Vol 4 Chapter 587: A thousand light years away

"I heard that it is a thousand light-years away from the earth. If all the gaps in space are closed now, we will never be able to go back, right?"
A scout from the Awakened Force looked at the dark night sky and sighed.
In fact, he wasn't sure if the sky was a night sky, he could see the stars, shining in the sky.
Fang Yuan saw that the scout was quite young and not a few years older than himself, so he handed over a bottle of energy drink and asked, "Is this the first time you dispatched such a long mission?"
The star power level of this scout is 9th, which is not low in the awakened group.
Of course, compared with the members of the military research class, it appears to be relatively low.
After all, the military research class was selected from the best awakeners in the country, and naturally they were top in every aspect.
"There have been several reconnaissance missions to the Rift Cave before, but none of them is dangerous this time."
The scout took the energy drink and started talking with Fang Yuan.
The so-called danger, to a certain extent, is based on the level of the awakened person of his peers.
Among the fellow military research team members are the war-level Lv.10 senior awakeners, and the teams from other countries are even super strong with meteor stars.
One can imagine how dangerous this reconnaissance mission is.
"According to the reconnaissance plan, you will not be too dangerous and will go home safely." Fang Yuan comforted.
"I am not afraid of danger. I just looked at the night sky with some emotion. It is a thousand light-years away from the earth. If there is no space gap, it is a place that we can't reach in our lifetime." The scout sighed.
Han Youwei shook her finger and corrected: "It's not the night sky now. For the Star Beast World, it's daytime."
"During the day? No way."
Not only this scout, but the others nearby were also very surprised.
Now the outside of the transport truck is so dark that you can't see your fingers, anyone would think it was night.
Han Youwei pointed at a brighter star in the sky, and said, "According to the data I read, that one should be the'sun' in the star beast world."
Everyone leaned in front of the glass and stared at the sky.
"That's... the'sun'? No, it's about the size of a sesame."
The scout was very surprised. He was an early soldier, so he didn't know much about astronomy, but he was eager for knowledge.
"Yes, that is the star of the star beast mother galaxy. The distance between the star beast world and their star is 50 astronomical units, which is 50 times the distance from the earth to the sun. So the size of the star here is the same as Neptune in the solar system. Seeing that the size of the sun is about the same, it is a brighter star." Han Youwei briefly introduced the star data of the Star Beast Mother Galaxy.
The beef ball put his face on the car window glass, looked up to the sky, and suddenly cried out: "It's cold!"
"Idiot, it's minus 150 degrees outside." Eve said mercilessly.
The beef ball pointed at the star in the sky and said, "It looks about the size of the North Star. Isn't this too small?"
Han Youwei began to popularize science again: "There is a misunderstanding. In fact, the North Star is not one star, but three. It is called a triple star in astronomy. It is a system composed of three stars, and the scientific name is Ursa Minor alpha star."
"Wow... It turns out that Polaris is a three-body." A military research class student exclaimed.
"Can I see the North Star in the Star Beast World?" the scout asked curiously.
"It can be seen that the Star Beast World is 983 light-years away from the Earth, and the Polaris is 434 light years away. The Star Beast World, the North Star and the Earth are arranged in a triangle. The Star Beast World is about 600 light years away from the North Star, and it is indeed visible. The brightness will be slightly darker than that seen by the earth." Han Youwei continued to popularize science.
"Is the star beast world still in the galaxy?" The scout asked a rather dazed question.
This question is actually a bit stupid, and I don’t even understand astronomy.
However, Han Youwei patiently explained: "Of course in the Milky Way, the Milky Way is 100,000 light-years in diameter, and the distance between the Earth and the Star Beast World is only 983 light-years, one percent of the scale of the Milky Way.
"In other words, even if there is no space rift, humans and star beast civilization will meet sooner or later.
"Because the distance is too close, when the civilization level reaches 2.0 or higher, the civilization will explore other star systems.
"If there is no space gap to let us meet the star beasts in advance, we and the star beast civilization will probably find each other at civilization level 2.1, a local conflict will occur at 2.5, and a full-scale war within the system will occur at 2.8. The winner will Rule the galaxy and become a 3.0 galaxy civilization.
"However, since we were born in the present age, we probably cannot see the future galactic war. After all, it will take thousands or even tens of thousands of years of development. However, we can try to finish the galactic war ahead of schedule."
Eve reached out and hugged Han Youwei's arm, and swayed: "Youwei understands so much."
"We have been running on the surface of the star beast world for several hours, why can't we see the star beast?" Someone turned the infrared night vision lens and looked around.
"It's minus 150 degrees outside. Although there are some star beasts that may withstand such a low temperature, but the number is very small, so there are few star beasts on the surface of the star beast world." Eve swiped the tablet computer and read the surface data of the star beast world. Turn it out for everyone to see.
Although the chances of a star beast appearing on the surface of the star beast world are very small, the reconnaissance team still discovered a relatively large star beast after five hours of marching.
In order not to affect the reconnaissance mission, the team chose to bypass the star beast and move on.
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Fifteen hours later, the reconnaissance team came to a position west of the break of the Deep Wind Rift Valley, 300 kilometers away from the end.
The reconnaissance team stopped in a hidden meteorite canyon next to the Great Rift Valley, and then began to camp.
This time it was a reconnaissance mission, and there was no need to rush to the star beast brood, but to observe the star beast brood from a safe distance.
The first step of the reconnaissance plan is to use a refracting telescope to observe and take pictures of the mother's nest of the star beast from 300 kilometers away.
After completion, decide the next step.
After the Planetary Defense Council reconnaissance team stationed in the Meteorite Canyon, they began to install machines to prepare to observe the star beast brood.
The members of the military scientific research team wore belligerent suits and opened the door of the transport truck. An icy breath suddenly poured in, freezing the residual beverages in the energy drink cans on the table into ice.
"Fuck! I haven't put on a good war suit yet." Niu Dazhi spit out, and quickly wrapped himself in black crystal shield armor.
"The temperature is minus 153 degrees, and the main components of air are hydrogen and helium. Be careful not to leak the oxygen in the oxygen supply system, which will cause an explosion." Eve detected the atmosphere and reminded everyone.
the other side.
The team responsible for installing the refracting telescope has already begun to clanging work.