Annihilation of the solar system

The rumble from Europa and Titan spread like a death knell to NASA and IAU. Soon, in the White House, Buckingham Palace, Elysee Palace, Kremlin, Bellevue Palace, Quirina palace and the offices of other major state leaders.

In those luxurious palaces that symbolize freedom, democracy, nobility, bravery or other meanings. The moment they received the news, the owners of those palaces all looked shocked and froze in their office chairs with empty eyes, unable to move for a long time. When When the officials around them tried to wake them up, they trembled and suddenly came to their senses. They looked like frightened children.

Whether they were the noble and decent European aristocrats or the proud and confident Anglo-Saxons, they all accepted a fact they had to face out of panic and fear - they were really in danger.

Soon, under the coordination of the iau, North America, Europe and China jointly formulated a "Gaze Project" aimed at figuring out what is going on on Europa and Titan.

Shen Manling was putting clothes and daily necessities into a huge suitcase in the bedroom. It seemed that she was going on a long trip. Zhou Cheng walked in with a bag of daily necessities.

"I've prepared everything for you, including your daily toothbrush, towels, and skin care items." Zhou Cheng handed the bag over and asked at the same time:

"I have a question that I don't understand. We have so many various telescopes and detectors in space orbit. Why can't they be used directly to observe those two satellites? Do they have to be specially modified?"

Shen Manling put it directly into the suitcase without opening it for inventory. The couple must know each other's daily lives like each other's shadows.

"You, a theorist, don't understand. All space observation equipment in orbit are designed for deep space exploration. The range of their observations is the scale of the universe, and the observation distance is hundreds of millions of light years. The focal length and field of view range Needless to say, using current equipment to see the satellites in the solar system is equivalent to using an astronomical telescope to read the words in a book, and you can't see anything."

Zhou Cheng understood what his wife meant and asked again:

"Manling, you said that those Europeans and North Americans have always regarded aerospace technology as the crown jewel of their industry. But we were only allowed to watch it from a distance and were not allowed to touch it. The International Space Station back then 'We won't be allowed to join. Why are you so proactive in inviting us to participate this time? It's still the dominant and deep participation!"

Shen Manling continued to pack simple clothes into the suitcase,

"I really know this."

She looked at Zhou Cheng with a smile on her face:

"They are all a group of proud people. The foundation of their pride is that they are the most powerful and dominant group in the world. But their foundation has been severely shaken. How proud they were of their former glory. The loneliness we feel now is so humble. What's more, what we are facing now may be a crisis of the human race, and those technical barriers they adhere to will become worthless."

Zhou Cheng looked at his wife as if he were admiring a famous painting:

"Man Ling! I always thought you were an excellent astronomer, but I didn't expect you to have a good understanding of social sciences."

Shen Manying closed the packed suitcase and sat next to Zhou Cheng.

"I also learned this from you."

"On me?" Zhou Cheng looked embarrassed.

Shen Manling gently placed her hand on Zhou Cheng's:

"Old Zhou, can I still not understand you? You are a world-renowned theoretical physicist.

Magazine special writer, Nobel Prize nominee, and the youngest professor at Qingbei University. Academically, those well-known professors and Nobel laureates would not dare to argue in front of you. Because as long as the other party has any loopholes, they will be You are blushing and holding on to it. Do you know what your nickname is in Europe?"

"'Oriental Pauli', I know that." Zhou Cheng said with a smile.

"Yes, you were such a proud person academically. But since Liu Chaowen has been riding a rocket to academic heights in the past two years, you are no longer as aggressive as a rooster academically. style.”

Shen Manling's eyes were full of soft light as she looked at her husband. Loneliness appeared on Zhou Cheng's face, and he let out a long sigh. Every word of his wife just fell into his heart.

The rapid academic progress of his disciple Liu Chaowen in recent years has indeed eclipsed him, the once proud man of heaven. Not only does he have no way to falsify any of Liu Chaowen's flaws academically, he also has no way to understand the origin of Liu Chaowen's god-like abilities. This is even This once caused him to have deep doubts about his own scientific views - the law of causality and determinism.

An extremely sharp sword was split from his own sword by the edge of another sword. The impact was far greater than cutting it off at the waist. And Zhou Cheng's sword was being split from Liu Chaowen's sword. The front part splits bit by bit.

"But, you have changed a lot in the past few years." His wife's smile was still so intoxicating.

Zhou Cheng smiled helplessly:

"Yes, the foundation of my pride has also been shaken. Can there be no changes?"

Shen Manling shook her head:

"That's not what I'm talking about. I know that you have been studying Liu Chaowen's academic achievements. But what you are studying is not the results themselves, but the foundation of the theories and systems in the results. You want to find the origin of Liu Chaowen's theory. I believe you, You will definitely find your own answer.”

Zhou Cheng looked at his wife, his vision a little blurry. From the time they met more than twenty years ago to now, his wife has always been the one who can accompany him deep in his soul.

The doorbell rang.

"Xia Lan is here to pick me up and take me to the airport." Shen Manling stood up.

Zhou Cheng helped Shen Manying load the heavy suitcase into the car, and hugged his wife goodbye. According to the arrangement, the trip would be as short as a month. Looking at the car gradually going away, Zhou Cheng secretly made up his mind to put his sword forward. get back.

"Xia Lan, how are you preparing?" Shen Manling asked.

"It's almost done. Veronica sent a complete set of design drawings and technical parameters of the Webb space telescope. I'm basically familiar with them. When we get to Houston, with the assistance of NASA's aerospace engineer team, we should be able to start the modification work soon." Xia Lan replied.

"Your infrared space telescope equipped with 18 extremely large gold-plated reflecting mirrors is the core of this 'Staring Project', and it will run on the L2 Lagrange point orbit 1.5 million kilometers away. Once there is a problem, there is nothing you can do. Done, you have a heavy workload," Shen Manling said.

Xia Lan frowned:

"Yes, teacher. Urgent renovation of the super space telescope worth 20 billion US dollars. I am also a little nervous. Wei Xu has to stay in the country to assist in the renovation of the 'Yang Jian' visible light band space telescope, and he cannot go to help."

"Don't have too much pressure. NASA also has a professional team. Just do your own thing carefully and carefully." Shen Manling comforted Xia Lan.

"By the way, teacher. Are you going to Europe for a long time this time? I see that Teacher Zhou has brought you a big suitcase."

"Yes, the European Space Center is going to make emergency modifications to three X-ray band observation satellites and then launch them into space. I have to stay there until the satellites are working properly before I can come back."

"Then you should take more care!"

"Don't worry about me, those people at the European Space Center. Sir Davis, like you have met, are all my old friends. But you, you must take care of yourself in the Texas desert. None of us can have any problems now." .”

The car drove straight through the airport gate and onto the apron, where two special planes bound for North America and Europe were ready to take off.