In "The Three-Body Problem," humans had discovered the Trisolar Civilization's fleet four light-years away by analyzing the tracks in the dust clouds.
Now, the hundreds of millions of viewers in the livestream rooms were similarly able to see through the four-light-year distance and see the blue Earth.
However, the difference was that the technology of the 69th century was far more advanced than the human civilization in "The Three-Body Problem." It could magnify the resolution to an unimaginable level.
Mountains, rivers, deserts, forests … as well as the blurry city clusters, all of them came into view.
This was the Earth of four years ago.
This was the history that humans had long since passed...
As the image continued zooming in, the blurry city clusters gradually became clearer.
Looking closely, one could even barely see the endless flow of people and vehicles on the streets.
[Dammit!
Mingkun City!]
[I can see the Science and Technology Museum.]
[The Science and Technology Museum from four years ago has long since been built in its backyard.]
[I still can't see it clearly. Can you zoom in a little more?]
[I was born in 17 years!]
[You've become a demon in 21 years.]
[If we fly 2,000 light-years away, can we see the Qin Dynasty?]
[In theory, it's possible, but at such a long distance, even the optical information has been lost. It's impossible to zoom in so clearly.]
[Maybe the products we review in the future can do it.]
[I want to see the brothel, then.]
[I want to see it as well.]
[Brothel + 1...]
"The magnification has reached its limit."
When the image was zoomed in to 1: 1 scale, the spacecraft's built-in telescope technology could no longer guarantee the clarity.
If the spacecraft continued zooming in, it would only produce random simulated false pixels due to the lack of optical information.
Stepping aside and giving the interactive event participants the best viewing angle, Chen Yu shrugged and said, "The distance is too far. I can barely see the traffic.
Moreover, I can't see anything where there are clouds.
I feel that if the distance is only two light-years, I should be able to see a person's face clearly.
"Speaking of which, I suddenly thought of an idea. If we install thousands of such telescopes one or two light-years away from the solar system in the future, we should be able to monitor crimes better than the Third Eye.
Whenever a crime occurs, we can simply fly to that location and look through the 'historical records' from one day to two years ago. That way, we can solve the case immediately. "
[You really are a genius.]
[Theoretically feasible, but practically useless.]
[Use Victoria's Secret to wipe your ass.]
[What kind of retarded metaphor is this?]
[I can't hold it in anymore. Where did the female assistant go?!
Did no one notice?!]
…
"She became famous just like that …"
Earth, Chen family, living room.
Chen Yike held her phone in her hands. When she saw Xing Biqi's Weibo follower count skyrocketing, she gritted her teeth in jealousy.
In just a few hours, the resourceful netizens had managed to dig out the information of every participant participating in Transdimensional Review's livestream.
Among them, the most popular one was a crossdresser with the ID Sunset.
Next was Xing Biqi, who had an exquisite appearance.
The original six fans had quickly increased to 2.1 million.
In an instant, he became an internet celebrity.
The comment section exploded under the latest update.
[Goddess!]
[Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful …]
[Azure White Flag, are you interested in developing in the entertainment industry?
Private message sent.]
[You're the real Lucky God!]
[Can the UP's gift be sold?
The price is negotiable.]
[What a pure girl. I'm a fan.
(dog head)]
[She's such a beautiful goddess. She'll probably poop a lot, right?]
[...]
"If others find out that the UP is my brother, I'll definitely become even more popular!"
Pouting, Chen Yike swiped her phone and opened her Weibo page. When she saw that she only had 12 fans, she couldn't help but sigh deeply.
"Sure enough, men love the new and hate the old."
"I was clearly the first..."
…
4.2 light-years away, in the Alpha Centauri Galaxy...
A white figure slowly slid through deep space and moved away from the red dwarf.
After crossing 300 astronomical units, the spherical spacecraft, which represented humanity's dignity, finally left the red dwarf's strong gravitational field. Immediately afterward, the spacecraft activated FTL navigation.
"I wonder if everyone has noticed it?"
Inside the spacecraft, Chen Yu pointed at a building in Mingkun City and said, "The tall building on the left is rapidly descending. This is because we are moving away from Earth at FTL speed, causing a time reversal phenomenon.
To put it simply, it's time reversal.
"The faster we go, the faster Earth's' time reversal 'will occur.
Once the spacecraft has flown 1,000 light-years away, we will be able to see Earth from 1,000 years ago from where we are. "
[Rewind!]
[It would be even better if we could zoom in a little. I want to see how the poop I poop shrinks back in.]
【？】
[You can also see the noodles you ate before spitting them out.]
【？？】
[The rescued wounded will be stuffed back under the bus.]
【？？？】
[The inverted world is so beautiful.
(laughing emoji)]
[Logically speaking, the more people there are, the greater the chance of idiots appearing.]
[Is nobody going to care if there's a bug?
Why can we still see Earth when we're already moving at FTL speed?!
Even light can't catch up to your spacecraft!]
Raising his wrist, Chen Yu saw the bullet comments and was momentarily stunned. He then explained.
"I can see some of the audience's doubts.
This is a good question. Since the spacecraft is already moving at FTL speed, why can we still see the scene behind us?
Logically speaking, even photons can't catch up to us. Shouldn't the scene behind the spacecraft be pitch-black?
"This line of thought is completely correct.
When the spacecraft is moving at FTL speed, we can't hear anything behind us.
However, how can the spacecraft see the scene behind us?
"The answer is actually very simple."
Taking a few steps forward, Chen Yu reached out and knocked on the invisible wall of the spacecraft. "I've said it before, but the transparent spacecraft everyone sees isn't actually transparent.
You can think of it as a layer of high-definition screens.
The so-called scenery at the front, back, left, and right is nothing more than the light signals collected by the spacecraft's external 'camera.' The light signals are then converted into video output and played inside the spacecraft.
"Take the maglev train I reviewed in the past for example. The glass windows in the passenger compartments are also screens.
"Therefore, when this spacecraft is traveling at FTL speed, the 'camera' will collect all photons it can receive.
Some of these light signals come from the front, while others come from the rear and sides.
This is why we can see our surroundings clearly even when traveling at FTL speed.
We won't be unable to see anything just because the light behind us is slower than the spacecraft. "
[It's a clean sweep!]
[You can do this?]
[Technology is amazing.]
[Full marks for this quibble.]
[Quick, look!
The Earth is turning upside down!]
When the spacecraft reached 50 times the speed of light, everyone could clearly see the accelerating Earth.
"Great. We can now enjoy other places."
Immediately, Chen Yu controlled the binoculars and excitedly moved the camera toward China's capital. "Let's show the world's audience..."
However, no matter how he zoomed in, he could only see layers of dense gray haze...
The livestream's 170 million viewers: "..."
"Mhm."
"As expected of a national treasure!
Not only can it prevent missiles from aiming at us, but it can also block the prying eyes of advanced civilizations... "
...
(Note: I only write one chapter a day. How slow... I feel like I've failed the transformation. I feel incredibly annoyed.
Some themes are only suitable for stimulating one's imagination. I can't change the plot's direction.
Let's stop messing around. We'll start at four tomorrow and finish the book in one go.)