The system handed me over to the state.

"So... I think any member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would do a better job than me, so why do they have to send me?"

Ji Chengtian scratched his head. "Would you believe me if I said I wanted you to be included in the Records of the Grand Historian?"

"I don't believe it! I don't want to be listed in the Records of the Grand Historian; just thinking about it makes me ashamed!"

"You... Countless people in the country are desperate to get their names recorded in history, and you actually look down on it and feel ashamed!"

Faced with Ji Chengtian's questioning, Bronya could only spread her hands to indicate that she admitted it. She just felt ashamed, so what? Maybe others thought that way, but she didn't.

In the end, there was no other way. Ji Chengtian couldn't find anyone else for the time being, so he had to bite the bullet and drag Bronya into the fray. Otherwise, he would have had to let that big, burly guy, Lao Yu, take the field.

Upon arriving at the parallel world management department from yesterday, Bronya, under Ji Chengtian's arrangement, sat down in front of a terminal and explained, "In a moment, we will open our information channels and send a message to Shenzhou in another world. You can enter the message content here and send it over."

"Remember, our first task is to probe, to find out the specific situation of Shenzhou in that world. Only after we know the specific situation of Shenzhou can we have further communication."

Bronya nodded, grabbed Blackie who was trying to slip away, and smiled, "Don't go, stay here with us."

"I think you can do this kind of thing by yourself; I'm not interested."

Hei hope tried to shake off Bronya's hand, but couldn't shake it off no matter what she did. Finally, looking at Bronya's kind smile, she reluctantly sat down next to her.

Just then, Bronya suddenly remembered something and turned around, calling out, "Isn't Your Majesty coming to see us this time?"

Ji Chengtian shook his head. "His Majesty is still busy with his own affairs. We can handle things here ourselves."

"oh....."

"Get ready, everyone! Quantum terminal activated, signal interruption warm-up and self-test initiated! Check all equipment status!"

Ji Chengtian began issuing commands. Bronya and the other person looked up at the large screen in front of them. After a brief blackout, the screen lit up, displaying a bright blue planet. Bronya looked at the bright blue planet in front of her and felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity.

"Does this look familiar? Their planet is almost exactly the same as ours, except that the areas of the North and South Poles are slightly smaller. Everything else is exactly the same, even the growth patterns and areas of vegetation are very similar."

Ji Chengtian explained from behind. Bronya nodded blankly. Two planets so similar, is this a parallel world?

"Alright, our signal terminal is ready. Bronya, you can start sending your signal now."

Bronya nodded, placing her hands on the holographic keyboard in front of her. She hesitated, unsure of what to type. After much deliberation, she appeared extremely anxious. Finally, Blackie patted Bronya's arm and said, "If you can't think of anything, just send it randomly. Something casual is best, understand?"

Bronya blinked. "What do you mean?"

"For example, if you send a message like, 'Hello? Are you there?', they can understand our purpose, and because of the source of the signal, they will automatically imagine us as an advanced civilization whose existence has been confirmed. Then they will fill in all the subsequent settings themselves."

Bronya was stunned. "Where did you learn that?"

“In novels, especially science fiction novels.”

Bronya was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly had a brilliant idea! Since she couldn't think of anything else, she might as well just give up!

So he typed three words into the data terminal, “Hello? Are you there?” and then sent it with an Enter key.

Ji Chengtian was speechless after seeing the signal Bronya sent... Old Yu, on the other hand, burst into laughter, "Hahaha! That's typical of her style, so simple and direct! Interesting, interesting!"

"I feel like this is completely unreliable..."

Ji Chengtian couldn't help but complain. After sending the message, everyone waited quietly for the next reply, or rather, the reaction.

Meanwhile, deep in the mountains of Zhou Gui Province in China, where the world's largest radio telescope, built in recent years, is located, a large number of staff are conducting research and observations.

But at that moment, a seemingly insignificant signal crossed the quantum sea and entered his observation range.

"Hey! Xiao Qu, we probably won't be able to observe anything today, go and rest."

Qu Yueshan shook her head. "No, Doctor, you should go and rest first. I'll keep looking. Maybe I'll get lucky and receive something."

The doctor smiled helplessly, "Alright, you can continue, I'm going to rest now."

The doctor left, while Qu Yueshan continued to observe the instruments in front of her. As an undergraduate student majoring in astronomy, she had always hoped to come into contact with things related to extraterrestrials, or even better, to directly observe extraterrestrials.

Unfortunately, Earth is like a lonely paradise in the universe, isolated from the world.

Qu Yueshan sighed and continued to adjust the instrument, hoping to strike it lucky and obtain some useful information so that she could finish her graduation thesis smoothly.

However, at this moment, Qu Yueshan froze, staring at the display on the instrument in front of her. This was... an unknown signal?

Chapter 188: Don't answer! Don't answer!

Qu Yueshan's attention was instantly drawn to the instrument in front of her. The signal was completely undecipherable, seemingly encrypted with some kind of high density. Moreover, the target of this signal was very clear: Earth was the target of the launch.

As for the source of the signal... she couldn't find it. Her instruments couldn't trace the source of the signal; she needed instruments with higher power.

A possibility suddenly occurred to Qu Yueshan: could it be a message from aliens? But if it were alien information... how could it be so casual? They just threw out a message randomly, and they caught it right away?

Qu Yueshan immediately picked up her phone and dialed her best friend's number. Back then, both she and her best friend had studied this field, but her friend was studying and researching in the United States due to family reasons.

The call connected quickly. The moment it connected, Qu Yueshan immediately said, "Xiao Nai! Have you received any strange signals? Unknown, highly encrypted signals?"

The girl, called Xiao Nai, blinked, rubbed her eyes, and got out of bed. "Is this why you called me so late at night?"

Xiao Nai reluctantly put on her clothes and got out of bed. Qu Yueshan was a little embarrassed. She looked around and whispered, "I received a strange signal. The signal is highly encrypted, and I've never seen the encryption method before. I remember you're the best at this, so I wanted to ask if you could receive this signal in America."

"If you can, please analyze it. I'll inform the professor in a bit."

"Hmm... Xiao Qu... this is a prank, right? Those hackers just love big news like this. They'll send you a couple of encrypted signals to make you think it's some kind of alien signal."

"I'm going to sleep now... but I'll go to the observatory tomorrow morning and give you an answer then... Ugh, I'm so sleepy."

Xiao Nai hung up the phone; she was simply too tired...

Qu Yueshan stared at the encrypted signal in front of her. If... if she could crack the signal herself and reply, then her thesis report... and the credit for discovering the signal... But what if something went wrong?

At this moment, Qu Yueshan remembered a scene from a science fiction novel she had read: "Don't answer! Don't answer!"

Perhaps this is a trap. This alien doesn't know Earth's exact location; they only know there might be a civilization nearby. If Earthlings answer, it's equivalent to revealing their location, and facing aliens far more powerful than them, Earth's civilization might have no ability to resist.

But... what if it really is an alien civilization similar to Earth? What if they are just like human civilization on Earth, simply wanting to know if other civilizations exist in the desolate universe?

Thinking of this, Qu Yueshan suddenly felt a wave of loneliness... but then, she shook her head vigorously, snapping back to reality. What was she thinking?! They didn't even know if the message the other party sent was from aliens! Why was she already letting her imagination run wild?!

Let's tell the professor first; maybe he'll have a solution.

Qu Yueshan then got up and walked towards the professor's dormitory.

Meanwhile, inside Research Institute Base 1, Bronya and the others were waiting for a reply from the other world, Shenzhou, but they received no news for a long time.

For a moment, everyone in the room became a little anxious. Ji Chengtian asked in confusion, "That's strange... so much time has passed, why haven't we received a reply yet? Could it be that we didn't receive a signal?"

Bronya turned around. "Doctor, was the signal you sent encrypted to some degree?"

"Yes, but this encryption method is a bit complicated. I can already imagine their expressions after they crack it and see those three words..."

Ji Chengtian stared coldly at Bronya, who felt a little embarrassed and pondered what kind of good thing to post next.

At this moment, Bronya seemed to have thought of something, and looked up to ask, "Doctor, you said that you would give me full authority over this conversation, right? That means I can write whatever I want?"

Ji Chengtian nodded coldly, "Yes, but I'm reminding you that everything you write will be recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian, so I advise you to... be a little more careful."

"Alright! Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

Bronya's lips curled up slightly, and she composed another message and sent it out. After reading the message, Ji Chengtian's expression was strange, but he did not stop her. He was also a little curious about what this girl was thinking.

Meanwhile, on the other side of China, Qu Yueshan finally convinced her professor to allow her to borrow larger-scale equipment. However, it was clear that the professor was not interested in the alien signals she mentioned at all; he thought it was just a hacker's prank.

We must report this to our superiors and get them to catch this troublesome hacker.

However, Qu Yueshan's intuition told her that this message was definitely not some kind of hacker sabotage, where hackers deliberately disrupted the world's largest radio telescope by sending random information.

How could that be?

Now all she has to do is find the source of this signal and see where it came from.

So she finally got better access to the equipment from the professor, but only for three days. She hoped to find her target in the next three days.

However, when she returned to the room where she had worked and restarted the instrument, she was stunned... She had turned on the automatic capture mode when she left, which would capture and save signals of the same type. In the short time she was gone, another message was captured.

Moreover, this information is even more significant than the first one! In other words, it contains far more information!

Qu Yueshan immediately became excited. She desperately needed someone to crack the code, someone who could help her decipher this information. And luckily, one of her best friends was just such a person!

Silently, Qu Yueshan copied the two encrypted messages into her personal computer and then contacted her best friend. Fortunately, her friend was online, so Qu Yueshan sent her a message with a slightly seductive tone.

Would you like to try and decipher the signal that might be sent by aliens?

After waiting a few seconds, Qu Yueshan's computer emitted a crisp beeping sound.

What? An alien signal? You're kidding me!

Chapter 189: Exclusive to the Celestial Empire

Seeing his friend's surprised expression was not entirely unexpected.

I'm not lying to you, I really received it, but I can't crack this strange and highly encrypted signal myself, so I had to contact you.

After all, everything she learned in this field was taught to her by herself. As one of the most skilled hackers in China, especially in information technology, she even recently received offers of amnesty from the government. If she doesn't seek her out, who else would she turn to?

【real?】

[Really! I'm not lying to you, but I don't know the source of this information, nor its content. They all say it's a message sent by hackers... You'll believe me, right?]

In truth, Qu Yueshan herself was also a little uneasy; she didn't know if her best friend would believe her...

"I understand. I'll help you crack it. I'm quite interested too. Alien signals... Could it be some kind of signal that, if cracked, will mean the end of the world?"

【I have no idea!】

Qu Yueshan could only reply with these four words. She really didn't know what was in it, so she could only say that. Could she possibly say that she would definitely guarantee that the end of the world would not happen?

[Tsk, that's a pretty big risk.]

Her best friend complained slightly, then immediately said, "Okay! Send it to her." So Qu Yueshan happily sent the saved file to her friend. The signal was small, and the transmission speed was fast.

After the transmission was complete, my best friend glanced at it briefly and quickly replied, "This encryption is interesting. I need some time. You can go do something else first."

【oh oh.】

After replying, Qu Yueshan immediately picked up her personal computer. She was going to try her best to find the source of the signal.

Half an hour later, Qu Yueshan stared at the results in front of her with some confusion after analyzing them with a large instrument. According to the instrument's analysis, this signal had been being transmitted into the airspace of China every hour, and the source of the signal was even more peculiar, actually coming from a completely empty space.

There's nothing there, no planets, no asteroids, not even any cosmic phenomena. How can a signal be transmitted from such a place?