Lin Hai handed the printed document to Professor Chu, whose eyes were bloodshot but extremely excited, and asked in a panic:

"Teacher, we ...... What should we do now? Publish our test report as soon as possible? Or escalate to the project management team that doesn't know if it's still working? Or is it to continue further research? ”

Professor Chu took the printer paper, looked at it over and over again, and finally let out a long breath and threw it on the table a little weakly: "We are not the only one who got the meteorite, right?" ”

Lin Hai nodded: "Mentor, you should know that the team that detects and recovers meteorites is completely independent.

"They found the location where the meteorite had fallen, cleaned it up, and distributed it to various labs.

"This time, it is said that a total of eight relatively intact large pieces of iron meteorite were found, which were divided into eight laboratories, and we are just one of them."

Professor Chu smiled bitterly: "In other words, there must be more than the two of us who have discovered the characteristics of this meteorite?" ”

Lin Hai hesitated slightly: "Last night, when we got the meteorite, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening, and there should not be many people who tested it overnight......"

"But there's no guarantee that there won't be ......," Professor Chu said, and let out a long sigh, "Hey, what if...... It would be nice if I was twenty years younger......

"If I were twenty years younger, I would have published this report without regard to it, and I would have fought for the reputation of a person who made a discovery.

"But now, I know very well that I can't do that.

"I'll call Lao Wu first and ask him to come over, let's have a good talk, listen to his opinion, and then decide what we should do next."

…………

On the morning of August 24, Wu Lao and Xu Cunhou finished their morning exercise together and were about to go back for breakfast when the phone on their bodies rang.

Wu Lao glanced at Professor Chu's phone, so he picked it up directly, and said with a smile: "Yo, Lao Chu, what's wrong today, call me early in the morning." ”

Professor Chu's tone was extremely serious: "Mr. Wu, my matter is very serious, is it convenient for you to speak over there?" ”

"Forehead......" Wu Lao heard the solemnity in the other party's tone, and glanced at Xu Cunhou beside him meaningfully, "I'm outside with Lao Xu now, and I'll call you back when I get home......"

After Wu Lao finished speaking, he hung up the phone, sped up with Xu Cunhou, and returned to Xu Cunhou's villa on the outskirts of the East China Sea.

After returning to his room, Wu Lao dialed Professor Chu's phone again: "Say, what's going on, what's the trouble?" What can I do? ”

"No, it's not a trouble...... Professor Chu shook his head and said very solemnly, "It's a discovery, because it's too important, so I want to discuss with you, how to deal with it is more appropriate, you are convenient to speak now, right?" ”

Listening to Professor Chu's very serious tone, Wu Lao was also a little concerned, so he asked, "Now that I'm alone in my room, let's say, what did you find this time?" ”

Professor Chu hesitated for a moment, and seemed to be very stressed: "I...... I might ...... Extraterrestrial life ...... discovered"

"Uh......" Wu Lao was stunned for a while, "You...... This...... Is it serious? Times are different now, so don't make jokes like you did during the revolution......"

"I'm serious this time." Professor Chu said this, and his tone began to become a little hurried, "I have never been so serious in my life.

"Well, last night, we got a new meteorite, and then, as usual, I did a routine test of it, but it turned out to be ...... It seems to be alive! ”

Professor Chu told Wu Lao about the characteristics of the meteorites he had tested without reservation, and finally said:

"That's the way it is, I'm very excited and confused now, I don't know what to do, so I'm looking for you, I hope you can come over, see this meteorite with your own eyes, and then come up with an idea."

From the time Professor Chu began to explain the characteristics of meteorites, Wu Lao had not said a word, and only after Professor Chu finished speaking, did he confirm very seriously:

"You promise that what you just said is true, and what you saw with your own eyes is not hearsay or your delusions?"

Professor Chu immediately said: "I know that this matter is too appalling, and it is normal for you to not believe it all of a sudden, but I promise, I guarantee with my personality, what I said is true, and there is no point in me deceiving you at all." ”

"Okay." Wu Lao took a deep breath, "Now, be optimistic about the meteorite, don't let anyone else touch it, and then wait for me, I will go back to the imperial capital immediately." ”

After Wu Lao finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly, first called the person in charge of Donghai Airport, and asked the next flight to the imperial capital not to take off, wait for himself, and then change his clothes and go out to find Xu Cunhou.

Xu Cunhou was eating in the restaurant with his family, watching Wu Lao come out in a hurry, and remembering the previous phone call, he couldn't help but ask with some doubts:

"Old Wu, has something happened?"

"It's a bit of a rush, but it's not dangerous, it's probably a good thing." Wu Lao agreed casually, and then patted Xu Cunhou's youngest son next to him on the shoulder with a smile, "Then, requisition your precious son and car, and send me to the airport." ”

Xu Cunhou heard Wu Lao use "may be a good thing", such an ambiguous statement, but he didn't tell himself anything specific, so he knew that this should be something that involves confidentiality and is not suitable for ordinary people to know.

But since it may be a good thing, there is nothing to worry about, so Xu Cunhou didn't ask much: "Then be careful on the road, third, go and send you Uncle Wu." ”

Xiao Xu nodded, put down the dishes, wiped his mouth, rinsed his mouth and stood up: "No problem, Uncle Wu, you wait a while, I'll go drive." ”

"Thank you for your hard work, Comrade Xiao Xu." Wu Lao agreed with a smile, waited in the restaurant with Xu Cunhou for a while, and Xiao Xu drove out of the garage, said goodbye to Xu Cunhou, and got in the car to go to the airport.

Wu Lao is very clear about the real purpose of Professor Chu's research project, because Wu Lao himself is also one of the nominal leaders of this project.

Modern astronomy has allowed human beings to understand the vastness of the universe and the ordinariness of the earth they live in.

Exploring the existence of extraterrestrial life, or in other words, exploring the existence of extraterrestrial intelligent life, has become an enduring topic.

In the field of astronomy, there has been a continuous exploration plan related to it.

We can often see news reports on the Internet that such and such a country, or such and such an organization, is systematically exploring extraterrestrial life.