Fortunately, it was undoubtedly a very correct and wise choice for Anne not to go to the planet Mocles and not to watch the Orville's second officer Petrus perform the 'Garaka' ceremony.
Because, according to the people who returned to the spaceship later, namely Miss Alola and the idiot Uncle Ed, they secretly described it to her, saying that it was a super boring ceremony, that is, a group of people were watching Betus perform.
Peeing in public, and also the kind of pretending to pee dozens of centimeters into the wind against a cliff?
Anyway!
Didn't they think it was anything important or interesting, nor did they think it was entertaining, yet all of them had to pretend to be very serious and excited at that time, and couldn't laugh in the middle of it?
Then……
The scary thing is that they actually have to shout serious slogans together at a certain time, just like attending a funny funeral?
Anyway!
The description of that idiot Uncle Ed and the other party's vow not to go there again next year finally completely dispelled Annie's original curiosity, so that she never paid attention to or asked about that thing again.
There is nothing boring that I want to participate in.
When the Orville departed from the Moklan planet that only peed once a year, that is, shortly after leaving the Moklus planet, it received a broadcast message saying that there was a galaxy in the nearby star field.
After the warning that the star was about to explode into a red giant and that they must stay away, the curious people, who had never seen the scene of the death of a star and the devouring of planets, drove the Orville directly towards the place marked on the warning message.
The place flew by.
In any case, compared to the super boring and low-interest thing of watching the Moklan people peeing, watching a galaxy enter its final moments of life, watching the stars slowly expand and swallow the entire galaxy, is undoubtedly more interesting.
Much more meaningful and interesting.
So, just like this, the Orville quickly arrived at a galaxy with a red giant star that had reached the end of its life, and moved to a relatively dangerous area to watch it at close range.
"Hello you all?"
|?˙?˙)
"I just saw you guys running here. Did something happen?"
(?^▽^?)
At this moment, Annie suddenly jumped into the bridge and asked with a cute smile.
Because the Orville flew into such a red giant galaxy that was still expanding, Anne saw it from the porthole somewhere else at a glance, and thought that something had happened and she was just doing nothing.
When it comes to doing it, of course you come to join in the fun.
That’s right!
The main problem is that she just happens to have nothing to do right now!
And if something happened, such as eating, sleeping in, or playing a holographic virtual simulation game, she would definitely not care about such trouble.
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"Something happened?"
"No!"
"We just received information that a star is dying here, so we came to take a look. Is there any problem?"
Captain Ed, who was sitting on the captain's throne and drinking a cup of black tea leisurely, slumped his shoulders and talked casually, not paying attention to the somewhat boring questions of little Annie who had just sneaked in at this time.
superior.
"Stars are dying?"
(°ー°〃)
"What's there to see? It's just a big fireball!"
(ー`′ー)
Turning her head and looking up at the red sun outside the large porthole window and the planet being swallowed by its atmosphere, Anne couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"Of course it looks good!"
"Annie..."
"Don't you think, it looks so sad and lonely, very poetic?"
At this time, before Captain Ed, who was sipping tea and admiring the beautiful scenery, could say anything, safety officer Alora spoke up and sighed with emotion.
"??"
(???.???)????
"..."
(￢д￢.)
Hearing this, Annie glanced at the young lady Alola who suddenly became very poetic, and then finally couldn't help but smile at her.
Because, what she saw, that planet, that other people's planet, was now burned into the atmosphere by the red giant star, and then it would definitely be burned at high temperatures to dry out the surface and the sea, and finally the entire planet would be swallowed up!
And since that kind of unfortunate thing has happened, these guys don't want to rush to save it, but they still have time to talk about Lao Shizi's poetry here?
"Captain Alora."
"I find."
"It's ridiculous that a living species like yours prefers to humanize inanimate objects."
"As far as I know, the planet itself does not feel lonely and sad. It is just a normal phenomenon in the universe."
"In this vast universe, countless stars die every day, and similarly, new stars and galaxies are born every day."
At this time, before Annie could say anything, robot engineer Isaac noticed it first and seriously refuted Alora's exclamation.
"That's just a metaphor!"
"Isaac, you won't understand."
Pouting his lips, security officer Arora gave Isaac a look that was hesitant to speak, and then without saying much, continued to look at the charming scenery outside the porthole.
"Everyone!"
"I would also like to know, how many planets were originally in this galaxy?"
At this time, Chief Medical Officer Claire, who was also watching the excitement in the bridge and not doing her job, spoke up and asked a question that interested her.
"Well….."
"It was originally eleven!"
"ah?"
"There are as many as eleven?"
"Yes."
"That is to say, there is only this last one left?"
"correct!"
"In fact, if I hadn't come in time and had come two or three days later, I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen this last lesson."
"That's true. We came just in time."
"this……"
"It's quite shocking, isn't it?"
"Eleven planets were swallowed whole by the expanding star, turned into part of the star, and then turned into white dwarfs together, then slowly died together, and finally turned into black dwarfs. How tragic and heroic is that?"
"If we were on that planet at this time, the scene we would see would definitely be even more spectacular!"
"ha!"
"Come on man!"
"When the earth is swallowed by the sun, I don't want to stay on the earth at all!"
"Lieutenant Gordon!"
"To correct you, the sun in the solar system is still very young. It is as young as the human civilization on your earth. At least within the next five billion years, it will not change much, let alone become a red giant."
"Isaac, you are such a bummer!"
"What I just said was a metaphor. Do you understand the metaphor? Forget it, it seems you still need to continue learning!"
"simile?"
"But you didn't use the doubtful words just now, so the grammar is wrong."
"..."
"look!"
"The planet's atmosphere began to evaporate violently, the gas molecules were too active, and the gravity of the red giant began to capture them!"
"ah!"
"gorgeous!"
"What a spectacular scene..."
"yes!"
"A lonely and sad planet, its final moments are coming."
In this way, the group of people in the bridge, including Captain Ed and First Officer Kelly, began to discuss and discuss some insignificant matters with the planet that was about to be destroyed.
She began to sigh with emotion, and from time to time she would say a few emotional words, which made Anne's originally unattractive face gradually become even more ugly as she looked on and hesitated to speak.
"..."
(lll￢▽￢)
"..."
(?~?)
"Hello!"
(???????)
"That's enough for you!"
???(＿＿*)??
Finally, Annie couldn't help it any longer. She stepped forward and slapped the operating table of the robot Isaac. She directly turned off the magnified and shocking interface of evaporating the atmosphere of a planet on the porthole and stared angrily.
Looking at the guys who were looking at her inexplicably, they angrily said:
“I don’t know if that planet will be lonely and sad!”
(????)
"but!"
o(*｀ー′)o
When Annie came here, she thought that these guys already knew that there were people on the planet, so they flew here eagerly. But who would have thought that these guys were not here to save people, but just to watch the fun?
Moreover, you still have the mood to make jokes and say tragic and poetic things?
"People just know that the remaining people on that planet must be very sad and lonely!"
?(?﹏?,)?
"Forget it, I don't care about you!"
(??ˇεˇ??)
So, after saying that last sentence, Anne didn't explain much, just turned around and left angrily, as if she really didn't care.
"??"
"What's wrong with her?"
"have no idea……"
"None of us will provoke her, right?"
"of course not!"
Seeing Anne's performance and sudden angry behavior, everyone on the bridge couldn't help but be dumbfounded. When her little back who ran out in a huff could no longer be seen, they looked at each other and whispered.
Discussion started.
"!
"
"etc!"
Fortunately, Captain Ed was relatively qualified. While he was dumbfounded, he finally grasped some of the key points in what Anne just said.
"Anne just said..."
"Is there anyone else on that planet?"
While subconsciously asking this question, Captain Ed quickly looked at the robot Isaac and ordered:
"Isaac!"
"Go scan that planet immediately!"
"Let's see if there really is anyone else!"
Ed knew that although Anne was naughty and fond of pranks, and her ability to cause trouble was one of the best on the Orville, she never joked about certain things, and she never lied!
And since she said that, she must have a point, so no matter what, they had to confirm it first.
"OK."
"As you command, Captain."
After hearing the order, the robot Isaac did not hesitate or question, and immediately started to execute it quickly on its operating table.
"No way?"
"In this case, how can there be people on that planet?"
"that is!"
"The animals and plants on the planet's surface were burned out half a month ago. Now the red giant begins to evaporate and swallow up the atmosphere, followed by the sea, and then in three days, the entire planet will be finished!"
"I also think there should be no one left."
"Anyway, we already scanned it when we first arrived, and there is indeed no life signal on the surface of the planet!"
"Stop guessing!"
"We'll find out later."
"Too……"
Seeing Ed's serious and confused look, and thinking about what Anne just said, the other officers on the bridge couldn't help but start discussing again anxiously despite their doubts.
"Report."
"Captain, the scan is over. There is indeed no life signal on the surface of the planet."
At this time, the robot Isaac finally completed the scanning work again, and immediately turned around to report to Captain Ed.
"Not on the surface?"
"Then scan the interior of the planet!"
"At this time, the surface temperature of the planet is very high, and there is no way there are any living people!"
"Scan the planet's crust!"
"If there are people alive, it should be in some caves or underground bunkers?"
Fortunately, Kelly was a qualified first mate, so before Ed, who was full of doubts, could think about it, she had an idea and issued another order.
"..."
Isaac didn't hesitate, turned around and started operating quickly again.
A few minutes later……
"captain."
“Very shocking.”
"What Annie just said is indeed correct. There is indeed life on that planet, and there is life with a certain level of civilization."
"I discovered an underground fortress facility deep into the earth's crust on the back side of the planet. There are at least seventy-five beings surviving inside."
Robot Isaac is worthy of being a robot from the planet Kailon. Its ability to analyze data is undoubtedly the most powerful on the Orville. Therefore, it can actually scan data from redundant and complicated data in a short period of time.
The anomaly was found and a point on the planet was marked on the bridge of the Orville, and a cross-sectional view of the fortress underneath was given directly.
"incredible."
"How did Anne find out?"
Of course, it did not forget to exclaim in a confused and surprised tone after the report, expressing its surprise and doubts about Anne's ability to detect the existence of life without any scanning.
"my God!"
"There are actually people alive..."
Upon seeing this, Captain Ed and First Officer Kelly, like everyone else, were no longer in the mood to drink tea. Instead, they stood up in shock and exclaimed.
"captain!"
"According to the laws of the Planetary Alliance, in this case, we can ignore the prohibition against casual contact with civilizations that have not reached the interstellar stage!"
"We have to save them!"
"And fast!"
Finally, Security Officer Arora changed her relaxed and comfortable expression from just now, and instead made a nervous and solemn request to Ed.
"certainly!"
"Does that need to be said?"
"Seventy-five people, right?"
"We have four space shuttles on board the Orville. It should be enough to send out all those shuttle boats."
"Oh no!"
"I've done the math, and it should be enough to send out the three shuttle boats ECV-197-1, ECV-197-2 and ECV-197-3!"
"Which of you is going?"
For a moment, Ed couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Therefore, after being panicked for a while, he reluctantly calmed down and looked at the many officers present while delivering the order.
"no!"
"captain!"
"We can't go now!"
However, before everyone could sign up and come forward to save lives, John, the former navigator currently in charge of the engineering department, suddenly poured cold water on everyone.
"The planet's atmosphere is currently being evaporated. The turbulence is now very strong, and there are many terrifying ionization zones. What will be evaporated next is the sea on the planet, which will also become boiling!"
"Before they are burned dry, that is, within the next forty-eight hours, the terrifying air currents on that planet may not allow our shuttle craft to land safely!"
Then, without waiting for Ed to ask, he hurriedly told a certain result he came up with after his analysis.
"Yes."
"That's true."
"The current surface temperature of the planet has exceeded 100 degrees Celsius, and the sea has begun to partially boil. It is indeed not suitable for landing."
"We need to wait for the right opportunity."
Isaac, the robot next to him, added after re-calling the image of the planet and analyzing it, indicating that it supported John's point of view.
"still have a question!"
"Once the planet's atmosphere and ocean completely disappear, its surface temperature will quickly rise to 200, 300 degrees Celsius or even higher. At that time, the time for landing and rescuing people will be very short, and there will be more
Intense radiation!"
"That has exceeded the safety threshold of our universal spacesuit. I don't recommend ordinary crew members to rescue people!"
"If you don't want to have a layer of your skin burned off and suffer from radiation sickness for a long time?"
Immediately afterwards, Claire, the chief medical officer on the Orville, after being worried, panicked and surprised at first, quickly used her professional expertise and shook her head in a stern tone at John, Gordon, Alora and others who were eager to try.
warned.
"But!"
"You can't just ignore death, right?"
Ed was anxious.
If they don't know, forget it. They can continue to enjoy the rare beauty?
However, now that he knew it, he definitely couldn't bear to watch dozens of people being burned to death in front of his eyes without doing anything.
"Of course not!"
"When it is appropriate to land, that is something that the engineering department needs to find out, but I have three candidates for who is suitable to go down and rescue people."
It seemed that Ed would have this reaction, so before Ed could say more, the ship's doctor Claire said her choice with a smile:
"During that time, I mean the time when we left the shuttle boat and entered the underground bunker, we only had the robots Isaac, Petrus and..." on board the Orville.
"Little Annie!"
"Only the three of them can withstand that kind of risk!"
"For others, I don't recommend going."
"Even if the exposure time is short, severe burns and strong radiation exposure may occur!"
"Because our medical room must be on standby at all times to provide complete medical services for the seventy-five people who are coming."
"They will definitely have many people burned and radiated. I don't want our crew to come back and increase our workload."
While naming the candidates, Claire also patiently explained the reasons why she did not want anyone other than those three people to venture to the surface of the planet and cause trouble for them.
"etc!"
"We have known for a long time that Annie is not afraid of high temperatures, but..."
"Isn't she afraid of radiation too?"
"you sure?"
Hearing Claire's words, Captain Ed was startled for a moment, then frowned and looked at their chief medical officer uncertainly and asked for confirmation.
"Yes!"
"I'm pretty sure I checked her out."
"Although it is incredible, I still have to admit that Annie's body is very different from any other life race we know!"
"Her physical strength is very strong, very...unbelievable?"
"Anyway!"
"High temperature, radiation, and even particle weapons may not be able to cause effective damage to her."
"In terms of endurance, I'm afraid it's far better than Moklan people like Patus?"
"But I don't know if there is an accurate upper limit of endurance. After all, I don't dare to do that kind of dangerous test on Annie."
Smiling, Claire told Ed and others for the first time about a surprising discovery she had just made not long ago. She originally planned to compile a complete report and then submit it to Ed for submission to the Commander of the Planetary Alliance.
But I didn't think so, but now I have to say it out loud.
"Wow!"
"She's not really a god, is she!?"
Hearing that Annie's little guy can withstand high temperatures and high radiation, and is even stronger than the Moklan people like Petrus, helmsman Gordon not only exclaimed but also started teasing her.
"..."
"..."
Seeing that Gordon was not talking about anything at this time and dared to mention that Annie was a god, Ed and Kelly couldn't help but give him a blank look.
"very good!"
"Three candidates are enough, so what are we waiting for?"
"Alola!"
"You are responsible for finding a way to contact the survivors on that planet and let them prepare in advance. Just say that we will land on the planet to save them when the environment is suitable!"
"If they don't have suitable protective clothing, let them quickly send in their human body data. Our Orville's synthesizer can help them!"
"John!"
"Isaac!"
"Go to the boarding station immediately and prepare the shuttle boat. Make sure nothing goes wrong!"
"If possible, by the way, strengthen the shield of the shuttle boat and the outer layer that resists high temperature and high radiation. We have enough time now, and we must rescue all the people!"
"The same goes for your spacesuit. If you can strengthen it, then strengthen it!"
"quick!"
"Everyone take action!"
Soon, under the orders given by Captain Ed, the crew of the Orville began to get busy in an orderly manner.
Fortunately, Annie came to the bridge just now and issued a warning. Otherwise, if they found the survivors and hurriedly took action, they didn't know what bad things would happen!
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Chapter completed!