In the deep starry sky, the Asterisk silently flew towards the entrance to the distant YE-2023 wormhole.

In the past few days, its navigation lights could be seen on the ground with ordinary telescopes, but now the Earth is more than 20 million kilometers away from it.

And the Asterisk continues to accelerate, eventually reaching ten times the speed of the third universe, and will maintain that speed for two months, and finally enter the deceleration phase.

Whether in theory or practice, the Asterisk has become the farthest manned spacecraft from the earth so far.

And after the excitement of the first few days, everyone on the ship realized it as they saw the Earth go from a big balloon to a basketball, to a volleyball, to a shot put, and finally to the size of a glass bead.

As a result, the crew began to lose their excitement and then threw themselves into their work.

It stands to reason that on the Astar Question, in fact, it is the same experience as on the moon base, on the Moon Invitation, in the orbit of the Space City and other outer space scientific research centers. But actually...... With being far away from Earth, the experience is really different.

Can the experience of seeing home and not seeing home be the same?

Therefore, in order to allow them to adapt and take over the scientific research tools and remote equipment that have arrived in the Blue Star in advance, and also to keep them in a positive state, the remote control permissions that usually have to queue up and apply for needs on Earth are open to them almost unlimitedly, and the data they want is also available, regardless of country, without discrimination.

Of course, this is not to say that these pioneers of the first human beings to cross the wormhole are treated as cattle and horses - they still have enough rest time and completely unrestricted communication with the earth.

In addition to posting social media and communicating with friends and family remotely, they can even team up with players on Earth on Asterisk.

And all this, naturally, is to keep everyone in a good state of mind.

……

Q Star 4th Floor, Biological Research Center Conference Room.

Mogu is presiding over today's summary meeting.

"There has been no significant progress in deciphering the text yet, and we can't afford to wait any longer. In the past, we could still use the names of rats, dinosaurs, tigers, etc., but now we are about to start a thorough survey of the entire Blue Star ecosystem, and we must use a formal academic name to name it. ”

"According to the requirements of the Global Biological Science Conference, we will code and name the creatures of the Blue Star according to the following rules - this does not need to be remembered, Aita will display it on the display device in time, and then we will translate and integrate it after we master the Blue Star text and the naming rules they left behind."

"Well, you can take a look at these rules. Basically, it is still mainly compared to the life of the earth, and then it is crowned with the mark of the blue star CL, and the initials of the discoverer. ”

"As for the creatures that are fused and hybridized, the same rules are followed."

Mo Gu said and flipped through the documents, and looked at the forty or so good people present with a smile: "Next, we will use mice to remotely conduct reproductive hybridization with rat-like creatures, guys from the experimental animal group, your opportunity has come." ”

Hearing her words, everyone laughed in unison.

Now, by way of gene sequencing, it has been confirmed that the genes of a certain rat-like mammal are very similar to that of mice, so many people begin to itch - no matter how similar the genes are, no matter how similar the skills are, it is not a problem, and it is best to have sexual reproduction.

If there is no reproductive isolation, it will be a big deal!

Of course, everyone actually knows in their hearts that this is basically a dream.

The main reason why they wanted to start the project was ......

There are too many guinea pigs!

There weren't many mice brought by the first probe, but under the careful care of Mogu, this batch of mice grew rapidly, and the second batch brought enough experimental animals......

That...... At present, in the unmanned base of the probe and the Finder-8, there are signs of flooding of various experimental animals.

Rather than destroying humanity to suppress it, it's better to do some experiments or something. After all, you can't let it go, can you......

You must know that whether it is a probe, a Xingxing-8, or a questioning star this time, they have all undergone strict aseptic treatment to prevent the earth's bacteria from invading the blue star as much as possible.

Of course, this time, everyone will also set up a biological laboratory and set aside an observation area to observe the impact of the earth's microbes on the blue star.

After Mogu announced a few more messages and assigned tomorrow's tasks, she announced the end of the meeting.

The interior layout of the Asterisk is in the same vein as the Invitation Moon, and comfort is taken into account from the design, and because the volume of the Asterisk has increased, if you don't think about it, then you won't realize that this is a spaceship that is moving away from the earth.

But as the chief scientist of the question star......

Mogu must always remind himself.

"Academician Mo, please first."

In front of the elevator, a biologist from England gentlemanly invited her to go into the elevator.

"It's okay, you guys sit, I'm going to take a look at the cultivation base downstairs." Mo Gu smiled and waved his hand, said hello to a few familiar colleagues, and walked to the side of the stairs.

On the third floor is a large indoor three-dimensional farm, at which time many seedlings have sprouted and are thriving under the sunlight. These plants include lettuce, turnips, lettuce, and beets. Well...... There are no food crops.

After all...... No matter how big the asterisk is, the space is still limited. Grain is a thing, it's better to plant than to bring.

On the farm, Mogu spent about an hour before following the passage to another gangway, and then down the gangway to the main control room.

Captain Zheng Guoqiang and several heads of the spacecraft control department have been waiting for a long time.

Mogu greeted everyone with a smile, and then remotely controlled her seat back to the conference table, and she sat down too.

It has been five days since liftoff, and every day they have to hold a shipping meeting "in the evening" and arrange for a leader on duty in the evening.

"Is it my turn today?" Mogu looked at everyone with a smile.

Captain Zheng Guoqiang nodded: "If you have special circumstances, we can postpone it." ”

"That's not the case." Mogu immediately shook his head: "It's too much to open a small stove for me." ”

"Not too much, the main thing is that you're too busy." Captain Zheng Guoqiang said with a smile, and looked at the others: "We say that we are in charge of the spaceship, but in fact, there are very few things that can be done, how can it be like you...... You say don't you? ”

The rest nodded their heads.

This is indeed the truth, if you count it according to the generation, although the Asterisk is born from the Invitation Moon, but in terms of the control system, it is actually a third-generation spacecraft.

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And even the first-generation Invitation Moon, in a sense, can realize Aita to exercise control, not to mention the second-generation Sky Survey unmanned transport ship.

Now the third-generation control system of the question star can only be more advanced.

The ship's leaders, such as the captain, the heads of circuits, engines, armed forces, etc., really don't have much to do.

In contrast, Mogu, who is also responsible for the field of scientific research, is too busy.

"Hehe, how can it be, after arriving at the Azure Star, you are busy." Mo Gu blinked—she knew that after arriving at Azure Star, it would be these part-time scientific researchers who would be the busiest, and Captain Zheng might have to move the bricks himself.

"Hahaha, okay then." Captain Zheng only mentioned it in passing, and then coughed lightly and started today's regular meeting.

The content of the regular meeting, in addition to reporting on the departments they are responsible for and the situation of the spaceship, is also the psychological condition - this is even the most important.

But now...... Of course everything is fine.

……

"Then we'll withdraw first." Captain Zheng Guoqiang was the first to stand up: "Hard work, Academician Mo." ”

"No, no." Mogu smiled and said goodbye to everyone, and after sending everyone out of the command cabin, she closed the hatch, and then walked to the main control center and called out Aita.

"Aita, activate the watch system."

"The on-duty system has been activated. Hello, Mogu. ”

"Hello, Aita, help me call Xiaobai over, and help me get a blanket."

"Okay."

After Mo Gu finished speaking, he tapped the chair twice, and then the chair was automatically lowered and turned into a rest mode.

She lay down on the chair, adjusted the angle again, and continued to command: "How many episodes have I seen in the unmanned starry sky?" ”

"The eighth episode of the third season, do you need to start chasing the drama and projecting the screen?"

"Well, come on."

"Okay."

As Aita's voice fell, a curtain of light began to cast in the air directly in front of her chair.

Unmanned Starry Sky is a space exploration sci-fi drama launched two years ago, which is particularly popular, and the plot is the so-called "invincible flow" - as soon as you look at this tone, you will know that it is a domestic production.

At present, in terms of thinking about space exploration, in film and television works, foreign and domestic show two completely different styles. Abroad, more attention is paid to the exploration of human nature, thinking about environmental protection, and reverence for alien civilizations.

However, in China, due to the widespread circulation of Ye Ming's sentence "I think the civilization level of the earth is more than the blue star", the style of domestic science fiction works is particularly grand, and it is to push the universe flat at every turn, and all nations surrender and so on...... So much so that it was jokingly called "invincible stream" by some people, and it was said that there was no depth of thought.

But Mogu doesn't care, no matter how deep it is, it's much better than being wiped out by an alien civilization with a mining cart at every turn.

At this time, the hatch opened, and her robot butler, Xiaobai, entered the control center with a blanket, and Mogu covered it with a blanket and glanced at the time again - according to Earth time, it was already 10 o'clock in the evening.

"Xiaobai, make me a cup of coffee."

"Okay."

Holding the coffee, Mogu took a sip and began to concentrate on chasing the drama. But less than ten minutes had passed, and the watch in her hand began to buzz and vibrate.

She glanced at it, then sat up.

"Ye Ming."

"Sister, did you disturb your rest?" Ye Ming's image appeared in the air, quite looking down on her.

"No, I'm on duty tonight, and I won't sleep until three o'clock."

"Oh, that's hard."

In the picture, Ye Ming's scene should be in the office. Seeing this, Mogu smiled slightly: "Aren't you still in the office?" What about Xiao Qi? ”

"She's at home. Well...... Sister, I have something to say about you, and you are ...... by your side now. You're alone? ”

Mogu was slightly stunned, but she just hummed, and then took out her glasses and headphones from her pocket and put them on: "It's just me, it's just that the control center I used just now projected the screen, and now I use glasses and headphones, you say." ”

"Well......" In the picture, Ye Ming was silent for a few seconds, and then said softly: "That's the case, sister." Results of SIRT8 gene experiments in mice...... What do you think? ”

Mo Gu was stunned again, and his eyebrows furrowed inadvertently: "You know the result, it does seem to be effective at the moment." ”

——The subfamily test of the sirtuins gene has always been carried out privately, and the current authority level of its information is extremely high, but Ye Ming must know it.

In the past two or three months, Mogu followed Ye Ming's instructions and began to inject SIRT8 gene protein into mice. The results were observed by Mogu himself.

"Well, I know...... I mainly want to ask, do you think this gene can effectively prolong the life span of humans? ”

After saying this, Ye Ming closed his mouth and quietly waited for Mo Gu's answer.

Mogu opened his mouth, his brow furrowed deeply.

She was silent for a few seconds before she whispered, "Why are you in such a hurry?" ”

"It's not that I'm in a hurry."

"Who's in a hurry? You can't stand up to power or what? ”

"No, it's money." Ye Ming closed his eyes and let out a long breath.

"We are short of money, and we urgently need to fight local tyrants."

Mogu: "......"

……

Ye Ming hung up the call and glared at Director Niu who was sitting opposite.

Director Niu also shrugged at him.

But in the end, both men let out a long breath in unison.

"Rich people want to be guinea pigs, and I don't think there's anything better than that." Director Niu looked at Ye Ming and joked with a smile.

"You're going to say that...... I think it's okay to accept it. Ye Ming sighed again: "Fortunately, at present, it seems that the cost of making this protein into a biological agent should not be high." ”

"Well, I think too."

"But...... In any case, once it is safe and effective, it must be free for all. Ye Ming stared at Director Niu, and said with an extremely serious expression: "Old Niu, there can't be any room for this." ”

"Don't worry, that's the premise." Director Niu nodded heavily.

He's coming over this time...... I talked to Ye Ming for several days.

In addition to carrying certain expectations, it is more important to make Ye Ming aware of one thing.

That is, of course, the state will support him, as always. But...... Even if it is a country, it is a moment when it is powerless.

Because of the state's arbitrariness in the field of space exploration, too much capital and wealth has been isolated from those great projects.

So where does the money come from??

Watch the people put down the dishes.