The buzzing sound became louder and louder, and while feeling a little dizzy in his head, Zhao Huasheng also felt that his exposed skin seemed to have become a little woody, like a plastic film covering it, and it seemed to be full of static electricity. When Zhao Huasheng raised his head, he saw countless birds flying out of the mountains and forests, spinning in the sky like headless flies, and some even smashed directly to the ground.

Zhao Huasheng knew that it was because the birds' navigation organs were disturbed.

"I am witnessing what may be the first exchange between human civilization and extraterrestrial civilization in history, developing alone on this small blue planet for millions of years, starting with the ancient ape-man, until now, the technological level of our human civilization has finally reached this point. This endless starry sky is like a black curtain that envelops us all, and behind this curtain lies endless mysteries...... At this moment, there is a mysterious civilization that may come from this mysterious world to the solar system, and at this moment, we are trying to establish contact with them. ”

Zhao Huasheng has some blood surging in his heart.

"If they really exist, if they really receive this message...... What do they think? Do you laugh at the inadequacy of this backward civilization, or do you simply ignore it and treat it as the chirping of ants? ”

"But we humans have finally come to this point. The fact that our current science and technology is backward is simply because we have not had enough time to develop, and it does not mean that our civilization is inferior. If we can survive this tribulation, in the near future, we will also be all over the starry sky, and we will also enter this mysterious world......"

Zhao Huasheng's mood at the moment was like a rolling wave, and he refused to stop for a moment. In the midst of the slight dizziness and skin discomfort, the roar of the person in charge of the observatory was still reaching Zhao Huasheng's ears. Zhao Huasheng knew that the words spoken by the person in charge of the observatory were the content of the signal sent by the radio telescope to the sun.

"We are fortunate that our two civilizations are here across a distance that could be tens of millions of light-years away, and as the masters of this small galaxy, we welcome you and allow us to extend our sincere greetings to you."

"Our technology is backward, but we still observe that you seem to be doing something in our galaxy. Excuse me, what do you want out of our galaxy? Or are you doing some scientific research to try to get some scientific information? Can you tell us about these things? We'd love to hear from you. ”

"We believe that the moral level of a civilization and the technological level of this civilization complement each other, and you who have advanced technology that we dare not imagine must have a moral level that matches your technology. And you, who have such high morals, will not come to embarrass a backward civilization whose footprints are still limited to the home planet. I'm sorry to tell you that some of your actions towards our galaxy Sun have severely affected our lives, resulting in the deaths of tens of millions of people in our civilization and, in the future, billions of others of their kind. We are very sad and saddened by this. ”

"We believe you have good intentions, which may have been caused by some mistake on your part that we cannot understand. We fervently hope that you can correct these mistakes and undo the suffering inflicted on our civilization. We would love to live in peace with your civilization, and we believe that this will be your wish as well. ”

"Earth, human civilization respectfully. We are waiting for your answer. ”

The screaming of the person in charge of the observatory stopped, and the dizziness and skin discomfort that Zhao Huasheng felt disappeared at the same time. The humming was gone, and the birds in the mountains and forests were silent. So Zhao Huasheng knew that the signal transmission was over.

The whole message is presented with sincerity, so humble as to the K2-class civilization that may or may not exist. The death of tens of millions of human beings, and the human suffering that has been hidden in the aftermath of this, is obscured by the understatement of "some of your mistakes that we cannot understand".

At this moment, Zhao Huasheng thought of the Freya family who died in the cold wind and ice and snow in the small town of Cowes, the old people who were stubborn and refused to evacuate even if they died, and the she-bear who was killed by Meng Zhuo in order to protect her cubs in the North Pole.

There was a blood surging in Zhao Huasheng's heart. But Zhao Huasheng still maintained a calm expression and did not speak. Next to him, Li Wei grabbed Zhao Huasheng's arm, Zhao Huasheng heard Li Wei's low sob, and felt the warmth of his sleeves wet with tears.

",!" The person in charge of the observatory didn't know when his eyes were red, he walked to the railing, grabbed the railing with both hands, and used so much force that even the green tendons on his arms burst out, and the whole person began to tremble.

"That's tens of millions of people! If we say we are dead, the robbers came to our house and took away the sunshine that belonged to us, but we still have to whisper here and beg them to let us go on the grounds of "high morality", damn it! Damn it! ”

Meng Zhuo said indifferently: "This is politics. Politics is not influenced by emotions, and politics is guided only by the pursuit of the highest good. If a low breath can save the sun and prevent more people from dying, then I wouldn't mind kneeling in front of these bitches of alien scum and kowtowing to them seventeen or eighteen times. ”

Zhao Huasheng walked over and patted the person in charge of the observatory on the shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Don't forget, we can't be sure whether this K2-level civilization exists. It is also possible that what happens above the sun is simply the result of natural physical mechanisms. ”

The person in charge of the observatory took a few deep breaths, turned his head to Zhao Huasheng and said, "I'm sorry, I lost my temper." ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhao Huasheng sighed, turned to the staff of the scientific research department and asked, "How long is the scheduled time?" ”

"Three days." "If we don't hear back from an extraterrestrial civilization within three days, then we'll assume that this extraterrestrial civilization doesn't exist, and we'll launch a large-scale solar exploration program." ”

"Okay, then let's wait three days." Zhao Huasheng nodded, "If I'm not mistaken, the Vulcan Solar Telescope is not far from here, right?" Director Li Qi led the construction of this telescope before his death, and has kept the Stellar Physics Institute and the Vulcan Solar Telescope in data sharing? ”

"Yes." The staff of the scientific research department nodded, "The Vulcan solar telescope is less than five hundred kilometers away from here. By helicopter, you can get there in just over an hour. Vulcan is a solar telescope that specializes in observing the sun, and Director Li Qi is the director of the Institute of Stellar Physics, so it is normal for him to preside over the construction of this telescope and maintain subsequent data sharing. ”

"Okay." Zhao Huasheng nodded, "In three days, I'm going to go there and have a look." ”

"Yes," said Munzo. ”

The signal transmission has ended, and the Galaxy radio telescope has regained its silence and changed from signal transmission mode to signal reception mode. Zhao Huasheng knows that not only the Galaxy Radio Telescope, but also all the radio telescopes, optical telescopes, observatories in orbit of the Earth, satellites, and many devices in space will be aimed at the sun after the signal is launched.

"The Earth and the Sun are eight light minutes apart, and it takes eight minutes for the signal we emit to reach the Sun. It also takes eight minutes for the signal to return from the Sun to Earth. So, if that K2-class civilization really exists and responds to us immediately, we will receive a signal in sixteen minutes at the earliest. ”

It took Zhao Huasheng and his group fifteen minutes to return to the small building of the Galaxy Observatory and came to the control hall. There were many unfamiliar faces in the control hall, and Zhao Huasheng knew that they were probably also subordinate personnel of the Scientific Research Department.

The Galaxy radio telescope has been tuned to the highest sensitivity, and presumably the other radio telescopes on Earth have also been tuned to the highest sensitivity. At this very moment, at least six hundred eyes are fixed on the sun, watching every move from the direction of the sun, and at least thousands of people in the know have their hearts in their throats, ready to receive some signal that can shake the whole world.

The atmosphere in the control hall was as solemn as lead, and there was no sound in the control hall of more than a hundred people, except for the faint sound of the instruments. Even the sound of breathing was softened, as if they were afraid of disturbing something hidden in the shadows.

The sun is also a huge source of radiation, and powerful radiation is emitted from it at all times. At this moment, these radiations are perfectly displayed on the instruments in the control hall. But these signals are meaningless, and the instrument's signal filtering equipment can filter out these interferences completely, leaving only those with unusual logical characteristics. And if the signal has a logical character, it is likely to be sent by intelligent life.

The hour hand turns little by little. Sixteen minutes have arrived. Theoretically, this time is enough for a radio signal to travel back and forth between the Sun and the Earth. But above the gauge display, the signal from the direction of the sun is still stable, and there is nothing but radiation from the sun itself.

"Maybe that K2-class civilization needs time to discuss what words to use in response to us." People think so, and then keep waiting.

Eighteen minutes, twenty-five minutes, one hour, three hours......

The direction of the sun is always quiet as usual.

"Okay." "It seems that either that K2-class civilization doesn't exist, or they ignore us. ”

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