In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu.

Amid the firecrackers, the calendar for 2028 turned the last page.

In the Hongyan Hotel in Xichang, Linda wakes up at the gentle call of the hotel robot. She glanced at the time, then quickly drew on her makeup, changed her clothes and opened the door, and joined her assistant, who had just finished packing.

On their way downstairs to eat, she and her assistant booked a driverless taxi, which arrived at the door just when they finished their breakfast.

The whole process was arranged by Aita, everything was in order, there was no slightest drag, and there was no need to worry about whether you would be late and stuck in traffic.

"Hello Miss Linda, I am your driving assistant wd13h2, I am happy to serve you, please fasten your seatbelt and get ready to go."

After getting into the car, the on-board AI greeted him, which made the assistant who arrived the day before yesterday very curious: "Linda, has the social application of AI been realized here?" ”

"Most of the public transport is used." Linda looked at the assistant girl and nodded with a smile, and then quipped, "Do you feel like a country countryman?" ”

Vivian nodded sheepishly.

She only joined the editorial department of Lianhe Zaobao last year, and she had been at the headquarters in Pocheng before, but this time she was temporarily dispatched, mainly because Linda's previous assistant in the local area left. And it is said that he is going to engage in new media......

The so-called new media is not a new term, it was invented as early as ten years ago, and it originally refers to those "new" information providers and opinion exporters who have a certain right to speak and history that are different from tradition.

But now, new media mainly refers to the output of highly customized and interesting content for users under the framework of Aita, rather than the previous group of people who can do anything and say anything for the sake of traffic.

The reason why it has evolved into this way is mainly due to the popularization of the centralized network dominated by Aita, which has eliminated "untrue information" to a large extent.

In other words, you have to talk nonsense on social networks under Aita - especially if you are engaged in popular science, you really can't do it.

Aita allows anyone to say anything, but she will also logically point out that you are talking nonsense.

What? Are you not convinced? Let's be reasonable—do you believe it or not, Aita and her old man gave you a hundred peer-reviewed papers for you to study?

Or just find out the original source of your chasing materials and call your face.

So...... In recent years, those marketing accounts and self-media that relied on the output of content in the past have been eliminated, and then the waves have swept the sand, leaving behind a group of relatively advantageous pure opinion exporters.

There are quite a few people who are commentators.

"The country is growing too fast." Vivian's name is Xi Wei, she herself graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and she only came to the mainland once a few years ago, and she didn't realize how fast it was developing at that time, but now she ...... Of course, if you look at it on the surface, you can't see much of a difference.

Only when you really come here to live in the attitude of "life" can you know that the changes brought by quantum supercomputing + strong artificial intelligence to life are subversive.

"yes, it's going so fast." Linda hugged the notebook and sighed with emotion: "Now we always say that mankind has entered a new interstellar era, but ...... Everyone knows that this interstellar era is promoted by this side. There's nothing else in this world to do. ”

"If only the others didn't hold back." Vivian smiled: "Yesterday there was a protest in Europe, demanding that the probe be be withdrawn, saying that it would not clean up the peace of Andromeda. ”

"Hahahaha!" Linda laughed and trembled: "Listen to those fools in Europe, I'm afraid humans don't even know how to die." ”

"Hmm...... By the way, Linda, what news will the space department reveal this time? Vivian got serious: "Ten days have passed since the probe, and all kinds of gossip are flying all over the sky......"

Listening to Vivian talk about business, Linda also slowly restrained her smile, her expression became a little serious, and after thinking for a while, she slowly shook her head: "Everything is mainly from Academician Ye's mouth." ”

“……”

"Really, don't look at the news that has come out now, but you can guess with your toes, these news must have been released intentionally, first give the general public a psychological preparation - for example, what alien civilization distorted the technology tree to lead to its destruction, for example, the spaceship of the alien civilization is not more advanced than the current human race, for example, the current intelligent creatures of the blue star have disappeared and so on......"

Linda exhaled slowly as she spoke, closing her eyes.

She has been dealing with the domestic aerospace department for so long, and she is very clear about the means of releasing information in China.

Well, in fact, all official methods are the same - first put some "insider" information out, let the people guess, and it is better to guess in the most serious direction.

And then give a less serious official explanation, so that it is easy for ordinary people to accept.

Today's press release is a summary of the previous work of the entire black hole exploration project.

This means that a lot of information that people especially want to know will be exposed.

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An hour later, the press conference was held on time.

"Based on previous explorations, we first determined that Azure Star, also known as Kepler 1688c, is indeed a terrestrial planet, located in the outer cantilevered position of Andromeda, 2.68 million light-years away from us."

"Secondly, we have determined that the planet once gave birth to a civilization with interstellar building and flight capabilities, and the ruins of the space city discovered by the probe were built by the planet's civilization."

"At the same time, we have also determined that the advanced civilization of the planet is in the form of an Homo erectus humanoid......"

As Ye Ming, who was sitting in the center of the rostrum, continued to announce the results of the previous detection, or some "conclusions" that had been determined, the AR enhanced display module in front of the press conference hall also continued to play information from 2.68 million light years away.

And when Ye Ming talked about the erect humanoid form, there was inevitably an exclamation in the hall, and at the same time, several reporters sitting in the back row stood up one after another, looking at the restored "alien".

Linda also stood up, her gaze falling on the alien.

The alien is about two meters tall, a head taller than a normal human, and its head is somewhat similar to that of a feline, but the ears are noticeably degenerate, and there is a small sarcoma in front of the forehead.

As the camera rotates, the alien's limbs and fingers are exposed—only four fingers, which are generally longer in proportion.

In addition, it is a body of tendon meat.

"I forgot to add that they are indeed carbon-based organisms." Ye Ming took a sip of tea while the reporters were shocked and watched, and added with a smile.

After giving everyone a little psychological preparation, Ye Ming glanced at the manuscript and continued to announce it.

"At the same time, we are in contact with the planet. We regret to inform you that to date, we have not received any valid responses, and according to the probe's observations, there are no significant ground-based man-made structures on the planet, and no traces of energy use. ”

"In other words, it is very likely that there are no advanced civilized beings on this planet at present."

"If there's good news that you don't have to deal with extraterrestrial civilizations...... Well, that might count as one. And the good news is that the planet's ecosphere should be similar to that of Earth, with an average temperature, gravity, and even atmospheric composition that is not much different from Earth's, and belongs to the super-Earth. ”

With Ye Ming's voice, a model of the Azure Star appeared on the screen.

"As you can see, the blue part is the ocean, which shows that the origin of the blue color is similar to that of the earth, which is the spectral action of cyanobacteria. And the white part, in addition to the atmosphere, is more snow - if there is anything different from the Earth, it has a large area of polar ice, taking up half of its planet. ”

"Of course, there have been many such ice ages in the long history of the planet...... Well, we earthlings have a lot of experience. ”

Ye Ming said and made a little joke.

There was also a burst of laughter in the hall.

Ye Ming looked at everyone with a smile: "Do you still want to know how the Blue Star People died out?" ”

Several voices said in unison: "Yes! ”

"I'm sorry, we don't know, but according to the current situation, it may be a natural disaster, a human disaster, or a foreign enemy...... Anyway, they're gone. ”

"And according to speculation, they have been disappearing for thousands of years."

"In addition, in the early exploration, we also found that their spacecraft control line is indeed taking the biotechnology route." Saying that, Ye Ming coughed lightly: "The rumors are true, their biotechnology is indeed very developed, and even according to analysis, their lifespan is very long, generally reaching more than two hundred years old." ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was in an uproar!

More than 200 years old?!

"Of course, because the current equipment for various experiments and tests is not complete, it will take time to really figure out the specific situation of the civilization and the creature."

Ye Ming took another sip of water: "In addition, their spaceship, the main engine also uses controlled nuclear fusion technology - in that sense, we can think that their civilization level will not be more advanced than mine." ”

"Even the majestic space city that you see will not be more advanced than our space city in terms of technical difficulty, and what we are missing now is only the accumulation of engineering, not the gap in technology."

Saying that, Ye Ming smiled slightly: "Don't be presumptuous, human beings are not bad." ”

As Ye Ming poured beans, one after another the news that ordinary people were most concerned about was "officially exposed", which can be regarded as satisfying the gossip psychology of all ordinary people in the world.

Next, Ye Ming also selectively answered some reporters' questions.

For example, whether the planet can be used as a migration planet for humans, for example, whether the space city can be used by humans, for example, whether humans can use the "genes" of the blue star people to realize the dream of longevity, and so on......

For these questions, Ye Ming's answer was very cautious, and he didn't pack the ticket at all, but he definitely didn't say anything to death.

Of course, journalists can also understand that there is only one probe in the past, and the scientific research capacity is extremely limited, and it is indeed a bit difficult for you to get it to understand a galaxy in a short time.

At noon, the press conference ended.

……

In the afternoon, in the conference room of the Sky City, Ye Ming once again presided over a meeting on follow-up exploration.

"Obviously, according to their technological level, it is impossible to create a large number of anti-materials."

Ye Ming was showing a picture that had never appeared before, and at the same time looked at everyone with burning eyes.

Among those present, in addition to Director Zhang, Director Niu and others, there were also some experts from the domestic weapons mouth - none of the foreigners were present.

Not a single observer of Taiyo was included.

The reason, naturally, is because today we are talking about weapons, and ...... Or the ultimate weapon.

The picture shown by Ye Ming was taken yesterday after the engineering robot entered the main weapons compartment of a warship.

First, the shape of the main weapon was filmed - a large, reactor-like device, to be exact.

Director Niu looked at him very seriously: "Are you sure this is an antimatter cannon?" ”

"Physics is the principle that the whole universe follows, and even if they are dressed up in biology, they cannot be above the rules." Ye Ming also responded seriously: "Although their binding force field relies on biotechnology, it is essentially a binding force field, not some magical biological power, let alone magic. ”

was "stunned" by Ye Ming, but Director Niu did not feel the slightest embarrassment, but smiled and motioned for Ye Ming to continue.

"Another reason I'm pretty sure it's an antimatter device is ...... I'll do it all. ”

When he said this, everyone looked at him with a look of hell.

Ye Ming exhaled lightly and smiled reservedly.

Antimatter restraint device...... He would have been a few years ago.

Even the binding force field of the controllable nuclear fusion device, which mankind is now familiar with, was deduced by him from the antimatter restraint device!

And the main gun of the alien battleship in front of him is nothing more than replacing the electromagnetic circuit that humans are familiar with with with biological circuits.

"it...... You ......" Director Niu pointed at Ye Ming, stammered for a long time, and finally found that it was not appropriate to say anything: "Okay, you continue." ”

"Hehe, that's not the problem."

Ye Ming exhaled again, looking at everyone with burning eyes: "The biggest question is, where does a hiccup civilization come from? ”

This sentence immediately made everyone fall into thought.

yes, where does antimatter come from?

- When ordinary people hear about antimatter, they only know that this thing is lofty, and under the special theory of relativity, it can release complete energy, which is one of the "ultimate weapons".

But in fact, people have come up with anti-"material" decades ago – if a single atom is also "matter".

However...... Until now, humans have not known anything about how it was made, only that it miraculously crashed out.

Didn't someone ever count it? If you want to create usable antimatter, you need to fill the entire solar system with colliders.

Now that the alien civilization has created an antimatter cannon, where did their antimatter come from?

In silence, Director Zhang said tentatively: "Biological preparation? ”

Ye Ming shook his head slowly: "If you say that this creature is some kind of antimatter world creature, I believe it...... But that, isn't that a little too sci-fi? ”

Director Zhang didn't think about it anymore, and immediately asked, "Then how did you say you came here?" ”

Ye Ming was silent for a few seconds, and pulled out the star map of the entire star where the Azure Star was located.

"Is it possible that the civilization of this planet can collect antimatter ore?"