"Ike, Ike, wake up." Padme gently shook Alex's shoulder and said, "There is an unknown starship approaching. Amy wants you to go and take a look."

Alex exited the Gram space, opened his eyes and yawned. "Isn't a starship approaching? This is great. I finally met an intelligent creature capable of interstellar travel. How big is the other party's starship? How did you find out?

of?"

"Amy and Ming tried to make the gravitational wave radar work again, and then the signal was detected." Padme grabbed Alex's arm and pulled him up from the floor. "The starship is flying very fast.

It is stable and jumps back and forth between the two levels of 0.95 times the speed of light and warp speed 3. The mass of the starship is also very small, only a few dozen tons, and Amy does not rule out that it is a missile."

"Hurry up and take a look." Alex said, "You should put on your best protective clothing and then gather on the bridge."

When you come to the bridge, the first thing you see is a console that has been dismantled. Various parts and circuits are scattered on the ground. A standard data line connects the control bus with the faceless man's head. Directly ahead

On the projection screen, the radar image was finally no longer a black mass representing a super-large black hole, but occasionally displayed normal environmental scan results. The huge black spot representing the continent below would flicker like a ghost from time to time, but when it did not appear

At that time, everyone could finally see the more distant starry sky and a rapidly approaching light point.

"Is this our uninvited guest?" Alex saw the light spot and could estimate its moving speed without using his brain control body. "As expected, it moved from warp speed to sub-light speed. It does not have full warp speed.

The ability to speed?”

Amy nodded: "It looks like this at the moment. According to the incomplete analysis of the gravitational wave radar, the warp flight of this starship is very unstable, and the frequency and speed curve of moving space is very steep, and it cannot be maintained for a long time.

.So it can only be forced to adopt this method of sailing at warp speeds at intervals."

"Although it doesn't look very advanced, could it be some kind of weapon?"

"It's hard to say, but I think the possibility is very low. At the current speed, it will take two days to reach us. Even if it is a weapon, its speed is too poor and it will not threaten us at all."

Mi said: "I suggest that the Liuma change its position to see if it will follow us, just to test whether it has the ability to detect us from a long distance. The gravitational wave radar over there is about to be adjusted, we

Soon you will be able to see more details around you.”

"Then let's do it." Alex nodded. He sat in the captain's chair, and Amy controlled the Flowing Horse to start moving. They did not leave too far, otherwise they would not receive the parachute signal.

The starship that was trying to "squirm" forward turned slightly and was still facing the Liuma, which showed that it did have the ability to detect and lock at a long distance.

"Looking at it trying to fly, I feel so pitiful!" Xiaoxiao put her elbows on the console and supported her chin with her hands, saying: "Continuous warp and sub-light speed, even if there is inertial damping, the people above will

Is it uncomfortable? If it were me, I would probably have vomited."

"Maybe it's just an unmanned ship." Padme said: "It's so small, it doesn't look like it can fit into a whole life support system."

"If there is anyone, I have my deepest sympathy." Alex touched the back of his head. He felt that the brain control body was heating up, and it seemed that Mr. Ke had already started working. He was afraid that the lower limit of computing power would affect his judgment, so he said

: "I want to take a rest. During this time, Amy, you will be responsible for managing the Flow Horse."

"Are you feeling unwell?" Amy and Padme asked at the same time.

"I am adjusting the brain control body, causing the computing power to be unstable. It is currently a little hot. I am going to go to the mobile computing core and wear a helmet that can cool down. If the brain control body does not have enough computing power, I can also use the computing core

Assistance. It’s not a big deal. I’m mainly worried about losing my computing power and making me stupid and making wrong decisions.”

Amy rolled her eyes and said: "Become stupid? The lower limit of composite evolved humans is much higher than that of other creatures. At most, you just can't adapt." She waved her hand and said: "You go ahead, don't worry about this. Parachute

It will take another four hours to land, and the unknown starship will be even later, so just rest peacefully."

"I'll take you there," Padame said.

There was not a long way from the captain's room to the activity room. Alex's brain-controlled body had exceeded the normal operating temperature. A dizzy feeling rushed directly to his forehead, and the corridor in front of him kept swaying from side to side. Alex immediately

Urging him to speed up, Padme almost dragged him into the activity room, and then put the helmet of the mobile computing center on.

"I'm going to call Amy right now."

Padame was about to leave when her wrist was grabbed by Alex. "No, the most dangerous part has passed, and now the brain control body is cooling down. I have stopped the algorithm that was running before, so there is no need for Amy to run around in worry.

Come over here."

"Really?" Padme hugged Alex's shoulders and put her hand through the gap in the back of his helmet. "The temperature has indeed dropped, it just shocked me. You composite evolved people usually

Are they all this dangerous? Or is it just you?"

"I did a job that exceeded the upper limit of my current computing power, and now I know I was wrong. In fact, it is not that dangerous. If the temperature of the brain-controlled body is too high, it will enter a protective state, and all calculations will have to stop, and the temperature will also change accordingly.

It dropped. So at most I was unconscious for a while, as if I had slept, and then I would recover."

"Is there anything that can't be stopped?" Padmé took off Alex's helmet. From her frown, we could tell that Padmé was still worried about Alex's condition.

"As far as I know, there are no fatal or disabling accidents caused by overheating of brain-controlled bodies. The technology of brain-controlled bodies puts safety as the top priority, and the computing power even has to be put back. Under normal circumstances,

People will die only when the brain control body is installed, and it will be safe after that."

"No matter what happened in the past, tell me before you do such high computing power in the future, and I can take care of you. Whether it is wearing a cooling helmet or asking your sister for help, it is easy to do and very helpful.

thing."

Alex nodded: "You're right, I won't be polite to you about this kind of thing in the future. Can you sit with your legs straight now?"

"What?" Padmé straightened her legs and saw Alex resting on his thigh, so she knew the answer. After a while, Alex snored lightly, and Padmé began to kiss him.

Wear little braids on your head to pass the time.

Alex had a very sweet sleep, and when he woke up, he went to the bridge with his pigtails in his hair. Padme had already greeted everyone, just to see when he would find out on his own, so

No one mentioned this matter. Everyone controlled their expressions very well, except for Xiaoxiao who huffed and puffed from time to time.

"What's wrong? It feels like your tail is redder than usual." Alex, completely unaware of the twenty braids on top of his head, asked, "Do you need to go to the treatment room for a checkup?"

"No, I'm fine, it's just...hey, the parachute signal has come, and we are finally almost at the end."

Xiaoxiao quickly changed the topic, otherwise she would be unable to bear it any longer. Everyone focused their attention on the projection data. The specific analysis was carried out by the little fox who was proficient in environmental statistics, and Mingming provided computing power at the side.

After entering the triple gravity zone, the detector began to accelerate its descent. However, everyone was prepared. Two additional parachutes were opened at this time to increase resistance, and the buffer airbag below the detector also began to inflate.

"As expected, the density of the air is rising, and the barrier has the effect of increasing gravitational attraction to the outside world, but the distance is limited and cannot be detected at a farther distance." Ming Ming began to draw conclusions after sorting out the data. "At present, it seems that,

It should be safe to lower the altitude to near the barrier. Xiaoxiao's airflow detection can be carried out in that area, and the data obtained will be more meaningful."

Alex was a little confused: "Don't the barriers rise and fall according to the terrain? Will the terrain affect the airflow?"

"Those are all controllable parameters, and I have taken them all into account." Xiaoxiao did not dare to look back at Alex. Her shoulders were shaking slightly, and it was obvious that she was having a hard time holding back her laughter. "Look, we are about to land!

"

The detector head stopped falling, then bounced a few times, and basically stopped. The parachute detached, and the air bag deflated quickly, so the detector came into direct contact with the barrier. Soon various data appeared on the projection screen, and the barrier was finally no longer there.

It's invisible.

"It can only be detected by direct contact and keeping still. The barrier is created by gravity, and its direction is roughly parallel to the ground. For objects falling from high places, it is a strong lateral force." Ming Ming quickly estimated the barrier.

Model: "We can only know the direction of gravity on the upper surface of the barrier now, but according to the phenomenon that the detection signal will penetrate before, it can be considered that the direction of gravity on the lower surface is completely opposite to that of the upper layer. As long as it is very thin, the signal will directly penetrate

Go down."

“How thin does it need to be?”

"The thinner the better, it's best to be close to zero." Ming Ming turned around and used pixel projection to project a helpless expression: "These are inferences based on the current data. I don't know whether it is correct or not.

It's designed for that purpose. But I know one thing: the energy signal can withstand such a sharp turn, but the entity cannot. If it is slow, it will stop on it, if it is fast, it will be cut to pieces - it looks like it will be smashed.

Same thing."

Amy kept staring at the data on the projection, bit her lip, and then said: "Compound evolved humans do not have this level of technology, let alone the ability to implement such a huge-scale project. I think this is the Shanhe Sheji No. 1, or

At least it’s something from the Earth-Environment Alliance. If you can go down, you’ll definitely gain something, so let’s start looking for the theoretical gaps in this barrier as soon as possible!”

"You can go down even if there is no gap." Alex said: "As long as you know the distance and direction, at worst, you can use the hyperspace gravity engine to open a black space channel, and then you can go down?"

"Save some antimatter fuel!" Amy moved very stiffly when she moved her eyes away from Alex's hair. She also tried hard to control her tone and said, "We haven't found a way to replenish supplies here yet.

Don’t be impatient.”

"I listen to you. But your expression is wrong. Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Me? No, no!" Amy quickly pointed at the spherical rudder and said, "If you have no objection, I will control the Liuma to lower its altitude and go to the atmosphere to measure the air flow direction?"

Alex nodded, and the Liuma immediately began to dive, like a swan landing on the lake, gracefully drawing an arc and rushing into the atmosphere. The shield of the countercurrent thruster automatically opened to assist in adjusting the flow of the Liuma.

The flight attitude is to keep it as stable as possible. Then the wind speed rod on the bottom of the boat begins to extend, passing through the countercurrent propeller and into the wind.

"The data is back. Let's slowly accumulate it. Let's first reduce the error effects of a few rods." Although Xiaoxiao was talking to Alex, she didn't dare to look back at all. "Hmm, can you fly in a circle?

"

"Hey... something is wrong!" Alex came to his senses and reached out to touch his face. At this time, Padme suddenly stood up and said that she was going to prepare dinner.

"The door is locked, you can't get out of the bridge." Alex had already touched the braid on his head, snorted and said, "Tell me, what did you do?"

"I told you a joke." Padmé pointed her eyes sideways toward the sky, and the tip of her red tongue was slightly exposed in the middle of her lips.

"Just record it as a souvenir next time, don't keep it for me forever." Alex waved and said, "Come here and help me, I can't untie it. How do you tie the braids without using a rope?"

"My toe suckers can secrete sticky substances, so I don't need a rope. Don't worry, there's no smell, and I don't need to wash my hair."

Everyone laughed, Alex rolled his eyes, and let Padme continue to fiddle with her hair. There are many times when we are bored on a starship, and it is necessary to make some harmless jokes to each other to adjust the atmosphere. Especially here.

After the new galaxy, the slow network of the computing power generator cannot be updated, and everyone has become a real information island, let alone keeping a straight face all day long.

The Flowing Horse circled for a while, and then began to chase the wind. The small starships that were constantly sailing at warp speeds also began to change directions and chased the Flowing Horse. This flight continued for a day, and the Flowing Horse continued to fly.

The horse's attempt to chase the wind had no effect, and the gravitational wave radar suddenly received a very regular call signal.

The frequency of constant repetition remains exactly the same in every cycle. Only manually processed signals will have this pattern. Since the encoding standard is not known, the meaning of the signal is unclear. The possibility of welcome or warning is half and half. The only thing that can be determined is

The thing is that the gravitational signal comes from the approaching starship, which is actively sending out a call.

"The signal is very regular. When transmitting, the disturbances of warp speed and sublight speed navigation have been calculated, and the relative displacement between us and it has also been taken into account, showing a passable mathematical ability." Amy straightened her hair and said.

: "Ike, do you want to give it a reply?"

"What is the content of the reply? I don't even know the encoding. What if the reply means the wrong thing?"

"Completely reverse their signals and send them back with higher accuracy." Amy smiled slightly and said: "Our speed is low, and the algorithm for sending signals towards us is relatively simple. They are constantly changing at warp speed and sub-light speed.

It changes back and forth. But I can still guarantee that the signal given to it is absolutely neat."
Chapter completed!