Imperial capital.

Inside an apartment building in a residential complex.

Wang Miao sat alone in the darkroom where he was washing photos.

He sat on the seat dazedly, looking at the pile of photos in his hand, he was completely lost.

In his field of vision, on every photo, there is a ghostly countdown.

This countdown is extremely regular.

From 1200: 00: 00 to 1199: 49: 33...

It seems that it is the time between his photos.

"How could this happen!" Wang Miao clutched her hair, with trepidation in her eyes.

He thought about the issue of film, but he used a Leica M2 camera produced in 1988, which was fully mechanical and manual.

Without any automation, it is even impossible to superimpose numbers such as dates on the film.

Moreover, after reviewing each negative, Wang Miao discovered a strange thing: these numbers can automatically adapt to the background.

For example, if the background is black, the number will become white, and if the background is white, the number will become black.

It seemed that it was to create the greatest contrast ratio so that he could see it at a glance.

When he saw the sixteenth film, a chill came out of his back.

This shot is of 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, it is impossible for the row of numbers to be displayed clearly in the normal position, whether it is black or white.

But it stood up and bent itself, showing white along the dark tree body of the dead tree, looking like a thin snake attached to the dead tree!

This can no longer be explained by products and science.

It's as if something is secretly manipulating these numbers.

Thinking of this, Wang Miao only felt a moment of horror.

He has always been an atheist.

But what happened right now made him unable to find a scientific explanation at all.

He even suspected for a while that it was his mental problem.

"Perhaps, I really should go see a doctor." Wang Miao smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Although, he knew that his spirit was normal.

However, he couldn't find anyone to talk about and solve the current matter.

He walked out of the dark room in despair.

now.

His wife Li Yao also returned, and was in the hall, playing with her son.

Li Yao glanced at Wang Miao, and obviously found his face pale and scary, and couldn't help but asked worriedly: "What's wrong with you, staying in the dark room for so long?"

Wang Miao looked at his wife, handed the Leica camera to him suddenly, and said, "Come and take some pictures for me."

"What to take?" Li Yao asked with some doubts.

"Just shoot, use up the film!" Wang Miao said.

Li Yao was puzzled, but seeing her husband's appearance, she didn't have the heart to refuse, so she said: "Then I will take a few photos of Doudou."

She picked up the camera and pointed it at her son.

Suddenly Wang Miao thought of the weird ghost countdown, and hurriedly stopped: "Don't shoot Doudou, just shoot something else."

With a click of the shutter, Li Yao took a picture and said, "Why can't I press it anymore."

Wang Miao taught his wife to pull the handle: "This way, I have to rewind every time."

"It's really troublesome."

Li Yao shook her head, and patted again at random.

Not long.

Li Yao finished the filming and handed the camera back to Wang Miao.

Wang Miao quickly returned to the dark room as if grabbing a life-saving straw, preparing to develop the photos.

He was so busy that he spilled the developer and fixer on the floor.

Soon, the film was washed out.

While praying, Wang Miao looked at the wet film with a magnifying glass.

The countdown really disappeared!

On the negative, there are only blurry indoor images.

But these pictures, Wang Miao thinks they are the most pleasing pictures he has ever seen.

To further confirm that the ghost countdown has disappeared.

Wang Miao put another film on the Leica camera, turned on the light in the dark room, and started shooting casually.

The film was quickly developed again.

However--

When Wang Miao saw the photo above, a heart sank into the bottom again.

The ghost countdown has appeared again!

It was shown on the screen that the ghost countdown never stopped at all. It was just not shown on the film that Li Yao shot.

1186:34:13, 1186:34:02, 1186:33:46, 1186:33:35...

Wang Miao rushed out of the dark room, rushing out of the house under his wife's suspicious eyes, and went straight to the neighbor's house next door.

He wants to borrow a digital camera to see if the same result will happen!

However--

As soon as he left the house, two figures came to face each other.

One of them, who looks more than 20 years old, is wearing a white T-shirt, looks handsome, and has an unspeakable and steady temperament.

The other person is in sharp contrast with the young man beside him.

His face was full of flesh, and he was wearing a dirty black jacket with a cigarette in his mouth.

Just like a butcher!

Wang Miao stopped and looked at the person who always said, "Who are you looking for?"

Lu Cheng looked at Wang Miao and said, "Introducing myself, I am a teacher from Beihang University, named Lu Cheng, and the other is the captain of the anti-terrorist brigade, named Shi Qiang!"

"Dr. Wang, we came to you specially this time."

This time.

Chang Weisi did not come, but arranged for Shi Qiang and some special forces to lead the team to follow.

Because this time captured many members of the Trisolaran Earth, Chang Weisi had to be responsible for interrogating these members.

There are also some aftermath matters that need him to personally direct.

It is impossible to do everything personally.

Wang Miao couldn't help but raised his eyebrows as he watched two unrelated characters appear in front of him.

He looked at Lu Cheng, and said: "I have heard of you, you brought Ding Yi and the others, and developed a new type of energy ark reactor!"

This matter has almost been spread in the academic world.

It can be said that as long as there is a scientific researcher who has something to do with energy power, there is no one who has never heard of Lu Cheng's name.

Although Wang Miao mainly studies the development of nanomaterials, he and Ding Yi are old friends, and naturally they have heard Lu Cheng's name.

This is a genius.

It is said that he went to the sea to do business for many years, and after bankruptcy, he returned to the school to teach.

Within a few months, the Ark Reactor was developed as a kind of energy that can work forever!

For the rise of China Heavy Industries, it has laid a solid contact.

Wang Miao's nano industry has also received certain benefits from this project.

after all--

Research on the Ark reactor also relies on nanomaterials.

Lu Cheng said, "It's just a fluke."

Wang Miao feels very complicated now, but he doesn't have the kung fu and the courtesy of Lu Cheng, so he straightforwardly said, "Teacher Lu, I don't know if you have anything to do with me?"

Lu Cheng looked at Wang Miao and said, "I don't know where Dr. Wang is going. Are you free now?"

Shi Qiang took a mouthful of cigarettes and said to the side: "You people who are engaged in scientific research are just lingering. If you have something to say, you can't get it. If there is any time, even if he is not free, he must be free now!"

Wang Miao raised his eyebrows imperceptibly when he heard Shi Qiang's words.

He didn't like the rude man in front of him from the bottom of his heart.

Lu Cheng opened his mouth and said: "Captain Shi, Chief Chang, but you have to listen to me throughout the process, please don't just interrupt."

Shi Qiang waved his hand and spit out a smoke ring: "Okay, you guys talk!"

Lu Cheng looked at Wang Miao and said, "Professor Wang, there are two things to come to see you this time, but it's a long story. Can we find a place to talk in detail."

Wang Miao nodded: "Yes, let's sit in the room, but I don't welcome this person."

With that said, he glanced at Shi Qiang.

Shi Qiang curled his lips: "I'm not too lazy to enter."

He leaned against the wall, smoking and playing with snakes.

Wang Miao led Lu Cheng into the room.

The whole house is very warmly decorated, and there is a family portrait of Wang Miao's family hanging on the wall.

Wang Miao looked at his wife in the hall and said, "Xiao Yao, you can take Doudou to the room to play."

Li Yao nodded when she saw the visitor, and returned to the house with her son in her arms.

Wang Miao made Lu Cheng a cup of tea without any haste, and said, "Can I talk now?"

Lu Cheng nodded and said, "The first thing, I want to ask Dr. Wang if you have encountered any strange things recently, such as strange numbers appearing in your eyes."

Wang Miao, as the protagonist in "Three-Body 1", has outstanding abilities.

The high-strength nanomaterials he led the research brought new vitality to all walks of life.

In particular, the aerospace industry has achieved breakthrough development with the support of high-strength nanomaterials.

In order to limit the development of materials science, Sophon turned his attention to Wang Miao after he arrived.

By printing numbers on his retina, he was mentally broken.

Afterwards, with the help of Shen Yufei, Wang Miao entered the three-body game and assisted the military to defeat the Earth's Trisolaran organization and obtain a large amount of information on the Trisolaran planet.

However, this time with Lu Cheng's participation, Wang Miao did not enter the three-body game like in the original book.

Wang Miao looked at Lu Cheng with an unbelievable look in his eyes: "You, do you know the countdown to the ghost?"

Lu Cheng said, "Well, I still know why such a weird countdown appears in your eyes."

"Why?!" Wang Miao's breathing was a little short, and he couldn't wait to start.

Lu Cheng said lightly: "To explain this, you first need to know that 4.2 light-years away from our solar system, there is a planet named Trisola..."

He briefly introduced to Wang Miao about the origin and usefulness of Sophon!

These were all permitted by Chang Weisi, and they were not considered violations.

Scientists and researchers, such as Wang Miao, who are well-known in society, have the right to know about the Trisolaran planet.

Because, in the later stage, the country will definitely need these talents.

When Wang Miao listened to Lu Cheng's account, his mouth opened slightly: "You, you mean, these strange numbers I saw were all printed on my retina by Sophon using a special printing method?"

Lu Cheng nodded: "You can understand that!"

"No, unbelievable, this is unbelievable." Wang Miao looked around, "These things are floating around us?"

He was dubious about what Lu Cheng said.

After all, this statement is no less than convincing him that there really is a God.

If he kept it as usual, he would definitely think that Lu Cheng was crazy.

However, now that he was exposed to these strange things, he couldn't help but not believe it.

Lu Cheng glanced around and said lightly: "Actually, Sophon exists in low-dimensional space and keeps moving at the speed of light at all times. He can borrow energy from the vacuum. In theory, it will never stop. However, according to the special theory of relativity, from our perspective, it can indeed be said that it is absolutely static."

"It is precisely because of its speed of light that it can monitor all the information on the earth at all times and interfere with various physical experiments."

"Our current dialogue will naturally be passed back to the Trisolaris planet through Sophon."

When Wang Miao heard this, he opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

This terrible power has surpassed all the existing technologies on the earth.

This is simply unheard of.

Lu Cheng looked at Wang Miao and said, “Don’t worry too much. Sophon’s role is just to lock out human technology. It is not aggressive in itself. If the Trisolaran planet wants to reach the earth, it will cost at least 400. Time of year."

"Humanity still has a chance to find a way to counter the Trisolaran planet."

Wang Miao exhaled and said, "Teacher Lu, what is the second thing you want to say?"

Lu Cheng opened his mouth and said: "This is exactly one of the purposes I am looking for you. I hope you can pay close attention to the research of high-strength nanomaterials. A space technology I will develop in the future requires your materials, and the same is true. I hope you can come and help."

Wang Miao nodded: "On this point, I can naturally spare no effort to help."

Lu Cheng smiled: "I'm relieved. Now, do you have time to take a trip with me to the Astronomical Observation Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Trisolaris, but I have prepared a miracle for me to see."

Wang Miao stretched her lips: "Okay."

For the Trisolaran, he just has a vague concept.

Therefore, he is eager to learn more about the Trisolaran.

Wang Miao looked at his wife in the house and said hello: "Xiao Yao, I have something tonight, so I won't eat at home."

Lu Cheng took Wang Miao out of the house and looked at Shi Qiang who was standing outside the house and said, "Captain Shi, let's go to the Astronomical Observation Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences."

A group of people quickly rode in a military vehicle and drove towards the astronomical observation center.

Starting from Jingmi Road, turning to Heilongtan, and walking a section of Panshan Road.

After more than three hours.

The crowd arrived at the Astronomical Observation Center.

Twenty-eight parabolic antennas with a diameter of nine meters are lined up in the twilight, like a row of magnificent steel plants.

soon.

They found the person in charge of the observation center, Sha Ruishan.

He is a student of Ye Wenjie and has deep research on astronomical observations.

Lu Cheng opened his mouth and said, "Dr. Sha, I want to observe the isotropic fluctuations of the 3K microwave background radiation in the universe as a whole, and the amplitude is between 1% and 5%."

Sha Ruishan obviously got the notice in advance, and said: "Okay, but I want to remind Mr. Lu in advance that this is impossible to achieve. If this kind of fluctuation is really achieved, it means that the entire universe seems to be broken. Fluorescent tubes flicker, which is nothing less than a miracle."

Lu Cheng smiled: "It doesn't matter, just do it, I also want to see if this miracle will happen."

Sha Ruishan opened the mouth and said: "Well, I'll go to debug the equipment, it will take a while."

"Well, we have time now, we can wait."

Time passed by ~lightnovelpub.net~ until ten o'clock in the evening, the night sky was completely dark.

Sha Ruishan just walked over and said, "The equipment is debugged!"

A group of people came to the laboratory and waited for the display on the terminal screen.

Not long.

Fluctuations are formed above.

The wave just appeared, the straight line turned into a curve, sharp peaks of different intervals appeared, and the color turned red, like a hibernating snake began to congestion and wriggle.

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

"Maybe it's not a malfunction." Lu Cheng and Wang Miao stood aside, looking at the miracle in front of them.

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

The three curves fluctuate synchronously, exactly the same.

Sha Ruishan's pupils shrank, and he took out a laptop computer, hurriedly started the system, plugged in the broadband network cable, and then called the Urumqi Radio Observation Base-and waited.

He didn't explain anything. He stared at the browser on the screen. A few minutes later, a coordinate window appeared on the browser. A red curve appeared on the window, and it fluctuated in precise synchronization with the other three.

At this moment, Sha Ruishan was completely stunned.

Three satellites and a set of ground observation equipment confirmed one thing at the same time: the universe is really flickering!

Just when he was shocked.

The weird thing happened again.

These curves, under everyone's sight, began to slowly change.

Until the end, it became a line of pictographs.

You are all bugs!