【Xianyang】Siren

It's been a while since the conference call ended, but everyone on the Ulysses bridge still looks overwhelmed.Yang Weili leaned back on the chair, with his feet folded on the podium, his military cap covering his face; his fingers tapped on the armrest, so everyone knew that he was just taking a nap.

"I don't understand." Attenborough was the first to break the silence, "What does the emperor mean? He said that our research is not comprehensive, and then he said let us think about how to refute it? What to refute? Prove the empire's Scientists are wrong? Then why would he-"

"Because the emperor himself doesn't want to leave, and he doesn't want to attack the sirens." Pobran explained impatiently with his eyes closed, "but the people under him speak well, so he expects us to help him."

"Doesn't the emperor like fighting very much? Why doesn't he want to leave?"

Bobran rolled his eyes, "Why don't you go to Brun Hill and call out the Emperor so that he can explain it to you in person?"

"You guys, you can only tell such stupid jokes, I just—" Attenborough noticed the noise in front of him, and lowered his voice, "But I just want to know why the emperor suddenly..." He stopped Huatou, everyone saw that Yang slowly moved his feet back to the floor, raised his hand and grabbed his hat.

The commander's command chair turned around, Yang grabbed his hair and put on his military cap, sighed lightly, "It seems that there are still a lot of things to do." He glanced at everyone, "Just now Bobulan The principal is right, I'm afraid, I have to go to the emperor to clarify the matter again."

"Clarify what?" Frederica's voice could be heard to be a little nervous.

Yang looked at her and smiled, "Don't worry, it's so close, it's only a few hours' voyage, and there are fleets all around, so there won't be any surprises this time. I'm just going to tell Emperor, there are other ways to deal with the Sirens, his worries are unnecessary."

The itinerary was quickly arranged.Shortly after receiving Ulysses' inquiry, Reinhardt wrote back agreeing to the meeting request.There was no delay here, and the two ships were indeed not far apart. Yang Weili quickly took the members of the scientific research ship and boarded the small transportation boat.

Yang didn't look surprised to find Senkob sitting undisturbed in the cockpit inspecting the equipment.

"Mr. Lieutenant General, do you drive it yourself? It's really rare to see." Yang sat down in the co-pilot's seat and greeted him relaxedly.

"Don't worry." Cobb touched the screen a few times, "This thing is very simple, if you are willing to learn, I will teach you later." He glanced at Yang Weili from the corner of his eye, "Seat belt."

Yang lowered his head and fastened it, and smiled slightly, "If I am willing to learn... then no one would dare to sit."

The traffic boat seemed to be floating on the crimson star road, passing through the silver light of the imperial fleet from afar from time to time.Xian Kobu carefully observed the red mist-like dust around him, and sometimes glanced at various data; Yang Weili stayed by the side all the time without making a sound.First, Cobb opened a screen, called up the data and quickly saw the end, and then put the instrument back. "The emperor's opinion," he said abruptly at this moment, "is it possible to be right?"

"That's not his opinion," Yang pouted slightly, "that's his wish."

"Wish." Sencob repeated, as if chewing the word.Then he added briskly, "Indeed, whether it's an emperor or a farmer, everyone has wishes. It's just that some wishes should not be shown in front of others. It's a pity that the sirens don't understand this, right?"

Yang Weili turned his head to look at him, obviously waiting for him to speak.

Xian Cobb called up the displayed data again, and lowered his head to check. "When you were in Siren, what did you see again?... Ha, look," he smiled to himself, switched the screen again, and looked at Misty Dust again, "I just said this casually..."

He finally turned his head to observe Yang Weili's expression, but the corners of the black-haired young man's mouth twitched a few times, but in the end he just shrugged. "Some childhood things..."

"Oh." Senkobu felt a little lost, and turned his head to look forward, "It's almost there."

"Probably you." Yang Weili sat up straighter.Senkob's profile tensed visibly. "I remembered what you said before that I lacked the will to win."

Cobb moved slowly, "Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"

"I'm thinking, I definitely don't lack the belief to win this time." Yang Weili also looked forward, "It's almost there, ready to connect."

"Really?" Senkob resumed his brisk tone, "Emperor Reinhard thinks the risk of attacking the sirens is too great, you have to admit, he is right. The scientist of the empire said that the existence of the sirens would cause great harm. In a big crisis, you can't let it go, probably that's right. But it's really a dilemma, what do you plan to do?"

"I will explain to the emperor that there is no need to attack the sirens directly."

***

"The assumption that it is composed of neutrinos is only theoretically understood, and we are not completely sure what it uses to maintain its stability. But based on the preliminary investigation of surrounding stars, we have good reasons to infer that , the siren relies on the continuous destruction of the gravitational field to maintain its structure."

As for Professor Tanaka's inference, Iserlohn's planetary scientist Stanislav has already expressed his agreement, and he also thoughtfully used props to demonstrate to the officers present.Stanislav took a thread through a disc with a thin hole in the middle. He grabbed both ends of the thin thread, swung the disc a few times, and pulled it outward with both hands.

The thin wire was taut, and the disk remained upright, circling around the thin wire.

"If this two-way force continues, then theoretically, this disc can also continue to rotate like this." Stanislav put away the things in his hand, "The principle of gravitational balance. In our galaxy, there are also double constants. Or the existence of three star systems, but the development cost is huge, so there are few in-depth explorations, and the public is not aware of it. The siren uses the gravitational field similar to the double star system formed by the star Alsti and the red giant star; only However, unlike ordinary planets, it just lives in its own place in the gravitational field. Because it is precisely to absorb energy from the gravitational field, if things go on like this, it will inevitably bring serious consequences.”

Reinhard shook his head in dissatisfaction, "You are naturally experts in this regard. But I read some information last night, and it's not like I can't figure it out. According to my understanding, gravity and bioenergy are fundamentally different. Something, if the siren is a kind of life, no matter what form it is, how can it be like you said, it seems to steal energy from the gravity of the stars." After finishing speaking, he looked at Yang Weili and his party with a little reproach, " Admiral Yang, I thought you would agree with me."

"I also hope I can agree." Yang tilted his head, "Mr. Stanislav, please repeat what you explained to me before."

The scientist wiped his glasses and slowly called up the modeling diagram. "Yes, you are right. The creatures in our universe cannot obtain energy directly from gravity, like we obtain heat or other energy. But the siren is not made of atoms, its charge and mass are in an isotope ratio It does not exist in our universe. According to the data we have obtained so far, its internal ratio is so unbalanced, if it is an atomic structure, it is impossible to exist stably, not even for a second." He thought for a while , "So, we speculate that the reason why the material from the siren can disappear rapidly, as well as its own strong radioactivity, are related to this structure."

He stopped and looked around. Everyone was holding their heads in thought. "The unbalanced charge will form a magnetic field wind." Stanislav changed the picture, "This is the outer dust belt formed by the magnetic field wind. They also strengthen the siren magnetic field, thus further affecting the motion of the red giant star. And this That's the key." The smile on his face dissipated, and he pushed out another picture with a swipe of his hand, "The siren needs a gravitational field to exchange charges with the stars, because of its own unbalanced structure, charges will flow between them. This is equivalent to saying that the siren is like a farmer living in the lower reaches of the river, with an inexhaustible supply of water flowing down."

"Then what's hindering us?" Reinhardt responded immediately.

"Sorry, my wording was wrong." He bowed slightly, "because this water source is actually not inexhaustible. In this kind of charge flow, the nuclear interaction of stars will become stronger, and the nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms will become stronger. Speed ​​up, and then the balance of the star itself will be broken, even tilted towards the direction of radioactivity."

As soon as he raised his hand, the modeling image began to change.The sirens turned red with the stars, until Ars brightened white, until the red giants swelled like balloons -- until at some point the balloon couldn't hold up any longer, boom!It exploded.Boom!Alsti also exploded.

"The possible situation after stellar nuclear fusion is enhanced is an early supernova explosion." The scientist continued. This situation is on par. Not to mention..." He lowered his head and thought for a while, as if he was not quite sure what he was going to say, "There are still some hypotheses, although there is no equipment like a neutron collider to confirm our theories Hypothetically... But I personally think that when it can be confirmed, it may be too late..."

"It doesn't matter." Yang looked at him gently. "We are all soldiers, and we all know what the hypothesis is. On the battlefield, if you wait for the hypothesis to be verified before taking action, you will often only regret it too late." Yes. Tell me, please."

He shrugged. "Okay." The modeling diagram floating in mid-air changed again, "This enhanced fusion reaction mode will spread outward due to the enhanced energy, and perhaps, it will also cause the nearby stars to explode. Little by little, maybe It's a chain reaction throughout the galaxy...the impact is hard to estimate..."

"This is too sensational!" The emperor stood up with his hands on the table, looking very excited, "No, sir, even if what you said is correct, there is no such thing as too late. Such a planet-level energy The exchange will be a very slow process. The universe’s concept of time is completely different from ours. Even if the sun in the corridor galaxy will explode in advance, it will not be seen by our generation and many generations after us. But in this long time, who knows what will happen? One day, all the suns will explode and go out, but there is no need to worry so much that you can't sleep from today..."

"Your Majesty!" Professor Tanaka suddenly stood up.

Reinhardt turned his head abruptly, anger seemed to be gathering in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, here is a monitoring report on the activities of red giants and stars. It contains specific data on their nuclear fusion rate, radioactive intensity, and short-term changes..."

***

Everyone walked out of the room one after another, and Reinhardt stood facing out the window, holding something in his hand, which seemed to be hanging around his neck.He just stood there, and Hilde kept looking at him.When retreating to the door, Hilde stopped and walked towards the emperor instead.

Luo Yantar, who was also at the door, unconsciously raised his hand halfway, as if he wanted to stop him, but Mittermeier stopped him. "Let's go out first." The marshal with honey-colored hair whispered.

The two top officers of the imperial army did not stay in front of the emperor's study for too long. They closed the door and talked all the way to an empty reception room.Yang and his party have been arranged to go to another lounge.Originally, after Reinhardt suddenly became angry and suspended the talks, Cobb proposed to leave the ship and return, but Yang seemed reluctant, and he said that he would have to wait.

"Yang Weili's idea is to still persuade His Majesty to use force against the Sirens?" Shuang Bi sat down at a small table, poured wine, chatted, and watched how the situation would progress.

"Can't we not fight?" Mittermeier was worried. "The fact is right in front of us. This star is distorting our universe, both spiritually and materially. Just like the professor said, it doesn't belong here and shouldn't be here." it's here."

Roenthal squinted his eyes halfway, turned his head slightly, and the red light reflected his blue eyes. "But I understand why His Majesty is unwilling to leave...I understand, this is the feeling of being held by something..." He turned his head again, light flashed, and there was silence in his black pupils, "It's about Admiral Gilfies , not exactly him, but all the ghosts that a person encounters in his life."

Mittermeier remembered that he seemed to have walked on the red ocean, and he remembered the emptiness, which reminds you of all the things you have lost, or all the things you are afraid of losing. "Then hopefully we'll see the end of ghosts." Mittermeier threw his head back and gulped it down.

Reoenthal glanced at the display of the clock. "Do you think the Countess can convince His Majesty?"

Mittermeier tilted his head, "Do you think His Majesty can't convince himself?"

"What is this? A loyalty test? My friend, you are too serious." Reoenthal smiled and raised his glass.The two drank the whiskey at the bottom of the glass again, and the ice cubes made a crisp sound.The black-haired marshal looked at the clock again, put away his smile and remained silent.

The wavy red light swayed gracefully, slowly melting into the silence here, and the sound of ice cubes colliding sounded from time to time, and the two of them did not talk anymore.Then they heard a knock on the door, and both looked up.

Hilde entered in a hurry, looked up and saw the two marshals inside, with surprise on his face. "Oh, sorry, I thought... Marshal Yang was in another room... I'm really lost..."

"The intermission is over?" Rosenthal stood up and called to her who wanted to leave.

Hilde seemed a little tired. "The two marshals can go to His Majesty's study now. The other admirals should have been notified. I'm going to invite Marshal Yang."

"Miss Countess..." Mittermeier hesitated to speak.

And Hilde just turned around, his voice was very determined. "His Majesty knows what he should do."

***

"The key is, can we do it." Reinhardt looked around, "How do we avoid the siren's counterattack? And, how do we know how to attack it? Can we completely wipe out a planet? This is in the Technically, is it really feasible?" He looked at the members of the Imperial Academy of Sciences.

In fact, the stakes are high.A technical member presented examples of asteroid removals that have been done.Huge energy consumption, uncontrollable orbit, unforeseen cosmic dust, etc., etc., this is not to mention the mass of the siren itself, and its ability to respond to attacks, especially dangerous is that it itself The radioactivity may be scattered throughout the universe with the fragments, and in that case, the trouble will be big.

"I have a proposal, maybe a little silly..." A young biologist from the Imperial Academy of Sciences said timidly.After the emperor gave permission, he stood up and showed the pulse map obtained by Iserlohn.

"He, or she—sorry, if we think of sirens as living beings, why don't we think of life as life?—has the ability to respond to the signals we send. Yes, we don't understand sirens yet. What the hell is it responding to... But, as long as communication is possible, why not try it?"

Rosenthal gave a short, unusually loud laugh. "This is really convenient, so how do we tell it to give us a high hand? Should we shout at it, or send our brainwaves directly?"

"The next thing I want to suggest is to use brain wave emission." The young scientist replied seriously.Rosenthal choked for a moment and could only shrug his shoulders.

At this moment Stanislav stood up, "Can I respond? Thank you, sir. I also considered this method at first. However, after thinking about it, this method is even more dangerous than using nuclear bombs to blow up the sirens .”

"Sirens are good at imitating and copying." Professor Tanaka answered softly.

"That's right, that's the reason." Stanislav cleared his throat, "In fact, all our languages ​​and ways of thinking are rooted in the communication between different individuals. The difference in the premise will bring about a fundamental difference , with all due respect, I don’t think we can understand the Siren, nor do I think the Siren has the will to understand us. If it’s just doing useless work, that’s all right, but if you take the initiative to transmit the digitalized personal consciousness map, Who knows what we will face? Maybe I wake up tomorrow morning and see another self coming in through the door. Maybe I say goodbye to my wife and go to work during the day, and when I come back at night, my wife will not recognize me, because she has probably been replaced! What kind of world would this be?"

The young man's face was pale, and his voice unconsciously lowered, "That would be the mental disorder of all mankind..."

Reinhardt gradually frowned while listening, and at this moment his gaze rested on Yang Weili. "Admiral Yang," he turned slightly sideways, "You didn't come here specially to tell me that neither this nor that would work, did you?"

Yang Weili smiled and nodded. "If we can't tell it to go, let's force it to go."

Reinhard raised his eyebrows and leaned back in his chair, "Then how can we force a star when it is difficult to use force?"

"Of course force is still needed." Yang still smiled, "Just like in the military we talk about defeating others without fighting, and that doesn't mean that we don't use our own troops."

Reinhardt frowned again, "You mean..."

"It's a common practice," Yang pouted, "cutting off the other party's supply."

Sencob moved on the chair, these words brought back some not-so-distant memories, and he experienced a certain familiar feeling.He felt that Yang had also experienced that the elements that belonged to military strategists, the pillars that constituted his spiritual fortress, were becoming particularly powerful in this gentle black-haired young man.The familiarity almost made him shiver.

The scientist's voice made him regain his composure.Stanislav is enlarging the modeling diagram, "...so, it is best to destroy the balance built by the Sirens in this star field in a short period of time, so that under the natural force of gravity, it will be forced to leave the gravitational field of the star, or , in the best case, to make it jump into space again."

"In other words," the professor added, crossing his arms, "however it came, please go away. It is fully capable of leaving our universe."

"If we place a massive celestial body here," Stanislav pointed to a place between the siren and the red giant star on the modeling map, and continued his explanation, "then through orbital resonance, the gravitational thrust itself will It is possible to change the orbit of the siren and push it farther away from the star. This method is safe, but the process is very long, and may... take millions of years..." There was a burst of laughter, and the scientist himself laughed embarrassedly Smiled, "Yes, all admirals, this means that it is not safe... Especially, the siren is not an ordinary star, but a conscious intelligent creature. During this long period of time, will it make other actions, Whether it will go to other places in the Milky Way is completely unknown. Even if it does nothing and stays here obediently, whether the orbital changes caused by the weak accumulation of gravitational force can really offset the damage of the siren to the gravitational field is unknown. We can see."

Mittermeier was a little anxious. "Then please tell me what to do!"

Stanislav calmly clicked on the virtual point of light between the Siren and the red giant, "The answer is still here. We need a massive celestial body here, and it is best that it can carry out nuclear bomb level Energy emission."

Sencobb felt another tremor go through him, and he could hardly keep himself from uttering the word.And when he said it, he realized that the answer was already in the mind of the person next to him.

"Iserlohn?"

"Yes, Iserlohn." Yang, who was sitting next to Senkobu, added in a peaceful tone, pretending not to realize the shock of the imperial admirals present. "This is the plan we want to propose. There is no need to directly attack the Sirens, nor do we need to contact the Sirens, but to let the Iserlohn Fortress appear in this place, and take advantage of it." He stood up and raised his finger on the map "But relying on our own strength alone, this matter cannot be accomplished. However, I have every reason to believe that the empire has the ability to realize this plan."

Murat was the first to react. "The fortress...for the fortress?"

Hilde also suddenly realized, "Since we can move the fort, we should be able to move the fort."

At this moment, Stanislav moved his fingers, and the modeling diagram began to move.The gravitational field tilted by the change of mass, the sudden appearance of stars changed the amplitude of resonance, and the thin lines that did not exist were stretched and tightened... Reinhardt stared intently, his face was a little pale, and his expression did not change at all... Stars Like a collision, the siren endured a high-density mass impact, and the thin line used for marking finally broke...Reinhardt suddenly stood up...The siren was expelled from the gravitational field and stayed in the icon somewhere.

"According to our calculations, this will be the connection point of spatial changes. Then," Stanislav said, he activated the diagram again—the red was absorbed by the vortex, and the red disappeared from the diagram—"If all goes well, we will can successfully send it away."

The audience was silent, only Reinhardt looked blankly at the red dot that disappeared in midair, "And then?"

"Then?" The scientist turned his head slowly, as if he didn't understand, and looked at the emperor in surprise.

"And then..." Reinhardt swallowed hard, "And then, is there nothing?"

The sharp-eyed attendant handed over a glass of water, and Reinhard hurriedly reached out to touch it, but accidentally knocked it over.The sound of shattering glass was particularly loud in this quiet room.The emperor waved his hand impatiently to stop the attendant who was in a hurry to apologize, and waved his hand while supporting the table, "I see... I, I will think about it... The matter is important, there is no need to make a rash decision... Yes, you can wait Wait..." He lowered his head and turned around in a hurry, feeling like he wanted to escape from this place.

Senkob heard a harsh rubbing sound of "squeak" coming from beside him.Yang Weili suddenly pushed the chair away from the table with his agility.

"If it is possible, can I talk to you about the next step? That is a topic I have prepared but have not had the opportunity to bring up. I am very happy to be back here now. If Iserlohn was originally the Empire The spike in the eye, now, the solution is right in front of you. You have read the data about the nuclear fusion of stars, and we have long known the impact that sirens can have on the human spirit, so let’s face this problem together, It can be said that there is no delay. This is actually what I originally meant: Iserlohn is not irresistible. Take it away, let it leave that military location, and I can make this promise: the fortress will be handed over to the Empire after the space jump. "Yang Weili spoke here in one breath, and finally paused for a while, "Of course, at the same time, I also hope to get the emperor's promise. "

"Marshal Yang," Reinhard cut off coldly, "that's enough. You have thought carefully and expressed it clearly, and I have already said that I will consider it. It won't take long. Miss Countess," he said He tilted his head, "Send off the guests on my behalf."

The door in front of the emperor opened, and the light in the suite inside was not turned on, and it was very dark.He heard the chief guard seemed to be yelling, and he heard footsteps coming and going.The shadows of the admirals cast long and slantedly on the bright floor, and no one spoke.This silence seemed to understand, to relieve, and to blame.He could hear Hilde's torn tone, but Yang Weili didn't answer, and probably didn't leave.He knew that all eyes were on him behind him.

Inside the door in front, there seemed to be jumping fiery red spots, as red as a ruby, revealing a bit of kindness and a bit of sadness.Immediately afterwards, the large chandelier on the top was turned on, and the warm yellow light rushed to his feet.Reinhard lowered his head and looked at his hand—please hold the universe in your hand—he looked at the stagnant air hesitantly, and stopped.

***

"What did you talk to the emperor about later?" Xian Kobu glanced at Yang who was resting in the passenger seat with his eyes closed.

Yang slowly raised his eyelids, "He just listened to me talk about my ideas...and then asked some practical questions."

"No more? Then what's his attitude?"

"He knows that no one can make up his mind for him, not even his past self." Yang Ning looked outside, "I think that's enough."

After hearing this, Cobb looked at him with great interest, "Is this also your own idea? Then..." He looked at Yang Ye with satisfaction and looked back at him, "How much do you know about yourself?" ?”

A little bit of light passed by the window, Yang tapped on the window with his fingers, and suddenly shook his head. "It's really a testing question... Well, to be honest, I'm afraid there won't be many..."

Judging from Senkob's expression, it was hard to tell whether he was satisfied with this answer or not. "Well...but so what, who can say for sure how much I know myself?" He seemed to be answering himself, and at the same time, he moved quickly, without blinking his eyes, as if there was someone in front of him. Nothing dangerous like that. "Ah, I'm sorry, I said something inexplicable. You just pretend that I don't understand."

Yang suddenly tilted his head, "If you don't understand, pretend to understand? I don't understand. What is Lieutenant General Koub pretending to understand?"

The light in Xian Cobb's eyes sharpened, and the two looked at each other for a few seconds, and suddenly they both laughed at the same time. "You always leave me speechless." Cobb looked away, and his tone was a bit joking again, "The admiral just now seemed to be in high spirits, as if he had a good deal. Why, our magic trick Master is planning to show off again?"

"If the magician doesn't appear confident, how can he convince the audience?" Yang lazily sank back into his seat, wrapping his arms around his body, "Besides, this isn't magic, it's just simple science. .”

"But I want to see magic more." Cobb turned off the instrument display, pulled the scarf suddenly, and moved close to Yang Weili. "You say, admiral, what if I just drive this boat away now? I'm not as kind as you. Will the stars explode? I don't care. The whole universe will explode like fireworks? Whatever, let's go." far away, no one will tell, you say, what will happen?"

Yang put a finger against his shoulder to push him away a little, and the finger made another circle in the air. "Just, this boat?" His face was full of contempt.

In fact, Cobb also knew that he would not answer, so he smoothed things over by himself. "It really can't, it can't be this boat," he stared at Yang, raised his finger, and pointed to the cockpit behind, "I almost forgot that there were so many people on board."

After the transport boat carrying the group arrived at Ulysses, Yang Weili saw Julian waiting there as soon as he stepped out of the hatch.He probably guessed eight or nine points.After a question, it was indeed so.About 15 minutes ago, the emperor sent a communication.

——Marshal Yang Weili: Please inform me of the time to return to Iserlohn Fortress and the specific arrangements thereafter.Admirals Valle and Mecklinger will contact you to discuss related matters.Marshal Mittermeier will be in charge of our army's operations.

Reinhard von Rohenkram

Except for the accompanying members, everyone else was at a loss.They all waited for Yang's explanation.It doesn't matter, along the way, there is always time to speak clearly.Xian Kobu imagined Kaguelun's ugly face, Yang Weili lamented the imminent heavy affairs that could not be seen at a glance, and Athenpolo was already making arrangements for the fleet to return.

In conclusion, it is time to return to Iserlohn.

tbc.