"I am the volunteer representative of the Aoshi Star Expedition, Ouyang Ting, welcome to the arrival of the Moon Base Expedition Volunteer Teammate!"

Ouyang Ting continued to shake hands politely with the visitors.

It is also a tiring thing for a hundred people to shake hands one by one. Seeing the last expedition volunteer coming over, Ouyang Ting sighed in her heart, it was finally over.

"Lunar base exploration volunteer, Jiang Ping." Jiang Ping stretched out his hand and briefly introduced himself.

"Ouyang Ting, the representative of the Aoshixing expedition volunteers, welcome the arrival of the lunar base expedition volunteer teammates!"

Ouyang Ting mechanically stretched out her hand and shook it lightly with the other party.

After the volunteers shook hands and met with each other, and the captain of the A341 transport, Vice Admiral Keno, and the crew of the ship, the commander of the base, Colonel Somla, stood in the center of the field and began a brief welcome speech.

"Boys and girls of the lunar base expedition volunteers, welcome to the J26 base, your arrival means that all the Wang Hengxing expedition volunteers will meet smoothly this time, this day will be recorded in the history of interstellar exploration, your name, your courage, will always be remembered by history, and the Federation will be proud of you......"

"Your responsibility is enormous. Wang Hengxing, after various preliminary explorations by the Interstellar Exploration Department, is very suitable for human habitation, and is an excellent colonization planet to be developed. Of course, whether this is the case or not, you need to do further certification. And once confirmed, it will be a great progress in the history of human interstellar exploration and development, which not only means that we have added one more immigrantable planet, and the total number of human colonized planets will reach thirteen, but also this will be the first settlement of human beings in an extragalactic galaxy, which means that human beings have taken a great step forward in the pace of the vast universe, and the space for human survival and development will be greatly expanded......"

"Warriors, on behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the J26 base, on behalf of the Federal Space Agency, and on behalf of the people of the Federation, I would like to express my high respect to you, and wish you a complete success in this interstellar expedition, and we look forward to your triumphant return!"

Colonel Somla's words won the unanimous and warm applause of everyone on the tarmac, and the applause lasted for a long time.

Three days later, on the No. 1 apron of the J26 base, a large cruiser with a total length of more than 500 meters was moored and ready to go.

On the tarmac, 1,200 Wang Hengxing expedition volunteers were fully armed, and they all entered the hull of the ship one by one along the ladder hanging down from the ship.

After a short while, the elevator retracted into the belly of the ship and the hatch closed. With the order of Lieutenant Commander Oliver of the cruiser Nimi, the energy power system of the Nimi was activated, and a stream of hot electronic air jets erupted from the bottom of the hull, and the Nimi began to slowly float in the air, climbing towards the high orbit of the planet, the speed became faster and faster, and soon broke away from the gravitational range of the planet, leaving a long trajectory in the sky.

An hour later, Nimi's speed climbed to sub-light speed, and began to speed smoothly towards Wang Hengxing, 80 million kilometers away.

Five days later, the Nimi cruiser had entered the outer space orbit of Wang Hengxing, and its speed dropped to the planet's orbital velocity, and began to rotate synchronously with the planet.

"Please pay attention to the expedition volunteers, please note that the login operation will start in one hour, please prepare for landing, please prepare for landing......"

In the command cabin, the voice of the communicator, along with the communication network in the Nimi, spread to every corner of the ship.

All the expedition volunteers have been fully armed and in place, nervously staying in their respective launch docks, preparing for the next landing operation.

Through the view porthole on the side of the ship, you can clearly see the general outline and condition of the planet under your feet. …,

This is indeed a rare planet of life for humans.

Looking down from the sky, you can vaguely see the dense primeval forests, the rolling mountains, the winding and rushing white rivers, the green grasslands, the undulating hills, the endless sand sea, the bare deserts, and the silver-white magnificent snow-capped mountains and glaciers......

All this seems to be no different from the earth inhabited by humans.

The only thing that makes people feel strange and weird is that the preliminary information from various probes shows that there is no trace of any large animals on this planet full of life.

According to the theory of biological evolution, such a planet with vigorous life, plants are so lush and multiplying, and the layers are clear, according to the normal evolutionary path, it is natural that the existence of animals should also evolve at the same time, which is the basic principle of biological evolution, and it is impossible to violate.

However, the evolution of life on this planet seems to have deviated from this evolutionary principle, and the evolution of plants has flourished, and the evolution of animals has almost stopped.

If it is said that the detection data of the Interstellar Exploration Department is wrong, the detection instrument is wrong, and the detection results are inaccurate, this statement does not seem to be tenable. Facts have proved that the spectrum, temperature, radio, particles, life detection instruments and so on of the Interstellar Exploration Department are working very normally, and the space observation and exploration ship sent by the J26 base has conducted a comprehensive observation around Wang Hengxing for many days, and the information obtained is indeed that there is no trace of any large animals on this planet!

This result still haunts the academicians and scientists of the Federal Academy of Sciences.

Perhaps to solve this mystery, only by waiting for the landing of this group of expedition volunteers and conducting a field trip can there really be a result.

Such a detection result seems to be frustrating, after all, biological diversity is the objective need of human survival and development, only plants, and no animals on the planet, lacking the beauty of biological balance and harmony in nature, people can't help but feel a fly in the ointment, and it is also a big regret for those biological genetic scientists. After all, animals account for a large proportion of high-level valuable biological genes.

Moreover, the meat, eggs, milk and other high-protein nutrients that humans need must be obtained from animals. If the animals on the earth can migrate and reproduce on this planet, then if they can't, then they really want to migrate to this planet in the future, then the daily animal protein and nutrition required by the inhabitants of the planet need to be delivered from other planets, which is undoubtedly a very huge and heavy transportation task, which is almost impossible to meet.

Of course, although various observations show that this is a habitable planet, and it does not need to be transformed with much effort, it is not completely certain whether it is truly suitable for human habitation, and it will take a long time to comprehensively evaluate, and now sending expedition volunteers to the planet is the first step towards this goal.

But there are two sides to the story. Although it is regrettable that there are no animals on this planet, on the other hand, it also shows that there are many less dangerous alien creatures on this planet, and there will be no extraterrestrial civilizations, and there will be extraterrestrial civilizations that threaten the existence of human beings.

If you look at it this way, such a result seems to be good news.

"The countdown to the landing was carried out, and the No. 1 dock expedition volunteers were prepared in ten minutes...... Dock 2 Expedition Volunteers Prepare for 40 minutes...... Dock No. 3 ......"

The smooth voice of the communicator from the command cabin spread to every corner of the ship, and when heard in people's ears, it made people's hearts suddenly tense and their hearts beat faster.

These expedition volunteers are all piloting a spaceship to land on a planet for the first time, and they are newly discovered planets that no human has ever landed on, so it is understandable that they are nervous. …,

"Ten, nine, eight...... Three, two, one, 〇, the landing operation begins, and dock No. 1 opens! ”

With the command of the command module starter, the gravity door of dock No. 1 on the side of the cruiser Nimi slid open, like a giant monster opening its mouth.

Three space landing work ships, five land, sea and air amphibious space armored vehicles, loaded with 100 expedition volunteers from the earth base and various expedition equipment and materials, flew out of the launch port of the dock one after another, and headed towards the void outside.

Thirty minutes later, the gravity door of the No. 2 dock of the Nimi cruiser was opened, and three identical space landing work ships, five land, sea and air amphibious space armored vehicles, loaded with a hundred expedition volunteers from the Sirius base and various expedition equipment and materials, shot out one after another from the launch port of the No. 2 dock, and headed towards Wang Hengxing below.

The reason why the landing team was divided into 12 groups, each of which was launched at half-hour intervals, was because the expedition volunteers had to land in 12 different areas in the northern and southern hemispheres and the eastern and western halves of Wang Hengxing, so as to conduct a comprehensive expedition and investigation of each area of Wang Hengxing.

Lunar base exploration volunteers were placed in the seventh group, the seventh landing.

In the No. 7 dock, 100 expedition volunteers who were about to land were fully armed, sitting in the space landing work ship and the space armored vehicle, each with solemn faces and silent voices.

Captain Daniel sat in the cockpit of one of the leading space armored vehicles, his face less nervous, only a few hints of excitement.

Sitting in the same space armored vehicle as him were nine other expedition volunteers.

The other four space armored vehicles also housed ten expedition volunteers each. Jiang Ping and the remaining 49 expedition volunteers sat in a space landing ship. In addition to the two pilots, the other two space landing work ships were loaded with various types of detection equipment, instruments and materials accompanying them.

"Ten, nine, eight...... Three, two, one, 〇, dock No. 7 opens, and the landing begins! ”

With another order from the commander of the command module, the gravity door of the No. 7 dock of the Nimi cruiser suddenly slid open, and three space landing work ships, five land, sea and air amphibious space armored vehicles, loaded with 100 expedition volunteers from the lunar base and various expedition equipment and materials, shot out from the launch port of the dock and flew towards Wang Hengxing below.