"In other words, we cannot rule out the possibility of the existence of hostile aliens?" Ning Weihe asked in an affirmative tone.
"Well, actually, that's true," Lao Cui replied. "After all, we've only explored less than 1% of the void's volume, so there's likely more useful information hidden in the darkness. However, if it involves homicide or war, then we have too many factors to consider, and it doesn't conform to Occam's razor. Furthermore, these giants are a race that established civilization over 60 million years ago. Their enemies are at least of the same level, and they've likely already mastered interstellar travel technology. We simply can't possibly be their enemy—that would be too terrifying, so I prefer a simple catastrophic explanation."
The researcher was right, Ning Weihe nodded in response. In the absence of evidence, any speculation seemed reasonable—if the deaths of these humanoids were attributed to war, were there multiple targets? Or were they simply victims of a proxy war, or even simply perished in the aftermath of a conflict between two supercivilizations? If not war, the sudden demise of civilization was also possible. Perhaps, as depicted in some science fiction works, a minor epidemic, a common asteroid impact, or a regular solar eruption could wipe out these seemingly powerful giants.
"Let's discuss your point of view! Being crushed to death by body weight is too far-fetched. It doesn't look like a G-force overload here. And what's going on with their bones? Why are they radioactive?"
"Yes! It's because of the radioactivity that I imagine it was crushed to death." Lao Cui touched the computer screen below him, looking at the half-written report on it and said, "It's really bizarre. When I got those first-hand materials, I wondered what could have allowed the giants to die without any damage. It's also very simple to make the bones radiate. That means they suffered a huge amount of radiation damage in a short period of time. But radiation sickness is not that easy to die from. I mean, it wouldn't die so peacefully, so the radiation problem must have occurred after death. And for us humans, the most peaceful and painless ways to die are one, cerebral hemorrhage, and the other, death from shock caused by acute hypotension.
"Cerebral hemorrhages are common in middle-aged and elderly people with underlying medical conditions. Unless the Giants' population is unusually aging—which is logically impossible—then it could only be caused by some highly contagious disease. Leader, do you think this is possible?"
"The higher the level of development of civilization, the more normal the population age curve will become. Being young may not be the norm, but the improvement of medical technology will greatly extend life expectancy while also reducing the incidence of underlying diseases. As for diseases, as long as it is a normal society, it will not be allowed to spread." Ning Weihe made his own judgment.
"Yes, rationally speaking, this is definitely the case. This isn't judging others by one's own standards, but rather seeking truth from facts," Lao Cui continued. "As for the other possibility, my colleagues and I have discussed it, and there are two possibilities. First, this huge space could be an immigrant spacecraft that was forced to land here, or part of an immigrant spacecraft. Second, there may be a gravitational anomaly here, perhaps due to the sudden capture of a satellite by Mars, resulting in increased tidal forces, or there may be some deeper problem.
"The forced landing hypothesis seems reasonable, but it actually has quite a few problems. First, if there were a government-like administrative department on the ship, they would have taken necessary measures to minimize losses before the forced landing, such as evacuating the crowd, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. Second, if the ship was in a state of anarchy, then in order for these giants to maintain order, the ship must have been highly automated, and it would have taken measures as well. Finally, if there was no order on the ship, then these aliens were likely dead before arriving here, but there's no sign of their struggle, at least not yet."
"In that case, the first of the second possibility can also be questioned with the same thing?" Ning Weihe asked.
"What a wise leader!" Lao Cui was convinced.
"How did you come up with the conclusion of gravitational anomaly?" he asked again.
"Leader, I have been thinking about it day and night these days and even dreaming about it. When I told them this morning, we remembered what happened at that time." Comrade Cui said while scratching the itch on his back.
Ning Weihe smiled and let the young comrade continue with his work. [Gravitational anomaly? I hope it's not true.] He tried to reject this answer.
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