Time: 4994 of the Tertiary Ephemeris.

Location: Southern Alpha System, Greenwich Meteorite Belt, No. 7777914 object.

Mission: Routine astral detection.

The object numbered 7777914 is a large olive-shaped meteorite with a long diameter of about 100 kilometers and a short diameter of about 20 kilometers. Celestial objects of this magnitude are numerous in the Greenwich Meteorite Belt, which is hundreds of light-years long. Not to mention the official naming, if it weren't for the installation of space probes and other surveillance and reconnaissance equipment on this meteorite, those bureaucrats in the Federal Military Department would not even bother to set a number for it.

Maintaining these surveillance and reconnaissance equipment is the task of this team.

A shuttle-shaped spaceship hovered above the sharper end of the meteorite, and in the cockpit, a young woman with snow-white skin and elegant appearance was sitting in the captain's seat, with a silver-white military uniform and long chestnut hair, even if it was only a back, she looked extraordinarily capable.

In front of her, there are three constantly changing stereoscopic projection screens, the left screen shows an unfinished celestial structure map, the right screen refreshes the real-time data of two complete life support systems, and the middle screen is a real picture captured by a high-magnification camera.

Several well-made mechanical devices are being used to repair and inspect a tower at least a few hundred meters high under the command of two ground personnel.

"Lili, your oxygen level has been reduced to nineteen percent, and the air pressure is five percent lower than normal."

"Sister Lin Jia, I'm fine, there must be a failure in the self-test system."

"Be careful, and report back as soon as you feel unwell." The woman on the spaceship shook her head with a wry smile. "How's that kid doing?"

"Rookie?" On the middle screen, the man standing on the ground glanced up. "I can't see clearly, I shouldn't be dead yet."

"Sister Lili, don't say bad things about people in the public channel, aren't you afraid that I will hear it? In addition, Sister Lin Jia, the repair of the temperature sensor has been completed and can be restarted at any time. The man sticking his head out of the middle of the tower said with a thumbs up.

Yang Yi, eighteen years old, enlisted in the army for one month and seven days, and after a short period of basic technical training, he was assigned to the No. 7777 Supervision and Investigation Station as a recruit.

"Roger, it currently takes one hour and forty-two minutes, Xiao Yang, your technology is progressing very quickly. Come down, I'm ready to reboot the sensor. ”

“Yesmaden”

After speaking, Yang Yi jumped directly from the tower, because the celestial body is small, the gravity field is also very weak, even if he jumps from a height of hundreds of meters, he will not clean up, in Yang Yi's words.

"It's so much more fun than bungee jumping!"

When Yang Yi jumped down, the one on the ground had already prepared a solo flying machine.

"Cut, rookie, you dare to interrupt my sister Lin Jia's conversation, don't you know that interrupting the conversation of the ladies is extremely ungentlemanly?"

Her name is Zhong Lili, nineteen years old, she is a beauty, and she came to Outpost No. 7777 a year earlier than Yang Yi, but she has always regarded herself as a veteran, and often bullied Yang Yi verbally, but Yang Yi is also happy to pretend to tease the beauty with a tofu heart.

"Don't be kidding, if I don't interrupt you, Sister Lili, you will have to complain to Sister Lin Jia for at least half an hour, then your oxygen will be out immediately!"

"You kid dare to hurt me, wait until you go back to the base, see if I don't teach you a good lesson." Between the words, Zhong Lili stretched out her hand and gave Yang Yi a burst chestnut, fortunately he was protected by a helmet.

Just when the two were arguing on the ground, Lin Jia in the shuttle ship subconsciously opened his eyes wide.

"Bah, what's going on?"

"Sister Lin Jia, what's wrong?" Hearing the exclamation, Zhong Lili immediately asked.

Yang Yi, who had just turned around and wanted to run away, also stopped and pricked up his ears.

"The sensor didn't fail. Lili, did you bring a 'probe'? ”

"I brought it."

"The data showed that there was an anomalous change in the temperature inside the celestial body, which was 1.5 times beyond the normal fluctuation range. I need a diagram of the internal structure of a celestial body to figure out what causes the abnormal temperature fluctuations. To use the 'probe', you have to have a person go to the other side of the celestial body. ”

"It's bad luck, I'll go." Zhong Lili cursed secretly and took out a cylindrical device, which was the "probe".

"Sister Lili, let's go. Your oxygen level is already below nineteen percent, and I have plenty of oxygen, and how can this drudgery bother a beautiful woman. ”

"Then you go. Run faster. ”

Zhong Lili pursed her lips and threw the "probe" in her hand to Yang Yi.

"Okay, Xiao Yang will go to point B, Lili is responsible for installing the 'probe' at point A, wait and listen to my orders."

After the order was delivered, the two people on the ground immediately drove the aircraft to the designated place to place the probe, and the shuttle ship also released dozens of miniature probes.

Object No. 7777914 is an "iron meteorite", covered only by a layer of rock less than 100 meters thick, with an inner core that is almost entirely iron and honeycomb-shaped. The strong magnetic field of the celestial body itself shields all wavelengths of electromagnetic waves, and the only way to detect the interior of the celestial body is to rely on other means, such as earthquakes. The "probe" is an explosive device that produces earthquake-like phenomena through explosions, and the internal structure of the celestial body can be accurately analyzed by intercepting and analyzing the transmission, reflection and refraction of seismic waves in the interior of the celestial body. Because the original internal structure of the celestial body is stored on the spacecraft, it is possible to find out what has changed in the interior of the celestial body by comparing it.

"Sister Lin Jia, the A-point probe has been installed."

"Sister Lin Jia, I've got it done here."

Lin Jia operated on the virtual keyboard, and the central screen was divided into two, showing Yang Yi and Zhong Lili who were born at the opposite ends of the celestial body.

"Detection devices are in place, and you are out of the danger zone. Ten seconds countdown, ten, nine ......"

Dozens of previously released probes have landed on celestial bodies, and the data displayed back is displayed on the screen on the right. On the middle screen, Yang Yi and Zhong Lili each retreated a few hundred meters and left the explosion area. When the number on the screen turned to "0", Lin Jia started the analysis program.

Sound cannot be transmitted in a vacuum, and the most intuitive feeling after the explosion is that the celestial bodies vibrate violently.

Almost at the same time, the diagram on the left screen changed. Relying on the data obtained by the probe, the light brain on the spacecraft quickly mapped the internal structure of the celestial body. Lin Jia was not idle, and entered the command to compare it with the original internal structure diagram.

In less than ten seconds, the comparison results are displayed.

Seeing the image on the screen, Lin Jia's eyes widened in surprise, as if he felt that he had seen it wrong, and a shrill alarm sounded randomly throughout the shuttle ship.

"Discover the hive! Alert, find the nest, evacuate the danger area immediately! ”

"The celestial bodies have been invaded and have become a den of beasts. Hurry back to the ship, we need to get out of here right now. When he said this, Lin Jia had already sent out the celestial structure map and comparative analysis report he had just obtained, and at the same time issued a red attack alert.

"Beast's den!?" Yang Yi obviously didn't react, he was a recruit after all, and he had never encountered this kind of thing.

"Damn, I knew it wouldn't be good to be with this rookie." Zhong Lili carried the personal aircraft on her back as fast as she could. "Sister Lin Jia, I'll pick him up."

"Nope. You'll be back right away, and the ship will be faster. ”

"Understood."

"Xiao Yang, fly away from the celestial body immediately, and after receiving Lili, I will come to pick you up. From now on, do not come into direct contact with celestial bodies. ”

"Sister Lin Jia, what's going on?"

"We're in a big trouble, we're in a big trouble."

"Oops, damn it!" Yang Yi suddenly cursed.

"What's wrong?" Lin Jia chuckled in his heart.

"The lone aircraft is broken, no, it's out of power. Damn, Sister Lili, you're killing me now. "The individual aircraft is the key equipment for outer space operations, and Zhong Lili has always been responsible for inspection and maintenance, and it is not the turn of Yang Yi, a recruit, to intervene, and it is Zhong Lili's responsibility not to be fully charged.

"Rookie, my sister didn't mean it. You have to have three long and two short, and my sister will pay you for her life. Zhong Lili felt guilty, and her words softened.

Yang Yi's heart warmed, and the words of complaint and blame were speechless.

"Xiao Yang, don't panic. Use the suit's booster system to jump off the ground with all your might. The gravitational field of celestial bodies is weak, and you can stay in the air for a while. We're going to be fine, trust me! ”

"Understood."

At point A, Zhong Lili had already taken off into the air and flew towards the spaceship above her head. At the other end of the celestial body, Yang Yi also rose into the air, but he couldn't get rid of the gravitational field of the celestial body, and he couldn't hang in the air all the time. Under the action of the gravitational field, he will slowly fall onto the celestial body.

Seeing the celestial body below, Yang Yi felt an inexplicable fear in his heart.

Although they didn't understand what was going on, Lin Jia and Zhong Lili's nervous tones gave Yang Yi a very uneasy feeling. In the past month, Yang Yi and Lin Jia and Zhong Lili have been on field duty five times, during which they have also encountered dangers, one time is very dangerous, Lin Jia is not as nervous as now, Zhong Lili is even more talking and laughing, not taking it seriously at all, let alone cursing loudly.

With a full jump, Yang Yi jumped a thousand meters high.

When he reached the apex, Yang Yi was suspended in the air. It's only temporary, he's already starting to fall, just slowly, imperceptibly.

It was also at this time that the surface below Yang Yi suddenly exploded.

At the tipping point of the "probe", hundreds of tons of explosives were detonated as if at once, and huge rocks like small mountains were thrown into the air like dust.

What is that!?

A huge object rushed out from under the blasted surface, like a long snake, more like a giant earthworm, and red all over.

Although he didn't touch it, Yang Yi could think of how high the temperature of that object was.

A giant silicon beast!

Although Yang Yi was a little pitiful compared to the scattered rocks, the giant silicon beast spotted him and pounced on him.

The silicon beast has no eyes, but a large mouth with a diameter of more than 100 meters, almost the same as its body.

It's still a big mouth with flames!

It's over! Yang Yi only felt that his scalp was numb for a while, and his head was buzzing, as if it was about to explode.