Chapter 3: Three 'Wormholes'
Yang Youcheng sat on the sofa, opened the file bag, and took out a set of booklets made of A4 paper and four photos.
Yang Youcheng first gave Ai Mingjie three photos, and said at the same time: "These three photos are the 'wormholes' that are currently known to allow us to transmit to the planet Bals. ”
My uncle paused and said, "Let's think it's a wormhole, but researchers haven't been able to figure out what it is. ”
Ai Mingjie took the photo in his uncle's hand, which was the same as the one that was put by the up master directly on the beep, but compared to the previous one, the three photos in his hand were clearer.
Ai Mingjie asked his uncle Yang Youcheng: "Are these three wormholes the same size?" Since there was no reference, Ai Mingjie couldn't compare the photos for a while, so he asked his uncle.
"This is also a point of interest to the researchers, as the data of the three wormholes are shared with each other and they are almost the same size," Yang said. ”
It's as if the products produced in the same factory are placed in three places in Bluestar.
When Ai Mingjie heard this, he became more interested, and his aunt Ai Manling was also very curious, so she took the booklet in Yang Youcheng's hand and watched it, and Ai Mingjie also got up and sat down next to her aunt to read it together.
On the first page of the booklet is the Bals Star Handbook, with the word "First Edition" written below, and it seems that it will be constantly updated with the research of scientific researchers.
Turning to the second page, there is a table of contents, with multiple contents and page numbers. The first one is about wormholes.
Flipping to the corresponding page number, Ai Mingjie and his aunt Ai Manling began to read. It may be because the research has not been made much or has not been fully written, and the content is not very large.
I finished reading the content about 'wormhole' in about ten minutes.
There are three known 'wormholes' in Blue Star, all of which are the same size and shape. Therefore, it is named α, β, and γ in the order in which they were discovered.
α of these was the first to be discovered, and it was the black sphere described in Bals's travels, but it was not discovered until July 2013.
It is located in the Western Sahara Desert and is more than a hundred miles from the local city of Laayoune.
And it's not always there, it's a regular disappearance for unknown reasons.
After media reports, at that time, all countries arranged for manpower to study it, and at the same time arranged manpower to search for other wormholes.
In 2014, similar wormhole β and γ were discovered in China and the United States in their respective territories. So I began to arrange manual research.
However, unlike the United States and small African countries, no country dares to directly arrange for joint research, and China and the United States have each invited friendly countries to conduct joint research.
But the rest of the countries still focused on the wormhole α at Laayoune, after all, small countries have little binding power.
In the beginning, no country directly arranged for people to go in, because no one knew what would happen after they went in. Although Bals's travels record this wormhole, it is unknown whether he actually entered it.
Drones and other detection devices were arranged to enter, but nothing was found. Arrange some animals also have to go and never return.
No one knew what would happen inside, so researchers from various countries had to test the data with no progress.
However, after observation, some researchers speculate that the three wormholes may just be the same wormhole at different points in time and in different places.
Although it is true that the wormholes placed in the three places are not at the same time, they do not appear seamlessly, so this conjecture is not correct or not, and can only be studied slowly.
At the end of 2014, Russia arranged for people to enter from α, and for safety reasons, everyone who entered wore thick protective clothing. Bring enough tools and food.
Three days after the group entered, one person came out, bringing the shocking news that α link was a terrestrial planet.
As soon as this news came out, all countries began to arrange exploration teams.
Huaxia has also begun to explore the β wormhole located in the uninhabited area of Qiangtang.
After years of observation, it was found that β would appear at 8:53 p.m. Beijing time and disappear at 4:11 a.m. the next day.
Since learning that the terrestrial planet Bars could be penetrated through α, the relevant departments of Huaxia have also arranged for people to enter the exploration.
That's all for wormholes.
Ai Manling and Ai Mingjie were about to look down, but found that it was all blank, and the two of them were surprised, and their uncle Yang Youcheng said:
"This is what I can view at the moment, unless I agree to go to Bals to explore and sign the relevant documents, otherwise the rest of the content cannot be viewed."
"However, I heard from friends that the wormhole cannot go directly to Rodinia, the main continent of Bals, and that the wormhole is connected to an island and needs to be passed by boat."
Emminger said, "Did they find any creatures on the planet Bals?" ”
Aunt Ai Manling also looked at her uncle, she also wanted to know about this.
Obviously, everyone is interested in whether there are any other civilizations in the universe besides the Blue Star.
Uncle Yang Youcheng hesitated and said, "Maybe." I don't know a lot, I think there should be, haven't you read Bals's travels? If he had experienced the recorded fantasy adventures, then that planet would have been suitable for survival and food. ”
After Yang Youcheng finished speaking, he took the manual that he had finished reading in his aunt's hand and put it in the file bag. Yawned and said, "It's not too early, Mingjie, you should rest early, I'll go to sleep first, I'm too sleepy." ”
Ai Mingjie answered and went back to the room.
In the room, Ai Mingjie lay on the bed and couldn't sleep for a long time. The mind is full of things about the planet Bals that we discussed earlier. I thought to myself: "I usually watch more related news, why is it all about this today." ”
Ai Mingjie thought about the strangeness of the three wormholes in his heart and slowly fell asleep.
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In China, there is a camp in the uninhabited area of Qiangtang, and a high platform has been built in the center of the camp, and there is a black sphere with a diameter of about three meters in the center of the platform, which is seamlessly connected with the platform. There are many people in overalls pushing carts loaded with various materials in and out, and if you look closely, you will see that there is a pattern in and out.
In a barracks not far from the central platform, ten people sat around a long table, one end of which was empty, as if waiting for something.
After a few minutes, a middle-aged man came in, wearing a military uniform, with an inch of hair and sharp eyes. His name is Yang Zhonghua, and he is the head of the camp. He walked to the end of the long table and sat down, looked around and said with a smile: "Good evening, everyone, first of all, congratulations on our victory in the first stage. After nearly five years, we have finally completed the initial construction of our base on Bals Star - Weiyuan Island. ”
The eleven people in the camp all laughed and applauded, and one of the white-haired old men said: "Yes, if you want to get rich, you must build roads first, and you must also do a good job in infrastructure to explore the alien planet."
When a wormhole was discovered in the territory that year, who knew that it was connected to a wormhole on the Bals Star Sea, and the first exploration team sacrificed two people in vain. ”
The rest of the people listened with grief.
In 2014, Huaxia arranged for a 13-person exploration team to enter from β, and as a result, the members of the exploration team fell into the sea from 10 meters above the sea of Bals, although the distance was more than 200 meters away from the island, but at that time, two teammates lost contact with the storm weather in Bals, and they have not been recovered.
Fortunately, the rest of the people were able to bring together a small hot air balloon with their equipment, so they could arrange for one person to pass through, bring out the news, and ask for help.
In the next five years, Huaxia began to develop terrifying infrastructure capabilities, although the β diameter is only 3 meters, and large equipment cannot be brought through, but by dividing the materials and bringing them over, they can build a large platform 10 meters above the sea surface when there is nothing in the alien planet, and then connect the platform with the nearest island.
Due to the unique magnetic field of Bals, many electrical equipment cannot be used, so these large facilities are built step by step by workers. The difficulties encountered can be imagined.
Yang Zhonghua said: "The prosperity and strength of our country are all bought by generations of people who have paid their lives, and we should work harder to take over and live up to their efforts."
You should have also read the news, and the request sent above is that in the next month, we must hurry up to improve all kinds of facilities on Weiyuan Island, clear the route from Weiyuan Island to the mainland of Rhodinia, provide detailed routes, and mark all kinds of reefs. ”
Yang Zhonghua said firmly: "The first five-year plan is completed, and the next step is to enter Rodinia." ”