October 18, 2208. Aquarius EZ.

"Why is it a red dwarf again?" When Ye Fei saw this galaxy for the first time, he couldn't help but complain.

He pulled up the information of EZ Aquarius and glanced at it, and found that it was a triple star system composed of three red dwarf stars, which was gradually approaching the solar system, and in about 31,400 years, it would reach a minimum distance of 7.5 light years.

It has been four and a half years since Ye Fei joined the expeditionary force, and most of the more than 1,700 days and nights have been spent on the fast-moving battleship, which always stops after sailing for a long time, and every time the battleship stops, a new galaxy will basically appear in front of his eyes, so he has a deep memory of those galaxies that have had a relationship.

Looking at these galaxies, there are only a few stars similar to the sun, and all the others are large and small red dwarfs, some of which are so small in size that the luminosity is even worse at home, if you put it next to the sun, it is like lighting a candle head next to a 120-watt bulb.

Although he had known for a long time that the largest number of red dwarfs in this universe were red dwarfs, red dwarfs had been appearing in front of his eyes over the years, and now that he had accelerated it, he suddenly found that except for a few exceptions, most red dwarfs did not have a good number and quality of planets, and even those that were lucky enough to be in the habitable zone rarely had the potential to be transformed.

The stars, which are about the same mass and volume as the Sun, have a complex structure similar to that of the solar system. The potential for development and transformation is much higher than that of red dwarfs.

It's not that red dwarfs don't have special existences, for example, Gliese 581 has six planets and two life planets, and Gliese 667 also has a life planet, but this is only a special case.

What makes him feel incredible is that the stars also like to "gather".

For example, the Centaur α where Proxima Centauri is located and EZ Aquarius in front of us are a triad of three stars; Sirius and Nanhe are binary star systems, each with a faint white dwarf as a companion.

There are also eclipse binary stars like SS Scorpio and V907 Scorpio; Kepler 47, where the planet revolves around a pair of stars; Planet PH1 quadruple with four suns......

In the eyes of humans accustomed to having only one sun, these strange galaxies are simply stellar meetings, and if there are so many stars hanging in the sky day and night in the solar system, the earth will definitely be in chaos.

Studies from the early nineteenth century to the present day have shown that most stars are either binary or multi-star systems with more than two stars. On the contrary, a single star such as the Sun belongs to the "minority" in the universe.

However a binary star or multi-star system of multiple star systems. Because of the dynamics, there are some ranges where it is impossible for planets to exist, and even if they do, they will be expelled from their original orbits by the gravitational pull of the stars. Transitions to a more inward or outerly orbital track.

Moreover, the stellar operation of binary and multi-star systems has a great influence on the surface temperature of the planet. Extreme conditions make the possibility of life planets in these galaxies extremely unlikely.

It is not a single-star system because of the existence of companion stars. Being able to increase the probability of planetary formation cannot but be said to be a speechless phenomenon.

Centaurs α a special case of planetary ownership, as Proxima Centauri is 0.2 light-years away from the other two stars. A and B in the Centaur α are simply a pair of stars, but Proxima Centauri is within the gravitational range of binary stars and cannot be defined as separate stars, so they are defined as triad stars.

The Aquarius EZ was not so lucky, as the three small stars orbiting each other almost wiped out the small celestial bodies nearby, and a little further away was a wide and sparse brim dust disk!

It's really a big forest, and there are all kinds of birds, so that the primitive planetary cradle would actually exist near the triple star.

However, the orbits of the three stars are intricate, the orbit of the dust disk is very chaotic, and the staggered gravitational pull causes the orbital speed of the dust disk to vary greatly, and even the collision of two dust streams is taking place under everyone's noses.

The large-scale collision on the astronomical scale is extremely spectacular, countless celestial bodies with only millimeter dust form the same two heavenly rivers that are tens of millions of kilometers wide and millions of kilometers thick, and countless dust is dusty in the impact, involving an area of more than one astronomical unit!

The veterinarian stared intently at the "river" on the screen and exclaimed, "What a fucking trip!" ”

"You're a dog who can't spit out ivory." Ye Fei commented bitterly, "With such a big universe, there are many scenes we haven't seen, you can see it once you scold it, and you can't finish scolding with a crooked mouth." ”

Everyone laughed sullenly after hearing this, and the veterinarian retorted loudly: "The two of us are half a pound and eight taels, how much better can you be than me?" It's scissors, it seems to be a lot cleaner these days. ”

"Can it not be clean? If you have a daughter-in-law to take care of you, you will have a bunch of broken boxes. The black bear scoffed with his trademark deep voice.

The Aquila had been away from Earth for so long, and it was still a mystery what exactly was in the boxes that had been piled up in the bilge, because it was next to the commando arsenal, and the black bear had been obsessed with it.

"Save it, you, you want to get words out of my mouth." Veterinarians are not fooled at all.

Ye Fei coughed lightly and interrupted the topic: "I heard that planets are all produced in dust disks, how come these stars are billions of years old, even if there are no planets, there should always be some asteroids, right?" He had always been curious about what was in those boxes, but he never took the initiative to mention them to the veterinarian.

It is said that everyone came out of the same army, and they are so familiar with each other that they know exactly what color of their pants, even if it is a military secret, they should not hide it from him, the captain of a ship, but the veterinarian just kept it a secret! It can be seen that those things are absolutely invisible, so Ye Fei has always simply treated the bilge as if it did not exist, and ignored those mysterious boxes.

"The ghost knows that there is no astronomy on our ship." The black bear is most annoyed by this kind of brain-using question, and is the first to stand up and say that he doesn't understand.

"Who said that? My daughter-in-law is half an expert! "Scissors triumphantly show off.

"Stay around, I'll spare you for Jiang Xue's sake!" The black bear threatened viciously.

Jiang Xue has some research on the star map. But that's because as a helmsman, she had to understand star charts, and when did she become an astronomer? Can you also discuss the origin of stellar planets?

Besides, even if Jiang Xue really understands it, if he speaks wildly, whether his black bear brother can understand it or not, whether he can listen to it is the biggest problem.

"You don't need to look at my face." Jiang Xue said nonchalantly, "If you can clean him up, you can clean him up." ”

"Elbow out!" Scissors shrunk her shoulders pitifully.

"Okay, okay, don't say it's useless." Ye Fei stopped dissatisfiedly, "I'm serious, such a big dust disk." Will there be asteroids in it? ”

"Are you saying that the Outer Skeleton is hiding in the dust tray?" The veterinarian immediately understood what Ye Fei meant.

The dust disk is at least two astronomical units wide. There are also a small number of small celestial bodies further outward, but there is no trace of the Outer Skeleton Man or Sea Urchin ship on the periphery, which is inconsistent with the information obtained before.

"Is there a mistake in the information of the mechanical civilization?" Scissors have always been extremely wary of mechanical civilization.

Although mankind has developed expeditionary high-speed unmanned reconnaissance ships, the universe is a three-dimensional space. After ignoring the number of binary and triple stars. There are only seven planetary systems within ten light-years of the solar system. Add in the three planetary systems that are just over ten light-years away, barely reaching ten.

But when the distance is extended to fourteen light-years, the number of planetary systems rises dramatically, directly to thirty-two. Expand to a little more than sixteen light-years, and it will directly reach fifty!

Humanity's reconnaissance capabilities are limited, and they can only effectively monitor and guard the vicinity within ten light-years, barely monitoring several important planetary systems beyond ten light-years.

A star system like the Aquarius EZ is not in the scope of surveillance at all, and can only rely on mechanical civilization to provide the necessary information.

"Impossible, the mechanical civilization hasn't provided any false information until now, and we haven't pounced once or twice, this place is very chaotic, and it's strange that the Outer Bone Man stays here." Jiang Xue belongs to the type of people who believe in mechanical civilization, which happens to be contrary to the views of scissors.

When the mechanical civilization first appeared, the people who held a defensive view accounted for the vast majority, but with the passage of time, more and more people believe that the mechanical civilization has no essential conflict with human beings, and has changed the original concept, Jiang Xue is just one of them, and is trying to make the concept of scissors also change - the media has been carrying out obscure negative propaganda about this, but in this era, everyone will think for themselves, and will not be easily swayed by the media or anyone.

"You two shut up!" Ye Feihuo slammed into it, "Che Qi, what did you find in the optical system?" ”

"Nothing special was found." Cha Qi replied.

The density of the dust disk is not high, and in some locations you can even faintly see the starlight on the other side of the dust disk.

"What did the magnetometer find?" Ye Fei asked again.

"Nothing has been found, I don't know what the reason is, the magnetic signal is extremely disturbed near the star, but I don't think it's possible for the exoskeleton to stay close to the star for a long time." Cha Qi put forward his own opinion.

"Forget it, if you can't find it, you can't find it." Ye Fei pouted and complained, "Today let us go east and let us go west tomorrow, and when we get to the place, we can't find anything, what are those people in the Intelligence Department doing to eat!" If you want me to say, you shouldn't run so far, just guard the stars near the sun and wait, how simple it is to clean up one by one, and if you don't take the initiative to attack, you should let those blind staff officers who command indiscriminately try what it's like. ”

Hearing Ye Fei's anger, everyone closed their mouths in unison, not wanting to touch Captain Ye's moldy head at this time, lest they sweep the tail of the typhoon.

"Ruan Peng, pick up the headquarters for me." Ye Fei, who had vented his depressed emotions a little, commanded.

"Yes!" Ruan Peng immediately connected to the communication of the headquarters of the Celestial Army.

"Command center, I'm the Aquila, Aquarius EZ no target found, repeat, no target found!" Ye Fei bit the words very hard, and he had a tone of longing to eat people.

The Aquila is directly under the command of the Celestial Army Headquarters, and its external communications rarely contact other fleets, and most of the communications go directly to the headquarters, unlike when there was any problem in the beginning, it was not like contacting the fleet headquarters when there was any problem.

"Command Center Receives ......"

"Don't tell me where you've found the Exoskeleton again!" Ye Fei said unceremoniously, "You say a word." I've got to run here for a month, can you figure out the situation? ”

The command center was responsible for contacting the Aquila by a major staff officer, and he listened to Ye Fei's angry words, and couldn't help but bump into the fire: "Captain Ye, the task is assigned by the superiors, and I am only responsible for informing you, what's the use of you complaining to me?" It's not a task I've arranged. ”

"Since you are in charge of contacting, then ask the superior who assigned the task to speak directly to me."

"If you don't say I'll do the same." The staff officer said angrily.

Fire to fire, this staff officer did not dare to cut off the communication from the front-line warship, but directly transferred the communication to the outlet. Then a lieutenant general in a white military uniform appeared on the screen of the Aquila: "I'm Wang Wei." Ye Fei, what's your situation? "At the meeting of the Moon Headquarters, Ye Fei, who Nie Jianrong left alone, there is no one in the upper echelons of the Heavenly Army who does not know this young colonel.

"Deputy Commander, I'm fine. But the command of the headquarters was in a good situation. My battleship has already been shot up twice. Instead of wandering around like this, it's better to go back to Proxima Centauri and wait for the rabbit. Ye Fei's tone was very bad, and he looked like he was giving up on himself.

Ye Fei felt that the continuous air flutter was definitely not accidental. Otherwise, what is the accuracy of the previous interception information? He keenly sensed that intelligence, if not fake, was out of date. said that this matter had nothing to do with Wang Wei, who was in charge of the command center, and he wouldn't believe it if he killed Ye Fei, even if it wasn't done by this deputy commander, he was also one of the insiders!

But what good does this do to the person who is secretly making small moves? Ye Fei couldn't figure it out.

"Ye Fei, the strategy is not set by me, nor can I control it alone, what's the use of you telling me this? If you have anything to say, just say it, don't beat around the bush. Wang Wei suppressed the anger in his heart, but his frowning brows clearly conveyed his dissatisfaction to everyone.

This matter really has something to do with Wang Wei, and the reason why that staff officer sent the communication to Wang Wei is because he knows the root cause of it.

Ye Fei's promotion to colonel is a result of real military exploits, but there are some people who disagree with Ye Fei's achievements, and Wang Wei, who has been the deputy commander of the Heavenly Army for more than ten years, is one of them.

If these exploits are attributed to him, it is not much of a problem to directly take down Wu Han, who has occupied the pit for more than ten years, can this 10,000-year-old second be without ideas?

It's just that Wu Han has a deep background and his position in the Heavenly Army is unshakable, and Wang Wei is a few years older than Wu Han, and when he reaches this position, it is not easy to go further, but it is naturally not a straw bag to be able to achieve the position of deputy commander of the Heavenly Army, and he puts his hope on the next generation.

Wang Wei's son Wang Shuo also served in the Heavenly Army and was also a warship commander, he sharpened his head and wanted to arrange for his only son to become the commander of the Sky Eagle, but Nie Jianrong directly parachuted Ye Fei.

The Celestial Army lacks qualified crews, and even less qualified captains, especially captains who always win battles. If Ye Fei was not on Earth during that time, it would be forgotten, just in time for the entire crew of the Yangtze River to return to Earth and wait for reorganization.

It's not that Nie Jianrong hasn't thought about other people, handing over the Aquila to others can indeed defeat the Outer Bone Man. But when Ye Fei commanded the Yangtze River, he was able to fight against an outer bone group with the strength of a single ship, and commanding the Aquila would definitely be able to exert stronger combat effectiveness, and the other captains of the Heavenly Army either had the ability to accept similar tasks, or they simply did not have that level.

Give the Yangtze River to Wang Wei's son, can Wang Shuo kill a bone mound independently? I'm afraid Wang Wei himself doesn't have this confidence.

How did General Nie choose?

In other words, Ye Fei became the captain of the Aquila, directly blocking Wang Shuo's promotion path!

Moreover, Ye Fei led the Aquila to constantly attack the outer bone man, and killed three bone mounds in a row, which stimulated Wang Wei's paranoid emotions even more - in the past, what a great military feat it was to kill a bone mound, although it is different from previous years, but it can't stand Ye Fei's endless fight again and again, and if he continues to fight like this, Ye Fei's position and rank are not equivalent to riding on a rocket?

So Wang Wei deliberately provided the delayed information to the Skyhawk, just to block Ye Fei, anyway, the outer bone man passed Ye Fei's level, and there were other fleets behind him, which would not cause serious consequences.

I can't complain that the old saying is not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates, who would have thought that Wang Wei would come up with such a means to harm others and himself?

Ye Fei was naturally the same, he listened to Wang Wei's words, and replied without thinking: "Either withdraw us, or give us accurate information, what's the matter with running back and forth like this?" ”

"You want accurate information? Yes. "Wang Weixin said that you brought it on yourself," According to accurate information, a group of exoskeletons are flying towards Gliese 581. ”

Ye Fei was very surprised: "Isn't there a Third Fleet there?" And then there are the Americans. ”

"That's what I said, but the Outer Skeleton is menacing, and the Third Fleet and the American fleet alone can't hold it at all, since you don't want to stay there, go to Gliese 581." Wang Wei didn't forget to set Ye Fei up in language at this time.

The current strategy of the Celestial Army is to actively defend and take offense as defense, and what do these three words mean if you don't want to defend? Cowardice and avoidance of war, isn't it up to Wang Wei to buckle his hat?

"Am I unwilling to stay here? There's nothing to defend here, so it's better to retreat to Proxima Centauri than to run back into the air. Ye Fei didn't realize Wang Wei's trap at all, but he inadvertently freed himself.

"Then go to Gliese 581, it just so happens that it will take some time for the Outer Bone Man to arrive." Wang Wei cut off the communication in disappointment, and then sent the detailed information to the Aquila.

You can make small moves in secret, but on the surface, you must not be caught.

Ye Fei only looked at two lines, and suddenly said loudly: "Jiang Xue, set off immediately, our time is running out." (To be continued......)

PS: I'm not very good at the bloody plot, please understand one or two, don't spray too fiercely.