With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 394: The Devil's Den and the Fort

More than an hour later.

There was silence in the cockpit and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

Chen Fan's gaze involuntarily moved towards Wang Jing who was sitting in the driver's seat.

From the moment the probe was sent out, Wang Jing buried her head in the holographic panel in front of her, and no one knew what she was 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 cautiously leaned his head over to take a look, and on the holographic panel was clearly a capsule-shaped device that looked very similar to a medical cabin. However, it was slightly different from a medical cabin, as the side of this device was connected to a large number of complex equipment that he had never seen before.

"Consciousness extraction...the signal is stable..."

Wang Jing's lips moved slightly, and while she whispered softly, she reached out to adjust the various parameters that were so complex that it made her dizzy.

Chen Fan quickly retracted his gaze, lowered his voice, and asked Hongshi who was floating behind him: "...Hongshi, do you know what Academician Wang is doing?"

A faint blood-red light flashed across the surface of the red crystal, as if it was observing Wang Jing's movements.

"...I don't know either." A soft voice came from behind, "But based on my experience, Academician Wang Jing usually only behaves like this in his research work in the field of biology."

"The field of biology?" Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully.

Thinking of the murmurs from Wang Jing's mouth and the previous antimatter detector, he already had some vague guesses in his mind.

【drop! 】

Suddenly, a clear prompt sounded in the cockpit of the research vessel, attracting Chen Fan's attention.

In the driver's seat, Wang Jing's movements also suddenly stopped.

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.

"This is the report sent back by the antimatter detector."

Wang Jing's frown relaxed slightly. She raised her hand and gently swept it across the air, opening the report information from 14.1 light years away.

Not bad.

14.1 light years.

In a star system 14.1 light years away from the research vessel, 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 appeared before everyone's eyes - this is a galaxy 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 spoke, she reached out and selected the exploration data of the first and third planets.

Chen Fan also looked at it in surprise: "There are two habitable planets in such a small star system... This probability should not be high, right?"

"Yes."

Hongshi's gentle voice came from behind, and a woman made of blood-red crystals also appeared in the cockpit of the research ship. Facing Chen Fan's gaze, she nodded and said, "According to my experience, usually, there are very few such situations 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." Wang Jing sat up straight after talking about her specialty. "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 faintly and explained softly: "Gas giant planets 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 as he reached out and clicked on the information of the third gas giant planet. "Gas giant planets have no real land, and the surrounding pressure and temperature will increase dramatically with the increase in depth. Therefore, in order to survive, plankton usually floats at some suitable depth. We call it the habitable layer."

"Usually, the range of the habitable zone 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, the main source of energy for these plankton is usually stellar light."

Chen Fan suddenly understood.

With so many additional conditions, it’s no wonder that Wang Jing felt the probability was small.

"……Um?"

Looking at the planetary exploration data from the probe in front of her, the faint smile on Wang Jing's face quickly disappeared, replaced by a look of deep confusion: "Not only are there no large plankton, but there is not even the most basic spore life?"

As she spoke, she turned around and glanced at the specific parameters of the gas giant planet: "...It's strange, all the indicators are obviously in line with the conditions for the birth of life, why is there no basic form of life?"

Wang Jing hesitated for a moment, then reached out again and clicked on the information of the first planet.

Unlike the third gas giant, the first planet is a standard rocky planet.

According to data sent back by the probe, it has abundant liquid water resources and a dense atmosphere.

Although the atmosphere has less oxygen and contains a small amount of sulfide, it is still within the classification standards of the Human Union - many races can breathe sulfide.

Can……

In the images sent back by the antimatter detector, apart from the dense atmosphere and stable liquid water, there is not even a trace of life on this planet!
There are bare, bony rocks everywhere, whether it is the ground, the sky or the ocean. Not to mention advanced life, there is not even the most basic single-cell life!
"This……"

Wang Jing widened her eyes and stared at the information in front of her.

At this moment, she felt that her worldview was challenged: "How could there be no life under such perfect conditions?"

"perhaps……"

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, then nodded solemnly.

If all this is not a coincidence, but some kind of inevitable phenomenon...

Following those academicians who study the pan-universe theory, as an academician of biology, she may also have to shout "biology no longer exists."

……

Time passes minute by minute.

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 without exception.

No matter how favorable the conditions on these habitable planets are, no form of life exists on them!
"...It's just like a den of ghosts." Chen Fan looked at the detection information on the holographic interface and shuddered suddenly.

"Ghost den?" Wang Jing, who was doubting her life, felt something in her heart and cast a questioning look at Chen Fan.

"It's 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 den of ghosts..."

Wang Jing was stunned for a moment, and quickly noticed an element in Chen Fan's words: "A carefully built house..."

"You mean... these planets are artificial, so there is no life?"

Chen Fan: “…Oo?”

"You're right!" Wang Jing's expression suddenly became excited. "I was wondering why it felt weird. The parameters of these planets are too standard. If they were man-made, then everything would make sense!"

Chen Fan: "...oO?"

He... said this?

Besides... in such a vast universe, aren't planets resources everywhere?
The most important thing.

Artificially creating such huge planets and galaxies...

How idle is this horse!!!

When he was rubbing the new Varela star with his hands, he put a lot of energy into it!

Wang Jing ignored the confused Chen Fan 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.

"121 billion years, 94 billion years, 83 billion years..."

Wang Jing muttered the numbers on the holographic interface in a low voice, and her originally relaxed brows furrowed tightly again.

"The planet's birth time is normal, and it doesn't look like it was built in a unified way..."

"No, something's wrong..." Wang Jing's expression was distorted, and she murmured anxiously, "There must be something wrong!!"

Faced with such a situation, Chen Fan looked at Hongshi helplessly.

Unexpectedly, Hongshi spread his hands helplessly: "Don't look at me like that, I can't do anything about 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 pan-universe theory are even crazier than Wang Jing right now."

Chen Fan was speechless.

"Ding Dong!!"

A crisp sound suddenly rang out, and the electronic synthesis voice of the ship's main computer 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: "Is there life in the Anti-Variela star system?"

Without any waiting, the ship's 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 artifacts in its edge areas."

"Preliminary judgment shows that these technological creations are most likely some kind of array-type defensive weapons."

As soon as the words were spoken, the holographic interface quickly displayed the images taken by the detector.

In the vast starry sky, unknown devices of various shapes are densely arranged.

"hiss……"

Just a glance and Chen Fan took a breath.

What array-type defensive weapon? Isn’t this just a fixed artillery position?
Endless artillery batteries tightly surround the entire star system, as if resisting the invasion of some powerful existence!
A sudden change occurred!

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 located at the edge of the Anti-Varilla star system! !

"Oh..."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Fan's eyes twitched slightly:
"Academician Wang, it seems that we have come at the wrong time?"

(End of this chapter)