Hao Ren was stunned when he heard the report from the data terminal: "Drone swarm? What did they find?"
"A group of UAVs in the L-B-35 exploration sequence discovered traces suspected to be left by the original hyperdrive engine on the cruise route. Judging from the degree of dissipation of the traces, they were left decades ago."
Hao Ren suddenly became serious: "Decades ago? Are you sure?"
"All the intelligence reported by the drone swarm has been strictly calculated, and it is unlikely to be wrong," the data terminal said while projecting the detailed information reported by the drone swarm. "The drone swarm thinks we may have found the surviving ones."
The exiles still retain a high level of civilization."
Hao Ren looked at the picture played by the data terminal with all his concentration. He saw that the picture was a vast expanse of space, with unfamiliar nebulae and cosmic landscapes shining in the distance, and between these stars, a dim and twisted discontinuous belt could be seen.
, this discontinuous band itself does not have any color, but it changes the surrounding light like a lens, so it appears to be observable. The data terminal explained the phenomenon on the screen: "The original hyperlight engine propels the spacecraft by changing the curvature of space.
However, the immature technology means that this kind of engine cannot restore the curvature of space near the start and end points of the voyage, so they will leave behind distorted lenses like this after entering or leaving the hyperspace state. Usually these lenses will take decades to hundreds of years.
It will dissipate on its own."
Hao Ren remembered that he had seen several advantages and disadvantages of the original hyperdrive in other technical materials. He still roughly knew about the "lens trails" mentioned in the data terminal, and he also knew that in many lower-level
In the civilization circle, people will track the target spaceship based on the newly formed distortion lens. Mercenaries and pirates are very good at this. However, other people on the scene probably don't study this aspect much.
Lily was surprised when she heard the terminal's explanation: "Wow, if a spaceship with this kind of low-tech engine runs around, wouldn't it drill the universe like a sieve?"
"The universe is very big, and it can't be damaged with this kind of primitive engine." Terminal shook his body, "Isn't there a circle of space junk around the earth? Human beings are still launching spaceships into the sky, as long as you can use more powerful technology in the future
To solve the mess left by the predecessors, all long-term problems are not a problem. This is a short-sighted idea. But this is how many civilizations have come. However, the lens wake caused by the primitive engine is really troublesome, so civilizations that have just developed faster-than-light navigation
There are usually some rules set. For example, no spacecraft is allowed to enter the hyperspace state around the home star, and it must use a sublight engine to sail to a certain safe distance before it is allowed to accelerate. Anyway, they have to find a way."
Hao Ren is relatively familiar with this knowledge, so he is only paying attention to the lensing phenomena that remain in space: This is exciting evidence. If these contrails are really produced by artificial engines, it means that at least decades of
At present, there are still higher surviving civilizations operating in this universe!
Unlike the civilizations like Horleta and Drom that are in a state of severance or material extinction, those who left these lenses behind are a race that can travel at super-light speeds and have the ability to move in the deep space of the universe!
Hao Ren felt a sudden sense of excitement. He asked with a little urgency: "Did you only find these contrails? Can you pinpoint where they went?"
"Only these contrails have been found so far. The L-B-35 exploration sequence is a fleet that has just completed the construction of sentinel points. It is active millions of light years away. They have not had time to multiply locally on a large scale, so very little intelligence can be collected.
But more fleets have jumped from the nearest support node, and we should be able to find some clues after expanding the search range. Now we should expect that these lens wakes are traces of jumping out of hyperspace rather than jumping in."
Nangong Wuyue couldn't respond to such a profound question at once: "Why?"
Hao Ren explained: "If it is a wake left by jumping out of hyperspace, it means that those spacecraft are currently sailing at sub-light speed or lower. It can be directly observed in the material universe and is easy to track. But if it is
The traces left when jumping into hyperspace may be where those spaceships are. They may have been sailing at super-light speed for decades. The search range will be astronomical, and there is no guarantee that they will be found."
Nangong Wuyue thought for a while. He lowered his head and continued eating: "I just want to ask, you can continue..."
Hao Ren frowned, then turned to the data terminal a little uneasily: "In which area is that L-type detection sequence operating? Are there any traces left by the eldest son or other guardians around it?"
The terminal floated up and down: "A star area that has just been included in the exploration plan. The drones were originally sent there to find the original coordinates of the purgatory planet. This time it was an accidental discovery. No activity of the eldest son was found there.
There are no signs of past, and there are no other ruins of destroyed civilizations. It can be considered a safe desert. If the exiles escape in that direction, their chances of survival are very high, provided that they are not tracked by the black battleships of the Guardian Giant.
Arrive. Are you planning on arranging the spaceship now? Let’s go over there and see what’s going on?”
Hao Ren stood up without saying anything. As he started, he shouted: "Let's go, let's not delay this matter."
Lily raised her head from the noodle soup bowl. One hand was still holding up her noodle chicken drumstick, with a pitiful face: "What, can you wait until I finish eating?"
Hao Ren: "...you can eat yours, I'm not so impatient that I won't even let you eat."
Then the husky girl immediately became clear: this girl's emotions are really easy to understand.
The data terminal quickly prepared the spaceship, so everyone did not waste any time. After eating, they set off directly to the drone frontier. This time, the number of people who followed was unprecedented: because the situation happened when everyone was free.
, so everyone present simply followed, including not only Yu and Cat, but even Nangong Wudi and his wife.
Hao Ren remembered that Nangong Wudi and his wife still ran the restaurant at home. He asked: "I will wait there for at least three days no matter whether the drone swarm makes any progress this time. Doesn't your restaurant matter?"
Elsa smiled and shook her head: "Business has slowed down since the beginning of winter. Most of the people in the southern suburbs are elderly people. It has also snowed in the past two days. If the elderly people don't go out, sometimes there won't even be ten people in the restaurant for the whole day. So we might as well take a rest."
A few days."
Hao Ren thought about it. The Nangong's restaurant opened in such a sleepy place in the southern suburbs. It was a sight to see. It was usually like an activity center for veteran cadres. The only people in there all day long were those who wanted a plate of peanuts.
Old men and women who can just sit there and talk for a long time are not expected to make money in business. Nangong and his wife are willing to rest for a few days.
Although I don’t know if following Hao Ren out on an adventure is considered a “rest”...
Nangong Wudi also smiled: "And more importantly, we as husband and wife also want to do some activities. We are bored at home all day long, watching the children wandering around in the wind and rain outside. As elders, we feel bad."
Vivian immediately spoke out: "Go ahead and pick me out of the pile of children."
Lily glanced at Vivian with a strange expression: "It's not easy for someone to say that you are young and you still don't like it?"
The idlers began to chat with each other on the bridge. Seeing that there was no topic of interest to him, Hao Ren took this opportunity to connect to the database of the drone group, intending to see how the drones were organized at the destination.
He still remembered the scene when he released the first batch of drones two years ago. At that time, there were only a few stupid, coffin-like primitive fleet modules. They set off from the Giant Turtle Rock Platform, as if they were ignorant.
Like worker bees, they plunged into the cold and vast universe, and began to serve as Hao Ren's eyes and ears to understand this indifferent world after the disaster. The drone swarms at that time were so weak and isolated that Hao Ren could hardly imagine their presence in the universe.
How far could it develop in two years? He even thought about whether those lonely drones would encounter danger at the beginning of the mission and be worn out due to various reasons before they had time to deploy, and made a lot of preparations for this.
alternatives and alternatives to alternatives.
Like many novice employees, he didn't have much confidence in his work ability at that time.
But today, those "worker bees" have become an extremely powerful force in the universe, and Hao Ren's arrangement that day proved to be one of the wisest decisions he made.
He opened the star map and saw that within the scope of millions of light-years, countless light points representing information nodes were shining brightly. Different from the random distribution and chaos of natural nebulae, these light points were neat, dense and orderly.
order, forming a huge matrix with a wonderful sense of symmetry and regularity.
This is an empire: the empire of drones. (To be continued.)