It was December 2099, the turn of the century.

Celebrations begin on Earth, and in fact there is a special part of the year when the first of the spacecraft to explore the stars will arrive on Barnard Star.

Barnard's Star, a very small red dwarf, is located near the β Ophiuchus, only about 6 light-years away from the Earth, and was named after Barnard, an astronomer from the Free Lighthouse Nation who discovered it in 1916, and is the closest star system to humans and the second closest to the Sun in the universe, but because its apparent magnitude is only 9.54, it is already the so-called tenth-magnitude bright star, and the human eye cannot see Barnard's Star.

As the spacecraft approached, a series of data from the probe's field survey was presented on a map of the Milky Way.

But for Cao Chuan, because of the quantum entanglement communication equipment, he now has a valuable opportunity, that is, to experience the whole process of detecting Barnard from the perspective of a "robot".

"Is the master ready? It's good to give us this opportunity. "Follow behind, Nana, White Lotus shouted.

"No, I finally got such an opportunity, how can I just give it to others? It's a big deal, you can use the observer's point of view. Cao Chuan will not waste such a precious opportunity, you must know that each of the stars around the solar system has its own characteristics, and for himself, every opportunity is unique and unavailable.

"Okay." Hearing such a strong refusal from her master, Nana could only shake her head, thinking that when she had more power, she would have to do these things by herself, she couldn't help but regret a little, if she didn't transfer all the affairs of the solar system to Sylvie, while the master was away, she would definitely be able to do a lot of things she liked secretly.

"Start the connection... Consciousness loads...", a synthesized electronic sound sounds. Cao Chuan turned on the precious quantum entanglement communication device and descended his consciousness on the robot of the exploration spaceship several light years away.

Permission confirmed, head synchronization completed, head twisted... Up and down, left and right, this is the cabin of the exploration of the Hengyue-class spaceship? His arms are synchronised and he waves his arms. Through the eyes, a pair of hands that do not belong to a human are seen, from a humanoid robot; Finally with his feet synced, he stood up and tried to walk around, experiencing his new body.

Although he had repeatedly laughed at the dilemma of the 3 loli when they were resurrected, when the same thing happened to Cao Chuan, he was also hit, and in less than a few seconds, his body suddenly lost control and fell crooked. Just sit on the ground.

"......" He seemed to be able to hear the ridicule of Nana, White Lotus and Joan of Arc who were looking at him from the perspective of an observer, and he helplessly managed to stand up.

It wasn't until 10 minutes later that he barely got used to it, and then he walked to the captain's cabin and checked the map of Barnard, "Barnard, 3000 degrees Celsius. With a diameter of 200,000 kilometers, a star slightly larger than Jupiter. Coupled with the fact that no planets have been confirmed to exist, only a few dwarf planets exist in the frontier region, it means that the exploration value has been judged to be none? ”

Cao Chuan said: "This is also something that can't be helped... Even radio telescopes can't see exactly how many planets there are in adjacent star systems and how much pioneering value they have, so. It will have to wait until the ship arrives in the interior of the star system. ”

"The hosts... Did you just give up? Why don't you let us do it? Nana saw Cao Chuan's disappointed expression, and wanted to say that Barnard Star is not just these things, there is no development value, which means that next, the fate of this Hengyue-class spaceship is at their disposal.

Originally. They don't plan to recycle the spacecraft involved in the stellar exploration plan, but there is no distant port to maintain and replenish energy for these exploration spacecraft, even if it is until they return, it will be half a century, at this time, the economy and science and technology of the East Galaxy Company must have reached a new height, and when the spacecraft returns, it will have no other role than entering the museum, or dismantling it into original materials.

"You want to experience it?" Cao Chuan asked, "I didn't say give up... If you're interested, I'll leave the exploration of the next few star systems to you. ”

As he said this, he was bound to be greeted by the unanimous white eyes of the three Lori, and he touched his head, since the goal of exploring the exploitable planet could not be completed, he would first try to explore the Barnard Star itself.

Exploring the stars, something that the East Galaxy has never done before, is due to the fact that the surface temperature of their nearest star, the Sun, is as high as 6,000 degrees Celsius, making the exploration very risky.

Barnard is different, its surface is only 3000 degrees Celsius, which is a temperature that a spacecraft can easily withstand, and then pay attention to the altitude of the spacecraft and don't get caught by gravity, then they can explore safely.

The spacecraft soon approached an altitude of 200,000 kilometers, where a crimson giant star occupies most of the field of vision, and the light and dark areas alternating between light and dark can be faintly seen on it.

The ship's hull was subjected to a direct rise in temperature, not long reaching 1,500 degrees Celsius, a temperature that melted steel.

The sun erupted, and its visible part of the light stretched for nearly 10,000 kilometers, and the streams of matter and rays emitted from it could easily penetrate their spaceship.

"Strongly interfered with! Steady! Cao Chuan screamed, and he felt that his vision had become blurred, and the sensors representing the humanoid robot had gone out of control, and even the consciousness commands he had issued had become delayed.

Fortunately, after a while, the world around him quieted down, and it seemed that the destruction of Rir had just ended, and he checked the ship again, and the sturdy spaceship could almost be said to be covered in bruises, and it was estimated that after suffering such two or three shocks, it would completely turn into slag.

"Anyway, hurry up and start calculating!" Cao Chuan gave an order, and one unmanned unit after another worked to measure the real temperature of the surroundings, the composition of matter, the strength of gravity, the intensity of radiation and other parameters.

Therefore, the humanoid robot controlled by Cao Chuan himself does not have to do anything, just play soy sauce, and the main purpose is to let him feel the feeling when he is close to the star.

"It's just that this Barnard star is too small, and if it is close to Sirius, or a star of the level of VY Canis Major, it is estimated that it will be stimulated, but according to our current technology, it may be turned into ashes before the spacecraft is close."

He pondered, and couldn't help but sigh that human beings were still so small in front of the universe, and a few hours later, a series of data returned, bringing first-hand information.

"I finally have a thorough understanding of a star. In this way, whether it is the cognition of the gas planet, or the technology to complete the ignition of the gas planet and turn it into a star, it should be more certain. ”

For example, understanding the gas planets such as Jupiter and stars can better help them develop the resources above; If they want to transform the ecological environment, if they take the way of natural transformation, then artificial stars are bound to be a technical problem that they must solve, and they can even use them as weapons to directly ignite a gas planet, which is definitely a star-destroying weapon.

"If you collect information, you have to collect at least a little more, and consider the rules and simulations at the right time, otherwise what's the point of making it now?" Cao Chuan said to himself, store the data, so that Barnard really seems to have nothing to explore, looking for its asteroid? It's too time-consuming, and it won't do any good. Looking for dark energy tidals? The 14 moon-class spacecraft of the planets are not equipped with dark energy observation equipment, so there is no way to find them.

So he decided to sink the Hengyue-class ship.

The spacecraft approached the surface of Barnard, the surrounding temperature rose to 3000 degrees Celsius, the hull shell glowed reddish, and then the spacecraft touched the hot stellar hot sea like lava, which is a highly dense substance that provides very good buoyancy, unfortunately the spacecraft floated on top for dozens of kilometers, and it didn't take long for it to be annihilated by the churning lava.

The star exploration program has come to an end on Barnard's side. (To be continued.) )