Chapter 6: The Brightness of Mars
Because Richie's actions before his death are simply not compatible with the mental model constructed from Richie's past behavior. In other words, the Richie who did these things is not like the same person who used to be the normal Richie. We have no way of knowing what the reasons for this change are, because we don't have enough sources. ”
"Although this psychoanalytic method is powerful, it is not a panacea." Zhao Huasheng thought silently, "This method can theoretically analyze any person thoroughly, but the real situation is that no person or institution has the ability to completely monitor any subtle movements of a person 24 hours a day, the level of hormone secretion in the body, the strength of the cerebral cortex, or the speed of the heart's beat. In other words, it is impossible to have complete data for modeling. Since there is no complete data, in the actual analysis, it can only be analyzed through a hospital physical examination sheet on a certain day, or a picture taken by the surveillance video, or the memories of some relevant personnel, and this will inevitably bring errors. ”
"Even if there is an error...... This method of analysis is also quite scary. The power of this approach can be seen from the fact that they can accurately predict that I will not sleep well last night, and that I will ask Monjo to be alone today. But they concluded that it was impossible to evaluate Richie's behavior patterns...... What does this mean? ”
Zhao Huasheng shook his head and continued to look at the stack of materials.
"However, we think there is one scenario that is very likely. That is, during the period when Li Qi was about to die, Li Qi may have been coerced by some kind of external force, and it is precisely because of this external force that other people cannot perceive and only exist around Li Qi that Li Qi's behavior pattern will become so disordered that it cannot be speculated and analyzed. Li Qi's choice of a blank piece of paper as his relic, and the message that "Zhao Huasheng will answer all doubts" may be Li Qi's attempt to circumvent the unknown external constraints to convey a message to us. Of course, we don't know exactly what message Li Qi wants to convey to us. ”
"We are trying to collect any video and voice and action data about Richie in order to comprehensively analyze Richie's behavior, to find out the time dividing point between "normal Rich" and "abnormal Richie", if we finally find this time cut-off point, we can know what happened on that day that caused Richie to change, and we may find out what the unknown force behind Richie is. ”
"For more information and conclusions, please wait for our further research."
This concludes this information. Zhao Huasheng put down the information in his hand and once again entered into contemplation.
The final conclusion of the psychology team was basically the same as that of Zhao Huasheng's own speculation, and both parties thought of the possibility that it was due to the influence of some unknown force that led Li Qi to do so. The difference is that the research conclusions of the psychology team are more rigorous and detailed. But it is precisely because of this that Zhao Huasheng is even more confused.
If the government cannot find out the truth of the matter, it will be possible to rely on the power of oneself...... Can I solve this high-stakes puzzle? Zhao Huasheng thought so.
"But I'm different from them. Because the key to solving this puzzle must be on me, even I don't know what it is at the moment. Zhao Huasheng thought silently, "The key to the problem is the key, but what is the key?" ”
This key is the key to Li Qi's final choice of Zhao Huasheng.
After reading the materials of the psychological research group, Zhao Huasheng transferred the research and observation data of the scientific research department under the Solar Crisis Coordination and Handling Center for the recent period of time. Zhao Huasheng was originally a scientist in stellar physics, so there was no obstacle for Zhao Huasheng to watch these materials.
"Solar activity is rapidly decaying, and we have observed 29 small flares in the last 48 to 24 hours, and only 13 in the last 24 hours so far. The Sun is currently at the peak of its 11-year cycle, and in the past C-class flares were observed almost every day, with occasional M- or X-class flares, but in recent days there have been far fewer B-class flares. ”
The following is a live picture taken by the Solar Atmosphere-1 satellite. The picture clearly shows that the sun is eerily calming down. But until now, we have not had any valuable inferences and results. ”
The sun in those pictures is still big, bright, and blazing. But Zhao Huasheng keenly saw some faint red from the picture.
According to the stellar classification, the Sun is a yellow dwarf. The color of a star is determined by its surface temperature, and the yellow light indicates that the surface temperature of the Sun is around 6,000 degrees Kelvin. If the light is red, it indicates that the surface temperature of the star is between 2,000 and 5,000 degrees Kelvin. At this moment, the sunlight began to be mixed with red...... This means that the surface temperature of the sun has dropped by at least 500 degrees.
This is undoubtedly a very major disaster for the planet. But fortunately, the earth has its own insulation system, so it can't have much impact on humans for the time being. It is precisely because of this that human civilization has a rare buffer time.
"But in the continuous observations, we also found some things that made us wonder. The most important point is the question of the brightness of Mars. The document reads.
"The brightness of Mars?" Zhao Huasheng had a little doubt in his heart.
Zhao Huasheng also has a certain understanding of the operation laws of several major planets in the solar system. Zhao Huasheng knows that Mars is on the other side of the sun at this moment, and because of this, from the perspective of the earth, Mars rises and sets with the sun, and during the day, Mars will be covered by the strong light of the sun, so most of the time Mars is not visible, and can only be seen in the early morning and dusk when the sun is dim.
"Mars is on the other side of the Sun at the moment, so the Mars seen above the Earth is the light reflected by Mars on the other side of the Sun. Based on the decrease in the luminosity of the sun that we are observing at the moment, the brightness of Mars should also decrease correspondingly, but we do not observe this change on Mars. ”
What this phenomenon means, Zhao Huasheng knows very well in his heart.
This means...... The sun only has a decrease in radiation intensity on the side facing the Earth, while maintaining normal radiation levels on the side facing away from the Earth. Because only in this way will the brightness of Mars not change.
"How is this possible?" Zhao Huasheng's heart immediately popped up with this sentence, "If this is really the case, then we should have discovered this a long time ago." Not all of the satellites we launch are on this side of the Earth. ”
In recent decades, human civilization has launched many interstellar probes, including Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and other planets, and even comets and asteroids. The farthest probe has even traveled beyond the range of the heliosphere. As far as Zhao Huasheng knows, there are the Comet Falcon probe, the Stardust probe, and the Messenger probe on the other side of the sun. So if the radiation level on the far side of the Sun hadn't really decreased, the Ministry of Science would have received the signal a long time ago, rather than inferring it from the luminosity of Mars until now.
But Zhao Huasheng's question only lasted for a moment, and the next moment Zhao Huasheng figured it out.
"Those probes are not professional solar probes, they can't make too detailed observations of a bright star like the sun, so it's understandable that they don't see changes in the sun's luminosity."
Zhao Huasheng sorted out his thoughts and continued to read.
"After discovering this, we seized the time to operate professional solar observation satellites to go to the other side of the sun as soon as possible to make observations, and at the risk of damage to the probes, we forced some of the deep space probes to point their observation cameras at the sun. There is no accurate enough information yet, but we are at least 80 percent sure that it is true. This is also confirmed by the Loew Space Telescope's observations of an asteroid named A7435D on the far side of the Sun. ”
"We don't know exactly what this means, but the general inference is that there is some kind of physical reaction on top of the Sun's atmosphere (presumably the photosphere) that we don't yet know about, and it's this process that blocks the path of photons from the Sun's interior that are emitted outward. Further observations, modelling and calculations are underway. ”
The inference is very simple and crude, but it is logical enough. Theoretically, if the material composition and mass of the Sun have not changed, then its radiation levels should not change either. But the fact that the level of radiation has changed, and this inference is enough to balance the contradiction between the two sides - it is not that the level of solar radiation has decreased, but that there is some kind of obstruction in the solar atmosphere that blocks the sun's radiation.
"But how can this be?" Zhao Huasheng thought silently, "What kind of physical reaction can cause such a consequence, and if there is really such a physical reaction process, how long will it last above the sun?" ”
"And what does this have to do with the blank piece of paper that Li Qi left me? ……”
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