Three days, not too long, not too short, basically still passed in the blink of an eye, until about four o'clock this morning, the Hope arrived at the predetermined location, and it was only a thousand kilometers away from the far edge and outermost part of the alien spacecraft ruins.

At eight o'clock in the morning, a team of 12 people, including Yao Yuan, Wang Guangzheng, many scientists, researchers, etc., as well as a considerable number of army soldiers, and a large number of technical staff, these people were concentrated in the control room of the Hope, where all the information of the Hope can be summarized, including the information transmitted from the monitoring and detection room.

"Ten unmanned miners will be launched after a ten-second countdown."

"Ten, Nine, Eight......"

As the ten-second countdown was completed, ten unmanned miners were launched from the bridge of the USS Hope into outer space, and with the activation of the Spitfire system, ten unmanned miners began to fly towards the ruins of the alien battleship in the distance.

Everyone is closely watching the path of the unmanned mining machine, and through the feedback from the camera installed on each unmanned mining machine, there are ten screens in the control room, and each screen is a picture of the unmanned mining machine.

"Twenty minutes to go." Yao Yuan looked at the screen and said.

The space flight speed of the unmanned mining machine is not fast, the distance of 1,000 kilometers takes about 20 minutes, but it is about the same, the original design of the unmanned mining machine needs, but a very close space collection mission, too fast speed and the like may cause problems, and its "cheap" cost can be used as a source of consumables.

Otherwise, if it is like a new shuttle, a ship needs to use a large number of metals, alloys, technology, personnel, parts, etc., and it takes several months for each factory on the Hope to be able to make one, such an expensive creation, who would be willing to use it as an experimental consumable?

Twenty minutes of waiting time flickered by, and when the last minute, when the unmanned mining machine was about to enter the edge of the ruin belt, everyone's eyes widened, staring at the few unmanned mining machines at the very front, everyone wanted to see the changes of these unmanned mining machines...... Is it through or is it destroyed?

The answer is undoubtedly gratifying.

The ten drones all passed through the ruins with great ease, and after crashing into a few small metal shards, they rushed deeper into the ruins.

"Okay!"

Everyone at the scene cheered, everyone was full of smiles, in fact, at the moment when the unmanned mining machine passed through the ruins of the alien battleship, the vast majority of people even stood upside down, that kind of hope, that kind of worry, that kind of fear, all kinds of emotions were mixed together, it was really difficult to distinguish and describe for a while, but until now, everyone was only left with surprise in their hearts.

"Okay, now the unmanned miner is back ......"

The commander of the unmanned mining machine was about to say this, when suddenly, the ten monitoring screens representing the unmanned mining machine suddenly turned black one by one, one by two, three ...... In just a second or two, ten screens went black at the same time!

Yao Yuan reacted the fastest, and immediately shouted: "Switch the screen, put the remote monitoring video out, the time when the unmanned mining machine lost contact just now, recall the image just now, I want to see what happened to the unmanned mining machine!" ”

Soon, the remote monitoring screen of the hope flashed on the main screen, and at the same time that the unmanned mining machine lost its signal just now, in fact, the unmanned mining machine did not receive any attack, they still continued to fly towards the depths of the ruins, until the remote monitoring screen turned back to the synchronous time image, the ten unmanned mining machines were still safe and sound, and they were still moving towards the inside of the ruins.

Everyone on the scene was silent, everyone's face was not very good-looking, some of these experts immediately began to get busy, in fact, the situation in front of them is also one of the situations expected in advance, that is, the unmanned mining machine lost remote control, was interfered with by the signal, or was blocked by the signal, anti-control and the like, after all, the technology of human beings and the alien civilization is very different, who knows if the other party can easily control the power of the unmanned mining machine, this is a situation that no one knows.

"Check the source! Analyze it now! ”

The experts immediately sprang into action, analyzing the signal source fed back to the system by the unmanned mining machine in an attempt to find out the reason for the loss of control of the unmanned mining machine.

But alas, there is no ...... In the unmanned longitudinal system of the unmanned mining machine, no hidden signals have been found, or at least with the current level of human technology, no signals have been found, as if an invisible hand has cut off the communication between the unmanned mining machine and the Hope in an instant.

Everyone present was silent, and this cold field lasted for a long time, Yao Yuan said categorically: "Send the second batch of ten unmanned mining machines, and at the same time turn on the remote monitoring system to synchronize detection, calculate the unmanned mining plane crash distance, take action, gentlemen, ladies, only the first batch of unmanned mining machines, you must know that this action is imperative, I don't want to listen to any reason to delay or refuse, let's take action!" ”

In fact, there is no need for Yao Yuan to say, the rest of the people also acted quickly, and for this tentative action, everyone present has already been mentally prepared enough, indeed as Yao Yuan said, it is really imperative, unless it is 100% confirmed that once it gets close, it will be exploded by a scientific and technological weapon that exceeds human imagination, otherwise as long as there is even the slightest possibility of approaching, they will not give up this operation no matter what...... The future of technology! There is no need for human beings to struggle for decades or hundreds of years, as long as they can explore and obtain the technology in this ruin in front of them, then human beings may immediately enter the category of the fourth industrial revolution, or even the fifth industrial revolution, which will be an unimaginable scientific progress!

Because of this, any sacrifice is actually permissible as long as it does not hurt the underlying situation...... Including Yao Yuan's own sacrifice, and even the sacrifice of the entire team of twelve elite new humans!

When the second batch of ten unmanned mining machines was launched, Yao Yuan said to Zhang Heng and Ren Yanyue at the same time: "Zhang Heng, Ren Yanyue, you and I carefully feel the ten unmanned mining machines, feel carefully, I remember that when I was wandering in the asteroid belt, I once felt a faint threat to the sun, and afterwards it turned out that the nascent sun had undergone a drastic change, so I guess that the Prophet skill will not be weakened due to violence, a distance of 1,000 kilometers...... The three of us tried to sense it together! ”

Zhang Heng naturally nodded yes, but Ren Xuanyue pursed her lips and didn't speak, but her eyes glanced at Ren Tao lightly, looking at Ren Tao in a daze, she suddenly felt angry in her heart, and immediately turned her eyes away and looked carefully at the ten unmanned mining machines on the screen.

Soon, another twenty minutes passed, and as everyone held their breath, ten unmanned miners passed through the very edge of the ruins, slashed past some small pieces of metal, and entered deeper into the ruins...... "The approximate range that was out of control before is here, and then ......"

The commander of the unmanned mining machine said at this time, sure enough, his voice did not fall, and the monitoring screen representing the ten unmanned mining machines turned black one by one, obviously, the ten unmanned mining machines also lost control, and in the remote monitoring video, the ten unmanned mining machines were still flying forward, deeper into the ruins.

"It's about eight kilometers inward from the edge of the ruins!"

Soon, the researchers next to him calculated the runaway distance of the unmanned mining machine, and again, no anomalous or hidden information was found in the system.

Yao Yuan immediately looked at Zhang Heng and Ren Xuanyue, Zhang Heng shook his head directly, and Ren Xuanyue hesitated for a moment, and also shook his head, Yao Yuan said: "Yes, I don't feel any sense of danger, not even the slightest sense of incongruity, as if ...... It's as if it's natural for those unmanned miners to lose control. ”

Speaking of this, Yao Yuan pondered for a moment, then looked at Ren Tao and said, "What do you think?" ”

Ren Tao wiped his face with his hand, and then said: "Another group of unmanned mining machines will be launched, but each group will only launch five, what do you think?" ”

Yao Yuan laughed, he nodded and said: "As I thought, okay, launch a group of five unmanned mining planes, and we will first confirm whether the location of the loss of control is fixed within eight kilometers of the ruins." ”

"Captain's order, reflect five unmanned miners, countdown, ten, nine, eight......"

Then another 20 minutes of waiting time, in fact, in this waiting time, many researchers and scientists have felt tired, not that they are tired from waiting like this, but that the tension and anticipation lasted for 20 minutes, and then there was a sudden loss of control, and all these psychological changes caused by fatigue.

However, they continued until twenty minutes later, when the five unmanned miners safely passed the outermost line of the ruins, and then lost control again eight kilometers deep into the ruins.

Until this time, the staff and others all looked at Yao Yuan, waiting for him to launch the next group of unmanned mining machines, but he gave a strange order.

"The engine of the Hope starts, keeps the distance of 1,000 kilometers from the ruins unchanged, moves laterally, and goes to the other edge of the ruins 300 kilometers away from here, and it can be started!"

After Yao Yuan gave this order, he looked at Ren Tao and said, "You have also noticed that the real place where the unmanned mining machine is out of control is not within eight kilometers of the ruins. ”

Ren Tao nodded, and he said indifferently: "Yes, if I guessed correctly......"

"There shouldn't be anything wrong with that." Yao Yuan also echoed and said, the two of them seemed to be playing dumb riddles, saying words that no one else understood.

"After the Hope stops, the launch of a group of unmanned mining aircraft will confirm my previous speculation, and if this is the case, then the first sea trials of the new shuttle can be carried out."

Yao Yuan looked at the surveillance video of the ruins that was changing on the screen, and he muttered: "The first sea trial, first get those metal fragments on the periphery of the ruins, or larger and more complete metal blocks!" ”

(To be continued)