Paranormal incident investigation notes

As the most advanced and powerful space telescope in the current era, the level of the Mercury team is not ordinary. Scientific research teams that do not have a certain status cannot even think about applying for its observation time. They are not even qualified to queue up.

However, under the coordination of the Planetary Security Bureau, no matter how important the subsequent observation plans were, they were all postponed. Five days later, Sun Yu's team's observation plan was successfully implemented.

In these five days, it was still because it took a certain amount of time for the researchers of Sun Yu's team to formulate plans and mobilize personnel. Otherwise, the second action team will be able to arrange them immediately after the current observation mission is completed. The wait time is not even more than a day.

In the vast sky, the Mercury space telescope located at the second Lagrange point, under the precise fine-tuning of its own attitude control engine, accurately aimed at that direction in the celestial sphere, and then began to collect information from that direction.

In one day, enough data was generated to fill several large-capacity hard drives. These data were then transferred to Professor Sun Yu's laboratory, and people immediately started busy.

The next day, a preliminary analysis report was generated. But this result surprised the entire second operation team and even Professor Sun Yu himself.

"...Yes, Chief Zhang, Chief Lu, we found no sign of the existence of that strange star in the Mercury's observation data. It, it disappeared, yes, it disappeared."

Professor Sun Yu's words were full of doubts and disbelief.

Lu Ming's brows frowned deeply.

"Disappeared?...How is this possible?"

"The search range of the Mercury telescope covers a very wide range. Even if the speed of the star is really the 2600-4000 kilometers per second we previously determined, it will not be enough to travel outside the search range during this time. But ...The reality is, we didn't find it. It's gone."

Lu Ming continued to frown: "Which possibility do you think it is?"

"I have no idea."

Professor Sun Yu was full of distress: "If I had to guess, I think it either suddenly accelerated and left the search range, or... it may no longer shine."

Excluding the obviously unreasonable possibility that it suddenly disappeared out of thin air, the only remaining possibilities seemed to be these two.

Among these two possibilities, the sudden change in speed means that it is almost certainly controlled intentionally by some force. Because obviously, under the natural environment, in the deep space of the universe, its speed cannot produce such a huge change on its own.

The second possibility also has the possibility of external force manipulation, but there is also the possibility of natural phenomena.

However, if a dwarf planet or asteroid smaller in size and mass than Pluto does not emit light, it would be very difficult to directly observe it from such a long distance, even with the performance of the Mercury space telescope.

In the video conference room, everyone was silent.

The reality is just like this. That strange star, just like a sudden glimpse, only showed its figure in front of the human world, and then disappeared without a trace, and could no longer be traced.

He Wei said: "I wonder, is it possible... that the Starfinder telescope is malfunctioning? Or... that there is an error in your data analysis?"

Hearing He Wei's doubts, Professor Sun Yu was not angry, but sighed: "I can only guarantee that based on the data we got from the Star Search team, our analysis must be correct. This is not only This is the conclusion of our team and also the conclusion of external support experts.”

In this way, if something goes wrong, it can only be an error on the Starfinder telescope.

Lu Ming thought for a moment and looked at Zhang Dingshan: "Captain, I apply for a third-party inspection of the Starfinder telescope."

Let a third party inspect the space telescope operated by one's own side, which obviously means distrust of one's own team. It is foreseeable that the operation team of the Starfinder telescope will be dissatisfied with this. This is different from jumping in line to apply for observation time.

Only Zhang Dingshan can make a decision on this kind of matter.

Zhang Dingshan thought silently for a moment and said decisively: "Okay. Professor Sun, you..."

Sun Yu waved her hands repeatedly: "I will not participate in this. I still want to cooperate with Star Search again in the future."

This is also human nature. Zhang Dingshan nodded and looked at Lu Qingliang: "Contact the third-party team and start testing immediately."

"yes."

Lu Qingliang once again used his ability of planning and coordination. He found some experts in space telescopes from the "talent resource pool" he had established, formed a team, and obtained authorization from the Planetary Security Bureau. Second At midnight, a plane took off and carried the team members to the ground base of the Xunxing space telescope.

Lu Qingliang personally led the team, but Lu Ming didn't know exactly how he negotiated with the Xunxing operation and maintenance party. He only saw that on the third day after the test started, a test report was submitted to the second operation team.

"...We have carefully inspected the Xunxing space telescope's hardware, space environment, interference shielding, data channels, encryption protection and other 27 major items and 95 minor items, and confirmed that there are some minor flaws in the Xunxing space telescope. , but none of these flaws will affect the normal operation of the telescope. Our final inspection conclusion is: the data obtained by Sun Yu’s team is authentic and credible.”

Lu Ming was silent.

Observations from the Mercury Space Telescope proved that the strange star had indeed disappeared. The detection results of the Starfinder space telescope proved that the strange star indeed once existed.

Lu Qingliang looked at the three teammates who were silent in the video and asked: "Is there any progress on Experimental Subject No. 1?"

He Wei shook his head: "No. No progress at all."

In the past few days, with the assistance of a professional scientific research team, Operation Team 2 inflicted all imaginable torture on Experimental Subject No. 1. Unfortunately, Experimental Subject No. 1 still showed no signs of cooperation.

Lu Qingliang sighed slightly.

"2600-4000 kilometers per second, the distance is about 100-150 billion kilometers. At the fastest, it will probably reach the earth in less than a year. At the slowest, it will be about two years. It can shine by itself, unlike It’s a spaceship, but it’s not like a natural star, it comes from the direction of the CSK-9602 galaxy…”

These words that Lu Qingliang seemed to be talking to himself made the atmosphere in the video conference room even more solemn.

First of all, one thing can be made clear, that is, this thing must have huge unpredictable risks.

Whether it is good or bad, what it is, and what purpose it serves, the entire human world has no idea.

It is necessary to find out its information.

And, no matter what, no matter whether this thing is related to the current case or not, or whether it is the same thing, the current case is the only clue that may point to it.

Everything except this case has nothing to do with it.

Lu Ming felt a little irritable at the moment.

He felt that at this moment, it was like there was a huge spider spirit hidden in the dark, wrapping itself around him with invisible threads at all times. It seems that I am free and can do many things, but under the restrictions of these invisible threads, I have no strength and can't do anything.

No direction, no breakthrough, no clue, nothing. I don’t know where to go next.

"That's it for now, let's break up the meeting."

After a moment of silence, Zhang Dingshan issued the order.

Lu Ming left the meeting room a little irritably. Zhang Dingshan and He Wei glanced at his back and sighed slightly in their hearts.

Both of them knew that in this situation, Lu Ming was the one who was under the greatest pressure. But obviously, Lu Ming can only bear all this by himself. No one can help him.

After leaving the conference room, Lu Ming went straight to the back of the huge factory building in the temporary base.

On one side here is a high wall with barbed wire hanging on it and some sentry posts guarded by guards, and on the other side is the factory wall. The middle is about twenty meters wide, with some flowers, plants and trees planted in it.

He thought and walked on the path until it gradually darkened and late into the night.

The next day, he didn't go out, but stayed at the computer and started looking up things. I checked until the afternoon, then came here again, and continued to walk slowly and think slowly until it got dark.

The cell phone rang at this time.

"Lu Ming, where are you? Don't think about it now. Come back for dinner. I bought hot pot."

Normally, several people would eat in the cafeteria and fight each other. For some reason, He Wei actually wanted to prepare something like hot pot today.

Lu Ming was a little confused, but he still came to the conference room. As soon as I entered the door, I saw that the conference table had been temporarily used as a dining table. There was an induction cooker and a mandarin duck pot on it. The clear and bright red soup bases in the pot were constantly rolling. Various ingredients are placed next to it, including octopus balls, meat rolls, vegetable dips, and more. Next to it were several cans of beer with condensation droplets hanging on them.

Zhang Dingshan said: "Long-term and high-intensity thinking sometimes does not help solve problems. Appropriate relaxation is also necessary."

Zhang Dingshan looked calm, as if he was making work arrangements. He Wei smiled, opened a can of beer and handed it to Lu Ming: "It's just a regular dinner, a little drink, and a chat."

Lu Ming looked at Zhang Dingshan and then at He Wei. He understood something in his heart and was a little moved, but still refused: "You can drink, I won't drink anymore."

He Wei rolled her eyes at him: "It's boring for me to drink alone. Let's come together."

"team leader?"

Lu Ming looked at Zhang Dingshan. Zhang Dingshan said calmly: "I'm on duty tonight. You two can drink freely and have a good rest after drinking."

Lu Ming scratched his head and felt a little more relaxed: "Hold Qing Liang."

"He is indispensable."

On the nearby laptop, a video application was displayed in the video conference room. He Wei connected, and Lu Qingliang's figure appeared on the screen.

There were also several cans of beer and some braised food placed in front of him.

"I won't come home until I get drunk tonight, hahahaha."

"Come on, let's fix one first."

He Wei grabbed the beer, raised her head and drank it in one breath. She burped incomprehensibly. Then she picked up the chopsticks, picked up the mutton rolls from the pot and stuffed it into her mouth. She swallowed it. He shouted: "Happy."

Lu Ming was so passionate that he immediately drank a can. Lu Qingliang had a sad face and took small sips. It took him a few minutes to finish the drink. He Wei burst out laughing: "Qingliang, why are you acting like a girl?"

Under the night, the conference room was filled with smoke and laughter. The three of them all opened their hearts and chatted about many things. It wasn't until late at night that they dispersed.

The next day, when Lu Ming woke up in the morning, his head still felt a little blurry, and he didn't get over it until noon. In the afternoon, he still came to the path and walked around thinking. In the evening, the regular meeting was held again.

"I still haven't found the next step of investigation."

Lu Ming's tone was a little heavy: "But now I have some new ideas."

"Oh? Tell me."

"If we really can't find a breakthrough direction, maybe... we can only try it under the Cthulhu worldview."

He Wei's face was full of surprise.

"I always thought that people like you who firmly believe in science and rationality... would reject this kind of thing."

"No." Lu Ming shook his head seriously: "I never reject anything that shows a certain degree of rationality. It's just that with my scientific literacy, I don't believe them."

Like, real scientists don’t believe in the existence of ghosts and gods. But if there are clues that ghosts and gods really exist, then real scientists will be very interested in studying them.

The only difference is whether the "clues" showing the existence of ghosts and gods have a high enough degree of confidence. After all, it is impossible for a rural lady to claim to have seen a ghost in her toilet, and scientists would have to go to great lengths to verify it.

Only after all other possibilities have been eliminated, and the existing theory can no longer perfectly explain a certain phenomenon, and it shows a certain tendency, will scientists consider introducing ghosts and gods to explain and verify it. .

However, Lu Ming felt that it had reached a point where existing theories could no longer find an explanation, and it was time to introduce the so-called Cthulhu worldview to try to explain the current situation.

At this moment, Lu Qingliang, who always believed that the situation at this moment was related to the so-called Cthulhu worldview, was a little unable to accept it: "But Lu Ming, you have to know that the Cthulhu worldview has only been born in the human world for more than a hundred years. Time. Among them, those strange monsters, ancient gods, alien gods, old times, mythical creatures, etc. were also described by subsequent writers in literary works. You don’t really think that these things can be related to the real world, do you? "

Lu Ming said: "I don't value these appearances. What I value is the cultural core of Cthulhu's worldview."