Chapter 161: Eventually, they will all land
"But how do you do a detailed investigation?" This stumped Yang Meng.
The planet has a huge proportion of the oceans
This also causes the planet to be extremely rich in water vapor, which makes it have a thick atmosphere.
It is obviously unrealistic to want to see directly under the clouds through the visible band.
It is only by detecting some wavelength bands and particles with high penetrating power, and by using small light detection methods, that we can get a little insight into what is going on.
"Speaking of which, there has been no gain from the signal emission source that has been pointed at various detection devices, and it is very likely to be related to the movement of this signal source!"
When Xiaoguang heard Yang Meng say this, he flashed and suggested:
"Now that we've found some moving objects, maybe we can find something by monitoring them!"
"It's possible!"
Yang Meng thought seriously about Xiaoguang's suggestion, and then nodded,
The previously monitored signal is a very weak electromagnetic signal.
After human beings entered the interstellar age of the solar system, they found that electromagnetic signals have many characteristics.
There are both disadvantages and advantages, among which one of the major advantages of electromagnetic signals is that they are used by humans for a long time.
All kinds of equipment and technologies are very mature and cheap.
But the shortcomings of electromagnetic signals are also very obvious.
That's very susceptible to interference.
Yang Meng still remembers that when he was in history class,
In the past, when human beings used handheld communication equipment, it was easy to weaken the signal when entering the subway or elevator.
And in addition to the problem of signal weakness,
In the past era of backward information technology,
As a ground, survey signal base for communication with space,
In the case of long-distance communication of more than several astronomical units,
In order to maintain stable signal transmission, it is necessary to use a communication device that can change direction.
It's like a sunflower facing the sun,
Large, cauldron communication devices in the communication base need to be aligned with the direction of the sender at all times.
Recalling these histories,
In the case of the combined planet Ross 128b,
As you can imagine, if that source is in a moving state,
The various passive detection devices he sent out also needed to be aimed at those moving things in order to make some discoveries.
"But I want to keep following this unknown moving object!"
"Now it's all about finding out the path of the unknown object."
Thinking of this, Yang Meng looked at Xiaoguang,
Feeling Yang Meng's gaze, Xiaoguang also understood something,
After a few flashes, he responded with a "I'll continue to probe"
It is then piped back into the previous spherical device.
When Xiaoguang returned, after the detection device of the Rutan Star civilization,
Yang Meng was not idle, he also returned to the equipment cabin,
Continue to work with Xiao Yin in the body, collecting and analyzing the detection data,
However, Yang Meng's work has not been carried out for long.
Xiaoguang made a new discovery, and when Yang Meng learned that Xiaoguang had made a discovery, he immediately returned to the previous detection device.
"Such news ......"
Looking at Xiaoguang's new information, Yang Meng didn't know whether to classify it as good news or put it in the ranks of bad news.
"So, you've found something like that again?"
"Yes!"
"Because the particles of an unknown moving object were detected before,
Using this particle as a template, I found more similar moving objects,
Here's the data I collected......"
With the flickering of the small light, a large amount of data was received and transformed by Xiao Yin in Yang Meng's body in the form of flickering.
And Xiao Yin in his body, while analyzing these data,
These moving points are also marked on the simulated sphere map of the planet Ross 128b.
As the red markers appear one by one on this blue and white planet,
Yang Meng soon discovered some patterns,
Most of the moving points found by Xiaoguang are distributed on both sides of the equator of the day hemisphere of Ross 128b.
And this is also a part of the area where Yang Meng detected less wind before.
"If it's just an example, maybe it doesn't mean much.
But could it be some peculiar natural phenomenon that so many moving points are here? ”
At this time, Xiaoguang has finished talking about all the data,
According to Xiao Yin's arrangement, in a short period of time, Xiao Guang found thousands of moving points.
It was also so many moving points that made Yang Meng have some doubts.
After all, the universe is very vast, and some natural phenomena produced by various galaxies by chance often exceed human imagination.
Don't say it's in the universe,
It is some natural phenomena on the earth, which have often been mistaken for miracles for a long time in the past history of mankind.
How different are the humans who have just left the solar system not long ago from their ancestors?
But thinking of this, Yang Meng looked at the speed of each moving point, but denied his thoughts,
Although these moving points move faster and slower,
However, the abnormal velocity of most moving points is within a moving range.
Such a speed allows these moving points to remain basically in the diurnal hemisphere.
Xiaoguang on the side looked at Yang Meng's contemplative appearance, flickered and suggested again:
"In fact, there is no need to continue long-distance exploration here, we will understand it if we go directly to that planet and take a look!"
"Straight to it?" Yang Meng frowned,
The reason why he sent passive detection devices to the Lagrange points L4 and L5,
and hid on the back of the Ross 128 star to make a covert observation,
Just in order not to be alarmed, some unknown existence above,
After all, what he had discovered in this galaxy before had alerted him,
If you rush directly and recklessly into the planet Ross 128b, you may encounter some dangers.
"But after these days of sneaky observations, I can also confirm some things!"
"There should be no traces of civilization on the surface of this planet!"
Although it is not yet certain what is in the sea,
I can't see through the clouds and see below the planet.
But there is still a way to distinguish between land and sea.
According to the gravitational distribution of the entire planet, as well as the state of the magnetic field distribution,
can be found
The land of this planet is extremely scarce,
only 9% of the entire planet's surface,
And these landmasses are not monolithic, but are distributed in different parts of the planet in different types of island-like structures.
As a planet dominated by oceans, there is a violent atmospheric circulation,
It's like, an island on Earth,
There are typhoons blowing all year round,
Not only typhoons, but even monstrous waves hitting the island,
It is extremely difficult to exist on such an island.
After surmising that the possibility of a civilization on land is not very likely,
Yang Meng set his eyes on the ocean,
But in addition to those unknown objects moving slowly in the ocean, and the weak electromagnetic signals detected before,
Until this point,
Yang Meng and Xiaoguang also did not detect any traces of advanced civilization,
Therefore, when Xiaoguang mentioned directly exploring the planet Ross 128b, Yang Meng was a little moved.
For Yang Meng,
Nowadays, long-distance detection work has reached a bottleneck.
He can't always hide behind the stars to observe.
No matter what is detected,
There is a high probability that he will land on Planet B,
His first mission to this galaxy was to find the lost pioneer astronaut.
And he, as a pioneer astronaut,
The first priority of leaving the solar system is to find a planet for humanity to support immigrants and find traces of extraterrestrial life.
And now,
The pioneer astronaut was not found at the end of the trail,
There are signs of life on this planet again,
The combination of these two reasons makes this planet, no matter what, a planet that Yang Meng went to land.
Even if there are dangerous alien civilizations up there,
These alien civilizations are very brutal,
Even backward civilizations, seeing human spaceships, try to poke them down with sticks in their hands,
Yang Meng still wants to land on this planet,
As a pioneer astronaut, when he became a pioneer astronaut, he had already put life and death out of his life.
"So now......"
"That's right! Maybe there's a clue in there."
This is Yang Meng seemed to have thought of something, and suppressed the Ji Dong in his heart.
……
The probing work continues,
More unknown moving points have been discovered,
Although because of the obscuration of the clouds, Xiaoguang and Yang Meng could not judge the size and appearance of the moving point,
However, through the particles detected by small lights, it can be found that
Depending on the intensity with which the particles get there, it can be inferred that the size of these unknown moving points may vary.
And when the small light is actively probing Planet B,
Yang Meng did not collate and analyze the detection data like Xiaoguang.
At this time, Yang Meng was in the equipment cabin,
Holding a transparent screen, looking at the constantly flickering words on it, he muttered something indistinctly,
"According to the law, it should be like this......"
"That's not right! This permutation is wrong and cannot unwrap the packet! ”
"So is that so?"
"Huh! Here's a chance! ”
……
When Yang Meng cracked the packet, time passed slowly,
I don't know when the light floated into the equipment cabin from the outside,
When it saw Yang Meng, it flashed and said:
"During this time, new unknown moving points are no longer appearing!"
"The particles represented by these moving points can't be analyzed for new data!"
"I'm nearing the end of my exploration here!"
"What's next?"
Yang Meng, who was tinkering with some kind of equipment, heard Xiaoguang's voice,
Putting down the transparent tablet in his hand, he let out a long breath:
"Next we're going to get close to Planet B!"
"Are you finally getting closer to this planet?"
Hearing Yang Meng's thoughts,
The small light flickered violently, showing excitement,
But after the flickering of excitement,
Xiaoguang's flickering emotions turned into doubts again:
"Before. Aren't you going to probe for a while? ”
"Why did you decide to get close to this planet so quickly!"
During the time I spent with Yang Meng,
Xiaoguang observed very clearly that Yang Meng's cautious attitude towards Planet B,
Although it would like to hurry up and take a look at this Ross 128b, which has the same fate as Rutan B,
But after all, the spaceship was controlled by Yang Meng.
And now Yang Meng suddenly changed his mind, which aroused Xiaoguang's curiosity:
"What is the reason for you to get close to Planet B before you have a clear detection?"
Xiaoguang flickered with doubts, and looked at the tablet in Yang Meng's hand,
At this point, the light curtain on the tablet has been extinguished, and there is no text on it, it looks like it is just a piece of transparent glass.
Why did Yang Meng change his mind?
In Xiaoguang's view, the reason for this is very likely to be on that,
And for Xiaoguang's question,
Yang Meng did not answer positively, but only responded: found a new clue,
He continued to plan the approach route with Xiao Yin in his body.
And looking at the small light flickering, there is still a hint of curiosity,
Remembering what I had just discovered,
Ever since the trail intercepted the message from the Earth,
Yang Meng has been trying to crack the data packet.
Although the work of the hack did not go well,
The progress is also extremely slow,
But the encryption program on the packet is from a human after all,
And not from an alien civilization,
The encryption program above is also similar to the encryption program he used.
Even after a hundred years, the next level of encryption methods has changed dramatically.
But like a ball of thread tightly wound together,
As long as you can find the thread, there is always a chance to solve this mystery.
Fortunately, not long ago, Yang Meng untied part of the thread group with some tricky methods.
Through some gaps in the thread web,
Yang Meng saw some of the data in this packet,
It was the content of these data that made Yang Meng decide to approach the planet Ross 128b.
As for what he sees,
Yang Meng couldn't tell Xiaoguang either,
After all, the content in the data packet is that Xiao Yin in his body does not have read permissions.
How will this alien civilization be told,
What's more, the content in it is also related to the pioneer astronaut.
All kinds of thoughts flashed in Yang Meng's mind,
He continued his work.
The Ross 128 galaxy is a miniature galaxy,
Theoretically, it doesn't take much time to get from the location of the Boundless East to the location of Planet B.
But unlike the cleaner solar system environment, this galaxy has some meteorite debris belts.
The existence of these debris belts requires Yang Meng's spacecraft to go around.
Moreover, Yang Meng will not directly enter the orbit of Ross 128b.
He had to make a detour around the Lagrange point L2 behind Ross 128b, where he would stop for a short time before re-entering the orbit of planet B.
This means that it will take a little more time to get to Planet B.
In this way, after deciding the next voyage,
The thrusters on the spacecraft were activated, and under Xiao Yin's control, the spacecraft slowly broke away from the Lagrange L3 point and poked its head out from behind the star.
At this time on the ship,
Xiaoguang and Yang Meng are floating in front of the porthole,
Look at the faint dots of light that gradually appear behind the star, and that is the next target.
"How did you know for sure that there are large creatures on this planet?"
The small light in front of the porthole flickered and asked Yang Meng a question,
Although Yang Meng couldn't tell Xiaoguang about the pioneer astronaut,
But after that, from the data packet, some of the data read can still be revealed to Xiaoguang.
After all, this point of light is also very likely to land on this planet with him.