"It's really solid!"

As the data from the oscillation detector was transmitted back, Yang Meng immediately learned the detection results.

Although he had long expected that this was not a spaceship,

But this result still made him a little disappointed,

"If only this were a spaceship!"

At this moment, more detailed detection data, after Xiao Yin's simulation calculations, were displayed in front of him to a degree that humans can understand.

Yang Meng restrained his emotions,

After a careful look, Xiao Yin sorted out the three-dimensional medium oscillation view,

Through the observation of the data graph, Yang Meng found that

The cobblestone unknown aircraft in front of it cannot be said to be completely hollow, in the area where the tail thruster is located,

Some hollowed-out structures appeared,

This hollowed-out structure looks like an area where thruster controls and energy are placed,

It is almost impossible to have any remaining space here for astronauts to survive,

After all, the noise and temperature generated by the thrusters cannot allow astronauts to live near the thrusters for a long time.

And except for the void near the thruster, the entire pebble structure is completely solid.

Looking at the structure of the thruster, Yang Meng finally determined something.

"This is indeed the thruster used by humans!"

Whether it is from the structure or from the way of finalization, as a pioneer astronaut, he is very familiar with this structure.

"But why did she send this pebble-shaped thing in the direction of the earth?"

"Is it to distract me, or is it to deliver some clues to Earth?"

In the days of chasing the trail,

According to the direction and speed of the trail, Xiao Yin can already deduce that the purpose of this unknown flying object,

Although it has been determined when I was in the Rutan system before, the unknown flying object is going to the solar system,

But when he really saw that the pebble-like flying object was going to Earth, Yang Meng was thinking about many questions.

"Have you found your people?"

Before, Xiaoguang saw Yang Meng flying towards the pebble flying object and launched some kind of detection device, so he waited for the detection results.

At this time, it saw that Yang Meng's expression had changed somewhat, and it also understood that Yang Meng should have made a discovery.

Yang Meng, who was thinking about something, sighed when he heard Xiao Yin's question, then shook his head and said:

"There's no one of my people up there!"

"Nope!"

The small light flickered violently, as if surprised, and seemed to be puzzled,

At this time, Yang Meng briefly told his discovery,

After listening to Yang Meng's story, the small light flickered, and he was also thinking about something,

After spending a few seconds in silence, Xiaoguang spoke again:

"Since this thing is related to your people, what are you going to do with it?"

"How?"

Xiaoguang's words stopped Yang Meng at once,

He hasn't thought about it carefully since he was chasing the wake until now,

As a pioneer astronaut independent of his existence,

Whether it is the spaceship he pilots or the probe he sends out, Yang Meng has no right to dispose of it.

These detectors are only when their safety is endangered.

He was able to take the emergency way to avoid danger to carry out some disposal,

"In accordance with the agreement shared by all pioneer astronauts,

Under normal circumstances, I have no authority to dispose of any of the flying devices launched by other pioneer astronauts.

But ......"

But looking at the pebble-shaped unknown flying object in front of you,

Yang Meng had some hesitation:

"The situation in the Ross 128 galaxy is a bit special, if you let it go......"

"No! More detailed probing data is needed! ”

Thinking of this,

Yang Meng floated away from the operation console and walked towards the equipment cabin.

While he hurried to the equipment compartment,

It also allows Xiao Yin to use 3D printing technology to create a more precise detection device.

And Xiaoguang saw Yang Meng leave without looking back.

flickered, and did not follow Yang Meng away, but continued to float in front of the porthole, observing the cobblestone unknown flying device not far away.

In the field of vision of the little light,

The ship is getting closer and closer to the cobblestone in front of it,

It didn't take long for the spaceship to finally come to the back of the cobblestone flying machine,

Under the debugging of the flight control system,

The spaceship maintained the same speed as the pebbles in front of it,

In a space that is silent and empty, and there are no third-party close references

The spaceship and the pebbles seem to be stationary,

And this stillness did not last long,

The Infinite Oriental slowly adjusted its angle to the top of the cobblestones.

At this time, Xiaoguang noticed that a large mechanical arm slowly moved from the porthole.

Seeing such a scene,

The small light flickered, as if wondering what Yang Meng was going to do next,

Seeing the mechanical arm slowly approaching the pebbles,

The small light flickered out of the porthole, drifting to find Yang Meng,

As soon as Xiaoguang floated away from the command module, he noticed that the surrounding cabin seemed to vibrate slightly.

But because the little light is floating in the air,

vibrating and affecting the state of the little light,

It first drifted away from the command cabin where the various screens flickered,

Drifting through a white, cuboidal section,

And then came, there were node cabins with passages up and down, left and right,

It floated into a passage below,

At the end of the white cabin, you can vaguely see Yang Meng who is busy,

At this time, the small light flickered,

Under the white light of the cabin, he accelerated and walked towards the equipment cabin where Yang Meng was.

……

Yang Meng, who is arranging the detection device,

didn't notice the arrival of Xiaoguang,

Although the previous oscillation detector basically determined that the cobblestone aircraft in front of it was a solid structure,

But he still had to try to determine what he could do before he could proceed further with the unknown craft.

"Since there are no of your people here, it is very likely that your people are still on that planet!"

The little light that had been paying close attention to another human being floated to Yang Meng's side and explained something,

For Xiaoguang's words, Yang Meng just nodded:

"She's supposed to be there!"

"And when are you going to return, I noticed that we are leaving this galaxy at a very fast pace!"

Hearing Xiaoguang's words, Yang Meng frowned slightly,

The problem that Xiaoguang said does exist,

During the time of chasing the wake, the spacecraft continued to accelerate.

Now the spacecraft and the cobblestone craft in front of it are leaving the Ross 128 system at 5% of the speed of light.

This speed is already close to 15,000 kilometers per second.

At this speed,

It's very difficult to stop and then turn around and go back.

Such a large speed does not mean that it can be stopped

It can only be re-orbited back to the Ross 128 system in a large curve by adjusting the direction.

Yang Meng is very aware of this,

And Xiaoguang, who traveled here with Yang Meng, also knows this,

Therefore, Xiaoguang was a little anxious when he saw that Yang Meng was still detecting the pebble flying machine that was empty.

Yang Meng glanced at the small light that was flickering at a certain frequency, and while operating the three-dimensional printer, he asked:

"You seem to want to see my people?"

"Yes! I'm curious, how do two independent conscious individuals in your civilization get along? ”

"Independent-minded individuals? Get along? ”

Xiaoguang's inexplicable speech made Yang Meng feel strange,

As a human being,

From the beginning of his birth, he began to socialize with other human individuals.

Seeing other strangers in your mother's arms, then toddler, entering kindergarten and meeting your peers......

As a human being, before leaving the solar system, he got along with other humans, almost instinctively as a social creature.

Now Xiaoguang said such words made him feel strange,

And this strange thought just flashed through his mind,

His mind was now full of things about the pioneer astronaut.

So after dealing with Xiaoguang for a few words, he began to continue to detect the pebble flying machine.

At this time, the spaceship has stopped above the cobblestones,

Because the surface of the pebbles is very regular, there is no obvious protrusion,

So the spaceship can be very close to the cobblestones,

In this case

The detection device on the spacecraft, which can carry out proximity detection,

Through the detection of various detection devices, the interior of the pebbles can be seen at a glance,

Yang Meng even passed through the microrobot, along the gap behind the thruster,

into the small cavity behind the pebbles,

And found the flight control cabin in the cavity, ready to take over the flight control system on this cobblestone,

In this exhaustive probing,

Yang Meng can be sure that there is no human presence on this pebble, and not even traces of living things have been found.

"Xiao Yin, has you found any reservation information in the flight control room of the pebble!"

"Retrieval!"

"After searching, no information was found except for the necessary flight control procedures and flight records generated during this time!"

"In other words, the database of the entire flight control room is empty!"

"It can be understood like this!"

Hearing such an answer, Yang Meng frowned and continued to ask:

"What about the powertrain?"

"There doesn't seem to be a fusion device up there?!"

"According to the detection of automatic machinery, its main power source is a fission nuclear power battery pack, and its power operation mode is an ionic propulsion device!"

"How long do nuclear batteries last?"

"Calculated by the half-life of the fission element inside the battery, the pebbles will lose power after 27 years!"

"Twenty-seven years?"

"So can this pebble fly into the solar system?"

As soon as this question was spoken, Yang Meng shook his head and found that he had asked an ignorant question,

As long as the vehicle can break free from the gravitational constraints of the star,

As long as the vehicle can maintain a certain speed towards the target galaxy,

Regardless of the speed of the aircraft,

Even if a human throws a stone with his arm, there is a chance that it will float to the target galaxy.

It's just that the time taken varies depending on the speed! Of course, this is only the state under ideal conditions,

Cosmos is full of all kinds of interference, even if the spacecraft accelerates to a certain extent,

It is still necessary to use the power system, regularly adjust the angle of the spacecraft, avoid unknown celestial objects, and correct the course.

But the pebble below has no such concerns,

In Yang Meng's test,

This is a stone, as long as you look at the gap between the Ross 128 galaxy and the solar system,

The stone barely has to take into account the effects of dust and micrometeors, and can be thrown into the solar system with great speed.

It is precisely because of this pebble that it is possible to reach the solar system.

made Yang Meng hesitate:

"If she hadn't tried to lead me away,

It's to send some kind of message to the solar system.

Wouldn't I be ruining her plan if I cut it down? ”

After hesitating for a moment, he finally made up his mind,

The situation in the Ross 128 galaxy made him a little uneasy,

Is this the pioneer astronaut trying to deliver some kind of message?

Or is there some unknown existence that took advantage of that pioneer astronaut,

I don't know......

Yang Meng still remembers,

Pioneered astronauts before, discovered planets with water, and found many microorganisms and viruses on them.

Although the alien microbial experiment data was not transmitted to him via periodic communication,

But he still learned from the communication of the earth that human beings are extremely cautious about this strange microorganism.

Mankind has been tormented by plagues for thousands of years, and even in this day and age,

Because of the development of genetic technology, viruses have become extremely terrifying weapons.

At this time, Yang Meng remembered that when mankind was exterminating the gray forces in the asteroid belt, he had suffered a terrorist attack by the gray forces.

And the location of the attack is the Martian base that has not been established for a long time.

In a confined aerosol environment like the Martian base,

A modified germ that bypasses the air circulation filtration system and the harmful germ detection system,

caused a lot of damage to the Martian base at that time,

It is precisely because of this inhumane attack that

Some of the earth forces that were still waiting and watching have joined the process of crusading against the gray forces.

And this is just one of the evil things that the gray forces have done.

Since that incident,

Human beings are more cautious in the study of microorganisms.

After all, this kind of murderous and intangible things, once spread, has a very huge impact on human beings.

And this pebble also comes from a planet with water,

Although Yang Meng has undergone detailed testing,

No traces of any creatures were found on it, but he couldn't guarantee that it carried new life types that humans couldn't detect.

To be on the safe side, Yang Meng decided to intercept the stone thrown into the solar system.

As for whether the stone was thrown into the solar system by the pioneer astronaut in order to convey some kind of message,

Now that he's in the vicinity of the Ross 128 system, the question doesn't matter anymore.

If you really need to convey some kind of information,

Then Yang Meng can do it for him, after all, he is also one of the 16 pioneer astronauts.

He believed that if the pioneer astronaut had been in a state of independent consciousness,

If you see him, you will give him a certain amount of trust.

After deciding to deal with the problem,

Yang Meng asked Xiao Yin to take over the flight control system of the pebble, and added some power battery packs to the stone.

Then the stone will slowly slow down and stay in the universe.

He had to turn around and return to Ross 128 again.

……

As one after another instructions came out from Yang Meng,

The orbital thrusters on the side of the spacecraft began to leave faint blue traces in the universe.

At its current speed, the ship changes its angle in one direction and very slowly.