Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Urgent Call

Although the work of the archaeological team is over, the research on the copper ball—the information rocket is not over.For the convenience of work, the rocket was transported to the 103 Rocket Proving Ground.This rocket test site is located in a mountainous area in western my country. It is a subsidiary institution under the leadership of the South China Aerospace Research Institute.Liang Weizhou escorted the rocket there for in-depth research, which is a matter of course.However, Yue Jing suggested that she would also go to the 103 rocket test site.The reason is that in the process of studying alien rockets, it will promote the reform and innovation of electronic instruments.Liang Weizhou immediately said that if Yue Jing participated in this work, it would definitely be smoother.Yang Guangyao felt very embarrassed, because this was beyond his authority as the archaeological team leader.But he understood Yue Jing's mood very well, so he contacted Guangdong Electronic Instrument Research Institute and South China Aerospace Research Institute by phone, and got approval.Yue Jing happily left with Liang Weizhou.

As for the starry copper ball, as the information sent to us by aliens, Huang Jingzhi and Guo Yiping agreed that more extensive and in-depth research should be carried out.They packed the copper balls carefully, carefully and securely, transported them by air to Chujiang City, and temporarily stored them in Nanshan Observatory.As for when it will be sent to the Provincial Science and Technology Museum for public display, it depends on the progress of the research.The archaeological team disbanded.Yang Guangyao entrusted Xu Zhenyu with the task of studying the copper sphere star map to take it back to Nanshan Observatory to continue.Huang Jingzhi readily agreed.One Sunday afternoon after returning to Chujiang, at the invitation of Yang Guangyao, Xu Zhenyu and Huang Jingzhi went to his house as guests.Yang Guangyao lived in a residential building not far from the archaeological institute, so it was very convenient for him to go to work.What Huang Jingzhi is particularly interested in is that the natural environment of these residential buildings is very quiet, and the scenery of lakes and mountains is particularly pleasant.He even told Xu Zhenyu on the way that he breathed the fresh air here, and his trachea became much looser.It would be great if the residences of the Observatory were not crowded in the downtown area, but also built at the foot of Nanshan Mountain.

When he arrived at Yang's house, Xu Zhenyu pressed the bell.It was Yang Jixian who opened the door for them.Xu Zhenyu asked him, "Why are you back?" Yang Jixian told them that after the closure of the Three Gorges Dam, the diving operation has completed its task.Now he is on family leave at home, and will soon return to work at his original unit, the South China Shipwreck Rescue and Salvage Company. Yang Guangyao's living room is furnished in a simple and elegant way.At one end of the room is a low cabinet with a color TV set on it, and a color photo of Tang Sancai hanging on the wall.Under the side wall of the low cabinet, there are a pair of sofas.On the coffee table in the middle is a potted landscape pine and cypress bonsai, which is inspired by a famous ancient Chinese painting "Pines and Cypresses Evergreen".In the middle of the living room is a rosewood-colored square table and four chairs.At the other end is the writing desk. On the left side of the desk stands a delicate frame, inside which is a group photo of Yang Guangyao and his comrade Wu Yonggang in the army. The photo has already faded to yellow.On the stage to the right is a new type of telephone.A new world map hangs on the wall next to the desk.There was a rattan chair in front of the table, and Yang Guangyao was sitting there reading a magazine.

After Huang Jingzhi and Xu Zhenyu came in, Yang Guangyao stood up immediately, put them on the sofa, moved a chair, and sat down.Yang Jixian poured a pot of tea and poured a cup for everyone.He said: "My dad likes to drink Yihong the most, please try it too." Yang Guangyao was still holding the magazine, and he talked with great interest: "Just now I saw an article written by a biologist, which is very interesting. He said that the discovery of alien information rockets, He had to consider the physical structure of aliens. But he admitted that in this respect he is similar to a science fiction novelist, and can only make some assumptions based on the existing scientific data."

"I would like to hear how he imagined it." Huang Jingzhi said with a smile. "He said that aliens do not necessarily have the image of a human being. But the head of this advanced animal must be higher than the body, and organs of vision, hearing, and smell should grow in this part. Only in this way can we have Only with a better vision can we respond quickly to the outside world. Of course, in order to shorten the transmission path of external information in the body, the nerve center should also grow in the head." "What should the body of an alien look like?" Xu Zhenyu listened with gusto.

"Hey, guess what he thinks?" Yang Guangyao smiled, and there seemed to be more wrinkles on his face. "He said that the torso has to be elastic, that to move freely you have to have outstretched limbs. It may have two legs like us, or it may have four or more. The same is true for the hands, which have two or more, so that you can hold things, manipulate tools flexibly, and perform labor. But whether it is legs or hands, it should be an even number, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain symmetry, balance, and hinder movement. Odd number of limbs is unlikely .” "Isn't this almost human?" Yang Jixian asked curiously.

"That's not what he meant," Yang Guangyao continued. "He said that on those planets whose gravitational force is greater than that of the earth, animals have to live in water, because the buoyancy of water can offset part of the gravitational force. This kind of alien Their ancestors are probably lizards, who lived in water and evolved into aliens. They could live in a luxurious, comfortable, and scientifically advanced Crystal Palace." "How could aliens be big reptiles?" Yang Jixian felt that he couldn't understand it in terms of human feelings. "This is a more realistic conjecture. In the past, some chemists believed that life is not necessarily based on carbon and water. On the surface of a neutron star with a huge gravitational force, the chemical reactions are fundamentally different from those on the earth. Therefore, it is speculated that the people on this planet are another kind of rational people. They do not necessarily use matter as their bodies, but may exist in the form of energy." A mysterious smile flashed across Xu Zhenyu's face, "This push side , it is even more incomprehensible."

"The article also stated that he did not rule out aliens that evolved into humans similar to Earth on a planet with an ecological environment similar to that of Earth. But he believes that this possibility is too slim." Yang Guanggen Finished talking about the main content of this article. "Who wrote this?" Huang Jingzhi asked. "The signature is," Yang Guangyao flipped through the magazine, "Fang Yutian, from the Shanghai Institute of Biology." "It's Fang Yutian?" Xu Zhenyu asked in surprise. "You know him?" Yang Jixian interrupted.

"Not only do I know him, Professor Huang and Ren Sihong also know him," Xu Zhenyu said with a smile, and then he told the Yang family father and son about the encounter on the "Three Gorges" hovercraft.They both laughed too. Huang Jingzhi recalled that conversation with Fang Yutian, and said calmly: "I remember that at that time, Xiao Xu hadn't mentioned that the copper ball came from aliens. This time the alien information rocket was unearthed, which must have given him a lot of attention." Vibration, that's why we studied the alien's shape characteristics."

The electric bell rang a few times, Yang Guangyao went to open the door, and Guo Yiping came.Yang Guangyao was going to move the rattan chair, Guo Yiping pointed to the square table in the middle and said: "Didn't you invite us to play bridge? There are enough people, let's go to the table." "Okay! Do you still remember that in the inflatable tent in Xiling Gorge, in order to search for short-wave signals, I separated you from the bridge table. I invite you to come here today to make up for the unfinished bridge. I I still have to compete with Xiao Xu!" Yang Guangyao said enthusiastically.

Huang Jingzhi readily agreed.Naturally, Xu Zhenyu was not to be outdone, and said, "Competition is competition", and sat down at the square table. Yang Jixian brought Associate Professor Guo a cup of hot tea, and a white tablecloth, and spread it on the square table.Yang Guangyao took a pair of exquisite gold-rimmed waxed poker cards from the writing desk, took a piece of white paper and a pencil by the way, and sat down opposite Guo Yiping. Xu Zhenyu looked at his watch and asked, "Why hasn't Ren Sihong come yet?" "He can't come today, so the Institute temporarily decided to let him go to Zhengzhou to participate in an academic seminar on pottery writing research." Yang Guangyao explained. Guo Yiping picked up the poker from the table and asked Huang Jingzhi to shuffle the cards.Hearing about the writing on pottery, the associate professor of history smiled proudly on his ruddy face.He said: "The research results of these pottery characters make the history of civilization of our Chinese nation go back six thousand years." After Huang Jingzhi shuffled the cards, Guo Yiping took it and handed it to Xu Zhenyu who was sitting on his right to shuffle the cards.Then, Guo Yiping skillfully distributed the cards to everyone in a clockwise direction. Guo Yiping began to call, and after three rounds, the call was made. It was determined to be four spades. Yang Guangyao became the dummy and put all the cards on the table.The round was successfully completed.Yang Guangyao wrote down the score on paper with a pencil.Yang Jixian sat behind Xu Zhenyu and watched the game. After playing a few sets, he could see that Associate Professor Guo was good at bidding, while Professor Huang was good at calculation.One is bold and careful, and the other is steady and steady.But the level of their two partners is different, his father is slightly higher than Xu Zhenyu.After a few sets, Huang Jingzhi and Xu Zhenyu's score gradually fell behind. The door opened by itself, and He Yijing came in carrying a net bag.Yang Fan carried a travel bag and followed her talking and laughing. Xu Zhenyu stood up, a little surprised in his heart: "Why are they here?" Yang Guangyao said, "Let me introduce you." Huang Jingzhi said: "We all know each other, just introduce it to Associate Professor Guo." "We also know each other." Guo Yiping and He Yijing shook hands and said, "I led the students and met when I visited your museum." "Father, all you need to do is introduce me." Yang Fan said with a smile. "Why, he is your father?" Xu Zhenyu asked Yang Fan in shock. "So you are a family!" Huang Jingzhi looked at Yang Guangyao and He Yijing, also surprised. "Hey, didn't you say you all knew each other just now?" Yang Guangyao was also surprised. "I thought they were also here as guests. I really only know one thing, not the other!" Huang Jingzhi smiled, and then turned his gaze to He Yijing, "Are you also visiting relatives this time?" "No, the province has approved our new museum plan, and I came to the province to participate in the approval with the preliminary design drawings." He Yijing said happily. Yang Ji first brought a glass of water to his mother.Yang Fan took the net bag and went to the kitchen. He Yijing excitedly told everyone that this new museum can be said to be specially built for the cultural relics unearthed from the No. 7 Han Tomb in Xilingxia.The basement of the new building houses the ancient corpses, the three floors above the ground hold the rich unearthed cultural relics from the tomb, and the fourth floor is used for office, research and repair. "Lu Qian discovered the copper ball and drew a detailed and accurate ancient star map. From the perspective of Lu Qian's achievements, it is well-deserved to have such a museum as a place to live more than two thousand years after his death." Xu Zhenyu's words made everyone laugh. After a while, Yang Fan brought a large plate of cakes and a large plate of meat pastries to the table.He Yijing fetched hand washing water for everyone.Huang Jingzhi tasted a piece of cake, "It's soft and has a rich egg flavor, and it's still hot. Is this a pastry you baked yourself? The craftsmanship is really good, and I think it's better than the ones you bought." "I'm not good at cooking. This is baked in an old-fashioned far-infrared oven." Yang Fan smiled happily, and a pair of shallow dimples appeared at the corners of his mouth. Xu Zhenyu looked at Yang Fan's beautiful duck-egg face, and suddenly remembered what Sister Bai had said about Yang Fan's cooking skills at her home, and his face blushed slightly.Fortunately, everyone was tasting dim sum, and no one paid attention to it. After the snacks, Xu Zhenyu asked Yang Jixian to take his place, and continued to play bridge with them.After a while of humility, Yang Jixian went into battle.Xu Zhenyu took the magazine, sat on the rattan chair and read Fang Yutian's article. After Yang Fan tidied up, he walked to the desk and asked Xu Zhenyu, "Don't you want to sit in another place?" "Where are you going?" "Come and sit in my room!" Xu Zhenyu followed Yang Fan in. He Yijing accidentally glanced at her daughter on the sofa, and couldn't help remembering that Ren Sihong had said in the Xiakou District Museum that they were classmates.Judging from Ren Sihong's mysterious expression when he spoke, there might be some mystery in it.She is not only good at analyzing the meaning of bamboo slips from stroke to stroke, but also good at guessing the girl's heart from her daughter's every move.If the daughter is really good with Xiao Xu, the daughter's eyesight is really good.She made up her mind to discuss this important family matter with the old man after the guests left. Now in Yang Fan's room, Xu Zhenyu was sitting on a chair, admiring the colorful landscape photos of famous mountains and rivers hanging on the wall. "Your airs are not small!" Yang Fan smoothed his shoulder-hanging black hair with fair fingers, and smiled. "Where do you start with this?" Xu Zhenyu looked away from the landscape photo and stared at her pair of beautiful almond eyes. "Over the years, how many times have I invited you? You have never been here, and you didn't even ask where I live!" From her clear and sweet voice, it was clear that she was really angry. "Isn't this coming!" Xu Zhenyu wanted to comfort her. "You can tell!" Yang Fan smiled, "If my father hadn't invited you, you wouldn't have come to see me." "I will come here often in the future." Xu Zhenyu looked a little shy, and looked away from her beautiful face, staring at the bookcase beside the table. Yang Fan walked to the bookcase and called him over. Xu Zhenyu looked at the books behind the glass.Most of these books are medical monographs, Chinese version, English version, hardcover, paperback, standing there neatly.He was surprised to find that there were many literary masterpieces in the bookcase. "Come here, I'll get you something." Yang Fan's white duck face was full of embarrassment. She bent down to open the cabinet door below, her glossy black hair fell to her shoulders.I don't know if it's from her hair or from her body, a faint fragrance emanates.Xu Zhenyu had a strange feeling, he couldn't explain what it was.What he was eager to know was, what was she going to get for herself? What Yang Fan took out was a large, hard-covered notebook, which was bulging and seemed to contain many pieces of paper.She handed it to Xu Zhenyu affectionately. "Give." Xu Zhenyu took it.He was eager to know what was written inside, so he lifted the cover with his right hand.A white, warm and soft hand nimbly covered his thick hand, and a warm current spread throughout his body. "I won't let you watch it now, take it home and watch it later." Yang Fan didn't move his hand away.She looked at him, those round almond eyes were like a crystal clear lake.At this moment, infinite affection is rippling on the surface of the lake. There was silence in the room, and time seemed to freeze.They stood silently, and neither of them knew how much time passed. A sudden ringing of the phone came from the living room. Yang Fan let go, took out a plastic bag from the chest of drawers, put the thick hardcover notebook in it, handed it to him and said: "Don't forget, watch it when you get home." Yang Guangyao's voice came from the crack of the door: "It's me... what? The call from the 103 rocket test site?... Oh, it's an urgent TV call?... Okay, I'll go right away... Hey, how about it, please ask the telephone company to call This long-distance TV call can be transferred to my home...it doesn't matter, as long as you can hear the voice." "Come on, let's go out and have a look." Xu Zhenyu said to Yang Fan.He picked up the plastic bag and weighed it, as if to estimate its weight. They walked into the living room, only to see Yang Guangyao sitting on a rattan chair with a telephone receiver in his hand.Huang Jingzhi, Guo Yiping, He Yijing, and Yang Jixian stood behind him. "Is it Captain Yang? Oh, you can't see me, I'm Liang Weizhou." There was a slight voice from the receiver, which still had a touch of Cantonese flavor. "I can tell, tell me." Yang Guangyao said kindly. "Alien information rockets are not launched from other planets..." "what?" "...It didn't come from the cosmic space in the solar system..." "What did you say!" Yang Guangyao stood up abruptly from the wicker chair. "...it was launched on Earth!" Xu Zhenyu, Huang Jingzhi, and Guo Yi looked at each other flatly. "What evidence did you find?" Yang Guangyao raised his voice. "We checked and analyzed the rocket's structure and power plant, and the conclusion is very positive: in addition to having the properties of an underground rocket, it is only equivalent to an intercontinental rocket in space!" "This is really unexpected!" Yang Guangyao sighed. "We have printed out the details of the research results and will send them to you by airmail tomorrow." "Okay. Professor Huang, Associate Professor Guo and Xiao Xu are also here. I would like to say hello to you on behalf of everyone. You have worked hard!" "I'm here too, how are you all?" Yue Jing's laughing soprano voice came out from the phone, "This time Liang Gong is exhausted, he is so tired and thin!" Xu Zhenyu answered the phone: "Xiaoyue, why don't you make two bowls of pork red porridge for Mr. Liang, nourishing and nourishing." "You have learned how to joke, my astronomer!" Yue Jing's unforgiving tone came from the phone. The phone hangs up. The living room fell silent again, and they were all thinking about a question: What does the emergence of this new situation mean to them?