At the same moment, NASA headquarters in the United States. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

White, the pot-bellied officer? Merson was huddled behind his desk with a tablet, watching a video intently. The video was so moving that Merson was sitting on his knees, looking nervous, and even twisting his body, and he didn't turn on the volume, so the sound of the full-screen brain fill the picture. However, that didn't stop him from watching this wonderful video.

It wasn't a NASA astronaut spacewalk, or a top-secret footage sent back by a Mars rover, it was just a video pushed on the homepage of the No. 1 adult video site in the United States.

Merson, who was born as a bureaucrat, did not understand the advanced technology of NASA, and did not have the slightest interest in rockets and aircraft.

The country that claims to be the most "democratic" on the planet not only has no direct election of its leaders, but also has nothing to do with democracy in thousands of key positions from the federal government to the state government, and each government appoints thousands or even tens of thousands of government officials. These so-called administrative officers do not need to go through any kind of civil service examination, and can be as high as a cabinet minister (which needs to be approved by the Senate), even though most of them may have no political experience and no professional knowledge in the industry. Merson is one such political officer, and after his term ends, he may also be co-opted by the newly elected government to stay in office or even promoted, or he may be hired as a consultant by some private company based on his management experience at NASA. At worst, he could publish a book, or become a successful orator or something. In the United States and other Western countries, in the United States, such titled speakers are in great demand, and their prices are quite superior, and they are much more profitable than those who have a skill and are very capable.

Just as Merson's eyes were fixed on the tablet screen, the door to his office was suddenly pushed open. Merson's number one scientist, Bowie, an astronomer with a quarter Indian ancestry, barged in.

Merson was in a hurry, panicked and locked the screen of the tablet in his hand directly, and couldn't help but be glad that he didn't turn on the volume, otherwise he would make a big fool in front of his subordinates.

Merson was very angry, glared at Bowie in front of him and said, "You guy, don't you know to knock on the door before entering the door?" If this is again about the deletion of projects, I can tell you that it is useless for you to look for me, now that the whole United States is cutting budgets, it is a blessing that NASA can withstand the non-layoffs, and the old dogs of the union do not dare to squeak, NASA has no money to invest in projects that do not see any return! ”

Bowie was not deterred by Merson's barrage of questions, he waved the document in his hand, his face was full of excitement and worry, and said loudly: "Director Merson, I'm not here to discuss those things with you, something big has happened, this time it's really a big thing!" ”

Regardless of it, he took a few photos in his hand on Merson's desk, pointed to the photos and said, "This is the photo taken by our solar observation satellite an hour ago." ”

Merson glanced at the picture and said disdainfully, "Why are you showing me the sun?" ”

Bowie, who was accustomed to Merson's idiocy, opened the first photo to reveal the second below, and continued: "The images of the sun that we take with SDO are all filtered, otherwise nothing can be seen in the photograph. However, the filter can sometimes make other things go unnoticed, as we have discovered now. ”

Merson saw the second photo, which was a manipulated photograph of the sun on the side of the sun, and it seemed that something was there.

"Our observers felt like they were seeing something, and they turned their lenses on the place and zoomed in."

When the third photo was unveiled to Merson, he was completely shocked.

"My God, what the hell are you showing me?! Are you playing a prank? ”

Bowie shook his head solemnly and said, "I'm not going to be bored to this point, sir. It's my job to scout extraterrestrial civilizations and intelligent creatures, and I'm not going to joke with my job. It's an alien starfleet, and it's pretty sizable. ”

Merson recognized the seriousness of the problem, he pointed to the photo in front of him, trying his best to calm his expression, but he couldn't help the corners of his mouth twitching, "Can you confirm the authenticity of the photo?" ”

Bowie nodded: "Yes, we have mobilized different means to investigate and observe the alien fleet in the orbit of the sun, and if necessary, we can also cross-compare with our counterparts in Europe and Japan, even if we ask the Russians and Chinese." But I believe that their conclusions will be similar - our solar system has been visited by an alien civilization. ”

Merson was distraught, and he spent nearly half a minute digesting the information, then stared at Bowie and asked, "Can you confirm their intentions?" Is there anything useful that can be obtained from analyzing their spaceship? ”

Bowie said: "For the time being, we don't know the purpose of this alien fleet, and they have not communicated with Earth, at least we have not received any form of communication. However, my researchers analyzed the shape of the spacecraft and unfortunately concluded that all but the largest were supposed to be used for war purposes. ”

Merson dropped the tablet in his hand on the ground, but he didn't pick it up at all, "What did you say?" Are those ships starships? Did they discover the existence of intelligent life on Earth? ”

Bowie smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Those things are too similar to the starships that appear in our science fiction works, and some of the structures are obviously designed to adapt to the conflict of war." As for the question of whether our earth has been exposed, even if the other party has not discovered us earthlings now, I believe it will not be long before they will know. ”

Merson's tension jumped to the maximum, "Are these aliens here to invade the Earth?" ”

Bowie was a little helpless: "How do I know, these should be things that the White House considers." ”

Merson reacted, immediately grabbed the confidential line phone, and said: "That's right, we must report it immediately, let the Pentagon come up with a defense plan, contact all allies, we can defeat the alien invaders, right, that's how it is played in our movies." ”

Bowie looked at the flustered Merson, but his heart was cold. If the earthlings lose to the aliens in a Hollywood movie, then who will watch it? In reality, an alien fleet that has crossed an unknown number of light years to come to the solar system, and the technology is not known how many times more advanced than the earth, in the face of such an enemy, can the earthlings really defeat the enemy and defend their homeland like in "Independence Day" or "The Battle of Los Angeles"?

With Merson's hectic schedule, news of a mysterious starfleet visiting the solar system reached the White House and the Pentagon. And in Europe, Russia, China and other aerospace powers, the same news began to spread. There is a limit to this spread, and all government departments have kept their teeth shut and there has been no leakage of the news.

No one knows what awaits them.