Chapter 21: The Key

"Control center, this is a space salvage ship, 300 meters away from the target, I can already see the target, I confirm with the naked eye that this is Voyager 2, and then we are ready to start approaching Voyager 2 and salvage out of the warehouse. We will report any situation in a timely manner, and the task is expected to be completed within 3 hours. ”

Through the image transmission system at the front of the salvage vessel, the salvage vessel can be seen slowly approaching Voyager 2.

Although Voyager 2 has experienced the baptism of time, it is not rusty in the vacuum. The long antenna at the front end has long been slowly damaged by the unknown extraterrestrial flying object, and there are still the remains left by the meteorite in the lid of the core part. The main body of Voyager 2 is visibly distorted, and it is unknown if the CD carrying the greeting to extraterrestrial life is still intact, which will not be known until the harvest is opened.

The mechanical arm reached out of the hull of the fishing boat and moved towards the Voyager, like a father carefully helping his naughty son who had accidentally fallen, and carried him back into his arms.

The Voyager is back in the arms of humanity.

Nan Jia, along with his teacher Qi Ming, gathered in the command hall along with some of the crew. In the center of the command hall is a real-time starry sky holographic projection map sent back by the deep space exploration instrument in front, and four or five display instruments are hanging side by side directly above it, showing that the instruments are broadcasting the entire salvage process.

The crew disinfected Voyager 2, and after that, almost all the crew on the Explorer came to the maintenance bay to take a look at this human antique that had endured thousands of years of wind and rain.

Get an up-close look at the Voyager, the culmination of 19th-century human technology. The special materials and technical level of the time allowed the Voyager to travel for thousands of years while still maintaining the integrity of its main body. But most importantly, it is the lucky one in the universe, after all, any kind of cosmic catastrophe can tear Voyager 2 apart and bury it in the vast universe.

"After the instrument was scanned, no strong radioactive elements and bacterial microorganisms were found on the Voyager, and the system assessed that human contact could be carried out."

The staff carefully searched for the part where the CD was stored, and with the help of the machine, they found the box that had been stored for thousands of years, and when they opened the box, it was the CD of the long history of mankind, on which the sound of the earth was recorded. In the box, the staff found a magical hexahedron like a long key, the two ends of this long key obviously have raised buttons, and this hexahedron seems to contain some mystery, and the buttons at both ends also make the people present want to press it uncontrollably.

Everyone present held their breath, and the staff took out the CD, which had been sealed in dust for thousands of years, and also put the regular hexahedron aside. In the history of human space that everyone has learned, there is no description of this hexahedron, they only know the CD on the Voyager, and naturally everyone's eyes are focused on the hexahedron.

This historic moment must be indispensable to Nanjia, although she is wearing a protective suit, but her crisp voice penetrates the protective clothing and reaches everyone's ears: "This thing seems to have been put in by aliens." Shall we press that button and give it a try, after all, who can refuse to press the upper button? ”

Nan Jia's words seemed to win the hearts of the people, and everyone cast approving glances.

The captain who was also observing on the side spoke: "Xiao Liu, you are in charge of this hexagonal body, put it in the isolation room first." Lao Zhao, you see if there is anything abnormal in the Voyager, it is best to repair it and transform it into a deep space probe, after all, the more this thing for us, the better. ”

"Roger!"

The Voyager 2 CD is still intact, and after thousands of years of wind and rain, the front of the disc is still as smooth as ever. On the back of the disc, the stuff that has specific information about the human being on it can still be seen. It is not known whether the information inside the disc can still be read. The funny thing is that the information recorded on the stone can be preserved well after 10,000 years, while the various storage devices invented in modern times have a lifespan of only a few decades, and as long as the electronic components in them are damaged, then the entire storage device will not be able to read it. The Explorer does not have a device capable of reading the discs, but it is capable of analyzing the physical signals to decipher the mysteries.

The researchers found something very peculiar, next to the famous location of the earth, there appeared an undocumented figure, which was like another map, which marked the geographical coordinates of another world. And next to this figure, there is a smiley face that everyone knows.

Coupled with the hexahedron-like thing received from the previous salvage, it is not difficult to find that this may be information left by an alien civilization. Then again, if they were able to discover this thing, then why did it take so long, and why didn't they come to visit Earth? According to our own logic, the exact center of this figure should be the coordinates of another pulsar, and their galaxy has a star with 12 planets.

For human beings, even if they can see the information left by extraterrestrial life, then even under such high-tech conditions, it is still very difficult to decipher the information to find this location, maybe the aliens have left information in the disc and can guide humans to find them.

The isolation chamber is located at the end of the entire Explorer, and is home to its own core power system. When there is an uncontrollable situation in the isolation room, the entire gate leading to the isolation will be physically blocked, and the isolation will also activate its own early warning system, actively detach from the explorer, and accelerate away from the explorer.

Xiao Liu put the isolation box on the operating table of the isolation room and clicked the button on the isolation table. The entire isolation table is wrapped in a special material, and the inside can still be seen from the outside. Everyone evacuated to a safe area, and everything was ready. The action began.

The bionic device touches the button on the hexahedron, and the whole hexahedron begins to change, and the button begins to concave under the entire hexahedron, and a tetrahedral device emerges from the hexahedron. The tetrahedron is not very large, but its surroundings are as clear and transparent as white snow.

"Xiao Liu, always prepare an early warning plan and prepare to separate the isolation cabin. Everyone knows the warning plan and escape route. ”

"Roger."

This hexahedron is not a threat, because if there is danger, it may be absent for those present.

The tetrahedron seems to have received a change in its surroundings, and it has begun to change as well. The tip of it began to change, and a lot of blue matter radiated from within, and at that moment the blue substance disappeared in an instant.

"Xiao Liu! What's going on, does the instrument have a reality blue substance or something? This blue can't be radioactive fallout. ”

"Everything is fine, it's not clear what exactly the blue substance is. In reality, there are no microorganisms or bacteria and viruses in the instrument, and the positive six variants are a device synthesized artificially, and the complex structure in it does not know what the function is, and it must be disassembled and analyzed specifically. ”

At this moment, what they didn't know was that the blue substance reacted with the oxygen in the air of the Explorer, creating a colorless and odorless thing, as if it had been manipulated by humans, through the various protective measures of the isolation cabin, finding all the crew members on the Explorer, aiming at the crew, and entering everyone's brain from the nose of the crew. After a short period of time, a voice other than oneself appeared in everyone's head.