Annihilation of the solar system

Early the next morning, Xia Lan indeed received a call from the National Academy of Sciences, and arrangements had been made for her to return to Beijing immediately. She just packed her luggage and hurriedly boarded the car that came to pick her up.

Time was very tight along the way, and she didn't even have time to stop and eat. However, she didn't care about this. She just wanted to see with her own eyes the Venusian life form that was once only a bold guess in theoretical plans.

When she arrived at the headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences after a long journey, her instructor Shen Manling was already waiting for her in front of the lobby of the main building. Xia Lan walked forward quickly, with an uncontrollable smile on her face:

"Teacher Shen, how long have you been waiting for me here? The meeting hasn't started yet."

Shen Manying's face was covered with a gentle smile:

"Not long after, I also knew that you had just come over from school after getting off the plane. The meeting will not start until you arrive. Don't worry, you are the protagonist today."

Xia Lan's face was full of excitement and pride:

"Then let's go up quickly!"

After saying that, she was about to walk towards the elevator. Shen Manling reached out and grabbed her, laughing:

"Haha, look at you, after all these years, you are still the same hot-tempered person. The dark circles under your eyes from staying up late yesterday are still there, and your lips are also cracked. You still haven't patched them up. No matter how urgent it is, you don't need this little time."

Xia Lan was startled for a moment, then nodded to the teacher with a smile on her face;

"Yeah!" he said and walked quickly towards the bathroom next to the hall.

When Xia Lan came out of the bathroom again, even her mentor Shen Manling couldn't help but take a second look. Her natural beauty without makeup was already stunning, but with the addition of decent and elegant light makeup, she became even more stunningly beautiful.

Pushing open the door of the conference room, the long table was already full of people. The two vacant seats were particularly conspicuous. They were obviously reserved for them.

When Xia Lan and Shen Manling appeared at the door, everyone's eyes fell on these two beautiful women, and the slightly noisy conversation stopped abruptly.

After a brief silence, the spontaneous chatter in the conference room ended. Shen Manling and Xia Lan came to the vacant seats and sat down. The door of the conference room was immediately closed by the service staff.

She looked around. She knew several experts and had attended their classes before. Others she didn't know had seen them in scientific journals or on TV. The person sitting in the middle of the conference table was a dean of the Academy of Sciences. Gu Changqing, next to him is his father Xia Jigang.

She took out her laptop from her backpack. Suddenly she felt someone touching her at her feet. She turned around and saw that it was Shen Manling. The teacher winked at her, and she looked in the direction of the teacher's wink. The person sitting at the conference table Directly above, Dean Gu Changqing, who had some gray hair on his temples and many wrinkles from time on his face, was looking at her with a kind smile.

Xia Lan's heart tightened, and an inexplicable tension made her scalp tingle.

"Xiao Xia, it must have been a hard journey all the way from the National Observatory." Dean Gu said in a gentle and magnetic voice.

Xia Lan shook her head, with a charming smile on her face:

“It was not hard, the transportation was well arranged, and we came back smoothly.”

Dean Gu asked again:

"Have you had lunch? Do you want to take a rest first?"

Xia Lan's nervousness receded a bit:

"Thank you, Dean Gu, for your concern. I've already eaten. I rested along the way. I'm feeling fine now."

Dean Gu had a fatherly smile on his face:

"Okay, okay. That's good!"

Then he turned to look at Xia Jigang beside him:

"Deputy Dean Xia, let's get started."

Xia Jigang stopped flipping through the information in his hands, looked up at Dean Gu, nodded, and moistened his throat:

“First of all, on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences, I would like to thank Professor Shen Manling and Dr. Xia Lan, who led the Venus upper atmosphere life exploration project. Without your professionalism and persistence, I don’t think we would have made such a great discovery. Let’s start with Let’s watch some video information.”

After saying that, Xia Jigang picked up a remote control at hand, and an aerial picture appeared on the projection screen behind him:

Red clouds clustered together like cotton cover the endless sky. The color of the sky background is also dark red, but the color is not as deep as the clouds.

Opposite the dark red sky is the scarlet sea of ​​clouds below, which are the terrifying sulfuric acid clouds of Venus! From time to time, golden lightning can be seen whizzing past in the churning clouds, emitting streaks of golden light.

Xia Jigang looked sideways at the screen and said:

"This is the picture returned by the Venus upper atmosphere gliding detector 'Fuxi' five days ago. The detector was flying in the upper atmosphere at an altitude of 68,000 meters above the surface of Venus."

When the aircraft approached the clouds, it was obvious that the red light reflected by the clouds was even more dazzling. After a short period of dark red that filled the screen, the aircraft penetrated the Venus cloud just now.

Just after the aircraft flew out of the dense sulfuric acid cloud, in an inconspicuous position in the corner of the screen, between the intertwined clouds of light and dark, a black figure with a more regular shape than the surrounding clouds appeared! If it weren't for the black figure in the video being The red circle outlines it, making it difficult for people watching the video to discover its existence the first time.

Xia Lan and Shen Manling's eyes widened and they stared intently at the black figure outlined by a red circle on the screen.

As the aircraft approached, the outline of the black figure gradually became clearer, and its entire body took on a spindle shape.

Shen Manling and Xia Lan were leaning tightly against the back of the chair at this moment, and their hands were involuntarily grasping the armrests of the chair, as if they were as nervous as if they were in the aircraft. Their moods seemed to be stretched. Rubber band, I feel like even the sound of my own breathing will affect the gradual clarity of the black shadow.

Suddenly, the screen shook violently. The screen rotated violently, which was dizzying, and then the signal was lost.

The dynamic picture was replaced by a high-definition black shadow photo, covering the entire screen. Due to the imaging quality and excessive magnification, the edge of the photo has jagged square pixels, but it can still be seen that the overall shape is regular. Spindle shape.

"What I just saw is the picture sent back by the Fuxi detector three days ago." Xia Jigang's loud voice broke the silent atmosphere in the conference room, and he continued:

"Based on this image data, coupled with the detector's analysis of the detection results of organic molecules, I think we should already have evidence of the discovery of life on Venus!"

There was a round of applause in the conference room. Xia Jigang waved his hand and continued:

"The purpose of today's formal demonstration meeting is to first of all confirm that the evidence we have found is extraterrestrial life that humans have been searching for for many years. Then to formulate a preliminary plan for further research on Venusian life forms. To this end, we have invited experts from the Earth and Earth to Experts in all aspects of extraterrestrial life detection as well as Minister Zhong, we will first ask Minister Zhong to give us a few words."

At the other end of the conference table, a middle-aged man in a suit and glasses stood up. He bowed slightly to the left and right sides of the conference room and then sat down and said:

"I'm here on behalf of the senior leaders this time. This matter happened suddenly, and I want to hear more opinions from your experts. I won't waste any more of your experts' time. Please get started."

Such a humble and brief speech by this famous figure in the political arena made the atmosphere at the venue much more relaxed. Everyone also admired Minister Zhong and the leaders’ respect for science and scholars from the bottom of their hearts. Xia Jigang looked at Zhong with a smile on his face.

The minister said:

"Thank you to the leaders and Minister Zhong for their support and understanding. Let's start today's meeting. We will first ask Song Shi, chief designer of the spacecraft of the National Space Administration and Venus Exploration Engineering Center, to introduce us to the situation of the detector."

A young man in his thirties stood up.