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Chapter 128 The Disappearing Star

Haishan II and the solar system are 7,700 light-years away. This means that the radiation and visible light that have arrived in the solar system have been rushing in the universe for a long distance of 7,700 years. In fact, Haishan II had already exploded before 7,700 years. What people see at this moment are actually just some images that have passed 7,700 years.

But it is precisely because of this that Zhao Lan and Zhao Lan's colleagues, as well as all those who are concerned about Haishan II, are even more amazed at the power of Haishan II. Such a long distance can still make the people here look as bright as a full moon... Faced with this majestic power, Zhao Lan couldn't think of what kind of words to use to describe it.

"The gamma-ray burst caused by the explosion of Haishan II lasted for thirty seconds. In these thirty seconds, the energy it released was equivalent to the total radiation energy of all stars in the Milky Way for more than 230 years... Haishan II declared the end of his life to the entire universe with this explosion that was so heroic that it could not be described in words." Zhao Lan thought silently.

What appeared in front of Zhao Lan was a high-precision synthetic photo after processing by the electronic system. On this photo, Zhao Lan saw a dense cloud cluster appearing at Haishan II. They present different colors in the visible light band, and different colors mean different temperatures, energy and elements. At present, because of the obstruction of these dense cloud clusters, researchers cannot see the black hole formed by the explosion of Haishan II. However, by observing the explosion of radiation from the band, people can basically be sure of this, that is... At this moment, a black hole is above the original Haishan II position. It is using its powerful gravity to control the surrounding cloud clusters surrounding it. And constantly swallowing them...

Dust clouds will be accelerated by the black hole's powerful gravity to a speed that may even be close to the speed of light. In such rapid movement, they continue to rotate and collide. In the process of rotation and collision, extremely strong radiation such as gamma rays and rays will be generated, and then squirt outward along the poles of the black hole. At the same time, they are also sprayed with extremely high energy and extremely high speed plasma jets...

After coming to the sky inspection base, Zhao Lan, like his colleagues working together in the base, devoted himself to the task of observing the wreckage of Haishan II.

Thanks to the existence of a high-speed precise positioning system for gamma-ray bursts, relevant observation instruments arranged in different regions aimed their observation directions there within a second after the outbreak of Haishan II. Started to observe and collect data. Therefore, the observation of Haishan II burst this time will be the observation with the best observation conditions and the most data collected in human history. Scientists hope that the data collected in this observation process can solve some problems that have plagued humans for a long time, such as the supernova explosion model problem, or the evolution of giant stars.

The observation of the Haishan II outbreak wreckage has lasted for more than a month and has not stopped. So far, the radiation of the Haishan II wreckage in the visible light band has been reduced a lot, and it can't even be seen with the naked eye. This means that for an ordinary person, Haishan II has completely disappeared. People will never see it again. However, it is different for the Tian family. With the help of scientific instruments, people can still observe quite strong visible light and light from that place, as well as gamma ray radiation. It still has high observation value, so the observation action has not stopped.

The observation operation lasted for more than a month, and Zhao Lan worked in the observation base for more than a month. The birth of every new data, or every new idea, and the emergence of new phenomena would make Zhao Lan excited for a long time. Zhao Lan had been completely and completely devoted to work. If the staff from the Port of Mars had not contacted Zhao Lan on their own initiative, Zhao Lan would have almost forgotten his car and the mysterious disappearance of the Sylvia spacecraft there.

"Ms. Zhao Lan, I'm sorry that it took so long to contact you. Because during this period we have been investigating the mysterious disappearance of your Sylvia spacecraft, and this investigation is much more difficult than we imagined. Until now we have reached a preliminary conclusion, so we have not contacted you until now."

The communication equipment in Zhao Lan's hand screened the video recorded in advance from Mars Port. The person who said this to Zhao Lan was a slightly bald middle-aged man. Zhao Lan remembered that the middle-aged man was named Xu Ming, and he was the first manager of Mars Port.

Judging from Xu Ming's personal explanation to himself, the Port of Mars still attaches great importance to his own affairs. This made Zhao Lan feel the sincerity of the Port of Mars.

"We found the entry record of your spacecraft in the electronic system, but we could not find the departure record of your spacecraft. This means that the electronic system believes that your spacecraft is still in the port. But it is obvious that your spacecraft has disappeared, so it must be that the electronic system has made an error. We spent a lot of time to manually check the electronic system, and finally found a video recording information in the first fifteen days of your departure. The recording equipment clearly captured the entire process of your spacecraft's departure, but for some reason, the electronic system directly ignored the departure incident and did not record it in the database. We also found the maintenance records, fuel and surviving materials replenishment records of your spacecraft through manual inspection, but these records were also ignored by the electronic system at the same time."

"We also found the following recording clips through manual investigation... As you can see, the man came to your spacecraft berth without any attention from electronic devices, and drove away your spacecraft... We are sure that this man must have invaded the port's electronic system, tampered with the review and alarm systems in the electronic system, and then... stole your spacecraft."

"Yes, your spacecraft was stolen." Xu Ming said with a wry smile, "Although it's incredible, it's true. Of course, we will not shirk our responsibilities. We will definitely compensate you according to the procedures for your losses... We just want to ask you. Do you know this man?"

Then what appeared in front of Zhao Lan was the face of an ordinary young man. This face was not handsome or ugly, but it was just a very ordinary public face, the kind of people who caught a lot of people in the crowd. Zhao Lan just glanced at it and shook her head. Zhao Lan could confirm that he didn't know this person at all, and he had no impression of this person in his mind.

After a period of delay in communication, Xu Ming's second message continued to be sent: "We contacted the Ministry of Security, the military, and the police, and no one could confirm the identity of the man. He was a person who had no records in our civilized information system. He could bypass the strict monitoring of electronic equipment without knowing it. He also had superb disguise skills, countless different faces, no one knew his true appearance, and never left any record in the citizenship system, that is... Li Yunfan. Of course, we did not say that we had confirmed that the person who stole your spaceship was Li Yunfanfan, and we were just suspicious. Because except for Li Yunfanfan, we really couldn't remember which thief could have such superb abilities."

Li Yunfan is the most legendary thief in human civilization. Apart from this name, no one knows any exact information about Li Yunfan. He does not know his true appearance, his age, his real identity, and even his gender cannot be determined. Li Yunfan has committed the first crime ten years ago and has committed more than a dozen major theft cases that shocked the entire human civilization during this period. He has been free to this day.

Among these cases, including the latest set of currency production templates in the Central Bank of the Human Civilization Government, the tie worn by the head of human civilization when attending the event celebration the next day, the precious jewelry of the head of state of the head, and the thirty tons of precious minerals reserved in the central vault... Every case Li Yunfan made was incredible. Even if Li Yunfan had not announced responsibility for these matters every time afterwards and published the entire process information of the crime, the security forces of human civilization would not be able to find out who did these things.

This case also has many similarities with the cases made by Li Yunfan in the past. The stolen spacecraft in the port has never happened in history, and people can't figure out what Li Yunfan did to steal a spacecraft. The method of committing the theft case was too superb, so Xu Ming suspected that this incident was done by Li Yunfan, the thief.

Li Yunfan and Zhao Lan are two people living in different worlds. Zhao Lan can be sure that there has never been an intersection between his life and Li Yunfan. And now... Li Yunfan actually set his sights on himself and stole his spaceship from the port of Mars? This made Zhao Lan feel very unbelievable. Zhao Lan couldn't think of any reason why Li Yunfan targeted his spaceship. You know, the Sylvia spaceship can only be called high-end within the category of civilian spacecraft. With Li Yunfan's ability,

If you want to steal the spaceship, why not steal other spaceships with stronger performance? What's more, what does Li Yunfan steal a spaceship? Since it is a spaceship, it will inevitably need to replenish fuel and replenish supplies in the supply port. After the Sylvia spaceship is stolen, human civilization will inevitably pay close attention to the spaceship. As long as the Sylvia spacecraft appears in the supply port, it will be controlled. Faced with such a net of heaven and earth, it cannot escape even if it wants to. Can it not enter the port?

"This is ridiculous." Zhao Lan whispered, "Li Yunfan...what is he coming to steal my spaceship?"

"We don't know either." Xu Ming continued to smile bitterly, "The Ministry of United Nations Security has taken over this incident and is currently conducting a stern flame trace analysis on the Silvia spacecraft, trying to restore its flight orbit, and then track it through the positioning system. Further investigation results will be used by the Ministry of United Nations Security... In order to compensate for your losses, we have customized a brand new spacecraft with a new performance that is even better than the Silvia spacecraft. It can be built in about half a year and delivered to you for use. The engineers of the shipyard will contact you within a few days to determine the interior, shape, power, layout and other information of the spacecraft. Well, by the way, before the new spacecraft is delivered to you for use, we will bear all the costs incurred by traffic. Ms. Zhao Lan. On behalf of the Port of Mars, I sincerely apologize to you again. I hope you can accept our compensation plan."

Zhao Lan thought for a while and finally agreed to the compensation plan. So after signing an online contract with Xu Ming, Zhao Lan hung up the communication and continued to work.

But Zhao Lan can no longer concentrate on her work. A question always lingers in Zhao Lan's mind for a long time: The thief Li Yunfan... Why did he steal one of his own spaceships?

No matter what aspect he thinks, Zhao Lan cannot find a reasonable explanation for this matter. If Li Yunfan is focusing on himself rather than his spaceship... Then what should I pay attention to? Zhao Lan believes that he is not pretty. Although he can be regarded as a scientist, he is superior to ordinary people. However, in the eyes of people like Li Yunfan, Zhao Lan does not think that his identity will be attractive. If wealth... Zhao Huasheng did not leave any legacy for his descendants. Before Zhao Huasheng and Li Wei both passed away, the two of them had donated all their property, leaving nothing for their descendants except a reputation title.

Zhao Lan is now just an ordinary scientist. Zhao Huasheng still has a high reputation in human civilization, but that has nothing to do with Zhao Lan. Even Zhao Lan himself did not take this matter too seriously.

If you can't figure out these things, Zhao Lan did not continue to think about it. The government should do things like chasing Li Yunfan, and it has nothing to do with him. You should just do your own work well.

The observation of Haishan II is still in progress. However, the data collection is now coming to an end. The next work is to analyze the images and data collected in the early stage. The mystery of the universe hidden under these data is revealed. This is a very large and long project, and it may even take more than ten years to analyze these data. To put it more than an exaggerated statement, the tens of thousands of Tianjia people who participated in the analysis of the Haishan II outbreak will contribute at least a quarter of their careers to this matter.

From birth to growth, a scientist needs to receive at least twenty years of education to be competent for his job. Then one-quarter of the careers of tens of thousands of such scientists will do this to analyze the mystery hidden in the outbreak of Haishan II. Compared with the entire scientific world, the outbreak of Haishan II is not even a drop in the ocean. The contrast between the hugeness of the universe and the profoundness of the universe and the insignificance of personal power is hopeless. But the technology of human civilization and the understanding of the universe are constantly improving under such circumstances.

This is a path of progress paved with the hard work and sweat of countless scientists, as well as life. Zhao Lan is an ordinary member of these countless scientists.

Time passed quietly in such a calm and slightly boring rhythm. In the blink of an eye, a month passed. On this afternoon, Zhao Lan, who had finished working for the whole day, couldn't help but input the familiar series of parameters into the telescope console and adjust the direction of the telescope to that familiar angle.

So a dim and faint light spot entered Zhao Lan's eyes again.

Zhao Lan knew that it was a quasar, extremely far away from the earth, with a distance of at least 10 billion light years. Zhao Lan's work included the study of this ancient quasar, so calling a telescope to observe this quasar at this moment cannot be said to be using power for personal gain. However, only Zhao Lan himself knows his own selfishness.

Zhao Lan didn't want to study or analyze this quasar because Zhao Lan didn't want to turn this beautiful and distant star into a series of numbers describing its physical state. Zhao Lan thought that it was very unbeautiful. When observing this star, Zhao Lan often looked here in a daze.

This quasar has a very special significance to Zhao Lan. Although a quasar that is more than one billion light years away from the earth has a special significance to a human being, it sounds incredible that human beings are originally such a race that is good at association and sustenance.

Zhao Lan has looked at this quasar hundreds of times. But today the situation seems a little different. Just under Zhao Lan's gaze, for some reason, the luminosity of the quasar suddenly began to slowly decrease. This reduction was clearly and intuitively presented to Zhao Lan through the changes in numbers. So after about ten minutes, the quasar disappeared from Zhao Lan's sight and the telescope's lens, and could never be seen again.

Zhao Lan blinked in disbelief, and then looked at the display again. However, the display was still pitch black. The pitch black means that there is no light source that can be captured in the direction the telescope is aimed at.
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