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Chapter 336 Encounter with Alien Civilization Probe

Just when the entire Ming Empire was cheering loudly for the phased results of the Mars Project, but at this moment, a message came back from the outer solar system radar in the Kuiper Belt from the edge of the solar system, which made the entire Ming Empire's top management, including Zhu Lei himself, including himself, suddenly became serious, and his heart was full of worries.

Due to the continuous development of neutrino technology, the level of human communication has made a qualitative breakthrough compared with the previous two years. Now human communication can be shared in real time in the solar system, so even if it is on the edge of the solar system, it is arranged on the outer edge of the Kuiper belt. If the external neutrino detection radar finds any special situation, the Ming Empire can instantly know what happened there.

In fact, the external detection radar in the Kuiper belt discovered the existence of this suspected man-made spacecraft a few days ago. After all, natural comets and asteroids in the general universe cannot reach the speed of one-tenth of the speed of light. However, Ming After carefully analyzing the object with a cautious attitude, the imperial scientists determined that it was an unnaturally formed object, but a spacecraft made by an intelligent race.

Moreover, according to the size of the object, the scientists of the Ming Empire quickly confirmed that it was a detector. It is not yet known whether there are intelligent creatures operating on this detector, but according to the analysis of the size of the object, it should be It's an unmanned probe.

According to the information sent back before, at a distance of less than one light-year from the solar system, the radar detected a mysterious object flying towards the solar system at high speed, and the speed of this mysterious object reached one tenth of the speed of light About, although this speed is a little bit worse than the speed of the most advanced human aircraft, after all, the speed of the most advanced unmanned detectors of human beings can reach 0.4 times the speed of light. The speed of this barley detector is much slower.

But in fact, if it is calculated according to the level of civilization, since the opponent has already reached the level of one-tenth of the speed of light, then the civilization of the opponent must have reached the standard of an intermediate civilization, and Zhu Lei and the high-level officials of the Ming Empire are not sure about this. Whether the detector is the most advanced detector of the opposing civilization.

However, both the Ming Empire and Zhu Lei are very fortunate. After all, if the other party's probe reached the solar system more than ten years ago, then even if the other party has reached the solar system, Zhu Lei and the Ming Empire may not be able to find this star that is heading towards the solar system. coming detector.

So when this news was confirmed, the high-level officials of the entire Ming Empire were blown up. Although the high-level officials of the Ming Empire knew that there must be other advanced civilizations in the Milky Way, they also knew that the Americans and others had caused a catastrophe. .

However, most of the high-level members of the Ming Empire said that they had great worries in their hearts, but they kept silent about this matter. They really hoped that the information sent by the spaceship captured by the Americans would not be sent back. to each other's civilization.

However, although I was fantasizing in my heart, the Ming Empire was actually making various preparations in the past few years, such as deploying various external detection radars on the edge of the solar system, and deploying various satellites in the Kuiper belt and the orbits of Saturn and Jupiter. Defensive measures in case humans are caught off guard by the sudden arrival of an alien civilization.

But when the spacecraft of alien civilization really flew towards the earth as they thought, everyone was still very worried. After all, no one knew the real situation of alien civilization. Fortunately, due to the preparations made in the past few years , Human beings have already made preliminary preparations for such things.

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The Solar System Defense and Security Center of the Ming Empire is a department established by the Ming Empire five years ago, and the highest officer of this department is Zhu Lei himself. At this time, many people are working in the Solar System Defense Center of the Ming Empire, among them Most of them were senior generals of the Ming Empire, and besides that, all members of the cabinet of the Ming Empire were also sitting inside with worried faces.

In addition, there are a small number of well-known scientists of the Ming Empire sitting in the defense center at this time.

At this time, although many people were already sitting inside, it was very quiet. Everyone was sitting silently thinking about this matter, and no one spoke. After all, as the host of the meeting, Zhu Lei hadn't come yet.

At this moment, the door of the Solar System Defense Center was opened, and Zhu Lei walked in from the outside.

Seeing Zhu Lai walking in, all the people in the defense center stood up, and then the Chief Assistant of the Ming Cabinet standing in front asked, "My lord, how is the situation?"

"Fortunately, according to the scientific and technological level of the opponent's detector, our scientists believe that the opponent's technological level should not be much different from ours, and may even be weaker than ours, but the opponent's civilization should have entered the intermediate civilization for a while. Although I don't know how long it has been since they entered the final civilization, but it must have been much longer than ours.

So the other party must know a lot more about interstellar warfare than we do.

And although the opponent's detector is still nearly a light-year away from us, we cannot be sure whether the opponent's fleet is directly behind the detector. "

"This time the solar system defense radar found that the direction of the opponent is the direction of Proxima Centauri, the star closest to the sun.

This detector is not very big, its length is less than 100 meters, and its diameter is less than ten meters. We cannot judge the power system due to the distance, but judging from the speed of this detector, it should be Controllable fusion energy just like us.

Because its speed is only about one percent of the speed of light, we judge that the controllable nuclear fusion technology he uses has not reached the technological level of the earth. Controllable nuclear fusion technology is very different. After all, our controllable nuclear fusion technology is developed by combining the method of practice, so in general, the controllable nuclear fusion technology they use is not as advanced as that of the earth.

This detector entered the detection range of our solar system defense radar three days ago, because the detection distance of our solar system defense radar is just about one light-year, and the detection technology used is neutrino detection technology.

So according to the scientists' beginnings, it will take at least ten years for the opponent's probe to reach the outer reaches of the solar system, so we must be prepared to deal with aliens. "After coming to the meeting room, he didn't go to his seat but walked to the stage in the middle of the meeting and said to everyone.

"My lord, does that mean that our Mars project must be temporarily suspended, and everything should be tilted towards the military. After all, we still don't know anything about the technological level of alien civilizations." asked the Chief Assistant of the Daming Cabinet.

"As for whether the Mars project should continue, my personal opinion is that the Mars project must be carried out, no matter what the result is at that time.

Although we don't know the specific technological level of the opponent's civilization, but based on the speed of the detector and the size of the detector, the opponent's civilization may be slightly inferior to ours.

However, according to the speed of the opponent's detector, then this detector should have been launched 20 years ago, and at that time humans had not yet entered the space age, so the opponent may have seriously underestimated the level of human technology.

It should be 20 years ago that our Ming Empire had not unified the whole world. There were many countries on the earth fighting against each other. No country had ever entered space, and even manned spaceflight could not be achieved. Cognition is still likely to stay 20 years ago.

However, according to the inferences of scientists, it is not very likely that we will be defeated this time, and it is also unlikely that we will completely defeat the opponent. The final judgment will depend on the opponent's technological level.

So you don't need to be too panic about this matter. After all, we have built a relatively sound solar system defense system in recent years, and now the entire Ming Empire has close to 15 spaceships, and nearly 1/3 of them belong to For military spaceships, it can be said that we humans now have a relatively powerful space fleet, so we don’t have to be too afraid of civilizations of the same level. Although the opponent’s technological level may surpass humans, it is not impossible for us to win.

Not only do we have a relatively sound defense system for the solar system, but we also don’t have to worry about supply issues. After all, we are fighting near our homeland, so it’s probably relatively easy, and the opponent is coming from afar, especially their spaceship speed will definitely not surpass them Given the speed at which this probe is sent, it will be quite difficult for them to replenish.

Unless they occupy the solar system at once and destroy all our human spaceships, otherwise, if the war lasts, but the opponent’s technological level exceeds that of human beings, it is impossible to win. After all, human beings are not the same as they were 20 years ago. . "

Hearing Zhu Lei's words, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. After all, no one wanted to lose the battle, because everyone present knew very well that wars in the universe are not as simple as wars between countries on earth 20 years ago. War preparation is generally enough to cede land and pay compensation, but space wars are different, and the space war in the Pangu galaxy proves all this.

"My lord! There is something I don't know whether to say or not!" Just then a major general of the military stood up and asked.

"Please tell me, there is nothing to be afraid of when we discuss here today." Zhu Lei said.

"It's like this. I don't think the other party's probe can be allowed to enter the solar system. After all, the other party is a probe and must want to detect the reality of the solar system. Therefore, we can't let him get what he wants. We must let the other party's probe enter the solar system. Before entering the solar system, directly destroy it or capture this probe." Said the major general outside.

Another young major general sitting next to him also said: "My lord, I think so too, the reality of our solar system must not be exposed to the other party, especially the fortifications of our solar system. Tell us not to give the other party any chance."

The other people present also nodded, obviously agreeing with the suggestions of the two major generals.

"I agree very much with what the two generals said. We must destroy this detector, but before destroying it, we must first further analyze this detector to understand the technological level of the opponent, but the premise is that it cannot Let the other party enter the solar system, exposing the true technological level of human beings.

And we also need to launch detectors to conduct detailed investigations on our neighbors to understand the real level of each other.

In addition, probes will also be sent to investigate other information near the solar system. "Zhu Lei said.

Everyone agrees with Zhu Lei's words. After all, for the surrounding galaxies of the solar system, it is necessary to understand whether there are intelligent civilizations in these systems, the degree of civilization development, and what kind of threat they will pose to human beings.

"By the way, my lord, is the detection device for alien civilizations to be released to the public?" At this moment, the chief assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Empire said.

Although he was the chief assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Empire, he was completely incapable of making decisions on such an important matter by himself. He had to discuss with the military and royal family of the Ming Empire before making a decision.

The senior generals of the Ming military are already present at the meeting. The royal family and royal family of the Ming Empire basically have Zhu Lei to do it for them. After all, in the past few years, the emperor and prince of the Ming Empire have completely given up. The power in my hands is to be a completely unrestrained emperor, and the rule that the royal family, especially the emperor, cannot make the Forbidden City has been abolished three years ago, so now the emperor of the Ming Empire has completely disappeared. The same is true for the prince.

Hearing the words of the chief minister of the cabinet of the Ming Empire, Zhu Lei lowered his head and thought for a while before saying: "Let's make it public. After all, we can say that we have experienced an interstellar war, although it was no different from playing house with children. After all, both sides are just elementary civilizations, but no matter what, we cannot deny that this is an interstellar war, so I think the citizens of the Ming Empire have a clear understanding of interstellar war. The affairs of the military are the affairs of the entire Ming Empire and the entire human race.

So I think ordinary people in the Ming Empire have a certain understanding of interstellar wars and have a certain ability to withstand pressure. What's more, once the war starts, we don't know exactly how many spaceships the other party will return, so once the time comes If the opponent's fleet is huge, then we have to requisition civilian spaceships. After all, these non-governmental spaceships are not all manufactured according to military standards, and some of them have even higher armor performance than military spaceships of the same level. , so I think the public has a right to know about it. "

After coming out to speak, everyone in the military nodded their heads in agreement, but that party acted differently. Some people bowed their heads and said nothing, and some people shook their heads to express their disapproval. This opinion, anyway, there are many different opinions in the entire cabinet.

But now that the royal family and royal family represented by Zhu Lei, and all the military personnel present agree, the cabinet’s opinion is not important anymore. The important thing is whether there will be civil strife in the Ming Empire after this news is made public. Someone will take advantage of the fire to rob. After this news is made public, maintaining the stability of the Ming Empire is the most important thing.

So for these people, after discussing with the military and the cabinet, Zhu Lei was directly sentenced to death. After all, this is already related to the safety of the entire human being. If the war did not start, but there was a division within the human race, or civil strife, then the war with aliens would be Just admit defeat and it's over.

The meeting lasted until after 12 o'clock in the evening. It was already such an important matter, and there were so many things involved.

(End of this chapter)