The reason for the loss of contact was found, but no one could be happy, and the atmosphere in the venue was heavier than ever.

"Betelgeuse Four ......" Xu Shijie unconsciously knocked on the conference table, his face was as bitter as if he had drunk a pot of coptis water, and he was about to drip juice.

Some of the people in the conference room suddenly realized, some were thoughtful, and some were at a loss.

Clear-eyed people can see the difference at a glance, all those who are directly involved in military command and interstellar navigation, such as the officers of the General Staff and the General Logistics Department, are all understandable people, and all of them have solemn expressions; Some people who are engaged in research or equipment do not understand the magic of the words "Betelgeuse".

The most important difference between the two is that the former must be aware of the common sense of the universe, while the latter does not have to leave the base star at all, so it is relatively lacking in the necessary astronomical knowledge.

Suddenly, Xu Shijie's eyes condensed: "Order the Blue Light Star Fleet to divide into two routes, and immediately rush to the location of the Hidden Star to determine the situation of the Hidden Star; The other way immediately changed direction and flew directly to Betelgeuse, as much as possible to determine the current situation of Betelgeuse; Also, find me the most authoritative astronomer! ”

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"Betelgeuse?" At the same time, Ye Fei on the Xinyuan couldn't help but mumble these four words.

Yi Qi, who rushed to change shifts, entered the bridge at this time, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned after hearing Ye Fei's self-talk, and glanced at Ye Fei curiously: "Boss? What's wrong? ”

Ye Fei shook his head and spat out a sullen breath: "Call everyone over, it seems." It should be fine. ”

Ruan Peng and Yi Qi were stunned at the same time, Ruan Peng seemed to have thought of something, and immediately informed Xia Zhuoyan and Ji Xiaotong.

In less than a minute, all five people gathered on the bridge and slowly recounted what had just happened.

Before Xia Zhuoyan finished listening, his mouth was so shocked that he couldn't close it anymore, and there must be no problem in stuffing two eggs.

Yi Qi's pretty face was cloudy for a while, and her good-looking eyebrows twisted and loosened, loosened and distorted again.

Ruan Peng, who had gone through the whole process, still couldn't calm down and bit his lip vigorously.

Only Ji Xiaotong, who didn't know why, was confused: "Chief." What happened to Betelgeuse? "The atmosphere at the moment is stricter. The name of the head is relatively loose, so he unconsciously changed the name.

"If you don't learn, you can't do it!" Yi Qi glanced at Ji Xiaotong in disgust.

Her voice wasn't loud, but it was just enough for everyone to hear clearly.

Ye Fei sighed and said, "The commando team doesn't learn this, and Ji Xiaotong doesn't blame him if he doesn't know...... Konatsu. Tell him about Betelgeuse. ”

Xia Zhuoyan, who came back to his senses, quickly closed his mouth and nodded: "Betelgeuse four...... Belch. You don't know Betelgeuse? Seeing the blankness on Ji Xiaotong's face. She suddenly realized that Pillow's knowledge of astronomy was not the slightest bit worse.

Ji Xiaotong was extremely embarrassed: "Yes, I haven't heard of it." ”

Xia Zhuoyan couldn't help but rub his forehead: "Where does this let me start?" ”

"I'll do it." Ruan Peng patted Xia Zhuoyan's shoulder, but his eyes fell on Ye Fei. "Boss, is that okay?"

Ye Fei nodded: "Say it." ”

Ruan Peng turned his head to look at Ji Xiaotong and said, "Betelgeuse is a red giant, the red giant understands, right?" He cautiously asked.

Ji Xiaotong's face was unusually ugly: "I'm not so ignorant as to be so ignorant!" ”

"That's good." Ruan Peng said, "Is Orion familiar? ”

"Of course!" Ji Xiaotong's chest rose and fell rapidly, "It's it except for the solar system." ”

The base star is located in the Orion Nebula, although the nebula and Orion itself do not have much physical relationship, but whenever the Orion Nebula is mentioned, it will always be accompanied by Orion, and the hunter constellation with its arms held high is famous.

"Betelgeuse is the bright star on Orion's raised left arm." Ruan Peng raised his left arm to imitate the posture of a hunter, "Its volume is very, very large, and it can enclose all the orbits of Jupiter in the solar system, if you think of Betelgeuse as a watermelon, then Beihe San is a small orange, and the sun is at most a bean, and it is a small mung bean." ”

"So exaggerated?" Ji Xiaotong had the appearance of a huge star in his mind, but he always felt that his imagination was a little insufficient, "Then how massive does it have to be?" Won't it turn into a black hole sooner or later? ”

Ruan Peng bared his teeth: "I really don't know how much mass Betelgeuse is......

"Eighteen to twenty times the sun!" Yi Qi suddenly interjected, "The red giant star is over-inflated, the density is not as high as that of the sun, and the radius of Betelgeuse is constantly changing, and the astronomical community believes that this is the star repeatedly expanding and contracting. ”

Expansion, contraction, red giant......

Ji Xiaotong's brain flashed: "It's throwing stellar matter, it's going to explode?" ”

"You've got it." Yi Qi said.

She didn't want to pay attention to Ji Xiaotong, but Ye Feitong communicated with her and explained the importance of unity, and Yi Qi, who was strong, didn't want to affect the team because of her own personal reasons, so she made a certain compromise.

However, she stated that she would only maintain a colleague relationship with Ji Xiaotong.

Ye Fei only felt ridiculous about her statement, and promised without hesitation that he would not interfere with her love life.

"Crazy!" Ji Xiaotong grabbed his hair, "Why don't you explode sooner or later, you have to explode at this time?"

"To be precise, Betelgeuse would have exploded long ago." Ruan Peng corrected.

Ji Xiaotong immediately understood his mistake and said in a daze: "Betelgeuse four...... How many light years is it from a blue star? ”

Ruan Peng saw that Yi Qi didn't mean to speak, so he glanced at Xia Zhuoyan, who said with a sad face: "Two hundred and forty light years." ”

"That is, Betelgeuse became a supernova more than two hundred years ago, and the exploding stream of particles just flew near the blue star?" Ji Xiaotong just doesn't know much about Betelgeuse's situation, which doesn't mean that he lacks relevant common sense.

"That's it." Ye Fei said and adjusted the picture on the screen, marked the position of Betelgeuse and the blue star, and then marked the coordinates of the battleship when it lost contact and the coordinates of the hidden star when it lost contact, and then drew an arc with Betelgeuse as the center of the circle, and the coordinates of the battleship lost contact as the radius.

"You see, this arc is very close to the position of the Hidden Star when it lost contact, and considering the propagation speed of the particle flow, it is likely that the concentrated loss of contact events is due to the interference of the particle flow, not an alien attack!" Ye Fei slammed his fist on the armrest, "All the unreasonable things before were actually caused by our preconceived guesses. ”

"What now?" Ji Xiaotong asked, "Report our speculation to the headquarters?" ”

Ye Fei took a deep breath and said slowly, "I want to...... Not necessarily. (To be continued......)