Space exploration is a very complex and dangerous matter.
Why did Cheng Daxing, the commander of the asteroid belt theater, ask the major special operations groups to set off an hour and a half after the meeting?
Because one and a half hours after the meeting, that is, at 5:00 on November 22, Blue Star mankind’s first artificial pulse neutron star on the Unut asteroid will be launched into orbit.
All celestial bodies in the entire known universe, including extragalactic galaxies, the Milky Way, and the solar system, are constantly in motion.
For example, the distance between Mars and the moon, because the rotation and revolution of Mars will continuously change the distance from the moon.
At the closest point, it only takes Blue Star humans four and a half months to fly from the moon to Mars.
But at the farthest point, it would take Blue Star humans more than six months to fly from the moon to Mars.
Celestial bodies in the solar system are constantly moving, including the sun, but due to many complex factors such as the gravitational field of large celestial bodies, their relative positions are relatively stable.
Blue Star humans have figured out the locations of celestial bodies such as Blue Star, the Moon, and Mars, but the asteroid belt is extremely unfamiliar.
Even though I got part of the star map from the Eldar, it was still extremely unfamiliar.
The most important thing is that the positions of most asteroids in the asteroid belt are constantly changing due to fluctuations in the gravitational field of countless large and small stars, or collisions, etc.
Therefore, if the expedition team wants to fly back to the Unut asteroid, they must have a positioning beacon that can retrieve it from a long distance.
Artificial pulse neutron stars are such beacons.
Its function is equivalent to a lighthouse on the sea.
The importance is dozens of times that of a lighthouse on the sea!
Therefore, if the special operations groups and combat groups in each joint region want to conduct long-distance exploration, they must wait until the space beacon of the pulse neutron star is launched and obtain the pulse frequency before they dare to go out to explore.
Otherwise, the probability of being lost in space and unable to return home is 99%!
In addition, exploration in space must be conducted in flight formation.
There are too many unpredictable surprises.
Maybe a meteorite impact can destroy the aircraft.
Or an electromagnetic storm can cause some of the aircraft's electronic equipment to fail.
Therefore, this time the Tongtian Special Forces Group chose a flying formation for their trip.
Because the Tongtian special battle group has a relatively small number of people, they did not choose a spaceship that is relatively large and relatively slow.
Instead, air and space fighters were chosen, with air and space supply ships as the main formation.
There are seven aerospace fighters in total, and an aerospace supply ship that is slightly slower than the aerospace fighters but stronger than the aerospace spacecraft.
In addition to various emergency equipment, there are four small aerospace vehicles in the aerospace supply ship.
Xu Tui didn't know how prepared the other joint districts were for the asteroid belt development this time, but the scientific and technological materials provided by the Huaxia District were still extremely sufficient, and they even allocated a fleet of drones.
In addition, three researchers were assigned to the Tongtian Special Forces, one is an atmosphere and liquid researcher, and the other two are geological researchers.
Bringing them along is also to determine the development value of an asteroid in a short period of time and whether it has the possibility of becoming a resource star.
At the same time, in order to deal with possible extreme accidents, a special battle group was assigned, and the military also assigned a transmutation realm practitioner.
Because they are cultivators of the Evolutionary Realm, they are almost unable to fly physically. Once the aircraft is damaged during flight, especially when in space, death is certain.
Equipped with a transformation realm expert who can fly physically, there is still room for recovery when such an extreme accident occurs.
From this point of view, the Huaxia District still attaches great importance to the life safety of the members of the special operations group.
At the same time, it may be to avoid being thought by the special battle groups that they are sending people to monitor them, so each special battle group can choose to have or not have the accompanying transformation realm experts.
If you want, you can also freely choose your entourage within a certain range.
In Xu Tui's words, only a fool would not want it!
Xu Tui's candidate was, not surprisingly, Zhou Chuan, who had fought alongside him.
An air and space fighter with very popular and standard performance was named Tongtian by Xu and was temporarily used as the flagship aircraft.
Xu Tui, Zhou Chuan, Li Zhen, Tao Guan, and a geological researcher stayed in the flagship aircraft.
After taking off from the Unut asteroid and breaking away from the gravitational field of the Unut asteroid, the fighter formation sailed into space.
The vast space is deep and dark.
Although there are tens of thousands of large and small asteroid meteorites in the asteroid belt, they are densely packed.
But that's from exploration data on star maps.
In fact, the distance between most asteroids is more than four to five thousand kilometers or even tens of thousands of kilometers.
"Captain, which direction are we exploring now?" Zhao Hailong's voice sounded in the command channel.
In which direction, Xu Tui really has no direction for the time being.
The celestial bodies in the asteroid belt are different from those in the inner solar system. The positions of the celestial bodies brought by asteroids, including their relative positions, are constantly changing and are extremely complex.
"How about asking the European Emperor to choose a direction?" Xu Tui said with a smile in the command channel.
"That's not to mention you, the leader. Aren't you the biggest European Emperor?" Cui Xi said with a smile.
"Am I still European?"
"Commander, please figure it out for yourself. How smart are you during the space invasion war? If you just lead us to pounce, we can catch big fish like Lei Xiang, and..." Miao Huanshan He and Cui Xi are the same, and he licks every time he opens his mouth.
Xu Tui naturally couldn't explain that it was the information Mitsubishi Ding gave him.
Oh, just Europe.
Just when he was about to decide the direction, Xu Tui's heart suddenly moved.
When it landed before, the red fire slip flashed four times.
This kind of flickering is similar to when Xu Tui returned to Blue Star for the first time after getting the red fire slip. The red fire slip also had abnormal fluctuations.
But it's not like the abnormal reaction after landing in the asteroid belt now.
However, maybe there will be something to gain?
And the most important thing is that the last time when dealing with Lei Zhan, under Xu Tui's hysterical threat, Red Huo Jian actually gave Xu Tui an extra boost.
What does this mean?
This shows that the red fire slip may have a spirit!
Although this so-called spirit will be very low-level.
But if you have a spirit, you can have a certain degree of communication.
"Give me some direction?"
Xu Tui directly introduced the red fire slip with his mental power and expressed his meaning with his consciousness.
In fact, after Xu Tui broke through to the genetic evolution realm, his connection with the Red Fire Slip became slightly closer, but the increase was not obvious.
In his mind, the red flames flickered a few times, suddenly giving Xu Tui a direction.
"here!"
Xu Tui immediately gave instructions.
In the dark space, this flying formation, like a group of flying ants, immediately turned around and headed towards the depths of space.
"Captain, a meteorite was found on our channel. It is estimated that in three minutes, this meteorite with a diameter of 14 kilometers will collide with our team at high speed. Please destroy it or avoid it. Please give instructions, commander." Zhao Hailong from the lead aircraft sent Asked for instructions.
"Ah Huang, do the math."
"It cannot be destroyed. The whole team should avoid moving five degrees to the left and no more than six degrees. Otherwise, the flight will be interfered by the gravitational field of the meteorite a thousand kilometers away."
On the first day of flight, we encountered a total of seven accidents, which was much higher than the normal state of space flight. However, this is also the normal state of flying in the asteroid belt.
After flying out of the one-day flight circle of the Unut asteroid, the formation slightly spread out, slightly widened the distance, and expanded the detection range.
However, several of the celestial bodies encountered were relatively small meteorite objects and had no detection significance.
During this period, Xu Tui contacted Red Huo Jian twice.
This time, the flight direction was given every time. Other than that, there were no extra instructions.
"Reporting to the leader, our right wing has launched a large celestial body. The detection data shows that it is more than 1,200 kilometers in diameter and is non-gaseous." Yang Huai suddenly reported.
"Steering, conducting comprehensive inspections, and preparing for landing."
The current flight range is approximately two days’ circle of the Unut asteroid.
No asteroid within the three-day flight circle around Unut asteroid can be let go.
Asteroids that directly exceed 1,200 kilometers are already relatively large, the size of the moon is only 1,700+ kilometers, and the diameter of Phobos, which has been modified for decades, is only three to four hundred kilometers.
Three minutes later, the detection data came in. The current ambient temperature of the asteroid was around minus 21 degrees.
It is flying in orbit, but the orbit of which celestial body is unknown.
Can log in.
"Supply ship, No. 6 and No. 5 are flying in orbit. From the 1st to the 4th, the Tongtian is preparing to land." Xu Wei gave the order.
An hour later, I logged in successfully.
The first thing that needs to be done is a safety check.
Fighter planes of various numbers flew around the unnamed asteroid to conduct all-round inspections.
"Report to the leader, no life signal found."
"Reporting to the leader, no radioactive fluctuations were found."
...
"Miao Huanshan and Yanghuai, your two teams will respectively escort two researchers to conduct geological inspections. The other teams, led by Tongtian and Unit 1, will continue to further explore the asteroid at low altitudes.
Perform in formation. "Xu Tui's order was issued.
At the speed of an aerospace fighter, it would only take two hours to fly around this unknown asteroid at a low altitude.
Half an hour later, Zhao Hailong's voice suddenly came from the communication channel, "Reporting to the leader, suspected artificial artifacts were found at temporary coordinate points X234 and Y177. Please explore."
Inside the Tongtian, Xu Tui's eyes narrowed.
Suspected to be an artificial creation?
Xu Tui frowned and immediately issued an order, "Continue remote exploration and wait for our formation to arrive."
"Attention, whole team, we have discovered a suspected man-made artifact, raised the alert level, and entered combat mode." Xu Tui immediately issued a warning.
When Tongtian rushed to the corresponding coordinates provided by Zhao Hailong, Xu Tui contacted the red fire slip again.
The red light only flickered slightly, very blurry.
Don't understand what it means at all.
Half an hour later, the fighter planes of Xu Tui, Cui Xi, Luo Murong and others arrived in the sky above what Zhao Hailong said was a suspected man-made artifact.
From high in the air, it does look very much like an extremely regular disk. There are also chisel marks on the disk, but most of it is blurred.
Soon, the remote sensing analysis of the material composition data below made everyone excited.
Metal of unknown composition!
The disc below is not made of natural stone as it appears to the naked eye, but of metal of unknown composition!
In this case, the possibility of artificial creation is very high!
"Continue to lower your altitude and explore."
"Low-out UAV ultra-low-altitude exploration."
Xu Tui adheres to the basic principle of a commander - be cautious!
Fifteen minutes later, after various explorations and tests, including fire tests, there was no response from this disc-like artificial creation, and no threat was found.
Most dangers are eliminated.
Finally, we have reached the last and most important step - manual exploration, sampling or direct detection.
A minute later, Xu Tui, Zhou Chuan, Zhao Hailong, Luo Murong, Mu Xingluan and others formed a combat team and left the fighter plane for field exploration.
Cui Xi stayed in command.
Before leaving the fighter plane, Mu Xingluan still put a rattan silk thousand-grip armor on each person.
However, after Mu Xingluan broke through to the genetic evolution realm, this ability has also been greatly improved.
Before the person landed, Xu Tui's mental induction swept him down first.
The moment he swept it down, Xu Tui's expression changed.
"Be careful, there are weak source energy fluctuations found below!"
*****
I took the big and small mythical beasts home from Jiayuguan this afternoon. I rested for a while and coded in the evening. I am in good condition today.
The second update will be later.
