Chapter 20 Warning Pointing to the 'Summer Solstice'
Only four people, Gao Tianjun, Ding Yushi, Easton and Aisen, were left in the experiment. In order to minimize unnecessary interference factors and for confidentiality reasons, at Easton's suggestion, Gao Tianjun asked the other team members to leave temporarily.
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Eisen was still lying on the recliner. The upper part of the recliner had been slightly raised. He seemed a little tired, and his speech and behavior were a little slow.
Easton has conducted a comprehensive examination on Eisen and confirmed that he is conscious and that all physical signs are completely normal.
Gao Tianjun, Ding Yushi and Easton sat on one side of the lounge chair, so that Aisen could see them at the same time without turning his neck. Their conversation was alternately conducted in Chinese and English, with Ding Yushi translating.<
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"Eisen, can you tell us what you saw in your dream?" Easton asked.
"I saw something like a 'crop circle', it was huge!"
"Do you remember the patterns you saw?"
"Remember! I can draw it!"
Ding Yushi found paper and pen and gave them to Aisen. It didn't take long for Aisen to draw those graphics.
This is an asymmetrical pattern composed of more than a dozen large and small circles and many lines of different lengths and curves. There are several circles that intersect with each other. There is also a larger circle on the periphery of the main part of the pattern.
The ring seems to "trap" it; and outside this large circle, there is a set of patterns, but Eisen did not draw it completely.
"There should be a more complex pattern at this location. I just remember it looks like this." Eisen pointed to that place and said.
"Most of the crop circles that have been discovered so far are symmetrical figures, but this one is different." Easton took the pattern drawn by Eisen and looked at it carefully. "It doesn't look like any beauty, but it looks like a
Express something simply and straightforwardly. Mr. Eisen, in addition to seeing these crop circle-like patterns, did you see or hear anything else in your dream?"
"I seemed to hear a voice."
"What sound?"
"It was like thunder, or like the sound of a plane flying over... I can't tell. In addition, I also felt a huge resistance in front of me. It was a kind of resistance that was invisible and intangible and could only be felt by the body.
Like a transparent wall, it stands in front of me. As long as I walk forward, I can feel its presence."
"Is it the same as the feeling you had during the hypnosis test at Base
, he saw the "Crop Circle" again after passing through similar resistance.
"Almost the same as that time! I remember I had this thought in my dream just now."
"Then do you know exactly where you saw this 'crop circle'?" Easton asked. "Are there any obvious signs that can help you determine the geographical location in your dream?"
"I didn't see any signs. There were no houses, no roads, no people around..."
"Did you receive a set of symbols or numbers?"
"No."
"Are you sure?" Ding Yushi asked, "That is to say, even if it is a character like '0' or '1', have you never seen or felt it in your dream?"
"Really not. Why are you asking about this? Could it be that...you received symbols?"
Ding Yushi glanced at Gao Tianjun and nodded to Aisen.
"This time it's not symbols, but a lot of '0's' and '1's, like binary codes!"
"Have you ever seen pictures of crop circles before?" Gao Tianjun asked. "Or, have you ever understood the phenomenon of crop circles?"
"I know about crop circles, and I have seen some pictures of crop circles on the Internet."
Gao Tianjun thought for a while and said: "Eisen, the 'crop circle' you dreamed about today and the binary code received by the computer may be very important to our research, and we do not even rule out that there is some connection between them.
What we need to understand is, has the 'crop circle' you dreamed about today already appeared, or has it not appeared yet? If it has never appeared before, then whether you dreamed about it is due to your ability to predict it.
? Or is it the information provided to us by an unknown civilization through you? Therefore, I would like to ask you to recall it carefully again and try to draw the 'crop circle' you dreamed about completely and accurately!"
"Okay!" Aisen replied. He subconsciously looked at Ding Yushi. At that moment, he seemed to read a hint of appreciation, a hint of comfort, and a hint of mysterious smile from her eyes...
"Fuxi" enters Saturn's orbit on the 7th day.
The main screen of the X base control center clearly displays the images of Saturn captured and transmitted back by the "Fuxi" observation - due to the radius of the spacecraft's orbit, only about half of the planet's surface and a very small part can be seen from the lens
Star Ring; On both sides of the main screen, there are several slightly smaller screens, from which you can see the multi-angle images captured by several auxiliary cameras on the spacecraft...
Li Zhanxiong sat on the podium, quietly watching the timely images displayed on the screen.
Since Saturn is almost 9 astronomical units from the earth, whether it is the pictures he is seeing now or the data being received by the control center, it is accurate to say that the "Fuxi" sent it an hour ago.<
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Li Zhanxiong's attention at the moment is focused on the small screen on the left side of the main screen - above the broad and dim E ring of Saturn, a white ice and snow planet has been locked by the "Fuxi" camera.
This planet is exactly the target of the planned landing exploration in this "Project No. 1": Enceladus, also known as "Enceladus" internationally. It was discovered in 1789 by the British astronomer Friedrich
·Discovered by William Herschel.
People have begun to generally believe that Titan is the most likely planet in the solar system to harbor extraterrestrial life, but they have not paid enough attention to Enceladus.
In November 1980, NASA's outer space probe "Voyager 1" passed by Enceladus at a distance of more than 200,000 kilometers for the first time, allowing people to see the surface of this satellite wrapped in an icy shell for the first time.
Nine months later, "Voyager 2" flew by more than 80,000 kilometers away from Enceladus again, sending back clearer image data to the earth. People were surprised to find that on this planet with a diameter of only 500
There are actually signs of geological activity on the satellite that is 1,000 meters tall. For this reason, it caused a great sensation in the scientific community!
In July 2004, the Cassini probe arrived at Saturn and became the first artificial satellite to orbit Saturn. After several close flybys of Enceladus, it obtained information about the satellite's surface and its
A large amount of data on the environment, especially the discovery of a large number of plumes rich in water vapor and complex hydrocarbons erupting in its Antarctic region, indicate that there may be continuous thermal activity beneath its icy surface, and may even
There is a huge "underground ocean"!
The detection results of "Cassini" have aroused scientists' great interest in whether there is extraterrestrial life on Enceladus. To this end, NASA and ESA have made plans to launch orbiting probes to Enceladus and study its plumes in detail.
The plan to produce ejecta-like objects was not implemented.
The "No. 1 Project" formulated and implemented by CNSA aims to complete the feat of landing a Chinese probe on Enceladus for the first time!
This Enceladus landing probe, like its parent star "Fuxi", also has a resounding name with Chinese traditional characteristics - "Xia Zhi"! This name was named by a member of the research and design team of the probe
Received from "post-00s" members.
According to legend, the twenty-four solar terms in the ancient Chinese calendar originated from Tai Chi created by Fu Xi. The summer solstice is the most important of the twenty-four solar terms. In another sense, "Xia" represents China, and "Xia" represents China.
"To" represents the arrival, and combining the two not only perfectly interprets the great mission of "Project No. 1", but also fully expresses an incomparable confidence and pride——
"The Chinese are coming"!
According to the original plan, the control center had confirmed the instruction to release the detector to the "Fuxi" 2 hours ago and carry out the landing mission. It is expected that in half an hour, the "Xiazhi" will break away from the "Fuxi" and fly towards Enceladus.
It will be sent back.
Li Zhanxiong subconsciously looked at his watch. The closer the time was, the slower the hands seemed to move.
An officer came to Li Zhanxiong and handed him a printed copy: "Chief, this is the email I just received from Director Gao Tianjun of '601'."
Li Zhanxiong glanced at the printout, felt slightly startled, and immediately frowned.
"We have just cracked the binary code information obtained during the Eisen hypnosis experiment. The content is two repeated warnings: Enceladus has unknown risks! The spacecraft cannot approach! Leave as soon as possible!"
This sudden email made Li Zhanxiong, who was still very ambitious just now, instantly become nervous. He stood up quickly, left the command hall with a straight face, went to a small conference room next door, picked up the phone and dialed Gao Tianjun's mobile phone
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"Gao Tianjun, do you know what you are doing?" Li Zhanxiong asked angrily as soon as the call was connected. "The control center has confirmed the order to release the Summer Solstice, but you sent me such a message! What the hell?
What's going on?!"
"Director, we deciphered this based on the signal received by the computer during the hypnosis experiment! I don't know what it wants to express, and I'm worried it has something to do with the 'Fuxi' mission..." Gao Tianjun explained cautiously.
"Who deciphered this? Martin or Ding Yushi?"
"It was deciphered by the team of Dr. Martin and Ding Yushi."
"Is there any problem here?" Li Zhanxiong said thoughtfully. "Fuxi's mission to Saturn has been disclosed to the world. Are you sure that this set of signals was not deliberately caused by an organization?"
"...There is no guarantee. However, according to our judgment, the encryption method of this set of binary codes is different from any form we have known before. Moreover, I specially arranged for Ding Yushi and Dr. Martin to decipher it separately, and there was no communication between them
.Therefore, the possibility of conspiracy theory behind this incident is very small."
"Gao Tianjun!" Li Zhanxiong shouted, "I order you to find out the source of these strange signals for me immediately! If it affects the 'No. 1 Project', neither you nor I will be responsible!"
After hanging up the phone, Li Zhanxiong couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. These days, he has been paying attention to the current situation at "601", and Gao Tianjun also gave him a detailed report. The cracking of the garbled symbols on Eisen's mobile phone, and Eisen's dream in the hypnosis experiment
The "crop circles" he saw had aroused Li Zhanxiong's strong interest. He thought that this information and the deciphering of the mysterious code could further solve the mystery of the XK-1 celestial body intrusion incident, but unexpectedly it pointed directly to
The Saturn exploration mission of "Project 1"...
If this deciphering result is correct, then there are only two possibilities: either hackers are deliberately attacking the data system of "601", or there is really an unknown civilization sending a warning to "Project No. 1". No matter what, this
Everything is no small matter!
Thinking of this, Li Zhanxiong felt a chill on his back!
Time passed quickly, and the scene of releasing the "Summer Solstice" was about to appear.
Li Zhanxiong returned to the control center with great worries. Now, it was too late and impossible for him to ask his superiors for instructions to change the mission plan of the "Fuxi". He could only hope that the binary code information received and deciphered by "601" was purely groundless or
The actions of those with ulterior motives.
Enceladus has completely occupied the entire main screen. The ridges of ice on the satellite's surface and the light blue grooves called "tiger stripes" and other structures are clearly visible, like a huge wall of white with patterns.
Wall. At this time, the control center seemed extremely quiet. People were quietly at their posts and watching the big screen closely.
When the sound of "The Summer Solstice's escape was successful" came out from the loudspeaker, the audience burst into warm applause.
The applause did not last long. Everyone knew that although it is a very difficult task to accurately remotely control the separation of a probe 1.5 billion kilometers away from the mother ship, it was successfully completed with the probe on Saturn's moon.
Compared with the second landing, greater challenges are yet to come.
On the main screen, a dark shadow gradually separated from the lens. After a few seconds, the complete shape of the "Summer Solstice" was revealed. The back of the detector was a silver closed cone, camera, and emitted.
The antenna and other devices are hidden inside; in the middle of the bottom is a micro-engine nozzle, which will automatically start 2 seconds before landing to ensure that the detector achieves a smooth and soft landing; there are mechanical arms and drilling devices next to the nozzle for
After landing, samples of Enceladus' ice shell were collected; the four landing gears stretched out lightly, as if they were eager to grab the surface of the landing area.
While the "Xia Zhi" adjusted its posture, it quickly left the "Fuxi" and floated toward Enceladus. Its beetle-like body became smaller and smaller in people's sight, until it disappeared... p>