Prologue

Alright, I will listen to you! Tom raised his hand in surrender

Ye Fengchen hurriedly concealed, "No, nothing, son, wait for me a moment!" After saying this, he dashed into the house, took out his phone as quickly as possible, aimed the camera at the eyepiece of the telescope, and took several photos in quick succession

No, this is a photo of the edge of the solar system, and there is a blurry dot here, Tom said, pointing at the photo on the computer screen

Ye Fengchen leaned in once more to examine the eyepiece closely, only to find that the extra satellite had vanished again

The child on the ground persisted: "Daddy, Daddy, where is my gift?"

The prepared father laughed heartily with confidence: "Look at Dad!"

Months later, a group of inconspicuous asteroids broke free from Jupiter's gravitational influence and slowly flew towards Earth

Ye Fengchen affectionately patted the child's head: "Didn't I tell you before, the planets revolve around the sun, Jupiter is always moving, and soon it will run out of your view."

The child was overjoyed as he fiddled with the brand new telescope, yet he could not grasp the essentials and had to pitifully ask for help: "Dad, teach me!"

From that day on, the two began to secretly monitor the shadow, which exhibited an extremely abnormal speed, yet they never found sufficient evidence to prove its identity. Two months later, the shadow was obscured by Jupiter and has not been seen since.

Forty-seven minutes ago (Note: 1), Jupiter

Here it is! Ye Fengchen led the child onto the balcony and abruptly pulled off the velvet cloth covering the stand

Tom shrugged: "I don't know, its position is indeed in the ecliptic plane, but its speed is incredibly fast!" As he spoke, he switched to another photo, and that blurry point had already moved half a centimeter away.

Jack was taken aback: "Tom, have you confirmed the interval between the two photos?"

Tom laughed, "Come on, Jack, are you planning to discover aliens before SETI does?"

The size of a supercarrier, Moon 49 was utterly defenseless, captured by the gravitational pull of this celestial body, and plummeted directly towards the surface of the mysterious entity. With over 100 kilometers remaining to the ground, Moon 49 had already transformed into a blazing meteor.

Deep within a mysterious celestial body, two upright beings, each over three meters tall, stand side by side, gazing at the violent explosions on the surface of the celestial body until the light fades away

One of them made a sound like wood scraping as it spoke: "Your Majesty, the starship has arrived at the designated location"

What do you want to do

The child exclaimed in surprise: "A telescope? Thank you, Dad!"

Ye's wife revealed a knowing smile: "Old Ye, at your age, why do you still act like a child?"

This is impossible!" Jack stood up abruptly, "If it flies this fast, it would have long surpassed the Third Universe. How could it possibly continue to revolve?"

What? Ye Fengchen was astonished, "It can't be! Let me take a look!"

Oh! The child suddenly realized. The eyes moved closer to the lens again, and a curious gaze searched around Jupiter, and indeed found several very prominent large moons.

Confirmed, with an interval of seven days, in the same direction

Behind the enormous red planet, a celestial body covered in ice and snow slowly enters the orbit around Jupiter, gradually approaching the giant planet and flying close to its moon, Europa 49

A few days later, the International Astronomical Union announced that Jupiter has captured a rogue dwarf planet, which has a diameter of over 8,400 kilometers and a mass equivalent to 86% of that of Earth. This celestial body has dethroned Ganymede, becoming Jupiter's largest moon and also the largest moon in the solar system, without exception

His mind was momentarily hazy, and he could not help but silently ask himself: Could it be that I misread the situation

The photograph consists solely of a black background with a multitude of small, irregularly arranged light spots. Apart from professional astronomers, anyone who views this photograph would be unable to associate it with the night sky

"Father, what is wrong with you?" the child asked curiously

The young mother smiled and gave her husband a sidelong glance: "Virtue!"

Jack carefully examined it and confirmed that it was not Tom's misjudgment: "What do you think it is? The tenth planet of the solar system?"

Isn't the aerospace technology of the Blue Star people rather primitive? Have we weakened to the point where we cannot even defeat a civilization that has not yet entered the space age?

There is a result. The Chancellor replied, "Based on our long-standing observations, our armed forces do not have the assurance of defeating the ruler of the Blue Star."

Jack sighed: "Voyager 1 and 2 are both in other directions... continue monitoring, perhaps it will emerge on its own tomorrow."

Ye Fengchen found himself plunged into deep confusion

Suddenly, a large moon emerged behind Jupiter, and the child's eyes lit up: "Dad, I found the moon, there are five of them!"

What should we do? The starship can no longer fly into interstellar space. If we cannot occupy the Blue Planet, our tribe will surely face destruction

Jack angrily said, "Shut your mouth, Tom"

Ye Fengchen was instantly stunned: "How is this possible?" The gift he bought for the child was merely an entry-level small telescope, with limited magnification. Seeing the four Galilean moons was already the limit; it was absolutely impossible to see any other moons of Jupiter, let alone the additional fifth moon, which was not smaller in size than the other moons.

I am also quite curious," Tom nodded in agreement, "Jack, shouldn't we track it for a while? At least to determine what it is.

The child was so happy that he jumped and skipped around his father, playfully asking, "Daddy, Daddy, where is my gift? Where is it?" The child treated his father like a big tree, striving to climb up.

"Please, Tom, don't waste my time!" Jack said without looking up.

... ...

Moments later, the fragments struck the ground, triggering a series of violent explosions. The flashes from the explosions shot into the sky, illuminating the backside of Jupiter

Ye Fengchen spent a little time adjusting the focus and soon moved away from the eyepiece: "Quick, look, this is Jupiter!"

Your Majesty, we have deciphered the life substances obtained from the edge of the galaxy. These life substances share a common origin with the Blue Star people, which will become the key to occupying Blue Star

Note 1: Jupiter is located five astronomical units from the Sun. When Earth is at its closest to Jupiter, the distance still exceeds four astronomical units, approximately 33 light minutes. Therefore, the Jupiter observed from Earth is at least half an hour behind the actual position of Jupiter. It is impossible for the two planets to be at their closest positions, and a distance of over 40 light minutes is considered a reasonable estimate.

On a summer night, the stars shine brilliantly

However, this wait lasted for twenty years

Hi, Jack, I have a photo here, would you like to take a look

The spacefaring capabilities of the Blue Star people are not strong, but their weapons are very advanced. Our observations have revealed that they have mastered the laws of stars and can utilize stellar power to a limited extent. This is a height that our biological civilization can never hope to reach. Given enough time, the Blue Star people may become one of the most formidable races in this universe

Jack looked up in confusion: "What have you found? A new exoplanet that resembles Earth?"

six months later

He leaned closer to the eyepiece and counted, one, two, three, four, five, with exactly five visible, none missing. Among them, one only showed a small edge, but it could be determined that it was indeed a large satellite

The child hurriedly moved closer and immediately saw a red planet covered in stripes, with several inconspicuous satellites orbiting around it, and a faint ring encircling its waist.

"Isn't the child fond of it!" Ye Fengchen said with a smile as he set the child down.

But the child, the child saw it too

Keep a close watch on it, do not let it escape your sight!" Jack said seriously, "And for now, do not let the people at SETI know.

"Very well," said the upright being referred to as Your Majesty, "Has the research yielded results? My Chancellor."

"Let go and do it." His Majesty said

Ye Fengchen laughed heartily, straining to lift the child who was half his height, raising him high above his head, as the laughter of the father and son echoed far and wide

The child suddenly shouted in panic: "Dad, where has Jupiter gone?"

Twenty years later, China

Ye Fengchen said mysteriously: "Son, today is your birthday, and I have a gift for you."

Earth, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Planetary Observation Program Group

"I think you should come and take a look." Tom insisted.

Biotechnology is our disadvantage, but it is also our advantage. Although we cannot obtain samples from Blue Star Biology, we can derive the life forms of Blue Star Biology using those biological materials. We can develop a gene virus that is effective only against Blue Star Biology to eliminate the most powerful ruling population of Blue Star.

Note 2: No matter how reliable the constructed alien language may be, it ultimately has to be "translated" into Chinese to be understood. Therefore, I will not bother with that effort, as regardless of how bizarre the vocabulary created may be, the final meaning is similar to that of Your Majesty and the Chancellor

A faint glow suddenly rose from the surface of the celestial body, striking the meteor with precision. The meteor immediately shattered, breaking into dozens of fragments of varying sizes

However, the camera effect of his mobile phone is extremely poor; in low light conditions at night, the effect is even worse. The photos taken are so unclear that even Jupiter cannot be distinguished, let alone the fainter moons of Jupiter.

When Pluto was first discovered, it was merely an inconspicuous pixel in a photograph

Nine years later, a large-scale meteor shower descends upon the Earth

"Are you really going to give up just like that?" Tom felt an overwhelming sense of regret, as if he had just missed out on the Nobel Prize. "Jack, can't you think of another way?"