Start as a top student and move towards the stars and the sea

As a reborn person, Ning Chen is certain that gravitational waves really exist. However, Ning Chen is not 100% confident that the equipment they are researching can accurately receive the gravitational waves existing in the universe.

With Ning Chen's calm personality, he would naturally not venture into an unknown direction and squander scientific research funds casually.

After hearing Ning Chen's explanation, Lu Minghao felt relieved.

"Understood, Mr. Ning. I need to look at some ideal construction locations in advance. As for when to build other equipment, this is something we will determine later."

"Yes, there is no need to rush these things. But I believe that after the first gravitational wave observation equipment is successfully built, we will definitely have a lot of new gains."

Although this is a device mainly used to observe gravitational waves, in fact, judging from the structure of this device, it is not only capable of receiving gravitational waves, but can also receive a variety of other electromagnetic wave signals that exist in the universe. .

There are many contingency in the reception of gravitational waves, but as long as the ability of this instrument to receive other cosmic rays can be proven, the performance of this equipment can be roughly judged.

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In the following time, everyone continued to carry out their own work.

Lu Minghao quickly found a suitable location in the countryside near Shengzhou and discussed the use of the land.

This matter was originally not easy to handle, because land use inherently requires very complicated procedures, and the land is very large and cannot be used easily.

Even if the negotiation can be successfully concluded, it may take several years before it can actually be used.

But because of the special features of Ning Chen and Xingchen Technology, Lu Minghao gained a lot of convenience in handling this matter.

After learning that Xingchen Technology wanted to lease this land, it wanted to find the existence of gravitational waves. The local people in Shengzhou gave Xingchen Technology strong support, saying that they would do their best to help Xingchen Technology, and Regarding the use of land, Xingchen Technology will be given the most favorable price.

In less than a month, Xingchen Technology reached a land use cooperation agreement with Shengzhou, and Xingchen Technology immediately began the construction of gravitational wave detection equipment.

Ning Chen named this device "Black Hole Telescope". Of course, judging from the design drawings, this device has no direct relationship with the telescope. It is only named "telescope" because of its function. .

Coupled with the close relationship between gravitational waves and black holes, Ning Chen finally settled on such a name.

After the project officially started, this matter gradually attracted attention from the outside world.

"I heard that we have launched a new project in Shengzhou. This project is amazing. It is a project of Xingchen Technology. It covers an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of square meters. It is to explore the existence of extraterrestrial civilization."

"If this project can be carried out smoothly, it can be said that it will exist as the eyes of Blue Star. We will receive a large number of signals existing in the universe, and the exploration of the universe will be raised to a new level."

"This is the first step for Star Technology to truly expand its exploration goals to the stars. As Blue Star's top technology company, Star Technology has not limited its pattern to commercial technology research. This is worthy of other Blue Star technology companies. educational."

Some of these people's expectations for black hole telescopes even exceed Ning Chen's original goal. Of course, in the future, such a thing is indeed possible.

With the start of the black hole telescope project, the prototype of the black hole telescope has gradually begun to appear.

On this day, Ning Chen took Song Xiyun and others to the construction site of the Shengzhou Black Hole Telescope, preparing to conduct an on-site inspection and understand the construction progress of the black hole telescope.

After learning that he had received great attention from the outside world, Ning Chen's travel was not as easy as before. He had to apply through the school first, and only after ensuring sufficient safety could he obtain travel approval.

In order to ensure Ning Chen's safety, the school set up many measures to protect Ning Chen, including keeping Ning Chen's itinerary strictly confidential, secretly setting up security personnel, etc.

Ning Chen himself also turned on Xiaozhi's security protection status in real time as the last line of defense to protect his own safety.

Although this location also belongs to Shengzhou City, it is still relatively far from the center of Shengzhou. Ning Chen and others took more than an hour's drive to reach this location.

However, when Ning Chen arrived here, he was quite satisfied with the progress of the black hole telescope.

"That's right... After just a few days, our black hole telescope has already begun to take shape. At this construction speed, we may be able to complete it much earlier than planned."

After hearing Ning Chen's words, Lu Minghao nodded and said:

"Yes, Mr. Ning, our actual construction speed is indeed much faster than expected. Shengzhou has provided us with many construction conveniences, so that we can carry out our project with confidence."

Originally, this place was just a deserted location, but in order to help Xingchen Technology complete the construction of the black hole telescope, the Shengzhou local government arranged many new facilities nearby, and the place was gradually developed.

Ning Chen was also very grateful for the help provided by the local people in Shengzhou. Of course, Ning Chen also knew that they deserved such help.

Ning Chen, Song Xiyun and others walked around the edge of the black hole telescope, admiring the current prototype of the black hole telescope.

In this project, the Shengzhou University mathematics group, including Song Xiyun, also undertook part of the scientific research work.

Looking at the black hole telescope that was still under construction, Song Xiyun seemed to suddenly think of something and asked Song Xiyun:

"Ning Chen, you said... after the construction of this black hole telescope is completed, is it really possible for us to find traces of alien existence?"

Hearing Song Xiyun's words, Ning Chen couldn't help but smile and replied:

"Isn't this some rumor on the Internet? Why, even Teacher Song, you believe it?"

"Yes, but these rumors cannot be said to be completely unfounded. Although the main purpose of our black hole telescope is to receive the existence of gravitational waves, it can also receive various other cosmic rays. Its sensitivity and accuracy Exceeding any previous detection device in the world.

If there really are any signals of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations in the universe, we must be the first to discover them. "

Song Xiyun's words do make some sense, but Ning Chen is not yet ready for this.

"Honestly, I don't think we can really find some evidence of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations soon. In the vast universe, I believe that Blue Star is not the only place where life has been born, or even the only place where civilization has been born. place. But even if they have given birth to civilization, their civilization level may not be comparable to our Blue Star civilization."

There are too many accidental reasons for the birth of Blue Star Civilization. The probability of such a chance is very small. Only if the sample is large enough can such a chance phenomenon occur.

Ning Chen felt that if there really was a civilization more advanced than Blue Star Civilization in the universe, maybe they would have noticed the existence of Blue Star Civilization long ago, and Blue Star Civilization would also suffer a blow because of this.

Ning Chen believes in the objectivity of the "Dark Forest" laws, and no civilization will take it lightly for alien civilizations that may threaten itself.

Song Xiyun did not agree with Ning Chen's point of view, shook her head and said:

"I do think that the possibility of the existence of alien civilization is very high. We still have to quickly upgrade our civilization level to avoid facing the threat of alien civilization in the future, and then we will have no choice but to be slaughtered by others."

"This is a very realistic thing. Even if there are no extraterrestrial civilizations, we still have too much unknown about the universe. If we cannot quickly improve our technological level, don't say that extraterrestrial civilizations will actually visit one day. An asteroid hits Blue Star, and we are not equipped to deal with this danger."

Although such a thing is an extremely unlikely event, it is something that will almost certainly happen in the long run.

An asteroid tens of millions of years ago completely wiped out dinosaurs from the planet. If the same thing happened again, even if humans would not become extinct, it would be hard to avoid being severely damaged.

In fact, Ning Chen was still thinking about another question, which was the true origin of his system.

As a materialist, Ning Chen would definitely not think that this was something that could not be explained by science.

However, the system's capabilities far exceeded Blue Star's current technological level, which made it difficult for Ning Chen to give an accurate answer to the origin of the system.

If Ning Chen had to explain it through science, he could only attribute the system to a product from the future like in Doraemon.

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As the construction work of the black hole telescope proceeds smoothly, finally, with the joint efforts of everyone, this huge black hole telescope was successfully completed within the planned time.

During this period, Ning Chen came to the site many times to learn about the construction of the black hole telescope, and used Xiaozhi's information sensing function to explore the internal structure of the black hole telescope.

What makes Ning Chen satisfied is that the actual construction of the black hole telescope is very consistent with Ning Chen's design drawings.

"Manager Lu, we are ready to start the trial operation of the black hole telescope. The trial operation of the black hole telescope is also its testing work. If its performance is excellent enough, we can continue to consider building new ones at other locations. Black hole telescope."

Naturally, Ning Chen had no hope that through this black hole telescope, he could successfully discover the gravitational waves existing in the universe.

The emergence of gravitational waves requires many accidental conditions. Ning Chen is not sure whether gravitational waves really exist near Shengzhou, let alone whether they can be detected.

But even if gravitational waves cannot be detected immediately, the black hole telescope will definitely search for enough valuable information. Ning Chen will not regret investing such a large amount of money in this project.

"Okay, Mr. Ning, then we will start the trial operation of the black hole telescope as planned."

At eight o'clock the next morning, the black hole telescope was turned on on time and began to receive various signals in the universe.

In order to complete the analysis of various cosmic signals, Ning Chen naturally could not just use Xiaozhi as an artificial intelligence, but needed to set up a new working team for the black hole telescope.

Some of the staff in this team only need to work at the headquarters and other branches of Xingchen Technology, but some need to be stationed near the black hole telescope. In comparison, their working environment is much different.

Fortunately, Ning Chen gave them enough salary subsidies so that they could work here willingly.

When the black hole telescope was turned on, Ning Chen also carefully observed the various signals received by the black hole telescope and conducted related analysis work.

Naturally, gravitational waves are not easy to discover, but Ning Chen felt quite happy when looking at these cosmic signals.

"Yes... the signal receiving capability of the black hole telescope is indeed powerful enough. Basically, all signals that can reach here can be received by the black hole telescope."

Most of these signals are signals created by humans, including mobile phone network signals, aircraft signals, WIFI signals, etc.

These signals had no effect on Ning Chen's research, so they were directly blocked through intelligent algorithms.

In addition to these signals produced by humans, the remaining signals are all kinds of rays that exist in the universe.

Ning Chen and others worked hard to study these signals, trying to analyze some new important information.

On the other hand, with the official completion of the black hole telescope, people's attention to the black hole telescope is also rising.

Many people come from all over the country to see the black hole telescope.

Due to the special value of the black hole telescope, outsiders are not allowed to approach the area near the black hole telescope.

But on the outside of the closed area, the heroic appearance of the black hole telescope can also be observed.

"I really didn't expect that the black hole telescope could be of such a large scale. It's not an exaggeration to call it the eye of a blue star."

"Such a huge project can be completed in such a short period of time. Our Xia country is truly worthy of being the infrastructure madman of Blue Star."

"This can really be called another miracle on the blue star. I just don't know what kind of information in the universe this black hole telescope can discover."

After a stage of signal reception and analysis, Ning Chen has made some new discoveries.