"Is this a fucking star? How do I think it's a burglary? Scissors couldn't help but shake his head when he said this: "In these years, even the stars have become robbers!" ”

"What's so strange about the jungle?" Ye Fei glanced at the scissors, "Even stars can't be an exception, hehe, this is really." ”

He didn't say what it really was, and he didn't know what Lu Dao should say, but everyone felt that they understood what Ye Fei meant.

It's just a neutron star and a giant planet, so what's it?

The Sagittarius dwarf ellipsoid galaxy orbiting the core of the Milky Way is a satellite galaxy with a diameter of about 10,000 light-years and a distance of about 70,000 light-years from the Earth.

In addition, there are the Large Magellanic Galaxy 160,000 light-years away and the Small Magellanic Galaxy 190,000 light-years away, which are so close to the Milky Way that they are slowly being swallowed up by the Milky Way.

However, the fate of the Milky Way is not much better, and in about three billion years, it will collide with the Andromeda galaxy, which is currently 2.2 million light-years away from the Milky Way, and the Milky Way with a diameter of 100,000 light-years will be swallowed by the Andromeda galaxy with a diameter of 160,000 light-years.

From the most inconspicuous interstellar dust to the vast galaxies, can all be swallowed up in the long river of time, and the law of the jungle will eat the strong? That is the nature of this universe.

"Alright, don't think about these useless things." Ye Fei said again, "Ruan Peng." Contact the headquarters, it's time to report the merits. ”

There was a knowing chuckle on the bridge.

After the communication was connected, Ye Fei reported the current location of the Aquila and the situation found as briefly as possible, and asked for a plan for the next move.

Wu Han was very surprised by the discovery of the Aquila, and he couldn't decide what to do, so he ordered Ye Fei to stay where he was for the time being, and hurriedly gathered the staff group to discuss.

The waiting time was a little long, and several boring middle-aged uncles led by Ye Fei got together to chat.

Scissors showed a yearning look and said: "There is a Death Star in science fiction movies, and there is a neutron war star in science fiction novels, when can we hollow out this neutron star." How good would it be to make a neutron battle star too? ”

"Forget it. How do you dig neutron stars? The black bear urn that had just been recruited onto the bridge by Ye Fei immediately objected.

Because of their exploits, Saber and Monkey were transferred out of the Aquila more than a year ago, and are currently serving on other warships, and now they are old brothers who can talk on the ship. There were only two people left, Black Bear and Scissors.

"Why can't you dig it?" Scissors said unconvinced. "As long as the anti-gravity technique develops. Sooner or later, it will be able to fly to the surface of a neutron star. ”

Scissors believes in the omnipotence of science and technology, simply put, it is to believe that there is no technology that cannot be done, and the question is only whether the level of technology can be achieved.

"Nonsense. What's wrong with bullying me for not having common sense? Let's not talk about how to move, it's a neutron star, and it's all neutrons pressed together! The black bear spat stars flying all over the sky and made a stubborn gesture, "With such a strong gravitational force, even if you can dig neutrons, the hole dug out will be immediately filled by gravity, how can you dig into it?" ”

There are two different theories about neutron stars, one is that the neutron star material is solid, and the other is the opposite, which is that the neutron star material is a flowable viscous liquid.

Neither theory is supported by solid evidence, but the latter is more convincing.

After all, any matter on a neutron star will be crushed by a huge gravitational force to break the molecular structure, forcibly combining electrons and protons into neutrons. It would be strange if a substance that had lost its molecular structure could still remain in its original solid or liquid form.

Neutron star matter is completely composed of neutrons and neutrons closely adjacent to each other, and there is a lack of sufficient force and energy bonding between each other, that is to say, there is no mutual restriction between neutrons and neutrons, which is much more reliable than the solid state of neutron star matter, so the black bear has such a statement.

"Brother Xiong is right!" Jiang Xue couldn't help but join in the discussion, "If you want to build a neutron battle star, the only place where you can place instruments is the core of the neutron star, only there can you neutralize the strong gravitational force in all directions, but such a large mass presses into the interior of the neutron star from all directions, what material can support an independent space in the center of the neutron star?" Science fiction is science fiction, reality is reality! ”

She kindly reminded her men not to daydream all the time.

The mass of the neutron star is so great that even if the neutron star material is really solid, it cannot withstand such a strong pressure.

"What about the neutron star fragments?" Scissors was still unwilling, "Neutron star fragments can be used as weapons, right?" ”

Jiang Xue's face sank: "Where did you hear about it?" ”

The neck of the scissors shrank slightly: "Isn't there always such a plot in the novel?" ”

Jiang Xuexing's eyes widened: "From now on, you are not allowed to read useless novels!" ”

The black bear was stunned, looked at the scissors and then at Jiang Xue, and immediately avenged his brother: "What? I know that the neutron battle star is pure, but the neutron star fragment is not right? ”

"Of course not!" Jiang Xue also made a small character at his own man, explaining, "The neutron star matter can always remain unchanged because of the strong gravitational force, if the gravitational constraint is lost, whether the neutron star material or the white dwarf star material, it will automatically expand, and the neutron will decay into a proton in ten minutes, how can it be used as a weapon?" ”

Even atoms of large atomic weight will decay and decompose in an instant after birth, and a large mass of neutrons will come together, and it is strange that they do not decay.

The black bear suddenly realized: "I see, I really haven't heard of this...... Ha Luha, it's not impossible, save the neutron star fragments with a force field, and throw them directly on the enemy's battleship, so that with a swell, the enemy ship can be blown up. ”

"Come on!" Ye Fei, who had not spoken, teased, "I have the money and energy to study the force field, but I don't want to study other weapons." Come on, what are you doing studying these useless things? What about the hundreds of thousands of degrees above, when will you encounter one that has cooled, and it will be too late to study it. I really want to take a look at it, make a will, and when you die, I will be responsible for throwing the ashes on the neutron star. ”

The collection of neutron star matter requires an extremely strong anti-gravity field, as well as an extremely strong binding force field, and the funds required to study such equipment are astronomical.

"Forget it." The black bear was the first to wave his hand and refuse. "I haven't lived enough for my old man. If you die, you have to bury it in the ancestral grave, so the ghost sends the ashes to such a place. ”

In his bones, the black bear is still a traditional person.

"Cut, I don't want to pull it down, if I release the news. Those who are willing to spend money to do so must have a lot of them! Ye Fei said with disdain.

The black bear's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This business is done." Why don't you mention it above! "A man dies like a lamp goes out. The state has advocated cremation for hundreds of years, and new funeral methods have emerged one after another, but the concept of burial is still popular. A handful of ashes will also be buried in the ground.

Even if you don't throw it on the neutron star, even if you divide some desolate planets as independent funeral stars, it can not only protect the local land resources, but also give the deceased a place to live.

"If you want to mention it yourself, it has nothing to do with me." Ye Fei didn't have much interest in this matter.

As he spoke, the giant planet near the neutron star suddenly burst into a thousand rays of light, and the intensity of the light in an instant was comparable to that of a real star, and everyone was stunned by this sudden surprise, but the dazzling light quickly dissipated, as if everything was just an illusion.

"What's going on?" Ye Fei's heart thrust, this thing is too weird, it is obviously a giant planet, why did it suddenly become a star?

And it's not the dim luminosity of a red dwarf!

Jiang Xue and Che Qi immediately began to calculate, and after a while, Che Qi shook his head hesitantly: "It's nothing special!" ”

Scissors thought thoughtfully: "When we were in the nebula, the star that appeared for a while and disappeared for a while should be it, right?" ”

"Such a strong light must have stimulated the fusion reaction of the giant planet, but how could it suddenly start fusion and suddenly end?" Jiang Xue's brows furrowed into a big pimple.

Ye Fei thought about it carefully and said: "The reason for the trigger of fusion is nothing more than high temperature and high pressure ......"

"I see!" Che Qi suddenly shouted excitedly, "Boss, I understand!" ”

"Tell me, what do you understand?" Ye Fei immediately encouraged.

"That's right, the radiation intensity of the poles of the neutron star is extremely high, and the giant planet just passed just above one pole!" Che Qi said happily.

That's right.

Although giant planets cannot shine light, they do have the potential to become stars in terms of composition - as long as the giant planet obtains enough hydrogen to reach a critical mass, it can naturally ignite a fusion reaction and become a real star!

Ye Fei didn't need to study how the neutron star stimulated the giant planet fusion reaction, he just needed to know that there was such a thing.

"Ha Luha, the orbit of this giant planet is so strange that it can pass above the pole." The black bear touched his chin and said thoughtfully.

"Isn't it strange that the Galilean moons will also fly above the poles of Jupiter, isn't it the same?" Ye Fei said with a smile.

This galaxy dominated by neutron stars is really mysterious enough, and I don't know what surprises are waiting for you in the road.

"Report, Headquarters Newsletter!"

Ye Fei jumped up: "Take it!" ”

Wu Han's bust appeared on the screen, and Ye Fei hurriedly saluted: "Minister, have you got a result?" ”

Wu Han nodded: "There are results, the country has begun to organize relevant experts, but you also know that the expert group will not be able to reach the star gate in two months at the earliest, and it will take another month to fly to the neutron star, before the expert group arrives, the headquarters decided to let you stay there first, and investigate the environment and resources of the galaxy as much as possible." ”

"Resources?" Ye Fei subconsciously repeated, "What resources are worth investigating here?" ”

"Neutron stars are produced by supernova explosions, and you don't know what supernova explosions will produce, do you?" Wu Han said angrily.

He asked this question just now, but he was despised by a group of stinky old men with their nostrils facing the sky, Wu Han couldn't figure it out, if he understood this, what else would he want these experts to do?

Thinking of this, he thought about it and secretly made up his mind. Anyone who didn't give him face just now didn't want to join the expert group - respect for knowledge is right, but knowledge is also for the common people, is it possible to master knowledge, nose can find the top of the head?

Ye Fei smiled awkwardly: "Understood!" ”

"Alright, carry out the order." Wu Han said that the communication was cut off here, and the specific way to do it was up to Ye Fei to decide for himself according to the situation, and there was no need for him, the Minister of Defense, to interfere.

Ye Fei turned his head and asked, "Jiang Xue, what resources do you need to investigate?" ”

As soon as the black bear heard this, he burst out laughing on the spot: "I'll talk about the head." So you don't know the way? ”

"Do you know everything about me?" Ye Fei gave him an angry look.

Jiang Xue chuckled: "I think what the minister said should be rare metals and precious metals." Precious metals, in particular, can only be produced when a supernova explodes. ”

Precious metals mainly refer to eight metal elements such as gold, silver and platinum group metals, which are not only hard currency reserves of the state, but also important raw materials in the fields of electronics, communications, aerospace, chemical and medical fields.

There was a time. Mankind believes that after entering the cosmic age. will be able to infinitely mine the precious metal elements in the universe. But such a view is long gone, and if you don't find the nebula left by the supernova or the star that the supernova remnant has recondensed, don't think about finding precious metals.

Some rare metals are similar to precious metals. Prices are even much higher than precious metals, some of which were depleted on Earth even 200 years ago, and can now only be mined in small quantities on Mars or the asteroid belt. If large-scale mineral deposits can be discovered, it will greatly promote the industry and economy of the entire country.

Isn't the development of the universe for the sake of the strength of the country?

"Understood." Ye Fei's gaze fell on the asteroid belt like the brim of his hat, "Then look at the asteroid belt first, then look at the two planets, and go!" ”

"Yes!" Jiang Xue immediately drove the battleship to the asteroid belt.

The Aquila is a battleship, but the engineers on the engineering maintenance ship have enough expertise to do things like prospecting.

After the battleship arrived at the periphery of the asteroid belt, the engineering ship that had been prepared for a long time immediately broke away from the main ship, slowly flew into the asteroid belt, and stopped near an asteroid with a diameter of more than 100 kilometers according to the color of the surface.

Major engineer Hou Shaoguang and captain engineer Xiao Yi, who were wearing heavy protective suits, walked onto the surface of the asteroid through the airtight door, and Hou Shaoguang, who was walking in front, whispered: "Be careful, follow behind me." ”

"Understood!" Xiao Yi's sweet voice replied crisply.

Xiao Yi just graduated two years ago, with a double master's degree in metallurgy and geology, because she has not found a satisfactory job, the Heavenly Army recruited relevant professionals when she signed up in a fit of anger, originally she thought that she could not be selected if she failed the physical examination, but she did not expect the military to take a fancy to her academic qualifications and directly recruited into the army.

If it weren't for his young age and young qualifications, and he didn't have much reputation in the professional field, he might have been a major.

Hou Shaoguang, who walked onto the asteroid, jumped away from the ship in a few steps, stopped next to a red stone, and the mechanism at the front of his arm changed dazzlingly, and a small hammer head popped out at the back.

Hou Shaoguang knocked lightly a few times, but failed to knock a sample, so he changed his anger to a laser knife and began to cut it forcibly.

Xiao Yi was not idle, and casually picked up a few fist-sized stones from the ground and put them in a sealed lead can. Just as he was about to look for the next target, the pillar of light from the headlamp suddenly reflected back, and he became interested, jumped to the reflective position in a few steps, and picked up a bowl-sized crystal from the ground.

"Yikes!" Xiao Yi snorted softly.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Hou Shaoguang was so nervous all of a sudden, and hurriedly jumped over.

"It's okay!" Xiao Yi shook the crystal in his hand, "It's a gem!" ”

She had already found out that Hou Shaoguang had some other meaning to herself, so she took care of her very much, but Hou Shaoguang's age, when her uncle was not reluctant at all, she really couldn't accept an old man who was twenty years older than herself. Fortunately, Hou Shaoguang is a relatively shy person, and she has never dared to confess, and she is happy to be relaxed.

"Oh, take it, it's like a trophy." Hou Shaoguang said.

Quietly flipped the pale red gem in the light of the headlamp, but could not recognize which type the gem belonged to.

This gem as a whole shows a symmetrical diamond shape, not like a natural rough stone, but like a polished finished product, all the planes of the gemstone are flat and abnormal, and there is no trace of polishing, perfect and incredible.

Women naturally like shiny things, and Xiao Yi is naturally no exception, although she can't see the value of this crystal, she still happily puts it away.

Just kidding, even the most ordinary crystal can be sold for an appalling price as long as it is marked with the logo of 1,500 light years, the Orion Nebula and the Neutron Star.

The image sent back by the engineering ship was simultaneously displayed on the main screen of the bridge, and Jiang Xue, who witnessed all this, couldn't help but show envious eyes.

More than 100 years ago, the military was still insisting on the old tradition of confiscation and returning to the public, but after entering the cosmic age, some traditional habits have gradually loosened, and now the military does not prohibit soldiers from obtaining war spoils, but only requires soldiers to hand over important war spoils, and innocuous gadgets can be kept as souvenirs reasonably and legally.

Hou Shaoguang continued to compete with the stone, Xiao Yi thought that it was his luck to find a gem, but he didn't take a few steps and found the reflection of the plane again.

This time it was a fist-sized transparent crystal, and it was still impossible to say whether it was a gemstone or not.

How come there are so many gems here? (To be continued......)