Even during the Lunar New Year, many of them volunteered to stay at their posts.
In this era, there was no doubt that it was painful for many people. From the beginning of the apocalypse, corpses were strewn all over the place, to the precarious situation of the Reconstruction Area where everyone was struggling to survive, a strong sense of insecurity lingered in everyone's head.
Even though it was now an era of technological explosion and society had once again become temporarily stable, the impending escape to reality still lingered in the hearts of humans with a lingering sense of anxiety.
Fortunately, this anxiety was not a bad thing. It made people work harder and more selfless. This was especially obvious among the researchers. About 60% of them were working as usual and about 10% of them did not even go home during the Lunar New Year.
Of course, this was also due to the uniqueness of this group of people. For research work, it was the most basic quality to be calm. Most of them dealt with cold instruments and boring numbers almost every day. Those who were impatient would be the first to be eliminated. To them, there was no project that was going to be a breakthrough. It was more exciting and addictive. At this time, even their families had to be put aside.
Luo Yuan, who was the highest authority, was not idle either.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the Extraterrestrial Intelligence Department sent an email saying that they had sorted out the detailed information about the Glassian.
The Extraterrestrial Intelligence Department belonged to Luo Yuan's external intelligence organization. It was an important part of the spaceship's Space Force. It was responsible for collecting information about the nearby star systems, including but not limited to capturing extraterrestrial signals, planning safe star routes and investigating the terrestrial planets in the nearby star systems. This was to prepare for future voyages.
However, the most important task at the moment was to collect information about the Glassian and analyze the Glassian's technological level.
...
In the spaceship's control room.
"Mayor, the artificial intelligence system has very little information about the Glassian. This is the only video that we found on the artificial intelligence system!" The director of the Extraterrestrial Intelligence Department, Wu Xinfan, played the video on the three-dimensional screen in the spaceship's control room. He used to be an astronomy professor in a university. After the establishment of the Extraterrestrial Intelligence Department, he was recruited to be the director.
In fact, many people in this department were like this. Because they were extremely professional and did not have a certain level of academic ability, they were not suitable for this position at all. Many of the people here were originally academics, and most of them were in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, and physics. Rather than saying it was an intelligence department, it was better to say that it was a special research organization.
Luo Yuan patiently watched the video for a while. It was a video of the Glassians boarding the spaceship. There were many Glassians surrounding the spaceship and it was quite a lively scene.
He could imagine the fanatical scene at that time.
To the Glassians, the expedition this time was undoubtedly significant. It was a leap in their civilization. It represented the first step in their development from a star system civilization to an interstellar civilization. It was also the first time they launched a war against aliens. Unfortunately, the outcome was not good.
The main character of the video was a Glassian.
Luo Yuan watched for a long time but could not identify which one it was. Luo Yuan had severe facial blindness. Even his insane memory did not help much. However, it was obvious that the Glassian was one of the Glassians that he had killed. Looking at how it was surrounded by the crowd, it should be the captain.
However, that was not what Luo Yuan was concerned about. The location was obviously not on the planet. Through the transparent glass wall, Luo Yuan could see that it was pitch black space outside.
"This is a space docking port! Look at these little dots! "Wu Xinfan explained.
Wu Xinfan pointed at a few tiny dots at the corner of the screen, "These are the spaceships that are about to dock. This means that their space travel is very common."
Luo Yuan nodded but he was not surprised. He had seen many scenes of the Glassian society in his dreams. He was not surprised at all. This was a highly prosperous civilization with powerful technology. Space travel had become a common form of transportation.
Otherwise, they would not have created interstellar spaceships. Just like humans, before they embarked on long distance voyages, shallow sea voyages were common.
Wu Xinfan pointed at the screen and continued, "Fortunately, the angle of the video is very good and it is very clear. We can see the star not far away, which is the Glassian sun."
Luo Yuan realized that perhaps Wu Xinfan had been a teacher for a long time. When he was explaining, it felt like he was talking endlessly. However, he did not rush him. Apparently, Wu Xinfan was about to reach a crucial point.
"We can see that it is very bright. According to our calculations, it is 1.3 times brighter than the Sun."
Wu Xinfan then moved the video away and replaced it with a picture, "This is a picture of the star system that we took of the Glassian. After compensating and correcting the light source, we have basically restored the image of the star system!"
Luo Yuan noticed that there were three blue and white planets that looked like Earth in the picture of the star system. He interrupted, "Which one is the Glassian?"
He did not know much about astronomy but he knew that the colors were distinct and some of them were blue. Most of them had a stable climate with a suitable temperature and a large amount of water.
"We can't tell for now because these three planets are habitable. The Glassians have the ability to terraform planets!" Wu Xinfan replied and zoomed in on one of the planets. Luo Yuan could see that there were many black dots floating outside the planet. He could also see the ups and downs of the planet's surface. Many places had traces of artificial development.
"Can you zoom in further?"
Wu Xinfan shook his head, "Mayor, it's meaningless to zoom in. It is about 30 light years away from here. The exact distance is 28.5 light years. No matter how big an object is, even if it is a planet, it will become smaller than the tip of a needle when it is so far away.
Moreover, the light of a planet is much dimmer than that of a star. Even with the advanced optical detection system of the spaceship, the images captured by it are still severely distorted. What we see now is only the result of compensating and correcting the light source. The bigger the image, the more distorted it will be. At most, it can only be used as a reference. "
Luo Yuan understood and nodded his head.
Wu Xinfan continued the previous topic, "Through the comparison of the image and the pattern, we found out an important piece of information. The actual brightness of this star is brighter than what we observed.
Initially, we did not pay much attention to it. After all, the distance is too far and there will always be some distortion. Even with the compensation of the optical detection system's intelligent light source, it is impossible to restore it perfectly. Until recently, when we compared the image taken a year ago, we finally confirmed something. "
Luo Yuan frowned and asked, "What do you think is the reason?"
"There are many reasons. For example, when the image was taken recently, it was suddenly in the middle of a star flare. It could also be that the previous image was blocked by an asteroid. All of these are possible. However, the biggest possibility is that a part of the sun has been blocked by humans."
"Are you talking about the Dyson sphere?" Luo Yuan was sharp and suddenly, he thought of a famous theory.
"It is highly possible. We have found some key evidence!" Wu Xinfan enlarged the image of the star in the two images taken a year apart.
Luo Yuan took a closer look and immediately noticed that there was a black spot on the surface of the two images. If there was only one image, he might have thought that it was a meteorite or some other sunspot. However, there was a black spot on both images and it was obvious that they were taken a year apart.
Moreover, compared to the image taken recently, the black spot was obviously bigger than the previous one.
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The Dyson sphere was a theory proposed by Freeman Dyson in 1960. The theory stated that a planet like the Earth contained a very limited amount of energy. It was far from enough to support the development of a civilization on the planet to a higher level. In a star-planetary system, most of the energy, the radiation from the star, would be wasted.
The sun radiated 2,860 billion megawatts of light every second. Based on the total energy consumed by the seven billion production activities before the apocalypse, the sun could supply mankind for 270,000 years. This was longer than the history of mankind. This was only the energy that the sun radiated in a second. If it was a day or a year, it would be an extremely terrifying number.
Therefore, the theory stated that a highly developed civilization would definitely have the ability to surround the sun with a huge spherical structure. This way, most of the radiation from the sun would be intercepted. This was the only way to support the civilization in the long term and develop it to a high level.
As soon as the theory was proposed, many scientists immediately agreed that it was a necessary step for a civilization to walk out of the star system. However, it was just a hypothesis and human technology was far from being able to verify it. Luo Yuan did not expect to see it with his own eyes today.
Although the black spot was not big, it was only about one-fiftieth of the cross-section of the star. It was far from being a complete Dyson sphere. However, the star was 28.5 light years away from the earth. Even the image taken now was a historical image from 28.5 years ago. After so many years, it might not look the same anymore.
The total amount of energy produced and used by a civilization often reflected the technological level and level of a civilization. From the coal and steam era of the human industrial revolution to the later era of firepower and electricity, and then to the current era of nuclear fusion, the total amount of energy produced and used increased exponentially.
Even though the Glassian was still an incomplete Dyson sphere, the amount of energy produced was enough to make mankind despair. It was far more powerful than the power shown by the spaceship. It might not even be one-ten-thousandth of its power.
This was undoubtedly a blow to Luo Yuan who still wanted to take revenge on the Glassian.
"Perform a technical demonstration and feasibility analysis on this Dyson sphere. Perhaps we might not need it now but we will definitely need it in the future." Luo Yuan said solemnly before he left.
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