Chapter 276
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Yue Yuan wasn't stupid. Hearing Gan De's words, he understood what he meant, but he still found it somewhat unbelievable. So he asked in an incredulous tone, "Academician Gan, are you saying that the planet where the Dog-Headed People live has no satellites, and that the Gaseous Planet outside also has no satellites, all because of this Flying Saucer Civilization?"
Gan De shook his head. "No, the Dog-Headed People planet should not have had any satellites to begin with. After all, if a satellite were to disappear, the impact on the planet would be devastating."
We believe that if the Dog-Headed People Planet originally existed as a planet and later disappeared, the resulting environmental changes would have been enough to wipe out the entire Dog-Headed People race, and the planet's basic ecosystem would certainly not be able to recover for hundreds of millions of years.
At this point, Gan De added, "Unless this Flying Saucer Civilization's technology is advanced enough to eliminate this effect."
"Eliminating the impact of a satellite's disappearance on its orbiting planet," Yue Yuan murmured. He imagined what might happen to Earth if the moon were to disappear completely. The first thing that came to mind was that Earth's ocean tides would become disordered.
Earth's tides are caused by the Gravity pull of the moon and the sun. In particular, the moon's Gravity pull on Earth causes the rise and fall of water bodies, thus forming the ocean tides we see every day.
If the moon were to suddenly disappear, Earth would generate fewer tides, sea levels would become calmer, and the weakening of tidal Gravity would increase the risk of tsunamis and superstorms.
Secondly, there's the Earth's Rotating Shaft.
The moon has a huge influence on the Earth's Rotating Shaft. Without the moon's "fixation," the Earth's Rotating Shaft would change due to different geological effects. This change could lead to more extreme seasonal changes and the angle between the equator and the ecliptic would not remain fixed at 23.15°.
This will have a devastating impact on the Earth's ecosystem.
As a result, the Earth's climate will undergo tremendous changes, becoming more extreme. Wild animals and crops will become extinct in large numbers because they cannot adapt to the extreme climate, and this change may also trigger a global ice age.
If a civilization could make the moon disappear completely and keep Earth's environment stable, then they could definitely play with planets like marbles.
Therefore, Yue Yuan felt that the possibility of Gan De saying "unless" was too small.
Gan De continued, "Yes, although the possibility is small, maybe we're just not imagining things enough. After all, even civilizations like the Awakeners, which can span an entire galaxy, exist, so we can't rule out this possibility."
Of course, what we mean is that the Dog-Headed People Planet's moon never existed in the first place; the only thing that was destroyed by the Flying Saucer Civilization was the moon of the outer Gaseous Planet.
After a pause, Gan De rested his chin on his hand and pondered for a moment before continuing, "Perhaps besides Gaseous Planet, there were originally other Rocky Planet, but they were all eventually mined out by Flying Saucer Civilization."
Hearing this, Yue Yuan suddenly remembered the recent exploration work, so he interjected, "Hmm, now that you mention it, I just remembered. We've been here for so long, but most of the mineral resources we've found on the Dog-Headed People Planet aren't large mines. Could they have been mined out by that Flying Saucer Civilization? It seems we need to explore carefully to see if there are any obviously man-made mines."
"It's not impossible," Gan De said. "When we first arrived in this Star System, we said it was a bit too clean. You know, we've landed in so many Star System, and we've never seen one as clean as this Orange Dwarf Star System. At the very least, there would be some asteroids or meteorites, but this place is spotless. The space within the Star System is cleaner than a dog has licked it."
Moreover, according to the secondary model of Gaseous Planet evolution, there should at least be a few Rocky Satellite. This was the case in the Star System we used to be in, so the situation here doesn't conform to the theory at all.
"If we hadn't discovered any information about Flying Saucer Civilization before, we might have genuinely thought our Gaseous Planet evolution model was wrong. Now it seems that all these anomalies were the work of Flying Saucer Civilization."
The others present listened to Gan De's words and immediately felt that they made a lot of sense, because only this explanation could keep the human theory of Gaseous Planet evolution and the Stellar Evolution Model correct, and could also explain the situation of this Orange Dwarf Star System.
Gao Kun sighed, "According to Academician Gan, that Flying Saucer Civilization is too ruthless. Knowing that there is a Dog-Headed People civilization here, they still dug up all the Rocky Planet in the Star System until there was nothing left. Without resources, wouldn't that cut off the Dog-Headed People civilization's Starry Sky Road?"
"Hey, Lao Gao, you shouldn't have said that," Yu Nanfeng chuckled. "Maybe the Flying Saucer Civilization had already planned it all out. The Dog-Headed People civilization would have enough resources to set foot in space with just their home planet, right? They just didn't expect us to come. Speaking of which, if the Dog-Headed People civilization really does end up being trapped on their home planet due to resource problems, we'll be one of the culprits!"
He claimed that humanity was the culprit, but Yu Nanfeng felt no remorse for being the culprit.
Liu Miyan laughed too, "No, no, no, how could we possibly be the culprits? We only took so many mineral resources, we didn't even gnaw the surface of the planet bare. At most, we were accomplices. Think about it, that Flying Saucer Civilization has hollowed out countless Rocky Planet, that's the real scourge, they're like locusts."
Seeing the two of them like this, Yue Yuan stroked his stubble and laughed, "If we really take the mineral resources left for the Dog-Headed People, those Dog-Headed People will be really unlucky. So, is our plan to take some of the Dog-Headed People away, or to save them from their plight and help them escape the prison of their home planet?"
"That makes sense," Gan De continued.
Even if humans were to mine mineral resources on the planet and cause the Dog-Headed People to be trapped there forever due to the resources, humans would not simply stop and leave.
Even if the next Star System were closer, given that humanity's current fuel reserves could allow them to fly there at any time, humanity couldn't possibly leave. After all, they've already come this far, all the equipment is in place, and the next step is large-scale industrialization and manufacturing. How could they not produce more warships?
As for the Dog-Headed People, take them if you can, otherwise leave them to fate.
"Alright, that's all for today." Yue Yuan stood up and looked at Gan De, saying, "Academician Gan, since Long Xiaolin isn't here, I'd appreciate it if you could compile our conversation into a file and send it to Long Xiaolin for further processing. I also need the Think Tank to review it."
"No problem, Chief." Gan De agreed without hesitation. After all, most of the speculations and opinions on this matter were his own, so it was most appropriate for him to summarize them.