"That isosceles triangle isn't a Dyson sphere."
Inside the castle suspended on the Pacific Ocean's equator...
Facing the camera, Chen Yu said word by word, "It's the Milky Way's Internet!"
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[When I typed the question mark, I wasn't puzzled. Instead, I thought there was something wrong with you.]
[What is it?]
[The Internet... Or the Milky Way's emmmm?]
[UP, are you serious?]
[You can chat with aliens on WeChat now?]
[The future is so fun.]
[Aren't Octopus Aliens crazy for playing Honor of Kings?]
[Dumbfounded.]
[Dumbfounded + 1]
After a brief moment of silence, question marks exploded in all ten livestream rooms simultaneously.
The professionals in the astronomy community and the government officials were also at a loss.
They had thought of many possible explanations.
Dyson spheres, wormhole devices, scientific research sites, and even bidirectional foils had all been considered.
The only answer they never expected was the "Milky Way's Internet"...
Bang!
"Is he joking?!"
Inside the Observer Conference Hall, America's representative couldn't help but slam the table and stand up. "How can there be such a strange thing?!"
"Um..."
Snapping out of his daze, the middle-aged team leader on the right picked up the microphone and said, "Maybe the Internet Transdimensional's UP is talking about isn't our human Internet.
It should have some other meaning. "
"For example?"
"I don't know."
"..."
"..."
Inside the conference hall, the two countries' representatives looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
After a long silence, they could only turn their heads and look at the large screen.
...
Looking at the flood of bullet comments displayed on his watch, Chen Yu nodded and said, "Everyone's reactions are within my expectations.
When I read this explanation in the journal, I, too, found it hard to believe.
What does an isosceles triangle with a thickness of no more than five microns have to do with the Internet?
"I'll understand once I see the explanation on the next page."
After saying so, Chen Yu flipped to page 120 of the Civilization's Shining Moment journal and showed the analysis diagram to the livestream's 46 million viewers.
"As humanity's understanding of outer space deepens, in 2060, people finally realize that communication between interstellar civilizations is very difficult.
There are two aspects to this difficulty, which are known as the 'two barriers to communication between civilizations.'
"First, positioning.
"Second, energy consumption.
"For example, establishing communication within a five-light-year radius with radio consumes a terrifying amount of energy.
No civilization could afford it.
If it was a laser, the energy consumption could be reduced, but the requirement for accuracy was very high.
It does not apply on the galactic scale. "
"Even if we exhaust the limits of human technology, the information we can send out is still very small.
Just a distance of 100 light-years is equivalent to listening to the sound of mosquitoes on the Great Wall of the Moon. "
"The farthest electromagnetic waves that humans can emit are only within the solar system.
Beyond the solar system, you will be covered by cosmic microwaves. "
Tapping his finger on the page, Chen Yu smiled and said, "Obviously, even at the end of the 21st century, humans no longer have the ability to shout louder.
The universe was really too big.
It's hopelessly big. "
"There was once a movie called 'The Three-Body Problem' that used stars as amplifiers to allow the surrounding civilizations to discover the voices of humans.
However, this method still had its limitations.
Firstly, the distance was limited. Secondly, it lacked stability.
Only one message could be transmitted at a time.
In the complicated universe environment, it's easy to be overlooked by intelligent alien civilizations. "
"For example, the gravitational waves discovered in 2018. If the detector had been built a little later, this gravitational wave would've been forever missed by humans.
"Hence, in 2090, the astronomy community took a different approach and proposed a communication method called the 'Mega Network Method.'
"That is, build a mega structure around a stable main-sequence star, such as the sun.
It is best to use a standard triangle to create an artificial planetary transit scene!
This way, all intelligent civilizations within 10,000 light-years of the star will be able to discover the anomaly!
"Depending on the strength of the civilization, the mega structure can be built with different areas.
As long as the brightness of the sun exceeds 2% in one direction, it will attract the attention of intelligent civilizations in that direction in the long run.
"If the mega structure rotates 360 ° around the sun, all civilizations within 10,000 light-years of the star will determine the anomaly of the solar system and determine whether there is a civilization in the solar system through long-term observation.
In this way, the lonely life will successfully break through the blockade of cosmic distance.
This will allow various civilizations to communicate with each other.
"Moreover, the more advanced a civilization is in technology, the less restricted by distance they will be.
In fact, even civilizations that are 20,000, 50,000, or 100,000 light-years away can discover the abnormal changes of this star. "
Under the dumbfounded gaze of the audience, Chen Yu closed the journal and solemnly said, "Tabby's Star is using this method to announce its existence to the universe.
Then, we noticed it.
Thanks to the large area of Tabby's Star's mega structure, it has caused a 22% decrease in luminosity.
Most of the intelligent civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy, as long as they reach the level of Earthlings, should be able to notice it. "
"This method of sharing information between intelligent civilizations is called the Milky Way Internet!"
[Crap!
I'm dumbfounded.]
[The main-sequence star is stable!
As long as there are any changes, it will definitely be discovered by the surrounding civilizations!
Awesome!]
[This operation is so cool...]
[When more and more civilizations establish such a triangle, they will be able to transmit various information to each other through a regular pattern!
The real Internet!]
[The timeliness isn't good, right?
The speed of light is too slow.]
[What timeliness?
Isn't this equivalent to an uninterrupted broadcast?
The scope of the announcement might even cover the entire Milky Way!
Simple information transmission is more than enough.]
[What are you guys talking about?
Why can't I understand what you're saying...?]
[To put it simply, we're making the sun shine abnormally. Once the aliens see it, they'll understand that there are humans here.]
[Can we do it on the sun as well?
Hurry up and have the Cosmic Nations declare ownership of the Milky Way!]
[Am I the only one who thinks this is suicidal?]
【+1。
Even if the Dark Forest is a concept from science fiction, we still have to guard against the attacks of advanced civilizations.]
[We can do it far away from the solar system...]
Standing in place and waiting for the excitement of the audience to subside, Chen Yu walked out of the camera and picked up the white delivery box. He then set it down and said, "Friends, inside this box is the Hubble Telescope, which will be launched in 2105.
"NASA specifically designed it for Tabby's Star observation.
Through the telescope's built-in optical information simulation filling technology, it can accurately display the optical spectrum of the star's surface.
So long as a computer does some simple calculations, it can display a clear close-up photo!
"Next, I will fly into space, aim at Tabby's Star, and take a picture of the Milky Way Internet that is still operating a hundred years in advance."
Walking up to the Interstellar Portal, Chen Yu operated the console while explaining, "The current time is February 21, 2021. According to the journal's records, this is the time when Tabby's Star's luminosity dimmed.
This is very, very fortunate.
"Because not only can we see the isosceles triangle that is ten times the surface area of Jupiter, but we can also see a large group of vampires attached to the triangle..."
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