93: Chapter 93 Hidden Wormhole

Two words suddenly appeared on the conference room screen.

Wormhole!

"At first, our research team was very confused. How could a Level 1 Civilization cross a distance of 4.2 light-years to reach us?"

"Until we cracked the ship's residual database and were lucky enough to find news of a wormhole among the missing data!" Zhang Qiling's face was somewhat excited.

"Within the Solar System, there is a natural wormhole. This wormhole can lead directly to the Proxima Centauri System, 4.2 light-years away!"

Zhou Xiaoxiao's rosy little mouth immediately fell open in surprise, and the Great Elder's eyes widened in shock.

As for Su Fan, he sat there calmly with a slight smile, glancing at the Great Elder and Zhou Xiaoxiao from time to time.

The Red Queen had already told him about this.

"Is the specific location of the wormhole on the alien spaceship?" the Great Elder questioned.

"No," Zhang Qiling gave a bitter smile. "The Star-Devouring Beast's attack happened to pass through the ship's data hub, causing a massive loss of data. We only obtained a small amount."

"Sigh—" the Great Elder let out a sigh.

"The wormhole's location is within the Solar System; the range is only so large. We'll find it one day," Zhang Qiling comforted himself.

"According to our carbon-14 testing on the Lizardmen's bones, we found that they have been dead for about ten thousand years," Zhang Qiling continued.

"Ten thousand years? Wouldn't the bones have weathered away long ago?" Zhou Xiaoxiao questioned.

"If human bones were exposed on the Blue Planet for ten thousand years, they would likely have weathered and oxidized until they were brittle."

"Lizardman bones are quite different from human bones. They are sturdier and possess certain elements resistant to oxidation and weathering."

"Also, because the lunar environment lacks oxygen and microorganisms, the Lizardman bones could remain hard even after ten thousand years," Zhang Qiling explained.

After listening, the Great Elder said with a serious expression, "If aliens came here ten thousand years ago, they must have already discovered the Blue Planet. Humans back then were still primitive."

"If humans were to explore a new planet with life, they would inevitably report back to their home planet upon discovery."

"The location of the Blue Planet must have been exposed!"

Zhou Xiaoxiao analyzed seriously, "Great Elder, there's no need to worry. They haven't come for ten thousand years. Either they didn't receive the message, they received it but didn't take it seriously, or they set out but are still unable to reach us because their speed is too slow."

"Or perhaps, the Lizardman Civilization has already collapsed and will never get here."

At this moment, Su Fan suddenly interjected, "The Lizardmen won't be able to reach us in the short term."

"The movement of a natural wormhole is not synchronized with the movement of the Solar System."

"The Solar System is constantly rotating around the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, whereas the characteristics of a natural wormhole dictate that its speed and direction of movement will not be the same as the Solar System's."

"It takes about 250 million years for the Solar System to orbit the Milky Way once. By the time the Solar System returns to its previous position, who knows where the wormhole will have gone."

"It's like two runners, one fast and one slow. The key is that they aren't even running on the same track."

"Although they might meet at a certain moment, by the time they meet again, it could be ages away."

Zhang Qiling and the others suddenly realized.

As for why Su Fan knew this, they selectively avoided the topic.

This information was told to Su Fan by the system.

Natural wormholes have their own trajectories and do not rotate around the central black hole of the Milky Way.

Next, Zhang Qiling spoke about some other information regarding the aliens, and then the meeting was adjourned.

The alien matter was temporarily put to rest. It felt somewhat anticlimactic, but that was reality; not everything happens according to one's wishes.

Currently, the Blue Planet could only be considered at the peak of Level 1 Civilization, not yet reaching Level 2. Without faster means of transport, they couldn't reach the Proxima Centauri System in the short term.

Light takes 4.2 years to travel a distance of 4.2 light-years. Taking the Super God Group's fastest starhunter ship as an example, its speed of 3,000 kilometers per second is equivalent to one percent of the speed of light.

Flying a starhunter ship to the Proxima Centauri System would take 420 years!

In 420 years, Su Fan didn't even know what level of civilization the Blue Planet would have developed into!

"Sigh—" Su Fan let out a sigh.

"What's wrong? Why so gloomy?" Zhou Xiaoxiao asked from beside him.

"It's a pity. We don't know where the wormhole is now. If it were fixed in the Solar System, I would definitely organize a fleet to attack and try the taste of conquering an alien civilization," Su Fan lamented.

Zhou Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at Su Fan. "Others are afraid of aliens attacking, but you're great—you're thinking about attacking aliens every day!"

"Well, the aliens can't attack us for now!"

"Hee hee!" Zhou Xiaoxiao laughed and ran off.

Leaving Su Fan there alone with a dark face.

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The following days were peaceful. The Mars terraforming project was proceeding in an orderly fashion. The kunpeng no. 2 spaceship fleet continuously shuttled between the Asteroid Belt and Mars, transporting large asteroids to increase Mars' volume and mass.

The starhunter ship fleet had already arrived at the Solar System's Kuiper Belt. Their first target was Pluto, the largest by volume and second-largest by mass in the Kuiper Belt.

Capturing Pluto and then towing it to collide with Mars was expected to take several months.

The terraforming of Mars couldn't be rushed for the time being, but the transformation of the Blue Planet could proceed, especially in the desert and Gobi regions of Xia Country.

Xia Country has 9.6 million square kilometers of land, but plains only account for a small portion.

Su Fan planned to spend some time transforming Xia Country's Taklamakan Desert into a green ocean.

The Taklamakan Desert is the largest desert in Xia Country and the second-largest shifting sand desert in the world, with an area of 330,000 square kilometers.

At 330,000 square kilometers, it's almost comparable to the land area of Japan.

"System, help me find some technologies for transforming Gobi and shifting deserts!"

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