"——Whether it is in terms of its location or the size of the planet, this planet is very suitable for the birth of life. And there are a lot of buildings visible to the naked eye on its surface. I think we have found the right place."

In the scientific research spacecraft, Cowper expressed his opinions very excitedly. Not only him, but also other members remained more or less in the same state.

After visiting more than 1,500 planets, they finally found a planet where "ancient ruins" might exist. Regardless of whether this planet was a "forgotten planet" or not, their trip was not in vain.

"I'm very happy that we can encounter such good news at the last moment, so now let's raise our hands and vote whether to land on this planet or just do some rough scanning."

"Those who want to land on this planet and conduct detailed inspections please raise your hands."

As soon as the professor finished speaking, everyone in the team raised their hands, even the young man who had quarreled with Cowper before, did not hesitate.

Although he dislikes Cowper, if he can add a "great discovery" to his resume, his future life path will be much easier.

"Okay! Since everyone has unanimously decided to land, let's hurry up! We all put on protective clothing and bring our own equipment to enter the planet's gravitational circle!"

Inside the small scientific research vessel, the entire team immediately became busy.

Cowper himself also clenched his fists. Now, the secret left to him by his father was about to be revealed before his eyes.

…

Just as the aliens were preparing to land in a big way, Li Wenyuan, who was directing the synthetic humans to dig through the garbage, suddenly received an alarm from the automatic defense system.

[Warning! An unknown alien spacecraft was found approaching the planet shield]

[Detailed images have been uploaded to the custody matrix]

"Aliens?" This sudden alarm made Li Wenyuan suddenly alert and quickly called up the image uploaded by the automatic defense system.

I saw a long alien spacecraft approaching here rapidly in an arc. The target was quite obvious, which was this planet.

Judging from their appearance, they probably didn't notice the existence of the planetary shield. If they continued to move forward, they would hit the shield and become a batch of space junk.

"Is it a pirate? Is it Corebo? Or the 'Grand Duke of Silver Star'?" Li Wenyuan in the virtual world frowned, thinking about the possibility of the visitor.

He first ruled out Corebo, because if Corebo came looking for living metal, it would be a fleet rather than a single ship.

Then he ruled out pirates. The cunning pirates would not easily let the mothership get close to the planet. The mothership was their lifeblood and would never be used for such trivial matters as landing on the planet.

"So the person from the 'Grand Duke of Silver Star' has arrived?" His eyes flickered, thinking about how high the probability of this possibility was.

He actually didn't quite believe that a person like the "Grand Duke of Silver Star", whose name suggested a high position, would mobilize troops for a group of pirates.

Usually, the most you can do is ask someone to check the place where the pirate disappeared. If it is too far away, you may even forget about it.

"But we can't destroy their spaceship for the time being. The crash signal is the most troublesome..."

"... Let's hack into the system of their spaceship first. There was a strange technology on the technology tree before, and now we can try it..." As Li Wenyuan's eyes flashed, a facility like a radar station on the ground slowly opened

It started to rotate.

【Ghost Signal】

[Technology level: 2]

[Introduction: In the interstellar age, we can already allow signals to carry viruses and subtly infect most electronic devices]

[Possible technologies: strong ghost signal (11.1%); ghost signal firewall (9.2%); ghost signal simplified (6.7%)]

This is a new technology highlighted by Li Wenyuan on the technology tree, which can use an extremely covert signal to infect devices.

When he first saw them, he thought they were unheard of, but now he could use these aliens to test the level of the technologies on the technology tree.

So just a few dozen seconds later, Li Wenyuan received feedback from the "ghost signal".

[Infection completed]

[The spaceship system "Bluestone" has been fully taken over]

Seeing that the spacecraft system had been completely mastered, he couldn't help but sigh: "...Sure enough, the effect is unexpectedly good..."

He had discovered before that the technology on those technology trees seemed to be much stronger than the technology of normal interstellar civilizations.

Most of the technologies swept from crashed spaceships and pirate spaceships were thrown into the recycling bin by the scientific research division, and only a very small amount of them existed alone in the technology tree as original technologies.

Yes, the technology used by those spaceships is not even level 0 technology as basic technology. No wonder he sighed.

After sighing, Li Wenyuan first marked the ship as "passable" to prevent the planetary shield from destroying it.

Then he quickly borrowed the infected spacecraft system and saw the internal scene clearly.

…

"Are you wearing protective clothing? Although judging from the atmospheric spectrum, we should be able to breathe normally on this planet, but you don't need me to teach you how scary alien germs are, right?"

In the conference room, the professor and four of his students stood together and gave a final warning.

As long as the spacecraft can land normally, the first thing they need to guard against is the planet's native germs.

"Professor, everyone here has experienced genetic enhancement, and our immune systems are extremely strong. Is it necessary to do this?" A fat man among the members asked.

He is the slowest and most difficult person to put on protective clothing. Every time he gets off the ship, it is a torture for him.

"That's a good question, of course it's necessary! Didn't your history textbook teach you how the Zabis civilization perished? They were destroyed by a deadly germ brought from aliens!"

The professor's words silenced the fat man immediately, and he stopped saying a word.

Seeing that everyone was ready, the professor began to count the supplies for the last time.

"Nutritional capsules, medical guns, remote-controlled mosquitoes... hmm? Where's the compass? Who is responsible for holding the compass?"

The fat man from before raised his hand tremblingly and whispered: "It's me..."

"So where's the compass?"

"I, I think we have so many technological crystallizations, one mapper can take on all the functions, there is no need to use this old antique..."

"..." The old professor, who had always had a gentle temper, suddenly opened his eyes angrily and uttered a rare expletive:

"Hurry up and get it! Otherwise, your alien practice score will be 0 points!"

When he heard that the results of his hard work for several years might be ruined, the fat man jumped up and ran to the door in a panic, preparing to go to the storage room to get the compass.

The professor cursed in his heart:

"Have you never been to an alien planet or watched a movie? Don't you know that the environment in the universe is complex and changeable, and that equipment that works one second will break down the next?"

"Compasses are not safe enough, and they are basically useless when encountering planets with unstable magnetic fields. However, all possibilities must be taken into consideration, and all preparations are necessary."

"This careless guy needs to be educated during this expedition, otherwise he will suffer a lot when he goes on solo adventures in the future..."

After thinking about it, the professor suddenly found that the fat man was still lingering at the door with no sign of leaving. He suddenly became angry and shouted:

"What's going on?! The spaceship is about to land! Do you want a group of us to wait for you!"

Unexpectedly, the fat man turned around with sweat on his face and said with some fear: "The door, the door can't be opened..."

What?

When everyone in the conference room heard his words, this was their first thought.

The young man who had always ridiculed Cowper before was the first to react. He squeezed the fat man away in one stride and shouted at the camera on the door:

"Qingshi! Open the door quickly!"

"Bluestone" is the artificial intelligence on the spaceship. Most of the spacecraft's functions are controlled by it, even small things like automatically opening and closing the door are done by it.

But at this time, what responded to him was silence.

"...Something's wrong. There's something wrong with the bluestone on the control panel!"

A voice came from behind everyone, and it was heard that it was Cowper operating in front of the console, trying to wake up a large blue stone with a human face on the central screen.

"...What's going on? "Bluestone" is a standard artificial intelligence developed by United University. It is widely used in shipboard AI in various fields. It is second to none in terms of stability and safety. Why is this?"

The professor murmured, staring at the silent bluestone in the center of the screen with a shocked expression, and a bad premonition arose in his heart at this time.

Cowper made a quick decision and kicked a lever next to the console. This was the emergency mode switch, which could switch the spacecraft to manual operation.

The purpose of the emergency mode was to prevent this situation, but at this time, the spacecraft system still did not respond to him. No matter how he operated, the spacecraft continued to fall to the earth unswervingly.

"No, we must leave here through the escape cabin immediately! If we continue at this rate, everyone will die without a burial!"

The professor was worthy of being a professor and had rich experience. He first took out the laser cutter in the tool box and started to cut the door.

Fortunately, he arranged for students to bring all the tools in advance, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to go out now.

Others also quickly brought the necessary items, and after the professor opened the door, they headed to the middle of the cabin in an orderly manner.

The escape cabin is at this location, but it has not generated dust because it has not been used for a long time.

The reason is that the professor often maintains this life-saving system and has never used it even once.

"Everyone fasten their seat belts! Prepare for the impact!" Following the professor's words, everyone including him lowered their body weight and tied their seat belts tightly to their bodies.

The professor himself took a deep breath and pushed a push-pull lever in the escape cabin.

The escape capsule has always been a component independent of the entire spacecraft system. It does not require system control and can directly open the release port manually, allowing the internal escape capsule to escape from the spacecraft.

The next second, the sound of air friction caused by high-speed movement roared out. From a circular perspective, the land covered with vegetation and ruins was rapidly passing by.

After breaking away from the spacecraft, the escape capsule began to fall to the ground at an extremely high speed.

Most people closed their eyes and prayed that they could survive the collision.
To be continued...