The four of them bumped their heads: judging from Ivan's appearance and speech, the first impression was a bit down-to-earth. Stay for a few days and learn more before making the next decision on whether or not it's worth the investment. Early in the morning of the third day, Ivan was wearing a formal suit, in fact, it is a formal suit, which is a suit that has been washed many times and is a little wrinkled, which may be his own habit, or it may be because no one takes care of his clothes. But no matter what, Ivan politely appeared in their hut again. He sat down on a chair: "Good morning, everyone, if you have any questions, you can ask, I will answer you vigorously, so that until you have a general understanding, I will ask you to carry out the next one, that is, to conduct a field visit, do you think this arrangement is okay?" "Look at a few of them many times, and a few of them also salute him: the way you look at it. Many times while thinking about it, he replied, "Yes! That's it, it's okay! He had already had a lot of questions to ask, and he was the first to ask: "Mr. Ivan, you are a famous scientist and a pillar of KX, why don't you work there?" Ivan replied without hesitation and with a little anger: "They only need dogs!" Ivan didn't explain any more, or as a member of KX, or someone who was in regular contact with KX, the four of them could probably understand what this meant. He continued to ask: "I don't think that with the current scientific water products of our human beings and the existing technology and conditions here, we are not capable of obtaining the energy needed for wormhole research, let alone building equipment that can pass through wormholes." How did you accomplish, or rather, break through the research on wormholes, which for thousands of years has only existed in the theoretical research stage? Ivan nodded: "Yes, with the current technical conditions, it is impossible for us to build a wormhole." I don't know if you have read a paper I published more than ten years ago, which only mentions that we use special equipment to monitor the existence of wormholes and the direction of existence. Duofan: "So the detection of a wormhole indicates that we can reach another space through the wormhole?" Moreover, as far as I know, there is a very powerful energy field inside and around the wormhole, and it is impossible for our current scientific and technological technology and equipment to pass through such a powerful energy field, and even, I think that even within a certain distance of the periphery of the wormhole, we can't and can't get close to it. I've seen the black hole observed by the space telescope, some matter has not been close to it, it has been swallowed by its huge gravitational energy, under its strong gravitational pull, all matter even planets, stars will be torn into particles, we go again, then the result can be imagined? Ivan: "Yes, it seems that you still know something about wormholes, and you're right." Now that you know something, I'm relaxed, and I don't have to explain that knowledge anymore, so what! Let's just get straight to the point and give you the answer. In fact, I have already researched the monitoring equipment, and this is not difficult, that is, to monitor the existence of the wormhole through the abnormal energy field, and also know the location of the wormhole and its energy distribution. Well! Well, didn't I mention in my paper that the wormhole of the universe is not simply composed of a white hole and a black hole connected by a Schwarzschild throat, but may be a jet composed of multiple gravitational ports, a black hole and a plurality of white holes, and the gravitational port of the black hole and the jet port of the white hole are distributed in a scattering or branch-like manner! This is very important! This means that the energy of the wormhole is dispersed, and in this way, we can use the special equipment I built to make the wormhole available to us. Ivan pointed to the glass with the black liquid in their hands: "Drink, everybody! Although the taste is not very good, the nutritional value is not low. Ivan turned back to the original topic: "At present, the biggest technical difficulty is in the research of transportation and manned special equipment. These special equipment are not only technically demanding, but also require a large amount of funding to support the research to continue. So, I started looking for some reliable friends to help with this. Those special equipment are not like what is said in the movie, people drill into it, and they are sent away. What about them! It's much more complicated and sophisticated, and it won't be clear for a while, but I'll explain it to you in more detail when I get to the lab. "How much does it cost to complete this equipment?" Ivan: "Two billion, or three billion." Shrugging: "That's probably the number!" I don't know exactly how much. In fact, you also know that engaging in scientific research is not only uncertain in terms of time, but also in terms of the amount of money used, right? He nodded many times: "Yes!" Well! However, I see that you only have a few houses, and there is nothing in them, how do you do research and equipment manufacturing? Ivan didn't answer directly, but asked: "My friend said that you are very sincere in investing 200 million yuan, right?" Many times a little impolite but the tone was kind to reply: "Of course, otherwise I ran so far and suffered so much, would I come to see your (broken) houses!?" Ivan didn't care too much about the repeated rudeness, as if he had already encountered such a situation: "You are sincere, and I will not hide anything from you." These adobe houses are just to cover people's eyes and ears, and in one of the houses there is a passage to the back mountain, and the cave deep inside is my laboratory. "Oh! I see. Ivan: "As you know, KX is not allowed to do things they don't need, even if the envoy leaves, they always want to know what you have done, whether you have done something bad for the company, whether you have betrayed the company's secrets to others, etc. This is the fourth place I've changed, and I've finally found a safer corner. After you have lunch, take a break, and take you to visit my lab in the afternoon, can you see? One after another, they replied, "Yes." Ivan nodded to the four of them and went out. Zhaoli is engaged in economic work, and his thinking about problems is relatively comprehensive and complicated, so he believes that there are some important things that should be prepared in advance, which will be more beneficial to future decision-making work. He wanted to ask, at this time, what necessary preparations should be made, so he looked at Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan didn't know what he was thinking, could he find out, he didn't need to look at it at all to know what the answer would be, and finally, he looked at it many times: "Should we prepare something at this time?" Blinking multiple times: "Do you have an idea?" Say it and we'll add it up. Zhaoli: "Let's think about it and discuss it now, and see if we have any questions to understand in the afternoon, and we can ask Ivan." First, we will not miss questions in the afternoon, and the other can also be used as a reference for drafting investment contracts. What do you say? He nodded many times and said, "Yes." You can record it. Zhao Li: "Say it many times, you are also a doctor of physics, you should know better than us what things need to be understood, you need to ask, so that you can put it forward in a targeted manner, don't grab your eyebrows and mustaches at that time, we can't ask questions with real surnames, Ivan is not easy to answer, and it is not very beneficial to our investment decisions and saving time." Right! Zhao Li looked around: "At least now I don't want to stay in this place for too long, this place has always felt too desolate." Cha De smiled and said, "Old Zhao, can't you come up with some of your own problems?" Why do you always tell Lao Duo to say it first? Zhao Li rolled his eyes at Chade: "It's not a good line, it's separated by a mountain!" You think I'm polite! He smiled and said, "Okay! I would like to make a few points, well, how long do you estimate how long it will take to complete the final manufacturing, testing and application of the equipment? Second, how to conduct the test? Third, even if the equipment can be manufactured, it can be put into normal use, can we know where we are going to go? That's all I have in mind right now. Lao Lu, what do you need to ask? Lu Yuan: "Actually, I'm still very skeptical, with our current science and technology products, how can we make such a device." I think that the knowledge involved in this kind of technology is really too broad and too wide, and you think, I'm afraid it will involve cosmic science, materials science, particle physics, etc., etc., and Ivan's people can do it? So I'm still skeptical. After saying that, he shook his head a few times. Several of them laughed and understood, because they knew very little about Ivan and his team, their knowledge and ability, and other major factors involved in investment, so there was nothing to explain or refute. Zhao Li: "Aren't you going to see the lab in the afternoon?" After reading and listening to Ivan's explanation, I will draw conclusions, okay? Now, this environment is also obvious to everyone, we don't want to try our best to hide, I'm afraid that one day the quantitative change will cause a qualitative change, and we can only survive a few hundred meters underground, just like rats and earthworms, that! I don't think it's any different than being buried alive. Chade: "We're engaged in art, we don't know anything about wormholes, you can do whatever you say!" I believe in you. Zhaoli: "Okay, eat first, rest for a while, and wait for them to arrange." In the afternoon, Ivan led them out of their house and into a larger, adobe house that was nearer, more precisely, at the foot of the hill. There is a bed on the right hand of the suite in the back of the adobe house, on which lies a big man who is five big and three thick, maybe more than one meter and nine. When he saw Ivan come in, he lifted himself up and lay down again—presumably a security guard. On the left hand of the enter, there is a very old and tall wardrobe. Ivan moved somewhere, and the cabinet moved away automatically, revealing a dark doorway, just high enough for Ivan's height, about two as wide as he was. Ivan touched a place and turned on a few electric lights in the hole, and the light illuminated the inside of the doorway. Except that the ground is somewhat flat, the east wall on both sides and the round roof of the cave are covered with fist-sized pits. The extension of several lights illuminates the direction of the tunnel, and also guides people's eyes to look in and walk, except for the extension of the cave wall and the bottom, there is nothing special. Ivan turned to the side and said, "Please come in, just follow the road." "The passage further inside was not spacious, and twenty or thirty meters straight towards the somewhat sloping road there was a large iron gate, and Ivan knocked on it, and a small window opened, and a face appeared somewhere, and the iron door opened with a heavy and piercing scream. Not far from the wall, two cars were already parked, and Ivan waved his hand: "Please get on the tram." "Five people took two small trams, turned left and turned right for about ten minutes, and then passed a door, and suddenly appeared in front of a forty or fifty meters high, sixty or seventy meters wide and deep should have nearly 100 meters of large hole, among which there are also five or six concrete columns with a diameter of about four or five meters, the top of the hole is probably pyramidal, and many places seem to have been reinforced with concrete to prevent collapse. Zhaoli secretly thought, just this hole, it will take a lot of effort and money to build it: "This hole is really big." "Because there is nothing in the cave, although Zhao Li does not speak loudly, there is also an echo, and if he stands in the right place, the voice will be amplified. Lu Yuan: "I just saw that the main body of this mountain is granite, so you can dig such a big hole. Ivan: "We still use to call them rooms." This is the lab, this is one of the two large rooms, and the other two are slightly smaller, and I can't remember exactly how many there are, maybe there are more than twenty rooms. The main lab is going inside, please! "I walked through two small rooms, and came to a large room, which seemed to be about the same size as the one just now. Ivan raised his hand: "This is the main laboratory, please see." "There are hundreds of large and small instruments, instruments and other equipment. These devices are incomprehensible to a few laymen, and they only feel as complex as the inside of a common robot. Ivan led them to some inconspicuous devices: "These are devices that can detect wormholes. In fact, its working principle is not complicated, as long as you understand the composition of black holes, you can measure the black holes in the universe and their corresponding energy changes, and black holes are not enough and necessary conditions to constitute wormholes? If we analyze them and the associated energy, we can see that the wormholes that follow the black hole will be there. The most important thing is to test their function, to test the function of the device that detects the wormhole, it must be carried out outdoors, and the outdoor test can only be a rough test. Anyone with a little common sense should know that because the space around us is full of air, you like, the direction of space has the influence of the atmosphere, and there are also reasons such as the sensitivity of the device itself, so the accuracy of the measured wormhole and related data is not very good and accurate. The best way to test, of course, is to carry out it in space, as long as the detection equipment itself can be used, then use this equipment to detect the existence of wormholes, which is fine. At the end of the day, you'll know when the device is ready for use. Zhaoli also thought that such a big thing could send so many people to the other end of the wormhole, and it turned out to be just a guy who detected wormholes. "Mr. Ivan, I have a few questions for you, can I?" Ivan: "It's okay, just ask." Many times said the question that he had conceived with Zhaoli and them a long time ago: "First, is it best to test this wormhole detection device in space?" In that case, how are you going to test in space now, do you want to build another spaceship? Second, yes, even if the test is successful, the manned equipment can be used, and we can leave the earth and reach the place where there is a wormhole. Third, can we know the exact location to reach the other end of the wormhole? If you think my question is too abrupt, I'm sorry! Thank you for your understanding! Ivan: "That's a good question!" Well! That's some of the issues I'm trying to solve. As for the inspection equipment, I have already thought about it and am going to place it on a high mountain with good visibility for testing, which will also be able to complete most of the test plan. As for manned equipment and our entry into space, I had already thought of a solution, which was to use some of my old connections at KX to take the KX cargo spacecraft into space. Of course, this can only be done in secret, as long as we contribute some money, we can still do it. The third question, I can tell you very honestly, we can't know the exact location of the other side of the wormhole, as for what the other end looks like, we can only try our luck and see how God arranges us. "Repeatedly:"How long does it take for manned equipment to be completed, and tests, doctor?" Ivan: "It's not certain yet, maybe three or five years, maybe eight or ten years." As you can see, my main job at the moment is to make the equipment for detecting wormholes, and fortunately, it is almost finished. At present, manned equipment is mainly engaged in data calculation, modification and theoretical verification, as well as preliminary work such as design, selection and manufacture of materials for equipment. I think those who have some scientific knowledge should know some of this important surname in the early stage, so I won't say more. Ivan paused: "I have hired more than a dozen PhDs, most of them are my former colleagues, and they are all leaders in the scientific community, we are a team with the same goal and great technology, and we have always believed that our goals will be achieved." Moreover, the current state of life on the earth is also driving us to work hard. Ivan sighed! His sigh also affected the four of them, and for a moment the air around them seemed to freeze. Zhao Li thought, yes, now is an era that can only take care of individuals, the sooner you can leave the earth, the more chance you have to continue to survive, if you can't grasp it, you can only bear the unimaginable consequences by yourself, so you must not have the delusion that there will be any environment for the better. Most of them are scientists, and they should be relatively clear about the direction in which the environment will develop in the future, and even if they can grasp the 1 percent chance of survival, they must not miss it. With the technology we humans have, Ivan's actions can be regarded as giving them the best chance. I exchanged glances with them many times. Then he said to Ivan: "Mr. Ivan, let's see here first." If you still have any questions, how about asking? Ivan: "Well, I'm always open to your visits, questions, goodbye!" One by one, they waved goodbye to Ivan. This first kind of equipment is not reliable to use," Lu Yuan said about his feelings as soon as he fell on the bed: "Didn't you hear him say that outdoor testing is just an approximation?" I always think, this, this, what to say! It's just that some of them feel that this thing is a little unreliable. Zhao Li: "You are a scientist, although you are a chemical and biological scientist, but even if you are a scientist, the feeling is definitely different from me and Cha De. However, you can say that we are not investing right away anyway, nor are we going back right away, and besides, there are still many people here! Yawned many times: "Lao Lu, they are the most reluctant to see the word 'probably', because their work requirements have always been, accurate and accurate, accurate and accurate, right!" After a pause: "Actually, science is a thing that has some laws, that is, a new science and technology, a new discipline, in her earliest time, when she first conducted research, all the scientific research data about the technology and the like are not very certain, nor very accurate, only after the descendants continue to explore and explore, improve and improve, the technology can finally be recognized and accepted." In my opinion, Ivan's technology belongs to this discipline, and it is in the beginning stage of this technology. Even if the technology is already very mature, isn't there no end, and there is no need to continue research? In any case, many scientific things are from the hazy form of early concepts, and then through the research and accumulation of countless people, step by step to the commanding heights of science in the back. This process is like a hiker going from a rugged mountain to a plain with a flat river, which makes people suddenly open up and see more clearly. He stared at the roof with deep eyes: "Speaking of which, it means that the beginning of scientific research will not be very perfect, otherwise why do you need further research!" I guess this is the conclusion I have come to from my long-term study of physical theories. However, individuals have a personal perspective on the problem, and Lao Lu just looks at the problem from his point of view. He scratched his scalp many times: "I'm on this question!" There are still reservations. Lu Yuan was silent, he knew that there was some truth in what he had said many times. On the second and third days, Ivan led the team by chance, and most of the time, it was his assistant Wen He who led them around and explained. There are some esoteric and professional things that only Duofan and Lu Yuan can understand. Lu Yuan is a chemist and biologist, and on the top of the dip, Zhaoli and Cha De, the two laymen, can only do decorations, and they all nod and deal with it if they don't understand, or: "Oh, so that's it", in fact, what is it like, I know a ghost! Many days of investigation passed. They returned to their adobe rooms and lay down on their beds. Many times first asked, "How?" Whether it's worth the investment or not, let's discuss it carefully, and I'll talk about my opinion first. I think it's worth it, why? I thought about it, and I thought it was an opportunity, an opportunity to give it a go. In other words, in this crisis situation, it is still an optional project. ”

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