Urban Sims

"Xiao Kong, is there any way to crack this water droplet?"

"The water droplets are controlled using quantum communication. Currently, its control program cannot be cracked, but... I have found a way to deal with the water droplets." Xiaokong said.

"any solution?"

"The attack method of water droplets is collision. If the Feitian's tail engine is covered with metal, and then embedded in a floating ball to form a strong electromagnetic field and a weight-reducing field, the water droplets will not cause much harm to the spacecraft."

"You mean, let Feitian directly bear the impact of water droplets?"

Yun Xinghe shook his head, how could this be possible? If the number of water droplets produced by this civilization were too many and they hit them in large numbers, wouldn't it be very dangerous?

"No, Captain, I have calculated that with the energy reserve of the water droplet, it can only be accelerated to the maximum speed three times at most. After three impacts, the energy is almost gone. If it can come back for the fourth time, we can prepare a high-power Net bag, put it over."

In the projection video, Xiaokong demonstrated the operation process and captured large numbers of water droplets.

It also seems very feasible.

"It's a bit like... playing space golf. You have to push hard on the first three shots, and on the fourth shot, you can go directly into the hole." Sugaru pinched his chin and made a metaphor.

"It seems like the so-called water droplets are actually not that scary. Their weaknesses are very obvious." Lan Xiulong said.

"It's not that the weakness of the water drop is obvious, it's that the Feitian is too abnormal. No matter how fast it is or how massive it is, it can't damage the Feitian... The aliens in this galaxy must not be able to imagine this. There is such a thing as a floating stone in the universe." Koran Mikoto squinted her eyes and smiled.

"Okay, then let's act according to this plan. Try to cover the spaceship as tightly as possible without leaving any fatal loopholes."

Yun Xinghe nodded.

After the mission was released, the crew of the Feitian became busy in the next three days, carrying out some small-scale modifications to the spacecraft, mainly installing force alloy armor plates inlaid with floating balls on some weak parts. , such as the tail engine, belly attitude control engine nozzle, etc... There are not many places to modify.

Of course, the tail engine port cannot be completely sealed, otherwise the Feitian, which has zero mobility, will be unable to escape even if it accidentally finds a loophole and breaks the turtle shell.

Therefore, the tail seal has been very cleverly processed, leaving multiple injection channels. These channels can be flexibly opened, closed, and adjusted. Once activated, they can even serve as a cannon barrel to emit high-energy particle beams--of course, it is not very elegant, but Very effective against water droplets.

After the modification, the Feitian accelerated slightly and flew towards the mysterious civilization of the galaxy, the planet named "Planet 3" located in the habitable zone of life and the third farthest from the star.

"The diameter of Planet 3 is about 10,000 kilometers. 33% of the planet's surface is sea water, but the land is very barren and there are no large artificial buildings."

"It stands to reason that aliens should very likely live on this planet, but why can't we see even half of them? There are no space facilities such as satellites or space stations around, and there are no space fleets to protect the planet. , Where have all the aliens gone?”

"Are they all hidden underground?" Yun Qiaoqiao guessed.

"When we arrive on this planet, we will launch a radar satellite to scan and we will find out." In the Yunxing River, these aliens seem to have been playing hide and seek.

Three months later.

Planet No. 3.

In the sky above an orbit of tens of thousands of kilometers, the Feitian orbits at a constant speed.

Ten radar satellites with a scanning area covering the entire planet were launched, the high-power radar was turned on, and scanning began.

Scan results are returned quickly.

"It has been judged that there is no life on this planet, and there are no traces of complex man-made structures under the land. This is a deserted planet." Zhinao Xiaokong reported.

"ah?"

Lan Xiulong opened his eyes wide, stared at the radar scan, shook his head and said, "How is this possible? Aliens are not on this planet, so maybe they are there?"

"Is it deeper underground and the radar scanning depth is not enough?" Sugaru asked.

"The thickness of this planet's crust is one hundred kilometers, and radar waves can penetrate to a depth of 87 kilometers, but there is still no harvest, indicating that aliens are indeed not on this planet." Zhinao explained.

"Planet 1! I saw a lot of things flying over from Planet 1! Lots and lots of little dots." Du Xiaopang suddenly shouted.

Everyone's attention was transferred to Planet No. 1.

"Water droplets, countless water droplets flying over from Planet No. 1!"

After the astronomical telescope on the spacecraft zoomed in and captured this scene, someone shouted in surprise.

Aliens on Planet 1?

Yun Xinghe had some disbelief on his face. Planet No. 1 is less than 50 million kilometers away from the central star. It is the closest planet to the star. It does not have any atmosphere or water. Under the baking of the star, the temperature of the illuminated surface exceeds 300 degrees, and the backlight The surface temperature will drop to more than 100 degrees below zero.

This kind of planet, often called a "burnt planet", has an extremely harsh environment. How could life exist?

"These aliens are not the carbon-based life we ​​imagined, but special life based on silicon. They can survive without water, and they can also develop extremely advanced technology... This is the magical universe."

The old man in his mind suddenly said.

Yun Xinghe nodded and shouted randomly: "Be prepared to deal with water drop attacks!"

"yes!"

Each crew member took up their respective battle positions, and some deployed their armor plates to prepare for the coming impact.

Some have operated space net bags, preparing to catch the water droplets in the state of space junk after the energy of the water droplets is exhausted.

Two hours later.

The water droplets flying at high speed, like a heavy rainstorm, began to intensively collide with the Feitian.

Numbers number in the thousands.

Like large water droplets with eyes, they followed various flight trajectories and hit the outer shell of the Feitian like a long snake.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

The crew inside the Feitian heard a dense banging sound, which was not particularly strong, a bit like the sound of rocks hitting an iron barrel.

Immediately, a spectacular scene appeared.

The water droplets flying at high speed, with its speed of 0.3 times the speed of light, came with the purpose of destroying the Feitian in one blow. But what surprised all the aliens was that the water droplets did not smash the intruders, but instead destroyed themselves. The collision bounced and flew upside down.

The faster the impact, the faster it bounces back.

Then countless water droplets appeared, forming a vertical waterfall. With irresistible speed and thunderous momentum, when they wanted to smash and defeat the rock at the bottom of the cliff, the hardness of the rock was beyond imagination. , not only was it not defeated, but the water droplets were scattered by the collision, like water splashes.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Countless water droplets bounced back and even collided with the water droplets coming from behind, like bullets against bullets. Some water droplets were broken and damaged due to the relative speed being too high. Some water droplets were bounced to unknown places, so they had to accelerate again and try again.

Three days.

Millions of water droplets collided and attacked Feitian for three full days.

The attack failed completely.

Some of the water droplets retreated to Planet 1.

Most of the water droplets completely lost their power and turned into space junk floating around.

On the Feitian, eight small fishing devices flew out, each dragging a large net bag, and began to capture the water droplets scattered in the nearby star field one by one.

"Eight drops, I've caught eight!"

"I have twelve, and I just caught two at once."

"Haha, you don't have as many as me. I caught 22 of them."

"I'll go! How did you all do it? I've only caught 5 of them so far. Some of the drops haven't completely lost their power. I've been chasing the one just now for a long time."

"Grandpa, what is the use of these water droplets? Why do you want me to capture these water droplets?"

Yun Xinghe was a little confused, why did the old man ask him to collect as many water drops as possible?

"Boy, you are surrounded by blessings and don't know the treasures. You don't recognize the treasures when you enter the treasure house. Do you think the manufacturing technology of water droplets is easy? Do you know? The strong force material that makes up the shell of water droplets will not be available to the Blue Star Federation for another thousand years. , it cannot be synthesized. It is a product inside the star. Do scientists from the Blue Star Federation have a way to enter the inside of the star?"

"Collect more. These things are free now. When you successfully get involved with that civilization, you may have to pay something to get this kind of high-end equipment that is widely used and cannot be produced by most civilizations. It's a sophisticated device," the old man said.

"I see."

Yun Xinghe nodded, then his face changed, and he asked very worriedly: "Grandpa, can this civilization cheat? Mix some water droplets that can be used normally. If there are such water droplets mixed into the Feitian, Feitian will Wouldn't the number be compromised by this device from the inside?"

"Being able to think of this means that your thinking has become very comprehensive, which is good! But don't worry, the reason why this civilization you encountered is very interesting is because this civilization is a typical linear thinking type. Civilized people don't lie, they don't think around the corner, they don't even know how to use some simple tricks, they always use stupid methods to solve problems. When you see that layer of darkness, you should be able to I guessed one or two."

Hearing this, Yun Xinghe opened his eyes wide and murmured: "So that's it..."

If this is really what the grandfather said, this civilization can indeed be said to be very strange.