The reason why Yang Meng thought that it would be difficult for these clones alone to launch a pebble that was precisely facing the solar system and similar in size to the Pioneer spacecraft.

Or is it because,

Aerospace engineering is a highly interdisciplinary and systematic project.

It takes a lot of scientific and technological support to do this.

The material problem alone is not so easy to solve.

For example, the thruster can withstand thousands of degrees of heat while ensuring that the structure of the thruster is not affected by temperature and huge impact forces.

It's like a water hose that sprays water all the time.

If the outlet of the water pipe can be easily pinched, the amount of water sprayed will also change.

"The space technology they use on Earth,

In the case of Ross 128b, how to solve the problem of heavy elements in this? ”

You know, the alloy of heavy elements is an important part of improving the structure of the thruster,

The Rutan Star civilization is trapped on such a planet because it has exhausted the heavy metal elements that are not very abundant.

"This planet is dominated by oceans, and the depth of the ocean is extremely large, and it is not easy to collect heavy metal elements!"

"Even if the material problem is solved,

There are a lot of other problems,

To send such a large pebble to the sky, the flight control system is needed, as well as the programming of the system,

It's hard to imagine that these things can be done by such a short-lived clone! ”

"Unless ......"

"It's her AI that helps!"

"Did the pioneer astronaut give some orders, or did the artificial intelligence have some anomalies?"

Yang Meng's attitude towards artificial intelligence has always been complicated,

And so fell into a kind of contemplation.

At this time, in the metal sphere, clone 617, who was walking along the passage, saw that the mechanical car was silent again.

The color of doubt flashed in the pink child's eyes,

But then, she saw where the rover was going, and a look of panic appeared on the innocent girl's face:

"Divine Messenger, ahead is an area that is inaccessible to low-class nobles, and if it is discovered, I will be punished!"

Yang Meng, who was thinking about something, heard the words of the girl clone,

Only then did I find that my rover had come to my destination, which was outside the previous power energy control room.

"Now it's just you on the spaceship, don't worry about this, come with me!"

"No, only the top 9 nobles in the serial number can enter here!"

Through the camera lens, looking at the 617 clone Yang Meng who was stagnant, he frowned slightly,

Then he glanced at the brain wave values that Xiao Yin had been monitoring,

Seeing that what this clone said was not a lie, he insisted on it.

Yang Meng sighed silently in his heart:

"This deformed cultural ......"

"Looks like these clones weren't made by the pioneer astronaut on purpose!"

Based on Yang Meng's understanding of the pioneer astronaut,

As a human being in a new era and experiencing the ravages of gray forces in the asteroid belt,

She would not allow the clones to form such a deformed social system.

"It doesn't matter, you're the only one on this ship, follow me in!"

Yang Meng persuaded again,

And Clone 617 is still there,

It seems to be an invisible traditional culture, drawing an invisible line there, so that she does not dare to trespass.

Seeing the clone like this, Yang Meng shook his head gently.

In previous exchanges,

He learned,

617 clones, as inferior nobles, are equivalent to priests or evangelists in the entire clone system,

Responsible for brainwashing clones other than 1000 and making them volunteer as consumables.

And in the short education process that 617 has experienced, he only knows how to brainwash other clones through God.

Other than that, there is a blank for other knowledge,

That's why I stupidly want to open the door outside the air pressure cabin,

Seeing a rover that has never been seen before can only be explained by the only divine knowledge in the brain.

But even so,

Yang Meng didn't dare to let this clone out of his sight,

The internal structure of the metal sphere is very complex.

And the circulatory system has not fully returned to normal,

If this clone is left here, and then something goes wrong, one of his few clues will be broken.

Fortunately, such a problem is not too troublesome for Yang Meng.

"Since you don't want to go in, just wait outside!"

"Yes!"

617's answer was crisp, like an echo worm that had been answered countless times.

However, what happened next seemed to shatter the clone's worldview.

"The angel is cracked!"

I saw the back of the rover open,

put down a sound-image receiver transmitter and a miniature battery pack,

The rest of the body goes into the front control room.

At this time, the screen on the spaceship is also divided into two parts,

Some were watching the clones, while others were in the control room, trying to activate the power system of the metal orb.

"You seem surprised!" From a split screen, Yang Meng noticed the change in the clone's expression,

"You should have seen it just now!"

"Right...... I'm sorry I didn't notice such a change in the Divine Messenger! ”

Thinking of the panic situation of the clone before, Yang Meng did not dwell on this issue, but continued to ask,

"Can you tell us a little bit about where you come from?"

"Where I Was Born......"

At this time, the clone seems to be stuck in some kind of memory,

And seeing that the clone did not answer,

Yang Meng didn't urge, but looked at another split screen,

At this time, the rover has entered the control room.

The robotic arm on the rover has connected some lines to the equipment in the control room.

Xiao Yin inspected and took over the power system of the metal ball through remote control.

At this time, Yang Meng asked again with some unease.

"Xiao Yin, are you sure there is no system for remote communication and control with other metal spheres?"

"Judging from the current detection data, there is really no such communication equipment!"

Hearing such an answer, Yang Meng secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but also felt puzzled,

"If you don't communicate with each other by means of remote communication, how do these metal balls communicate with each other?"

What Yang Meng can be sure of is that

There must be some kind of interaction between the metal ball and the metal ball.

During the previous communication with Clone 617,

She said that she came from another metal sphere,

It is for this reason that

She had the illusion that opening the barostat door would allow her to enter other metal spheres.

This kind of human interaction is still understandable,

So is there any other way to communicate besides human interaction?

"The use of electromagnetic communications should not exist,

Otherwise, I would have discovered it long ago after I explored outside Planet B for so long! ”

"It's a pity that if you intercept the communication between the metal balls, you can find out a lot of things!"

Just as Yang Meng was thinking,

When it is possible to intercept remote communication between metal balls

Another 617 clone in split screen has finally spoken out:

"The place where I lived as a child was very beautiful.

We weren't numbered at that time......"

Under Clone 617,

Yang Meng also learned about some of the places where the clones lived when they were children,

At that time, a place like a nursery,

As a clone, she naturally has no parents.

Instead, he was raised by a clone known as the Nursery Master under the number 574 designation.

There No. 617 underwent a short period of education, and at the age of 12, he began to fulfill his numbered profession.

And listening to Clone 617 talk about his life, Yang Meng shook his head silently,

He didn't get the answer he wanted here in 617,

He wanted to know the process of reproduction and cultivation of human cloning, the specific cloning method,

Although 617 does not understand such knowledge,

But she should have seen it in the place where she came from,

However, as can be seen from the clone's answer,

After the clone had his memory, he was in another metal sphere designed to raise children, and did not come into contact with the clone device.

"Is this metal orb specifically designed to brainwash other clones?"

"By the way, what happened to this metal ball that caused your death?"

Hearing Yang Meng's question, a confused look flashed in the pink eyes of the 617 clone:

"I don't know, maybe it's God's punishment!"

"That's it!"

Yang Meng still couldn't understand why the metal ball was abandoned and why these clones were killed.

It's a shameful waste.

It is a waste of both metal materials and human resources,

It can't be that there are too many metal materials to use, or is it that the death of a bunch of clones doesn't have much effect on their total number?

"That ......"

What else does Yang Meng want to ask in detail,

But at this time, the picture on the screen shook slightly,

And as the picture returned to normal, Xiao Yin's voice also came to his ears:

"We have successfully obtained control of the power system, whether to enter the motion detection!"

"It's time to move!"

Hearing Xiao Yin's voice, Yang Meng immediately put aside the matter of asking about the clone:

"How does this metal ball move?"

"The motion model has been transferred to your optic nerve!"

With Xiao Yin's voice,

Yang Meng's eyes appeared in front of him, a three-dimensional simulation data map

And after browsing this data graph, he also understood the movement of metal balls.

The way this ball moves is very simple,

The whole sphere is divided into two layers inside and outside,

The outer layer can be rotated at different angles under the drive of the power unit,

The inner layer, on the other hand, is in a state of equilibrium under the influence of gravity.

If you change to such a structure on the earth, you may face some problems.

But the gravity of planet Ross 128b is 1.4 times that of Earth,

In this case, it's easier to be gravity-locked and keep it vertically downward.

However, in cases where gravity locking is easier,

It is also more difficult for the metal sphere to rise and dive in the ocean of Planet B.

Fortunately, there are alien sea creatures such as porous sponge mushrooms that can naturally float and dive.

As long as the metal ball hides in it,

This avoids complex buoyancy problems and more complex drainage and inlet control systems due to buoyancy problems.

"So the metal sphere can only move in the polypore, but not in the polypore!"

"Yes!"

Hearing this answer, and then looking at the motion model structure of the metal sphere,

Yang Meng found that it was difficult to push the metal ball directly into the large porous sea fungus at first.

Even if he sends some thruster devices and buoyancy devices,

It is still very dangerous to let the metal ball out of the shelter of polypores.

There is not only buoyancy because of the change in gravity.

What's more, the planet's marine environment is far more complex than that of the Earth.

On Earth,

Because of the change of sea density gradient caused by ocean currents and temperature, the density cliff in the sea has caused countless tragedies of sacrifice in the history of human submarine development.

And on the planet Ross 128b, which is extremely cold and hot, this phenomenon is more obvious and complex.

It takes a long time to probe to ensure the movement of a large hollow structure such as a metal ball.

"If this metal ball can't leave this polypore,

Then you can only go into the large polypore fungus and find those metal balls that are in an active state.

But if you do this, it is tantamount to startling the snake! ”

"What's next?"

When Yang Meng was thinking about what plan to make next, he looked at Xiaoguang for a while, and finally said loudly:

"I see that this polypore seems to be moving away from our previous goal!"

"Stay away!"

Xiaoguang's reminder suddenly made Yang Meng think of something:

"Xiao Yin, did the metal ball change the direction of the multipore fungus filtration!"

"Analyzing, please ...... later"

"Yes! According to the results of the analysis,

The current location of the metal sphere changes the natural direction of the polypore and keeps the polypore away from the target! ”

Such an answer made Yang Meng's eyes light up,

"So if you use the metal ball to change the direction of the filtration again, can you get this polypore close there?"

"Based on the analysis of the holes detected so far,

This program can be implemented,

You need to move the metal ball to this position! ”

With Xiao Yin's answer, an extremely complex channel map appeared in front of Yang Meng,

And there's a red dot flashing on this picture.

This red dot is where the metal ball goes.

Seeing this situation, Yang Meng said secretly:

"It seems that this polypore can also be prescribed, thanks to her being able to think of this way!"

In Yang Meng's view, this kind of movement can only be made by the pioneer astronaut and her own artificial intelligence.

As for those clones,

In such a strange social system,

He didn't believe that those clones would be able to reach this point in just a hundred years.

……

After deciding on the next course of action,

Yang Meng didn't hesitate,

Let Xiao Yin start to operate the metal ball and go to the target point.

But before you go,

Yang Meng has not forgotten, separated the can opener outside the pressure cabin, closed the inner door of the pressure cabin, and resealed the outer door.

After all, on a smooth ball,

An anomalous protrusion appears,

Prolonged movement within the passage of the polypore fungus has a high risk of destabilizing the entire spherical apparatus.

When the detector issue is dealt with,

As the pressure chamber retracted into the metal sphere, the entire sphere structure rotated.