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Chapter 794 - 794 794 Prehistoric Tragedy!

794: Chapter 794: Prehistoric Tragedy!

Operation Thunder!

794: Chapter 794: Prehistoric Tragedy!

Operation Thunder!

The analysis results were surprising!

Wu Jie had never believed that this ‘Black Pancake’-like object was a remnant of a planet.

After all, the Earth frequently receives visits from small asteroids, entering the atmosphere, ablating, and breaking apart, forming meteor showers.

Large or small meteorites are not particularly rare.

So far, humanity has collected tens of thousands of meteorite samples on Earth, which are divided into three major types.

The ones whose main component is silicate, stony meteorites!

The ones containing iron-nickel alloy, iron meteorites!

The mixed ones of silicate and iron, stony-iron meteorites!

The meteorites that fall to Earth vary in size, with some weighing tens of tons.

These meteorites, originally flying in space, enter the Earth’s atmosphere due to gravitational pull and keep shrinking and decomposing, heated by friction.

Large meteorites can leave behind a significant piece, striking the Earth heavily and creating massive craters.

The tremendous impact can be as powerful as countless nuclear bombs exploding, truly terrifying.

They can trigger earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, dust pollution, and so on.

It is for this reason that scientists speculate that the extinction of the dinosaurs might have been caused by an asteroid strike on Earth.

The Moon, unprotected by an atmosphere, is even more prone to frequent visits from space meteorites.

However…

This ‘Black Pancake’-like object clearly was neither metallic nor any kind of rock.

It was extremely dense and super heat-resistant.

It was very likely composed of a crystalline compound made up of new elements not found on Earth.

It had a unique crystal structure that absorbed electromagnetic waves like water poured into a honeycomb, with no reflection.

From the start, Wu Jie hadn’t thought it was an ordinary meteorite, and the results provided by the system were even more unexpected.

To summarize, it was four words:

Starship wreckage!

The specifics, though, were more complex.

According to the system’s explanation…

Within the vast and immense universe, the level of technological advancement of human civilization on Earth is at a very low stage.

After all, humans are still struggling to escape Earth’s gravitational pull; going to the moon exhausts national resources, and many diseases remain unconquerable.

If one could freely roam within the Milky Way, collecting minerals from alien planets, constructing space cities…

then one could be considered relatively advanced.

But how big is the universe?

Human researchers theorize an estimated diameter of 160 billion light-years, but the specifics are unknown.

A light-year is the distance that light travels at a speed of 300,000 kilometers per second in one year.

Even our Milky Way is several hundred thousand light-years across.

Therefore, even if humans invented spaceships capable of traveling at the speed of light, it would still take several hundred thousand years to leave the Milky Way.

Zoom in further, and even the diameter of the Solar System is two light-years.

A spaceship traveling at the speed of light from Earth would still take a year to exit the Solar System.

Therefore…

No scientist on Earth dares to assert that there are no other technological civilizations in the universe.

They only say that within the range currently detectable, there are none.

But how far can humans detect?

The Solar System hasn’t been thoroughly researched, let alone the Milky Way.

The Andromeda Galaxy, 220,000 light-years in diameter, is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way.

Even if a supernova explodes there now, and a planet shatters,

the light produced would reach Earth only 2.54 million years later.

If they send a signal to Earth now, we would also have to wait 2.54 million years to receive it.

2.54 million years!

In over two million years…

will there still be humans on Earth?

Thus, the universe is too vast and immense.

It’s like a person lost in a forest who sees no one in sight, and no matter how loudly they shout, there is no response.

Can we then conclude that they are the only person in the entire universe?

Of course not.

The failure to discover alien civilizations is due to the prohibitively remote distances and the relatively primitive technological means.

When humans gaze at the starry sky and see those stars that fade in and out, the light we see may have been produced millions or even billions of years ago.

When we notice the twinkling starlight, that star may have ceased to exist many years ago.

And returning to the ‘Black Pancake’ that Perrio and Wu Jie exchanged,

its history is even more tragic, a veritable ancient catastrophe!

Interstellar starships need to be robust to travel through space with its super low temperatures, high radiation, and numerous meteorites at high speeds.

For human cars, traveling at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour and colliding head-on with a rock spells destruction.

And for starships that hurtle at hundreds of thousands of kilometers per second or even faster,

a tiny speck of dust, upon a head-on collision, can unleash a force comparable to a nuclear explosion.

Therefore… the hull of an interstellar starship must be extremely strong.

It must withstand all sorts of collisions when traveling at high speeds, even if its protective shields fail,

and during battle, it should survive a barrage of enemy attacks for a long duration without being rapidly destroyed once the shields fail.

Just like the existing naval ships of human civilization, even without active defense, they would not be sunk immediately.

Because they play such an essential role, high-level civilizations craft their interstellar starships out of Californium Alloy.

Californium is a high-density metal not yet discovered by human civilization.

Even in the universe, Californium ore is rather scarce, and extracting and processing this metal is extremely difficult.

Therefore, this dark ‘Black Pancake’ is not some planetary fragment or space meteorite.

It is the Californium alloy armor of an interstellar starship from an unknown, advanced civilization.

Having found these pieces on the moon, naturally, decades of research wouldn’t suffice to fully understand them.

Would it be possible to understand the remains of today’s Stealth Fighters if taken back hundreds of years?

After decades of struggle, to derive inspiration and emulate the crystal structure to create materials that are both invisible and heat tolerant, that would still be quite an accomplishment.

Furthermore,

Based on simulations and deductions, that starship encountered an energy impact on the scale of a star explosion, instantly disintegrating into fragments.

The power of such extreme horror caused the fragments to splatter all around.

Among them, a very small part, by a stroke of fate, fell onto the moon.

How intense must an interstellar war have been to result in such a tragic encounter?

What kind of devastating attack would be necessary to reduce a starship to fragments?

In any case.

The tragedy of this event is like that of a tough and resilient battleship from World War II being blasted into pieces.

Pieces that then flew hundreds of kilometers and landed on a deserted island, to be picked up by primitive tribesmen.

Compared to the advanced and powerful starships, the Star Federation, who retrieved the fragments from the moon yet couldn’t fathom their secrets, is probably comparable to those primitives.

Furthermore.

The system really hits where it hurts.

According to meticulous analysis and inference, this starship was destroyed tens of thousands of years ago.

Fragments of Californium Alloy armor lay abandoned on the moon until they were discovered decades ago during the moon landing.

Damn it!

Tens of thousands of years ago…

weren’t our ancestors still living in caves and hadn’t even learned to walk upright?

And after tens of thousands of years, whether the civilization that this starship once belonged to still exists is unknown.

If there are fragments of Californium Alloy scattered on the moon, there might be some on Earth as well.

But with Earth’s nearly 150 million square kilometers of surface area, who the hell knows where they landed!

Most importantly…

Even though it’s known that the fragments are made of Californium Alloy, a key material used by advanced civilizations to build starship armor…

Even though it’s known that there are other civilizations in the universe, in very distant galaxies, some advanced and others primitive…

What use is that to Wu Jie?

He can accept a system as ridiculous as this one being inside him.

Other civilizations in the universe?

No surprise at all!

Moreover, even if he wanted to explore other civilizations, he would need a starship capable of faster-than-light travel and spatial jumps.

Unfortunately…

Earth’s civilization is too technologically backward to produce such a starship.

Although the system shop does have them, can he afford them?

Wu Jie’s few billion energy points can’t even buy a space airship.

Of course.

Having spent tens of thousands of energy points to learn that this black pancake is a fragment of a starship was worth it after all.

There is always someone better out there.

In this vast universe, Earth’s civilization is nothing special.

When thousands of years ago, other civilizations were capable of building extremely formidable starships…

And now Earth’s civilization can’t even conquer the moon a mere 360,000 kilometers away…

The disparity is just too great!

Buzz, buzz~

His phone vibrated continuously.

Wu Jie ended his communication with the system and hurriedly answered the call.

“Jie, where are you?”

Right after he picked up, Tang Xin’s anxious voice came through.

“I’m at Tang’s Pharmaceuticals!

Is there an emergency?”

Activating the speakerphone, Wu Jie put the starship fragment back into the safe and casually replied.

Tang Xin curiously asked, “Has Bai Fengling passed away yet?

Her fans are going nuts online, holding memorial services.

They’re also saying that it’s been five days since her infection was confirmed.

The mutant virus is extremely vicious, and no woman can withstand it for five days.

So is she still alive?”

“Of course…”

Wu Jie almost carelessly blurted out that she wasn’t dead, but after all, this was top-secret.

Tang Xin was a gossip, and the news would spread quickly if she found out.

“Of course what?

Everybody knows by now that you work for a special department and have access to insider information.

Is it that hard to answer whether she’s dead or not?” Tang Xin pressed for an answer.

Wu Jie paused, then said somberly, “Of course she’s not dead yet!

Besides, why the frenzy about fans holding memorial services?”

Tang Xin sighed, “I’m just bored, okay?

The epidemic has gotten so severe, my parents won’t let me go out, keeping me cooped up at home all day long—I’m about to go crazy!”

“Besides, we were somewhat friends with Bai Fengling, right?

Even though she was more interested in fame and fortune, everyone has faults.

If she were to die from the illness, we should at least mourn her, right?”

Wu Jie advised, “She’s not even dead yet, what’s there to mourn?

That seems extremely inauspicious!”

…

Late at night.

Wu Jie rushed to the Security Bureau.

The heart-wrenching farewell video from Bai Fengling had a tremendous impact.

The virus outbreak was already deeply unsettling, and with her being a star with countless fans—

At the height of her youth and beauty, yet to die a tragic death was something that grieved many.

As a result.

After her farewell video was released, it shocked the entire world.

The shares, comments, and view counts all made human history.

Even many foreigners knew of this beautiful celebrity, a blossoming beauty about to wither away.

The memorial events initiated by her fans resulted in the unfortunate consequence of many social media platforms nearly collapsing.

The breakdown of the networks wasn’t a big deal.

The real issue was that certain malicious individuals and media kept fanning the flames.

Spreading rumors that the Sakuragi Hana virus was unbeatable, that the epidemic would ultimately destroy humanity, that life wasn’t worth living…

Even spreading various foreign videos.

Abroad, people were dying every day, many of them in the streets or rotting at home.

These inappropriate comments and videos caused some mentally vulnerable people to claim that suicide was better.

Suicide didn’t harm others, but those harboring evil thoughts and trying to create chaos were very dangerous.

Therefore, Wu Jie launched a lightning operation.

The next day.

He rushed to the medical center early in the morning to prepare for the secret visit of the pharmaceutical representatives from various countries.

During his pre-visit ward inspection, Wu Jie encountered Shen Liang, Kong Heng’s best friend who he always thought about.

Yet when Shen Liang saw Wu Jie, he gave a cold smile.

He even made a throat-slitting gesture…