Chapter 394: The Den of Demons and the Battery
More than an hour later.
There was silence in the cockpit, and the atmosphere seemed extremely solemn.
Chen Fan's gaze involuntarily moved towards Wang Jing who was sitting in the main driver's seat.
Since the detector was sent out, Wang Jing has buried her head in the holographic panel in front of her, and no one knows what she is busy with.
Chen Fan wanted to ask, but seeing Wang Jing's brows sometimes relaxed and sometimes frowned, he was embarrassed to interrupt Wang Jing's work.
He carefully leaned over and glanced at it. On the holographic panel, there was a capsule-shaped device that looked like a medical cabin, but it was slightly different from the medical cabin. The side of this device was also connected to a large number of complex equipment that had never been seen before.
"Consciousness extraction... the signal is stable..."
Wang Jing's lips moved slightly, and while whispering softly, he reached out to adjust various complex and dizzying parameters.
Chen Fan quickly retracted his gaze, lowered his voice, and asked Hongshi floating behind him: "... Hongshi, do you know what Academician Wang is doing?"
A faint blood-red light flashed on the surface of the red crystal, as if observing Wang Jing's movements.
"... I don't know either." A soft voice came from behind, "But according to my experience, Academician Wang Jing usually only behaves like this in research work in the field of biology."
"Biology field?" Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully.
Thinking of the murmurs in Wang Jing's mouth and the previous antimatter detector, he had a few guesses in his mind.
[Ding! ]
Suddenly, a crisp prompt sound sounded in the cockpit of the research ship, attracting Chen Fan's attention.
In the main driving seat, Wang Jing's movements also paused.
She quickly changed several parameters on the holographic interface in front of her, and then slowly raised her head to look at the main interface in front of the cockpit.
"It's the report sent back by the antimatter detector."
Wang Jing's frown relaxed slightly, she raised her hand and gently swiped it across the air, opening the report information from 14.1 light years away.
Yes.
14.1 light years.
In the star system 14.1 light years away from the research ship, there is a habitable planet that meets the standards of the Human Union!
This is right under our noses!!
As soon as the report information was opened, the basic information of several planets in succession appeared in front of everyone-this is a star system with four planets and a red dwarf star.
"Huh?" Looking at the report information in front of her, Wang Jing raised her eyebrows slightly, and a smile appeared on her face, "We are lucky, there are two habitable planets in this star system."
As she said, she reached out and selected the exploration data of the first and third planets.
Chen Fan also looked at him in surprise: "There are two habitable planets in such a small star system... The probability should not be high, right?"
"Yes."
Hongshi's soft voice came from behind, and a woman made of blood-colored crystals also appeared in the cockpit of the research ship. Facing Chen Fan's gaze, she nodded and said: "According to my experience, under normal circumstances, there are rarely such cases in red dwarf star systems. The reason is... Compared with other stars, the energy released by red dwarfs is too weak to support multiple life planets."
"Hongshi is right." After involving her own expertise, Wang Jing sat up straight, "Especially since there is a gas giant among these two habitable planets, the probability is even smaller."
Noticing Chen Fan's confused look, Wang Jing smiled lightly and explained softly: "Gas giants usually have very strong magnetic fields. If they are coupled with a relatively suitable atmosphere, theoretically, they are paradises for some super-large floating life forms."
"As for why it is plankton..." Wang Jing added, while reaching out to open the information of the third gas giant planet, "Gas giant planets have no real land, and the surrounding pressure and temperature will increase sharply with the increase of depth. Therefore, in order to survive, plankton usually floats at some suitable depth, which we call the habitable layer." "
Usually, the habitable layer is not large. For these plankton, the temperature and atmospheric composition are only secondary factors. The most critical point is actually the light intensity." "
Due to the relative scarcity of resources, under normal circumstances, the main source of energy for this type of plankton is actually stellar light energy."
Chen Fan suddenly realized.
With so many additional conditions, it is no wonder that Wang Jing felt that the probability was small.
"...Hmm?"
Looking at the planetary exploration data from the probe in front of her, the faint smile on Wang Jing's face quickly dissipated, replaced by a deep look of confusion: "Not only are there no large plankton, but there is not even the most basic spore life?"
As she said, she looked back at the specific parameters of the gas giant planet: "...Strange, all the indicators are obviously in line with the conditions for the birth of life, how can there be no basic form of life?"
Wang Jing hesitated for a moment, and reached out again to click on the information of the first planet.
Unlike the third gas giant planet, the first planet is a standard rocky planet.
According to the data sent back by the probe, it has abundant liquid water resources and a dense atmosphere.
Although the atmosphere has less oxygen content and contains a small amount of sulfide, it is still in the classification standard of the Human Union - many races can breathe sulfide.
But...
In the picture sent back by the antimatter detector, in addition to the dense atmosphere and stable liquid water, there is not even a trace of life on this planet!
There were bare, bony rocks everywhere, whether on the ground, in the sky or in the ocean. Not to mention advanced life, there was not even the most basic single-celled life!
"This..."
Wang Jing stared at the information in front of her with wide eyes.
At this moment, she felt that her worldview was impacted: "With such perfect conditions, how could there be no life?"
"Maybe..."
Chen Fan felt a little uneasy in his heart and said softly, "Just a coincidence?"
"...I hope it's just a coincidence." Wang Jing was silent for a long time, and nodded solemnly.
If all this is not a coincidence, but some inevitable phenomenon...
Following those academicians who study the pan-universe theory, as a biological academician, she is afraid that she will also shout "biology no longer exists."
...
Time passed by.
All 128 antimatter mother detectors have sent back detection information, and even some of the split sub-detectors have sent back detection reports.
The results are no exception.
No matter how unique the conditions of these habitable planets are, there is no form of life on them!
"...It's like a ghost cave." Chen Fan looked at the detection information on the holographic interface and shuddered.
"Ghost cave?" Wang Jing, who was doubting her life, felt a stir in her heart and cast an inquiring look at Chen Fan.
"Just an analogy." Chen Fan laughed awkwardly and waved his hand casually, "I just feel that these planets are like carefully built houses in a ghost cave..."
Wang Jing was stunned for a moment, and quickly noticed an element in Chen Fan's words: "Carefully built houses..."
"You mean... these planets are all artificially made, so there is no life?"
Chen Fan: "...Oo?"
"You are right!" Wang Jing's expression suddenly became excited, "I said why it feels weird, the parameters of these planets are too standard, if they are artificially made, then everything makes sense!"
Chen Fan: "...oO?"
He... said this?
Besides... in such a vast pan-universe, aren't planets resources everywhere?
The most important point.
Artificially creating such huge planets and galaxies...
How much free time does this have to be!!!
When he was rubbing the new Varela star with his hands, he spent a lot of energy!
Wang Jing ignored Chen Fan, who was confused, and hurriedly gave an order to the main brain: "Main brain, let all detectors randomly detect the age of these planets to see when they appeared!"
After waiting for a few minutes, a large amount of information appeared in the holographic interface.
"12.1 billion years, 9.4 billion years, 8.3 billion years..."
Wang Jing muttered the numbers in the holographic interface in a low voice, and his originally relaxed brows frowned again.
"The birth time of the planet is normal, and it doesn't look like it was built uniformly..."
"No, something's wrong..." Wang Jing's expression was distorted, and he murmured restlessly, "There must be something wrong!!"
Faced with such a situation, Chen Fan looked at Hongshi helplessly.
Unexpectedly, Hongshi also spread his hands helplessly: "Don't look at me like that, I can't help it."
"For people who do scientific research, this kind of thing is really stimulating."
"I guess those academicians in the Academy of Sciences who study the pan-universe theory are even crazier than Wang Jing now."
Chen Fan was speechless.
"Ding Dong!"
A crisp sound suddenly rang out, and the electronic synthesis voice of the shipboard main brain broke the somewhat solemn atmosphere in the cockpit: "The probe has successfully arrived at the edge of the Anti-Varilla star system."
Swish!
Wang Jing, who was still doubting her life, suddenly raised her head and stared at the holographic interface in front of her with straight eyes: "Is there life in the Anti-Varilla star system?"
Almost without any waiting, the shipboard main brain gave an answer.
"The probe has not yet entered the Anti-Varilla star system, but... the probe has discovered a large number of technological creations in its edge area."
"Preliminary judgment, these technological creations are most likely some kind of array-type defense weapons."
As the voice fell, the holographic interface quickly presented the shooting pictures from the probe.
In the vast starry sky, there are densely packed unknown devices of various shapes.
"Hiss..."
Just a glance, Chen Fan took a breath.
What array-type defense weapon, isn't this just a fixed turret!
Endless turrets tightly surrounded the entire star system, as if resisting the invasion of a powerful existence!
Something strange happened!
A turret discovered the existence of the detector, and with a dazzling light flashing across the starry sky, all the fixed turrets turned their direction and aimed at the detector at the edge of the Anti-Varilla star system! !
"Oh no..."
Looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Fan's eyes twitched slightly:
"Academician Wang, it seems that we... came at the wrong time?"
(End of this chapter)
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