Marvel's Return of the Inventor

"Signal segment 71 was successfully deciphered in southwest China, and the text message was 'balance'."

"Signal segment 51 was successfully deciphered by the Royal Danish Society, and the text message was 'symmetry'."

"The 08 signal segment was successfully deciphered in South Africa, and the text message was 'force'."

"Signal segment 98 was successfully deciphered on Earth in Brazil, and the text message was 'Livable'."

"66 signal segment text information 'revolution'."

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Under the brainstorm of people around the world, one decipherment after another sprung up, and huge bonuses funded by various countries and temporarily advanced by Ding Sheng were also distributed to his account in minutes.

Subsequently, the winners were reported by media from all over the world, and the popularity of the brainstorming reached a new high!

At the same time, more than a thousand of the most professional deciphering researchers gathered in Hawaii began to work towards calibrating, adjusting, and organizing these answers to find the appropriate text order and make the next reasonable guess, so that these answers can be extracted more quickly. The accurate information that the extraterrestrial signal wants to convey.

"It's not enough. There must be one of the most critical information that has not been deciphered. It is temporarily impossible to sort out a long sentence that is smooth and has a certain literal meaning." After typesetting the answers n times, Guan Ju expressed his helplessness.

In fact, based on words such as habitability, revolution, orbit, etc., Ding Sheng probably understood that this was an alien civilization's description of the earth. However, as Guan Ju said, these words lack key intersections, making it impossible to judge the purpose of the alien civilization's visit. , enemies and friends are unpredictable.

"Come, let me show you the live broadcast of the multinational joint meeting in the United Nations Building."

At this moment, Guan Ju suddenly pulled in a scene.

"We should prepare for the worst as early as possible and put the world on emergency alert."

"No, until there is no definite information, all our 'unfriendly' actions will anger the guests who come here."

"Guests? Can you guarantee that they will be guests?"

"No, but because I can't guarantee it, you think we should try to confront an alien civilization with space jumping technology?"

"Coward!"

"stupid!"

Ding Sheng is also very helpless. It seems that the countries are divided into two factions and are currently arguing.

The only thing that can truly unite mankind is the complete version of alien information.

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The brainstorming continues.

"47 signal segment text information 'optimal solution'."

"39 signal segment text message 'Friendship'."

"24 signal segment text information 'shared'."

"The text message of the 88 signal segment is 'star'. Isn't this right? The 03 signal segment is also a 'star'. It's repeated. Apply for secondary calibration." The researcher responsible for review and uploading asked questions.

"Second calibration completed, text message, confirmed correct."

"But how can two apparently completely different signals be the same word?"

"There must be something wrong somewhere."

"Don't plant the flag yet, the answer is yet to be determined."

In the laboratory, Ding Sheng and Catherine also immediately received the news that the deciphering result of the 88 signal segment was pending.

"Both are stars, but the signal segments are completely different. There is indeed a logical problem. Let me calibrate it." Guan Ju said, bringing in the 88 signal segment.

The calibration results will come out soon.

"Although it doesn't make sense, it is indeed the answer." Guan Ju was a little confused.

"Is it possible that the two stars have different meanings, for example, one refers to a star and the other refers to a planet," Ding Sheng analyzed.

"There is another possibility." Catherine added.

"???"

"The two signal segments 03 and 88 are not in a sequential relationship, but in a parallel relationship. They are combined together."

"Double Star!"

Ding Sheng and Catherine said it in unison.

"I understand!"

"I understand too!"

At the same time, wisdom drove the two of them to take a deep breath.

Mauna Kea Observatory, the deciphering team held a video communication meeting with the United Nations Building.

"Livable."

"Double stars."

"shared."

"symmetry."

"balance."

"Revolution."

"track."

"Optimal solution."

"I know it's crazy to think that, but it's the truth."

"This alien civilization will find an optimal symmetrical balance point on the other side of the sun, and then share the earth's orbit with us!"

During the video conference, Dr. Catherine Oxton, the first person in charge of the deciphering team, was giving a briefing.

"So what you're saying is that the other party brought the planet here?"

"Yes, what we mean is that the other party used outpost operations as a vanguard and then brought their own planet over." Ding Sheng stood up and helped.

"We are deeply honored to have such young and outstanding scientists as you two. But Dr. Ding, you just used the word 'pioneer'. Since extraterrestrial civilizations want to find a balance point and then share their orbit with us, shouldn't they? Are you here with friendship?" Across the video, a representative from a certain country spoke,

"of course not!"

Ding Sheng, Catherine, Shen Heng, Wharton and all the researchers who knew something about astrophysics said at the same time.

Not to mention, this neat sound really startled the action representatives from various countries on the other side of the video.

"In a hypothetical binary orbiting system with the sun as the center of revolution, the Lagrange point can indeed be balanced by forces. However, due to the disturbance of other celestial bodies in the solar system, no celestial body can stay stably here at all. Then the gravity of the sun increases and the gravity of the earth weakens. Under the influence of the additional Coriolis, the binary star system becomes unbalanced, and both stars deviate from their original orbits. The smaller mass floats inward and the larger mass floats outward. Therefore, this so-called symmetrical equilibrium point cannot exist at all." An astrophysicist stood up and gave a brief introduction to science.

"In other words, the alien civilization is preparing to expel the earth to our own orbit under the guise of friendship?"

Anyone who has studied physics knows what will happen after the earth leaves its orbit.

Drifting outward, away from the sun, the temperature drops sharply, the earth turns into an ice ball, the ocean freezes, the release of carbon dioxide and water vapor decreases, the greenhouse effect weakens, and the temperature drops faster. This is a devastating blow to mankind and even the earth.

Floating inward, approaching the sun, the stability increases sharply, the glaciers melt, the continent is submerged by sea water, and finally flies towards the sun and is ultimately destroyed.

"I'm afraid it's more serious. In order to ensure the stability of the planet after it integrates into the new star system, the best way is to clear out other planets in the orbit in advance. I guess the outpost is here to perform a cleanup mission."

Finally, from the day he discovered the alien signal to now, Ding Sheng has sorted everything out.

"If the outpost cannot be stopped, this will be an unprecedented planet-scale annihilation disaster."

At this point, a thick layer of haze enveloped the United Nations Building and the Hawaiian Islands.

After the meeting, Ding Sheng walked in front of the crowd with a frown on his face.

"Man!"

A voice came from behind.

"Catherine, is there anything else?"

"I have come to say goodbye to you solemnly, and to ask you not to do anything stupid." Catherine stretched out a hand and said.

"Goodbye? Stupid thing?" Ding Sheng was confused.

"Listen to me, no matter what you want to do, don't go. In short, it's a pleasure to work with you." After saying this, Catherine suddenly reacted, "No, you don't know yet."

"Don't know what?" Ding Sheng was completely confused.

"I thought Guan Ju had already told you. NASA just sent news that shortly after we deciphered the alien signal, Phoebe disappeared." Catherine looked sad. This was the first time such an expression appeared on her face. .

"Just in a split second."

"what!"

Ding Sheng was frightened and immediately called Guan Ju, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"You have always wanted me to evolve and learn independently, so I was thinking just now that it might be better if Catherine told you about this."

Even Guan Ju's voice was a little more sad than before.

"Did they do it?" Ding Sheng asked Catherine.

"They should have learned in some way that our identification of the shared orbit was a hoax, so NASA considered this an interstellar declaration of war with a deterrent nature."

Phoebe is the ninth satellite of Saturn, with a diameter of about 9 kilometers. Weapons that can destroy it instantly are definitely not something that the current earth can stop.

Considering that the outpost has not yet reached the jump point, it is likely that this force is just a vanguard of the vanguard.

The gap in power is the main reason why Catherine advised Ding Sheng not to do stupid things.

If the future is already determined, living in the present becomes the first priority.

"All members of the United Nations have unanimously approved the doomsday confidentiality agreement, so in the remaining three and a half days, you should also say goodbye to your family, friends, and everyone you care about." Catherine said.

"Catherine, I am different from you. You are a real genius, and I have had some wonderful experiences. Sometimes I think that maybe it is because of me that things suddenly developed like this, but it seems that it is not the case now. It's important. Dr. Catherine Oxton, I, Ding Sheng, am pleased to work with you."

After saying that, Ding Sheng shook hands with Catherine, then hugged again, and walked towards the two directions of the observatory.

"Hey, Chen Xu, I'm going to do a big event in a few days, so tonight, I'm going to invite everyone to get together at our old place in the neighboring state."