The Heavens of Film and Television: From Serving as a Soldier

Chapter 109 Ten Months Later
Ten months have passed since the last meeting with Shi Qiang and Wang Miao.

During these ten months, Zhang Yang handed over the military artificial intelligence promised to General Chang Weisi, and named it: 550W.This name can be regarded as a bad taste of Zhang Yang, after all, this name still has certain benefits.

In the past two days, Wang Miao could always think of Zhang Yang's words and Shen Yufei's hypothesis. She planned to relax and take pictures with her camera.

The wife took the children out to play and did not come back at noon.Normally, Wang Miao would be eager to develop the film, but today he has no interest at all.After a simple lunch, he fell asleep. Since he didn't sleep well last night, it was almost five o'clock when he woke up.Only then did he remember the film he had taken in the morning, so he went to the narrow darkroom converted from a closet to develop it.

The film was developed quickly, and he began to check which one was worth enlarging and developing into a photo, and found a strange thing on the first one.This photo was taken of a small piece of grass outside a large shopping mall. He saw a row of white things in the middle of the negative, and a closer look was a row of numbers: l200:00:00.

There are also numbers on the second negative: ll99:49:33.

A whole roll of film, with a small row of numbers on each negative!
第三张：1199：40：l8；第四张：ll99：32：07第五张：1199：28：51；第六张：1199：l5：4l；第七张：1199：07：38；第八张：1198：53：09；……No.30四张：l194：50：49；No.30六张，也是最后一张：1194：16：37。

Wang Miao immediately thought it was a problem with the film.The Leica M988 camera he used in 2 was fully mechanical and manual, without any automatic function, and it was impossible to superimpose numbers such as dates on the film.Only with its excellent lens and mechanical mechanism, even in the digital age, it is the aristocrat among professional cameras.

Re-examining each negative, Wang quickly discovered the first strangeness of these numbers: they automatically adapt to the background.If the background: is black, the numbers are white, and the numbers on the white background are black, which seems to be for maximum contrast and easy for the observer to see clearly.When Wang Miao looked at No. 16 negatives again, his heart beat faster, and he felt a chill in the darkroom rising up his spine:
This shot is a dead tree with an old wall as the background. The old wall is mottled, and the photo is black and white.On such a background, the row of numbers could not be displayed clearly in a normal position, whether it is black or white, but it stands upright, and bends itself, showing white along the dark trunk of the dead tree, looking as if It's a thin snake attached to a dead tree!
Wang Miao began to study the mathematical relationship of those numbers. At first he thought it was some kind of serial number, but the intervals between each group of numbers were different. He soon realized that it was timekeeping in units of hours, minutes, and seconds.He took out his shooting notes, which recorded the shooting time of each photo in detail, down to the minute.He found that the difference in timing between the two photos was consistent with the time interval when they were actually taken.Apparently, the roll of film was reverse-recorded at a time that was passing at a realistic speed.Wang Miao immediately understood what it was.

A countdown.

The countdown started at 1200 hours, and there are still 1194 hours left.

Now?No, it was the moment when the last frame of the film was shot.Is this countdown still going on?

Wang Miao walked out of the dark room, took out a new black-and-white film, loaded it on the Leica camera, and started shooting casually in the room.Finally, I went to the balcony to take a few outdoor pictures.When the film was finished, he took it out of the camera and headed into the darkroom to develop it.On the developed film, the number continued to appear on each negative like a ghost. The first one was 1187:27:39. It was exactly such a long time interval from the last shot of the previous roll to the first shot of this roll.The timing interval of each subsequent picture is three to four seconds, 1187:27:35, 1187:27:31, 1187:27:27, 1187:27:24...is the interval of his rapid shooting.

The countdown continues.

Wang Miao looked at the photo in her hand with sweat profusely, closed her eyes and said: Don't show up, don't be my turn...

Finally saw the countdown.

He knew that he couldn't solve this problem with his own strength alone, so who to go to?Colleagues in universities and research institutes can't do it. Like himself, they are all people with technical thinking; his intuition tells him that this matter has gone beyond technology.He thought of Ding Yi, but now this person himself is in a mental crisis.He ended up thinking of Frontiers of Science, a group of deep-thinking and active people.

So, he dialed Shen Yufei's number.

"Dr. Shen, I have something to do here and I must go to your place." Wang Miao said hastily.

"Come on." Shen Yufei only said these two words and hung up the phone.

Wang Miao was taken aback. Shen Yufei usually speaks so succinctly that some people in the "Science Frontier" dubbed her a "female Hemingway". But this time, she didn't even ask what was going on. Wang Miao didn't know whether to feel comforted or more disturbed.

At this time, the vigilance set by Zhang Yang began to remind.

"Boss, what you said happened to Professor Wang."

Jarvis immediately adjusted the surveillance on the road, and Zhang Yang saw Wang Miao's flustered look and knew that the countdown had started.

Looking at the countdown in front of him, he smiled and dialed Wang Miao's phone.

Soon, Wang Miao answered the phone and said, "Zhang Yang, I have something urgent."

Zhang Yang said, "Do you want to tell me that an unbelievable scene appeared before your eyes?"

Wang Miao was taken aback, and said, "How do you know?"

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "You don't want to go to that woman Shen Yufei, do you? Listen to my advice, don't go. You can come to me directly. I'm on the fifteenth floor of XX Building."

Wang Miao said, "What else do you know?"

Zhang Yang said: "Come here first, I will tell you when I come."

Wang Miao said, "Okay, I'll go there now."

……

Soon, Wang Miao drove to Zhang Yang's company. In the past ten months, Zhang Yang's "Frog Frog Assistant" has become popular all over the world. Anyone who uses a smartphone or computer will use this smart assistant.

Wang Miao came to Zhang Yang's office and said, "You should tell me now."

Zhang Yang poured Wang Miao a cup of tea and said, "Did you see the countdown?"

Wang Miao nodded and said, "Yes, I discovered the countdown when I was developing photos today, and this countdown also started to appear before my eyes on the way here."

Zhang Yang said, "Calm down, Professor Wang, I've been watching this countdown for almost two months."

"What?" Wang Miao stood up in surprise and said, "You have it too?"

Zhang Yang nodded, motioned for Professor Wang to sit down, and said, "And Shen Yufei called me two months ago and asked me to stop my research. As soon as I stop the countdown will stop, and the countdown will continue when I start research. I have only slowly adapted to the things in front of me during this period of time."

Professor Wang Miao said, "Then why did this thing appear to me?"

Zhang Yang said: "I suspect that it is the nanomaterials you are researching. This flying blade is very powerful and may pose a threat to some people or things. That's why this countdown appears. I guess Shen Yufei also means to stop your research."

Wang Miao asked, "What are you researching now?"

Zhang Yang handed his computer to Wang Miao and said, "Ever since I heard that you are researching nanomaterials, I have wondered whether we can use nanomaterials to make a space elevator to directly reach the moon or a space city."

Wang Miao looked at the research files on the computer and said, "I didn't expect you to be so good."

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Don't, don't flatter me, I don't know anything, it's all thanks to Jarvis."

The little man in the lower left corner of the computer saluted.

This startled Wang Miao.

At this time, Shi Qiang called suddenly and said, "Yang Dong is willing to see you."

Zhang Yang immediately sat up and said, "Where is it?"

Shi Qiang said: "I'll pick you up in a while, you wait for me at the company."

"it is good."

Wang Miao was a little excited when she heard that Yang Dong was willing to meet people, and said to Zhang Yang: "In this case, I plan to stop the research and try it out. If what you said is right, then I also want to rest."

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "It's okay, Professor Wang, the sky won't fall."

Wang Miao looked at Zhang Yang and said, "I'm still going to ask Shen Yufei for clarification. I really want to find out what's behind this countdown."

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Professor Wang, if Shen Yufei asks you to stop the experiment, my suggestion is to stop the experiment. After all, your team members and your body need to rest."

Wang Miao nodded and said, "I understand, then I'll go first."

……

Wang Miao went downstairs and drove to Shen Yufei's residence. Along the way, the countdown was always in front of him, and he tried hard to adapt to everything that happened.

Shen Yufei lives in a high-end villa area near the Xincheng Railway Line. The lights here are much sparser, and the villas are surrounded by several small artificial lakes where fishing is possible. At night, there is a rural feeling.Shen Yufei is obviously very rich, but Wang Miao has never been able to figure out the source of her wealth. Neither her previous research position nor her current position in the company can earn so much money.

But there was no sign of luxury in her villa, a meeting place at the Frontiers of Science, furnished like a small library with conference rooms.

In the living room, Wang Miao saw Shen Yufei's husband, Wei Cheng.This 40-year-old man looks like a honest intellectual. Wang Miao's understanding of him is limited to his name, and Shen Yufei only mentioned this when introducing him.He seems to have no job, stays at home all day, is not interested in the discussion of "scientific boundaries", and is accustomed to the frequent visits of scholars at home.

But he wasn't doing nothing. He was obviously studying something at home, lost in thought all day long, greeted everyone absent-mindedly, and then went back to the upstairs room where he spent most of the day.

Once, Wang Miao inadvertently glanced in through the half-open door upstairs, and saw a surprising thing: an HP minicomputer.He couldn't see it wrong, because this device was the same as the one in the Superconducting Research Center where he worked, with a black-gray case, and it was the RX8620 produced four years ago. It seemed strange to keep this device worth millions at home. What was Wei Cheng doing with it alone every day?
"Yu Fei has something to do up there, please wait a moment." Wei Cheng said, and went upstairs.

Wang Miao planned to wait, but couldn't sit still, so she followed her upstairs and saw Wei Cheng about to enter his room where the minicomputer was.He didn't seem to be disgusted when he saw Wang Miao coming. He pointed to a room opposite and said, "Oh, it's in that room. You can go find her."

Wang Miao knocked on the door, but the door was unlocked and opened a crack. He saw Shen Yufei sitting in front of the computer playing games. To Wang Miao's surprise, she was wearing a "V suit".This is a very popular thing among gamers at present. It consists of a full-view display helmet and a set of induction suits. The induction suit can allow players to physically feel the blows, stabs and fires in the game.

Wang Miao walked behind her, but since the game was displayed in full view in the helmet, he couldn't see anything on the monitor.At this time, Wang Miao recalled that Da Shi asked him to remember the website and email address, and accidentally glanced at the monitor. The English name on the game login interface was very special, and he remembered it.

Shen Yufei took off the display helmet, took off the induction suit, put on her pair of glasses that looked too big on her thin face, and nodded to Wang Miao expressionlessly, waiting for him to speak without saying a word.Wang Miao took out the roll of film and began to tell about the strange events that happened to her.

Shen Yufei listened attentively. To those films, she just picked them up and glanced at them, but did not look closely. This shocked Wang Miao. Now that he was further sure that Shen Yufei was not completely ignorant of the matter, this almost made him stop talking. Only Shen Yufei nodded a few times to signal him to continue before finishing the story.Only then did Shen Yufei say the first sentence after they met:

"How's the nano project you're leading?"

This far-fetched question surprised Wang Miao. "NanoProject? What does it have to do with this?" He pointed to the stack of film.

Shen Yufei didn't speak, but just looked at him quietly, waiting for him to answer her question.That's how she talks, never saying a word.

"Stop the research." Shen Yufei said.

"What?" Wang Miao thought he heard it wrong, "What did you say?"

Shen Yufei remained silent and did not repeat her words.

"Stop?! That's a national key project!"

Shen Yufei still didn't speak, just looked at him with calm eyes.

"You have to tell the reason!"

"Stop and try."

"What the hell do you know? Tell me!"

"That's all I can tell you."

"The project cannot be stopped, and it is impossible to stop!"

"Stop and try."

That was the end of the short talk about the countdown to the ghost. After that, no matter how hard Wang Miao tried, Shen Yufei never said a single word related to this, but just repeated that sentence: "Stop and try."

"I now understand that 'Science Frontiers' is not an academic exchange organization for basic theories as you claim, and its relationship with reality is much more complicated than I imagined." Wang Miao said.

"Instead, you get the impression that 'scientific boundaries' involves something more fundamental than you might think."

Now Wang Miao looked even more desperate, stood up and was about to leave.

Suddenly remembered what Zhang Yang said, turned around and said, "The same countdown also appeared in front of Zhang Yang, has he looked for you?"

Shen Yufei was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and shook her head and said, "Mr. Zhang is a genius, and his abilities are among the best on this earth, so he should have his own ideas."

Wang Miao said: "I will suspend my research today." Then he left.

……

Shi Qiang drove to Zhang Yang's company in person. After Zhang Yang went downstairs, he said, "That means you and Professor Wang have a lot of face, otherwise I wouldn't come out to pick you up."

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Yang Dong, how is she doing now?"

Shi Qiang said: "She was silent for ten months without saying a word, not even a word when her mother, Professor Ye Wenjie came. But when we mentioned you, she had this reaction for the first time, but she still didn't say a word."

"Until this morning, now that she has spoken, the first thing she sees is you."

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Let's drive, it seems we can know something."

Along the way, Shi Qiang was talking about their investigation of the 'Boundary of Science', and some things that could be said, Zhang Yang heard it, but General Chang Weisi still didn't say much.Shi Qiang doesn't know much about it, so he, a 'future man', still has some reservations about his foresight.

Zhang Yang also relied on Jarvis to study the antiproton device, but there was no progress.

Soon, two people came to the hospital.

When I came to a ward with strong privacy, there was still someone standing guard at the door.

It seems that the news of Yang Dong or Yang Dong who has been blocked from the outside world, but this kind of blockade is useless, the proton knows everything, and Ye Wenjie is added, it can only be said that they have lost.

General Chang Weisi also came, and after seeing Zhang Yang, he said, "Thank you."

Zhang Yang was taken aback when he said this, and said, "Chief, I haven't done anything yet."

General Chang Weisi said: "Thank you for the 550W you developed for us, it is doing fine now."

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "You're welcome, sir, can I have a private chat with Yang Dong? The kind that doesn't need to be monitored."

General Chang Weisi was taken aback, and said, "There is no monitoring device inside, you can rest assured."

"Thank you." After finishing speaking, Zhang Yang opened the door and went in.

Shi Qiang was smoking a cigarette. After all, he was in the hospital. He didn't light it up. He looked at General Chang Weisi and said, "Old chief, he's quite powerful."

"I didn't find out anything along the way."

Chang Weisi looked at him, said nothing, and sat on the stool in the corridor, waiting for Zhang Yang to come out.

After Zhang Yang walked in, he saw the haggard Yang Dong lying there, looking at the ceiling.

"It seems that you haven't been doing well recently."

Hearing a familiar voice, Yang Dong sat up slowly, Zhang Yang went over and shook the bed, and said, "You'd better lean on it."

"Thank you." Yang Dong whispered, "I didn't expect you to come."

Zhang Yang sat by the bed and said, "I didn't expect that the first person you want to see is me."

Yang Dong said slowly: "Physics doesn't exist anymore."

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "No, it should be said that physics is artificially created to appear as if it doesn't exist." Then he let go of the apple in his hand.

The apple fell to the ground.

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Look, gravity still exists, it hasn't flown."

Yang Dong also just smiled.

Zhang Yang continued to ask: "I'm very curious about the real reason why you committed suicide. I have already contacted Shen Yufei. I also found out the information she gave you in the coffee shop. I didn't expect that information to have such a great impact on you."

Yang Dong shook his head and said, "The ones that didn't completely break me down were my mother."

"Professor Ye Wenjie."

　The [-]-word update is complete~~~Scattering flowers~~~ I went out to watch a movie with my girlfriend today. I heard that anti-drug is very good, so I plan to go and see it! ! !Strongly recommend Changan Thirty Thousand Miles~~! ! !

　　


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