Him and their stars

An hour later, the real captain of the exploration team, Professor Zinov, had appeared in the control room of the Nine Chapters.

In fact, he received the communication from here more than fifty minutes ago. However, this accomplished scientist remained calm and stayed at the banquet to chat and laugh with the officers of the Ninth Fleet. He and Commodore Bazin finished the tonnage and left most of the bottle of red wine before leaving very naturally. After arriving at the venue, one person rushed back to the Nine Chapters.

"Sorry, I'm late. I have to find a less noticeable way to exit. Now, there are nearly 30,000 people in this galaxy. No matter where you are from, you don't want to make a fuss about it, right?" Professor Zinov said to the Gray Lady.

Yes, this unidentified lady who appeared instantly like a goddess descending from the sky calls herself "Grey".

Of course, the three technical nerds and Tai'a, who had suffered a big loss, did not dare to be like someone who was neither big nor small, so they directly called her "Sister Gray" or even "Little Gray", so they could only temporarily call her " Gray Lady".

She looked Professor Zinov up and down and smiled: "My friend told me that you may be one of the smartest human beings in this era. Smart people are pragmatic, so I will open the skylight and speak frankly. This The extremely harsh star conditions of the galaxy you call Tianshu are not naturally occurring."

Professor Zinov nodded thoughtfully: "In other words, this galaxy and the devil's labyrinth in the New World... Oh, it has been renamed the Dawn Star Territory now. I heard that the prosperity of that star territory is a bit abnormal, and Some people have also discovered the ruins of the Enlightened Ones one after another. So, this should be a galaxy created by the Enlightened Ones and exists for some kind of experiment?"

The Gray Lady nodded candidly.

Xiao Bai over there suddenly showed an expression of "Sure enough," and a flush of excitement appeared on his delicate cheeks, as if his whimsical guess had been authenticated by the authority.

At this time, Eisen had already run to a terminal and cut out two tables from a light curtain that was constantly beating with data: "We compared all the celestial phenomena collected from the New China Star Region. From the data, we can more or less explore the laws of magnetic field changes. The only exceptions are the star and the blue gas giant planet. Is that the source?"

All in all, none of the people present showed any particularly surprised expressions. On the contrary, the gray lady raised her eyebrows in surprise and said with a smile: "You guys look smarter now than before. It's easy to explain in this way. It’s more convenient.”

She walked to the terminal that had just been smashed by Tai'a, raised her hand, and saw that on Hao's wrist, which looked smoother and more transparent than most beautiful girls, a ball of silver sand overflowed evenly. The mist surged onto the mechanical wreckage, and after a short flow, a smooth and new terminal stood up again.

"Ah, at least 15 million was rescued." Tamir cast an extremely grateful look at Gray Lady. As the only one among the three big tech friends who can make a living, he is very aware of how valuable the equipment on the Nine Chapters is.

Tai'a's brows moved slightly and he glared at Tamir fiercely.

Under everyone's surprised and scrutinizing gazes, Ms. Gray walked to the terminal she had repaired, and smiled while operating it: "Okay, this terminal has been upgraded! I also strengthened one of your probes, that one The one among the gaseous planets. Its high-temperature resistance has been snatched up a lot, so it can be sent away."

Everyone looked at each other and said that they didn't realize that any probe was different. But at this time, a signal came from the front, numbered No. 6, and the sky surveying eye that was conducting daily surveys on the orbit of the blue gas giant planet had already rushed straight towards the deep blue atmosphere that was as deep as an abyss. passed.

Tamir wanted to say that the market price of a Sky Survey Eye was more than 200 million, but before he could express any objection, a light curtain appeared on the newly repaired terminal. What is shown above is not various planets and magnetic field data, but a huge shadow hidden under the blue atmosphere.

The graphics on the light screen were not clear, and everyone could not identify the whole thing, but the faint blue atmosphere was wrapped in shadows, still vaguely trembling, like a developing egg-laying creature. And the atmosphere, or the entire gas giant planet, is its egg shell.

Looking at the images on the light screen, everyone was more or less dizzy. There is no way, even people who don't have a phobia of giant objects will feel their own insignificance when they see such a towering planet-like existence. Under the general gap that seems to have fallen into dust, panic and depression are even more unavoidable.

If the people present were either top scientists or big tech masters, or they were double bonus sticks with willpower far beyond ordinary people, I'm afraid some of them would have fainted on the spot.

"Do you know anything about space Leviathan?" Gray Lady smiled.

Professor Zinov said: "Astrobiology is not my research direction. However, in the universe, there are indeed giant objects as big as stars... However, the size of this thing is indeed beyond my imagination."

Yes, so far, the largest space Leviathan creatures discovered by this generation of civilization are adult star-eating insects and elderly ancient dome whales. However, even these behemoths that can make the Titan ship look like a small sampan are at most the size of a larger asteroid, not even as big as a dwarf planet.

And now this behemoth hidden in a huge gas giant planet is indeed unheard of.

"The Star-Eating Insects that appeared in the Empire's Extreme Star Region last year and on the battlefields of the New World are the space Leviathan we have recently come into contact with." Eisen replied.

Of course, this is excluding the Edelweiss that is in a state of stocking in the Terra Star Region.

"In fact, the evolution of living things is also in an upward spiral. In order to adapt to the environment, there is often a phenomenon of degradation in biological concepts. In terms of the size of the universe, it is possible for pine trees to degenerate into reeds, and for whales to degenerate into starfish. ." She smiled and said: "If this guy was a whale, the star-eating worm would be a starfish."

For a moment, everyone no longer knew what kind of expression they should use to respond. They all felt that the amount of information received tonight was indeed a bit too much.

"The Star Devouring Insect can use asteroids and dwarf planets as its own eggs and grow by eating the planets. And does it have to use gas giant planets?" Xiaobai suddenly realized. Of course, out of awe of the unknown giant, he did not dare to use "it", so he subconsciously replaced it with an honorific.

Gray lady smiled and clapped her hands: "Yes, I can draw inferences from one example. Its scientific name is Colonizer, and it is an artificial Leviathan created by your ancestors who became enlightened. It uses giant planets as eggs and stars as stars. Food."

Everyone was dumbfounded and felt like it was a nightmare. In the memory of almost all civilizations from ancient times, stars represent the source of life, the source of all things, and are symbols of eternity. It's really hard for them to imagine that there are living things that feed on stars.

"Why do they, the Enlightened Ones, create such creatures?" Eisen couldn't help but ask.

The gray lady took a deep look at the chubby engineer: "Of course it is for the purpose of galaxy transformation. Let them devour the dying old stars in the inaccessible edge universe, accumulate enough energy in the body, and then jump to the densely populated central star. In the area. Control them to merge into the growing young or old stars. In this way, you can artificially create a large and prosperous group of young and mature stars."

She paused and then said: "In addition, in order to bear the power of the stars in their bodies, the bodies of these colonists are extremely massive. After the energy fusion, their body fragments will be naturally discharged by the solar wind. They can be used as stable materials, Create new planets."

The three young technical geeks were very excited after hearing this, and were fascinated by this myth-like method.

Professor Zinov pondered for a moment and sighed: "Gray Lady, if our scientific and technological research and development are not wrong at all, how many more centuries will it take to achieve this step?"

"What's the point of saying it? Anyway, everyone here is destined not to see this day." Lady Gray said with a smile.

"It's just that we can't see it, or our civilization is destined to fail." Professor Zinov said solemnly.

The other party paused for nearly a second, and then said faintly: "The larvae of the star colonizers are sleeping on this gas giant planet. As for that star, it is the food prepared for it. The enlightened person made it possible through prohibitions. The will of the colonizers is bound to the stars here. This is the reason why this galaxy generates a chaotic magnetic field."

She seemed to be answering the wrong question, but no one said much. They can both feel that the other party is indeed answering the question just now.

"There is good news here. It has at least 100 million years before it is destined to wake up. But there is also bad news here. The bad news is that you want to build a space bubble factory through the strong magnetic field phenomenon here... Haha, it is indeed feasible, and I also admit that this is a very imaginative idea. But if it is true, whether it is construction expenses, maintenance expenses, or the probability of accidents, it will definitely be so high that there is no cost-effectiveness. As for the galaxy Land development is even more non-existent.”

Xiaobai's expression suddenly turned gloomy.

His cousin, on the other hand, had completely focused on the huge black shadow looming on the light screen. The pupils in her eyes seemed to be somewhat constricted, and her breathing was slow and heavy, like a predator observing its prey.

"However, there is even worse news here." Gray Lady shrugged: "Thanks to your work during this period, this guy will wake up early."

Tai'a was startled for me, and quickly turned his head to look at the other person. A golden light seemed to flash in his eyes, and his hands had already subconsciously pressed the hilt of the lightsaber in his sleeves again.

"However, in many cases, bad news and good news are two sides of the same coin. After the colonizer larva wakes up, it will head towards the star according to its biological instinct. If you can catch it by the gravity of the star, Kill it, let it naturally fall into the star and merge with it, and the galaxy will return to normal. Oh, by the way, according to my estimation, professor, the strong magnetic field phenomenon you want will occur in 2 The orbit of the giant planet and all three of its moons are preserved."

"I have no time to think about this issue now..." Professor Zinov took out a small bottle of vodka from his arms like a magic trick, and took two vicious sips: "That's it, you just said, this... Star colonizers are larvae, so there should be no star energy in their bodies, right? After merging with stars, why can they be revived?"

The gray lady blinked her gray-silver eyes that were more vivid than most people: "Although I really want to say it is forbidden... However, considering that you are indeed one of the smartest humans I have ever seen, let's just say I can still say a few more words. First, a star colonizer needs to grow into its true form and can swallow stars many times. Second, the hatching of a star colonizer is never a one-time event. Third, didn’t you guess it just now? This galaxy is an experiment. In fact, it is not only an experiment, but also represents a puzzle left by our predecessors.”

Professor Zinov instead showed a relieved smile: "Puzzle? I have liked guessing riddles and doing Sudoku since I was a child. I also know that there is no unsolvable media in this world, even enlightened people are no exception. . In other words, if we can solve this mystery, it is possible for the civilization of our generation to grow to the level of enlightened beings."

And if it cannot be done, it means that the upper limit of this hopeless civilization is no more than this. Maybe, until everyone figures out the black technologies used to restore the ruins of the Enlightened Ones, civilization will basically be at the point where it needs to be whitewashed.

Although the professor didn't say it clearly in the second half, everyone is not a fool and can feel it.

Gray Lady couldn't help but smile: "You once again proved to me that pulling prejudice is actually the right choice."

"The good news is that this star colonizer is actually not very aggressive, and after waking up, he will definitely focus all his attention on the star over there. If nothing else, with this The current combat power of the galaxy can be accomplished." Lady Gray put her finger to her lips: "The bad news is that as a guide, I actually have social phobia. My existence is a secret. . If anyone besides you knows about my existence, I will never appear again."

Professor Zinov suddenly said: "Ms. Gray, can I ask another small question?"

"Okay, as long as it's not prohibited or something I don't want to answer, I will tell you the truth."

Professor Zinov has now confirmed once again that the enlightened beings of the previous generation have indeed mastered the ability to create life. After all, serious robots can't talk nonsense, but non-serious life forms can.

"So, can you tell me why you are helping us?"

"I will help all individuals and civilizations that I like. Of course, you will indeed help more." Lady Gray said with a smile: "The more reason is the prohibition."

Eisen also raised his hand cautiously: "So, dear lady, how long will it take for this colonizer to wake up?"

He began to consider the possibility of bringing in reinforcements. After all, the "Captain" taught them that the best military strategy is always troop strength and operations. Actually this lady said that if everyone's current combat power can deal with this colonizer, then if we call more fleets over, wouldn't the fault tolerance rate be higher?

Then, Gray Lady showed her five fingers with a smile.

"Five months? Five weeks? It can't be five days, right?"

"Five, four, three..."