Chapter 981 UFO

On the fourth day of his vacation on the island, Jiang Chen ended his originally scheduled seven-day vacation early and took a helicopter back to Koro Island.

All because of an email that temporarily changed his vacation schedule...

The evening of April 4th.

A jet-black helicopter roared with its propellers, approaching the heavily guarded island on the equator, and descended in the night toward the tarmac with the green light flashing.

Before he could stop on the tarmac, Jiang Chen, who was wearing casual clothes, jumped on the tarmac and walked towards Kerwin, who had been waiting here for a long time.

This is the original site of the Space Launch Center. After the establishment of the Aerospace Department, it was renamed the Halo Ground Command Center. It serves as the headquarters of the Aerospace Ministry, which has the most extensive trading business in the Halo.

Walking side by side to the inside of the command center, Kerwin walked beside Jiang Chen and spoke seriously.

"The night before yesterday, when our astronomical observation team of the Mars Colonization Project was analyzing astronomical data on the route to Mars, they conducted optical observations on the C1201 route, and then discovered that thing. It is really unbelievable..."

"Have you blocked the news?" Jiang Chen asked without stopping.

"It's been blocked." Kerwin said seriously.

Jiang Chen nodded, "The confidentiality level is classified as S-level. The relevant personnel will be excused and temporarily isolated."

Kerwin took a deep breath and nodded, "Understood."

The Mars Colonization Project Team, as the name suggests, was established to colonize Mars. It aims to solve all possible difficulties in life from the departure of the colony ship to the colonists landing on Mars. The ecosystem is easy to say, and the Eden Project in the apocalyptic world can be used as a reference, but other troubles are not small. Even if the apocalyptic technology is absorbed, many places must be designed by modern scientific researchers.

In the apocalyptic timeline, due to various political and diplomatic reasons, until before the war, no one from the three major camps had successfully built a colony ship to Mars, or achieved a large-scale breakthrough in space activities.

According to Lin Ling, colonies from the three major camps, NATO and PAC, did exist on Mars, but they were basically of a scientific research nature and the scale was naturally quite limited. Because the ecological cycle could not be realized, after the Earth's space elevator was destroyed, the three colonies that relied on the Earth's material supplies were forced to be abandoned.

It is not difficult to launch a spacecraft to Mars, NASA did it a long time ago.

But to establish a colony that can maintain a stable exchange of supplies with the Earth, rather than making going to Mars a one-way ticket, it is not just as simple as launching a spacecraft.

Mars and the Earth have always maintained relative motion, with the distance varying between 5,500 and 400 million kilometers. Ensuring a stable route from the Earth to Mars is the key to realizing the Mars colonization plan. This work is completed by the astronomical observation team in the project team.

Their daily job is to use the waterway calculated by the quantum computer and confirm whether there are meteorites, asteroids and other obstacles on the waterway through optical, spectroscopic and other observation methods. However, when observing the C1201 channel, they discovered something similar to a UFO.

The two stopped in front of an aluminum door with the Mars Colonization Plan logo on it. Kerwin took out the graphene card in his hand and swiped it on the card reader at the door.

After the door opened, Kerwin quickly walked to the holographic screen in front of him, and the project leader who was sitting there immediately gave up his seat. Kerwin stretched out his hand to count the dots on the operating interface, then reached out and patted the back of the front row staff's chair, and ordered, "Align the Halo 1 astronomical telescope at the C1201 channel."

"Yes." The staff member nodded and tapped the touch pad.

The astronomical telescope far away in Halo City swung slightly, and the lens began to zoom.

Soon Jiang Chen saw a dark shadow appear in the center of the holographic screen. The shape of the black shadow was similar to a regular sphere, and the surrounding space was twisted and wrinkled like air waves, exuding an ominous atmosphere.

The pupils shrank slightly, and Jiang Chen's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

"Through elemental spectrum analysis, the target titanium content is above 61%." Without noticing the change in Jiang Chen's expression, Kerwin brought up another spectrum chart full of orange-red and explained to Jiang Chen the parameters on the chart. said.

When he heard these words, Jiang Chen slowly breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed his clenched fists.

Although it is not certain whether biological civilization uses metal to arm itself, at least one thing is certain. Since the technology tree is tilted to biology, the carbon content must be above 50%, right?

After calming down a little, Jiang Chen raised his chin towards the black sphere in the holographic screen.

"what is that?"

"I don't know," Kerwin's expression was indescribably weird, as if he was excited but also suspicious. "We guess it may be a UFO... coming from another civilization."

Other civilizations?

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, then frowned.

"Make it bigger."

"It can't be done." Kerwin shook his head.

"Can't do it?" Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment.

Kerwin did not explain, but chose to hide it directly for Jiang Chen to see. He patted the chair of the staff member sitting in front of him and motioned for him to adjust the focus of the telescope and pull in the UFO in the lens.

The magical scene that followed made Jiang Chen's eyes widen.

As the camera zooms in, the UFO in the center of the camera appears to be torn apart. When the distance breaks through a certain limit, the pitch-black UFO becomes blurry at first, as if it were coded, and finally disappears from the screen altogether.

Yes, it just disappeared.

The silence lasted for a while. When the staff member zoomed out again, Jiang Chen suddenly spoke.

"Optical invisibility."

"Yes," Kerwin nodded solemnly, "We think so too."

From this point of view alone, the possibility that this spacecraft was launched by the former Soviet Union or the United States is completely ruled out. Currently, the only ones that have mastered mature optical invisibility are Star Ring Trading and Future People Group.

"This UFO can be observed optically. Our technology is currently unable to analyze the mechanism of action, but one thing is certain. This function should be damaged for some reason, otherwise we should not be able to see it at all. Yes, instead of seeing an approximately spherical black shadow at a specific distance like now."

Having said this, Kerwin paused for a moment and expressed his guess.

"If this explanation is true, then the remaining possibility is that this should be the remains of a UFO."

Looking at the black figure on the screen, Jiang Chen pondered for a long time before speaking.

"Is there any way to get it back?"

Kerwin looked embarrassed and shook his head.

"It's too far away. The straight-line distance from us is a full 30 million kilometers. The cruising radius of our Electric Ray X-1 series spacecraft is only one million kilometers. It is simply not capable of flying outside the Earth-Moon system, let alone Said to bring it back.”

"It's okay to just go up and have a look." Jiang Chen looked at Kerwin, "We at least need to know what's up there."

At least they have to know before other countries what's up there.

After thinking for a long time, Kerwin sighed and said.

"Theoretically, the RM-400 ion propulsion engine used by the Electric Ray X-1 series spacecraft already has the capability of interstellar navigation. With the ejection port of the space elevator, it is not difficult to accelerate to the second cosmic speed and leave the earth-moon system. But the key is the battery of the Electric Ray X-1. According to quantum computer calculations, its energy is just enough for a round trip. If we force this flight mission, there is a high probability that it will be a one-way ticket."

Once it is impossible to return, it is truly drifting in the universe, and it can almost be a death certificate.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Chen made a decision.

"Select volunteers from among active Halo Trade pilots."

"Those who participated in this top-secret mission, regardless of whether they survived or not, will automatically have their military ranks raised by three levels."

"A sleep chamber will be installed in the Electric Ray X-1 that is performing the mission. If it is determined that it is impossible to return, the cryo-sleep program is allowed to be started and our volunteers will be sent to the future." (To be continued.) Launch a new website