Even if you are dreaming, you have to have a lucid dream, not wake up and be confused and not figure out anything.

Thinking about it, Yang Yi took a deep breath.

"Figured it out?" Yang Feng smiled faintly and said, "Don't be surprised. Although this is your conscious space, there is no secret to your thoughts when it comes to conscious communication. Actually, I was a little surprised that you were able to make a decision so quickly. ”

"Isn't that weird?"

"No, it's not surprising. You are my grandson, and you are just like your father. At the beginning, it only took him half a minute to make a decision. ”

"Is that what you're trying to tell me?"

"You're an impatient too."

Yang Yi was completely speechless, but he clearly felt that the old man in front of him was very kind, the kind of intimacy that only relatives can have.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Yang Feng let out a long breath and said, "First of all, we have to start with the First Era 10,000 years ago. ”

Yang Yi didn't say anything, nor was he surprised.

"After coming to this era, I learned that in the eyes of the humans of the Third Age, the First Age 10,000 years ago was a dark and chaotic era, and human civilization was extremely backward, let alone interstellar voyages, and even the solar system had not been crossed. While this is true on the whole, this is far from the truth. ”

"What are the facts?"

"The human civilization of the First Age was indeed backward, but it was not as you know, especially in the later period, a major discovery completely changed human civilization."

"Discovery?"

Yang Feng nodded and said, "In the late First Age, the development of human beings in the known realm has reached the limit. Although human civilization was extremely prosperous at that time, not only solved the environmental dilemma of the home planet, but also left footprints on every planet in the solar system, the development of human civilization was also limited by basic theories. Relative to the light-years distances between galaxies, humans are simply too slow to achieve. To put it simply, even the fastest spaceship at the time would take hundreds of years to fly to Proxima Centauri, and the normal lifespan of humans was more than 100 years. Besides, once you reach Proxima Centauri, you can't slow down. ”

"In other words, humanity is trapped in the solar system."

"Exactly." Yang Yi sighed and said, "Although human civilization is thriving on the surface, the contradiction between population and resources has emerged. In my time, around the 3rd millennium A.D., the authorities of the Earth liberalized the rules of space exploration and resource extraction. In addition to technological advances that have made space travel less difficult, the main thing is the need for resources, especially energy. Although the energy dilemma has been greatly alleviated after mastering controlled nuclear fusion, the explosive growth of the population and the infinite pursuit of improving the quality of life have made energy consumption even greater. In order to protect the earth's ecological environment, we can only go to other planets to obtain energy. Jupiter was developed first, then Saturn and Neptune, and then the asteroids at the edge of the solar system. ”

Yang Yi frowned, and looked at Yang Feng incomprehensibly.

"Although Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune have enough hydrogen to theoretically consume human civilization for hundreds of millions of years, it is extremely difficult to mine and costly. There are many ice comets in the solar system, and in addition to the distance, they are much less difficult to mine. ”

"You mean ......"

"After the restrictions were lifted by the Earth authorities, it became the hottest occupation at the time to search for ice comets at the edge of the solar system and bring them back to Earth."

"So you ......"

"That's right, I'm one of the first interstellar explorers. At that time, there were many people like me, who signed sponsorship agreements with major energy companies after obtaining interstellar exploration certificates from Earth authorities, and then flew on small spaceships to the edge of the solar system to look for ice comets. If you're lucky, even if it takes decades, just find an ice comet and you can get rich overnight. It's just that the lucky ones are very few, and the vast majority of interstellar explorers are gone. ”

"What about you?"

"Me?" Yang Feng smiled faintly and said, "I am the lucky one among the lucky ones. At that time, I was sponsored by a major energy company and left Earth with my future wife, your grandmother, on a small spaceship equipped with an ecosystem. After five long voyages, we came to the outer Kuiper Belt of the Solar System, where asteroids and comets converge. Although the initial luck was not very good, and we wasted nearly ten years, a chance discovery changed our destiny and the future of human civilization. In addition, this discovery brought me a surprise, an unexpected but incomparably precious surprise. ”

Yang Feng suddenly showed a happy smile, and Yang Yi was confused.

"We've discovered a huge comet, not the ice comet we're looking for, but it's still going to make us rich overnight, because there's a staggering amount of rare metals needed to build a controlled fusion nuclear reactor. It's just that that's not the biggest takeaway. ”

"What's that?"

Yang Feng smiled and said, "It's your father, my son." ”

"What!?"

"After the discovery of this comet, in order to understand the internal structure of the comet, especially the reserves of rare metals, your grandmother and I landed twice. Soon after, your grandmother became pregnant. ”

Yang Yi looked at Yang Feng dumbfounded. That's a bonus!?

"Interestingly, I didn't have sex with your grandmother before this."

As soon as Yang Feng said this, Yang Yi's eyes suddenly widened.

"Don't think crookedly, there are only two of us on the spaceship, and there is no third person. At the time, your grandmother and I were confused. If it weren't for the conclusive results of the genetic test, I would not have believed that your grandmother was pregnant with my child. The question is, how did she get pregnant with this child? ”

"Will it be ......?"

"I've said it all, don't think about it. There's a whole ecosystem on the ship, but there's no equipment to grow IVF, and your grandmother and I don't have any plans to have children. It's not that we don't want children, it's that on space expeditions, it's a hassle to conceive a child. You know, it's just the two of us on the ship. If your grandmother is pregnant, I'll have to control the ship alone, and there's no delivery equipment on the ship. ”

"What's going on?"

"What, I didn't expect that?"

Yang Yi was slightly stunned, and suddenly understood. "You mean, it has something to do with the comet?"

Yang Feng nodded and said, "After ruling out all other possibilities, even if we all feel that we can't believe it, we have to doubt the comet." Since then, we have done a comprehensive scan of the comet and found that the rare metals detected are mainly concentrated in the comet's inner core. Prior to this, we had discovered that there was a powerful source of interference inside the comet that prevented the NMR detection equipment from working properly. However, we all believe that it is very likely that the interference is caused by the accumulation of rare metals. With suspicions, we did several blast resonances, mapping the comet's internal structure by collecting seismic waves. That's how we discovered the comet's secrets. ”

"What's the secret?"

Yang Feng let out a long breath, and after a while, he said, "This is not a naturally formed comet, and it does not originate from the solar system. ”

"You mean ......"

"This is a spaceship that has been adrift in the universe for millions of years!"

Although he had been mentally prepared, Yang Yi was still shocked when Yang Feng said it.

"The rare metal we detected is actually the hull of this spaceship, and what is covered outside is only the cosmic dust absorbed by the spacecraft when it is drifting in the universe."

"This ......"

"With this discovery, we blew up the rock formations outside."

"And then?"

"While the rare metals that make up this ship can make us rich overnight, your grandmother and I believe that the ship itself is worth more. The point is, this ship does not belong to humans. Due to technical limitations, we are unable to make an accurate judgment on how long the ship existed, but by identifying the rock formations at the bottom, it is certain that the ship has been adrift in space for five million years. Besides, the rare metals used to construct the spacecraft are extremely rare, and the reserves of the entire solar system are only a few thousand tons, while the mass of this spacecraft is more than 10,000 tons. There is no doubt that this ship came from some extremely developed civilization, and that civilization has suffered a catastrophe. ”

"That's all?"

Yang Feng smiled faintly and said, "Don't provoke me, it's useless." ”

Yang Yi was speechless, but he didn't say much.

"Actually, it's an unmanned spaceship. After making a judgment, I made a very bold decision with your grandmother. ”

"Inside the ship for an investigation?"

Yang Feng nodded and said, "It is precisely because of this that we found that there are no creatures on this spaceship, and there is no sign of the existence of intelligent life, so we conclude that it is an unmanned spaceship." Of course, that's not the point. On this ship, we found out the reason for your grandmother's pregnancy. ”

"What!?"

"To put it simply, this is a spaceship for seeding."

"Sow seeds!?" Yang Yi's eyes widened and he looked at Yang Feng in disbelief.

"Sowing the seeds of life in the universe."

"This ...... Is this possible? ”

"Why can't it be?" Yang Feng smiled reluctantly and said, "It's not just your father, all of us are from this spaceship. ”

"You're saying that humanity was created by this ship?"

"It's not about creating, it's just about spreading. In other words, millions of years ago, this spacecraft came to the solar system and sowed the seeds of life on the most suitable planet for life to thrive, that is, on Earth. After millions of years of evolution, human civilization has been born. Don't forget, the first great ape, the distant ancestor of humans, appeared 3 million years ago, and Homo sapiens appeared 200,000 years ago. ”

At this time, Yang Yi was shocked or shocked.