Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 308 - Chapter 308 Chapter 307 Red Emergency Meeting

Chapter 308: Chapter 307: Red Emergency Meeting Chapter 308: Chapter 307: Red Emergency Meeting This is Captain Star, the third planet, represented by the branch of humanity on The Golden Sun.

The climate on the planet’s surface has always been so cold and harsh that at temperatures below negative one hundred eighty degrees Celsius, water vapor and carbon dioxide have frozen into a white, nebulous solid. At the poles of this planet, one could even find lakes made up of organic substances like methane and ethane. These simple organic minerals are undoubtedly very beneficial for the development of humanity.

There are a total of thirty million human colonizers living one kilometer deep in the underground city of this planet.

The firelight of nuclear fusion brought endless energy and was also the greatest courage of human interstellar colonization.

Old Captain Xu Peng squinted his eyes, gazing at the distant starry sky through a thick layer of glass. Since this planet was too cold, the atmosphere had all frozen into solid form, making the air thin and distant stars extraordinarily clear.

Xu Peng was trying to distinguish which one was the Sun and which one was Gliese 581.

At this distance, the Sun could still be barely seen with the naked eye, but Gliese 581… it was too dim, only visible as a blurred shadow through an astronomical telescope.

Old Captain Xu Peng had retired from active duty ten years ago due to declining energy.

However, the elderly always kept busy–he had become a volunteer at the observatory. During his spare time, he led children in stargazing and taught them how to use telescopes, which felt quite gratifying to educate the next generation.

However, there were no children at the observatory today. Perhaps it was because the final exams were approaching and the students were busy revising–education in this entire civilization was still very rigorous, and everyone had to study hard.

Ding!

It was five o’clock, time to end work.

Since he was idle anyway, Xu Peng put on his Power Armor and entered the nearby vacuum chamber.

Hss!

The vacuum pump slowly extracted the air from the vacuum chamber. Then, he opened the air pressure gate; a heavy “clack” sounded, thankfully the gas in the room had mostly been extracted, and not much air leaked out.

The electronic prompt of the safety gate sounded, “Class-A personnel, General Xu Peng, hello.”

“Please be careful when going outside and pay attention to outdoor safety. The current outdoor temperature is negative 182 degrees Celsius.”

Xu Peng walked along the glass tunnel to an observatory.

From this location, by looking up, he could see the Space Elevator soaring tens of thousands of kilometers high. Using the telescope function built into the Power Armor, he could clearly see the rotating centrifuge wheels and various Transport Ships coming and going, along with one…

A massive Mother Ship!

Yes, for an interstellar voyage, a Super Carrier was necessary to accommodate a larger population.

And more population meant more productivity and maintenance capabilities, especially the latter–maintenance capability. Without maintenance, a fleet made up of military ships could not travel across several light years.

“If humans could live longer… Then we wouldn’t need to rotate hibernation so often, and we would require fewer people, so the spaceship could be built smaller.”

For this interstellar voyage, the associated training of interstellar astronauts had also been continuously ongoing for over twenty years.

“In another three to five years, an entire interstellar fleet could be constructed… ready for departure.”

Thinking about this, Xu Peng couldn’t help but feel ambitious.

Although this was a story of the youth, as an old warhorse at the stable, he harbored a longing for distant lands. Shining and radiating some residual heat here also felt good.

The departure target this time was the nearby Constant Star JM7812317, approximately 4.7 light years away, near a Cosmic String.

Eleven years ago, using the largest astronomical telescope, humans had observed the flash of a nuclear bomb on the neighboring planet!

Of course, the flash from these nuclear bombs was very faint. According to rational judgment afterward, it should have been a war inside the planet, rather than a large-scale interstellar war.

That is to say, this unknown civilization had actually undergone an internal nuclear war!

So, after some discussion, the upper echelons of civilization decided that, since the first destination of the interstellar voyage wasn’t very promising, they might as well head to this planet for a scientific expedition.

Even collecting history to enhance the studies of new civilization history wouldn’t be bad.

“However, we still need to strengthen the military aspect… This civilization, having erupted in internal nuclear wars, theoretically is of an aggressive nature, and the possibility of it rising again within a few decades is not significant, it might even have destroyed itself. But still, we need to take precautions…”

Suddenly, a voice rang in his ears, it was his good friend, Lu Zhongping. The two old men often gazed up at space from here.

Xu Peng nodded, “Interstellar travel is definitely risky, but the benefits can be even greater… Us humans groping alone in technology here is just too slow, too slow. Continuing like this is not a good thing.”

“Even if this civilization’s overall technology is not as developed as ours, there surely are some different things…”

“Sigh, if we were to contact a more powerful civilization, the gains would undoubtedly be more… But our common knowledge about cosmic civilizations is too lacking; it’s better to start with the weaker civilizations.”

“If we achieve good results, should we send a copy to the other two civilizations… Just don’t know if Earth Era actually still exists, or if we are just exerting ourselves for nothing.”

The wrinkles on Lu Zhongping’s face, like deep ravines, he still remembered the bets he made with the young people, some said a hundred years, some said two hundred years, and even three hundred years.

About sixty years had just passed…

Time flies swiftly, the world changes rapidly, he truly hoped to live to see the message…

“Only don’t know how many more years I can live.”

Beep! Beep! Beep!

In such a reflective moment, the communication device on their power armors suddenly rang. Xu Peng glanced at the red marker, his heart tightening instantly.

A red emergency meeting!

The levels of emergency meetings are divided into three, the highest being red, followed by orange, and the lowest, blue.

A red emergency meeting is almost the most important one. According to regulations, everyone who receives the message must rush to the nearest meeting site within 10 minutes!

“I don’t know what’s happened…”

“Could it be a small asteroid about to hit the base? That would meet the red criteria, right?”

Filled with worry, the two hurriedly hastened back to the underground base, frantically guessing in their minds.

Along the way, they saw many people screaming and partying, almost like holding a wild party, which was a bit baffling.

“What’s going on?”

Xu Peng stopped a young man whose face was excitedly flushed, this guy even had veins protruding from his forehead in his excitement.

“Old Captain… Earth… Earth!” The young man was so nervous he even started to stutter, only able to utter the words “Earth,” unable to continue further.

However, that wasn’t the meaning he wanted to express at all!

This caused him to become even more anxious, his face swelling red like a balloon, he even forgot how to finish his sentence.

“Could it be that Earth Civilization sent a message?” Standing to one side, Lu Zhongping made an enlightened expression, “I see, that really would be good news.”

“But would Earth Civilization really do such a thing? Let’s go see.”

This misunderstanding made the young man even more anxious. What Earth Civilization, it was clearly a branch of humans from Earth Era, two completely different concepts.

Finally, he struggled hard and thought of a good idea; he fiercely grabbed his own hair, the severe pain from the pull letting him break through the borders of his brain, “Old Captain, Professor Lu…”

“It’s not Earth… It’s Earth Era that has replied to us!”

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