the days before i bought the galaxy

Once back aboard the Rays, Warren immediately began investigating.Although it seems that all the clues are scattered at present, he already has a preliminary idea in his mind, "Blue, start collaborative calculations, and quickly retrieve all information about the activity routes of the Clarke Germans."

"Okay." Lan pulled out a white connection line from behind the left ear, and connected it to the terminal of the Xiaguang.

Usually, an advanced robot has three pairs of charging data cables, which are respectively located behind the pinnae of the left and right ears, on both sides of the fifth thoracic vertebra closest to the heart, and on both sides of the tailbone.Among them, the top two can be directly connected to the computing core of the spacecraft and various main brains, and are often used for collaborative data analysis.

Lightyear Online stores all the information collected by people on Earth since the colonial era.If there is really any information that has been overlooked, it can only be found on the Light Year Network.Due to the huge amount of data, even with the best retrieval algorithm, it is still very difficult to perform fuzzy analysis, so Warren asked Lan to perform collaborative calculations.

Soon, information about the activity routes of the Clarke stars had spread around them.In order to better display the star map, Lan did not use the large screen around the control cabin, but instead used [-]D projection technology.With Warren's location as the center, a super-large three-dimensional star map is spread throughout the control cabin, and the dense red dots represent the places where the people on Earth have observed Clarke's stay.

"Blue, try to plot their course based on time."

"Yes."

The red dots in the three-dimensional star chart are gradually connected by three thin lines of different colors. They occasionally pass by each other, but never stay at the same point.The Clarke's voyage was so complicated that when the three broken lines were drawn, it was so complicated that the beginning and the end could not be distinguished at all.Judging from the star map, the spheres of influence of the people from the Clarke stars and the people on Earth intersect mainly at a place four thousand light-years away from the earth.The broken line would occasionally leave the Earthlings' sphere of influence and reappear at another point.Although it cannot be determined that the disappearance and the reappearance are the same Clarke, but the system depicts them as the same color.

"So, there are a total of three strands of Clarke in the universe?" Warren said, staring at the star map.

"There are at least three strands in the range of activities of people on Earth." Lan corrected.

"Then it's just three strands, we don't care about the rest." Warren put his hands together in front of his lips, touched his lips with his index finger a few times, and exhaled slowly, "Lan, analyze their average stay time and Average sailing time between two stops."

"The average length of stay of Clarkedians on a planet is 12.78 days, and their average voyage time is 213.15 days."

"What is the longest sailing time?"

"Deducting the breakpoint outside the observation range, the longest single voyage time of the Clarked Stars is 270 days."

"270 days... They have been here for eight months, which means that they are about to run out of ammunition and food. Then why don't they leave? If they don't buy fresh meat from the people on Earth, they won't last long .Blue, how far is the nearest meat resource planet from the area occupied by crocodiles?"

"Choose only undeveloped planets, or include developed planets?"

"Considering that the crocodiles are already very hungry, they are likely to temporarily act as interstellar pirates. Search all meat resource planets, including the planets used by Earth people to raise livestock."

"There is a sweet pig feeding star 0.21 light-years away, and that planet belongs to Charlie Bergmann."

"What a coincidence!" Warren hooked the corners of his lips, "calculate the fastest flight speed of the Clarked star."

"0.5 times the speed of light."

"It's really not very fast!" Warren raised his eyebrows, "That means they will have to sail for at least five months to reach the nearest place with supplies. Eight months plus five months, thirteen months...that's It has far exceeded their previous voyages. I think they are not starved to death, and they are almost there. Lan, what do you think? Why do you think they stay here, and they would rather be enemies of the earth people?"

Three seconds later, the robot calmly analyzed: "My computing core tells me that there must be some resources they urgently need here. Although it is known that the Clarke can survive as long as they rely on meat resources, maybe they still need a small amount of resources. Something else, and that's the only thing that's available in that area. They'd rather starve to exploit it."

"Hmm... Is there any information on the home planet of the Clarked Stars on Light Year Online?" Warren asked after thinking for a moment.

"No. The only certainty is that their home planet has been destroyed."

"The mother star has been destroyed... Well... Lan, search for the elemental composition of that planetary belt."

"clear."

Lan turned off the three-dimensional star map in the control cabin.Soon, all the stars in the planetary belt occupied by the Clarke stars were displayed on the big screen directly in front of them, and their respective elemental compositions were marked on the side of each planet.

"Is iron and nickel the main components of these planets... Blue, calculate the magnetic field there!" Warren's eyes widened suddenly, and he thought of a guess.

"The data show that the magnetic field level in that area is relatively high, but it is still within the normal range and will not affect the flight of the spacecraft."

"what about now?"

"Now?" The robot showed a dazed expression.Except for a few stars that cause large magnetic field changes due to their rotation, the magnetic fields of all stars in the universe are basically fixed for a period of time, so few people want to do a second magnetic field test.

"I'm asking to check the magnetic field levels in that area. Is there enough equipment on the Xiaguang?"

"The equipment is sufficient." Lan replied, "but the spacecraft's computing power is limited, and it is impossible to calculate the magnetic field distribution map in the entire area in a short time. I suggest using my main brain to perform full-speed cooperative calculations, which will take about 4 hours. minutes."

"The proposal is passed, let's start!"

As soon as Warren finished speaking, Lan's expression froze.During the full-speed cooperative operation, his bodily functions are temporarily suspended.Warren thought for a moment, then fetched a cup of coffee from the coffee machine.He took the coffee cup and walked to Lan's side, stood there for a while, then stretched out his finger to poke the robot's cheek.

Even he himself didn't know the specific meaning of this action.In his memory, Lan had never had such a fragile and disabled moment.The robot now looks like an extremely simulated big doll, without the slightest sense of "alive".

For a moment, the sentimental cells in Warren's heart were so excited that he even suspected that Lan was dead, even though "death" meant nothing to a robot.According to Lan, the value of his existence is only to be useful to the people on Earth.

The slender fingers, together with the palm, landed on the robot's cheek.

It's not a bad touch.

The temperature retained on the surface of the skin dilutes the sense of fear for no reason.Warren bent down slightly and moved closer to Lan's face.

Lan's skin was a little darker than Warren's, almost in stark contrast to the back of the boy's hands.If you look closely, you can find that the skin color of the robot is very even, and even the distribution of each pore is very precise.The skin made of atomic-level synthetic materials has a certain self-healing ability. Even if Warren gently scratches with a blade at this moment, it can heal in a very short time.Warren's palm moved down a little bit, and his thumb finally landed on the robot's lips.The skin here does not have a rapid metabolism like that of people on Earth, so it feels softer and smoother than other places.

In fact, from a certain point of view, Lan is really alive, right?

Warren is very clear that his ideas do not come from the romanticism of the earth people.He has been unable to grasp the relationship with Lan.The image of all family members has been lacking in his understanding due to a malfunctioning robotic nanny.On the contrary, all these complex emotions that should exist among family members have been abstracted by him into a kind of coexistence and dependence, and projected onto Lan and Xiaguang.After a long time, he didn't let the Xiaguang be retired, it was because of this strong emotional bond.

Therefore, when Lan temporarily stopped functioning like a real machine, he inevitably felt a little uneasy.But Warren quickly used his extraordinary analytical skills to completely resolve this uneasiness.

No matter what others think, at least in my heart, Lan is alive.

There was a smile on the boy's face.

"The calculation result has come out. Warren? Sorry, did I scare you?" Lan ignored the hot coffee spilled on him, but took the coffee cup from Warren, and carefully checked Warren Tiger's Mouth. "Slight burns. I don't have the right medicine on me, do I need to get the medical kit?" The robot frowned.

"No need." Warren withdrew his palm stiffly and put it in his mouth.

The gaffe just now made him feel that he was not a qualified commander yet.He strode back to the captain's seat and said coldly, "Report the calculation results."

Lan doesn't care about Warren's attitude: "Compared with the last magnetic detection, the magnetic field strength in this area has increased by 10 to the 6th power. This change is not evenly distributed, and the magnetic field of three planets has increased. The degree has reached enough to affect the navigation of the spacecraft. The one with the strongest magnetic field has increased by 500 million times. The strange thing is that the magnetic field weakening distance of these planets is very short. Arrived, so we didn't detect magnetic anomalies while we were on the battlefield."

Warren nodded, the conclusion roughly in line with his thoughts.His expression returned to his composure.

"We can assume that the Clarkdians have a more in-depth study of magnetic fields than we do, whether this is innate or due to some special technology. Maybe even their spaceships are also driven by magnetic fields. This is very good. Explains why their collections always have strong magnetic fields."

Warren paused and continued his analysis.

"Now, they stopped in that area. The planets there are mainly composed of ferromagnetic materials. They changed the magnetic field of several of them, and the remaining planets may only be affected by the cascading effect. Why is this?"

"My second hypothesis is that the Clarkedians can store energy in food, which allows them to go without food for a long time. But this time is limited. From their previous routes, the limit time is almost nine months. In order to ensure that they have enough energy during the journey, they sometimes buy fresh meat from the people on Earth, but they don’t keep the meat. Now they have stayed for more than eight months, and there is still time before the next planet with meat resources A five-month voyage, what made them stay here and risk starvation?"

"There is too little information to judge. And all of this is based on your assumptions." Lan said seriously.

"Yeah..." Warren sighed. "It's not easy to make money... But one thing I'm sure of is that these crocodiles must be very, very hungry right now."

Lan thought for a while, then nodded: "I agree with that."

"Lan, search the list of suppliers on the old tavern star, I need some bugs."

"What type of bug?" Although puzzled by this jumpy command, Lan started to execute it without hesitation.

"I need about 200 migratory meat beetles, and two sets of space vehicles, a magnetic-powered airship, and seven unmanned fighter jets. Everything must be delivered as soon as possible. The total cost is estimated to be How many?"

"176000 Galaxy Shields."

"Exchange for another deep space crystal and buy them all."

"Warren, some of our parts have already been sold, plus deposits, we can pay the money without exchanging deep space crystals. It's just that doing so will leave us with very little cash. What do you think?"

"Then pay in cash!" Warren suddenly laughed, "Lan, I don't remember adding a financial module to you, but it seems that you have done a good job."

The robot was obviously taken aback after hearing this sentence.

"This is probably the result of an active algorithm. I will classify this part of the program as a self-developed financial module." Lan's tone showed rare hesitation, "But there is no self-developed function in my design. Warren, Do you think I need to try to kill the virus again?"

"If you think it's necessary." Warren leaned back in his chair comfortably, "but I don't think you've been invaded by the virus, it's just that you're improving. Regardless of how it happened, just remember that I like you the way you are now." Appearance is enough."

Lan frowned: "I must remind you that although I am a robot, the subtle states are different at every point in time..."

"Then remember that I like you anytime you look." Warren crossed his legs.

"Okay, this sentence has been written into the core program."

"Blue!" Warren looked at his robot with a smile. "Go change your clothes. When the order arrives, we still have a tough battle to fight."

Lan looked down at the large coffee stains on his uniform and nodded, "I'll be back in the control cabin in five minutes." He unplugged the white cable from the spaceship terminal, put it behind his ear, stood up and left cabin.

The big screen is still displaying the magnetic field distribution map of the planetary belt occupied by the Clarked Stars.Looking at the areas of different shades, Warren slowly raised the corners of his lips.He shook his finger, zooming in on one of the planets to fill the entire screen, and he could even see the circular base of the Clarked Stars in the picture.

Here it is...

A complete plan emerged in Warren's mind.