my tech museum

According to the information available to humans, Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star.

The surface temperature is less than three thousand degrees.

A massive planet orbiting it, because it is in the habitable zone, is very likely to have life.

And this planet is Xu Lei's goal.

After the Golden Crow entered the speed of light state, it soon left the scope of the solar system.

Because under the action of the curvature space engine, the space in front of the spaceship rapidly bends and shrinks, and the space behind it rapidly bends and expands.

It's like blowing a balloon at the back to push the spaceship forward.

And the spacecraft is moving forward at the speed of light in this created curvature bubble.

But to Xu Lei's regret, the curvature space engine of the Golden Crow can only reach the second level of warp speed, which is equivalent to twice the speed of light. In this case, it will take about two years to reach Proxima Centauri.

Although the performance cannot be compared with the exhibits collected in the Science and Technology Museum.

But able to make a curvature engine.

Xu Lei was already satisfied.

So there's nothing to complain about.

Although it seems that there is no movement from the perspective of the spaceship, Xu Lei knows that the Golden Crow has already entered a strange galaxy.

Fortunately, after becoming a mechanical body, although the biological hibernation chamber cannot be used.

However, it is still possible to actively enter the standby mode.

In order to improve the speed and manufacturing efficiency of the Golden Crow, the size of the spaceship is like a children's toy compared to the heavy hammer cruiser, and it is not even as spacious as the landing ship. Although it is larger than the shuttle, it is not enough to provide Xu Lei with a suitable space for activities.

Therefore, in the face of a two-year flight, it is better to enter the standby state.

In this way, when you wake up, you have reached your destination.

So after Xu Lei set the time, he put himself into standby mode.

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Tuesday, October 2051, 2.

Valentine's Day.

It has been two years since Xu Lei left the solar system.

The Golden Crow finally approached Proxima Centauri.

Since the navigation route is set in advance, the spacecraft will break away from the state of light speed after reaching the corresponding position.

The warp drive stalled.

Prevent accidental passing of Proxima Centauri.

So when the figure of the Golden Crow appeared in the neighboring galaxy 4.22 light-years away, at the same time Xu Lei was actively awakened, a system flight announcement sounded in the control room of the spacecraft.

"The spaceship has escaped secondary warp speed."

"Antimatter engine activated."

“本次航行时间为2年1月21天2时3分45秒。”

Almost at the moment when the notification sounded, Xu Lei, who looked like a dead body, slowly opened his eyes.

The whole person still looked radiant.

It doesn't look like someone who has been asleep for more than two years.

It can only be said that the mechanical body fused with living gold is indeed very powerful.

If ordinary humans were to perform this task, even if the spaceship had a circulatory system, it would be difficult to adapt in a short time.

"This is Proxima Centauri, and it really isn't as dazzling as the sun!" Xu Lei saw Proxima Centauri, which is well-known to humans, for the first time through the spaceship, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

blurt out its evaluation.

The surface temperature of Proxima Centauri is much lower than that of the sun, and it is a red dwarf, so its brightness is weak.

It doesn't look as bright as the sun.

But soon Xu Lei made a new discovery.

The whole person's attention was focused on the screen of the spacecraft, and he couldn't help but exclaimed for a while: "I'm going, there are so many orbiting planets."

According to human observations of neighboring stars, only three planets have been found to exist.

But when I actually came to this Proxima Centauri, I saw more planets than that.

At least five or six.

It's just that most of the companion stars are dimmer.

This was not discovered.

The number of planets around Proxima Centauri has nothing to do with Xu Lei.

But since we are looking for a star gate, the situation is completely different.

The greater the number of planets, the more times his workload will increase.

After all, the space channel stargate that Mesti said can only be on a planet, but the specific planet and location are not sure.

In this case, you can only find one by one.

Its workload can be imagined.

What's more, the area of ​​some planets is no less than that of the earth star.

But it was not easy to create the Golden Crow and come to Proxima Centauri. It is not Xu Lei's character to give up because of the difficulties he faced.

It has to be done even if it takes a long time to find.

And soon Xu Lei had a goal in mind.

This is a planet with a mass about 1.3 times that of the Earth star, with a revolution period of about 11 days.

700 million kilometers away from Proxima Centauri.

It should be the planet most likely to host life.

Under normal circumstances, the star gate will only be built on the planet where the civilization is located.

As long as it can be confirmed that there have been traces of civilization on the planet, there is a chance to find the star gate.

Xu Lei can be said to have a clear goal.

Never run around like headless chickens, it's just a waste of time.

"It's up to you, don't let me down." After deciding on the first target, Xu Lei no longer hesitated, and immediately controlled the spaceship to fly towards that planet.

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Perhaps the planet is in the habitable zone.

When the spacecraft enters the atmosphere, the temperature detected is quite similar to that of the earth and stars.

Just looking out through the porthole of the spacecraft, there is no sign of life at all.

Even microbes could not be detected.

I have to say that even though Xu Lei had already guessed that this would happen, he felt a little regretful when he saw it with his own eyes.

This means that there is no life.

So I don't know when I can find the specific location of the star gate.

And Xu Lei believes that since the stargate is a special space channel that can span tens of thousands of light-years, its essence is similar to a wormhole, and it should have some special energy fluctuations.

So as soon as Xu Lei entered the planet, he drove the spaceship to fly over it quickly.

Look for unfamiliar energy fluctuation signals.

Anyway, the antimatter engine of the spacecraft does not need to consider the issue of fuel.

Capable of uninterrupted flight.

In this matter, the benefits of mechanical lifeforms have to be mentioned again, at least there is no need to worry about food.

Otherwise, on this strange planet in the Proxima Galaxy, I am afraid that I will starve to death before I find the location of the star gate.

time flies.

Two months passed in a blink of an eye.

On a planet 700 million kilometers away from Proxima Centauri, I saw a figure standing in the middle-east of the planet's surface, looking at the land under his feet very seriously, as if he had discovered something special.

Naturally, there was no suspense about the owner of this figure.

It was Xu Lei who was looking for the location of the star gate.

For two months, he has been driving the Golden Crow almost non-stop to search the surface of the planet.

Don't dare to stop.

Almost all can be called model workers.

Although no special energy fluctuations have been found as of today, but a place that is slightly special compared to the surroundings has been found.

For him, after wasting two months in vain, he would be very excited if there were any clues, which represented the hope of finding the star gate.

There will be absolutely no sloppyness.

Therefore, under such circumstances, Xu Lei decisively drove the spacecraft to land.

After putting the Golden Crow into stealth mode to prevent it from being discovered by outsiders, this time I personally came to this special place and wanted to conduct a very detailed and thorough field investigation.

The possibility of it having a stargate is completely ruled out.

"It's really strange, is it an underground cavity caused by normal geological movement?"

Xu Lei used instruments to measure the ground, and the results showed that there was a huge hole under his feet.

This situation has not been found elsewhere.

Feeling strange in his heart, he murmured to himself and at the same time subconsciously stepped forward to move his body out of the hollow range.

Mainly staying on this strange planet where life cannot be found, every step must be careful.

Otherwise, no one knows what will happen in the next second.

In any case, Xu Lei came with a mission this time. Before the Herald Empire fleet arrived in the solar system, he needed to go to the Galactic Civilization Management Bureau on the third-level civilization Seitan to complete the formal registration for the solar system.

Therefore, before completing this task, there must be no problems with itself.

You must know that there are billions of compatriots waiting for him in the solar system.

But it was not easy to encounter a special situation. If I didn't figure it out, I would inevitably feel a little regretful.

What's more, he really has no other goals right now.

There was a feeling of not knowing what to do next, which gave him a headache.

Maybe spending more time on this matter can divert your thinking and even bring good luck.

With the rapid operation of his brain, when his thoughts stayed here, he immediately made a decision, secretly puffing up for himself: "Then let me see what's under here."

Yes.

He wants to open this underground cavity.

This planet is very similar to Earth in many ways.

Life was once possible.

If, as he judged, this underground space was formed due to geological movement, then there should be similar structures in other places.

But in fact it didn't.

It is precisely because of this doubt that Xu Lei is so interested.

Maybe the underground space he discovered was created by the previous civilization.

But right now he has a problem.

That is how to clean up the rock formations under your feet and expose the space deep underground.

At least we need to have a channel.

The reason why a civilization is called a civilization is that in addition to its own language system, it is more important to use various tools.

After a little thought, Xu Lei focused on the energy weapon in his hand.

This time traveling from the solar system to the neighboring galaxy, apart from a few Qiankun-[-] nuclear fusion reactors, there are only a few energy weapons left on Xu Lei's spaceship, and the one in his hand is the one taken from the spaceship.

Its attack power is almost equal to that of the individual weapons of the Herald Empire.

Has a strong destructive power.

It may be impossible to get through the underground space with a simple attack, but as long as there are more machine guns, there must be no problem.

"I haven't tried it since it was produced. This time I just tested its power." Xu Lei held the one-meter-long silver energy weapon in both hands. The ground strikes away.

This individual weapon is designed as an energy infusion method, just for the convenience of Xu Lei.

Simply put, it was tailor-made for him.

After all, Xu Lei's body is equipped with a nuclear fusion reaction device, which can continuously provide powerful energy, and directly pour it into the weapon to launch, so there is no need to consider the issue of ammunition, and it is very convenient to carry and use.

It's just that the expected explosion didn't come.

After encountering this beam of energy light, the hard rock texture land is like rapidly melting spring ice.

In just a few seconds, a deep pit with a diameter of about fifty centimeters appeared.

The power is indeed astonishing.

It can be said that with this kind of weapon, even if you encounter a pioneer wearing light armor, you can kill it directly.

And the death will be very cruel.

"This weapon is really powerful, but it needs to be used a few more times." Xu Lei, who was satisfied with the power of the weapon, commented on it without hesitation, and then pulled the trigger to shoot continuously.

Xu Lei didn't give up until he completely penetrated the rock formation and exposed the dark hole inside.

Then Xu Lei put the weapon behind his back, stepped to the edge of the hole, and shot two rays of light from his eyes to look inside.

Use this to explore the situation and height below.

"At a height of about a few hundred meters, there should be no problem." After getting the approximate data, he began to try eagerly, planning to go down to find out for himself.

The mechanical body fused with living gold has no problem withstanding the fall of this distance.

Even if there is nothing below, you can climb up with bare hands.

What's more, there is a spaceship outside that can respond at any time.

Xu Lei was very cautious when he was on Earth Star, and it is even more impossible to act rashly now that he is on a strange planet.

Only act when you are ready.

But when Xu Lei was about to go down, he suddenly received an alarm from the Golden Crow.

"alarm!"

"I found an unidentified aircraft flying in this direction!"

UFO?
Or is it here?

Hearing the voice in his mind, Xu Lei was startled for a moment.

Several question marks could not help but emerge in my heart.

Isn't there no other life in the neighboring galaxy?
Out of nowhere came a flying machine.

Is it...

It's from other civilizations!
Xu Lei entered the overclocking state almost instantly, his brain was running fast thinking about the possibility.

Logically speaking, Proxima Centauri is not too far away from the Herald Star of the Herald Empire, even if it encounters the opposing Imperial Fleet, it is possible.

But according to the information given by the Golden Crow, the opponent should be a spaceship.

This is obviously not in line with the way of travel of the pioneer empire.

After all, pioneers are also carbon-based life forms, and they usually sail in the galaxy with the fleet.

Only in this way can we bring enough sense of security to ourselves.

Xu Lei might not have been able to judge in the past, but since he learned of the existence of the Galactic Civilization Administration, he clearly knows how many unimaginable civilizations there are in the Milky Way.

So at this moment, the identity of this spaceship cannot be determined at all.

There is a high probability that it is a brand new civilization.

Right now, human beings have faced the pioneer empire, and the two sides can be called sworn enemies.

When encountering a new civilization, it is difficult to define whether the opponent is an enemy or a friend. Xu Lei does not want to provoke a new enemy to the solar system.

"It's really unlucky, you can meet alien civilizations here."

"It can't be that the other party is also here for the star gate, right?"

"It shouldn't be possible."

At this time, a bold guess was born in Xu Lei's mind, but he forcibly denied it, and then gave an order to the Golden Crow: "Try to hide yourself, avoid being discovered by the other party, and wait for my order."

"It's the master."

The Golden Crow finally answered Xu Lei, and then disconnected immediately.

After solving the matter of the spaceship, he was the only one left.

Without knowing whether the other party will land on this planet, of course Xu Lei will not stay here any longer.

After a little hesitation, I decided to go down first.

But it is worth mentioning that before entering this underground cavity, he did one thing.

After careful observation, one can see that Xu Lei's body is undergoing rapid changes. His face, which was originally as good as Bai Gu's, has gradually become ugly, and a fusiform crown appears on his head.

And also grow two arms.

A pair of translucent wings appeared on the back.

That's right.

This is the image of a pioneer.

After Xu Lei fused with living gold, he had the ability to change his shape freely.

Originally, he felt that this function was weak and would not be of any useful help at all, but now it seems that it is simply a sharp weapon to hide himself.

He turned himself into the image of a pioneer, even if he encounters other alien civilizations, he will not involve the solar system.

The key pioneer empire, as a second-level civilization, has files in the Galactic Civilization Administration. I believe that other alien civilizations will be more or less wary of it, at least they dare not do anything to it.

Even when necessary, it is convenient for him to kill and rob.

Thinking about it this way is simply a necessary skill for walking in the Milky Way.

"Ugly is a bit ugly, but that's the only way to go now." After completing the transformation of the pioneer image, Xu Lei looked him up and down to make sure there was no problem before jumping directly into the passage.

After the body fell for a period of time, the body squatted down and stepped on the hard ground with both feet.

Although it brought a greater impact, it did not cause any damage to the body, which was basically the same as expected.

"Where is this place? Is it really the right place?" As soon as he turned around, with the help of the light from his body, Xu Lei suddenly discovered that what appeared in his vision was a black stone door made of unknown material.

There are mysterious lines engraved on it.

What made him even more excited was that, after careful inspection, the lines were similar to those in the Science and Technology Museum.

You must know that since he became the cheap curator of the Science and Technology Museum, he has never found anything similar in the real world.

Start very early.

Xu Lei wanted to find out the history of the Science and Technology Museum.

Want to know who can have such great energy, build a museum on the battleship to collect the technology of the entire universe civilization, how can I not be excited now that I finally have a new discovery.

In addition, this stone gate is obviously a product of civilization, and it cannot be generated naturally.

This proves that there used to be civilization on this planet, and it can be compared with what Mesti said at the beginning.

If you are lucky enough, you might be able to find the star gate directly.

Thinking of this, Xu Lei naturally no longer hesitated, and immediately stretched out his four arms and pushed towards the stone door.

Originally, he thought that the Shimen might be very bulky, or completely closed, but he never expected that he could easily push it open with almost no effort.

And almost at the moment when the stone door was opened, its interior suddenly brightened.

It presents a space full of sense of technology.

Very wide and tall.

Especially the complex device located in the center makes people can't help but guess its purpose.

For the top scientists in the solar system, coming to such a special space suddenly will inevitably stimulate their desire for knowledge. Xu Lei began to study these things without any hesitation.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this alone is enough to confirm that a civilization with a high level of technology once existed on this planet.

Probably not under the Herald Empire.

It's just that history has long been sealed, and future generations cannot know why they left.

In the end, Xu Lei studied for a long time, and basically determined that the device in this space is the star gate used to create the space channel between galaxies.

But I don't know how to start it.

Speaking of Xu Lei's luck this time is really good.

It took only two months to accurately find the location of the star gate on a huge planet with a mass 1.3 times that of Earth and stars.

This was something he had never imagined before.

"I found it but I didn't find it. Now the situation has become a little tricky." At this time, Xu Lei carefully looked at the so-called star gate, stroking his chin with two hands in thought, and couldn't find a place to put the other two hands at all.

The star gate involves space channels and wormholes, and its technological scope has long been beyond his cognition.

It's like throwing a smartphone to the ancients.

I don't know how to do it at all.

If you are using the star gate in the pioneer star, then you don't need to consider this issue, but now it is the top priority.

If you can't open the stargate, you can't go to Seitan.

The end result is still the same.

He thought that he was very lucky this time, and could find the star gate in such a short period of time, but now it seems that it is too early to be happy.

But as the saying goes, there must be a way for a car to reach the mountain.

Just when Xu Lei was worrying about how long he was going to stay here, suddenly a virtual image quickly condensed in front of him. Although the shape looked almost exactly like a human being, the facial features were full of mystery.

The sudden change, before he could react, a neutral voice came from his ear.

And I don't know if it's because his current image is a pioneer, the language used by this avatar to communicate is also the pioneer language.

"Belongs to the pioneer civilization."

"Identity confirmation."

"Welcome to use the secondary star gate."

"I am Guidance Assistant 10086 of the Galactic Civilization Administration."

"Please pay Galaxy Coins..."

After listening to everything this avatar said, if Xu Lei was not the pioneer image now, I'm afraid his mouth would have been opened to the maximum.

Surprised that the use of stargates can be so complicated.

Apparently Mesti was hiding something from him.

At the same time, I am even more grateful that I have become the image of a pioneer in advance. Otherwise, if I appear here as a human being, I am afraid that I will be deprived of the right to lose the Stargate.

After all, who knows that only civilizations registered with the Galactic Civilization Administration can use stargates.

Almost got tricked by Mesti.

Fortunately he was cautious enough.

In that case, I would also like to thank the UFO.

Otherwise, he really might not be able to pretend.

It's just that now a new problem appeared in front of him, that is, there was only one Galaxy coin left in his whole body.

Not enough to pay at all.

According to the number on the light curtain projected by the avatar, he would have to pay [-] Galaxy Coins just to use the second-level Stargate. If the Golden Crow is included, it is estimated that it can directly exceed [-].

If I had known that the use of Galaxy Coins was so vast, I should have kept some of them when I built the Golden Crow.

It's a pity that it's too late to say anything now.

But when Xu Lei was thinking about this question, he saw that the black stone door behind him that had been closed by him was pushed open again from the outside.