Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 153 - 154 Unidentified Flying Object

Chapter 153: Chapter 154: Unidentified Flying Object Chapter 153 -154: Unidentified Flying Object Time once again accelerated forward…

Many stories happened, many stories ended…

Now it was the year 3553, another chilly Minor New Year.

During the numerous cycles of hibernation and awakening, Zhang Yuan had gradually forgotten the concept of time. The 31st century and the 36th century, or even the 40th century, didn’t seem all that different to him.

Or perhaps, it was the same for all astronauts.

Under Earth Era conditions, only the minimum standard of living could be maintained, and it didn’t support large-scale experimental research. Except for some progress in biology and information technology, the vast majority of technology remained at the stage of the year 2264, the time of departure.

Staring at the empty ceiling, illuminated by milky-white light, Zhang Yuan muttered to himself, thinking this must be the fourth time… waking up from hibernation, right?

In 1300 years, the spaceship had traveled nearly 9.1 light-years.

This was definitely a monumental milestone in human history. Unfortunately, the people on Earth didn’t care, nor did they know about the achievement of this milestone.

“Um… anything big happened on the ship?” Zhang Yuan asked, looking at Lin Xuanyuan standing by the hospital bed, in a fairly good mood. Having a familiar female companion was indeed a good thing.

“Don’t be scared, but aliens have come!” Lin Xuanyuan said mysteriously while peeling an apple, “Over a hundred years ago, astronomers observed an alien spaceship that whooshed right past us!”

“Really?!” Zhang Yuan raised an eyebrow, not believing a word, “Could it be that our ship has been hijacked by aliens and you’ve been controlled by them?”

“Of course it’s true!” Lin Xuanyuan quickly made a ghost face, “Zhang Yuan, I am the Skytop Star Person Amibaraba, surrender your precious beef jerky… or I’ll bite you to death!”

Zhang Yuan couldn’t help but laugh, which was followed by waves of dizziness.

His current weakened body was not yet able to withstand such emotional upheaval.

The medical equipment emitted a sharp warning sound, Lin Xuanyuan realized she had done something wrong and hurriedly turned off the alarm. If the Head Nurse found out she had been teasing a patient, she’d get scolded to death, even if he was her life partner.

She quickly said, “It’s true, they really observed an alien spaceship! Wait a second, I’ll show you the news.”

“But you need to rest first, sleep a bit more, or I’ll get scolded!”

After forcibly sleeping for a few hours, Zhang Yuan finally gathered a bit of strength.

He looked at the photo on the screen, his pupils contracted slightly…

There really was an alien spaceship!

Over a hundred years ago, an unidentified flying object passed by Earth Era, the closest distance… about 0.12 light-years!

“How could it be… such a coincidence?” Zhang Yuan was extremely astonished.

Looking at the news on the website, the numerous comments, and the conference reports related to it, it definitely wasn’t a joke by Lin Xuanyuan.

Luckily, when the alien spaceship was observed, it happened to be a major holiday, and Captain Lin was also awake. He immediately ordered the entire ship to maintain radio silence to minimize the probability of being observed by the other party.

The Earth Era was not a military spaceship, it didn’t carry any nuclear bombs, or even electromagnetic guns or lasers. Every bit of load weight on the ship was precious, and since they didn’t have the capability to maintain such delicate weapons for a long time, they simply didn’t install any.

The soldiers on the ship, essentially acting as police, even needed to file additional reports if they wanted to carry firearms.

With humans unarmed, Zhang Yuan of course thought Captain Lin’s decision was quite correct; radio silence was the best course of action. Whether the aliens had good intentions or bad, it was unnecessary to risk the lives of everyone on board to gamble on their nobility.

At that time, people were just hoping that in the vast universe, with a 0.12 light-year separation, the other party would not notice them. This distance was actually quite far, equivalent to 7600 astronomical units, whereas the Sun is only about 59 astronomical units from Pluto.

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Because the incident happened over a hundred years ago, the outcome was already determined, so Zhang Yuan naturally wasn’t panicked.

But he could imagine the great fear at the time, like a defenseless infant stumbling upon a Tyrannosaurus in the jungle.

Even now, desperate messages from people at that time could still be seen on the internet.

“…Unable to fall asleep, fearing that disaster might strike at any second. Light-speed weapons can’t be observed, and being observed means being hit.”

“I’m scared, is there anyone willing to hold me?”

“…I remember the miso soup made by my mother, I really want to have a taste.”

Thankfully, with strict control from the higher-ups, no major chaos had occurred.

From this angle, the new Captain Lin’s administrative orders were quite timely.

The two spaceships approached each other for about half a year, then gradually moved apart, and nothing happened.

People were able to observe the other party because their spaceship was extremely huge, comparable to a planet, and it radiated light actively; otherwise, it would have been impossible to know.

Zhang Yuan analyzed the series of information brought about by this event.

He sighed lightly, “In the vast space, we suddenly encountered an extremely huge alien spaceship… The probability of this is like throwing a stone into space at random, and it hitting the head of an alien hundreds of light-years away.”

“…But we didn’t hit it!” Lin Xuanyuan said with a laugh, “It was 0.12 light-years apart, which is quite a large search range! And we’ve been traveling for 1300 years; in such a long time, it’s not surprising for a small probability event to happen…”

Zhang Yuan tilted his head, pondering, “I think, based on this, we can estimate the activity frequency of extraordinary civilizations in the universe!”

Zhang Yuan consulted historical records of some unidentified flying objects, “In Jian Shi Yuan Nian, the first year of Emperor Cheng of Western Han, in the eighth month, there were two moons following each other, seen in the morning in the east.”

A body appearing in the east in the morning couldn’t be the Moon, let alone two moons. Its shape, like two curved moons supporting each other, clearly wasn’t a natural celestial body; it somewhat resembled a modern spaceship.

In “Mengxi Bi Tan” written by Shen Kuo of the Song Dynasty, a strange large pearl was recorded in the Yangzhou area, shaped like a clam shell, which is the typical shape of a flying disc, and it emitted strong light. It stayed in the area for over a decade, resting in three different lakes, perhaps collecting aquatic organisms from Earth.

The author also emphasized that many residents had seen it, proving it was not just his imagination or fabrication.

Of course, whether these historical records actually happened is still to be verified, they could only serve as a reference.