Yang Meng read them one by one in order,

The first is the information he should receive when he leaves the Ross 128 system,

In this message,

In addition to some fixed content sections,

The earth side also calculated from Yang Meng's trajectory that his spacecraft may have reached the Ross 128 galaxy at this time.

Therefore, it was natural to ask about his progress in finding Cai Zhaoxin,

The Earth wants him to report his discoveries in a timely manner.

Although the ground mentions the word "timely", whether it is the earth or Yang Meng here,

are very clear,

At such a great distance,

It takes more than 10 years to deliver a message.

So the ground is not so demanding in this message.

And when he saw such information, Yang Meng felt that something was faintly wrong.

But he won't be able to detect what is wrong for a while.

He looked left and right, carefully comparing his letter with Cai Zhaoxin's letter,

I don't know if it's an illusion,

He felt that there seemed to be a difference between his attitude towards himself and his attitude towards Cai Zhaoxin,

Some of the periodic communications sent to Cai Zhaoxin had a more serious tone.

"Could it be that the Earth has sensed something, too?"

Yang Meng couldn't be sure,

He skimmed through the rest of the letter,

Noting that the letter also provided some information on the situation on the Earth, but less on the situation in the solar system,

[In view of the general environment,

Instead, it focuses on some of the situations of the gray forces:

"There is a tendency for interstellar pirates to run rampant around the solar system!"

"And interstellar pirates have a great relationship with the gray forces!"

Seeing such information, Yang Meng frowned slightly, and he also knew something about this matter.

Since mankind entered the interstellar age of the solar system,

Interstellar criminal gangs have been repeatedly banned, the most famous of which is the gray forces that started in the asteroid belt.

After mankind wiped out the gray forces in the asteroid belt,

Some of the remnants fled to the Cyinbo belt beyond Neptune,

Others wander through the solar system, making a living by plundering and looting, and this part of the gray forces is one of the prototypes of interstellar pirates.

Compared with the gray forces of Ke Yinbo, who likes to study human beings themselves and try to gain eternal life,

These roving pirates are extremely dangerous to the existing order of mankind, so they have also become the target of attack.

However, even if human beings vigorously encircle and suppress it, the effect is still not large.

If humanity had not entered the interstellar age and were still trapped on Earth,

If any pirate dares to plunder the shipping lanes of all the forces of mankind, he will inevitably be suppressed by powerful force and have nowhere to escape.

In how famous pirates,

can only hide everywhere on the earth, but in the infinite universe, there are too many places to hide.

Especially as the forces of humanity begin to leave the solar system,

In the process of opening up colonies in nearby galaxies,

Because of the limitations of distance and communication difficulty, these interstellar pirates have been given the soil for development.

"I don't know what happened to the solar system thirty years ago described in this letter?"

Yang Meng shook his head gently,

Looking at the next letter,

The content of the second cycle of communication is the same as that of the first.

asked him about his search for Cai Zhaoxin,

and illustrates some of the situation on the planet,

In addition, there is some information on technical upgrades, and some entertainment content.

Yang Meng browsed

After going through it, seeing that he didn't care about the information, he looked to the next cycle of communication.

Under this quick browsing, soon Yang Meng saw the seventh cycle of communication,

And in this message, one thing finally caught his attention:

"Huh?"

"According to the information sent back by the undercover agent, those gray interstellar pirates actually had the idea of intercepting the pioneer astronauts!"

Seeing this, Yang Meng was a little unable to understand the thoughts of the gray forces,

He doesn't have anything of value here.

It's just that the ship he owns,

However, this is an old spaceship from hundreds of years ago, and it is still a reassembled spaceship.

With the current space technology of mankind, such a spacecraft is not very valuable.

"By the way, there's another extremely precious thing!"

Yang Meng glanced at the dormant little light on the side, and some thoughts flashed in his heart,

From the periodic communication on the ground, Yang Meng learned that

Human beings have not yet found traces of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations,

And in this case, the existence of small light becomes immeasurable.

"There has been no reply from the Earth side about aliens so far.

Could it be that it is in a state of extreme secrecy and hides this news,

And the gray forces have learned through some means that a certain pioneer astronaut who is returning is carrying information about an alien civilization, so they have a thought?"

Thinking of this, Yang Meng was a little nervous in his heart,

However, when he thoroughly read the information,

But I found that I was thinking too much.

In the information on the ground, it is explained why the gray forces are eyeing the pioneer astronauts,

Not for the extraterrestrial civilization, but for the star map information in his hands.

"That's what it was!"

At this time, Yang Meng felt a little relieved in his heart,

It is one of his important missions to overcome obstacles for mankind and become a pioneer in pathfinding.

As a pioneer astronaut on a mission,

He naturally knew how important it was to open up the path,

Mankind from the ancient Silk Road,

To the modern Age of Discovery,

It can be said that whoever masters a smooth line and can find supply points along the line will have a huge economic lifeline.

In the modern Age of Discovery,

On a route, it often happens that various forces break their heads,

In that era when there was no order, the line between pirates and warships was not so clear.

And now the human beings who have just left the solar system,

The situation is even more chaotic than the situation in the Age of Discovery,

In this chaotic situation, a stable route to other galaxies becomes extremely important.

Unlike on Earth,

On earth, whether in the desert or in the sea,

In the event of some accidents or accidents, getting lost in these dangerous environments may still have a chance to live.

But in the universe,

Especially in regions far from the stars,

The vast majority of celestial bodies are not reflecting the light of the stars, so they become pitch black.

Larger objects can also be evaded by the obstacle avoidance system on the spacecraft.

But those invisible dark nebulae matter, cosmic dust, and streams of high-energy charged particles with a certain mass,

will have a severe impact on ships with more than 14% of the speed of light,

If the spacecraft breaks down in the deep space of the universe,

incapable of sub-light flight, and separated from the nearest star system by several light-years,

In this case, it's basically waiting for death.

Therefore, a safe route can reduce a lot of trouble,

The route explored by the pioneer astronauts can also be used to design the optimal formula

case, travel to another galaxy.

"Presumably, these gray forces have also encountered a lot of crises in the universe, so they set their sights on the route map owned by the pioneer astronauts!"

Thinking back to the various things that happened to me on my way to Rutan,

If it weren't for the fact that he had undergone all kinds of training and had a lot of spaceship maintenance skills,

In addition, before departure, the earth side is like facing a wanderer who has traveled far away, and the spaceship is crammed with all kinds of resources that may be needed.

Human scientists have also exhausted various situations that pioneer astronauts may encounter, and have developed various plans based on this.

With these preparations, sixteen pioneer astronauts were able to reach their target galaxy.

And the gray forces obviously won't spend a lot of time and resources to send their own people to explore the way.

This makes the process of their departure from the solar system inevitably full of dangers.

"In any case, the gray forces should be careful when they are eyeing the star map of the pioneer astronauts!"

Yang Meng thought for a moment,

Thinking that there is an alien civilization like Xiaoguang here,

If the gray forces discover the existence of Xiaoguang, his situation will be even more dangerous.

Fortunately, he has now returned to the solar system in silence, and with the vastness of the universe, it is difficult for him to be discovered.

Thinking about this, Yang Meng crossed aside the letter and continued to read the rest of the letters.

Soon he went through all the remaining letters,

And it was just as he had expected,

Regarding the situation that he rescued Cai Zhaoxin and lost contact,

No information is reflected in these periodic communications.

With his location,

Earth's response letter is still on its way, presumably reaching the Ross 128 system, and from there, the relay satellite is relaying the signal to his location.

Although I didn't see important feedback from the planet,

But the appearance of interstellar pirates still aroused Yang Meng's vigilance,

In the eighteen years represented by these eighteen letters, the development of interstellar pirates has been extremely rapid.

In addition to the interstellar pirates supported by the gray forces, several notorious pirate groups have emerged,

It seems that there are a few pairs of invisible big hands, pushing the development of these interstellar pirates,

Especially the names of several of the pirates, which made Yang Meng have an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.

"Judging from the range of these pirates, the best way to do this is to enter from near the dome of the gravitational sphere of the solar system.

That area has the least traces of human activity!"

"It's a bit of a technical challenge to get in from the top of the ball, but it's not a problem for me!"

Yang Meng opened the star map, and while sitting on it,

I am also thinking about the direction of the voyage that I borrowed,

As he gets closer to the solar system, it will not be easy to enter a stable dormant state.

"I wonder what will happen after encountering those interstellar pirates?"

Yang Meng closed the star map, and stopped looking for clues in the cycle information.

There is one more important thing to do when waking up from hibernation this time, and that is to build a cold and dark laboratory.

As for the purpose of building the cold and dark laboratory, it was to study the metal ball taken out of Cai Zhaoxin's dormant cabin.

"It's far away from the star, and it's also eligible to build a cold and dark laboratory!"

While planning something, Yang Meng operated the printer in the equipment cabin and began to print all kinds of equipment he needed.

With the assistance of the printing device and Xiao Yin,

The laboratory was built at a fast pace. It took only four days to build the cold and dark laboratory.

At this time, Yang Meng was using various equipment in front of the laboratory to test the functions in the laboratory.

"After testing, it should be about the same!"

"Xiao Yin, transport the metal ball containing the anomalous energy body

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"Understood!"

Soon a device carrying a canned object came to Yang Meng's face,

And in this jar is the metal ball.

"Put it in!"

"Understood!"

Watching the canned object enter the cold and dark laboratory, many thoughts appeared in Yang Meng's heart:

"Hopefully, the next opening process will be smooth!"

Looking at the cold and dark laboratory in front of him, Yang Meng waited for something in silence.

Originally, it was still bright,

The laboratory, with all kinds of strange equipment, suddenly fell into darkness,

The temperature in the laboratory also dropped rapidly.

The so-called cold dark laboratory,

It is to build a "vacuum" environment close to absolute zero and very few active particles.

Although this environment sounds similar to that of a sleeping pod,

But it's not as difficult to build.

Constructing an environment close to absolute zero is not difficult for humans today.

The only difficult point is the real vacuum environment,

Although the dormant chamber is close to absolute zero, it is covered by various protective liquids.

The environment there is a slow-moving soup of particles, not a vacuum.

And in the universe,

To find a truly empty space with nothing is as difficult as human beings to break through faster-than-light technology,

Although there is no air in the universe,

But all kinds of particles wander around the universe,

Especially in star systems, stellar winds blow high-energy charged particles everywhere on the stars,

And those neutrinos with a certain mass and extremely penetrating power can even pass through a lead plate with a thickness of 4.1 light years.

Current humans do not yet have the ability to completely shield these particles.

And these particles are particles with mass.

Those things that don't carry mass,

In particular, as long as the light can be seen in the universe, it means that the light emitted by that star affects the observer on a microscopic scale.

In short, the cosmic environment is very complex.

And that abnormal energy body, in the previous observation experiment, Yang Meng found that

This thing is highly susceptible to external influences.

Therefore, it is necessary to find a clean environment to continue experimenting with it.

When it was first in the Ross 128 galaxy, because of its proximity to the stars, there were a lot of particles with mass and energy.

There is clearly no environment for further study of anomalous energy bodies,

And now that he's away from the stars, he's able to get rid of most of the distractions.

Even if there are still some energy and particles wandering in the universe, it will no longer affect the future research.

"Trying to excite an anomalous energy body!"

With Xiao Yin's voice, Yang Meng's attention continued to be on the cold and dark laboratory,

Because it was a dark room, he didn't know what was going on inside, and he could only wait patiently.

In order to avoid energy transfer and overflow, the running speed of various equipment inside is also very slow.

In this case, he is also not sure how long it will take for the results of the study to appear.

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