Earth Era

"Send a message?" Zhao Huasheng was slightly surprised by this statement, "What message? Why send a message?"

"It's gotten to the point where we have to confirm that the supposed K2-class civilization really exists. If they do have Dyson spheres on the sun, then if we send a radio signal to the sun they will be able to. Received. Yes, we want to take the initiative to contact them, no matter what thoughts and plans they have on us, we can't continue like this." Wang Tang's words were a little weak.

"Has the head of state made up his mind?" After a moment of silence, Zhao Huasheng asked.

"The Ministry of Scientific Research suggested that the head of state do this." Wang Tang said, "After sending the message, we will face two results. First, the K2-level civilization has returned the message to us. If so, we can rely on the content of the reply. Arrange and arrange the next action. Second, no one has given us any information. This situation also represents two possibilities. First, this K2 civilization chooses to ignore us. Since ignoring us, then of course we cannot sit still and must Take the next action, whether it is active detection or other methods; second, this K2-level civilization does not exist at all. If they do not exist, we must seize the time to carry out the next action, so as to to save our civilization. So...logically, if the signal we send doesn't get a response, we should restart the solar exploration program."

"I also agree with this statement." Zhao Huasheng nodded, "So, which observatory was responsible for this signal transmission?"

"The Xinghe radio telescope in the Xinghe Observatory that received the "Wow" signal."

The Galaxy Radio Telescope is the largest radio telescope on Earth, with a diameter of up to 500 meters. Of course, a radio telescope with such a huge diameter will not consist of a base and a huge pot-like antenna like a normal radio telescope, because with the level of human technology, it is still impossible to support such a huge device on the ground. In fact, it was built in a valley in the ground.

It was a basin-shaped valley with a diameter of 500 meters and a depth of several tens of meters. When the Galaxy Observatory was built, engineers trimmed the basin, smoothed its valleys according to a certain angle and curvature, and then installed more than 400,000 aluminum sheets on the walls and bottom of the basin according to certain rules, and they are still there. A bracket was erected to support the signal receiver above the basin. In this way, all radio signals within a diameter of 500 meters will be reflected by these aluminum sheets to the signal receiver above, allowing it to obtain the most sensitive signal reception capability on the earth. According to the theoretical strength, the Galaxy Radio Telescope can even receive radio signals on Mars that are equivalent to the strength of mobile phone communications.

The most famous "wow" signal in the history of extraterrestrial life exploration is also received by it.

The "Wow" signal is a very suspicious radio signal from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. Signals have some degree of logical ordering, so they are unlikely to be emitted by natural phenomena. After receiving the signal, the staff of the Galaxy Radio Telescope wrote a big "wow" on the signal paper in shock to express their surprise, so the signal got the name "wow", Called the wow signal by subsequent researchers.

The wow signal only appeared once. For more than ten years after that, the Galaxy Radio Telescope will monitor again in the original direction every month, but it has never received any similar wow signal again. Other research institutions on Earth have also conducted a lot of monitoring in the direction of Sagittarius, but they have also achieved nothing. Wow, the signal was so startling that it only appeared in front of humans for a moment, then disappeared, and never appeared again. And what the wow signal means, no one has been able to decipher it so far.

This time, the most powerful and famous radio telescope is responsible for the mission of sending information to the sun.

"Very good, Mengzhuo, let's stop going to Equator City, go to the Galaxy Observatory." Zhao Huasheng said, "Let's witness this event together."

"Okay." Meng Zhuo agreed.

"I'm not in the Xinghe Observatory, but it doesn't matter. I will report this matter to the top. You can go directly, and someone will receive you wherever you go." Wang Tang said, "That's it, goodbye, feel free to contact me if you have anything. ."

"Okay, goodbye." Zhao Huasheng said.

The helicopter turned in the sky, and after some supplies in a military base that had not yet been evacuated, they started the journey again. About eight hours later, Zhao Huasheng and his party came to the Galaxy Observatory.

The Galaxy Observatory covers a very large area, and even within a 20-kilometer radius is listed as a restricted area by the government, and it is strictly forbidden for any unrelated persons to approach. However, the building area of ​​the observatory is much smaller, only a single building two kilometers away from the Xinghe radio telescope. All the scientific researchers and maintenance staff of the observatory live here.

The five helicopters that Zhao Huasheng and his party were in landed in front of the small building. There was already a group of people waiting there.

"Hello, I'm the person in charge of the Galaxy Observatory. This is a relevant scientist from the Scientific Research Department." A bald middle-aged man came up, shook hands with Zhao Huasheng, and then introduced to Zhao Huasheng.

"Hello, I'm Zhao Huasheng." Zhao Huasheng nodded.

There are many more people in the Galaxy Observatory now than before. In addition to the original staff and researchers from the Solar Crisis Coordination Center, there are many more security personnel around the observatory. They are all strong young men, wearing straight military uniforms, with unsmiling faces, and looking very imposing.

The staff of the scientific research department knew Zhao Huasheng's identity, but they didn't say much here, and they didn't talk to Zhao Huasheng. They just nodded to Zhao Huasheng, and it was considered that they had met. The group walked into the control hall, and Zhao Huasheng saw a lot of screens. The screens were full of flashing data and various charts, as well as red, green, black, and white lines. Zhao Huasheng was not an expert in radio astronomy and could not understand these things, but he did not ask much.

"When was the signal sent?" Zhao Huasheng asked.

"It won't be until noon." The person in charge of the observatory introduced, "The emission of the signal is directed at the sun. Only at noon will the telescope face the sun. You can take a rest first."

"No." Zhao Huasheng said, "Can I go to the telescope to take a look?"

"Yes." The person in charge of the observatory said, "It's just sending a signal. This is just a very simple routine task for us. We don't need so many people to stay here. There is an observation deck next to the telescope. We Go there."

So Zhao Huasheng and his party, as well as several staff of the observatory, and scientists from the scientific research department, a total of more than 30 people came to the observation deck next to the telescope.

The viewing platform is a little higher than the valley next to it. Standing on the viewing platform, whether it is the lush jungle in the distance, or the huge telescope reflecting the sun's rays a thousand meters away, you can have a panoramic view.

It's just that the leaves of the lush jungle have shown a little yellowish color because of the drop in temperature. Although it is a hot summer day, standing on this viewing platform, the mountain wind blowing on the face also brings some coolness.

"This is probably the last time we use this viewing platform." The person in charge of the observatory sighed, "The weather will get colder and colder in the future, except for necessary telescope maintenance work, we will stay in the base and never come out. "

"Why, aren't you evacuating to Equator City?" Zhao Huasheng asked.

"Of course not." The person in charge of the observatory shook his head: "If we evacuate, what will happen to the telescope? You know, the current human government does not have the funds and ability to rebuild such a big guy. We are humans listening to the voice of the universe. ears, we must stay here."

"In addition to this observatory, there will be at least 30,000 institutions on the earth, and more than 5 million workers will not be evacuated to Equator City." Meng Zhuo said indifferently, "Among these institutions, there are energy factories~www. NovelMTL.com~Coal mines, oil fields, nuclear power plants, scientific research institutions, etc. These things cannot be moved.”

Zhao Huasheng nodded slightly. This is a necessary institution to maintain the continuation of human civilization, and someone must stand up and stick to these positions.

"There are fifteen minutes before the signal is launched." The person in charge of the observatory raised his wrist, looked at his watch and said.

Zhao Huasheng didn't seem to have heard this. Zhao Huasheng's eyes crossed the distance of a kilometer and placed it in the huge valley in the distance. Hundreds of thousands of aluminum sheets melted together at this distance. They reflected the sun's rays, causing Zhao Huasheng's eyes to narrow slightly. There was no vegetation within 300 meters around the valley, and there were no traces of animals, while the distance of 300 meters was full of vegetation, and occasionally the howls of wild animals could be heard.

Under the slightly weak sunlight, the entire huge galaxy radio telescope revealed a quaint and desolate taste.

"The time is up," said the person in charge of the observatory.

At the same time, Zhao Huasheng seemed to hear a faint buzzing sound, slightly low, but very powerful. When it reaches people's ears, it makes people feel a little dizzy.

The person in charge of the observatory didn't seem to feel this. He suddenly opened his mouth and said loudly: "Hello, respected unknown civilization, these are some voices from the human civilization on the third planet of this little solar system..."

————————————

The wow signal is there, and of course it's a bit processed in this book. Interested book lovers can collect more information on their own.

PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket!

;