The last human in the universe

Chapter 177

No one expected that an attempt with the mentality of "a dead horse as a living horse doctor" would actually achieve the effect of "returning the dead to life".

This time is beyond everyone's imagination. It is obvious that the science of human civilization is far out of reach, and may even bury the catastrophe of the entire civilization. So it's over?

Is it really over?
Without Zhao Changxing's instructions, many scientific researchers who are in a waking state at the moment have started their own research on the current environment.Optical telescopes were set up one after another, aiming at the stars one after another; radio telescopes began to listen to the radiation from all sides of the universe again, neutrino telescopes, gravitational wave telescopes...

All of this undoubtedly points to an unmistakable fact.

At this moment, the human fleet is indeed in the normal cosmic space.

but……

A scientist hastily broke into the core meeting room of Yuanhang No. [-] spacecraft.

He is a highly respected scientist with a high status in the entire civilization.At this moment, his expression was pale and dignified, and it was even obvious that he was a little flustered.

"Leader, we, we are lost..."

The word lost is not rigorous enough, not like a word that can be uttered from the mouth of a professional scientist.Zhao Changxing frowned slightly, expressing his doubts.

"Professor Li Wenzhong, can you speak more clearly?"

"At this moment, at this moment, we are not on the route between the two stars Lakai 9352 and Peacock [-]. We don't know where we are now. Our space search forces have urgently detected more than [-] stars that are closer to us. stars, but these stars are not on the star catalog we compiled, they are completely strange, we have come to a strange star field..."

Li Wenzhong's words were slightly reversed, but Zhao Changxing and the civilization leaders quickly understood what he meant.

At this moment, shock appeared on the faces of every participant.

Zhao Changxing's thoughts turned, and he immediately recalled the experience he had just encountered, which seemed to break into a special space.

"Could it be that that is not a special space, but rather, some form of faster-than-light travel? There is a certain unknown super civilization that uses some means unknown to us to travel directly at this form of faster-than-light travel, Send us to another place in the universe?"

Faster-than-light travel is a technology that human civilization has not yet touched.What will happen in the state of superluminal speed, people still don't know.

Just as the universe "disappears", no stars can be seen, and no radiation from the outside world can be detected. Of course, this may also be one of the scenarios that may occur in the state of faster-than-light travel.

"Go and explore more stars and celestial bodies, and confirm our current coordinates as much as possible! Order, the entire space force maintains a state of combat readiness to guard against any accidents! Order, all spaceships enter the highest defense state! Order..."

Without time to think, Zhao Changxing immediately issued a series of emergency orders.

Confirming your own coordinates at this moment is of course the most important thing.But at the same time, it is equally necessary to ensure that one's own side is not aggressed by the outside world—whether the aggression comes from intelligent life or the natural environment.

After all, this is a place that our side has never known before.

Space is also different from the space environment.The natural environment of the interstellar space under normal circumstances is very different from that of a star that has just undergone a supernova explosion.If one fails to deal with it, even an interstellar spacecraft like the Yuanhang is in danger of being destroyed.

Zhao Changxing breathed a sigh of relief after issuing a series of orders and seeing that all the relevant staff began to implement them urgently.

"Now, it is basically certain that we were in the state of traveling faster than the speed of light before."

At the same time, another doubt of Zhao Changxing was basically explained.

Aircraft worship this kind of thing, if the religious ceremony held by the aborigines is answered, and they really "pray" to the appearance of the plane and get supplies, it can only prove that the plane was originally going to come, and the religion of the aborigines Rituals are irrelevant.

Now, if the acceleration for the fleet results in "getting out of that strange space", the most likely result is that "the state of superluminal teleportation will end at this very moment", and it will not be your own The action worked.

While many astronomers were trying to confirm their current position through various means, Zhao Changxing and the civilization leaders had to start thinking about another problem.

Why does this happen?

"There are several possibilities for this to happen. First, super alien civilizations did it intentionally. Second, some kind of strange natural phenomenon—perhaps some special physical processes that we have not yet grasped. Created an effect similar to the superluminal passage, and we just broke in. Third, similar to the relic civilization we encountered at the beginning, there is something left over from a super civilization, similar to a 'space wormhole', we By luck or misfortune, we broke in."

Either intentional, or natural phenomena, or leftovers.

There are only three possibilities.

Among these three possibilities, if it is the latter two, then people can relax a little bit.But if it is the first possibility, then there are too many hidden things behind this incident.

Why did that unknown super civilization do this?what purpose?What does this mean for human civilization?How long have they been secretly eyeing human civilization?Have human beings become their toys, playthings or pawns?
Being deliberately targeted by a super civilization is the worst possibility.However, this possibility is the greatest.After all, the probability of the latter two is too low, too coincidental.

In the conference room, people waited in silence.

After about a few hours, a communication request was sent.The secretary went to connect, and the virtual figure of Professor Li Wenzhong appeared in front of people.

"Leaders, leaders. Our team of astronomers has now established our position."

"Oh?"

"Before, the optical survey telescope numbered 25 searched for a pair of double stars. One of the pair of double stars is a red dwarf star in its twilight state, and the other is a white dwarf star. Through further observations, we obtained this pair of double stars and compared them with our star catalog database, and finally confirmed that they are known stars. After that, we used this as a base point to find more known stars through corresponding positions in space system, and indirectly determined our location."

Professor Li Wenzhong raised his hand, and a panorama of the Milky Way galaxy appeared on the big screen in the conference room.

"Before, the location of our fleet was here."

A red dot appears near the inner edge of the Milky Way's Orion Arm.

"Now, here we are..."

With the guidance of Professor Li Wenzhong, at the edge of the Milky Way, near the end of the Perseid Arm, a red dot lit up.

The next moment, a line appeared between the two red dots, connecting each other.

"The linear distance between the two is about 1.25 light-years..."

At this moment, people could clearly hear the heavy breathing of themselves and their colleagues.

1.25 million light years!
Human civilization is still fighting for a distance of only a dozen light-years, and it has to take a whole century to make preparations. Everything is ready, and it takes hundreds of years to cross. Now, the observation results are Tell people that in the short ten days before, people have already crossed the distance of more than 1 light years without knowing it!
Directly from the interior of the Milky Way to the edge of the Milky Way!
Relying on the speed of the human fleet, it will take 10,000+ years to sail such a long distance!
There was silence in the conference room.

After a long time, Zhao Changxing said in a deep voice, "Find a way to confirm the current time."

Professor Li Wenzhong's voice was low and bitter: "By observing the state of many known celestial bodies at this moment, comparing it with the state of celestial bodies in our previous records, and removing the influence of communication delay, we have confirmed the time at this moment. Conclusion Yes, calculated by the standard time of the Milky Way, at this moment, we have only passed 90±5 years from the time when we just entered that "strange space" before."

That is, the time frame is between 85 and 95 years.

Even if calculated in 95 years, the average speed across a distance of more than 1 light-years is almost 130 times the speed of light.

However, the time that people perceive in that strange space is only a few dozen days in total.

But that's not the point people care about.Because everyone knows that even with the current theoretical level, the relationship between time and speed can be accurately described.If that civilization can make the human civilization fleet span tens of thousands of light-years in only 90 years, it will be easier to make the 90 years or so be perceived as only a few dozen days.

"What is our current speed?"

"Using the black hole in the center of the galaxy as a reference, our current speed is about 3000 kilometers per second, and we are moving away from it."

Zhao Changxing remained silent.

After thinking for a while, he slowly said: "Facing such a super civilization, or relics, or natural phenomena, we have no ability to resist. If this is the case, then we might as well ignore their existence for the time being. The so-called peace of mind, Now that we are here, let’s continue our development plan here.”

This is the only choice that human civilization can make.

"Explore the star field we are currently in, and see what stars are there, and which star system is suitable for our development..."

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