On the Wenxing exploration spacecraft, Li Dongsheng woke up from his false sleep.

Since the core wormhole of the Auriga-4 "planet" crossed over, including him, the "captain", the four of them have not had enough sleep for a day and slept until they woke up naturally. Especially he, as the one with the strongest scientific research background and the highest education on the entire scientific research spacecraft, in addition to operating various instruments and equipment by himself, he also has to be responsible for training the other three.

After all, Chen Xiwen and others are professional fighters, and they are also special forces soldiers...... They are best at reconnaissance infiltration and killing techniques, not scientific research.

"Lao Li, Professor Huo Laien's side asked us to use the missile head to install a multi-functional satellite to the antimatter mining area."

Chen Xiwen said loudly as he strode into the empty command cabin.

Li Dongsheng rubbed his eyes, and after being stunned for a moment, his face was full of bitterness: "This is going to dismantle the missile...... Will you not? ”

"I won't, Chang Xiaochuan probably will, he was transferred from the Rocket Army." After a pause, Chen Xiwen added: "But I think it may not need to be dismantled." ”

"Huh? So how? ”

"I think it can be in the form of a plug-in. Why don't we go to the combat compartment? ”

"Let's go."

Li Dongsheng got up from his chair, twisted the teacup away, and then walked to the combat cabin with Chen Xiwen.

As a pure scientific research ship, its combat module is set up very discreetly, not only is there no marking, but even the entrance is in a small warehouse next to the command module.

In peacetime, except for the necessary periodic maintenance, there is no one in the combat compartment when performing tasks. The Asterisk, in particular, as an "old" ship, had only used its weapons once two years ago, and had only used lasers to burn down stones.

But in any case, when it comes to weapons, it is necessary to strictly adhere to the rules - no single person is allowed to enter the combat compartment.

As soon as he entered the combat cabin, Li Dongsheng heard the conversation between Chang Xiaochuan and Geng Mingyou.

"Good guys, and the DF-17, has this thing been modified?"

"I don't know."

"I don't think it should be modified, this thing is a wave-riding body, it has been in an aerobic environment, it uses a scramjet engine, and it can't be used in a vacuum environment without modification."

"What about air-to-air missiles?"

"It's choking enough, and the air-to-air missile is a little smaller."

Seeing Li Dongsheng enter the house, the two quickly stopped talking, stood up and said hello.

Li Dongsheng nodded, and his gaze swept around - he had been to the Invitation Yue combat module a long time ago, but it was the first time he had seen the combat module of the Asking Star, and he saw that compared with the Invitation Moon, the combat module of the Asking Star was smaller and more "statusless", and it belonged to the design of a hybrid combat space and weapons arsenal.

The real command cabin is very small, only about ten square meters, and the warehouse next to it is quite large, with more than a dozen missiles of all kinds fixed on the shelves.

"Don't worry, the missiles here are all modified." Li Dongsheng pursed his lips and withdrew his gaze from the weapon rack: "The main consideration of the weapons carried by the Asterisk is to eliminate the space threat, huh...... For example, meteorites on shipping lanes. ”

"That's fine." Chang Xiaochuan immediately said: "Then I'll find a screwdriver." ”

Chen Xiwen laughed and kicked him weakly: "Can you disassemble this thing with a screwdriver?" ”

"I don't know."

"Nonsense." Chen Xiwen looked at Li Dongsheng: "We don't dismantle it, just pack the detector and bundle it on it, and you don't have to consider air friction in the vacuum - if you dismantle it, you have to consider the separation problem." ”

"Actually, you don't even need to separate." At this time, Geng Mingyou interjected: "I think the detector is a disposable product, think about it, it is going to fly to the antimatter mine...... Whenever you explode some antiparticles, this thing will be gone in no time. ”

"Hmm......" Li Dongsheng held his chin and nodded after thinking about it: "Okay, anyway, we have this condition now, and you can get it." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the time again: "Damn, I have to go see the engineering robots - you guys are busy." ”

The three of them laughed in unison.

Everyone has been in the same boat for so long, and they naturally know how "empty" Li Dongsheng's heart is these days - although they were also weak at the beginning, the task they received was to protect Li Dongsheng and listen to Li Dongsheng, the temporary leader, so there was no disobedience to the order at all.

But Li Dongsheng is different, Li Dongsheng sneaked out directly under Mr. Ye's nose! That's not an ordinary nature...... Although he has a good relationship with Mr. Ye and may not be dealt with too much, it is inevitable to cause trouble to Mr. Ye.

Therefore, this guy is working non-stop all day long, and he is as busy as a spinning top, and even the three of them are "suffering".

"By the way, Team Li, there's one more thing." After laughing, Chang Xiaochuan said.

"What's the matter?"

"We're running out of supplies." Chang Xiaochuan pursed his lips and shrugged his shoulders again: "Unless you make up your mind, we really have to drill into the next galaxy like a space wanderer, and then find the supply point smoothly, otherwise...... We'll be here for a week at most, and we'll be back. ”

"! Isn't there a soilless cultivation laboratory for crops on it? Can't we plant? ”

"Uh...... The above is a vegetable plant, we can't eat all the vegetables without eating the staple food, right? ”

"Lean on...... What about meat? ”

"There is also not much meat in stock." Chang Xiaochuan looked helpless: "Maybe when we go back, we will have to eat vegetarian for a few days." ”

"Okay...... I know. Li Dongsheng's eyebrows and mustache wrinkled, and after half a sound, he snorted heavily.

"The blue base is too picky!"

……

Leaving the war room, Li Dongsheng walked briskly back to the command cabin, and then returned to the mechanical control station and sat down - this is his old position, and the front control panel can control the mechanical equipment of the whole ship and any disembarkation equipment.

Calling up the disembarkation equipment and taking a look, I saw that most of them showed green in control—these probes and engineering robots were remotely controlled by various units on the earth, and they were now conducting an in-depth analysis of the ruins of the warship.

The white one is the rest state, the orange one is the state that needs to be charged and maintained, and the gray one is the offline state.

Seeing more and more detectors and robots flashing green and orange, Li Dongsheng sighed softly.

His most important task is to be responsible for the maintenance of these probes, whether it is minor repairs, charging, or battery replacement, all of which require the spacecraft to be here.

Once the spacecraft leaves, it means that these probes and robots will be completely out of order in a few days.

After contacting the control objects of several of the engineering robots that need to be charged, he first takes over the control of these robots, and then lines up to return to the energy energy device for charging, which is actually a large off-ship power bank, but with propulsion and attitude control devices.

After giving the order, he plugged into a resting engineering robot.

This robot is controlled by him personally, and the target is a relatively intact spaceship.

The reason why it is relatively intact is that the engine part of the spaceship has only been hit with a large hole in the rear, and it looks like it was hit by an asteroid - this was specially chosen by Li Dongsheng for himself under his selfishness.

Of course, he is not to blame, after all, the wreckage of the spaceship in the sky is a treasure in anyone's eyes, how can others take care of picking and choosing!

Controlling the engineering robot to enter the ship precisely on the edge of the large hole in the tail, Li Dongsheng turned on the lighting and carefully inspected it.

Obviously, this place should be similar to a reactor, or a restraint furnace...... Well, if it is really as Ye Ming said, this is an antimatter mining area, then maybe it is the design of the antimatter engine...... Thinking of this, Li Dongsheng controlled the robot to take several high-definition photos from multiple angles, and then continued to move forward with satisfaction.

Along the way, the debris and bulkhead impact marks everywhere confirmed Li Dongsheng's conjecture that the spaceship was indeed broken by a meteorite - but why didn't the spaceship explode?

However, this thought only flashed in Li Dongsheng's mind and quickly extinguished, he asked himself if he was not an authority in this area, and the headache was still left to Ye Ming to ponder - the more unreasonable things there were, the more they could arouse the interest of Ye Ming, which was an experience that had been verified for a long time.

Soon, the engineering robot was in the middle of the ship.

"it!" Li Dongsheng was frightened into a cold sweat - under the light, an incomparably wide space appeared in front of him. And half of the front rollers of the engineering robot actually fell on the "cliff".

Startled, he quickly removed the electromagnetic device, and the engineering robot floated from a state close to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Li Dongsheng activated the jet attitude control system, which steadily synchronized the engineering robot with the wreckage of the spacecraft, and at the same time aimed the light below.

As a rule of thumb, this is undoubtedly a cargo hold.

Li Dongsheng thought so in his heart, and his eyes followed the light.

I saw that under the impact, the cargo hold was in a mess, countless wooden boxes and metal parts were floating in the air, and the cargo compartment walls were also covered with traces of impact.

This means that when the tail of the spacecraft was hit, it did follow Newton's laws.

"It's a pity...... Li Dongsheng looked around, and after finding that there was nothing valuable, he regretfully controlled the robot and prepared to cross the cargo hold to the main control room.

However, just as the engineering robot was halfway through the flight, a near-complete flying device was suddenly seen below in the light!

His eyes lit up suddenly, and he immediately controlled the engineering robot to fly down.

A three-meter-long and one-meter-wide aircraft, like a blurry rocket, was firmly locked on the platform of the warehouse.

Except for the fact that the casing is a little worn, the aircraft is intact.

Li Dongsheng pursed his lips, the light in his eyes rose, and the next moment, the engineering robot took out the cutting machine.

……

Three hours later, the cargo compartment of the Asterisk was wide open, and the engineering robot, which was already close to the edge of running out of power, pushed the aircraft back.

On the spacecraft, Li Dongsheng and Chen Xiwen stood on the balcony of the cargo hold wearing radiation-proof inner cabin spacesuits, staring intently at the aircraft.

The hatch was closed, the lights were turned on, and Li Dongsheng glanced at the Geiger counter in his hand.

"Safety! Let's take a closer look, if it's a missile, it would be awesome! Li Dongsheng put away the instrument and took the lead down the stairs.

"Team Li, if this thing is really in the cargo hold, I think it's a landing craft, right? Or a shuttle. Chen Xiwen followed.

"I don't know, I'll talk about it after watching it."

As they spoke, the two of them came to the aircraft.

The aircraft has no landing gear, no glass windows, and only a few bowl-sized vents at the tail - of course, it is clear that it is indeed a flying machine.

In addition, there are only some lines on the shell for reference.

"Look at these lines, are they similar to those on the battleships we've seen?"

"Well, it's kind of ...... If so, what kind of Slanzi materials can this thing use? ”

"Almost, so that thing means it can also pass through wormholes?"

"it...... That can't really be an interstellar missile, right? Li Dongsheng took a step back, but immediately stepped forward again, and the light in his eyes flashed: "If it's true, then we will be rich." ”

Chen Xiwen coughed, but his eyes were also full of joy.

Humanity knows very little about the "enemy" now, and this time the detection was very damaged due to the battlefield, and I don't know how many years have passed...... It's because I want to find some "garbage" and go back has become a luxury.

Li Dongsheng was able to directly bring a near-intact flying machine, which is naturally a happy thing.

Not to mention, if this thing is really an "interstellar" missile, it will undoubtedly increase mankind's understanding of extraterrestrial civilizations.

But...... Chen Xiwen was always a little skeptical.

He also participated in the investigation of the wreckage of the spaceship, and also obtained a wealth of information - that is, the configuration of the warships of alien civilizations, or "habits", is actually similar to that of human warships.

It is also sub-regional, and also sub-fighting compartment.

Moreover, he did not see such a thing as missiles.

Extra-civilizations are more likely to produce miracles and use laser weapons or particle weapons.

What's more, if it's really a missile, how can it be put in the cargo hold?

"Whatever, I'll tell Mr. Ye!"

At this time, Li Dongsheng didn't find a name after looking left and right, so he immediately raised his wrist, intending to "show off" to Ye Ming.

- I don't know if Ye Ming is really angry or pretending to be angry, anyway, I haven't contacted him in the past few days.

Well...... I don't know what kind of mood Ye Ming will feel when he sees this thing.

Just when Li Dongsheng was about to dial, Chen Xiwen's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and after a while, he looked at Li Dongsheng: "Team Li, it's not a battleship that found this, right?" ”

"It's not."

"It's in the cargo hold, right?"

"Yes."

"That'...... Is it possible, you say, that this thing was used to harvest antimatter? ”

Chen Xiwen pointed to the binary star system in the distance that was erupting with distorted light day and night.

Li Dongsheng was slightly stunned: "What do you say?" ”

"I don't know, as a soldier, I take it for granted that there must be a purpose for fighting a war. And here as an antimatter mine...... War must revolve around antimatter. ”

Li Dongsheng nodded slightly: "And for the war service." ”

"Yes - but when you found it, it wasn't on a warship, and this aircraft, without any doors or windows, couldn't have been used to carry people."

"As for missiles, first of all, foreign civilizations do not have the habit of using missiles, and secondly, ...... Missiles should not be stored in an ordinary cargo hold. ”

Chen Xiwen frowned and said softly, "Of course, this is just speculation...... You still have to wait for Mr. Ye to judge. If it's really used to collect antimatter ......"

He didn't finish his sentence, but both of them fell silent at the same time.

Everybody knows what that means.

(End of chapter)