The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.
Amidst bursts of firecrackers, the 2028 calendar turned the last page.
In the Hongyan Hotel in Xichang, Linda woke up to the gentle call of the hotel robot. She glanced at the time, then quickly put on makeup, changed her clothes, opened the door, and joined her assistant who had just finished cleaning up.
On the way downstairs to eat, she and her assistant booked a driverless taxi. When they finished breakfast, the taxi arrived at the door.
The whole process was organized under Aita's arrangement, without any sloppiness, and there was no need to worry about whether we would be late or stuck in traffic.
"Hello Miss Linda, I am your driving assistant wd13h2. I am happy to serve you. Please fasten your seat belt and get ready to go."
After getting in the car, the on-board AI said hello, which surprised the assistant who arrived just the day before: "Linda, have all the social applications of AI been implemented here?"
"Most of the public transportation is available." Linda looked at the assistant girl and nodded with a smile, and finally joked: "Do you feel like a country bumpkin?"
Vivian nodded sheepishly.
She only joined the Lianhe Zaobao editorial department last year. She had been working at the Pocheng headquarters before. She was temporarily sent here this time mainly because Linda's previous local assistant resigned. And it was said that he was engaged in some new media...
The so-called new media is not a new term. It was invented as early as ten years ago. It originally refers to those "new" information providers and output of opinions that are different from the traditional ones and have a certain say and history. By.
But now, new media mainly refers to those who provide users with highly customized and interesting content under the framework of Aita, rather than the previous group of people who can do and say anything for traffic.
The main reason why it has evolved like this is that with the popularity of centralized networks dominated by Aita, "untrue information" has been eliminated to a large extent.
In other words, if you continue to talk nonsense on the social networks under Aita - especially if you are engaged in science popularization, there is really nothing you can do.
Etta allowed anyone to say anything, but she would also thoughtfully and logically point out that you were talking nonsense.
What? Are you dissatisfied? Then let's be reasonable - do you believe that Aita has given you a hundred peer-reviewed papers for you to study?
Or directly find out the original source of your unreliable information and slap it on your face.
So... in recent years, those marketing accounts and self-media that relied on outputting content in the past have been eliminated one after another, and then they have been swept away, leaving behind a group of relatively advantageous pure opinion exporters.
It sounds like everyone is a commentator.
"The country is developing too fast." Vivian's name is Xi Wei. She graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and only traveled to the mainland once a few years ago. At that time, she didn't realize how fast the development was. Now... Of course, if you look at it from the surface I can't see much difference.
Only when you really come here and live here as a "life" can you realize that the changes brought by quantum supercomputing + strong artificial intelligence to life are subversive.
"Yes, the development is too fast." Linda held her notebook and sighed with emotion: "Now we always say that mankind has entered a new interstellar era, but... everyone knows that this interstellar era is the result of our own efforts. Pushed. It doesn’t have anything to do with the rest of the world.”
"It would be great if others don't hold back." Vivian smiled sweetly: "Yesterday, Europe launched a protest, demanding the withdrawal of the detector, saying not to clean up Andromeda."
"Hahahaha!" Linda smiled brightly and trembled all over: "Listen to those fools in Europe, I'm afraid humans don't even know how to die."
"Well... by the way, Linda, what news will the aerospace department reveal this time?" Vivian became serious: "Ten days have passed since the probe, and all kinds of gossip are flying all over the sky..."
Hearing Vivian talk about business, Linda slowly stopped laughing and her expression became a little serious. After thinking for a moment, she slowly shook her head: "Everything depends on what comes from Academician Ye's mouth."
"..."
"Really, even though there is a lot of news out there now, you can guess with your toes that these news must have been released intentionally to give the general public a mental preparation - for example, some alien civilization has distorted technology. Trees lead to destruction. For example, the spaceships of alien civilizations are not more advanced than humans currently, for example, the intelligent creatures on Blue Star have disappeared..."
Linda exhaled slowly as she spoke and closed her eyes.
She has been dealing with the domestic aerospace department for so long and knows very well the means of releasing news in the country.
Well, in fact, all official methods are the same - first release some "inside" information and let the people guess. It is best to guess in the most serious direction.
Then give a less serious official explanation, so that ordinary people can easily accept it.
Today’s news release is a summary of the preliminary work of the entire black hole detection project.
This means that a lot of information that people particularly want to know will be revealed.
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An hour later, the press conference was held on time.
"Based on previous detections, we first determined that the Blue Star, Kepler 1688c, is indeed an Earth-like planet. It is located in the cantilever position outside Andromeda, 2.68 million light-years away from us."
"Secondly, we have determined that this planet once gave birth to a civilization capable of interstellar construction and flight. The ruins of the space city discovered by the probe were built by the civilization of this planet."
"At the same time, we have also determined that the form of the planet's advanced civilization is an upright humanoid form..."
As Ye Ming, who was sitting in the center of the podium, continued to announce early detection results, or some already determined "conclusions," the AR enhanced display module in front of the conference hall also continued to play information from 2.68 million light-years away. .
When Ye Ming talked about the upright humanoid form, there was inevitably a burst of exclamation in the hall. At the same time, many reporters sitting in the back row stood up and looked at the restored "alien" people".
Linda also stood up and her eyes fell on the alien.
The alien is about two meters tall, one head taller than a human. Its head is somewhat similar to that of a cat, but its ears have obviously degenerated, and there is a small sarcoma in front of its forehead.
As the camera rotates, the alien's limbs and fingers are revealed - there are only four fingers, which are generally longer in proportion.
Other than that, it's just all tendons.
"I forgot to add that they are indeed carbon-based organisms." Ye Ming took a sip of tea while the reporters watched in shock, and added with a smile.
After giving everyone some mental preparation, Ye Ming took a look at the manuscript and continued to announce it.
"At the same time, we are in contact with the planet. I regret to tell you that so far, we have not received any effective response. According to the observations of the probe, the planet does not have significant artificial structures on the ground, and Traces of energy use.”
"In other words, it is very likely that the planet no longer has advanced civilizations."
"If it is good news that we do not have to deal with alien civilizations...well, this may be one. And another good news is that the planet's ecosphere should be similar to that of the Earth, with its average temperature, gravity, and even The composition of the atmosphere is also almost the same as that of the Earth, making it a super-Earth."
Following Ye Ming's voice, the model of Blue Star appeared on the screen.
"As you can see, the blue part is the ocean. The cause of its blue color is similar to that of the earth, which is the spectral effect of cyanobacteria. The white part, in addition to the atmosphere, is more snow - if anything, Unlike Earth, its polar ice covers a large area, occupying half of its planet."
"Of course, in the long history of the earth, this kind of ice age has occurred many times...well, we earthlings have rich experience."
Ye Ming said and made a little joke.
There was also a burst of laughter in the hall.
Ye Ming looked at everyone with a smile: "Do you still want to know how the Blue Star people died?"
Several voices said in unison: "Yes!"
"I'm sorry, we don't know, but based on the current situation, it may have been caused by a natural disaster, a man-made disaster, or a foreign enemy... In short, they are gone."
"According to speculation, they disappeared probably for thousands of years."
"In addition, during the early detection, we also found that their spacecraft control circuit is indeed a biotechnology route." Ye Ming coughed lightly as he spoke: "The rumors are correct, their Biotechnology is indeed very advanced, and according to analysis, their lifespans are very long, generally reaching over two hundred years."
As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar in the hall!
Over two hundred years old? !
"Of course, because the various experiments and testing equipment are currently incomplete, it will take time to truly understand the specific situation of this civilization and this creature."
Ye Ming took another sip of water: "In addition, their spacecraft and main engine also use controllable nuclear fusion technology - in this sense, we can think that their civilization level will not be higher than mine."
"Even the majestic space city that everyone sees will not be more advanced than our space city in terms of technical difficulty. What we are lacking now is only the accumulation of engineering, not the technical gap."
As he spoke, Ye Ming smiled slightly: "Don't belittle yourself, humans are not bad."
As Ye Ming was pouring beans, one after another the news that ordinary people were most concerned about was "officially revealed", which satisfied the gossip mentality of all people in the world.
Next, Ye Ming also selectively answered some reporters' questions.
For example, whether this planet can be used as a migration planet for humans, whether this space city can be used by humans, whether humans can use the "genes" of the Blue Planet people to realize their dream of longevity, etc...
Regarding these questions, Ye Ming was very cautious in his answers. He did not guarantee anything at all, but he definitely did not say anything to death.
Of course, reporters can also understand that there is only one detector in the past, and its scientific research capabilities are extremely limited. If you want it to understand a galaxy in a short time, it is indeed a bit difficult.
At noon, the press conference ended.
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In the afternoon, Ye Ming once again hosted a meeting on follow-up detection in the space city conference room.
"Obviously, according to their technological level, it is impossible to create a large amount of anti-materials."
Ye Ming showed a picture that had never appeared before, while looking at everyone with burning eyes.
In addition to Director Zhang, Director Niu and others present, there were also some experts from the domestic weapons industry - not a single foreigner was present.
Not even the observers from Taiyo were there.
The reason is naturally because what we are discussing today is weapons, and... they are the ultimate weapons.
The picture Ye Ming showed was taken yesterday after an engineering robot entered the main weapons bay of a warship.
First, the appearance of the main weapon was photographed—to be precise, it was a giant, reactor-like device.
Director Niu looked at him seriously: "Are you sure this is an anti-matter cannon?"
"Physics is a principle followed by the entire universe. Even if they put on the cloak of biology, they cannot be above the rules." Ye Ming also responded seriously: "Although their binding field relies on biotechnology to achieve it, It is essentially a binding field, not some magical biological power, let alone magic."
After being "taunted" by Ye Ming, Director Niu was not embarrassed at all. Instead, he smiled and motioned for Ye Ming to continue.
"Another reason why I am pretty sure that it is an antimatter device is... I know how to do this."
When he said this, everyone looked at him as if he had seen a ghost.
Ye Ming exhaled softly and smiled reservedly.
As for the antimatter restraint device...he learned it a few years ago.
Even the restraining field of the controllable nuclear fusion device that humans are now familiar with was derived by him from the antimatter restraint device!
The main gun of the alien battleship in front of us is nothing more than replacing the electromagnetic circuit that humans are familiar with with a biological circuit.
"Fuck...you..." Director Niu pointed at Ye Ming and stuttered for a long time. Finally, he found that nothing he said was appropriate: "Okay, you continue."
"Haha, actually that's not the problem."
Ye Ming exhaled again and looked at everyone with burning eyes: "The biggest question is, for a civilization that has burped, where did their antimatter come from?"
This sentence immediately made everyone think.
Yes, where does antimatter come from?
——When ordinary people hear about antimatter, they only know that it is a high-end thing. Under the special theory of relativity, it can release complete energy and is one of the "ultimate weapons."
But in fact, people have developed anti-"matter" decades ago - if a single atom can be considered "matter".
However... so far, humans know nothing about its manufacturing method. They only know that it miraculously knocks it out with great force.
Didn’t someone do the math before? If we want to create usable antimatter, we need to fill the entire solar system with colliders.
Now that alien civilizations have built antimatter cannons, where did their antimatter come from?
In silence, Director Zhang tentatively said: "Biological preparation?"
Ye Ming slowly shook his head: "If you say that this creature is some kind of anti-matter world creature, I would believe it...but that, wouldn't it be a bit too science fiction?"
Director Zhang stopped thinking and asked immediately: "Then how did you get here?"
Ye Ming was silent for a few seconds and pulled out the star map of the entire blue star.
"Is it possible that this planet's civilization can collect antimatter minerals?"
