Back to the Future Sword of Sichen

I suddenly thought of that stupid young boy - intern Galawa. Oh...another memory emerged. At that time, Galawa read the storybook called "A Brief History of the Stars (A Collection of Myths)" without authorization. This was nothing, since there was no personal privacy of mine in it.

Now this book is in my hands, and the missing pages were caused by me; when Jarawa told me that the book contained data copied by Kumar, I was furious at that time, after all. Kumar threw the book over casually, making anyone else feel uncomfortable, and then I asked him to help me deal with it.

Well, all is revealed. When I think of Jarawa, I suddenly think of the spectral line data he filled in, my God! This intern actually distinguished between single stars and spectroscopic binaries, and his data was not wrong!

After all, the title "intern" makes us all think that Galawa is just a newcomer who has just entered astronomy and knows nothing. But in fact, Galawa has always recorded everything in detail. He is very serious and never misses anything.

I matched the drawings I took from the research room one by one. Yes, Jarawa's data was not wrong. Kumar and I used mystical techniques to observe the data and misled the entire team... Now I regret it. It was of no use and time was running out.

I looked at the data observed by myself and Kumar, and at the data recorded by this intern whom we despised. I thought of a possibility - if the data we measured using mysticism are combined with the data of Galawa, then a new possibility will arise!

The new inspiration flows through my brain like electricity, making me feel excited all over. Yes, combining these data, I discovered a star that our team had not discovered!

That star will only appear when the node changes. The rest of the time, it disappears and hides in a place where it cannot be observed.

All my theories and basis were overturned little by little in front of this newly discovered star, but it was no big deal. Isn't it even more exciting to see a star that has never been discovered before?

That star intermittently attracts the companion star - whenever the companion star is on the verge of supernova explosion, the star will pull it back to the correct orbit.

This is an interesting wonder of the universe, which is one of the reasons why I entered the door of astronomy in the first place. There are endless treasures in the universe, and every new discovery will bring us huge benefits.

Kumar...I don't know why she wants me to follow in her footsteps, but looking at it now, I already have the ability to break the situation. This game will become more interesting.

Back at the observatory, a radio telescope is still the right choice. I turn on the telescope, and next, the final result will be presented before my eyes...

I don’t know how long it took, but William Herschel’s symphony floated in the observatory. I suddenly felt that in 1758, when this musician was still wandering in the concert hall, he may not have thought that his future would achieve achievements that many astronomers could not achieve in their lifetime.

People at that time generally believed that there were creatures like humans in comets and the sun, so he used a refracting telescope to observe those stars, but he was disappointed by the blurry images, so he could only spend a lot of energy and wealth to polish the telescope by himself. .

And one night, when he turned the telescope to the constellation Gemini, he discovered a strange star - it was this star that made him famous, and that star later became Uranus.

Few astronomers are as lucky as he was, and the mysterious celestial body did not appear in my telescope as expected. I sighed, but wasn't disappointed.

It’s been a long time since I’ve looked at the stars above my head like this. I leaned on the railing of the observatory and saw the shadow of Gemini and Orion in the starry sky. There are countless unknown mysteries in the universe waiting for us to explore.

Just like William Herschel, how many humans have stepped into the door of astronomy because of the magnificence and mystery of the universe?

The light from the stars outside the sky travels through billions of light-years of time and space to reach our eyes. Every star is unique. We use brightness, distance, and life span to measure these beautiful stars on human scales, describe them with words and numbers, and set coordinates for them.

But if the mystics of Mesopotamia saw today's astronomy, they would probably be hysterical and want to burn everything about human astronomy to the ground. They observed tens of thousands of stars, called these star groups life, and finally built a great constellation system.

He collected omens from the stars and compiled them into a stargazing manual to guide mankind forward, but was eventually hanged for his honest language.

This may be the origin of the constellation.

Kumar was standing on the podium at that time, and that was the only time I saw a moved expression on her face.

Kumar said: "Three months ago, archaeologists discovered a stone tablet with cuneiform writing near the Tigris River. The occultist who was hanged in Mesopotamia wrote this on the stone tablet Words——”

"We once measured the infinity with our square inches of body; we recorded eternity with our brief existence. There is no need to remember or attach ourselves. We perish, but the truth remains forever..."

This is what we are about, and I have always taken this lesson to heart.

I think I'm ready. At this moment, I gave up all my previous theories and turned to a new path. The dark star above my head also floated higher and higher because of my changes, and finally disappeared from my sight. Perhaps, It has returned to the embrace of the universe.

Every star in the universe has its place. Very early on, I read a story; it said that after death, people will turn into stars in the sky and continue to gaze at the land where they lived. In the universe, There will always be a place for you. But I don’t want to become a star. I’m thinking that after I die, I may turn into a misty soul and swim in the endless river of stars.

I stretched out my hand and used my index finger and thumb to frame an area, which is the location of the white dwarf star FYDL 82A.

During these days, it has been with me, even if it never showed up. I have gained a lot from this journey of wandering. Maybe, I have grown up, but I just haven’t realized it yet. All in all, I would like to thank this familiar stranger whom I have never met.

"Huh?" I glanced at the area where it was located, and it seemed to respond to my thanks, bursting out with a white light.

"Supernova explosion?!" I was very surprised, but how is this possible?

The white light came more and more, covering my eyes at an extraordinary speed.

"what!"

I screamed and woke up suddenly. Standing next to him was the intern Galawa with a look of astonishment in his eyes.

I looked around and realized I was still in the office, with dazzling sunlight falling through the blinds onto the floor. I motioned to Galawa to close the blinds.

Is all this...a dream? The research reports on the table are as neat as new, without any signatures of occultists on them, and I am still hiding in them as a human being.

I suddenly thought of that book, searched for its location in my memory, and found it on the bookshelf. The handwriting on the pages is faintly discernible.

This is an agreement that has yet to be fulfilled.

I handed Galawa my car keys and asked him to drive me to the address in the book.

The scenery outside the car moved backwards, like a disappearing dream. I sighed. Is this dream real or false? Until now, I still can't tell...