Earth Era

Eta Carinae is 7,700 light-years away from the solar system. This means that the radiation of various wavelengths and visible light coming into the solar system at this moment has traveled a long distance in the universe for 7,700 years. In fact, Eseamount 2 had already erupted 7,700 years ago, and what people are seeing at this moment is actually just some images that have passed 7,700 years.

But it is precisely because of this that Zhao Lan and Zhao Lan's colleagues, as well as all the people who are paying attention to Haishan Er, are even more amazed at the strength of Haishan Er. Such a long distance can still make the people here look as bright as a full moon... Facing this kind of majestic power, Zhao Lan couldn't think of any suitable words to describe it.

"The gamma-ray burst triggered by the explosion of Etamount 2 lasted for 30 seconds. During these 30 seconds, the energy it released was equivalent to the total radiation energy of all the stars in the entire Milky Way over 230 years... Haishan Er announced the end of his life to the whole universe with this kind of explosion that is so heroic that words cannot describe it." Zhao Lan thought silently.

Presented in front of Zhao Lan was a high-precision synthetic photo processed by the electronic system. On this photo, Zhao Lan saw a dense cloud appearing at the location of Haishan Er. They show different colors in the visible light band, and different colors mean different temperatures and energies and elemental compositions. At present, due to the occlusion of these dense clouds, researchers cannot see the black hole formed by the eruption of Eta Carinae for the time being, but by observing the eruption of X-band radiation, people can basically confirm this point, that is... At this moment, there is a black hole above the original location of Seamount 2, and it is using its strong gravity to control the surrounding clouds to revolve around itself, and it is constantly devouring them...

The dust cloud would be accelerated by the black hole's powerful gravity to speeds that might even approach the speed of light. In such a fast motion, they are constantly rotating and colliding. During the process of rotation and collision, extremely intense radiation such as gamma rays and X-rays will be produced, and then go along the two poles of the black hole. It gushes out from the outside. What was ejected at the same time was extremely high energy. Extremely high velocity plasma jets...

After arriving at the Sky Survey Observation Base, Zhao Lan devoted herself to the task of observing the wreckage of Haishan 2, just like her colleagues working in the base.

Thanks to the existence of the high-speed and precise positioning system for gamma-ray bursts, relevant observation instruments deployed in different regions aligned their observation directions there within one second after Etamount 2 began to erupt and began to observe and collect data. Therefore, this observation of the eruption of Eta Carinae II will be the observation with the best observation conditions and the most collected data in human history. Scientists hope that the data collected during this observation process can solve some difficult problems that have plagued mankind for a long time, such as the problem of supernova explosion models, or the evolution of giant stars.

Observations of the wreckage of Eta Carinae's eruption have continued for more than a month. Until now. The radiation of the wreckage of Eseamount 2 in the visible light band has been reduced so much that it can no longer be seen with the naked eye. This also means that, for an ordinary person, Eseamount II has completely disappeared, and people will never be able to see it again. But it's different for astronomers. With the help of scientific instruments, people can still observe quite intense visible light and X-rays, as well as gamma-ray radiation from that place. It still has high observational value, so observations have never stopped.

The observation operation lasted for more than a month, and Zhao Lan worked continuously in the observation base for more than a month. Every new data is born. Or every time a new idea or phenomenon appears, Zhao Lan will be excited for a long time. Zhao Lan has completely and thoroughly devoted himself to work, if the staff of Mars Port hadn't actively contacted Zhao Lan. Zhao Lan has almost forgotten about his own car, and the mysterious disappearance of the Silvia spaceship there.

"Ms. Zhao Lan, I'm sorry that it took so long to contact you. Because during this period of time we have been investigating the mysterious disappearance of your Silvia spaceship, and this investigation work is more than we imagined. It is much more difficult in the process. We have not reached a preliminary conclusion until now, so we have not contacted you until now."

The pre-recorded video communication information sent from Mars Port was displayed on the communication device in Zhao Lan's hand. It was a slightly bald middle-aged man who said this to Zhao Lan. Zhao Lan remembered that this middle-aged man was named Xu Ming, and he was the first manager of Mars Port.

Judging from Xu Ming's personal explanation to himself, Mars Port still attaches great importance to his affairs. This made Zhao Lan feel the sincerity of Mars Port.

"We have found your spaceship's entry record in the electronic system records, but we have not been able to find the spaceship's departure record. This means that the electronic system believes that your spaceship is still in the port. But obviously your spaceship The spaceship has disappeared, so there must be an error in the electronic system. We spent a lot of time manually checking the electronic system, and finally found a piece of video recording information fifteen days before your departure. The recording equipment clearly captured It’s the whole process of your spaceship’s departure. But I don’t know why, the electronic system ignored this departure event directly. It was not recorded in the database. We also found the maintenance record of your spaceship through manual investigation And fuel and survival supplies filling records, but again, these records are also ignored by the electronic system."

"Also through manual investigation, we found the following recording fragment... As you can see, the man came to your spaceship berth without any hindrance, without attracting the attention of any electronic equipment. And drove away your spaceship... We are sure that this man must have hacked into the electronic system of the port, tampered with the evaluation and alarm system in the electronic system, and then... stole your spaceship."

"Yes, your spaceship has been stolen." Xu Ming said with a wry smile, "Although it is unbelievable, it is indeed the case. Of course, we will not shirk our responsibility, and we will certainly accept your losses. Compensation will be requested according to the procedure... We just want to ask you, do you know this man?"

What then appeared in front of Zhao Lan was the face of an ordinary young man. This face is neither handsome nor ugly, it's just a very common public face, the kind you can catch a lot of in the crowd. Zhao Lan just took a look and shook his head. Zhao Lan can confirm that he doesn't know this person at all, and he has no impression of this person in his mind.

After a period of communication delay. Xu Ming's second message continued to be sent: "We have contacted the Ministry of Security, the military, and the police. No one can confirm the identity of this man. He is a person in our civilized information system. A person who has no records. But he can bypass the strict monitoring of electronic equipment without knowing it, and has superb disguise skills, with countless different faces. No one has ever known his real appearance, and he has never been in the public There is only one person who has left any records in the identity system, and that is... Li Yunfan. Of course, we did not say that we have confirmed that the person who stole your spaceship is Li Yunfan. We just doubt it. Because other than Li Yunfan Besides, we can't think of a single thief with such prowess."

Li Yunfan is the most legendary thief in human civilization. Apart from this name, no one knows any exact information about Li Yunfan. I don't know his real appearance, don't know his age, don't know his real identity, and even his gender can't be determined. Li Yunfan, on the other hand, committed the first crime ten years ago, and committed more than a dozen major theft cases that shocked the entire human civilization in the following period of time, and has been at ease until now.

These cases include the latest set of currency production templates in the central bank of the government of human civilization. Including the tie worn by the head of human civilization when he was going to attend the event celebration the next day, including a set of precious jewelry for the wife of the head of state, and 30 tons of precious minerals stored in the central treasury... Every case Li Yunfan makes is unimaginable. Even, if it wasn't for the fact that Li Yunfan would declare to be responsible for these incidents every time afterwards and publish the whole process of committing the crime. The security forces of human civilization have no way of finding out who did these things.

And this case has many similarities with previous cases made by Li Yunfan. The theft of a spaceship in a port has never happened in history, and people have no idea what Li Yunfan is doing to steal a spaceship. The modus operandi of this theft was also too superb, that's why Xu Ming suspected that the robber Li Yunfan did it.

Li Yunfan and Zhao Lan are people living in two different worlds. Zhao Lan can be sure that there has never been an intersection between her life and Li Yunfan. And now... Li Yunfan actually set his sights on him and stole his spaceship from the Mars port? This made Zhao Lan feel very unbelievable. Zhao Lan couldn't think of any reason for Li Yunfan to keep an eye on his spaceship. You know, the Silvia spacecraft can only be called high-end in the category of civilian spacecraft. With Li Yunfan's ability, if he wants to steal the spacecraft, why not steal other more powerful spacecraft? not to mention. What did Li Yunfan do by stealing a spaceship? Since it is a spacecraft, it must be refueled in the supply port. Supplement supplies. After the Sylvia spaceship is stolen, human civilization will inevitably pay close attention to the spaceship. As long as the Sylvia spaceship appears in the supply port, it will be controlled. Faced with such a net, it wants to Can't even run away. Can it still not enter the port?

"This is ridiculous." Zhao Lan said in a low voice, "Li Yunfan...what is he doing to steal my spaceship?"

"We don't know either." Xu Ming continued with a wry smile, "The United Nations Security Department has taken over the incident, and is currently analyzing the tail flame traces of the Silvia spacecraft, trying to restore its flight trajectory, and then through the positioning system Track it down. Wait for further investigation results to be notified by the Ministry of Security... In order to compensate for your loss, we have ordered a brand new spaceship from the shipyard, which is even more powerful than the Silvia spaceship. Probably After half a year, it can be built and delivered to you. The engineers of the shipyard will contact you within a few days to confirm the interior, shape, power, layout and other information of the spaceship. Well, yes, in the new Before the spaceship is delivered to you, we will bear all the expenses you incurred due to transportation. Ms. Zhao Lan, on behalf of Mars Port, I would like to express my sincere apologies to you once again, and hope you can accept our compensation plan."

Zhao Lan thought for a while, and finally agreed to the compensation plan. So after signing the online contract with Xu Ming, Zhao Lan hung up the communication and continued to work.

It's just that Zhao Lan can no longer concentrate on his work. In Zhao Lan's mind, there is always a question lingering for a long time: The thief Li Yunfan...why did he come to steal one of his spaceships?

No matter which way he thought about it, Zhao Lan couldn't find a reasonable explanation for this matter. If Li Yunfan is concerned about himself rather than his spaceship... then. What else is there to focus on? Zhao Lan thinks that she is not beautiful, although she can be regarded as a scientist. In the eyes of ordinary people, he is high and high, but in the eyes of people like Li Yunfan, Zhao Lan doesn't think that his status is very attractive. If we talk about wealth... Zhao Huasheng did not leave any legacy for his descendants. Before Zhao Huasheng and Li Wei both passed away, the two had already donated all their property. Except for an honorary title, what else? None left for their offspring.

Zhao Lan now. It's just an ordinary scientist. Zhao Huasheng still has a high reputation in human civilization, but that has nothing to do with Zhao Lan. Even Zhao Lan himself didn't take this matter too seriously.

Unable to figure out these things, Zhao Lan stopped thinking about them. Things like hunting down Li Yunfan should be done by the government and have nothing to do with me. Just do your job well.

The observation of Eta Carinae 2 is still in progress, but now the data collection has come to an end, and the next work is to analyze the images and data collected in the previous period, and to reveal the universe hidden under these data. Mysteries revealed. This is a very large and lengthy project, and it may even take more than ten years to analyze the data. To put it a little more exaggeratedly, tens of thousands of astronomers participated in the analysis of the eruption of Eta Carinae II. Will devote at least a quarter of his career to this matter.

From birth to growth, a scientist needs at least 20 years of education to be competent for his work. Tens of thousands of these scientists would then devote a quarter of their careers to unraveling the mysteries hidden in Eta Carinae's eruption. And the eruption of Eta Carinae is relative to the whole scientific world. Not even a drop in the ocean. The contrast between the vastness of the universe and the depth of its mysteries and the insignificance of individual power is depressing. However, the science and technology of human civilization and the understanding of the universe are constantly improving under such circumstances.

This is a line with the painstaking efforts and sweat of countless scientists. And the path of progress paved by life. Zhao Lan is an ordinary member among these countless scientists.

Time passed quietly in such a calm and slightly boring rhythm. In the blink of an eye, a month has passed. In the afternoon of this day, Zhao Lan, who had finished his day's work, couldn't help but input the series of familiar parameters into the telescope console, and adjusted the direction of the telescope to that familiar angle.

Then a faint light spot entered Zhao Lan's eyes again.

Zhao Lan knew that it was a quasar, which was extremely far away from the earth, at least 10 billion light-years away. Zhao Lan's work includes the research on this ancient quasar, so using the telescope to observe this quasar at this moment cannot be said to be an attempt to seek personal gain. It's just that only Zhao Lan knows his own selfishness.

Zhao Lan didn't want to study or analyze this quasar, because Zhao Lan didn't want to turn this beautiful and distant star into a series of numbers describing its physical state. Zhao Lan thinks that is very unaesthetic. When observing this star, Zhao Lan just stared at it more often.

This quasar has a very special meaning to Zhao Lan. Although a quasar that is more than 10 billion light-years away from the earth has special significance to a human being, it sounds incredible. But human beings are such a race that is good at association and sustenance.

Zhao Lan has seen this quasar hundreds of times. But things seem a little different today. Under Zhao Lan's gaze, I don't know why. The luminosity of that quasar suddenly began to decrease slowly. This decrease was clearly and intuitively presented to Zhao Lan through the changes in numbers. So after about ten minutes, the quasar disappeared from Zhao Lan's sight and the lens of the telescope, and could never be seen again.

Zhao Lan blinked in disbelief, and then looked at the display screen again. But the screen is still pitch black. Darkness means that there is no source of light that can be captured in the direction the telescope is pointing.

But... what about a quasar? Why did it disappear? (to be continued ~^~)

PS:  Sorry... I planned to update it on time today... But something was delayed... I didn't write it until now, and I have something to go out in a while... That's all for today, a 5,000-character chapter, yes Two changes are actually possible...