"After a preliminary investigation, the equipment was damaged due to strong convective weather!"

"Severe convective weather?"

"Isn't it better to choose an area with a slower airflow? Severe convective weather on planet b can also be stronger than that of gas giants! ”

For the reason for the damage transmitted back by the spy satellite,

Yang Meng was a little skeptical,

If we look at it hundreds of years ago, with the technology that mankind has just entered the space age,

Convective weather of this magnitude does have a high chance of damaging the detector,

But since the breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion technology,

In order to cope with the high temperature and high pressure environment required for controlled nuclear fusion, material technology has developed greatly.

With the support of new materials, humans even have the ability to explore gas giants.

With the atmospheric convective environment on planet B, it is impossible to destroy the probe in such a short period of time

"How much data did the detector send back before it was damaged?"

With doubts, Yang Meng checked the data transmitted by the detector

Through the footage transmitted by the probe, he saw the entire process of the probe entering Planet B.

The probe had just entered the planet Ross 128b when it crashed into the clouds.

Although the detector is obscured by clouds,

But through the multi-directional camera transmission system, it can still be noticed

Because of Rayleigh scattering, the structure of the entire cloud layer and the color of the atmospheric dome are somewhat similar to that of the earth.

Some blue sky looms in the void above the clouds,

And as the detector continues to go deeper,

The surroundings quickly turned into a gray scene,

Because the planet Ross 128b is very close to the star,

Even from the thick clouds,

The light from the stars is still scattered throughout the clouds,

The clouds are not dark black, but as the height of the detector continues to fall,

The surrounding scene also darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Just when Yang Meng thought that the detector would continue to shuttle in the clouds,

Suddenly a touch of blue appeared below,

Compared to the blue of the sky, the blue here is deeper,

And Yang Meng, who saw such a scene, recognized something at once:

"This is the ocean of planet b!"

The spacecraft had previously explored the surface structure of Planet B while orbiting Planet B.

Although the surface structure of Planet B cannot be directly seen due to the influence of clouds,

But the structure of the oceans and the land on planet b is still very easy to distinguish,

According to preliminary detections,

The planet's oceans occupy more than ninety percent of the entire planet's area.

This is also the reason why Yang Meng recognized this as the ocean at once.

But just when the probe just saw the ocean,

The picture that was originally stable shook violently,

Soon the picture turned snow-white, and the signal was completely lost.

Seeing that the spy satellite only transmitted back some scenic footage,

Through the multi-angle cameras arranged in different directions of the satellite, no unknown objects were filmed attacking the spacecraft.

Yang Meng rubbed his temples, thinking about something in his heart,

"Xiao Yin, the movement of the spy satellite when it is damaged is big enough!"

"Yes!"

"Satellite 03 at the Lagrange point has detected the neutrinos produced by the spy satellite when it self-detonated!"

Hearing such an answer, Yang Meng nodded silently,

As long as the movement of the spy satellite when it is damaged is large enough, then the main mission of the satellite is considered to be completed.

You know, in order to make a big move,

Yang Mengke transferred 0.1 mg of degenerate substances from the controlled nuclear fusion device.

He placed this part of the substance in a neutron dense pressure-resistant tube.

As long as there is irreparable damage to the detector,

Excited degenerate matter through neutron tubes, it will make the probe that was originally just, silently crashed into the sea,

Explodes into a visible fireball and releases a large number of rays and neutrons, as well as the resulting electromagnetic pulse.

As long as there is electricity on this planet,

The explosion of this detector will be noticed anyway.

Seeing that the detector had exploded, Yang Meng sighed secretly in his heart:

"I just hope that all this I have done is not in vain!"

Yang Meng checked some observation data on Planet B, and saw that there was nothing abnormal, so he could only give Xiao Yin an order:

"Continue to observe in stealth

If there is anything abnormal, report it to me immediately! ”

"Understood!"

After confirming the state of Planet B, Yang Meng continued to follow the trail.

……

In the process of tracing the trail,

Yang Meng discovered another fact,

That's where the trail has traveled, and there are very few meteorite debris belts.

This is even more certain.

The pioneer astronaut knew the Ross 128 galaxy very well,

It is only under the observation of the long test interval that the complex state of this galaxy can be determined.

And Yang Meng, who follows the trail, can also be said to be unimpeded.

At this time, the speed of the spacecraft, which is inferred from the loss of wake, is getting faster and faster.

Yang Meng also had to let the spaceship continue to accelerate,

In terms of speed, you should keep more than 20% of the speed of the trail, otherwise it will be difficult for you to catch up with the ship at the end of the trail when it accelerates to a certain extent.

The Ross 128b galaxy is not large,

In the course of the chase, the spacecraft has left the planetary region of the Ross 128 system,

into the dust debris belt ring,

And the speed of the ship is getting faster and faster,

It won't be long before it leaves this small galaxy.

"Are we really going to leave this galaxy?"

The small light in front of the porthole, seeing that the star Ross 128b could no longer maintain its spherical shape, flickered and asked Yang Meng.

Hearing Xiaoguang's inquiry, Yang Meng did not answer,

Instead, he asked Xiao Yin in his body, the current chase situation:

"How long will it take for us to catch up with the target!"

"At the current acceleration, it is expected to take another 76 hours!"

Hearing this, Yang Meng nodded and continued to ask:

"We are in the direction of the wake, whether the communication request that we transmit is answered!"

"Any reply received at this time!"

"Still no reply?" Hearing this, Yang Meng frowned slightly,

Since he left the vicinity of the planet Ross 128b,

It has been sending a communication request in the direction where the trail is located.

But even if it is a signal delay caused by spatial distance,

At this moment when you are about to chase out of the Ross 128 galaxy, there should always be a reply,

But so far, no signal has come back from there!

"What the hell is going on?"

"In my opinion, she wouldn't have received a signal at such a distance and not reply!"

"When we catch up, maybe all the puzzles will be solved!"

Although it will take about three days to catch up with the target in front,

But for a spacecraft with a large amount of detection equipment,

It only takes two days or so to basically detect what the end of the trail is.

In the midst of such a chase, another day passed,

At this time, Yang Meng had just woken up from sleep, and he heard Xiao Yin's prompt tone:

"Attention: We've received an unknown data packet!"

Hearing such a prompt sound, Yang Meng, who was still hazy and sleepy, instantly woke up:

"Packets!"

"Where did it come from?"

Yang Meng floated in the sleeping cabin while confirming the situation with Xiao Yin:

"Is it a reply from the direction where the trail is?"

"According to the direction of information transmission, it is indeed the direction where the trail is located, but it is impossible to determine whether it is the reply of the target point of the trail!"

Xiao Yin's words made Yang Meng a little confused,

He immediately asked Xiao Yin to transmit the data packet,

And when Yang Meng saw the data packet, he was stunned for a moment,

"This packet is ......"

The packet he saw was an encrypted packet, and he was very familiar with the encryption format on it:

"This is a periodic communication packet from the Earth side!"

"But this time is ......"

Yang Meng glanced at the time, it was only half a year since the last time he received a data packet from the earth.

It's still far from the time to transmit the packets again,

"Transmitting another piece of data in such a short period of time, could it be that something happened on the Earth side?"

This kind of transmission of data packets in a short period of time has happened before, and if there are some events in the solar system that affect the whole of humanity,

Cycle information will also be sent to Yang Meng in advance.

"I don't know, what happened this time?"

With curiosity, Yang Meng tried to unravel the packet,

However, in the face of the encryption method on the packet, his decryption action stopped.

Although the encryption on this packet is very familiar.

But when the decryption involves the secret key part,

Yang Meng found that

The key on this packet, and the hundreds of keys he has accumulated over the past hundred years,

None of them match each other,

There is also no secret key that can be inherited from this packet.

At this time, he suddenly understood something:

"This packet is for her ......"

The pioneer astronauts who traveled to the Ross 128b system, even though they have been lost for decades,

But before the death of the pioneer astronaut who was confirmed to go to the Ross 128 system,

The earth side still transmits data packets to the place where the pioneer astronaut last appeared according to the data packet cycle once a year.

Pioneer astronauts are a precious asset of mankind,

Humanity will not give up on any pioneer astronaut easily.

The pioneer astronauts who sailed alone in space were themselves under mental stress,

If for some reason, the connection with the earth is lost,

At the moment of the restoration of communication,

It can also receive periodic communication from the earth,

It can also make the pioneer astronauts understand that the earth has never given up looking for pioneer astronauts.

This is undoubtedly the best consolation for the lonely pioneer astronauts.

Therefore, when Yang Meng judged that this data package was given to her, he was not surprised.

"It's a pity that I can't open this data package for the time being!"

Although the encryption method is similar,

But it's like a store-sold lock,

Although these locks have the same shape,

But a lock can only be opened with the corresponding key,

And at the beginning, in order to prevent it, the data of communication with sixteen pioneer astronauts on the ground, because one of the communication data was cracked,

caused the remaining fifteen data channels to be chained and cracked.

Human communication with each of the pioneer astronauts has some unique encryption methods.

But no matter how unique it is,

For Yang Meng, who has fully mastered the encryption method of earth communication,

There is still a certain chance that this packet will be cracked,

It's just that he is not in a hurry to try to crack it, but thinks of Xiao Yin's previous answer to the origin of this data:

"You just said that the direction in which this packet came from is the direction where the trail is!"

"Yes!

Because the direction of the wake is the solar system,

Therefore, the packet from the solar system is also the packet from the wake direction! ”

"That's my question, and your answer is ambiguous!"

Yang Meng muttered secretly, thinking about the specific origin of this data package:

"But is this really a data package from Earth?"

Although it is very likely that this packet is from the Earth side,

But it can't be ruled out that this packet was deliberately sent to him by the spaceship at the end of the trail.

"If it was sent to me on purpose, why didn't she reply directly, what was she caring about?"

However, judging from the dispersion of the cluster signal of the delivered data, this packet is indeed from the earth.

But the degree of dispersion of the signal is not something that cannot be simulated by presets......"

Yang Meng's heart was full of doubts,

Fortunately, in two days he was able to catch up.

A lot of things will be clear by then.

"Then the next time is to try to crack this data packet, maybe there are some important clues in it!"

Thinking of this,

Yang Meng floated to the signal cabin and started the cracking work.

Because Xiao Yin does not have the permission to read the packet,

Yang Meng can only rely on his own brain power, supplemented by a computer, to crack the data packet.

In the process of cracking, time passes imperceptibly......

In the 21st minute of Yang Meng's addiction to cracking,

The cluster signal channel that delivers the packets continues towards Ross 128b and reaches this planet.

In the 45th minute after Yang Meng received the packet,

Obsessed with cracking data packets, he received a prompt tone from Xiao Yin:

"Attention! A faint anomaly has been found on the planet Ross 128b! ”

At this time, Yang Meng, because of a large number of data passwords, was feeling a headache, and his consciousness was relatively ambiguous.

Therefore, he didn't react to Xiao Yin's prompt sound at the first time.

"Abnormal ...... Signal"

"Wait! The signal is abnormal! ”

"You're saying that a faint signal has been detected on the planet Ross 128b!"

Yang Meng came to his senses in an instant and asked Xiao Yin about the situation:

"In other words, when the earth's communication packets arrived on the planet, there was a signal anomaly on it!"

"Yes!"

"So can you tell where the signal is coming from?"

"Depending on the degree of weakness of the electromagnetic signal, as well as the direction in which the signal appears, it is very likely that this signal is coming from the deep sea of Ross 128!"

"Deep Sea!"

Hearing such a place,

As a pioneer astronaut, there was an irrepressible change in his face:

"Deep Sea!" He repeated these two words,

Only then did he realize that as a land creature, he had neglected a place,

On the planet Ross 128b,

Because of the strong convective weather, the living conditions on land are extremely harsh.

But for the planet Ross 128 b, which has a vast ocean, the depths of the ocean can hide from most dangers,

Whether it's a long, scorching day on planet b,

Whether it's cold and long nights, the ocean is the perfect shelter.