Reed's spacecraft completed connection with the International Space Station several hours later.

Unfortunately, they came back. There were no astronauts on duty in the space station, but Reed did not need to enter the space station. He and his spacecraft were just going to stay here for 24 hours to receive the last experimental project that was about to return on this long journey.

That was an experiment commissioned by the Life Foundation. When Reed entered the stars three years ago, the Life Foundation's unmanned spacecraft was launched, and its destination was on an unknown asteroid outside the solar system.

Researchers from the Life Foundation, which is dedicated to exploring extraterrestrial civilizations, believe that traces of extraterrestrial life are likely to exist on that asteroid.

This project is actually more like an independent project, with Reed and his spacecraft responsible for launching and recycling unmanned detection ships.

Speaking of which, Reed also helped the Life Foundation modify the design of the unmanned detection spacecraft so that the spacecraft could theoretically achieve super-light speed flight, but even so, it took the ship three years to complete a round trip of exploration.

So theoretically, the detection ship that was thrown into deep space is not only a test item from the Life Foundation, but also a test item from Reed himself for the superluminal aircraft. If this test is successful and if the ship returns successfully, it means that Reed's design idea of ​​the superluminal aircraft is correct.

Then next time he wants to enter the stars again, he can ride in a more advanced super-light speed spacecraft.

"Open the hatch door, please note that I'm going to put on the smart machine."

After the spacecraft and the space station were docked, Jonathan and Ben immediately began cleaning and containment of residues on the outer deck of the spacecraft.

Before entering the stars, Reed applied for an intelligent machine assistant for his experimental project. It was a free intelligent machine that was originally regarded as an intelligent machine sample by S.H.E.L.D. As a member of Reed's research team, it entered space with him and his team members, and undertakes most of the spacewalk and emergency maintenance tasks.

For intelligent machines, entering space is much more convenient than that of humans.

It does not require wearing thick and cumbersome space suits. As long as it ensures that the communication is good and there is no dangerous cosmic rays, there is almost no difference between intelligent machinery and the activity of earth.

"Click"

Outside the enclosed cabin, the spacecraft's hatch door was opened, and Jonathan patted the smart machine named "Paul" beside him, and he said:

"It depends on you, Paul."

"Remember to pull me back later, Jonathan, I don't want to float in space for 2 hours because of your mistakes."

Paul and Jonathan joked that these free intelligence simulated personality are very advanced, they can fully understand humor and can return to humor.

Zhiji put a protective helmet on his head, put on a jet pack, then waved at Jonathan, walked out of the closed compartment with steady steps, and buckled the safety cable to the fixed buckle beside the hatch door. In the shining light of the information collector, Zhiji activated the jet pack and quickly flew towards the depression on the outer deck of the spacecraft.

In the control room of the bridge, Ben has been observing Paul's actions and is responsible for correcting the direction of his flight for Paul.

This is not the first time that the three of them have done this job, so they work very skillfully.

"Ben, I've reached the collision and I'm going to start collecting residues."

In the communicator, Paula sounded with a trace of metallic sound. In the monitor in front of him, the intelligent machine was lying in the depression of the spacecraft. It fixed the material container prepared by Susan with one hand, and raised the other hand. In the mechanical transformation of the fingertips, its fingers turned into a drill bit.

"Paul, we suspect that there is some unknown energy in those stones. It looks like it is shining with green light. Can you detect its composition?"

This asked.

"Its composition is very complicated. I can only detect that it contains a certain amount of fluorine and has a strong radioactivity."

Zhiji replied:

"In addition, it also has a faint energy fluctuation. After the rock peeled off, I saw a substance similar to green crystal. There is no record of such substance in my database,"

"All right."

Ben nodded and said:

"Since it is radioactive, then seal it, Paul. Also, does the outer deck need to be repaired?"

"Well, it didn't break through the outermost deck, but to be safe, it's better to do it a little."

Paul replied:

"I will repair it when I finish this. You guys go and have a rest. Just leave this work to me."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Paul."

Ben responded to a sentence that as a scientist, his view on intelligence and machinery is very rational. He thinks that Paul's existence is not a bad thing. During his three-year space travel, Paul has proved that he is a very good experimental assistant. In fact, according to the current trend of earth's technological development, perhaps many intelligence and machinery like Paul will participate in the future aerospace industry.

Two hours later, on the bridge of the Reed spacecraft, Susan received a message, saying to her fiancé and her friend Ben in a communicator:

"The Life Foundation's spacecraft will arrive at the space station in 10 minutes, and it will dock with our spacecraft. Reed, you and Ben are ready, and we need to transfer all the samples collected by the spacecraft to our spacecraft's laboratory."

"OK, dear."

Reed, who was resting in the cabin, put down the book in his hand, moved his body and walked out of the cabin to meet with me. Ten minutes later, a shuttle-type detection spacecraft appeared in the space where the two people were able to see it on time.

There was a big life foundation logo on the spaceship. An ugly logo, capitalized “l.i.f.e.”

"Look, the kid who traveled far away is coming home."

Reed looked at the detection ship that was constantly decelerating and leaning towards Reed's spacecraft in the porthole. He said to Ben beside him:

"It looks in good condition, which proves that our super-light speed ship is designed correctly."

Beside him, Ben operated the landing gear outside the spacecraft to open it to help the detection ship and Reed spacecraft dock, and he replied:

"Your design is always right, and occasionally I can't help but wonder, when will you really be wrong?"

"I want to know about your question, too."

Reed shrugged, he was used to this kind of teasing between friends.

"Click"

A few minutes later, a muffled sound rang out from the connection of the spacecraft above the two, indicating that the docking of the two ships was completed. Reed changed into a chemical defense suit and gestured to Ben with an OK gesture. The next moment, the cabin at the docking of the two ships opened, and Reed climbed from his spacecraft from his spacecraft into the detection spacecraft of the Life Foundation along the ladder of the cabin.

The ship is designed to be unmanned, and 80% of its internal structure is powered and automatic control systems, and only 20% of the space is used to store collected samples.

Reed originally thought that the spacecraft was to collect some stones or microorganisms from alien planets at most. However, when he climbed into the exploration ship, he saw a surprising scene.

In the cabin of the detection ship, several large storage cabinets used to store life objects have collected samples.

Black, blue, red and yellow, weird, strange creatures like some kind of viscous sludge are being sealed inside the storage cabinet. They look very inactive and lazy, as if they are about to die, but the occasional convulsions still mean that they still have some vitality.

"O God."

Reed, who had never believed in God, couldn't help but exclaim.

"Ben, come and see!"

Reed called out in the communicator:

"The theory of Life Foundation is correct. They found active samples of extraterrestrial life, and they are right in front of me."

"real?"

Ben made a questioning voice, but the curiosity of the researchers made him quickly put on his chemical protective suit and climbed into the detection ship with Reed. He also saw the strange substance placed in four large sample boxes.

Two scientists were surprised by the strange alien life, but if Merlin was here, they would definitely remind them to stay away from those four things.

Because those things... are not friendly.

"Reed Reed!"

More than ten seconds later, Susan's voice rang on the communicator at the unguarded spacecraft connection, and she reminded:

"The spacecraft's energy detector detected an upcoming solar storm, which would reach our location within minutes, and you and Ben would better close and detect the hatch of the ship's connection, Reed? Hear the answer to me."

However, Dr. Reed and Dr. Ben did not hear this reminder. They were also studying the ** life samples brought back from outer space by the Life Foundation.

Susan, who repeatedly called for no response, felt something was wrong. She rushed out of the bridge quickly and rushed towards the connection hatch behind the spacecraft.

Jonathan, who had just completed the repair of the outer deck, returned to the spaceship side by side with Paul, who had just completed the repair of the outer deck, saw his sister's anxious look and realized that something was wrong, so he hurriedly followed.

Zhimao Paul regarded Reed and the other four as friends and quickly followed.

A few minutes later, they reached the place where the two spacecraft connected, and Susan stood under the open connection and shouted to it:

"Reed Richards! Ben Grim! Come down! You two idiots!"

"Susan?"

Dr. Reid poked his head out of the connection, and he waved to his fiancée, saying:

"Come on, Susan, look at this! A sample of life in outer space! It was brought back by this spacecraft."

"Come down, you two!"

A harsh alarm was issued on the console at Susan's hand, indicating that the chaotic energy caused by the solar storm had reached the near the space station. Jonathan grabbed the escalator and pulled Reed down above, and Paul rushed into the detection ship quickly and threw Ben back to Reed's spaceship.

Apart from the two connected spacecraft, the surface of the largest star in the solar system has already set off a terrifying solar storm. At this moment, a huge amount of invisible cosmic rays filled the stars outside the earth at a speed beyond the light, just like a pot of boiled water, but they cannot be truly seen.

Those mysterious, mysterious rays that are still unexplainable, swept across all objects in the stars.

The spacecraft cabin was closed urgently, but it was still in the state of combining the two ships and could not be completely turned off. The intelligent instrument Paul quickly unlocked the two ships, but Reed and the other four were exposed to invisible cosmic rays. The shining light lingers on their bodies, making their expressions extremely painful.

"Bang"

Ben's head, who fell down, was hitting the controller. The docking program of the two-handed spacecraft was restarted. Amid the sound of the landing gear of the spacecraft, the detection ship fixed on the outer deck of the Reed spacecraft was thrown away. It could not ignite it actively, but could only be captured by the gravity of the earth and fell to the blue planet.

Paul, who rescued Ben back to the spacecraft, was slower. He was locked outside the spacecraft cabin. The artifact grabbed the door of the cabin tightly and shook it around in space.

"Open it! Pull it back!"

Jonathan, who had the best relationship with Zhiji, got up weakly and tried to open the hatch door again, but outside the cabin, Zhiji Paul shook his head hard.

It knows what it means to open the hatch in this case to the four people in the spacecraft, and it regards them as friends, and real friends will not sit back and watch their friends fall into crisis.

Under Jonathan's gaze, Paul stretched out his hand with difficulty and waved to the four people, like a wave of goodbye. A ugly smile was hard to show on the metal cheeks, like the final farewell.

The next moment, Paul let go of his hand that was grasping the cabin. This intelligent weapon fell into space in a suspended manner in a state of explosion of cosmic rays caused by the solar storm.
To be continued...