Meng Xiaobai found this place according to the time and place in the letter. Australia is vast and sparsely populated, and large manors are common, but this manor is obviously different.
It is located alone in the wilderness. There are no defense measures outside as Meng Xiaobai imagined. There are only fences used to block wild beasts. It looks more like an ordinary farm manor.
Meng Xiaobai did not relax his vigilance. Before he arrived, the satellite had already locked on this place, and the micro robot also explored the surrounding area and found nothing unusual.
He also put on internal armor made of carbon fiber and nanomaterials, and brought along the robot Lin Hong. It can be said that even if there are missiles aimed at him, Meng Xiaobai can ensure his own safety.
"Mr. Meng, we're here!" Lin Hong stopped the car outside the manor.
Through the car window, Meng Xiaobai saw an old man walking towards them. He had gray hair and looked quite healthy. Behind him, a respectful middle-aged man followed.
"Appearance recognition..." Xiaowanzi immediately found the identity information of these two people.
"Pilton Gary, 67 years old, Australian. Formerly a professor of space physics at Wyss University of Technology in Melbourne."
"Colin Garcia, 31 years old, American, also graduated from Melbourne's Wyss University of Technology, and was once a student of Pilton."
"It seems to be similar to the information we knew before." Meng Xiaobai got out of the car. When he investigated the Navigator organization before, he learned that this organization originated from Weiss University of Technology. Both of them came from there, so they should be inseparable.
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"Mr. Meng, welcome. I am Pilton Gary. I believe you already know me." Pilton came up to greet me. He had a peaceful face and looked very kind. Colin behind him was silent.
, stood behind silently.
"Professor Pilton, are you Prometheus?" Meng Xiaobai asked directly.
Pilton smiled and said: "Let's go in and talk. Don't worry, Mr. Meng, this is just an ordinary manor, not a military base. There is no danger."
Meng Xiaobai took Lin Hong into the manor with him. Pilton did not take him indoors, but took him to the roof of a high platform in the manor.
There are astronomical telescopes and some instruments arranged here. It looks like a small astronomical observatory.
It is now seven o'clock in the evening, dusk has fallen over the wilderness, and stars are twinkling in the sky.
Meng Xiaobai and Pilton sat at the table and looked at each other.
Pilton looked Meng Xiaobai up and down and said with deep emotion: "You are really a miracle. I never thought that deep space technology could develop into the world's number one technology hegemon in less than ten years."
"Mr. Meng, I would like to ask you, is this a gift from the Creator to you?"
Meng Xiaobai shook his head and said, "We don't believe in the Creator."
"Or I should rephrase it," Pilton said, "aliens."
Meng Xiaobai did not answer, but asked: "Professor, do you think aliens exist?"
Pilton looked up at the stars and said: "Look, the universe is so vast and magnificent! We humans, and even our earth, are just a drop in the ocean in the universe! And the history of human beings is only a short three million years! Even the earth has been
The masters, the dinosaurs, have also ruled for 160 million years. Whether it is space or time, human beings are as small as dust."
"Faced with such a world and such a universe, we have to be in awe! It is not surprising that intelligent creatures appear in this vast universe. And they are likely to be more powerful and possess higher intelligence than humans.
and technology!”
"So, professor, you believe in the existence of aliens." Meng Xiaobai said.
"Yes, I have always firmly believed in the existence of aliens. Not only me, but also my father, who is an astronomer. He has spent his whole life looking for traces of aliens and observing planets that may contain life."
Pilton said, "It is a pity that he was unable to verify his conjecture throughout his life, and I inherited his ideas and put them into action."
"I really want to know what the professor has discovered." Meng Xiaobai looked at him.
Pilton was still looking at the starry sky and said: "In the solar system we live in, the energy of the sun is the source of the growth of all living things. And around us, the sun has many neighbors, such as stars like Proxima Centauri."
"Many stars have their own star systems, and planets revolve around them, absorbing the light and heat from the stars. Life was born out of countless trillions of collisions and coincidences!"
"Earth, and humanity, are not the only example."
Meng Xiaobai listened patiently. He had already guessed that Pilton must have made some discoveries.
Pilton stretched out his hand, and Colin, a student standing next to him, immediately took out a stack of high-definition photos. Pilton handed it to Meng Xiaobai.
Meng Xiaobai flipped through the photo, which was an astronomical photo of a star and a planet.
This star is very dim and red. Within its gravitational range, a black planet revolves around it.
[Shuquge] "gj1214b." Meng Xiaobai recognized these two photos at a glance because he had seen them before.
"I didn't expect you actually knew that." Pilton was a little surprised. Although Meng Xiaobai might have seen these photos before, it was rare for him to remember the names of these two planets.
Pilton continued: "The star in the photo is a red dwarf. It is smaller and dimmer than the sun. The red dwarf will not expand into a red giant, but will gradually shrink. When the hydrogen is exhausted, it will also
When it dies."
"Gj1214b is a similar planet orbiting this red dwarf star. In other words, it is a 'super Earth'!"
"This planet is completely different from the super-Earths we discovered before. Seventy-five percent of its surface is covered by deep sea, while only 71% of the Earth is! This is an excellent cradle for the birth of life!"
As Pilton spoke, his expression became excited. Meng Xiaobai noticed that his student Colin was also looking at the stars longingly.
"I have always believed that there is life on this planet! And it is intelligent life that is more advanced than humans!" Pilton said.
Meng Xiaobai shrugged and said deliberately: "It is forty light years away from the earth. Whether it has life or not, we have no way of knowing."
"No! We can know!" Pilton shouted, "Mr. Meng, what I am going to tell you next, only a very few people in the world know about it, even those big shots in high positions, they are completely unaware!