish a complete data model in the control center system.
Because this ultra-miniature robot is a combination of biotechnology and electromechanical technology, a single electronic defense or biological defense means will not work on them, and because the volume of the individual is not more than 2 mm, it is extremely concealed, and it is generally difficult to detect and prevent.
This is also one of the equipment brought out from the main base of Nuwa, but the technical content is not high, it is regarded as the standard equipment of various countries, and many expeditions are even equipped with such devices to scan some planets in detail, and the size of the "fine dust" monitor robot carried by the bald dragon has even shrunk to less than one millimeter, which is much more advanced than this hive detector.
The "Chuxin" was smoothly suspended in the stratosphere above where the distress signal was located, waiting for the feedback results of these detectors, Xiao Cheng stared at the analysis results of the optical brain, and soon, the detailed data modeling of the primeval forest within a radius of 100 kilometers began to take shape, and there seemed to be nothing wrong.
"Maybe my previous induction was wrong...... Nuwa herself was a little unsure.
"It looks like everything is going well, so I'd better go down and have a look." Xiao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and ordered all the hive detector robots to return to the mother warehouse, and then the mother warehouse automatically flew back to the "Chuxin." ”