Chapter 9 Chapter 2 A Message Shot into Space

He spoke very seriously and made sense, and I didn't want to argue with him at all, so I just made a gesture to ask him to continue talking.The doctor said: "Antennas with extremely strong receiving capabilities are installed on the spacecraft, and they are used all the time when the spacecraft is flying. The purpose is to receive various microwave signals from space. These signals, on the surface of the earth, cannot be received due to various interferences. arrive." I nodded and said, "That's a good idea." The doctor scratched his goatee: "This project is really just a concept, because we can't predict what will happen, but we have to do it."

I made a gesture to show my understanding. The doctor's explanation was very detailed, and he continued: "We consider that there may be many kinds of received signals, and these signals must be sorted out. This work requires the cooperation of a huge computer. This special analysis, restoration Computers with various signals have been installed as early as three years ago, and Dr. Jiang is the main person in charge of designing this large computer!" Jiang Louyue said: "Yes, this computer can analyze almost any signal." I shifted my sitting position. The doctor has been talking for a long time, but he hasn't talked about what he has received.I said, "I'm sorry! I need to make a phone call."

I was really thinking about Bai Su's gestures, so I pressed the number button on the phone, but after waiting for a minute, no one answered the phone. I had to give up and raised my eyebrows at the doctor.The doctor said: "Fifteen days of spaceflight, safe landing, and the recording data of the part connected to the special effect antenna were handed over to the department under my management. We sent the data into the computer and analyzed it with a computer composed of hundreds of millions. The process—" Jiang Louyue interrupted the doctor: "There's no need to explain the process in detail, that's too specialized for Wesley to understand."

Although what Jiang Louyue said was exactly what I wanted, but it was too straightforward, which made me a little unhappy, but that was also the truth, so I could only groan. The doctor said: "Yes, the analysis results are extremely rich. We found the signal of tiny meteorites flying in space, and analyzed the signals sent by sunspot explosions. There are many types, and there is one signal among them. It confuses us, the computer can’t analyze it, but the signal is very strong, we use this computer to deduce this group of signals into photoelectricity, and make it show changing waveforms on the oscilloscope screen.”

I saw that Jiang Louyue seemed to want to interrupt the doctor again. I rushed ahead of him: "Let the doctor go on, I understand." Jiang Louyue stared at me back, and said silently, the doctor said: "Such a strong waveform, this is really a surprise for us, but we couldn't find out what kind of waveform it is, we concentrated our efforts on research, that day, a young man suddenly Said: 'Damn it, this set of waveforms looks like sound waves!' It was originally like a waveform of sound waves, anyone could see it. But it was a message from space, everyone thought it was like sound waves, But he dared not speak out."

I interjected: "Some things, if you think about it in a complicated way, you can't think of the answer, because the answer is very simple." When I was saying this, I couldn't help thinking, is it true that the answers to Bai Su's gestures are actually very simple, but I was thinking too complicated, so I couldn't figure it out? Dr. Dougal said: "Yeah, he laughed himself when the guy said, 'We've got conversations from aliens, that's amazing.' I was like, 'Why is that impossible. Bring it back Make a sound, listen to it.' The whole research team got excited, think about it, the sound from outer space!"

I glanced at the flat black iron box, and Dr. Dougal took a deep breath: "This is a very simple procedure, that big computer doesn't even have this kind of function—" Jiang Louyue hummed: "Who knew that such a simple function would be used one day." The doctor scratched his goatee: "We used another small computer to do this work. In less than an hour, there was already a result. Absolutely unexpected, we got a conversation." I was very puzzled: "Alien dialogue? Can you translate the alien language?" The doctor glanced at me, took out another key, and opened the iron box. It turned out that the box was a small tape recorder. He pressed a button and said nothing to me. A gesture, asking me to listen.

So, I overheard a conversation. Don't think that it is as clear as the conversation between two people played on an ordinary tape recorder. In fact, that conversation is very difficult to hear clearly, and there are various noises interfering.Dr. Dougal said they did the best job of filtering out an untold amount of noise.Of course, if you listen carefully, you can tell that it is indeed a conversation. The conversation was only a few sentences. After listening to it, I couldn't help but be stunned: "What does this mean?" The doctor said: "I was about to ask you, what does this mean?"

Let me talk about that conversation first. As soon as the conversation started, I heard that it was an English conversation. The signals collected from the spaceship flying around the earth and the sound analyzed turned out to be the language of the earth. It's eccentric to the extreme. So when I heard it, I was stunned for a while, but the doctor and Jiang Louyue immediately made a gesture to me, not letting me ask questions, and asking me to continue listening. The entire dialogue is as follows: "That person's name is Bai Liqi? Heslett, you remember, he is the one I want to kill."

"Oh, this gentleman seems to be very famous!" "It's him! It's him! As long as you can get rid of him, I can agree to your terms." "Okay, my condition is—" The "dialogue" ends here, and there are only a few sentences in total. I listened to it once, rolled my eyes, and for the sake of the doctor's seriousness, I listened to it again.But no matter how many times I listen to it, my reaction is still the same, I am a little angry: "Are you kidding me?" The doctor said: "I'm not joking, this is indeed deduced from the signal received by the spacecraft's special antenna."

I snorted: "It sounds like someone is commissioning a killer to kill someone." The doctor said: "Exactly." I waved my hand vigorously: "There must be someone who thinks your work is too boring and is joking." The doctor's goatee was twitching, and he was very angry: "Do you think our working procedure is a child's play? Please exclude the idea of ​​joking, it is absolutely true, it is the sound interpreted by the signal received by the special antenna." Jiang Louyue also said: "Because things are so weird that they escape common sense, so the doctor came to listen to your opinion." I smiled wryly: "Okay, I'll discuss the matter as it stands. First of all, I want to be sure that this conversation, which took place on the earth, will not happen on any alien, because I don't think aliens can speak the language of the earth." Both the doctor and Jiang Louyue nodded in agreement. The doctor opened his mouth to say something, but he waved his hand vigorously at me to keep him from speaking. I said again: "Let me assume that this conversation is not a face-to-face conversation, but a telephone conversation." I waved my hand again to prevent the doctor and Jiang Louyue from speaking, and continued: "It's not only a phone call, but also a long-distance call. To be sure, it's a long-distance call connected through artificial satellites. Everyone, this is the end of the problem analysis. I I thought there was no problem." Jiang Louyue said coldly: "You mean, when the sound waves were transformed into radio waves and transmitted to the artificial satellite, the special antenna of the spaceship just happened to receive a fragment of it?" "Yes!" I patted him hard on the shoulder, "That's it, or something similar." I looked at the doctor triumphantly, thinking that I had solved a difficult problem for him in the shortest possible time.Unexpectedly, the doctor showed a very disappointed expression. He didn't look at me, but just looked at Jiang Louyue: "Dr. Jiang, it seems that Mr. Wei is not very familiar with the transmission process of some phone messages." Jiang Louyue said: "Yes!" He turned to me and said, "Wesley, your hypothesis is impossible. Let me just tell you a little bit. The special receiving antenna designed by the doctor and installed on the spacecraft is not common at all. To put it simply, the radio waves sent out from the earth cannot be received.” I stared: "There will be no accidents? The fact is that I received it." The doctor said: "What was received was not a radio wave, but a very weak signal. We can finally hear the sound now, which is the result of dozens of deductive procedures." I was a little embarrassed: "But, you agreed just now, it was a conversation between two people on earth!" The doctor said: "Yes, we got this conversation. On the one hand, we were puzzled, but on the other hand, we felt familiar with the name Bai Liqie Heslitt. We only checked briefly, and found out this What are people!" I was taken aback for a moment, I didn't have any impression of this name, so I asked back, "Who is that?" The doctor took out a paper bag, opened it, took out some newspaper clippings, and showed me.I saw it, and couldn't help being stunned.The newspapers carried the news that "British Heslett was killed in yacht explosion."This man is the head of a very well-known stock brokerage firm on Wall Street in New York. He has a unique vision in stock investment.His analysis can even cause the market price of the stock he mentioned to fluctuate. He is an authoritative investment consultant. Many investors like to invest their funds in him, so he is a tycoon on Wall Street. Not equal leisure. He was on vacation in Florida, and he was driving a luxury yacht out to sea. The yacht exploded and died, and the three young and beautiful women with unknown occupations were killed together with him. There were only four of them on that yacht. There were also photos of him and three beauties in the newspaper. This gentleman seemed to be a playboy-type middle-aged man with a handsome face and a sportsman's body. There is also a biography of him in the newspaper, saying that since he was a university student, he has had a lot of affairs. He has been married six times and divorced six times. Now he is the ace bachelor in American social circles. According to the Florida police investigation, there is no doubt that the yacht explosion was caused by a powerful remote-controlled bomb. This kind of explosion method has been used by some professional killers in the past ten years, so it is suspected that this incident was caused by professional killers . In the end, the newspapers reported that news of his sudden death had reached the market, and that the New York stock market had even caused a commotion. Several stocks with which he was closely related suffered sharp and inexplicable declines, and so on. I read all the newspaper clippings in a hurry, and couldn't help but stay for a while. A person like him must have many enemies in the turbulent speculative market. It is not surprising that someone buys him to kill him. What is strange is why the conversation between the murderer and the murderer turns into a special signal. Floating in space, picked up by the special antenna on the Greenship? I looked at the doctor and Jiang Louyue, my thoughts were very confused. Jiang Louyue said: "How is it? Your opinion is──" I had no choice but to spread my hands: "I still stick to my first explanation. Radio waves sometimes exist in a free state for a long time. When, under what circumstances, and what kind of receivers are received, it is completely impossible to estimate." The doctor nodded and said: "I must point out: this conversation was initially received in the form of a signal, not a radio wave signal, but a very weak optical change signal caused by a pulsating magnetic field. This signal, in the In astronomy, it can often be found in the light-varying emission of pulsating variable stars, such as Lyra RR-type variable stars, which can use this signal to determine the date of its light-varying, etc. This is a very complicated science, in short , you must understand the language that people send out, it is absolutely impossible to turn into this type of signal!" I couldn't help getting a little angry: "Doctor, I doubt whether you are a scientist. How can you ignore the facts? You keep saying that it is absolutely impossible, but in fact, there is such an example. If human language is absolutely impossible to change into that kind of Signal, how did you receive this conversation?" Of course, I don't understand the special knowledge explained by the doctor, but what I said is in line with the simplest logic, and the doctor has no way to refute it. The doctor kept scratching his goatee and blinking, and Jiang Louyue had the same expression, neither of them could speak a word. I continued: "We can only say that due to some unknown reason, the conversation between certain two people in the world suddenly became... that kind of signal, and it was radiated from the surface of the earth and received The special antenna on the Geling spaceship was received by you, and you restored it with various complicated procedures, and it became the original voice." The two of them looked at me, and I hurriedly made a gesture to ask them to allow me to finish, and I said: "Because there is such a fact, my analysis is certain. The problem is that I don't know anything. , that requires research.” The doctor first let out a breath, and said: "You mean, what people say on the surface of the earth will turn into a signal similar to a pulsating magnetic field, which will be emitted into the distant sky?" I said: "I have already said that this conversation is only possible because of this possibility. Those two people may not be discussing how to kill people in the RR constellation you have thought of, right?" Jiang Louyue smiled wryly, "Of course not!" The doctor repeated my words in a low voice, his expression suddenly became very serious, he looked at me and Jiang Louyue, but hesitated to speak again and again, I frowned and looked at him, and I decided in my heart that if he didn't say anything If so, I will call Bai Su again. However, just as I stretched out my hand to the phone, he seemed to have made the greatest determination, and said, "In fact, the similar signal we received is not only this one, but also another one. And This period of time was about three days apart. Oddly, the spacecraft was at the same point in its flight path when both signals were received." I hummed: "What's so strange about that? As long as it is easy to encounter this kind of signal in one place, it will naturally be encountered twice in the same place." Jiang Louyue said: "There is another part, doctor, why didn't you mention it when you saw me just now?" The doctor smiled wryly: "After the signal was interpreted into language, the content was astonishing. Alas, I don't know if I should mention it to you. Well, let you listen to it yourself." As he spoke, he pressed the button of the small tape recorder, which made the tape go through quite a lot quickly, and then pressed the play button again, and I heard another passage he mentioned. That was not a conversation. After listening to it, Jiang Louyue and I couldn't help being startled, and Jiang Louyue immediately forgave the doctor why he didn't mention it earlier. Really, the relationship is too important.It was a monologue by a person, also in English, with a strong American accent, and the pronunciation of a few words, which sounded quite special. The monologue is as follows: "I must do something earth-shattering, and the best thing is to kill that third-rate western movie star, and then everyone will know about me." The monologue is very short, and the reason for the surprise after listening to it is that it is natural to know who the "third-rate western movie star" refers to. Killing him will indeed make him famous all over the world. Neither Jiang Louyue nor I made a sound.This monologue is different from that dialogue. The thing in the dialogue has already happened, but the thing in the monologue has not happened yet. If that person has already done it, it must be known to the world. The doctor sighed: "Isn't it amazing? We thought about it for two days and felt that this matter must be reported. So I signed a report and handed it over to the relevant parties, telling them that someone attempted to murder the President of the United States. ──” He smiled wryly and blushed: "As a result, people asked the source of the news, and I told the truth, if I hadn't been very famous in the scientific community, I'm afraid I would have been reprimanded in person." Jiang Louyue said "hmm": "In the United States, it seems that there are many people who have the idea of ​​murdering the president." The doctor spread his hands: "Yes, maybe this kind of thing will never happen, but this monologue shows that we already have two examples at hand." I immediately said: "This further proves that my statement is correct. Due to some unknown reason, on the surface of the earth, human language will be transformed into a very strange signal." The doctor beat himself on the head hard, and Jiang Louyue frowned. These two great scientists seemed to be having a headache.My position is different from theirs, they are exploring the reasons, and I am thinking about fantasy, so I suddenly said: "It shouldn't be difficult to launch a spaceship to the place where this signal is received?" The doctor was stunned: "Of course, it's not technically difficult." I pointed at him: "That's easy, improve your special antenna, specially designed to receive this kind of signal, then install it on the spaceship, and send it to that place first to see if you can receive better signals." more human-to-human conversations on Earth.” After hearing this statement, Dr. Dougal showed a very excited expression at first, but then shook his head again and again: "Just kidding, just kidding." I refused to accept it: "Why are you joking?" The doctor said: "Every space launch in the United States has been planned for a long time. How can one be added suddenly? That is absolutely impossible." What I don't like to hear is "absolutely impossible", but the doctor likes to say this sentence the most.I immediately said, "How can it be absolutely impossible? In fact, you don't need a spaceship, a small artificial satellite, and you can do more than enough." The doctor pondered: "This is true." I said again: "Now, even some decent commercial organizations are launching artificial satellites. Your discovery is so important. With the power of the US government, launching an artificial satellite to collect such signals is nothing. It can be done!" When I say this, of course I also know that what I said is simple, but it is quite difficult to actually do it, but at least it is not "absolutely impossible". The doctor was a little moved by what I said, Jiang Louyue said from the side: "I don't think it will work, unless the person who wants to kill the President of the United States turns his words into actions, I am afraid that the US government will consider it." The doctor sighed: "It must be done, it's possible, but what's the use of doing it? It's just that more conversations are received. Every second on the earth, I don't know how many people are talking to each other, just to confirm Will these conversations become facts? It is meaningless. What is important is why the conversations on the earth have become such complicated signals!" I was a little impatient: "Therefore, there must be further experiments. The proposal I just made is the only way." Jiang Louyue was still shaking her head, thinking that I was just messing around. The doctor frowned tightly, as if he was seriously thinking about my proposal: to launch an artificial satellite into space specially for the signals from these strange sources go. Seeing that I was eager to leave, the doctor hurriedly said, "Wei, I want to hear your opinion—you often have very weird ideas, which are beyond common sense, but very inspiring." As soon as I heard the doctor say this, I couldn't help being angry and funny at the same time.Although the words and sentences he used are very euphemistic, they are still clearly saying that I am prone to unrealistic and wild thoughts! Jiang Louyue saw my unhappiness, and said very seriously: "Wesley, don't be angry, all the development of human science comes from nothingness." The doctor hurriedly said: "That's right, if it weren't for someone dreaming of flying into the sky, there would be no airplanes at all." I complimented the two of them, and laughed amusedly: "Okay, if you ask me to imagine this matter, it's just an accidental event──" The doctor immediately said: "Accidental events must have their causes. The first time humans saw fire, it may have been caused by accidental lightning strikes hitting wood, but if it wasn't for the energy of the lightning strike, this piece of wood was struck by lightning. If the wood in the wood reaches its ignition point, an accidental fire will not happen." I nodded and said: "Of course, no one can deny this, and I will not say that you received a signal in the sky, it is completely out of thin air. When a person makes a sound wave, it may be received." The doctor sighed: "You still don't understand, the signal I received is completely different from the state of the sound wave, and it is completely different!" I stared, and said: "Perhaps, due to various reasons, the sound wave is converted into the signal similar to the electromagnetic pulse you received." The doctor didn't make a sound, just shook his head blindly.I had no choice but to spread my hands: "To be honest, I really can't think of the reason, please forgive me." The doctor looked at Jiang Louyue, and suddenly spoke German to Jiang Louyue.I guess he thought I couldn't understand German because what he said was so rude to me. He looked at Jiang Louyue and said: "I think he really can't think of anything, he doesn't even understand a gesture his wife made to him, I really doubt if he has imagination. I used to call him an expert in fantasy, see Called wrong." Jiang Louyue knew that I understood German perfectly. Halfway through the doctor's speech, he waved his hands again and again, signaling him not to continue.But the doctor didn't realize it at all, and finished speaking anyway.In an instant, Jiang Louyue's expression was extremely embarrassing, and I was naturally furious, and I snorted heavily: "Both of you, goodbye!" I used pure German for this sentence. As soon as I said it, the doctor was shocked. I gave him a hard look, turned around and walked out the door. When I came to the door, I heard the doctor and Jiang Louyue calling me at the same time, and I walked out without looking back. I was driving home, and along the way, I was still thinking about the meaning of Bai Su's gestures.But I can't figure it out.I also feel very useless, as the doctor said, I can't even think of the gestures my wife made, it can be said that I have no imagination to the extreme.But I have always been conceited that my imagination is very rich! When they got home, they opened the door and called Bai Su, but Bai Su obviously didn't come back. I was very depressed, walked back and forth, and made several phone calls to find Bai Su, but to no avail.I put my hand on the phone, thinking about where Bai Su might go, while still thinking about her gestures. Suddenly, the phone rang loudly. I thought it must be Bai Su's call. Who knew that when I picked up the phone, I heard a series of short gasps. The voice called, "God, do you hear that?" That was Jiang Louyue.I had no way of knowing what he was doing, but from his tone, it seemed like eighty evil spirits were chasing and biting his ass.I said, "What did you hear?" Jiang Louyue was still panting: "Listen to the radio, or turn on the TV to watch, God!" He likes to call "Tian" when he is nervous, which was originally Jiang Louyue's mantra, and now he calls it again and again, which shows how nervous he is.I still wanted to ask, but he called again and again: "The doctor and I will come to you right away." Then, he hung up the phone.I stayed for a very short time, turned on the radio, and heard what Jiang Louyue wanted me to hear. On the radio, the announcer's urgent voice came out: "This station just received the news: US President Ronald Reagan was assassinated in a public place. The assailant was captured by security personnel on the spot. President Ronald Reagan is said to be seriously injured and is in the hospital for first aid." , when there is further news, I will report to the audience, please pay attention to it at any time.” The announcer kept repeating these few sentences of the report, and after listening to it, I couldn't help but stay for a while. Dr. Dougal received a signal in space! Conversations or utterances deciphered from the signals he received would become facts. This phenomenon, indeed, shocked me, and I continued to pay attention to the news reports. This is a fact known to everyone in the world, and there is no need to elaborate on the contents of the news reports. About half an hour later, the doorbell rang. I opened the door and saw a pale Jiang Louyue standing outside the door. As soon as he saw me, he said, "God, it really happened, it really happened." I looked behind him, but there was no one behind him, and I asked, "Where's the doctor?" Jiang Louyue settled down: "He originally came with me, but changed his mind temporarily and went back to the United States. He felt that your proposal would be much easier to carry out after this incident happened." I took a deep breath, and Jiang Louyue said again: "He wants you to go immediately, I have already asked, in an hour, there will be a direct flight to the United States, you pack your luggage quickly." I was stunned: "Why should I go?" Jiang Louyue said: "You are the proposer, and the doctor is afraid that he will not be able to persuade the superiors, so he asks you to help him." I can't help but laugh, this is really unreasonable to the extreme, if NASA won't put an artificial satellite into the sky, what's the use of me going?I am not the president of the United States, and I have no ability to influence high-level decision-making in the United States. So, I shook my head: "Forget it, I'd better stay at home and guess my wife's charade." Jiang Louyue sighed, "How did you become so petty?" I was still shaking my head, Jiang Louyue said: "Okay, if you don't go, it's up to you. This matter can be big or small. If there is a way to receive the conversations of all people on the earth, it is equivalent to Everyone is equipped with a listening device, and there are no secrets between people. If this kind of ability falls into the hands of political careerists who intend to dominate the world, I don’t know what the situation will be.” I snorted: "This is a plot from a third-rate TV series, it's not new at all." Jiang Louyue glared at me: "I'm not joking──" I quickly said: "I'm not joking, I really don't want to go." Jiang Louyue sighed, sat down, looked very depressed, and I didn't talk to him, he sat for a while, then stood up again: "I'll contact you again." I nodded without any other choice, and Jiang Louyue left dejectedly. Waiting until dark, Bai Su still had no news. I called Xiao Guo and asked him to find Zhang Qiang.It didn't take long for Xiao Guo to have results. Xiao Guo said on the phone: "Zhang Qiang's occupation is a doctor, a psychiatrist. He works in a mental hospital. I asked him. He is not on duty today, and he will definitely go to the hospital tomorrow." Xiao Guo's investigation work can be said to be impeccable.I thanked him and put down the phone.I know Zhang Qiang's identity, but I still can't contact him immediately, and I don't know why he came to Bai Su. I came to the study, sat at the desk, and thought about Bai Su's gesture again, but still couldn't figure out what it meant.I was bored in every way, so I opened the evening newspaper and flipped through it casually, and suddenly saw a small news: "The famous Japanese chess player, Osugi Saburo, who was once known as a chess geek and ghost, suddenly went crazy and was admitted to a mental hospital for treatment. The chess world and those who love chess are greatly regretted." News occupies a very small position, but this Osugi Kudan is quite a famous person.Originally, this piece of news did not attract my attention.I think it's mostly because I found out that Zhang Qiang is a psychiatrist. There is a slight connection between the two things, so I paid attention to this news. It was 2 o'clock in the morning and there was still no news from Bai Su, this was extremely strange, I lay down a little restless, and I didn't sleep indiscriminately until dawn. When he woke up, Bai Su hadn't come back yet.Not in the mood to eat, he drove straight to the mental hospital. Before I left home, I left a note to Bai Su, telling her my whereabouts, and at the same time asking her not to go out again if she came back, and to wait until I met her. The official name of that psychiatric hospital is "Hospice Sanatorium". It is located in the outskirts of the city. The scale is not very large, but the equipment is very complete and the fees are extremely high. Ordinary people cannot enter. These days, there are many patients. It may be that rich people are more likely to suffer from mental illness. Therefore, I drove to the door and saw a lot of patients on the green grass. Each of them was accompanied by a nurse alone. Some are walking, some are sitting motionless, and some are talking to a tree or a chair. I got out of the car, and in the reception room at the door, I indicated my intention to come.The communication room was on the phone: "Dr. Zhang hasn't come to the hospital today." I was stunned: "When will he come?" Conveyed: "He should have come earlier, I don't know why he hasn't come today? I think—" I don't allow him to "think": "Let me meet one of his colleagues." The conveyer said: "Okay, you...you can see Dr. Liang, Dr. Liang is a good friend of Dr. Zhang." After communicating for a while, he opened the door, let me in, and told me where Dr. Liang's office is. I walked in, crossed the grass, entered the hospital building, passed a corridor, and saw a door with a nameplate of "Dr. Liang Ruoshui". I knocked on the door, pushed it open, and there was no one inside. When I looked up, I was suddenly stunned: there was a painting hanging on the wall of the office, and that painting was exactly what I saw in a gallery in Taipei. I have been there, and I discussed the "Blood Point" with a lady because of it.I took a few steps closer and was sure it was the painting.I was thinking: how is it such a coincidence?Behind me, footsteps came.I turned around and saw a young woman in a doctor's white robe standing in the doorway, looking at me with great surprise.I said, "I'm sorry, I'm here to see Dr. Liang."