When Zeng Shuo heard these words, he cast a grateful look at Zhang Tianlin, and it happened that Zhang Tianlin was also looking at him. Looking at each other, one pair of old eyes was bright, while the other pair of young eyes were dull.

"Uh-huh, Lao Zhang is right!" Williams couldn't believe his ears, and he unconsciously felt a sense of gratitude.

"Secretary-General Zhang, our Military Academy will definitely fully cooperate with the investigation. I think this will be figured out soon. ”

Seeing that the two deans had no objections, Zhang Mingyuan loudly announced: "Then act according to the wishes of the two deans, and the Military Academy and the Aerospace Academy must cooperate sincerely, find out the cause as soon as possible, and give an explanation to the people, the council and the chairman." ”

In order to highlight the seriousness of the incident, Zhang Mingyuan did not smile throughout the whole process.

"I'm going to rush back and report back to the council, so you guys can get started!" Zhang Mingyuan said, "There is not much time left for you, oh no, there is not much time left for mankind." ”

After the Secretary-General left these words, he sped away in a speeding car.

Williams naturally understands that today is thanks to Zhang Tianlin's "righteous speech", so he immediately said sincerely: "Lao Zhang, this incident happened in the Military Academy, in the final analysis, it is my responsibility, which also verifies a fact." ”

"Oh, please advise."

Williams waved his hand and said, "In terms of aerospace, you are the most professional, so it's up to you to preside over it!" ”

"Hehe, Dean Williams, isn't that a bit insincere, don't you think it's a little late?" Adolf scoffed.

"Professor Adolf, think about your identity and status before you speak." Williams said unceremoniously, deliberately pulling the word "status" to a particularly long length.

Adolf's face flushed, and he snorted, and deserved to respond.

Zhang Tianlin laughed dryly, ignored the bickering between the two, and said in a low voice: "Okay, let's not argue, it's important to get down to business." Professor Zeng, let's talk about the specific situation first. ”

Zeng Shuo was suddenly named by him, and he was a little overwhelmed.

"It's okay, don't be nervous, just be realistic. But be careful and don't miss any details. Zhang Tianlin reminded.

"Okay, okay." Zeng Shuo took a deep breath and relieved his nervousness slightly.

"Here's the thing......"

Three days ago, Zeng Shuo's laboratory received a message from the Speed of Light, saying that everything was normal. Everyone was happy that there were three days left for the ship to bring back historic data, if nothing else.

However, since then, the lab has not heard anything from Lightspeed. Zeng Shuo was very worried, and asked the correspondent to keep contacting the spacecraft, but there was no reply.

At this time, he realized the seriousness of the problem, and it was very likely that the "Lightspeed" had lost contact with the earth!

After reporting to Williams, he asked the operator to call up the ship's positioning coordinates and compare them with the most recent previous positioning coordinates - that is, the coordinates of half an hour ago, and found that the coordinates were exactly the same!

That is, during this half an hour, the "Lightspeed" remained stationary!

He then asked the operator to call up the coordinates of four and five days ago, and was shocked to find that the "Speed of Light" had been slowing down until it stopped at that coordinate three days ago.

"I'm sure this has never happened in the countless simulated flights that preceded Lightspeed's launch, and every single one of its simulations was perfect. And, a month before it returned, we double-checked the data, and everything was normal. ”

Zeng Shuo said nervously, with firm body movements.

"It may be that I was carried away by the success and didn't pay much attention to the data in the last week of the ship's return, only confirming that I had received the communication." He sighed remorsefully, "Alas, who would have thought that such a thing would happen......" Zeng Shuo finished speaking, and there was a silence—a terrible silence.

"In other words," a voice broke the silence, "in fact, the Lightspeed has been missing for a week......

"So to speak." Zeng Shuo replied, "I'm sorry, you're ......"

"Hello Professor Zeng, I am Zhou Ran from the Institute of Ecology, and I am honored to be here to audit."

"Let's say the Lightspeed lost contact a week ago, how did the message come out after the loss? Who sent it? Astronauts? "Adolf has put away his hostility and is starting to play the role of his brain.

After all, as a professor of astronautics, he also wanted to figure out why.

"If there is a problem with the Lightspeed, then the astronauts will definitely notify the ground as soon as possible. But instead of doing so, they reported that everything was fine until -- three days ago. What are the key issues? A professor from the Academy of Astronautics said.

"Professor Zheng has a point." Another professor chimed in.

Williams, who hadn't said anything for a long time, suddenly spoke: "Unless those messages were not sent by astronauts!" ”

Soon, this sentence reminded everyone of a secretive "word".

Seeing the expressions of the crowd, Williams continued: "Or rather, it was not the astronaut's own will to send these messages. ”

"Could it be an alien......

The crowd didn't know who whispered that word, that word.

The conference room suddenly fell silent, silent as night.

"Okay," this time it was Zhang Tianlin who broke the silence, "This is a proposition that is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood!" Dean Williams, please tell us what you think. ”

As a representative of the "cautious faction", he has always refused to talk about this topic.

"It is true that our exploration of outer space has stalled for so many years. However, the idea of the existence of 'aliens' can be said to be 'very loud'. ”

Speaking of this, he deliberately looked at Zhang Tianlin, Adolf and others.

It is clear that there is mockery in his words.

"I've always believed that humans aren't the only 'higher animals' in the galaxy, and maybe we're just lower creatures. Somewhere in the galaxy, or in some corners, there are countless advanced civilizations, and they are alien civilizations that are much higher than human civilizations! ”

It was as if Williams had turned the seminar into his own lecture.

"Dean Williams, excuse me to interrupt." Adolf abruptly interrupted his impassioned speech, "We are here to discuss the major issue of the loss of contact with the Lightspeed, not to listen to your 'extraterrestrial' claims. Besides, we've heard it countless times a long time ago......"

"Professor Adolf, please don't worry," Williams smiled instead of being angry, "Suppose there is a high-level alien civilization in the depths of the galaxy, and their technological level is much more advanced than ours, and naturally it is also included in 'outer space exploration'. If they found the Lightspeed in the middle of their exploration, they easily stopped it using special methods and killed several astronauts. Then, using some means, they learned the human language again and sent those messages on behalf of the astronauts......"

After saying this, Williams looked at the stunned crowd.

"That's the first hypothesis." Zeng Shuo suddenly interjected, "Does the second hypothesis of the dean mean that those astronauts were not killed, but were just controlled by 'aliens', accepted their instructions, and then sent a message back to Earth?" ”

Williams nodded approvingly.