Time travel to become the guardian AI of a lost civilization

Chapter 269 "Ordinary" spaceship passing by

The unknown light beam that is rapidly approaching is not known to the public, but it has caused panic in some high-level countries on this planet.

There are not many countries here that have sufficient strength to support accurate space observation, and only these big countries can find that it seems that "alien" has really appeared.

It's just that the aliens didn't come in person, but the alien attack came.

No matter how you look at it, that light beam doesn't look like a "good greeting".

"How about it, what's the latest information?"

The director of the astronomical observatory didn't even put on his clothes, so he came to the institute in a hurry and asked about the current situation.

In fact, he knew the general situation through the communication on the way, but he was still afraid of missing any new news during the journey.

And the researcher quickly replied:

"According to calculations, the source of this light beam is about five light-years away from the 'Tianzhuxing', and according to the news before the 'Seeker [-]' was destroyed, it is actually not a 'beam', but a kind of Luminous life forms traveling at sub-light speed..."

But after listening to the answer, the director couldn't help confirming again: "The 'Seeker No. [-]' was destroyed?"

This was news he hadn't heard before, and it seemed that during the period when he came from abroad, something new happened.

"...Unfortunately, 'Seeker [-]' happened to be on the path of 'beam'. Judging from the time, it should have been destroyed at this moment..."

This unfortunate news caused the director to be silent for a moment, because it meant that all their efforts on "Exploring the Starry Sky" so far had come to naught.

However, he also knew that the current priority was not this matter, but the "beam" that might bring about a catastrophe.

As a result, his aura froze, and he quickly assumed the demeanor of a leader, calming down the flustered emotions of everyone in the office, and continuing their work in an orderly manner.

And he himself is also staring at the data of each item, and at the same time he does not forget to listen to the reports of his subordinates. Although his face is expressionless to calm people's hearts, his inner mood changes again and again.

Judging from the report, the string of mysterious luminous bodies shaped like light beams is approaching the star at sub-light speed.

However, in addition to this, they also discovered an impossible fact, that is, the string of "beams" was traveling at a "superluminal speed" before.

Because the observatory of another country on the other side of the planet discovered that judging from the trajectory of the light beam, it moved an incredible distance a few months ago, which can only be achieved by exceeding the speed of light.

This completely overturned the law of "the speed of light cannot be surpassed" they knew, but the fact was right in front of their eyes.

What makes the director think now is "why it suddenly slowed down".

According to the data of "Seeker [-]", those beam-shaped illuminants are flying at a sub-light speed close to the speed of light. At the beginning, they still had a speed that was almost the same as the speed of light, but until now it has dropped a lot.

Even though a few hours have passed since the discovery, the "strike countdown" calculated by astronomical observers remains unchanged at 19 hours, which seems to form a dynamic balance.

But this is not what they want. After all, there will be an upper limit for deceleration, and it will be a real "countdown" at that time.

Even if they don't know what effect this beam-shaped light will have on the stars, they must prepare for the worst, such as... the stars go out, and the world enters eternal winter night.

However, this kind of "disaster response and handling" is not the director's responsibility. After he reported all the known situations to his superiors, he began to think about the mystery of the superluminal "beam" that troubled him.

"...What could it be? Maybe this beam-shaped luminous body can move forward by changing the curvature of space-time? Or is there a space wormhole leading here on its way?"

As the director of an astronomical observatory, in addition to his own scientific literacy, he also likes to read various scientific magazines in his spare time, including many science fiction novels.

He quickly thought of those "theoretical machines" that only existed in fantasy, and at the same time, he also remembered a concept proposed by a famous figure in the past, a star-confusing scholar:
"—Even the speed of light is too slow in the universe. If there is a 'super-light space' in the universe, where the speed of light can be easily surpassed, then our development may be very different."

"...Could it be a 'faster-than-light space'?" The director thought about it, shook his head again, and laughed at himself: "How could I remember this madman's nonsense, let's look at reality first..."

Afterwards, the director himself also threw himself into intense work, and quickly put aside the idea just now.

Just like that, several hours passed.

The tense atmosphere seems to overflow from the astronomical observatory, and even the home of the planet-disgusting scholar is full of a similar atmosphere.

At this time, he was calculating something on the computer in the study, but the configuration of this computer was obviously not very high, and the program that was too slow soon made the Hustler Scholar slap the table, and angrily took out a pen and paper to calculate manually.

However, at this moment, the communication device he seldom used suddenly rang. After he connected impatiently, he found that the other party was his student.

"Teacher! The monitoring is still on. To make a long story short, the strike is coming—"

Before he finished speaking, the communication was cut off quickly, and this also made the star-hustling scholar stand up and run to the door.

There is still no change in the sky, but the planet-disturbing scholar is extremely disturbed, because he always feels that besides the "strike", there is something "other" coming.

And the high-level officials of this country also came to the astronomical observatory under increasing pressure, planning to hold a meeting directly on the spot to discuss solutions while obtaining new information.

"The United World Headquarters is holding a meeting, and those leaders are still having secret talks, but the result probably won't change... Has the nature of the beam-shaped luminous body been analyzed?"

"There is already a hint that the luminous body may have the property of absorbing and transforming stellar matter. Perhaps the 'eternal winter night' we first guessed is coming..."

"Is there no way to stop it halfway? Our nuclear weapons, the space station, everything, can be used in this crisis."

"...It's probably impossible. Maybe we can pray to some passing alien civilization to help us solve this problem? Let's forget it. While there is still time, the underground shelter should also come in handy."

Among them, some people had the idea of ​​escaping from the beginning, and even secretly arranged for their relatives to take refuge, leaving behind a crowd of unsuspecting people outside.

Yet such is the reality here, that those with power in their hands are always "one step ahead".

But when these high-level officials were discussing in low voices, a staff member here discovered a series of extremely abnormal reports.

"Just, just now, about 40 kilometers above our planet, a terrifying reading of space-time curvature appeared, almost equivalent to the appearance of a black hole there—"

Accompanied by these astonishing words, the star-confusing scholar, who was a long distance away from the astronomical observatory, also shrank his pupils sharply.

With his excellent eyesight, he saw a spot of light that seemed to be fading from the "black curtain" in the distant sky.

He directly took out his self-made telescope and looked over, and then saw a "spaceship" that only existed in fantasy appeared there out of thin air.

It looks unremarkable, but it seems to carry the weight of a civilization, "passing" over here.

(End of this chapter)