It's reasonable for me to have a two-way foil for a second-level civilization, right?

In addition, the deep-sea cabin has one of the most important functions.

human-computer interaction.

By reading the brain waves of the driver in a waking state, the driver can keep the control of the starship at all times. This is the most unique function of the deep-sea cabin.

"Face recognition is complete, hello, trainee captain Zhao Zijie."

With the sound of a mechanical electronic sound, the door of the deep-sea cabin in the center of the wall quietly opened.

Zhao Zijie took a deep breath and stepped into it.

The hatch closed, and a harmless disinfectant was sprayed on the surface of his tight-fitting spacesuit.

Then, he reached out and picked up something that looked like a breathing mask, and covered his face.

A crisp, itchy feeling came from the nasal cavity.

That's nanobots building lung tubes.

Although the human body in an awake state can breathe deep sea fluid autonomously, in order to reduce the body's rejection of the inhaled liquid, it is still necessary to build a lung tube.

A few minutes later, a holographic image appeared on the inner wall of the hatch in front of him.

【Lung tube construction completed】

[Brain wave reading...]

With the appearance of this line of text, a "helmet" slowly fell from the top of the deep-sea cabin and put it on Zhao Zijie's head.

[The brain wave reading was successful, and now the deep sea fluid is being injected]

The text on the hologram changed again.

A trace of coolness came from the soles of the feet and lungs at the same time.

According to past experience, Zhao Zijie held his breath at this moment.

As for why...

Although the deep-sea liquid can be breathed, when it mixes with air and is sucked into the lungs... He learned it completely after trying it once.

He took a deep breath until the deep sea fluid completely overflowed his head.

There is no sense of abnormality.

[Detected that all occupants have entered deep sea mode]

[Luanniao Type I, Advance [-]]

Following the change of the characters in the holographic image, an extremely strong blue light shot out from the tails of ten Luanniao starships!

Destination: Mars!

Chapter 187

Proxima Centauri galaxy.

A planet with a mass about 1.3 times that of the Earth is passing by at a distance of 0.05 AU from Proxima Centauri.

That's Proxima b, the home star of the Proxima civilization.

The semi-major axis of the orbit is only 0.05 astronomical units, which is only about 5% of the semi-major axis of the earth's orbit. Compared with it, even the first planet in the solar system, the semi-major axis of the orbit of Mercury has reached 0.39 astronomical units .

Unlike the solar system, as the main star of the Proxima Centauri galaxy, the mass of Proxima Centauri is only one-eighth that of the sun.

It's just a red dwarf star.

It is also true that there is a chance for life to be born on a planet so close to Proxima Centauri.

Surface of Proxima b.

After the recipient Atoka sent the string of messages to the solar system 4.22 light-years away, he returned to his usual rhythm of life.

No way, due to the transmission efficiency of electromagnetic waves, it will take at least 8.44 years for them to receive a reply from the advanced civilization in the solar system.

So, continuing to check the data coming back from each probe is all he's doing for now.

The workload is not heavy, and in his spare time, he can even take advantage of his position to satisfy his hobbies.

stargazing.

Observing Proxima Centauri through an optical telescope is his favorite thing to do in his spare time.

Today, as usual, after checking the data of the rest of the detectors, he silently manipulated the optical telescope equipped with filters, and cast it towards Proxima Centauri, which is 0.05 astronomical units away.

Atoka stared blankly at the slowly burning fireball displayed on the instrument in front of him.

This is the star on which their civilization depends!

Thinking that the technological development of his own civilization had stagnated for hundreds of years, Atoka felt a sense of fear in his brain, and then layers of fine bumps appeared on the top of his thinking organs.

It's been so long.

What if... one day Proxima Centauri goes out?

The fine knots on the top of Atoka's thinking organ became clearer.

For a long time, he shook his thick forelimbs.

Impossible, absolutely impossible for such a thing to happen.

Although he is only a low-level recipient, he is still very clear about these basic common sense.

As a red dwarf star, Proxima Centauri has a very slow and unstable thermonuclear reaction rate, so its estimated lifespan has reached an astonishing three trillion to four trillion years, while the Proxima Centauri at this moment is only 48 billion years old or so history.

Compared with its limit lifespan, Proxima Centauri is still a newborn child at this time.

The skin on the top of Atoka's thinking organ gradually smoothed out.

Just as he relaxed his vigilance, a black light appeared on the screen.

In the next second, the black light sank into Proxima Centauri.

Atoka was stunned, carefully observing the big fireball on the screen.

Nothing out of the ordinary.

It seemed that the black light just now was just Atoka's illusion.

……

a few days ago.

A man-made object glowing with black light appeared out of nowhere in the outer reaches of the Proxima Galaxy.

That is the star devourer sent by the sweeper 9527.

With the help of curvature navigation, it spanned tens of thousands of light years and successfully reached the target galaxy.

The star devourer glowing with black light quietly stayed in the empty universe.

Curvature navigation is not suitable for flying in the star system.

Next it needs to enter Proxima Centauri by conventional means of flight.

But before that, it needs to report the situation to Sweeper 9527 in the central region of the Milky Way.

A message was sent from it.

After a short wait, the black light on the surface of the star devourer became stronger.

In that instant, it accelerated from stillness to 90% of the speed of light!

The black light rushed straight towards the red dwarf star in the center of the star system!

One second before it was about to touch Proxima Centauri, its speed suddenly decreased.

This is to prevent a violent impact on the star.

After all, the main purpose of star eaters is to absorb energy from stars.

As for the destruction of low-level civilizations, it is just a "bonus" of this process.

……

Atoka blinked.

In his three pairs of long and narrow visual organs, there was a bit of doubt and bewilderment.

illusion?

No way?

In order to be safe, he stretched out his thick forelimbs and pressed a few buttons on the instrument in front of him.

Video playback starts.

Under the slow-motion lens, Atoka clearly saw a dark object rushing into Proxima Centauri.

His long and narrow visual organs suddenly widened a bit.

problem occurs!

This was the first thought that crossed his mind.

Although the video is blurry, he can be sure that the object glowing with black light must be a man-made object!

After all, neither meteorites nor comets can maintain their original shape so close to Proxima Centauri!

There was even a powerful black light all over his body!

Atoka's limbs trembled slightly.

He is just a receiver at the bottom, how has he ever faced such a situation!

In just a few seconds, he quickly thought of a solution.

Shaking people... No, it's reporting.

Atoka quickly ran to the communication equipment and pressed the request communication button.

"..."

After a short wait.

A low voice sounded.

"Atoka, has the detector returned any information?"

Hearing the questioning voice of his boss, Atoka's three pairs of long and narrow visual organs showed a bit of tension.

"No, no."

"Then why did you apply for communication?" The deep voice sounded again: "This communication can only be used in emergencies."

"You have been a recipient for so long, don't you understand this?"

Atoka stammered: "Sir, sir, I discovered an abnormal phenomenon."

Atoka, who was afraid of being punished, spoke again and added: "It has something to do with our main star."

"... After a while, professionals will come to your side to understand the situation."

After a slightly scribbled sentence came out of the communication device, the sound disappeared.

Atoka stood blankly in front of the communication equipment.

In the observation instruments at the side, the huge fireball was still emitting endless light and heat to the surroundings as usual.

But Atoka felt a chill coming from behind.

Although I don't know what effect the black light I see will cause.

But his intuition told him that the Proxima Centauri civilization seemed to be in an unprecedented crisis.

……

A week passed by.

During this long waiting time, Atoka didn't think about eating and drinking, except for processing the information sent back by the probe, he stared at the Proxima Centauri screen in the observation instrument all day long.

Proxima Centauri remains the same as it was a week ago.

It seemed that the black light had never appeared before.

The door of the room opened quietly without knowing it.

A Proxima Centauri dressed in black swayed his thick and short lower limbs, and walked into the space of Atoka's day and night life.