Genius Club.

Chapter 248 Space-Time Particles
"Of course I know what Guizhou Sky Eye is."

Lin Xian looked at Liu Feng helplessly:

"I asked you to repeat it again, not because I didn't hear you clearly... but because I wanted to make sure whether you knew what you were talking about."

Hey.

Lin Xian sighed inwardly.

Guizhou Sky Eye is a well-known satellite in Dragon Country and even in the world, especially for science fiction fans like Lin Xian.

Just as Liu Feng said.

It is the largest astronomical radio telescope in the world, covering a total area of ​​more than 260000 square meters.

It took 1993 years from the time the construction plan was proposed in 2016 until the last reflector unit was installed in 23.

In order to avoid urban signal interference, such super-large astronomical telescopes are generally built in mountainous areas far away from cities. The mountainous terrain in Guizhou, coupled with the general altitude of more than 1000 meters, makes it an excellent construction location with unique advantages.

The Guizhou Sky Eye has a very unique shape. It looks like a big silver pot placed among the mountains.

Traditional radio telescopes are generally radar-shaped or radar-like in shape, but this super-large pot with a diameter of more than 500 meters obviously cannot stand upright, so it is built into this lying structure.

Around this big pot, which is also the reflecting mirror, there are six support towers nearly 100 meters high. A steel cable is pulled out from each tower to hang a white "small box" in the "center of the pot" in the air just above the huge reflecting mirror.

This 30-ton small box, scientifically called the feed cabin, is the core device of the Sky Eye radio telescope.

The feed cabin is located at the focal point of each parabolic reflector. Its function is to focus the signals collected by the reflector to achieve high-sensitivity space observation.

When working, the reflecting surface will deform according to the movement of the observed celestial body, the shape of the parabola will also change accordingly, the position of the focus will also change, and the position of the feed cabin must also move accordingly... This is a very complex system.

It is worth mentioning that.

The principles of radio telescopes and optical telescopes are different. Optical telescopes form images by focusing visible light to form the kind of visual pictures that we conventionally understand.

A radio telescope gathers extremely weak long-wave electromagnetic waves in the universe... It is not a telescope in the traditional sense. Its sensitivity and observable range are far greater than those of an optical telescope, but it does not have traditional imaging functions. It mainly observes and records waves, seismic frequencies, and radiation.

In recent decades, pulsars, quasars, cosmic microwave background radiation, interstellar organic molecules, which are hailed as the four major discoveries in the field of astronomy...all benefit from radio telescopes.

And among all the radio telescopes, big and small, around the world.

Guizhou Sky Eye, also known as the Dragon Country Sky Eye by astronomy enthusiasts around the world...

no doubt.

It is the most powerful existence on earth.

……

Lin Xian bent down, picked up the pen that had been thrown off the ground, and placed it on the table:
"The Guizhou Sky Eye is a national treasure. Although it is open to the public for tourism, most of the time it is responsible for very important astronomical observation tasks. In many cases, those tasks even involve state secrets, so the Sky Eye is closed to the public."

"But no matter what, even if this thing doesn't have any scientific research tasks and is purely open to the public for tourism every day... I can't buy this equipment for you!"

"This is not a question of whether you have enough money or not. This is a state-owned product that is not for sale. You can't buy it just because you have money. Even if you have money, without technology and government support, it is impossible to replicate the Sky Eye."

"Even if we take a step back, Liu Feng, even if I am willing to pay to rent it for a few days, I am not eligible. I haven't learned about it in the past few years, but I have read relevant reports before. Many countries around the world are lining up to apply to borrow the Sky Eye... It's so troublesome to borrow it in the name of the country. This is not something that a small company boss like me can handle."

"But..." Liu Feng scratched his head, revealing an embarrassment:

"I just told you that if [space-time particles] really exist, they are very small and difficult to observe. Apart from super radio telescopes like the Guizhou Sky Eye, I don't think there is any equipment on Earth that can capture the fluctuations and frequencies of [space-time particles]."

"So, Lin Xian, I know it's difficult to borrow Guizhou's Sky Eye, but this is an indispensable part of our research on the curvature of space-time and the cosmological constant... If we can't find the space-time particles, we won't be able to zero in and calibrate the space-time clock; if we can't calibrate the space-time clock, we won't be able to detect the curvature of space-time, and the entire research won't be able to continue."

……

Lin Xian tapped the table with his fingertips and said nothing.

In fact, he had wanted to tell Liu Feng a long time ago, telling him that perhaps the cosmological constant was not as complicated as he thought.

After all, Big Face Cat’s father could research it with just a pen and some paper, so this thing may not require the world’s largest radio telescope.

But after hesitating for a while, Lin Xian still didn't say it.

First of all, Liu Feng is not Big Face Cat’s father, so there is no comparison; Big Face Cat’s father is a genius who won the Fields Medal in Mathematics. A true genius is hard to come by.

In comparison, Liu Feng has not actually made any outstanding achievements so far. If he has to say, his most significant contribution to human history may be the book that was accidentally left in Li Qiqi's grave, which inspired Big Face Cat's father.

Therefore, there is no comparison between the two.

Secondly, Lin Xian cannot be 100% sure that the research results of Big Face Cat’s father are correct.

All along, he had only been guessing and disproving things, thinking that since the Genius Club was afraid, then Big Face Cat's father must be right.

But there is no real solid evidence.

therefore.

There is no point in saying such discouraging words now, and it will only dampen Liu Feng's enthusiasm.

In the first dream, Big Face Cat’s father was killed in a car accident at 00:42.

In the second dream, Big Face Cat's father was picked up by someone on the morning of August 2624, 8, and he missed him.

In the third dream, Big Face Cat's father died of radiation sickness when Big Face Cat was a child. If he had died even earlier, he might not have had time to produce any research results.

all in all.

In the three possible futures, I have never met Big Face Cat's father.

If Lin Xian had any hope...

He really hoped that he could meet his Big-Faced Cat father alive in the fourth dream in the future and directly ask this peerless genius what the cosmological constant 42 is!
But right now, these are all unreliable and unguaranteed things.

It is very likely that he will never meet Big Face Cat's father in his entire life, just like he did not find Tam Bank or CC in the third dream this time.

The changes in time and space are really too complicated.

This is a chaotic system without any rules to follow. One small change can affect the entire system, and everything is unpredictable.

So there is no way.

Today, Liu Feng is still Lin Xian’s only "lifeline" and the person in the world who is closest to the truth about the cosmological constant 42.

Come back to your senses...

Liu Feng had already run to him holding a small blackboard and pointed at the complicated string of numbers and letters on it:
"I have already figured it out. If I input this string of parameters into the program of Guizhou Sky Eye radio telescope and conduct a matching search, I may be able to find the existence of space-time particles in the universe."

"Of course, I know what you want to say, Lin Xian. Just listen to me first. The fluctuation of this string of parameters is too small, so even with the world's top sensitivity of Guizhou Sky Eye, it is absolutely impossible to detect space-time particles outside the lunar orbit... because the accuracy is not enough."

"So, if the Guizhou Sky Eye radio telescope can really find the existence of space-time particles, then they must be in the Earth's atmosphere! The farthest... won't be farther than the orbit of the moon! It can't be as far as 38 kilometers. I estimate that the farthest is only tens of thousands of kilometers."

"Now that I've said this, do you understand, Lin Xian? We are very close to success!"

Liu Feng became more and more excited as he spoke, slapping the blackboard and staring at Lin Xian:

"If the target detected by the Sky Eye radio telescope is relatively close, we can find a way to capture it! Can you understand how exciting this is?"

Liu Feng widened his eyes:

"We can capture a reference from another time and space! Capture the first in human history-"

"【Space-time Particles】!"

"Senior Lin Xian?"

suddenly.

A soft bell sounded from the door of the laboratory.

Lin Xian and Liu Feng turned their heads at the same time and looked towards the door.

There stood a beautiful girl in a white dress, with a high, fluffy ponytail that was very elastic, a pretty face full of youthful agility, a perfect teardrop mole at the corner of her eye, a refreshing smile and those iconic crescent-shaped eyes——

"An Qing?"

Lin Xian stood up from his chair and looked at Chu Anqing at the door:

"Why are you here?"

"I saw your car downstairs!" Chu Anqing laughed:
"We are going to the dance studio to practice our body shape in the next class. We happened to pass by here and I saw the commercial vehicle downstairs... At first I thought it was Sister Zhao Yingjun's car because I often see her riding in this car."

"But when I got closer, I found that the driver inside was not Sister Yingjun's driver, and the license plate number was wrong... After asking, the driver told me that this was your car, so I said I came up to say hello to you!"

"I never expected that you would buy the same car as Sister Yingjun. I originally thought you would buy a sports car. After all, you are such a good driver. It must be cool to drive a car with such an exaggerated shape!"

Lin Xian smiled slightly:
"This car was assigned to me by the company. I usually use it for business trips. The driver is also assigned by the company. This is all the idea of ​​Brother Wang, the vice president. I have never been involved in the company's affairs. If I really let me buy a car for myself, I might really buy one with better performance... But I am basically tired of driving. It is more comfortable to ride in a car."

Chu Anqing tilted her head and looked at Liu Feng:

"Senior Lin Xian, who is this...?"

Her first feeling was that the person inside should be a teacher or professor in the laboratory.

But he seems a little too young.

Although the other party looked a little haggard and tired, in terms of age, he should not be very old. At most, he was only four or five years older than Lin Xian, and no more than 30 years old.

"This is Liu Feng."

Lin Xian turned around and introduced Chu Anqing:
“He’s a mathematician.”

"Not really a mathematician." Liu Feng nodded to Chu Anqing as a greeting:

"I am just an ordinary mathematician, with no achievements."

"So you're a mathematician. I thought you were a physicist or astronomer!" Chu Anqing smiled.
"Just now I heard you guys talking about some very profound things at the door, such as Guizhou Sky Eye, radio telescope and so on. And..."

Chu Anqing blinked, put her index finger on her chin, and looked up at Lin Xian:

"What are [Spacetime Particles]?"

……

……

Lin Xian thought for a few seconds and said with a smile:

"It's a name Liu Feng made up. It's not something that has been confirmed. We were just discussing some astronomical research findings, and then we got off track... and what we were talking about became a bit science fiction."

"So that's how it is." Chu Anqing suddenly realized and looked at Lin Xian with light in his eyes:

"But Senior Lin Xian, you are really amazing. You know everything about astronomy and geography, and you are proficient in everything from music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Last time when we went to an art exhibition together, you told me a lot of scientific knowledge besides art knowledge."

"I thought you might just be more knowledgeable and know more. But I didn't expect... that as a liberal arts student, you are also so knowledgeable in the field of science! You are really a versatile person, and it seems that you are really good at everything!"

"No, no." Lin Xian said modestly:

"You're exaggerating a bit. I've only dabbled in most of these things, and I'm far from being proficient in them."

"Ah..." Chu Anqing couldn't help but sigh:

"To be honest, sometimes I envy talented people like you. Whether it's you, Ji Lin, Sister Tang Xin, or Sister Ying Jun... you all have great abilities and are excellent people."

Then she counted on her fingers:
"Look, you don't need to mention Senior Lin Xian, he always surprises people, he is smart and knowledgeable; I am very sad about Ji Lin's death, but after all, he did something wrong, there is nothing we can do about it, but he is really good at writing novels; Sister Tang Xin is the same... Not only is she a good violinist, she is also an accomplished scientist; not to mention Sister Yingjun, she is beautiful, kind-hearted and very capable, my father often mentions her and praises her."

"Many people are great. I feel like everyone around me is great. Only I..."

Chu Anqing pursed her lips, raised her head, squinted her eyes and smiled:
"Compared to you, I feel like I am nothing except the daughter of Chu Shanhe."

"You can't say that."

Lin Xian quickly took over the conversation and wanted to praise Chu Anqing.

But he found out...

It seems like there is really nothing worth bragging about!

If you must say, Chu Anqing's dancing skills are pretty good, but to be honest, they are not so good as to be shocking; the reason why she can perform on many stages, appear in many shows, and receive flowers and applause... everyone knows why.

Chu Shanhe.

Because she is Chu Shanhe's daughter.

That's why she has everything she has now.

She was not the best dancer in Donghai University, nor was she the best dancer in Donghai City.

But she is the only girl who can dance solo at the "Donghai City Music Festival".

It's not because she dances well.

Just because she is Chu Shanhe's daughter.

and so……

In a sense, Chu Anqing was not wrong.

Rather, she actually understood this better than anyone else, was self-aware, and knew that without her father's halo and love, she would be just an ordinary girl.

Besides being cute and pretty.

Learning is not excellent.

Sports are just general,

The so-called good foundation in dancing is because I have received one-on-one instruction from famous teachers since I was young, which puts me one step ahead of others.

The brain is not genius,

There is no other special skill that can be brought out.

In terms of knowledge and insights, I am not very knowledgeable.

For a while...

Lin Xian didn't know how to comfort her.

Given Chu Anqing's self-awareness, any unrealistic compliments would be more like sarcasm than comfort.

Like something choking in the throat.

Lin Xian also realized today that Chu Anqing was so ordinary, which was something he had never realized before.

But if the atmosphere continues to be so dull...it might be even worse!
Lin Xian took a breath——

"Haha, little sister, you can't think like that."

Well.

Before Lin Xian could even catch his breath, Liu Feng walked up to him with a smile, looked at Chu Anqing and said:
"You are still young, it is too early to think about these things. Besides... no one can tell where the shining point of a person's life script is. If you say it is nothing and useless... then I have more say than you."

Liu Feng pointed at himself:

"I have loved mathematics since I was a child. Throughout my college and graduate school years, I have been studying mathematics, a topic that no one recognizes and is completely wrong. For so long, I have never succeeded once and have achieved nothing."

"Not only that, my life was a mess. In order to take care of my seriously ill girlfriend, I gave up math and tried to make as much money as possible. But in the end, not only did I fail to save my girlfriend's life, I also wasted the time I should have spent with her. I really lost both and ended up with nothing."

"I'm already 27 years old, and I've accomplished nothing. But... since I met Lin Xian, I feel that all the failures before, even if my whole life is a failure, are completely irrelevant."

He smiled and turned to look at Lin Xian:

"Lin Xian told me that some things may be wrong even if you do them a thousand or ten thousand times. But it doesn't matter. It only needs to be right once at the most critical moment."

"I still firmly believe in this sentence. I think this is the only thing in the world that I can do. Perhaps my life... exists for that moment, that second, that one time. The highlight of that moment alone is enough to dispel the haze of my life."

"So... little sister, I think your life might be the same."

Liu Feng looked at Chu Anqing's raised eyes:

“Don’t easily deny your own value. It’s just that the time has not come for you to play a role. As I said just now, it doesn’t matter if you are wrong all your life. For some crucial things, you only need to be right once in your life.”

"There must be something in this world that is prepared for you, born for you, and only you can do it."

"【Except you... no one else can do it!】"

(End of this chapter)