Earth Era

Although Wei Feng really wanted the black hole, under the current circumstances, he was lucky enough to get the rest of the instruments. Wei Feng really didn't dare to ask for too much.

However, after coming to the conclusion that there was a miniature black hole inside, Wei Feng thought of other things. That happened hundreds of years ago and is only known to a handful of people.

With the passage of time and the strict confidentiality of government agencies, the details and truth of that incident have long been lost in the dust of history. Wei Feng only heard some scraps of news from hearsay.

Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, human civilization once encountered an extremely serious crisis. There was a piece of Lobachevsky space that wrapped the space where the earth is. If the connection is severed, the earth will fall into the unknown space with it. The final result is of course that human civilization has solved this crisis, but Wei Feng has heard several different versions of how to solve the crisis.

Some say that with the joint efforts of tens of thousands of scientists from the Ministry of Science and Technology, space was blocked by the explosion of a large-yield hydrogen bomb. Some say that a mysterious person corrected one of the data in the plan at a critical moment. A modification was made to the original blocking plan, which finally saved the earth. Some say that... human civilization finally achieved the purpose of blocking space by relying on the large amount of energy released by a dying micro black hole.

History has been too long, and it is impossible for Wei Feng to restore the truth of what happened hundreds of years ago. Wei Feng could only feel the thrill and grandeur of that era through these broken fragments. Originally, this matter could only be a topic of conversation for Wei Feng after dinner, but now, this past incident has been brought up again.

"If there really is a micro black hole here...then it is entirely possible that hundreds of years ago, human civilization finally relied on another micro black hole to solve the disaster in the stars...then I might as well assume For a moment, if human civilization really had mastered a micro black hole, where did it get it? It could never have been made by human civilization itself. Because even now, we do not have the ability to create micro black holes. .”

"If you speculate like this, things will become much more interesting. It is very likely that the original micro black hole was also obtained from the remains of a similar unknown civilization. In this case... human civilization has known about it for a long time. The existence of unknown alien civilization?”

"Well... some time ago, I reported to the Earth that I had discovered a fragment of the creation of an unknown civilization. At that time, I was still surprised by the Earth's calm reaction. If they had already known about the existence of unknown alien civilization, then this reaction That can be a reasonable explanation.”

Wei Feng thought thoughtfully, the more he analyzed. The more I feel that my reasoning is very reasonable. But then, Wei Feng's heart moved again. Wei Feng thought of another question.

"How much does the Earth know about the existence of this alien civilization? How much information do they have? Have they anticipated that I might encounter the creation of an unknown alien civilization during this voyage? If they had anticipated this situation, why didn't they Tell me?"

In fact, it is very possible that Wei Feng is overthinking these problems, and it is very possible that the actual situation is not so complicated at all. Maybe the government didn’t know much about extraterrestrial civilizations at all. It’s also possible that the government didn’t expect that Wei Feng would encounter the creations of unknown alien civilizations. It’s also possible that the government was just out of confidentiality and didn’t think it was necessary to explain all this to Wei Feng. necessary. In short, there are too many possibilities, and Wei Feng is completely unable to determine which one the actual situation is.

But...man is such a strange animal. If a thought comes to mind. As long as it has the slightest possibility, it will take root in the mind and begin to spread uncontrollably.

This thought kept spreading. In the end, Wei Feng had this idea in his mind: "About my interstellar voyage... is it really just an interstellar voyage? Is there any secret behind this matter that I don't know about, or maybe ...What other purposes exist? If there are any other purposes. Then what would they be? Or there are some things or events in the Nanmen II system that require me to perform certain tasks, and because of a certain What are the reasons for hiding it from me in the first place?”

"If there really are other purposes, and they didn't tell me clearly in advance, then the only way to ensure that the purpose is achieved can only be with the intelligent program Ye Luo. Because I am too far away from the earth, they can't He has no ability to control me. Could it be that...Ye Luo also intentionally deceives me for some purpose? "

Wei Feng thought of many things from this speculated micro black hole and some rumors that had been circulating for hundreds of years. It can be said that there is no evidence to prove any of these incidents. But similarly, Wei Feng has no evidence to falsify them. Wei Feng only vaguely felt something was wrong. As for whether these things are wrong, are they overthinking or are they real? We can only wait for time for final verification.

Wei Feng shook his head vigorously and reluctantly threw away the chaotic thoughts in his heart. At this time, Ye Luo's voice reached Wei Feng's ears: "Captain, what are you going to do next?"

Wei Feng replied: "The distance between us and that alien device is too far now, and the communication delay is too long. I don't have enough time to carry out the task of capturing it. I can only leave this task to you." Let's execute it. Let's do this, I will modify a powered maintenance equipment, and then you set the program for it to go to the alien device on its own, and choose the solution to disassemble the mass core according to the actual situation. In this During the process, you need to transmit the specific navigation orbit parameters to the four thrusters, so that they can move closer to the spacecraft on their own after being successfully disassembled."

"I need to remind you, Captain." Ye Luo said calmly, "After a while, because the distance is too long, we will lose the signal contact with the four thrusters. This means, We can no longer obtain any information about that alien device. Whether the program we set will eventually be executed successfully, and whether it will eventually move closer to us as planned, is unknown."

"Do we have any other options?" Wei Feng shrugged helplessly, "This is our last hope."

"Well, Captain, there is one more thing I need to tell you. Even according to the most optimistic scenario, it will take at least two hundred years for the four thrusters to push the alien device to our spacecraft. In these two hundred years In the middle of the year, we have no other option but to wait. Even if the mission ultimately fails, we cannot know the reason why the mission failed. Where it is and what condition it is in, we cannot know."

"I am mentally prepared." Wei Feng said, "This is something with a very slim chance of success. Stop talking, Ye Luo, just start editing the program, and I will modify and repair the equipment."

"Okay Captain."

It took Wei Feng three days to modify this maintenance instrument. Three days later, Ye Luo sent this strange-looking guy out again. It is equipped with many repair and disassembly tools, and its storage module stores many repair plans. Ye Luo will lose contact with it before it reaches the alien device. After losing contact, all its actions will be determined by pre-stored programs.

Although Ye Luo has imagined as many unexpected situations as possible and formulated countermeasures, only God knows whether the situation encountered by this maintenance instrument in reality was as expected. Sending this repair instrument was just Wei Feng's last effort. As for the outcome, it all depended on luck.

Wei Feng entered hibernation again, then woke up again, and then fell asleep again... Time passed quietly amidst this constant waking up and falling asleep. As for the final outcome of that alien device, Wei Feng still had no idea.

Every time Wei Feng wakes up, he will receive many notices from the Time Traveler team. Wei Feng will respond to these letters in great detail and seriousness every time. The purpose of doing this is to report safety to the earth, and on the other hand, only by maintaining this exchange of letters can Wei Feng not feel like an orphan without a hometown.

But the letters from the Time Traveler team never contain good news. The situation of human civilization seems to be getting worse and worse. After waking up for the tenth time, more than a hundred years after leaving the earth, Wei Feng had already sailed almost a light-year away, and Wei Feng received the two worst news from the time traveler team. .

The first news is that the theory that "the upper limit speed of conventional propulsion is 4,500 kilometers per second" has been officially confirmed. This means that if the technology of human civilization does not make another leap, human civilization will never be able to break through this speed with universal technology with large-scale application potential.

The second news is that the energy production of Jupiter and Saturn, the two most important resource planets, has reached its upper limit. Without the birth of more advanced technology, their energy production cannot be increased again.

But Wei Feng knew that the growth of human civilization's population would not stop because of these things. (To be continued ~^~)