Chapter 334: Accidental Discovery
The Second Space City Group, Central Space City - Sunshine City, the administrative region of the headquarters of the post-Star Exploration Alliance.
"Ding Dong~"
The doorbell rang, and the two middle-aged scientists were standing at the door waiting with a little nervousness.
After Yuan Shichen's work assistant learned about the situation, he introduced two middle-aged scientists into the reception room. After a while, Yuan Shichen also put down his work and walked in.
"Hello, Commander-in-Chief. This is the 37th Deep Space Resource Development Fleet Captain - Van Lunding."
A middle-aged man in charge took the lead in greetings, Gustav, commander of the Deep Space Resource Development Fleet.
"Hello, Commander-in-Chief, it's an honor to see you." Captain Van Lunding greeted.
"I'm very happy to meet you, Gustav, and Captain Van Luntin." Yuan Shichen signaled the two to sit down.
"I came to you today because the 37th Deep Space Resource Development Fleet found a special wandering small celestial body on the edge of the Alt Cloud. For the specific situation, please report to you, Captain Van Luntin." said Gustav, commander of the Deep Space Resource Development Fleet.
"The specific situation is this. The 37th Deep Space Resource Development Fleet A and B have been looking for asteroids or comets (water resources) worth developing in the outermost area of the Alt Cloud. Just yesterday, we received a message from Squad B three months ago. They encountered a wandering small celestial body and found traces left by unknown cosmic civilization on the small celestial body." Captain Fan Lunding carefully introduced the details to Yuan Shichen.
"The traces left by unknown universe civilization!" This news surprised Yuan Shichen.
The Orte Cloud is a sphere cloud surrounding the solar system, which is about one light year away from the maximum radius of the sun. Astronomers generally believe that the Orte Cloud is the residual material of the nebula that formed the sun and its planets 5 billion years ago.
The current Oult Cloud contains many inactive comets. When the Space City Group traveled through the Oult Cloud, it also discovered some very small wandering celestial bodies with diameters ranging from dozens to hundreds of kilometers.
A few years ago, the Second Space City Group had completely passed through the Oort Cloud, but the 37th Deep Space Resource Development Fleet A and B were still there to continue resource acquisition. They will catch up with the Space City Group at a higher speed after the resource acquisition is completed.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, this is really incredible," continued Captain Van Luntin, "please look at the information."
Captain Fan Lunding began to show relevant image information to Yuan Shichen.
"According to calculations, the longest axis diameter of this small wandering celestial body reaches 62 kilometers. The 37th Deep Space Resource Development Fleet B discovered it in an orbit about 1.1 light-years away from the earth." Van Lunding continued to introduce it in combination with three-dimensional images.
"Its surface is very dark. After detection, it has the value of mining precious metals such as platinum, palladium, and osmium. In the first week of the mining work, Team B found traces of unknown cosmic civilization on the wandering small celestial body."
"The specific location is here, here, and here." Van Lunding marked several locations on the virtual model of the wandering small celestial body.
"This area has a large number of unknown spacecraft landings, and judging from these remaining traces, they must not come from the Earth civilization!"
Yuan Shichen looked at the image information and agreed with Fan Lunding's judgment.
"In addition, in this area, a large amount of residual materials from buildings were found, which certainly would not be formed naturally!" Van Lunding said with great confidence, "And, according to the on-site investigation of Team B, these buildings were artificially destroyed."
"About this, I think we have discovered the remains of another cosmic civilization." Gustav, commander of the Deep Space Resource Development Fleet, concluded.
"Can you determine the approximate age of the ruins' experience?" asked Yuan Shichen.
"This is very difficult, we can only judge, at least a ruin of more than 10,000 years." Captain Van Lunding replied regretfully.
"Yeah!" Yuan Shichen's thoughts quickly turned, "Are there any more clues discovered?"
"I'm sorry, although Team B is still trying hard to explore, only the above clues have been found at present." Fan Lunding seemed helpless. "Based on the current information, we can only prove that an unknown cosmic civilization once reached this wandering small celestial body, but we cannot judge who they are and where they come from."
"The existence of the Creator has confirmed that humans are not lonely in this vast universe. Therefore, it is a coincidence and inevitable thing for us to discover the remains of unknown cosmic civilization in space." Yuan Shichen said meaningfully.
"Essentially, by chance?" Gustav and Van Lunding were a little confused.
"In such a vast and empty universe, how could Team B be so lucky to discover this wandering celestial body carrying unknown secrets?" Yuan Shichen thought from other angles and said with a serious look, "Although as long as it exists, it will definitely be discovered. But, don't overestimate our luck."
Yuan Shichen believed that a small wandering celestial body from the outer solar system had gone through a long period of time and a long distance alone, and then happened to come to the front of the 37th Deep Space Resource Development Fleet Squadron B, and was finally discovered by us. This is obviously a matter with a low probability that can be ignored.
"What do you mean, there may be many wandering small celestial bodies like this that have ruins of unknown civilizations around the Olt Cloud?" Gustav asked.
"That's right! That's what I think." Yuan Shichen replied.
"After all, where are these wandering small celestial bodies coming from, and who has stayed there before?" Captain Fan Lunding seemed a little unconfident.
"At present, there are several possibilities." Yuan Shichen inferred, "First, these wandering small celestial bodies first originated from the Alpha Centaurus, and the person who left the ruins was the Creator. Second, these wandering small celestial bodies finally arrived at the solar system after a long journey from a galaxy we unknown to finally reach the solar system. The person who left the ruins was a cosmic civilization that existed very far away. Third, these wandering small celestial bodies were originally born around the solar system and have been operating outside the Alt Cloud. A long time ago, a certain cosmic civilization visited the Alt Cloud, or even the solar system."
Yuan Shichen paused for a while and continued to speculate: "I said before that this is a coincidence and inevitable thing. A large number of small celestial bodies in alien galaxies and traveling thousands of miles to the solar system, which is obviously unlikely. Therefore, the second possibility can be basically ruled out. Similarly, the possibility that a large number of small celestial bodies with relics comes from the Alpha Centaurus galaxy is higher than that from other galaxies, this is still a small probability event."
"You think the greatest possibility is that unknown cosmic civilization has reached the surroundings of the solar system!" Gustav said in surprise, "So who will this cosmic civilization be? Is it the creator, or other cosmic civilizations?"
"have no idea!"
Chapter completed!