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

Chapter 111 Assassination
Zhang Yang knows that the goal of ETO at this stage is to lock down the technological development of the earth, so that they will be safe when they arrive on the earth in 400 years.

After thinking about it for a long time at home, the countdown in front of him was still moving. Although he was not afraid of what would happen after the countdown ended, it felt bad to lose.

It's late at night.

Zhang Yang drove with Wang Miao along Jingmi Road to Miyun County, then turned to Heilongtan, walked a section of winding mountain road, and arrived at the radio astronomy observation base of the National Astronomical Observation Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.He saw 28 parabolic antennas with a diameter of nine meters lined up in the twilight, like a row of spectacular steel plants. Two tall 2006-meter-diameter radio telescope antennas built in 50 stood on top of the row of nine-meter antennas. At the end, as the car approached, they reminded Wang Miao of the background of the photo of Yang Dong's mother and daughter.

However, the projects undertaken by Ye Wenjie's students have nothing to do with these radio telescopes. Dr. Sha Ruishan's laboratory mainly receives the observation data of three satellites: the microwave background detection satellite COBE launched in November 1989 and which is about to be phased out. The Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe WMAP launched in 11 and the Planck high-precision cosmic microwave background probe Planek launched by the European Space Agency in 2003.

The microwave background radiation spectrum of the universe as a whole conforms to the black body radiation spectrum with a temperature of 2.726K very precisely, and is highly isotropic, but there are fluctuations of about [-] parts per million in different parts.Sha Ruishan's job is to redraw a more accurate map of the microwave radiation background of the entire universe based on satellite observation data.This laboratory is not big, and the main computer room is full of satellite data receiving equipment, and there are three terminals that display data from three satellites respectively.

Seeing Zhang Yang bringing people over, Sha Ruishan asked enthusiastically, "What do you want to see here?" He kept eating.

"We want to observe the overall fluctuations in the cosmic background radiation," Zhang Yang said.

Sha Ruishan was taken aback, and said, "Can you be more specific?"

Wang Miao said, "That is, the overall isotropic fluctuation of the cosmic 3K microwave background radiation, with an amplitude between 5.00% and [-]%."

Sha Ruishan smiled. As early as the beginning of this century, the Miyun Radio Astronomy Base was open to tourists. In order to earn some extra money, Sha Ruishan often gave tour guides or gave lectures. This kind of smile is his answer to tourists (he has adapted to it). often reveals their appalling scientific illiteracy. "Mr. Wang, you...are you not in this profession?"

"I work on nanomaterials."

"Oh, that's right. However, you probably know something about the cosmic 3K background radiation, right?"

"Not much is known. The current theory of the origin of the universe holds that the universe was born in a big bang about 140 billion years ago. In the early days of its birth, the universe was extremely hot, and then began to cool, forming a 'microwave background radiation' T embers'. This kind of residual background radiation that permeates the entire universe can be observed in the centimeter wave band. It seems that in [-]s, two Americans accidentally discovered when they were debugging a high-precision satellite receiving antenna the cosmic background radiation..."

"Enough," Sha Ruishan interrupted Wang Miao's words with a wave of his hand, "Then you should know that, unlike the small inhomogeneities in different parts of our observations, the fluctuation of the overall radiation background of the universe Slowly changing on the scale, with the precision of the Planck satellite, it may not be possible to measure this change until 100 million years later, but you want to find its 5.00% fluctuation tonight?! Know what this means? It means the entire The universe flickers like a broken fluorescent tube!"

And it's flashing for me, Wang Miao said in her heart.

At this moment, Zhang Yang said, "Brother, just take it as a favor."

Sha Ruishan said: "I originally asked you to come here for Teacher Ye's face. You are here to tease me." Then he looked at Zhang Yang and said: "I know what you mean. Forget it, you go The things I brought to me this time are quite good, and my old man likes them very much."

Zhang Yang looked at his car and said, "I still have the trunk, I'll get you some later."

"Thank you."

"Since you've said that, let's observe it. It's not hard anyway, with an accuracy of one percent. Just use an old COBE." Sha Ruishan said, busy on the terminal, and soon a message appeared on the screen. The straight green line, "Look, this is the real-time numerical curve of the current background radiation of the universe as a whole. Filtered out. If there is a fluctuation of more than one percent amplitude as you said, the line will turn red and the fluctuation will be displayed. I bet it will also be a green line until the end of the world, to see it show the naked eye It may take longer to see the change than to see the sun destroy."

"This won't affect your normal work, will it?"

"Of course not. With such coarse precision, it is enough to use COBE to observe the leftovers of the data. Well, from now on, if that great fluctuation occurs, the value will be automatically saved."

"Maybe until one o'clock in the morning."

"Wow, so accurate? It doesn't matter, anyway, I'm on the night shift. Have you eaten yet? Well, let me show you around."

It was a moonless night and they wandered along the long antenna array.Sha Ruishan pointed to the antenna and said, "Isn't it spectacular? It's a pity that they are all deaf ears."

"why?"

"Since they were built, there has been constant interference in the observation frequency band, first with the paging stations in the late 80s, and now with the crazy development of mobile communications. The projects that these meter-wave synthetic aperture radio telescopes can do, such as meter-wave surveys, radio Research on variable sources, supernova relics, etc., most of which cannot be carried out normally. I have contacted the NRC (National Radio Regulatory Commission) many times, but it is useless. Can we play with China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Netcom? No money, the mystery of the universe Forget it! Fortunately, my project relies on satellite data and has nothing to do with these 'tourist landscapes'."

Zhang Yang was lying on the sofa, with the pair of bluetooth headsets on his ears all the time, Jarvis would notify him of some things, it would be better not to take off the headsets.

Soon, it was one o'clock in the morning. When they turned their gazes to the terminal screen, fluctuations just appeared, straight lines turned into curves, sharp peaks appeared at different intervals, and the color also turned red, like a hibernating snake began to Congested and squirmed.

"It must be a malfunction of the COBE satellite!" Sha Ruishan said, staring at the curve in horror.

"It's not a malfunction." Wang Miao said calmly. In the face of such things, he had initially learned to control himself.

"We'll know right away!" Sha Ruishan said, quickly operating on the other two terminals.Soon, he called up the real-time cosmic background radiation data of the other two satellites WMAP and Planck, and displayed their changes as a curve——

The three curves fluctuate synchronously, exactly the same.

Sha Ruishan took out another laptop computer, frantically started the system, plugged in the broadband network cable, and then made a call—Wang Miao heard that he was contacting the Urumqi Radio Observation Base—and waited.He didn't explain anything to Wang Miao. He stared at the browser on the screen, and Wang Miao could hear his rapid breathing: After a few minutes, a coordinate window appeared on the browser, and a red curve appeared on the window, matching the The other three were fluctuating in precise synchronization.

In this way, three satellites and a set of ground observation equipment simultaneously confirmed one thing: the universe is flickering!

"Can you print out the previous curve?" Wang Miao asked.

Sha Ruishan wiped the cold sweat off his head, nodded, and moved the mouse to start the printing program.Wang Miao impatiently grabbed the first piece of paper from the laser printer, drew a pencil across the curve, and compared the distance between the wave crests with the Morse code table he just took out.

Zhang Yang looked at the Morse code above, and it was obvious that this was the countdown in front of Wang Miao.

They really did it. Although Zhang Yang was mentally prepared, he was still very shocked to witness this situation with his own eyes.

Sha Ruishan looked at Zhang Yang anxiously and said, "Can't you two tell me the truth?"

Zhang Yang shook his head and said, "People from the military will come over and ask you to sign a non-disclosure agreement in a while, so don't ask about the rest."

Sha Ruishan slumped on the stool, looked up at the ceiling and said, "I see."

Wang Miao was sweating profusely, looked at the information in his hand and said, "Could it be that the monitoring equipment is broken?"

It is actually very simple to finally prove all this.Such fluctuations in the cosmic background radiation are so large that we can detect them with the naked eye. "

"What nonsense are you talking about? Now you are violating common sense: the wavelength of background radiation is 7cm, which is seven or eight orders of magnitude larger than visible light. How can you see it?"

"Use 3K glasses."

"3K glasses?"

"It's a popular science gadget we made for the Capital Planetarium. The current technology can make the 40-foot horn antenna that Penzias and Wilson used to discover the 3K background radiation more than 7 years ago into the size of glasses. And a conversion system is set in the glasses to compress the wavelength of the received background radiation by seven orders of magnitude, and convert the 3cm wave into red light. In this way, the audience can see the [-]K universe with their own eyes when wearing the glasses at night Background radiation, now, also sees cosmic flickering."

"Where is this thing now"

"In the planetarium, there are twenty copies."

"I must have it by five o'clock."

After making the call, Zhang Yang came over and said, "Let's go, Chief Chang Weisi will come to finish the work. Let's go to the Capital Planetarium to verify everything."

Just after Zhang Yang and the others left, Chief Chang Weisi brought people here and blocked all materials, surveillance video, etc. Sha Ruishan also signed a non-disclosure agreement.

Sitting in the car, Wang Miao was already very nervous. Zhang Yang drove the car himself, and the driver was not suitable for driving tonight.

Suddenly, a dump truck appeared at the corner of the mountain road.

Zhang Yang made a sharp turn and left here quickly.

"Jarvis, give me the fastest route."

"Okay boss, Chief Chang Weisi has been notified."

Wang Miao looked at this scene in surprise and said, "What's going on?"

Zhang Yang gritted his teeth and said, "They're starting to do it."

Wang Miao said, "Who?"

"The man behind the scenes is the countdown in front of our eyes."

"What do you know?"

Zhang Yang said: "Now is not the time to talk about this. The man behind the scenes is an organization, and Shen Yufei is also in that organization. Now we have become their thorn in the side."

Wang Miao suddenly thought of his wife and children.

Zhang Yang saw his doubts and said, "Don't worry, your wife and children have been protected at the combat center."

Soon, they got 3K glasses.

"There are five pairs of 3K glasses in here, all of which are fully charged. The button on the left is the switch, the right is the brightness adjustment, and there are more than a dozen pairs below. You can look at it however you want. I'll go to sleep first. It's in the room near the door." After speaking, he turned and walked into the dimly lit hall.

Wang Miao put the box on the car seat and opened it, and took out a pair of 3K glasses, which were very similar to the helmet-mounted display in the V-suit he had just used.He picked up a pair and went out of the car to put it on. The night view of the city he saw through the lens did not change, but became darker. Only then did he remember to turn on the switch. Immediately, the city turned into hazy halos. Most are fixed in brightness, and some flicker or move.He knew that these were all centimeter microwaves converted into visible light, and the center of each halo was a source of emission. Because of the wavelength, it was impossible to see the shape clearly.

He raised his head and saw a dark red shimmering sky. In this way, he saw the cosmic background radiation. This red light came from more than 100 billion years ago, which is the continuation of the big bang and the aftermath of creation.I can't see the stars. Originally, since the visible light band has been pushed to the invisible, the stars should be black spots one by one, but the diffraction of centimeter waves drowns out all shapes and details.

When Wang Miao's eyes got used to all this, he saw the red background of the sky flickering slightly, and the whole space flickered synchronously as a whole, as if the whole universe was just a single lamp in the wind.

Standing under the twinkling sky, Han Miao suddenly felt that the universe was so small that only he was imprisoned in it.The universe is a small heart or uterus, and the pervasive red light is the translucent blood night filled in it. It is suspended in the blood, and the flashing cycle of the red light is irregular, just like the heart or womb irregularly. Pulse, from which he felt a huge weird and perverted existence that could never be understood by human wisdom.

Wang Miao took off her 3K glasses and sat weakly on the ground leaning on the wheel.In his eyes, the city at midnight regained the realistic picture depicted in the visible light band, but his eyes wandered, catching something else: one of the neon lights next to the gate of the opposite zoo was broken, irregularly Flickering; the leaves on a small tree nearby swayed in the night wind, reflecting the light of street lamps, flickering irregularly; the five-pointed star on the Russian-style spire of the Beijing Exhibition Hall in the distance also reflected the different streets below The lights of the headlights flickered irregularly... Wang Sen tried to decipher these flickers according to the Morse code.He even felt that the folds of the colorful flags floating in the breeze and the ripples on the surface of a puddle beside the road were all transmitting Morse codes to him... He tried hard to decipher, feeling the elapse of the ghost countdown .

Zhang Yang asked, "What's the matter?"

Wang Miao was still slumped on the ground, unwilling to say anything.

After a while, he took out his cell phone and made a call.

"What is the end of the countdown?" Wang Miao asked feebly.

"I don't know." After saying these three short words, the phone hung up.

Zhang Yang looked at Wang Miao and said, "She won't know if you call Shen Yufei."

He looked at the time and said, "Let's go, let's go to the combat center, now we can decipher some things."

They pulled Wang Miao into the car and drove to the combat center.

(End of this chapter)