Xie Heng sat on the chair, glanced at the people around the desk, he heard a meaningless word, then stood up with a blank face, and calmly said to the old man in front of him, "Someone will arrange it." Admiral Zhou, I finally understand the meaning of this sentence. He turned around and walked out, and invited him again: "Please follow me to the experimental area, the research on quantum throwing has made great progress, and it will definitely surprise you." ”

Admiral Zhou nodded, and followed his footsteps without saying a word.

On the way, Xie Heng told Admiral Zhou about the research he had done in his spare time, which was a one-man study on element zero, but he had not achieved much in 10 days.

Xie Heng said: "Admiral Zhou, I have studied the physical structure of zero element crystals, but unsatisfactory is that I have not found macroscopic surface crystals or microscopic atoms. I think the scientific community's model for resolving the molecule of element zero is wrong. ”

"There has been no good explanation in the scientific community about this substance. The only well-known experiment is that the zero element crystal is much lighter than solid hydrogen when compared to the first element of the periodic table, hydrogen, which is why scientists call it element zero. Admiral Zhou said methodically.

"But it's very unique in physics, and I've done a lot of experiments on it. It has a hard and smooth surface, does not rub against it at all in experiments with diamonds, and is not affected by temperature. ”

"Xie Heng, the nature you know was discovered at the beginning of the last century."

"I've made other discoveries that zero-element crystals are non-normal solids at absolute zero. Place it at the point of impact of the particle collider, and no warming was observed when it was bombarded. Xie Heng said, turning to another passage, and when Zhou Wujun also walked in, he saw him stop in front of a door and said, "We have arrived." ”

"If absolute zero is an unconventional solid, then why is it yellowish and transparent?" Zhou Wujun sighed, as a general, he still has some insights into physics.

Xie Heng was about to open the door, but when he heard this question, he suddenly paused for a second. He didn't know the answer, and even if he wanted to explain it through the four basic interactions, he still couldn't tell.

The door opened, and Xie Heng and Zhou Wujun walked in, they needed to wear gloves to avoid bacteria contaminating the instrument.

Zhou Wujun adjusted everything and asked, "Xie Heng, what progress has you made in the quantum throwing that you and the Dawnbreaker have studied?" ”

"Come with me, and you'll understand." Xie Heng left a suspense, walked straight to the console and turned on the AR cloud display. Zhou Wujun hurriedly walked over.

He saw an orbit demonstrated on the AR screen, emitting a red dot every 5 seconds to follow the orbit.

Xie Heng explained while debugging the data: "In the first 15,498 simulated quantum throws, we found that this kind of orbit is unsolvable, that is, no matter how I fine-tune the red dot emission angle, I can't reach the target. ”

"Quantum throws are not straight lines, you and I both know that."

"That's right, so in the last 4,578 simulations, we added a force, and 1,265 successfully reached the target, which just explains the involvement of the extra force."

"You mean, this simulation isn't the same as quantum throwing?" Zhou Wujun asked.

"It's not a proportional simulation of quantum throws anymore. I suspect that the alien civilization is doing this trick to keep us from discovering it. ”

"Quantum information is pushed to the solar system by curvature, but it doesn't follow a straight line......" Zhou Wujun pondered. He wondered what was the point of the greeting sent by that alien civilization, a statement of willingness to maintain cosmic peace with mankind, but without revealing his location and hiding the curvature track?

Xie Heng switched the AR cloud display to a dynamic map, and continued: "Regarding the energy field that binds quantum information, our human theory has not been able to explain it clearly. He looked at Zhou Wujun and said sadly: "We can't solve the binding energy field and bending force, and we still have no clue about the curvature drive." He asked, "Why don't we ask them?" Although this is very dangerous. ”

"As you said, it's very dangerous. Their ability to send quantum information into the solar system proves that their technology is far above ours, and we sent a fleet of explorers there just to find out. Zhou Wujun replied.

"Alas......" Xie Heng turned off the AR cloud display and said to himself: "Human beings saw the light emitted by the flame, but they were afraid to talk to it, and they wanted to see if it really existed there, and finally touched it but burned their hands. It's sad! ”

"Actually, we are trying, if the alien civilization is just testing whether there is life in the solar system, then we can't reveal the location, if they know about our actions but don't do anything, then we will default to us sending people to find them." Admiral Zhou said.

"That's why humanity sent out a fleet of explorers in such a hurry?" Xie Heng couldn't help laughing, he kept shaking his head, then sat on the chair and closed his eyes.

Zhou Wujun and Xie Heng have to think about it.

1 month later, Atlantis District 13.

The USSA has built a towering cloud tower here, and they actually have many options for space observation, but the people petitioned them to build a space staircase to fulfill their dreams of going to the sky.

The USSA abandoned plans to build an observatory in the Kuiper Belt after being pushed forward by various countries, and they decided to put a telescope station there under the noses of the people.

The construction of the cloud tower is very fast, and the manned staircase can be passed in only one month, but only one of the current 10 passages can be operated safely.

Zhou Wujun is the object of the USSA's invitation, and he will participate in the first passage of the staircase, but he wants Xie Heng to go with him, which is not opposed by others.

At the opening ceremony, sunlight covered the barren land, and people looked up at a huge iron pillar with a wide and large base and many tiny pores in the long part.

A total of 10 people will take the staircase to load into space, and at the top of that is the space station under construction, which will be renamed the Cloud Pavilion before the official completion of the Cloud Tower.

The 10 people put on spacesuits and entered the manned cabin of the cloud tower one by one, and the USSA mission director personally saw them off, saying: "You are the first people to enter space through the cloud tower, and we have done many tests before this to ensure your safety." ”

Zhou Wujun, the oldest of the group, replied on behalf of the others: "I and everyone else are honored to be able to participate in the Cloud Tower Test, which will be the first certification of a civil building. ”

"Have a nice trip, the staff is waiting for you above." The steward glanced at the person in front of him, smiled and closed the door.

Xie Heng always felt that the atmosphere was weird, but it was not easy to say anything. When the manned compartment began to operate, he involuntarily walked to the glass window and looked down at the ant-like crowd below.

He had never been to space before, and he suddenly felt his shoulders feel heavy, and even though the spacesuit on his body was very lightweight, he couldn't bear the increased G-force. He bent down and asked Zhou Wujun: "General Zhou, doesn't the manned compartment have an inertial damping device?" ”

"Doesn't seem to be." Zhou Wujun looked at the people around him lying on the ground, and suddenly understood something, as a zero-force person, he could resist the huge G-force, but they couldn't, if they did this again, they would die!

"What's going on?" Zhou Wujun asked questions to the ground personnel, but the communication showed that there was no connection, and he roared violently: "There is a problem with the manned compartment, we need to slow down, USSA receives it, please answer!" USSA received please answer! ”

A whistling sound came from outside the glass, the manned compartment had reached the stratosphere, and the person lying on the ground had already fainted. Admiral Zhou looked around, and there were no cameras or emergency distress devices, so he could only use zero force to force a slow down.

A golden bolt of dirt spawned from his Zero Seal, and then slammed into the track's pulley through the ventilation fan, slowing it down effectively. About 5 minutes later, they arrived at the space station. If it weren't for the frightened words of the staff, Zhou Wujun would never have known that this was an unfinished manned warehouse.

Xie Heng woke up and said in a daze: "If this is meaningful, it is probably someone who wants to kill us." ”