"Sir! Sir! Have an amazing discovery!"

An impolite voice penetrated the captain's office door so that before the door opened, Colonel Wang Xianliang, who was undergoing a low-temperature dormant recovery exercise, frowned. He insisted on completing the last pull-up on the horizontal bar, then let go of his hand and fell to the ground freely.

The gravity of the 0.5g of the warship always makes him feel uncomfortable and difficult to control. Although he is an officer of the navy fleet and living on the starship for many years is a destined thing, gravity differences can affect a person's body, including muscles, bones, and various behaviors.

After staying in low gravity areas for a long time, you need to undergo a certain degree of recovery training to restore the body's memory of standard gravity. Otherwise, in the long run, the person will lose the ability to move in the conventional gravity areas - the slim muscles and bones that become slim will not withstand the influence of gravity and will have various accidents.

He walked lightly and sat down at his desk. At the same time, a major officer with a sunken eye and a short inch of the landing team strode. Under the influence of low gravity, everyone's steps were light, but he seemed to strode when he walked. A standard military salute, he stood in front of the colonel.

"What's the matter?" Wang Xianliang asked him.

"We found a planet!" The major said with some breath, it seemed that he was coming very quickly just now.

"Planet?" Wang Xianliang's face was a little pale. To a certain extent, almost everyone would have this manifestation from the sequelae of thawing the low-temperature dormant compartment.

"It's a habitable planet! Sir!" The major finally straightened out his words, "We found a planet with sufficient living conditions in the second orbit of the aging red star!"

"Willes, what did you say?" Wang Xianliang's face was a little haggard and his face was filled with red light. The transmission of this news was no less than that of accidentally winning the first prize of the lottery.

"A habitable planet, sir!" Major Wells suppressed his excitement and tried his best to prevent himself from appearing so long-lasting. "Our radio telescope directly displayed the observation results on the screen. The planet is about 6au (1au=1 astronomical unit length, about 150 million kilometers), and the surface characteristics are completely in line with the standards of habitable planets. However, in order to eliminate errors, this news has not been spread yet, and the expert team is waiting for your order."

"Recharge the warp engine immediately and accelerate to the area. Have the relevant person in charge prepare all the detection work and convey the report to me at any time."

"Yes, sir!"

Major Wells immediately went to work, leaving Wang Xianliang alone in the office. He suppressed his excitement and operated the computer on the table with both hands. He opened the familiar work log, looked up the system's speculative time, and recorded the details.

This exploration fleet has two modified transport spacecraft, carrying a thousand volunteers; there is also a transport spacecraft, which contains equipment necessary for long-term life. In addition to food and sufficient water, it also includes some weapons needed by the army.

But there are no warships in the fleet for space operations.

This is really a helpless move... It has been two and a half years since the beginning of the Galaxy War - before he set off. Now, it is probably about to usher in the fourth year. He doesn't even know how the battle is going. Did humans win? Did the Zerg be exterminated by the United Army? Or... the most unacceptable thing - are they, the wanderers, the last bloodline left by humans?

Too many uncertainties and responsibilities came with everyone's awakening. As the commander, Wang Xianliang knew that humans were facing unprecedented crises. The crazy Zerg bombed all the planets they found, with life, and death was the marks made by wild beasts.

Human beings are not immune, and the same is true for the Sok tribe. The head of the empire Blair issued a series of effective measures. To this day, Wang Xianliang feels that the most wiser thing is diplomatic means with the Sok tribe. Facts have proved that effective delays can make humanity gain more benefits in the final union... It was at that time that Wang Xianliang, like all other officers who shoulder the heavy responsibility of mankind, was personally received by the Head of State.

That day was solemn, sacred, and nervous - but there was no extra word. But from the brief speech of the Head of State, human beings had obviously placed some of their hopes on them. They were explorers, carrying the fireworks of the race continuation, and set out in batches to the unknown deep space with dozens of ocean formations.

According to the galaxy map shared with the Sok tribe, the Milky Way is still extremely huge and full of mystery for everyone. Although warp travel allows them to travel beyond the speed of light, it is still a lifelong thing to explore the entire vast Milky Way.

The Milky Way star icon marks the areas where several races survive - until that moment, everyone realized that the space they could explore was so small. Facing the giant "galaxy", intelligent life is nothing more than dust. From the active Perseid cantilever of the Sok tribe, the human Orion cantilever, and the later extension, but the Sagittarius cantilever occupied by the Zerg, such a not-so-large area is the core of the lives of several races.

A wider and closer to the silver core, almost no fireworks of life were found.

Now, the task of humans and the Sok tribes is to move as far away from the war zone as possible and towards the center of the Galaxy - the ocean formation explores the deeper starry sky in the form of small dots. Countless tasks have been issued, and countless volunteers are strictly enforced... And the responsibility Wang Xianliang shoulders is to explore on the cantilever of the quadratic mount near the core of the Galaxy (the part of the cantilever extending to the silver core).

After sailing at a warp speed of 9.99 and ending more than a year of journey, humans were delighted to find great news in a short few days, which made the commander who was full of longing and confused about the future shock and joy that could not be expressed in his heart. Humans, hopes, did not abandon them in the end.

...

"Sir, this is the latest result of the surface from the detector." Major Wells opened the data on the display screen. "According to estimates, the diameter of the planet is about 1,500 kilometers, 1.7 standard atmospheric pressure, 0.6g standard gravity, and the average equatorial temperature of 15 degrees Celsius..."

Data from all aspects are displayed on the screen, including analysis reports from professionals... There is no doubt that data from all aspects prove that this is a habitable planet, and there is no need to prepare anything deliberately. The spacecraft docked in orbit and can immediately land on the ground.

But there was a little surprise that made Wang Xianliang hesitate.

"What are these?" He pointed to the surface taken by the telescope. Although dense plants grow on the surface due to abundant moisture, the layout presented in certain areas is uneven, and the surroundings look like they have been... artificially planned.

"Maybe it was some hillside, or rock?" Major Wells guessed, and he could not get the answer from his uncertain tone.

"It's not like this. Look at these strange areas, they all pass by rivers... the same is true for other areas, and they connect them..." Wang Xianliang outputted a string of instructions to the computer, and the abnormally arranged areas on the planet were connected. In the end, everyone present was stunned.

"Symmetric distribution?" Major Wells puzzled.

"Yes, every marked point on the ground can find the corresponding points on the other side of the planet, connect them together, and immediately find a symmetry axis." Wang Xianliang said, his fingers operating on the planetary map, "I think the magical craftsmanship of nature is not so accurate."

"What should we do?" asked the Major.

"Don't rush to take the risk of landing on the ground. We will first send an unmanned reconnaissance plane to patrol the marking points, collect relevant information, and then make the next discussion after confirming safety."

...

Humans seem cautious when walking every step unknown. They have suffered a lot of hardships and can no longer withstand another shock. Before they are confirmed, no one can guarantee what is waiting for them on the planet... What if it is a species as evil as the Zerg? No one is sure whether there are such monsters in the Milky Way, but at present, Zerg is one, and Green Skin Oak is also one... I'm afraid it's not surprising that a few more people will come.

But the following process seemed calm. Whether it was the exploration of ground robots or the sampling of air reconnaissance aircraft, the planet was completely deserted and showed an extreme. Except for plants, there were no traces of animals in the air, jungle, and rivers.

The results of the preliminary detection tell everyone that there are only plants growing on the entire planet, and no animal reproduces. As for the microscopic level, the collection robot has also undergone verification, and the results are the same. This is a planet full of green plants, with complex terrain - flat ground, grassland, mountains, oceans... Almost everything you can think of is concentrated in this narrow world. The observer feels in a trance that having this planet is equivalent to understanding all the complex environments in the Milky Way.

The mystery accumulates more and more... In the end, Wang Xianliang sent a fully armed Marine Corps and landed in a nearby area that seemed to be deliberately laid out under the cover of the Air Force. Fifteen team members in armor nervously stepped into this mysterious world. The gravity of the surface was stronger than that on the spacecraft. They took a few minutes to adjust, adapt quickly, and followed the instructions of the satellite map toward the area that puzzled them the most.

There was silent all the way.

The cries of insects and birds do not exist at all. The red sunlight shines on the earth, but the bushes completely block the sunlight and cast shadows. There are only occasional whistles of wind and the slight sound of flowing water in the distance... The only ones on the planet that represent vitality are plants, ferns, and angiosperms, and there are also tall trees rushing straight into the sky, covering the sky and the sun.

The Marines shuttled through the weeds high in the people, advancing little by little. The field of vision was almost no more than three meters. The robots walking in front were responsible for exploring the way, and the drones above their heads acted as their ears and ears... Finally, twenty minutes later, they walked from the grass into the area covered by dense forests. The drones lost their function, but the images captured by each team member's helmet camera could be synchronized on the large screen of the spacecraft and were closely watched by everyone.

The content displayed on the large screen is very monotonous. Except for a team member who occasionally looks up and can see the red sky, he is almost surrounded by green when walking. The single scenery is repeated continuously, and after watching for a long time, these colors will even make the observer drowsy.

The captain walked in the middle of the team. The first few players groped for a few steps and whirled a few times. One player's body suddenly became halfway. Just as everyone was nervous, his voice came: "Be careful! The gap here is very big, don't fall down! Our robot has fallen!"

"Slow down and be careful of collapse!" The captain raised his hand.

"It's getting steeper and steeper here, and the robot cannot walk." A team member at the front said, "It's like a staircase. An enlarged staircase."

"For the giant?" The captain joked, and he jumped down gently, the drop was probably about one meter. "I hope we won't touch it."

"Captain, check your feet! Remove the weeds around you and may be helpful." Wang Xianliang issued an order via radio.

"As for orders, sir."

"Guys, stay in place, take out the tools, we clean up all the weeds in this area within 5x5m range, and see what's under our feet."

The Marines were very efficient and the ground was quickly cleaned up. They uprooted the weeds that blocked their sight, and the soil on the ground was piled up to the side. At their feet was a smooth layer of stone. They continued to remove the surrounding soil, and a whole smooth stone surface appeared.

"It's really a staircase!" The captain said in surprise. Judging from the images captured by the camera, this cleaned area was a staircase that spread down from level five, disappearing into the grass. The span of the stone steps was very large, polished to be smooth and flat, and the average height was measured by laser distance, maintaining an accurate reading of 1.15 meters.

The passageways along the way, surrounded by weeds and forests is obviously an artificial staircase composed of first-class, heavy rocks weighing several tons. Judging from the luxuriantness of the surrounding weeds, it is probably impossible to grow so lush without decades of accumulation. Moreover, the surface of the stone steps is covered with a layer of soil. It is obviously because of the air blowing - the inference brought about by these surface phenomena has pushed the time of formation of the stone steps forward for thousands of years.

At least this is the case, judging from the current observations. If there is biological activity on the planet, some clues can be found no matter what, not to mention that weeds are dense, and a primitive ground does not look like there are traces of biological activity - there is no living "thing" on the surface for at least hundreds of years.

"Continue to explore and pay attention to safety." Wang Xianliang gave the team the order to continue the action. At the same time, he ordered his subordinates to "prepare three Marines to support the operation in the area. Bring weapons to prevent any possible situations and send down multi-environmental armed robots."

"I understand, sir." Major Wells received the order. (To be continued. Please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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