Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 284 Cultural Core
As the most advanced and powerful space telescope in today's era, the level of the Mercury team is not generally high.A scientific research team that does not have a certain status would not even think about applying for its observation time, and would not even be eligible to queue up.

However, under the coordination of the Planetary Security Agency, no matter how important the follow-up observation plan is, all will be postponed.Five days later, the observation plan of Sun Yu's team was successfully implemented.

In just these five days, it was because the researchers of Sun Yu’s team needed a certain amount of time to formulate plans and mobilize personnel.Otherwise, the second action team can arrange them immediately after the current observation task is completed.The wait time is not even more than a day.

In the vast sky, the Mercury space telescope located at the second Lagrangian point, under the fine-tuning of its own attitude control engine, precisely aimed at that direction in the celestial sphere, and then began to collect information from that direction.

In one day, enough data is generated to fill several large-capacity hard drives.These data were then transmitted to Professor Sun Yu's laboratory, and people immediately began to get busy.

On the second day, the preliminary analysis report was generated.But this result surprised the entire Second Action Team, and even Professor Sun Yu himself.

"...Yes, Sergeant Zhang, Sergeant Lu, we didn't find any signs of the existence of that strange star in the observation data of the Mercury. It, it disappeared, yes, it disappeared."

Professor Sun Yu's words were full of doubts and inconceivable.

Lu Ming frowned deeply.

"Disappeared?... How is this possible?"

"The search range of the Mercury telescope covers a very wide range. Even if the speed of the star is really 2600-4000 kilometers per second that we measured before, during this period of time, it is not enough to move beyond the search range. But …The reality is, we didn't find it. It's gone."

Lu Ming continued to frown: "What kind of possibility do you think?"

"I do not know."

Professor Sun Yu was full of distress: "If I had to make a hard guess, I think it either sped up suddenly and left the search range, or...it might no longer emit light."

Excluding the obviously unreasonable possibility of it suddenly disappearing out of thin air, the only thing left seems to be these two possibilities.

Among these two possibilities, the sudden change in speed means that it is almost certainly being deliberately manipulated by some kind of force.Because obviously, under the natural environment, in the deep space of the universe, its speed cannot produce such a huge change by itself.

The second possibility also has the possibility of external force manipulation, but there is also the possibility of natural phenomena.

However, if a dwarf planet or asteroid with a smaller volume and mass than Pluto does not emit light, it is very difficult to directly observe it at such a long distance, even with the performance of the Mercury space telescope.

In the video conference room, several people were silent.

The reality is just right in front of us.That strange star, like a glimpse, only showed its figure in front of the human world, and then disappeared without a trace, and could no longer be traced.

He Wei said: "I think, is it possible... that the star-seeking telescope is malfunctioning? Or... your data analysis is wrong?"

Hearing He Wei's question, Professor Sun Yu was not angry, but sighed: "I can only guarantee that based on the data we got from Xunxing team, our analysis must be correct. This is not only It is the conclusion of our team, and also the conclusion of external support experts."

In this way, if something went wrong, it could only be an error on the Xun Xing telescope.

Lu Ming thought for a moment, then looked at Zhang Dingshan: "Captain, I'm applying for a third-party inspection of Xun Xing telescope."

For a third party to inspect the space telescope operated by its own party, this obviously means distrust of its own team.Predictably, the Starseeker operations team will be unhappy about this.This can be different from the observation time for queue jumping application.

This kind of matter, only Zhang Dingshan can make a decision.

Zhang Dingshan thought for a moment, and said decisively: "Yes. Professor Sun, you..."

Sun Yu waved his hands again and again: "This, I won't participate. I still want to cooperate with Xun Xing Hao in the future."

This is also human nature.Zhang Dingshan nodded and looked at Lu Qingliang: "You contact the third-party team and start testing immediately."

"Yes."

Lu Qingliang once again used his overall planning and coordination ability. From the "talent resource pool" he had established, he found some space telescope experts, formed a team, and obtained authorization from the Planetary Security Bureau. The second At that time, a plane took off and carried the team members to the ground base of the Xunxing Space Telescope.

Lu Qingliang personally led the team, but Lu Ming didn't know exactly how to negotiate with the Xunxing operation and maintenance party.He only saw that a test report was submitted to the second operation team on the third day after the start of the test.

"...We have checked in detail the hardware, space environment, interference shielding, data channel, encryption protection and other 27 major items and 95 minor items of the Xunxing Space Telescope, and confirmed that there are some minor flaws in the Xunxing Space Telescope, but these defects All will not affect the normal operation of the telescope. Our final inspection conclusion is: the data obtained by Sun Yu's team is authentic and credible."

Lu Ming fell silent.

The observation results of the Mercury Space Telescope prove that the strange star has indeed disappeared.The detection results of the Xunxing space telescope proved that the strange star did exist.

Lu Qingliang looked at the three teammates who were silent in the video, and asked, "Is there any progress with the No. [-] experimental subject?"

He Wei shook her head: "No. No progress at all."

During the past few days, with the assistance of a professional scientific research team, the second operation team imposed all the imaginable tortures on the No. [-] experimental subject.Unfortunately, Subject No. [-] still did not show any signs of cooperation.

Lu Qingliang sighed slightly.

"2600-4000 kilometers per second, the distance is about 1000-1500 billion kilometers. If it is the fastest, it will take less than a year for that thing to reach the earth. The slowest is about two years. It can emit light by itself, it is not like A spaceship, but even less like a natural star, and it also comes from the direction of the CSK-9602 galaxy..."

The words that Lu Qingliang seemed to be talking to himself made the atmosphere in the video conference room even more dignified.

First of all, it can be made clear that this thing must have huge unpredictable risks.

Whether it is good or bad, what it is, and what purpose it has, the human world has no idea.

It is necessary to find out its information.

However, in any case, regardless of whether this thing is related to the current case or not, or whether it is the same thing, the current case is the only possible clue to it.

Everything except this case has nothing to do with it.

Lu Ming felt a little restless at the moment.

He felt that at this moment, it was as if there was a huge spider spirit hidden in the dark, which was always wrapping itself round and round with invisible silk threads.It seems that I am free and can do many things, but under the restriction of these invisible threads, I have no strength and can't do anything.

No direction, no breach, no clues, nothing.I don't know where to go next.

"That's it, the meeting is over."

After silence, Zhang Dingshan gave the order.

Lu Ming left the conference room a little annoyed.Zhang Dingshan and He Wei glanced at his back, and both sighed slightly in their hearts.

Both of them knew in their hearts that in this situation, Lu Ming was the one who was under the most pressure.But obviously, all this can only be borne by Lu Ming himself.No one can help him.

After leaving the meeting room, Lu Ming went straight to the back of the huge factory building in the temporary base.

On one side of this place is a high wall with barbed wire hanging on it, and there are some sentry posts guarded by guards, and on the other side is the wall of the factory building.The middle is about [-] meters wide, and some flowers and plants are planted in it, as well as some trees.

He thought and walked on the path until it gradually darkened and into the night.

On the second day, instead of going out, he stared at the computer and began to check things.I didn't come here again until the afternoon, and continued to walk slowly and think slowly, until it was dark again.

The phone rang at this moment.

"Lu Ming, where is it? Don't think about it yet, come back to eat, I bought hot pot."

Usually, a few people eat in the cafeteria. I don't know why, but He Wei is thinking about cooking hot pot today.

Lu Ming was a little puzzled, but he still came to the conference room.As soon as I entered the door, I saw that the conference table was temporarily used as a dining table, and there was an induction cooker and a mandarin duck pot on it, and the clear and bright red soup bases were constantly rolling in the pot.Next to it are various ingredients, including octopus meatballs, meat rolls and vegetable dipping sauces.Next to it are several cans of beer with condensation dripping from them.

Zhang Dingshan said: "Long-term high-intensity thinking sometimes does not help solve problems. Proper relaxation is also necessary."

Zhang Dingshan looked calm, as if he was making work arrangements.He Wei smiled, pulled away a can of beer, and handed it to Lu Ming: "It's just a normal dinner, a little drink, and a chat."

Lu Ming looked at Zhang Dingshan, then at He Wei, and understood something in his heart. He was a little moved, but he still refused: "Drink it, I won't drink it."

He Wei rolled his eyes at him: "It's boring for me to drink alone, let's come together."

"team leader?"

Lu Ming looked at Zhang Dingshan.Zhang Dingshan said calmly: "I'm on duty tonight. You two, let go of your drink, and take a good rest after drinking."

Lu Ming scratched his head and relaxed a little: "Pull Qing Liang."

"He is indispensable."

On the laptop next to it, a video application is displayed in the video conference room.When He Wei connected, Lu Qingliang's figure appeared on the screen.

There were also several cans of beer in front of him, as well as some lo mei.

"If you don't get drunk tonight, you won't go home, hahahaha."

"Come on, let's make one first."

He Wei grabbed the beer, raised her head and drank it in one gulp, hiccupped indistinctly, then picked up the chopsticks, picked up the mutton roll from the pot, stuffed it into her mouth, swallowed it, and finally Called out: "Happy."

Lu Ming burst into passion, and directly killed a can.With a bitter face, Lu Qingliang took small sips and took a few minutes to finish his drink.He Wei laughed loudly: "Qing Liang, why are you acting like a bitch?"

Under the night, the conference room was filled with smoke and laughter.All three of them opened their hearts and talked about many things.They didn't go away until late at night.

The next day, when Lu Ming woke up in the morning, he felt his head was still a little foggy, and he didn't recover until noon.In the afternoon, he still came to the path and thought while walking.In the evening, the regular meeting was held again.

"I still haven't found the direction of the next step of the investigation."

Lu Ming's tone was a little heavy: "But now I have some new ideas."

"Oh? Talk about it."

"If we really can't find a breakthrough direction, maybe... we can only try it under the Cthulhu worldview."

He Wei's face was full of surprise.

"I always thought that people like you who firmly believe in science and rationality...would reject this kind of thing."

"No." Lu Ming shook his head seriously: "I never reject anything that shows a certain degree of rationality. It's just that with my scientific literacy, I don't believe in them."

Like, real scientists don't believe in the existence of ghosts and spirits.But if there are clues that ghosts and spirits really exist, then real scientists will be very interested in studying them.

The only difference is whether the "clue" that shows the existence of ghosts and gods has a high enough degree of confidence.After all, it's impossible for a rural lady to claim to have seen a ghost in her toilet, and scientists would have to go to great lengths to verify it.

Only when all other possibilities are ruled out, and the existing theory can no longer perfectly explain a certain phenomenon, and it shows a certain tendency, scientists will consider introducing the existence of ghosts and gods to explain and verify .

However, Lu Ming feels that at this moment, it has reached such a level that the existing theory can no longer find an explanation, and it is necessary to introduce the so-called Cthulhu world view to try to explain the current situation.

At this moment, on the contrary, Lu Qingliang, who has always believed that the current situation has something to do with the so-called Cthulhu world view, can't accept it: "But Lu Ming, you have to know that it has only been more than 100 years since the Cthulhu world view was born in the human world. Those strange monsters, ancient gods, outer gods, old days, mythological creatures, etc., were also described by subsequent writers in literary works. You don’t really think that these things can be related to the real world, do you?”

Lu Ming said: "I don't value these appearances. What I value is the cultural core of Cthulhu's worldview."

(End of this chapter)