Chapter 503 Meteor
Chen Lin met the group of people who came to greet him enthusiastically. The director of the observatory excitedly shook hands with Chen Lin and personally led Chen Lin back.
In fact, Chen Lin arrived at the place after six o'clock, but the staff did not let all the people who came to greet him get on the bus. Instead, they pushed them back.
The reason is also very simple. Chen Lin was tired after working all day and took a short rest in the car. The assistant and others did not want anyone to disturb Chen Lin at this time.
As soon as the reason was explained, everyone immediately understood what was going on. The station director took a look at the time and found that there were still more than four hours before the estimated meteor shower time. The meteor shower would not occur until around 10:30 p.m. Although he showed up, he had plenty of time, so the director of the observatory agreed to the assistant's decision without any objection.
This sleep actually gave Chen Lin some rest.
At this time, Chen Linzheng was walking in front with the director in high spirits, followed by various staff and security guards from the Anyun base, as well as the staff of the Anyun Observatory in Tianlang Mountain.
“This meteor shower was named [Galaxy] by the outpost. The existence of this meteor was actually observed very early. After we first established a foothold on the Origin Star, with the scientific research The incoming astronomical team detected this meteor through equipment, and through subsequent installations on the entire Stuttgart continent, they finally figured out the specific trajectory of the meteor.”
The station director introduced Chen Lin with a smile on his face: "The most fortunate thing is that when the meteor finally landed on the Origin Star, Taka Continent was an excellent viewing area, and the main landing position of the meteor was basically In the west... right at that location."
He pointed the direction for Chen Lin. Chen Lin nodded slightly and said immediately: "What time is it coming?"
"According to the time, it should be around 10:40 tonight."
After the director finished speaking, he quickly said to Chen Lin: "Let's go to dinner first, Mr. Chen? I heard that you are from I haven’t eaten yet since I arrived at Anyun Base.”
“I’m just a little hungry.”
Chen Lin nodded with a smile, “I’ve heard about the observatory before. There are some special delicacies here, I wonder if I can see them today.”
The director quickly said that it is no problem. There is a fern found on this mountain before. It tastes delicious after being simply boiled. Both the stir-fry and stir-fry dishes taste very good. Although Chen Lin doesn't care much about many things, and even decentralizes most of the work in Anyun Base on a large scale, he pays attention to Du Laman when it comes to eating. This new discovery is edible. Chen Lin has always been clear about vegetation.
After dinner, Chen Lin and everyone climbed to the top of the observatory in advance. The staff of the Anyun Observatory had already prepared all kinds of equipment needed for viewing here. The top was not directly in the open air, with thick transparent glass. A special protective cover forms the top floor of the observatory.
Chen Lin talked with the staff of the observatory with great interest. He knew a lot of astronomical knowledge, so he spent most of the time leading the way and listening to a group of professionals talking. It doesn't feel boring either.
"Mr. Chen,"
The director took advantage of the group of staff members who were intensely discussing the possible surface conditions of a certain planet to find Chen Lin.
"Is something wrong, Director Li?"
Chen Lin looked at Director Li with a smile. After the middle-aged man came over, he couldn't wait to say to Chen Lin: "I heard a few days ago that our Anyun base is working on the so-called Star Gate project. The important thing is that it has been successful. "
"It is true."
Chen Lin nodded. Director Li was working here just before Ding Yi started working on the star gate base. For several months, I have been running around on the Taka continent doing astronomical observation work. It is very normal that I don't know many things about Anyun Base.
“It turns out to be true!”
Taichang Li’s face was full of excitement, and he quickly said: “At what stage of the development of the Stargate project is it now? The base that was previously studied I heard that it has been successful. Isn’t the next step to build the main body of the star gate? Can we use the star gate to transmit to another galaxy, or directly rely on the star gate to transmit across galaxies? In this way, some of my Just make a guess and go on a field trip..."
Chen Lin didn't expect Director Li to be such a fanatical scientific researcher, and he immediately laughed: "You have to eat one bite at a time, my Director Li!"
"The Stargate Project hosted by Professor Ding It is a very grand super project team, which covers almost all fields of the entire scientific community. The Stargate Base Project took them a total of nearly four months, mobilizing more than 10,000 scientific researchers, and various logistics There are more than 30,000 staff members, and the entire Anyun base has invested more than 10 billion yuan in supporting their work..."
He patiently explained to the station director in front of him, "Stargate is still in a state of The initial stage is not even in the initial stage. After the base is completed, it does not mean that the stargate will be put into use soon. We still need a lot of scientific research work and supporting facilities to meet the standards before we can truly open the stargate. This process may not take several years. "
Director Li did not expect it to be so complicated. He thought that the design of the star gate was like something in science fiction novels or movies and TV shows. When a certain door is opened, it can be opened immediately. Rely on this door to travel through time and space...
"That is the phase portal you are talking about."
Chen Lin directly pointed out what Director Li envisioned, and said with a smile: "This technology has been studied very thoroughly by the association, but it has not been used on a large scale yet. It is mainly used in blue oceans." Over there."
"If you have any ideas, I can help you apply for permission to use the phase portal. Then you can test it."
"Really. Is that okay, Mr. Chen?"
Director Li suddenly became excited. He looked at Chen Lin excitedly and said, "I have been interested in these things for a long time. Shuttle teleportation often appears in science fiction works. At that time, I often fantasized about plots related to the door..."
"It's easy to apply, but whether it is approved or not depends on the above."
Chen Lin's words with a smile immediately calmed down the director. He immediately sat on a chair not far away in frustration and said: "That's probably quite overwhelming. Things like this are generally very demanding. , the association will definitely not approve it.”
“No approval means that the time has not come yet. Don’t be so discouraged. Our current development speed is already very fast, and these high-tech products will soon be applied to us. In ordinary work and life, you have to be more patient with things.”
“The meteor is coming!”
Just as Chen Lin finished speaking, the staff in the distance said. There was an exclamation, and then Chen Lin looked up, but there was nothing in his sight. While he was confused, the station director on the side quickly explained: "The distance is still relatively far. The guy who just spoke was using an astronomical telescope. I saw it.”
“There is also equipment over there, Mr. Chen.”
Chen Lin didn't do any ink, and stood up directly and walked towards another astronomical telescope. He put his eyes into it. After just one glance, he immediately noticed the meteors falling in the sky like flowing fire. When he raised his head, the meteors had already started. Appeared across a large area throughout space.
The first meteor pierced the night sky, leaving a bright light trail, and then more and more meteors began to appear. They were like fireworks in the sky, lighting up the entire night sky.
Chen Lin looked at the countless meteors appearing in the night sky, and an indescribable emotion surged in his heart. He, like everyone at the scene, was shocked by this spectacular sight. A bunch of cameras that had been set up at the scene were constantly taking pictures. This rare astronomical spectacle is somewhat unique, and every photo will be precious enough in the future.
The camera recorded the beautiful tracks left by the meteors in the night sky. After watching it for a long time, Chen Lin could not help but said to the people around him: "This is still my life. This is the first time I’ve seen such a spectacular meteor shower.”
"Me too, Mr. Chen!"
The staff smiled at Chen Lin and said: "Meteor showers are rare. This only happens once every 120 years. The probability of encountering it on earth is It’s so low that 99% of humans on Earth have never seen a meteor shower.”
Chen Lin wanted to say something else, but a staff member in front came over in a hurry, excited. Immediately reported to Director Li: "Director, our detection equipment captured the actual landing trajectory of some meteors! They landed in nearby mountainous areas!"
Director Li immediately jumped up and quickly made a decision Decision: "We must act immediately. If it's too late, we won't even be able to drink the soup...Does Mr. Chen want to come with us?"
"Then we must go!"
Chen Lin immediately stood up and said with a smile: "It would be a waste not to seize this opportunity. I also want to see what the falling meteor shower looks like."
"Xiao Wu, Prepare the vehicle, let’s go to the landing area with Director Li and the others!”
“Understood!”
No one could continue to watch the meteor shower at this time, Chen Lin and others quickly Taking action, the team followed Director Li's vehicle and drove directly out of the observatory, rushing towards the coordinates displayed on the equipment.
In the night, Chen Lin and other scientific researchers were sitting in the car. Outside the car window were the deep night sky and winding mountain roads. Their motorcade was traveling through the night, heading in the direction indicated by the detection equipment. Chen Lin Lin actually felt extremely comfortable.
The destination was not far from the direction of the observatory, and the vehicle arrived after driving for almost 20 minutes. Chen Lin's guard team had already got out of the car to guard, and the security personnel at the observatory also formed a guard. squad.
A group of observatory staff quickly started the search work. They held searchlights and scientific instruments in the mountains to find where the meteor might land. Everyone could not hide their excitement. The meteor was even different from the discovery. Most of these planets come from other galaxies, and they may contain a large amount of material that has never been encountered before. It is like opening a blind box every time.
Everyone searched the entire area, and finally found traces of the meteor landing in a valley. Following the clues, they finally found the fallen meteorite fragments.
A group of scientific researchers on site excitedly began to collect samples and record data. Of course, they had completed radiation and other related tests in advance to confirm that there was no danger.
The staff carefully used special tools to collect meteor fragments. Every piece here may be a mysterious substance, and no one wants such a small amount to be wasted.
A group of people also recorded the environmental data of the landing site, including soil, vegetation, climate and other information, to facilitate testing after returning.
Chen Lin was on the sidelines and couldn't help, but he still saw the color of the fallen meteorite in the peripheral area. It turned out to be a green stone.
Its size seemed to be several meters in diameter. Such a large meteorite blasted the soil below into glass. The high temperature and impact turned the area into a sea of fire, and most of the people were leaning against it. I just found this.
“Why wasn’t this thing the same color when it was in the sky?”
“Mr. Chen is really good at joking. These things are burning in the sky, so of course they don’t show color.”
The director was sweating profusely because of the heat. He directed the people on site to collect samples of the green meteorite. After the collection was completed, the director immediately waved his hand and signaled everyone to return to the observatory quickly.
Most of the meteorite samples here will be taken over by professionals. Chen Lin knows very well who those people are - the scientific research department of Anyun Base.
The observatory can only collect a small part and send it to the laboratory for analysis, which is allowed in principle.
Chen Lin did not return with the people from the observatory this time. The group of them waited here for a while, and soon the scientific research spacecraft from the Anyun Base roared into view.
The scientific research department that specializes in extraterrestrial meteorite-related research has arrived. After everyone came down, they realized that Chen Lin, the person in charge of the base, was also there. A group of people hurriedly greeted Chen Lin, but they were just doing their job. Still going to do it, a group of people quickly cordoned off the scene, and then several people wearing protective clothing walked directly into the core area of the meteorite fall, and started a new round of testing and collection...
Various types of equipment were carried out from the spacecraft, and Chen Lin watched the group of scientific researchers use various instruments to test the samples.
These tests include spectral analysis, chemical composition analysis, isotope determination, etc. A group of people obviously hope to understand the structure and composition of meteors and their cosmic origins.
"Mr. Chen, why are you here?"
The head of the scientific research department also came this time. After handling the work on the spacecraft, he hurried to Chen Lin to say hello, " Meteorites may contain radiation or toxins, so you'd better not stop here rashly."
"But I see that the people at the observatory have brought some samples back with them..."
Chen Lin spoke up, and the person in charge showed a trace of helplessness on his face: "We can't do anything about those crazy astronomical people. Some of the characteristics of these meteorite samples are not yet clear. Radiation and other things are trivial. If a leak is detected, If they have physical problems, the situation will become complicated.”
“We don’t dare to come too quickly, lest we force them to rush and collect samples without even testing...”
Chen Lin nodded in agreement and patted the shoulder of the person in charge in front of him: "You have done a good job and you have considered it comprehensively."
"I will issue an announcement after I return. A document, you can do similar work together next time, it will be regarded as departmental cooperation."
"Is this... appropriate?"
"That's it."
"Okay, I understand, Mr. Chen."
(End of this chapter)