Chapter 36: The Unknown Planet
Anyway, no people were observed above, and there was no need for the army to go out, and the landing of the Confederate army might also destroy some traces. Soon, the 100 teaching areas of the School of Archaeology received the news that they were ready to select candidates from the colleges of the Academy to explore terrestrial planets.
This news immediately detonated the School of Archaeology, and soon the turmoil spread to the entire United Star, and the major colleges announced that they would conduct student selections, with the same goal and the same terrestrial planet to explore.
When carrying out the body, these colleges that stocked students were rarely taken seriously, and meticulously monitored to prevent cheating, after all, no one wants the lives of students to be safe. You must know that the power of human rights organizations within the Confederacy is quite strong, and although it will not have an impact on the political structure of the entire Confederacy, no one wants human rights organizations to always come out to disgust themselves, so it is better to avoid unexpected situations.
Ringer's medical examination went smoothly, and after scanning with various instruments, some external tests were performed. Success in the selection criteria, the sign of success is that Ringer received a transmitted video material. Because humans did not inhabit it, all of the planets were numbered, not officially named, and numbered M46.
The solar system has planets, three rocky planets and four gaseous planets. One of them is in the habitable zone that humans think, when the solar system was just discovered, the Confederate space fleet found some suspected man-made objects in the outer solar system, this discovery can definitely not be described as overjoyed, and even found that the space fleet here is ready for battle, and later after observation, it was found that although the solar system has habitable planets, there is no trace of civilization on it.
This terrestrial planet, which is about twice the size of Earth, is orbited by five moon-like moons. Two of these satellites have very short orbital distances, less than 10,000 kilometers and less than half the Earth's equator. While this is not a distance where a collision can occur at any time, it is definitely not safe.
One of the moon-like moons is slightly larger than the Moon, and above all has an atmosphere on it, which has almost all the characteristics of a planet: not only all the weather phenomena of the planet, but also the planet-like landform and internal structure, the volcanoes on it are also active, and surprisingly it also has a magnetic field that only planets have.
On this moon-like moon, the Confederate government discovered a military facility similar to a fortress, the other two rocky planets, the one too close to the sun, had no artificial facilities, and the other planet the size of the Earth also showed signs of civilization. However, after investigation, the Earth-sized planet itself does not have the conditions to produce life.
The traces of civilization on this planet belong to the planet in the habitable zone. This means that species from planet M46 have landed on nearby rocky planets, similar to earthlings landing on Mars.
Subsequently, on many planetary moons in the solar system, buildings similar to laboratories and observatories were discovered. According to the analysis of many departments of the Confederacy, at least this civilization is rampant within the solar system, and its footprints are all over the solar system.
At this stage, it stands to reason that we should concentrate on big things and quickly develop the planet. However, things went wrong at this point, and eventually, after a long time, the excavation of the planet was handed over to the school of Union.
When Ringer thinks about the confederation system in which human society is now similar to that of an aristocratic republic, he can understand what the problem is. It's okay to explore the planet, but to whom does the loot go? If this problem is not solved, you should never think about planetary exploration, and would rather put it there.
The last group of villains forced each other to be gentlemen, and as a result, everyone wore hypocrites, and the Confederation government finally chose not to intervene, letting the major academies and related departments go by themselves, and the Confederate army blockaded the solar system and warned some forces to secretly enter the excavation.
Continuing to look down, Ringer felt that there was something wrong inside, why was the color of this planet so strange. Because habitable planets have an atmosphere, the color of the sky we see is actually the color of the light scattered by the atmosphere. If the sky is very pure, without the scattering of the atmosphere and other particles, then, except for the sun, moon, and stars, the whole sky background will be dark, and the earth will be seen from outer space, there is no atmosphere, and the appearance of the earth is definitely not blue.
The color of the planet has an uncomfortable feeling. When looking at the video materials, Xuan Zixun happened to come in, and like Ringer, she also successfully entered the standard.
"Based on our observations of nearby celestial bodies. This planet was once affected by a supernova explosion, about 170,000 years ago! "This may be the reason for the collapse of the local civilization." ”
"If that's the case, this luck is really not something that ordinary people can catch up with." Ringer was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether the planet numbered M46 was lucky or unlucky. When a supernova explodes, it releases gamma-ray bursts, which are the most violent energy in the universe. Gamma-ray bursts do not erupt irregularly in all directions, but are mainly concentrated in the polar regions of the star, which is like a bullet loaded, so each supernova is like a sharpshooter, and its bullets are fired only in a specific direction. If you're not in this direction, then you can rest easy, but if you're unfortunate enough to be in the "scope" of a supernova, it's over.
There are still plants on this planet, which proves it. Not all life on the planet has perished. Of course, it may also be that it is rejuvenated after the disaster, after all, the simpler the cell organization, the faster the recovery will always be. 170,000 years is not a long time for a planet, but it is not a short time for a species. If conditions permit, 170,000 years is enough time for a planet to recover some vitality.
"The atmosphere of this planet is much thicker than that of ordinary planets, and this may be the reason why some creatures hold on." Ringer noticed that the planet's thick atmosphere was at least as high as that of velvet if the Earth's atmosphere belonged to underwear.
"What time does the academy leave?" Ringer was also full of curiosity, he had never seen other civilizations when he was so old, he had only heard about it from the base, which was an order of magnitude different from seeing it with his own eyes.
"I heard that it's going to be soon, after all, there are 100,000 people in total this time, so I might have to plan it." Purple Kaoru sighed, 100,000 people is one-tenth of the number of people in the Archaeology Academy, which seems like a lot, but for a planet. It's not even a drop in the bucket.