No one thought that an attempt with the mentality of "treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor" actually achieved the effect of "bringing the dead back to life".
This time is beyond everyone’s imagination. It is obvious that human civilization is far beyond the reach of science, and may even bury the entire civilization. Is it just over?
Has it really passed?
Without Zhao Changxing's instructions, many scientific researchers who were awake at this moment began to study the current environment on their own. Optical telescopes were set up one after another, aiming at the stars one after another;
Telescopes once again began to listen to the radiation from all directions in the universe, neutrino telescopes, gravitational wave telescopes...
All of this points to an unmistakable fact without a doubt.
At this moment, the human fleet is indeed in normal space.
but……
A scientist hurriedly broke into the core conference room of the Yuanhang-1 spacecraft.
He is a highly respected scientist with a very high status in the entire civilization. At this moment, his expression is pale and dignified, and he is even obviously a little panicked.
"Leader, we, we are lost..."
The word "lost" is not rigorous enough, and it is not like a word that can be said by a professional scientist. Zhao Changxing frowned slightly and expressed his doubts.
"Professor Li Wenzhong, can you make it more clear?"
"At this moment, we are not on the route between the two stars Lakai 9352 and Peacock 6. We don't know where we are now. Our space search force has urgently detected more than 300 stars that are closer to us.
Stars, but these stars are not in the star catalog we compiled. They are completely unfamiliar. We have come to a strange star field..."
Li Wenzhong's words were slightly reversed, but Zhao Changxing and the civilization leaders quickly understood what he meant.
At this moment, shock appeared on the faces of every participant.
Zhao Changxing's mind raced, and he immediately recalled the experience he had just encountered before, where he was suspected of breaking into a special space.
"Could it be that it is not a special space, but some form of super-light travel? There is a certain unknown super civilization that uses some unknown means to directly travel at this form of super-light speed.
Transported us to another place in the universe?"
Faster-than-light travel is a technology that human civilization has not yet come into contact with. What will happen in a state of faster-than-light speed is still unknown.
Just like the universe "disappears", no stars can be seen, and no radiation from the outside can be detected. Of course, this may also be one of the scenarios that may occur in the state of super-light travel.
"Let's explore more stars and celestial bodies and confirm our current coordinates as much as possible! Order, the entire space force maintains combat readiness to guard against any accidents! Order, all spacecraft enter the highest defense state! Order..."
Without any time to think, Zhao Changxing immediately issued a series of emergency orders.
Confirming one's own coordinates at this moment is of course the most important thing. But at the same time, it is equally necessary to ensure that one's own side is not infringed upon by the outside world - whether the infringement comes from intelligent life or the natural environment.
After all, this is a place that we have never known before.
Space and space environments are also different. The natural environment in interstellar space under normal circumstances is very different from that around a star that has just undergone a supernova explosion. If one does not respond well, even an interstellar spacecraft such as the Yuan Voyage will suffer
Danger of shipwreck and loss of lives.
After issuing a series of orders and seeing that all relevant staff began to execute them urgently, Zhao Changxing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now, it is basically certain that we were in a state of faster-than-light travel."
At the same time, another doubt of Zhao Changxing was basically explained.
Regarding aircraft worship, if the religious rituals held by the indigenous people are responded to, and they really "pray" for the plane to appear and receive supplies, it can only prove that the plane was originally coming and has nothing to do with the religion of the indigenous people.
The ceremony has nothing to do with it.
Now, if accelerating the fleet results in "leaving that strange space", the most likely outcome is that "the super-light teleportation state will end at this moment", not one's own.
The action had an effect.
While many astronomers are trying to confirm their current position through various means, Zhao Changxing and the leaders of civilization have to start thinking about another problem.
Why does this happen?
"There are several possibilities for this incident to occur. First, the super alien civilization did it intentionally. Second, some kind of strange natural phenomenon - perhaps some special physical processes that we have not yet mastered, occurred in the universe.
It created an effect similar to a super-light channel, and we just happened to break in. Third, similar to when we encountered the relic civilization, there is something like a 'space wormhole' left over from a certain super civilization. We
I got in by luck or misfortune."
Either intentional, a natural phenomenon, or a relic left behind.
There are only these three possibilities.
Among these three possibilities, if it is the latter two, then people can feel a little more relaxed. But if it is the first possibility, then there are too many things that may be hidden behind this matter.
Why did that unknown super civilization do this? What is its purpose? What does this mean for human civilization? How long have they been secretly eyeing human civilization? Have humans become their toys, playthings or chess pieces?
Being deliberately targeted by a super civilization is the worst possibility. However, this possibility is the highest. After all, the probability of the latter two is too low and too coincidental.
In the conference room, people were waiting in silence.
After about a few hours, a communication request was sent. The secretary went over to answer the call, and the virtual figure of Professor Li Wenzhong appeared in front of people.
"Leader, fellow leaders. Our team of astronomers has now determined our location."
"oh?"
"Previously, the Optical Survey Telescope No. 25 searched for a pair of double stars. One of the double stars was a red dwarf star in its twilight state, and the other was a white dwarf star. Through further observations, we obtained this pair of double stars.
We took a lot of physical information and compared it with our star catalog database, and finally confirmed that they were stars we know. After that, we used this as a basis to find more known stars through corresponding positions in space.
system, and indirectly determined our position."
Professor Li Wenzhong raised his hand, and a panoramic view of the Milky Way appeared on the large screen in the conference room.
"Before, our fleet was located here."
A red dot appears near the inner edge of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy.
"Now, we are here..."
Following Professor Li Wenzhong's guidance, a red light lit up near the end of the Perseus Arm at the edge of the Milky Way.
The next moment, a line appeared between the two red dots, connecting them to each other.
"The straight-line distance between the two is about 12,500 light years..."
At this moment, people clearly heard the heavy breathing of themselves and the colleagues next to them.
12,500 light years!
When human civilization was still fighting for a distance of only a dozen light-years, it had to spend a whole century making preparations to get everything ready, and it would take hundreds of years to cross it. Now, the observation results have
Tell people that in just a few short days, people have unknowingly crossed a distance of more than 10,000 light-years!
Directly from the inside of the Milky Way to the edge of the Milky Way!
Relying on the speed of the human fleet, it would take hundreds of thousands of years to sail such a long distance!
There was silence in the conference room.
After a long time, Zhao Changxing said in a deep voice: "Find a way to confirm the current time."
Professor Li Wenzhong's voice was low and bitter: "By observing the status of many known celestial bodies at this moment, comparing it with the status of celestial bodies in our previous records, and removing the impact of communication delays, we have confirmed the time at this moment. Conclusion.
Yes, based on the standard time of the Milky Way, only 90 ± 5 years have passed since when we first entered that 'strange space'."
That is, the time range is between 85 and 95 years.
Even if it is calculated based on 95 years, spanning a distance of more than 10,000 light-years, its average speed is as high as almost 130 times the speed of light.
However, the time that people perceive in that strange space is only a few dozen days in total.
But this is not the main point that people care about. Because everyone knows that even with the current theoretical level, the relationship between time and speed can be accurately described. If that civilization can achieve the goal of destroying the fleet of human civilization in only 90 years,
If it spans a distance of tens of thousands of light years, it will be even easier to make a time of about 90 years perceived by people as only a few dozen days.
"What's our current speed?"
"Using the black hole at the center of the Milky Way as a reference, our speed at this moment is about 3,000 kilometers per second, heading away from it."
Zhao Changxing remained silent.
After thinking for a moment, he slowly said: "Faced with such a super civilization, ruins, or natural phenomena, we have no ability to resist. In this case, we might as well ignore their existence for the time being. As the saying goes, let's take care of it.
Now that we are here, let’s continue our development plan here.”
This is the only choice human civilization can make.
"Explore the star field we are currently in, see what stars there are, and which star system is suitable for our development..."