Chapter 86 The Hidden Truth

Huang Que's inspiring words sounded in the radio communicator.

At this time, we were at an altitude of 70 kilometers in the atmosphere.

Looking down is the blue earth, and looking up is the dark universe.

In this breathtakingly beautiful subspace, a group of six of them will carry out a unique action in human history——

Capture, space-time particles!

Lin Xian and Chu Anqing looked at each other, nodded, and walked away from the cockpit together to the back.

Before leaving, Lin Xian patted Liu Feng on the shoulder:

"come on."

Liu Feng nodded solemnly and held Lin Xian's hand:

"Thank you, Lin Xian, for taking me all the way. I feel... I have a feeling, really, I feel that now is the closest I have ever been to the cosmological constant. When we capture the space-time particles, we can calibrate my space-time Clock, then space-time curvature, cosmological constant, maybe everything will fall into place!”

"I'm really grateful to you, Lin Xian. Without your help, I would never have reached this point. Qiqi made a wish in your meteor shower at the last moment of her life... I think you are the one who will make it come true for me." The person who wishes! Lin Xian, you are the wish Qiqi made for me!"

Facing the excited Liu Feng, Lin Xian held his hand and smiled:

"You don't need to thank me, Liu Feng. When I help you, I am also helping myself. I called you all the way from the west. Our goals are the same. The cosmological constant is your obsession. For me, is equally important."

"It has been more than a year since I first met you. We have worked hard for so long, and we have finally achieved some results. As you said, we are now far away from revealing the cosmological constant. Maybe... It’s really time to take this most critical step.”

"Come on, Liu Feng."

Lin Xian let go of his hand:

"Guide us...in the right direction!"

He turned around.

Come to the passenger compartment.

No one was sitting on the seats inside, except Chu Anqing, standing at attention in the middle of the cabin, standing upright.

"Lin...Senior Lin Xian!"

Seeing Lin Xian approaching, Chu Anqing couldn't help but feel a little nervous. This space journey was too exciting and thrilling for her, a 19-year-old college student:

"I, what on earth...am I going to do?"

she asked.

Forehead……

This question stumped Lin Xian again.

He had previously suspected many reasons why the oriole brought Chu Anqing into the sky.

for example.

The space-time particles came for Chu Anqing.

This conjecture has long been denied. Now the space-time particles outside the aerospace plane are running faster than rabbits, flashing, flashing, flashing non-stop... Chu Anqing does not exist in its eyes at all.

If it weren't for the direction guidance of Liu Feng, Wei Cheng controlled the aerospace plane to continuously chase the space-time particles, I'm afraid this little blue electric ball would have flown to nowhere.

Another example.

Lin Xian also thought about whether Chu Anqing had any special role in this capture operation?

But now, this conjecture is wrong.

Huang Que never gave Chu Anqing any tasks from beginning to end.

The same goes for keeping her in the passenger compartment now.

To put it nicely, standing in the middle can communicate with the cockpit and equipment cabin in time.

Now Wei Cheng's restrictions on knowledge have been lifted.

Everyone is on the same radio channel and talking freely...

Why else would Chu Anqing need to be the microphone?

The two people in the cockpit are responsible for the direction, and Lin Xian, Huang Que, and Gao Yang in the equipment cabin are responsible for operating the robotic arm.

What could Chu Anqing do if she was thrown in the passenger compartment?

Now it has really become a mascot.

finally.

After thinking about it, Lin Xian couldn't believe that Chu Anqing really had the physique of a koi carp, right?

As long as you take her with you on the mission, can you increase the success rate? Increase luck?

This is too ridiculous.

Although Huangque is not young...

But he is not old enough to burn incense and worship Buddha, and is superstitious about metaphysics.

so……

Lin Xian squeezed past Chu Anqing and looked back at her:

"Hua Que put you here, she must have her intention. After all, there are three cabins in the aerospace plane, and there must be someone to guard each cabin, right?"

"Actually, the view here is quite good. There is a large glass porthole on each side. In contrast, although there are two portholes on each side of the equipment cabin, the area is too small and the view is far less good than the one you have here."

"So, you have an excellent viewing position here. The chance of seeing space-time particles is even less than the chance of astronauts going to the sky... When the oriole doesn't call you to arrange tasks, you just sit here and enjoy the time and space. Particles."

"Oh okay."

Chu Anqing nodded dullly:

"Indeed... that space-time particle is really beautiful. It looks like a small lightning ball. The silk threads inside are like electric current, wrapped into a light spherical shape. And the blue color is really beautiful and crystal clear. , clear, deep, blue, as if...as if..."

She suddenly reacted and looked up at Lin Xian:

"Just like Sister Huangque's eyes!"

Lin Xian tilted his head.

Um……

Such a comparison.

That seems to be the case.

Because the space-time particles themselves have no entity and are as light as lightning balls and charge balls, Lin Xian has never thought about it in this regard.

But after Chu Anqing reminded me.

That unique azure crystal clear feeling... is indeed similar to the pupils of an oriole, giving people a very similar feeling.

After all, it is now basically certain that Huang Que is indeed a time traveler from the future.

The space-time particles also come from other space-times.

time and space,

time and space,

time and space.

Could it be that……

[All foreign products that do not belong to this era, this time and space, all have this characteristic of blue light? 】

Lin Xian nodded slowly.

This inference is very likely correct.

The eyes of the oriole are blue, crystal clear, and seem to have a glaze-like light.

Space-time particles are crystal blue, with internal charge and current surging, making the light brighter.

Only now have I come into contact with these two "foreign products of time and space" that "do not belong to this time and space", so this conclusion is not too rigorous and is not enough to draw a conclusion.

If we can see a third space-time alien object sometime, and it is also a similar blue light, then it will be a real deal.

"Then I'll go over first."

Lin Xian waved to Chu Anqing and walked towards the equipment cabin opposite.

"Okay senior."

Chu Anqing nodded slightly:

"I will stand guard."

Come to the equipment cabin.

Huang Que is explaining things to Gao Yang:

"Gao Yang, Liu Feng has emphasized that it is not necessary to close the lid of the rice cooker to capture the space-time particles. The field that binds the space-time particles still exists in the inner pot even if the lid of the rice cooker is open."

"So, this time to capture space-time particles, it seems that we need to use a rice cooker to buckle it in and seal it; but in fact, it is not. It is the same as using a fishing net to catch fish or an insect net to catch butterflies. We only need to use a rice cooker. The inner pot only needs to net, pocket, and cover the space-time particles. As long as the space in the rice cooker's inner pot completely surrounds the space-time particles, the space-time particles will lose their activity. "

"This is a bit counter-intuitive!"

Gao Yang worried:

"Are you sure that it only needs to be covered or netted? I'm worried that if the rice cooker tilts, the space-time particles will roll down directly."

"As expected of you, Gao Yang."

Liu Feng's voice came from the radio communicator:

"You haven't heard a single bit of the theory I've been talking about for so long."

"It's not that what you said is too complicated!" Gao Yang complained:

"Can't you just speak in simpler terms? What does inactivation mean?"

at this time.

Wei Cheng could already clearly see the positions and flickering trajectories of space-time particles, so there was no need for Liu Feng to guide him for the time being.

Therefore, Liu Feng had to be patient and explain to Gao Yang again:

"Activity refers to the characteristics of space-time particles. You see it is jumping around and flashing here and there. This is all due to its internal instability. At present, I cannot analyze why the energy inside the space-time particle is Unstable… I can’t continue research until we catch it.”

"Then think about it conversely, if we can stabilize the internal energy of the space-time particle, then it will become obedient and no longer flicker, no longer move, and no longer jump around."

"The best way to stabilize space-time particles is to use a [space-time particle trap]...forget it, use the field in the rice cooker to bind it, make it inactive, and forcibly stabilize it."

"And I guess that once the space-time particles lose their activity, they will most likely still accept the laws and physical laws of our universe. It will become affected by external forces, bound by the mechanical laws of our universe, and obey all other laws. ”

"So, to sum it up briefly -"

"Your first priority is to use the rice cooker to net the space-time particles so that they can be restrained. Even if the rice cooker is turned upside down, the space-time particles will not fall out. You don't have to worry about this at all. Then, your second priority It’s the lid of the rice cooker. The purpose of this lid is just to prevent the space-time particles from being blown away by the turbulent air flow at high altitudes.”

"Is this clear? In short, if you want to use the rice cooker lid to press it down like grabbing a balloon, that is not advisable, because it will flash out directly through the lid; the correct way to do it is to use the rice cooker The inner pot is captured and the lid is just to ensure that it is not blown away by the wind after the capture is completed, and does not participate in the actual capture step.”

"[To put it at the extreme, even if the space-time particles are really blown away by the wind after being inactivated, that doesn't matter! Once the activity of space-time particles is lost, it is lost forever and will never regain activity again.

It will no longer flash or fly away. We can use the tracker to find it on the ground, in the ocean, in the forest, or somewhere else... Although it will definitely be a lot of trouble, at least it will fall and run on the earth. No more falling. ]"

Gao Yang smacked his lips:

"Have you already spoken human language like this? I already understood it! In other words, as long as you use the inner pot of the rice cooker to deactivate the space-time particles... it is equivalent to the task being completed. The space-time particles will not be able to escape from the earth after all. , even if it is blown away by the wind, we can use your tracker to find it all over the earth. "

"Bah, there's a lot of words in there that I can't understand... You really should come to my junior college to further your studies. They are all talented people. They speak nice and rhyme--"

"Okay, okay."

Huang Que frowned and interrupted Gao Yang's poor words:

"Stop talking nonsense and focus."

Squeak————

On the top of the aerospace plane, the cabin of the robotic arm opened, and the three-section folded robotic arm stretched out from the cabin under Gao Yang's operation.

The place where the clamp was originally installed on the top of the robotic arm has long been modified into a space-time particle capturer that looks like an electric rice cooker... At this time, the capturer, with the lid open, is like a greedy snake, staring at the space-time particles approaching in space.

"Altitude, 62 kilometers from sea level, atmosphere; speed, 0.97 Mach; continue to approach; manually maintain speed balance; approach space-time particles; visual distance 20 meters... 15 meters... 10 meters..."

Wei Cheng's report came from the radio communicator:

"Approaching! 5 meters! Capture distance maintained! Please start capturing!"

Hearing Wei Cheng's signal.

Lin Xian and Gao Yang's eyes immediately looked at the display screen next to them.

On it, it was the first-person perspective of the robotic arm, and the camera on the top of the robotic arm transmitted the image in front--

So close!

At a distance of only a few meters, Lin Xian observed this magical space-time particle more carefully.

It was just as Liu Feng said.

Watching it from a close distance, you can see that the space-time particle seems to be really unstable, like a crying child, an angry strong man, and a bomb that is about to explode.

On the surface, there is a fierce electric current that keeps spreading, like lightning; it also looks like thousands of blue worms that keep jumping, slender and crazy.

Inside, it looks even more violent.

An obvious blue light ball, like a bound beast, keeps jumping and colliding inside the lightning ball, as if trying to get out.

Every time it hits, the crystal blue light emitted by the space-time particle flashes suddenly, then dims, and then hits and flashes again... The speed of the collision is very fast, and it is dazzling.

Indeed...

It is really unstable, as if it will explode at any time.

At the moment when Lin Xian stared at the space-time particle——

Swish!

It disappeared on the spot! Flashed to a farther position.

Gao Yanggang was ready to operate the mechanical arm to move forward.

But the next second!

The space-time particle flashed again! It flashed directly in front of the camera! So close! You can almost see every filament of lightning!

Before Gao Yang could scream, the space-time particle flashed away again, much shorter than the previous flash. But after a little distance, the frequency of flashing was slower.

"This is too difficult!"

Gao Yang exclaimed:

"It flashes too fast, we must predict its pattern, but it seems that there is no pattern! I'll try first!"

After that, he was like facing a great enemy, using his hands and feet to quickly operate the robotic arm.

Click! Snap! Swish!

The robotic arm was like a sharp sword out of its sheath! Like a cobra spitting out its tongue! Again and again, it pounced on the space-time particle.

However...

The space-time particle seemed to be able to sense that there was a rice cooker trying to catch it, and it was always able to flash away in time to avoid Gao Yang's attack.

This made Gao Yang furious:

"Little slut! I'll hold you down!"

His eyes were as sharp as a lion's, and he seemed to be in a serious state, staring at the space-time particle... Let the mechanical arm move slightly left and right, ready to go... ready to go...

"Go!!"

Swoosh!

Gao Yang seemed to have caught the pattern! He grabbed the space to the right of the space-time particle out of thin air!

There was nothing there!

But Gao Yang was so confident!

As expected!

Just as the mechanical arm and the big mouth of the rice cooker were moving forward, the space-time particle that was just in the left area flashed and instantly appeared in front of the rice cooker!

But the position was off.

Gao Yang almost predicted it right, the position of the rice cooker's inner pot was still a little low, and the lid of the rice cooker went directly through the space-time particle light ball!

"Awesome!" "Awesome!"

Lin Xian couldn't help cheering, and Gao Yang also shouted proudly, just like getting a pentakill in an Internet cafe!

Although he didn't catch it this time, facing the space-time particles that jump and flash so quickly and frequently... it's a miracle to touch them!

If he can touch them, he will have a chance to catch them!

Victory is in sight!

"Wait a minute!"

Liu Feng's shout suddenly came from the radio communicator:

"Something's wrong! The energy of the space-time particles has weakened!"

"What?"

Hearing the voice, Lin Xian looked at the display abruptly.

But he found that...

The space-time particles that were emitting azure light just now were actually dimmed at this moment! The light was not even half as bright as before!

"What's going on?" Lin Xian asked:

"Is this space-time particle untouchable?"

"How can I catch it if I can't touch it!"

Gao Yang was already angry and humiliated, his eyes were bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth, and caught another opportunity:

"Go!!!"

Swish ---

The mechanical arm stretched forward suddenly!

However, this time the luck was not so good, the prediction failed completely, and the space-time particle flashed to the other side.

"This way!"

Gao Yang attacked again.

This time, the deviation was even more severe. The rice cooker did not even touch the space-time particles. Instead, the space-time particles without substance passed through the steel mechanical arm like a ghost.

Silently,

Moistening things silently,

Just like that, it passed through without any collision or impact...

It was as if it was not passing through a steel frame, but more like passing through a ball of air, without any ripples.

But when the space-time particle that flashed out appeared again.

It was completely without light!

In the dark background of the universe, it was almost invisible! Completely invisible to the naked eye!

"Not good!"

Liu Feng's shout came from the radio communicator again:

"Don't catch it anymore! The energy of the space-time particle is already very weak! If you touch it again, it will be directly undetectable! Don't touch it again!"

However.

It was as if it was deliberately teasing everyone.

In full view of everyone, the naughty space-time particle flashed in front of the wing of the aerospace plane in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, there was no time for anything.

The wing of the aerospace plane directly hit the space-time particle!

Beep————————

The tracker in Liu Feng's hand made a flat beep without any fluctuations.

Wei Cheng quickly turned his head to take a look.

I saw that the space-time particle tracker that had been guiding me was now calm and motionless.

No fluctuations,

No signals,

No data,

Empty...

Nothing.

"What's going on?" Gao Yang shouted:

"I haven't caught it yet! How come it disappeared! Where is the space-time particle? Brother Wei, did you lose it?"

Silence.

There was a long silence in the radio communicator.

Finally.

Liu Feng gritted his teeth and sighed:

"It's lost... I can't track it anymore."

"I understand now. The reason why the space-time particle is so irritable and unstable is that it instinctively avoids and resists everything in this space-time!"

"So, when Gao Yang used the rice cooker to catch it, it would evasively flash away as if it was consciously escaping."

"Moreover, every time the space-time particle collides with an object in this space-time, its visible energy will drop sharply! I discovered this when it entered the atmosphere! But the atmosphere was very thin at that time, so the reduction in visible energy was not obvious."

"However, this direct collision of physical matter has too much stimulation on the space-time particle... Only these three contacts directly made all the visible energy disappear."

"【In fact, the space-time particle is still moving, jumping, and flashing along the original route. It's just... it's just that we can't see it! And we can't track it! !】"

Liu Feng's voice was full of despair, making the atmosphere in the entire aerospace plane heavy in an instant.

No one spoke.

Silence is the greatest loss.

Bang!

Gao Yang's fat hand hammered hard on the operating table:

"Damn! What is this! We have worked so hard for so long! It just disappeared! We can't even see it! How can we catch it if we can't see it!"

"Liu Feng, you too! What's going on! Such an important thing was not made clear in advance, so what should we do now?!"

Lin Xian frowned, not knowing what to say, so he had to hold Gao Yang's shoulder.

Quiet.

This aerospace plane has never been so quiet since it took off.

So much so that...

Even the ticking of the second hand on the clock can be heard clearly.

"Uh... that, that."

Chu Anqing walked gently into the equipment cabin, looking at Lin Xian and the irritable Gao Yang on the left, and looking at Huang Que who was leaning against the cabin wall, bowing his head and not saying a word on the right.

Swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Chu Anqing timidly raised his right hand.

Extended the index finger.

Pointing out the empty porthole, pointing at the empty black night sky:

"That, the space-time particle... isn't it, isn't it flying there?"

She blinked her big eyes in doubt and looked at everyone:

"[Can't you all... see it?]"