The time goes back to 6 years ago, when Fang Juanhuang led the escape fleet composed of 20 interstellar ships of various types and sailed out of the solar system. In order to completely get rid of the tracking of the Tiberians, they silently headed towards the planet at high speed. Journey into the deep space of the universe.
During this period, all communication bands with the earth were closed, and it neither responded to calls from the Crisis Plan nor sent any form of electromagnetic signals to space.
They have only one purpose, and that is to maintain silence as much as possible and preserve the only remaining interstellar armed force of mankind.
The entire fleet is like a lone shadow fleet deep in the universe. I don't know where to go? Just moving forward aimlessly...
It has been floating in space for nearly two years. After making sure that it has completely escaped the pursuit of the Tiberians, what should we do next? Where to go? It has become a problem that all crew members, including Fang Juanhuang, must face.
After several days of discussions between the middle and senior levels of the fleet, it was finally unanimously decided to go to South Gate 2.b, which is about 2.7 light-years away from the fleet.
In addition to the distance factor, another important reason why we chose this place is that Nanmenmen 2·b is a triple star system, namely Nanmenmen 2a, Nanmenmen 2·b, and Proxima Centauri.
The three stars are not far apart. Perhaps a planet similar to the Earth will be found in the habitable zone of one of them. Then, humans will have hope of establishing a foothold in the universe.
Besides, this is still a three-insurance policy.
So, the fleet headed for the triple star system closest to the solar system, and their first stop was Nanmen 2·b.
"When did you encounter that evil sea of flowers and terrifying tentacles?"
Liu Hanyang's question brought Dai Lin's thoughts back to the cabin. She returned her gaze from a distance, stared at him for a moment, and said, "A few months later."
He nodded, stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture, gesturing for her to continue.
"A few months later, the fleet arrived at a strange star field. The front of the entire fleet was blocked by a brilliant sea of flowers. At first, when the crew saw this glowing sea of flowers, they were attracted by their beauty. I was shocked by the gorgeous appearance and huge area.”
Her gaze was cast not far away again, with a pair of eyes full of fear under her delicate face...
Liu Hanyang seemed to be brought to that extremely terrifying moment by her.
While the crew members cheered for the bright and charming sea of flowers in front of them, only Fleet Commander-in-Chief Fang Junhuang remained alert and calm enough.
He quietly looked at the endless sea of flowers on the surveillance screen and fell into deep contemplation...
Since he was in junior high school, he has been full of passion and yearning for the universe, and inspired to become an interstellar explorer soaring in interstellar space. After graduating from the Space Flight Academy, he got his wish and entered the interstellar command center and became an interstellar explorer. Commander of the battleship.
Several years of study and training, especially after the invasion of the Tiberians, gave him a new understanding of the universe. The original passion has gradually been replaced by rational thinking.
In the universe, don’t be deceived by the gorgeous appearance under any circumstances. Behind the beauty may be unexpected dangers. This is the universe.
This was the advice given to him by a master of cosmology since he became the captain of the "Force".
To this day, he still hides it in his heart.
"Commander Fang, should we rush through the sea of flowers at high speed? Or should we drive slowly into it and appreciate the grand scenery of the universe while driving?" Adjutant Jonah looked at the sea of flowers and asked with unfinished content.
"detour!"
"Detour?" Jonah looked shocked. He seemed to be unable to believe that Fang Juanhuang was familiar with this beautiful cosmic scene.
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No sight.
He calmed down and continued: "According to detection, this flower sponge extends for millions of kilometers. On the left is an asteroid belt, which is wider and is not conducive to the navigation of the fleet. If you want to detour, you can only go from the right. By bypassing the sea of flowers in the side star field, we will travel an additional 11.6 billion kilometers."
“Why do we need to travel an extra 11.6 billion kilometers?”
"A strong gravitational source was detected in the right star field 5.3 billion kilometers away from us. It may be a small black hole. We must bypass it."
Fang Junhuang's eyes turned to the sea of flowers on the monitoring screen. After pondering for a moment, he ordered: "Send the Starlight and Boli to enter the sea of flowers first. If there are no abnormalities, the main fleet will enter again."
Three minutes later, the "Starlight" and the "Boli" broke away from the main fleet and sailed towards the sea of flowers at high speed...
In the cabin, Delin looked back from afar and said sadly: "I believe you all know what happened next, so I don't need to repeat it again, right?"
Liu Hanyang nodded, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes. He rubbed his forehead, then raised his head and asked: "After the Starlight and Boli were destroyed by the tentacles, where did the main fleet go?"
"The main fleet fled to the right, but unfortunately, we didn't travel far before we encountered White Flower's home planet. When the Quaali was covering the main fleet, it was attacked by intensive White Flower bombs."
"White bullet?"
"Yes, those are cannonballs fired by a seaweed-like creature on that terrifying planet. They shine with dazzling arcs of light and can break out of the atmosphere from the surface of the planet and hit our fleet. The star that was hit The ship would be invaded by the White Flowers, which is how the Quark was hit."
"And after that?"
"After..." She fell into deep memories, as if everything seemed to have happened not long ago.
When the main fleet led by Fang Juanhuang escaped from danger, they regrouped in chaos. Fortunately, except for the "Quali", the other ships were not invaded by Baihua.
Now, the situation before Fang Juanhuang is that the fleet has seriously deviated from the route of Nanmen 2.b and is on the route of the Wolf 359 system.
Wolf 359 is a red dwarf star about 7.8 light-years away from the Earth. Its mass is only 9% of the sun, just above the minimum limit for stars to carry out hydrogen nuclear fusion through proton-proton chain reactions (less than 8% of the sun’s mass). The lowest limit stars are called brown dwarfs).
Brown dwarfs are only slightly larger than Jupiter, with the latter's equatorial radius being 65% of the former.
Through the fleet's deep space telescope and infrared spectrometer observations, it is known that Wolf 359 has two planets, both of which are rocky planets. One of them is closer and is in the habitable zone. It is about the same size as Pluto, but currently It is not clear whether it has the necessary conditions for life to survive.
In order to increase the chance of exploration, Fang Junhuang decided to send the "Powerful" and "Xingmang" to Nanmen 2.b to continue the exploration, while the main fleet continued to move towards the Wolf 359 system along the current route.
The main fleet sailed for about 5 months without encountering any form of threat during this period. This was also one of the few pleasant times spent since the fleet left the solar system.
As usual, this is another sparse and ordinary eternal night. The numerous galaxies are like flowers blooming in the stars, bright and gorgeous.
On the flagship "Force", through the portholes, Fang Juanhuang quietly stared at the charming starry sky. He was not attracted by its gorgeous appearance, but was afraid of the terrible murderous intention hidden behind the glory.
"Report! A rogue galaxy was discovered in the star field about 25 million kilometers in front of the fleet. The galaxy consists of a yellow dwarf star and three planets. They appear to be
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It seems to be bound by a strong gravitational force and is falling towards the gravitational point at high speed! "Commander Hui reported.
"Immediately find out what the source of gravity is?" Fang Junhuang responded.
Five minutes later, the source of gravity was discovered. It was a wandering medium-sized black hole that captured a galaxy along the way, and the galaxy was falling into the black hole little by little.
The yellow dwarf with three planets reported by the commander just now is the captured galaxy mentioned above.
"Go around them." Fang Juanhuang said.
"Bypass?" The commander had a look of astonishment on his face. He didn't seem to want to give up on this galaxy.
"Any questions?"
"According to observational data from deep space probes and planetary probes, there is life in the galaxy captured by the black hole."
"Is there life?" Fang Juanhuang asked in shock.
"Yes, signs of life have been found in the second rocky planet in this galaxy." The commander said as he projected the video images observed by the deep space probe and planetary detector onto the large command screen.
Fang Junhuang stared intently at the slowly rotating galaxy. The galaxy was composed of a yellow dwarf star the size of the sun and three rocky planets. The planet with life on it was located in the habitable zone and was the second planet in the galaxy. A planet with a mass about 1.3 times that of the Earth.
He stretched out his hand and tapped on the screen. The image of the planet 1.3 times the mass of the Earth was enlarged, and various parameters about the planet were also displayed.
Like Earth, it has a dense atmosphere, an elliptical orbit, and a perfectly low eccentricity. It appears to have captured the last planet in the system, so that the planet is permanently tidally locked, like one of its own. satellites.
So on the surface, the galaxy seems to have three rocky planets. In fact, there are only two. The last one was captured by the planet 1.3 times the mass of the Earth and became one of its satellites.
The two form an earth-moon system similar to the earth and the moon, causing the planet 1.3 times the mass of the earth to have day and night and four seasons.
In addition, the planet also has vast land covered with dense vegetation and lakes of varying sizes.
Further exploration of its surface revealed that Fang Junhuang was greatly surprised. The lakes on the surface were all liquid water.
It's very much like Earth, except there are no oceans.
The sudden discovery made the fleet overjoyed. This was the first time in more than 6 years of sailing that they had discovered a planet that was highly close to various indicators of the Earth.
However, the galaxy where the planet is located has been captured by a medium-sized black hole. It will not be long before the life it breeds will be swallowed up by the black hole along with it.
"Bypass it." Fang Juanhuang said regretfully.
"According to detection, the galaxy is still 35.78 million kilometers away from the black hole's event horizon. We conducted model deductions and found that it still has 3,265 Earth years to reach the event horizon." The commander said excitedly.
"What?!"
Fang Juanhuang couldn't believe his ears. This indicated that the fleet could thrive on that planet with a pleasant climate for more than 3,000 years!
It will be the future and hope of their lonely fleet!
"First send a starship into its atmosphere, and after ensuring there is no danger, order the entire fleet to land on the planet!"
A deep sigh brought Liu Hanyang back to reality from his immersive listening. He followed the sound and saw Dai Lin stroking her head with one hand, looking extremely painful...
"Is the discovery of that habitable planet the beginning of a nightmare?" he asked.
She nodded feebly, her scabbed face filled with fear and despair...
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