#962 - Chapter 962: Sky Survey Probe Deployed! Wormhole Found? Despair Arrives!
The artificial wormhole project has run into problems again.
Very common.
Any project that hasn't been completed is bound to encounter problems during research and development.
"Director Chen!"
Just then, Xiang Yan hurried over: "General Wang is looking for you; he's already outside."
"What's it about?" Chen Hao didn't even look up.
"He said something about a probe… deployment completed."
Hmm?!
Chen Hao's eyes lit up.
Even with the engineering scale of the Dyson Ring, the number of people involved in the industrial chain is only in the hundreds of millions.
It's impossible to have billions of people invested in the same project.
If no one farms the land, what will we eat?
If no one builds houses, where will we live?
For example, Xia Qingyan also hired a million people to develop that undeveloped land.
Similarly.
Of all the scientific researchers in the world, only a portion are involved in this project.
After all, many researchers' specialties are not related to the Dyson Ring project at all; these people have other jobs.
More than half a year ago.
Chen Hao gave General Wang a task: to have him gather a group of scientists in optics, computer science, electronics, etc., and, according to the detailed technical information he provided, develop a Level 1.4 civilization instrument—the Sky Survey Probe.
The reason it took so long…
Within the solar system, there are a large number of planets and asteroids, as well as the obstruction of the Kuiper Belt, which will seriously affect the detection effect.
With the current level of technology, it is not difficult to manufacture, given complete technology.
The main time is spent on deployment.
Using ultra-high-speed aircraft to deploy it beyond the Kuiper Belt, and the distance from Earth to beyond the Kuiper Belt is billions of kilometers.
The Hunter's warship can reach Earth in just two days at one-eighth the speed of light.
Ultra-high-speed aircraft are far from that fast.
It takes several months!
A quarter of an hour later.
Chen Hao walked out of the research center, got into a car with General Wang, and headed to a military base in the suburbs.
The probe's ground connection equipment is there.
"Commander."
General Wang frowned: "There's something…"
"What is it?"
"Negative emotions are beginning to appear among the public."
"…"
Chen Hao's heart sank.
He could guess the reason.
Tens of thousands of years ago, it took the Hunters nearly five years to come to the solar system. Could it be that tens of thousands of years of technology haven't developed at all?
Once the public thinks of this, their hearts will inevitably be filled with pressure.
If the time for the Hunters to come again is shortened…
They might arrive tomorrow.
Or even appear in the next second.
Every moment, they may face the end of the world. Even if the country has been trying to reassure the public through propaganda… there are still many people who are under great mental pressure. Who can stand it after a long time?
Fortunately!
Under the country's vigorous propaganda, most of the public is relatively optimistic.
And most people don't know the truth.
But…
There are always some people who are clever or have some scientific knowledge; these people are likely to guess the truth.
"Commander…"
Seeing Chen Hao pondering, General Wang suddenly asked, "Can we really complete the research and development of the artificial wormhole before the Hunters arrive? And the construction of the Dyson Ring, I think it's a bit slow…"
If the construction progress of the Dyson Ring is not enough, even if the artificial wormhole is completed, it will not be of any significance.
After all.
Only the Dyson Ring can supply the energy required to open an artificial wormhole!
The electrical energy on Earth…
Is far from enough!
"You also doubt it?" Chen Hao smiled wryly.
"No…"
General Wang was startled.
What does that mean?
Is the commander blaming himself for disturbing the morale of the army?
If even the senior military officials don't have confidence, what about the public?
"It's normal."
Without waiting for General Wang to explain, Chen Hao sighed helplessly: "It's human nature."
Life or death.
Will bring unprecedented pressure and motivation to all mankind, causing people to put aside nationality and interests, twist into a rope and go all out, but it will also bring mental pressure—this is a double-edged sword.
What can be done now is that the official authorities of various countries use positive propaganda to reduce negative emotions as much as possible.
…
An hour later, the car drove into the base.
Control room.
"Report!"
A technical senior colonel officer saluted Chen Hao with a straight back: "The Sky Survey Probe has been deployed and arrived at the predetermined location this morning!"
"Has the calibration been completed?" Chen Hao asked quickly.
"Report! The calibration work has entered the final stage!"
"Calibration completed!"
The colonel had just finished speaking when a voice came from not far away.
There are both military personnel and top scientists from multiple fields involved in the project.
A scientist walked over: "Commander, the Sky Survey Probe has been calibrated and can be officially turned on!"
"Lock onto the direction of Gliese 832."
Chen Hao went straight to the main control console: "Turn it on and start monitoring!"
"Yes!"
A group of people immediately became busy.
There is a saying in China—know yourself and your enemy, and you will win every battle.
What is Chen Hao most worried about?
Where has the Hunter's technology developed in the past tens of thousands of years, has the interstellar technology improved, and will the time to come to the solar system again be advanced?
Above.
I don't know anything!
In other words, the Hunters may appear at any time.
All countries in the world are united as one, frantically building the Dyson Ring and promoting the artificial wormhole plan.
But…
It is possible that everything that is done is meaningless and useless.
Sky Survey Probe.
The basic technology comes from the inheritance of alien civilization, and the information feedback is integrated with quantum technology.
What are the characteristics of quantum entanglement?
Ignore the distance!
Or rather…
Theoretically, it is faster than light.
For example, according to the theory that the speed of light cannot be surpassed, exploring the universe in a normal way, if the target is locked at 1 light-year away, the information feedback time will be very long, and given the characteristics of quantum technology…
It can almost achieve real-time feedback!
The Sky Survey Probe is used to monitor wormholes.
It is known that the Hunters come from Gliese 832. According to the simplest principle of two points and one line, locking the line between that star system and the sun, as long as the Hunters start wormhole jumping, then… it is possible to monitor the wormhole.
And determine the enemy's position by the distance of the wormhole.
In short.
Once it is monitored, you will know where the Hunters are and how long it will take to reach the solar system.
Before, I was completely in a state of grasping blindly!
Time passed slowly.
Multiple Sky Survey Probes that have completed calibration are located in different directions outside the Kuiper Belt, all locked in the same direction in deep space.
The premise for wormhole jumping is to first create an artificial wormhole.
As long as there is a wormhole, it can be monitored.
Ten minutes…
Half an hour…
"There's a discovery!"
A scientist, responsible for one of the probes, suddenly changed his face: "In the direction of Gliese 832, about 5.8 light-years away… a wormhole has appeared!"
Without any distinction between before and after, Chen Hao, who is in charge of the main control, also saw the monitoring results.
5. 8 light-years?
All the scientists present were frozen in expression.
Gliese 832 is 16.1 light-years from the solar system.
From the Brady feedback signal, only more than two years have passed, and the current distance is 5.8 light-years.
Indicates…
"17 months…"
A scientist's lips trembled: "Only 17 months left?!"
According to the time it took the Hunters to arrive last time tens of thousands of years ago, theoretically there are still more than two years left.
What about now?
Only one year and five months left!
