Chapter 25 Vulcan Solar Telescope
The buzzing sound became louder and louder. While feeling a little dizzy in my head, Zhao Huasheng also felt that his exposed skin seemed to be a little wooden, like a layer of plastic film covering it, and it seemed to be a feeling full of static electricity. Zhao Huasheng raised his head and saw countless birds flying out of the mountains and forests, spinning around in the sky like headless flies, and some even hit the ground directly.
Zhao Huasheng knew that it was because the bird's navigation organ was disturbed.
"I am witnessing this may be the first time in history to exchange between human civilization and extraterrestrial civilization. I have developed on this small blue planet for millions of years. From ancient apes to now, the technological level of our human civilization has finally reached this point. This endless starry sky is like a black curtain that wraps us all around, and there are endless mysteries hidden behind this curtain... At this moment, a mysterious civilization that may come from this mysterious world has come to the solar system. At this moment, we are trying to establish connections with them."
Zhao Huasheng felt some passion in his heart.
"If they really exist, if they really receive this message... what will they think in their minds? Should they mock the backward civilization for overestimating their abilities, or just ignore it and treat it as the sing of an ant?"
"But we humans have finally come to this day. Our current technology is just because we don't have enough time to develop, and it does not mean the inferiority of our civilization. If we can survive this disaster, in the near future, our footprints will also spread throughout the starry sky, and we will also enter this mysterious world..."
Zhao Huasheng's mood was like a wave rolling, and he refused to stop for a moment. In the slight dizziness and discomfort of his skin, the roar of the observatory's head was still constantly reaching Zhao Huasheng's ears. Zhao Huasheng knew that what the observatory's head said was the content of the signal emitted by the radio telescope to the sun this time.
"I am very lucky that our two civilizations can gather here with you across a distance that may reach tens of millions of light-years. As the masters of this small galaxy, we welcome you and allow us to express our sincere greetings to you."
"Although our technology is behind, we still observe that you seem to be doing something in our galaxy. Are you trying to get something from our galaxy? Or are you doing some scientific research to get some scientific information? Can you tell us these things? We hope to get your answer."
"We believe that the moral level of a civilization complements the technological level of this civilization. You who have advanced technology that we cannot imagine must have a moral level that matches your technology. And you who have such noble morality will not come to make things difficult for a backward civilization whose footprints are still limited to the mother planet. I regret to tell you that some of your behaviors in our galaxy sun have seriously affected our lives, resulting in the death of tens of millions of people in our civilization, and in the future, there may be billions of people who die as a result of them. We feel very sad and sad about this."
"We believe you are in good faith, which may be caused by some of your mistakes that we cannot understand. We eagerly hope that you can correct these mistakes to eliminate the suffering that is imposed on our civilization. We hope to live in peace with your civilization, and we also believe that this will be your wish."
"We are waiting for your answer on earth, human civilization."
The roar of the observatory's head stopped, and the dizziness and discomfort that Zhao Huasheng felt disappeared at the same time. The buzzing sound disappeared, and the birds in the forest returned to silence. So Zhao Huasheng knew that the signal transmission was over.
The entire message is full of sincerity, so humble that it presents toward the K2-level civilization that may or may not exist. The deaths of tens of millions of human beings, and more human sufferings hidden behind it are covered by the understatement of the sentence "Some of your mistakes that we cannot understand".
At this moment, Zhao Huasheng remembered the Freya family who died in the cold wind and ice in the small town of Covis, the old people who were stubborn and refused to evacuate even if they died, and the female bear who was shot by Meng Zhuo in the Arctic to protect the cub.
There was a surge of passion in Zhao Huasheng's heart. But Zhao Huasheng still maintained a calm expression and did not speak. Beside him, Li Wei grabbed Zhao Huasheng's arm. Zhao Huasheng heard the low sobs made by Li Wei and felt the warmth of his sleeves wet with tears.
"Damn it, dad!" The person in charge of the observatory had red eyes at some point. He walked to the railing and grabbed the railing with both hands. He tried his best to even the veins on his arms burst out, and his whole body began to tremble.
"That's tens of millions of people! They died just by saying that they died. The robbers came to our house and took away the sunshine that originally belonged to us. But we still whispered here to pray to them to let us go on the grounds of "noble morality". It's so damn! Damn!"
Meng Zhuo said indifferently: "This is politics. Politics will not be affected by emotions. Politics only takes the pursuit of the highest interests as the criterion. If you can save the sun and prevent more people from dying, then I don't mind kneeling in front of these alien scum raised by the bitch and knocking them seventeen or eighteen times."
Zhao Huasheng walked over and patted the person in charge of the observatory on the shoulder and whispered: "Don't forget, we cannot be sure whether this K2-level civilization exists. The changes above the sun may also be just the result of the natural physical mechanism."
The head of the observatory took a few deep breaths, turned his head and said to Zhao Huasheng, "I'm sorry, I've lost my composure."
"It doesn't matter." Zhao Huasheng sighed, turned around and asked the scientific research staff, "How long is the scheduled time?"
"Three days." The scientific research staff replied, "If we do not receive any response from extraterrestrial civilization within three days, then we will assume that this extraterrestrial civilization does not exist, and we will launch a large-scale solar exploration plan."
"Okay, then wait for three days." Zhao Huasheng nodded, "If I remember correctly, the Vulcan Sun Telescope is not far from here, right? Director Li Qi had led the construction of this telescope before his death, and kept the Institute of Stellar Physics and the Vulcan Sun Telescope sharing data?"
"Yes." The scientific research department staff nodded, "The Vulcan Sun Telescope is less than 500 kilometers away from here. If you take a helicopter, you only need more than an hour to get there. The Vulcan Sun Telescope is a solar telescope that specializes in observing the sun, and Director Li Qi is the director of the Institute of Stellar Physics. It is normal for him to preside over the manufacturing of this telescope and maintain subsequent data sharing."
"Okay." Zhao Huasheng nodded, "In three days, I will go there to take a look."
Meng Zhuo said: "Yes."
The signal transmission has ended, and the Galaxy radio telescope has returned to silence, changing from the signal transmission mode to the signal reception mode. Zhao Huasheng knew that it was not just the Galaxy radio telescope, but after it was transmitted from the signal, all radio telescopes, optical telescopes, observatories, satellites and many devices in space around the world operating in the Earth's orbit will be aimed at the sun.
"The Earth and the Sun have an eight-point distance. It takes eight minutes for the signal we emit to reach the Sun. It also takes eight minutes for the signal to return to the Earth from the Sun. So, if that K2-level civilization really exists and really responds to us immediately, we will receive the signal as soon as sixteen minutes."
Zhao Huasheng and his group took fifteen minutes to return to the small building of the Galaxy Observatory and came to the control hall. There were many strange faces in the control hall. Zhao Huasheng knew that they were probably also subordinates of the scientific research department.
The Galaxy Radio Telescope has been adjusted to the highest sensitivity, and probably other radio telescopes on the earth have also been adjusted to the highest sensitivity. At this moment, at least six hundred eyes were staring at the sun, paying attention to every move from the direction of the sun. At least thousands of insiders' hearts were lifted in their throats, ready to receive a signal that could shock the whole world at any time.
The atmosphere in the control hall was solemn like lead blocks. In the control hall of more than one hundred people, there was no sound except the faint sounds made by the instruments. People even breathed lightly, as if they were afraid of disturbing something hidden in the dark.
The sun is also a huge source of radiation, with powerful radiation emitted from it every moment. At this moment, these radiations are perfectly displayed on the instruments in the control hall. But these signals are meaningless. The signal filtering equipment of the instrument can completely filter out these interferences, leaving only signals with unusual logical characteristics. If the signal has logical characteristics, it is likely to be sent by intelligent life.
The hour hand is turning little by little. Sixteen minutes has arrived. In theory, this time is enough for the radio signal to go back and forth between the sun and the earth. But above the instrument display, the signal from the direction of the sun is still stable, and nothing else except the radiation from the sun itself.
"Maybe that level K2 civilization also needs time to discuss what words to respond to us." People thought this way and then continued to wait.
Eighteen minutes, twenty-five minutes, one hour, three hours...
The direction of the sun is always quiet as usual.
Chapter completed!