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♪Endless drifting♪

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♪To the end of the dark forest♪

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♪The wind is like a hand♪

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♪Trying to keep time♪

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♪Who is the hunter with a gun♪

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♪Trying to devour the entire universe♪

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♪The light is like an eye♪

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♪That penetrates dreams♪

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♪Don't answer♪

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♪Who is eager to fill his eyes
with the starry sky♪

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♪The earth is no longer rotating♪

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♪You gave me a small universe♪

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♪In the arms of the universe♪

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♪Calling humbly for
the vast space and time♪

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♪The world aches dully♪

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=Three-Body=

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=Episode 24=

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(Both Yang Weining and Lei Zhicheng)

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(supported me to continue my research,)

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(but I knew for a fact
that it had hit a dead end.)

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(Report of Conclusion)
(In my final report,)

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(I conceded that I failed
and couldn't solve the problem.)

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It's been so long,

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yet Ye Wenjie still hasn't made
much of a breakthrough.

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It's a brand-new topic.

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The fact that she's taking on it
counts for something.

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I can't agree more.

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It's highly theoretical
and proves the researcher's expertise,

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or should we say...

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proficiency.

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I'll give her everything she needs
to carry on with her work

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so that we won't
let our superiors down.

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This research means a lot to us, too.

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Us?

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It's you who want her to continue.

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Weining, I hate to say this,
but you're less insightful.

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Now that the chaos in society
is finally subsiding,

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new requirements are set
for cadres like us.

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We need to be mature politically
and accomplished academically.

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You don't want to
be stuck here forever, do you?

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Think about your future.

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We've been helping Ye Wenjie
with her research.

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If she makes a breakthrough,
the credit will go to us, too.

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I didn't think of that as long as
she can carry on her research.

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Sure. Of course.

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That makes the two of us.

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Without this research project,

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she wouldn't have indulged
in the latest academic resources.

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I'm envious.

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(In the end,
I didn't hand in that report.)

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(If my research was terminated,)

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(the base library would stop gathering
research materials)

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(or ordering
foreign language journals.)

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(I'd no longer gain access)

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(to such a trove
of astrophysics references.)

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(But I never expected
that this decision)

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(would lead to a surprising discovery.)

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(I continued my research as normal
on solar interference,)

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(but actually, I was refining
my mathematical model of the sun.)

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(After completing a set of
cumbersome matrix calculations,)

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(a paper in a journal
about Jupiter)

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(caught my attention.)

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(Dr. Harry Peterson
published a set of data)

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(accidentally obtained on June 12th
and July 2nd)

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(while observing Jupiter's precession,)

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(during which strong electromagnetic
radiation was detected,)

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(lasting 81 seconds)

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(and 76 seconds, respectively.)

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(Monitoring Main Control Room)

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(June 12th.)

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(July 2nd.)

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(I remember those two dates vividly.)

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(During those days,)

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(Red Coast's Monitoring System
also received strong sun outages.)

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(The two sun outages
occurred 16 minutes and 42 seconds)

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(after the arrival)

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(of the Jovian radio outbursts
on Earth.)

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(That 16 minutes and 42 seconds
were critical.)

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Hello. It's Ye Wenjie of Monitoring.

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Contact the National
Astronomical Observatories

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for Earth's and Jupiter's positions
on June 12th and July 2nd.

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(Sun)

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(Earth)

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(Jupiter)

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(778.33 Million KM)

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(152.7 Million KM)

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(100 Million KM)

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(From the distance
between Earth and Jupiter,)

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(it's easy to figure out
the time it took)

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(for the radio outbursts
to travel between the two.)

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(Then calculate the time)

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(it'd take the radio outbursts
to go from Jupiter to the sun,)

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(and from the sun to Earth.)

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(The difference between the two
was exactly 16 minutes and 42 seconds.)

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I know I might've bored you,

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but I feel necessary
to tell you every word of it.

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Is such a gap related to the
sudden fluctuation of solar radiation?

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I had my guess back in the day.

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As you all know,

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energy produced by reaction
within the solar core

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is initially in the form
of high-energy gamma rays.

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The radiation zone
absorbs these high-energy photons

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and re-emits them.

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Such successive absorption
and re-emission go quite a long way

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as a photon might take 1,000 years
to leave the sun.

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That's true.

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After this lengthy process,
gamma rays become X-rays,

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extreme ultraviolet, ultraviolet,

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then eventually turn into visible light
and other forms of radiation.

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The frequencies drop gradually.

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You can think of it as a slow slope.

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However,

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my model of the sun
led to a new result.

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As radiation dropped through
different frequencies,

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there were boundaries
between the subzones.

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It's like going down the stairs.

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As energy crossed each boundary,
from inside out,

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the radiation frequency
stepped down a grade sharply.

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So the change in frequencies
isn't gradual?

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That differs from the traditional view.

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Indeed.

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I also found
that these boundaries

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would reflect radiation
from the lower-frequency side,

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and I called them "energy mirrors".

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How accurate and fascinating!

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One of the most incredible features
of those boundary surfaces

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is what I call "gain reflectivity".

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My theory is
the energy mirrors not only

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reflect radiation
from the lower-frequency side

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but also amplify it.

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All the mysterious sudden fluctuations

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we observed in narrow frequency bands

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were the result of other radiation
from space being amplified.

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That was why we couldn't see any
disturbances on the surface of the sun.

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But that characteristic was bizarre

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and hard to prove

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until I discovered
that critical time-frame:

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16 minutes and 42 seconds.

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You skipped meals again?

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Here's Jupiter's precession
on June 12th and July 2nd,

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and solar interference
on Earth on those days

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from the National
Astronomical Observatories.

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Jupiter is here, and Earth and the sun.

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Based on
Earth's and Jupiter's positions then,

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I calculated the distances
between the three.

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The time for electromagnetic radiation
to reach Earth from Jupiter

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is approximately 2,099 seconds.

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From Jupiter to the sun
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that's about 3,101 seconds.

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The difference is 1,002 seconds
or 16 minutes and 42 seconds.

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So?

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My guess is after the Jovian
radio outbursts reached the sun,

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they were re-emitted after being amplified
about 100 million times.

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Earth received both sets of emissions
before and after the amplification,

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separated by 16 minutes and 42 seconds.

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The sun is an amplifier for radio waves!

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But it's receiving electromagnetic radiation
from space all the time,

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including that from the Earth.

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Why were only some
of the waves amplified?

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Because of the shielding effect
of the solar convection zone.

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(Sun)

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Situated outside the radiation zone,

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it's the outermost
liquid layer of the sun.

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(Solar Convection Zone)

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(Space)
The radio waves from space

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penetrate the convection zone first
to reach the radiation zone,

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where they'll be amplified

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before being reflected back out.

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So the waves have to be more powerful
than a threshold value.

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The vast majority
of Earth-based radio sources

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(Earth)

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can't cross this threshold,

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but the Jovian radio outburst
crossed it.

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(Jupiter)

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(Sun)

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Red Coast's maximum transmission power

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exceeds it, too.

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(Space, Radiation Zone, Sun)

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Will this solve solar interference?

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Not really,

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but an exciting possibility ensues.

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That humans can use the sun
as a super-antenna,

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and through it,
broadcast radio waves to the universe.

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The waves will be sent
with the power of the sun,

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hundreds of millions of times greater
than the total usable transmission power

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on Earth.

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Are you saying

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Earth can transmit

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at the level of
a Kardashev Type II civilization?

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Correct.

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Once we compare the waveforms
of the two Jovian radio outbursts

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with the waveforms of the sun outages

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received by Red Coast
and they're a match,

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that'll be
further confirmation of my theory.

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What do you need?

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Contact Dr. Harry Peterson
to obtain the waveform records

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of the two Jovian radio outbursts.

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That won't be easy.

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For one, we lack a proper channel,
and two,

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we need approval at all levels.

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Any lapse

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could lead to treason.

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I'll see what I can do.

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There's a...

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There's a shortcut.

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I'm listening.

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Red Coast can transmit radio waves
directly at the sun

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at a power level
above the threshold value.

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No way.

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That's never been done in our country.

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I doubt Political Commissar Lei
would agree to it.

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I'll tell him
it's for my solar research.

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Use our transmission system
as a solar exploration radar

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whose echoes can be analyzed
to obtain

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some information about solar radiation.

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There are such precedents in the West.

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In fact, it's technically easier

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than the radar exploration
of terrestrial planets

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already being conducted.

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Given Lei's technical background,
he won't be fooled.

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It's worth a try.

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(Solar Electromagnetic Radiation
Monitored by Red Coast)

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Ye Wenjie,
you're getting out of line!

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Theoretical research is enough.

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Why go to such great lengths?

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Lei, as you know,

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all major discoveries
must be confirmed by experiments.

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If her theory is proven right,

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that'll be unprecedented!

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Just this once,

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please.

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Yes.

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Try it once.

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It's not too difficult.

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Receiving the echoes after transmission

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will only take...

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A little over ten minutes.

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That's right!

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Enough for Red Coast to switch from
transmission to monitoring mode.

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I know it's feasible
technically and operationally.

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You just don't get it, do you?

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Aiming a super-powerful
radio beam at the sun?

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Have you thought about
the potential danger and risk?

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I have to review every report
before handing it in.

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Everything related to the sun
must be double-checked!

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There's uncertainty
about this experiment.

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Great uncertainty,
you know?

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(Research Report)

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Keep working on solar interference.

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Forget about this experiment.

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Political Commissar Lei's refusal

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is beyond reasonable.

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I'm sorry.

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I wish I could help.

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It's for your sake.

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Let it go.

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(But I didn't listen to him.)

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(Finally, sparks of hope
were rekindled after so long.)

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(I couldn't see them go out like this.)

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(I kept looking for a chance
to pull off the experiment.)

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(Actually,)

262
00:20:09,110 --> 00:20:15,240
(the risk wasn't too high
to get it done.)

263
00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:20,030
(Red Coast's transmitter
was ultra-high-powered.)

264
00:20:20,030 --> 00:20:22,440
(The fault rate was high.)

265
00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:28,880
(After each overhaul,
there'd be a test transmission.)

266
00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,640
Engineer Zhang,
something is wrong again.

267
00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,310
It keeps happening.

268
00:20:38,310 --> 00:20:43,550
I just finished the overhaul yesterday.

269
00:20:43,550 --> 00:20:48,240
Not again!

270
00:20:49,270 --> 00:20:51,270
I'll do it.

271
00:20:51,270 --> 00:20:54,160
Thank you,

272
00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,830
Wenjie.

273
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:16,110
(I adjusted the test transmission power
to exceed the threshold value)

274
00:22:16,110 --> 00:22:18,550
(for my gain-reflective theory)

275
00:22:18,550 --> 00:22:21,310
(and then set the frequency)

276
00:22:21,310 --> 00:22:27,480
(to the value most likely
to be amplified by the energy mirror.)

277
00:24:08,350 --> 00:24:12,880
(Finally,
under the guise of testing the antenna,)

278
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,480
(I aimed it at the setting sun)

279
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:22,160
(and transmitted the same content
as usual.)

280
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,920
Hey...

281
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,270
Tell...

282
00:27:39,270 --> 00:27:44,000
Tell the base station
to monitor the 12,000 MHz channel.

283
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,270
What are we receiving?

284
00:27:45,270 --> 00:27:47,880
Maybe we'll get something.

285
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,370
There's no time to change the system
to monitoring mode.

286
00:28:08,310 --> 00:28:09,750
This is Yang Weining.

287
00:28:09,750 --> 00:28:12,680
Monitor the 12,000 MHz channel.

288
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,440
Keep me updated.

289
00:28:17,550 --> 00:28:20,240
Wait!

290
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,550
Given the low sensitivity of that radio,

291
00:28:22,550 --> 00:28:26,720
we can only receive signals
from extraterrestrials on the moon.

292
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,680
The signal comes from...

293
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,720
the sun.

294
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:57,880
You used Red Coast
to send a signal to the sun?

295
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,240
Do not tell anyone else about it.
It can't happen again.

296
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,400
Never!

297
00:29:18,350 --> 00:29:20,350
What's the point anyway?

298
00:29:20,350 --> 00:29:21,750
Even if there's an echo wave,

299
00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:27,720
it'll be too weak
to be picked up by our radio.

300
00:29:28,550 --> 00:29:31,000
No.

301
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,270
If my guess is right,

302
00:29:34,270 --> 00:29:38,830
it'll receive an extremely strong echo,

303
00:29:38,830 --> 00:29:42,480
more powerful than we can imagine.

304
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:47,310
As long as the transmission power
exceeds a certain threshold,

305
00:29:47,310 --> 00:29:53,480
the sun can amplify
the signal 100 million-fold.

306
00:31:02,070 --> 00:31:04,790
I see.

307
00:31:09,270 --> 00:31:12,440
They got nothing.

308
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:40,000
Don't be too upset.

309
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,830
Check this out.

310
00:31:41,830 --> 00:31:44,030
That astronomer

311
00:31:44,030 --> 00:31:47,110
wrote back.

312
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,240
What did he say?

313
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:06,920
He said he hadn't imagined

314
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:11,110
that there'd be fellows in China
studying planetary electromagnetism

315
00:32:11,110 --> 00:32:14,830
and expected more collaboration
and communication.

316
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:31,680
(The two stacks of paper he sent
included a complete record)

317
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:35,880
(of the waveforms
of the two Jovian radio outbursts.)

318
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:39,720
(I lined them up on the floor.)

319
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:43,440
(If they match
that of the two sun outages,)

320
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:48,440
(that means my theory is right.)

321
00:32:57,070 --> 00:33:02,720
(Halfway through the effort,
I gave up any hope.)

322
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:07,400
(I knew those two waveforms by heart.)

323
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:12,830
(They didn't match these two.)

324
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,750
What's wrong?

325
00:33:24,550 --> 00:33:26,590
Nothing.

326
00:33:26,590 --> 00:33:31,590
It's time to
wake up from my dream.

327
00:33:55,400 --> 00:34:00,310
(Little did I know that at that moment,)

328
00:34:00,310 --> 00:34:02,790
(the first cry that could be heard)

329
00:34:02,790 --> 00:34:07,480
(in space from Earth civilization)

330
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,320
(had been spreading out from the sun)

331
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:17,030
(to the universe at the speed of light.)

332
00:34:37,630 --> 00:34:43,480
(A star-powered radio wave,
like a majestic tide,)

333
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:47,760
(had crossed the orbit of Jupiter.)

334
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,550
(At the frequency of 12,000 MHz,)

335
00:34:50,550 --> 00:34:55,890
(the sun was the brightest star
in the entire Milky Way.)

336
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,000
Your call to the universe

337
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,800
let Lord finally hear us!

338
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,280
Eliminate human tyranny!

339
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,150
The world belongs to Trisolaris!

340
00:35:10,150 --> 00:35:12,230
Eliminate human tyranny!

341
00:35:12,230 --> 00:35:14,960
The world belongs to Trisolaris!

342
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:17,230
Eliminate human tyranny!

343
00:35:17,230 --> 00:35:22,190
The world belongs to Trisolaris!

344
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:33,510
At the time,
I couldn't have imagined that.

345
00:35:33,510 --> 00:35:39,840
That transmission
was more of a gorgeous bubble.

346
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,030
It quickly broke

347
00:35:42,030 --> 00:35:46,190
and my life returned to peace.

348
00:35:47,710 --> 00:35:53,110
(The Red Coast Project completed its testing
and breaking-in phases.)

349
00:35:53,110 --> 00:35:58,280
(Technical problems became
fewer and fewer.)

350
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:01,440
(Four years after I came to the base,)

351
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,360
(Happy Marriage)
(Yang Weining married me)

352
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,840
(at the cost of his future career.)

353
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:14,960
(Due to my complicated background,
he lost his position as chief engineer.)

354
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,550
(We stayed on the base)

355
00:36:17,550 --> 00:36:21,000
(as ordinary technicians.)

356
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:51,360
(My life and work became regular)

357
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,960
(and I gained inner peace.)

358
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,110
(That said,)

359
00:37:01,110 --> 00:37:05,670
(what had been suppressed
by anxiety and fear)

360
00:37:05,670 --> 00:37:09,920
(began to awaken.)

361
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,480
(I started to look with a rational gaze)

362
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:16,800
(at the madness and hatred
that had harmed me)

363
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,840
(and straight at humanity's evil side.)

364
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:25,480
(I read classics of
foreign-language philosophy and history.)

365
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:28,710
(Philosophers' extraordinary insights)

366
00:37:28,710 --> 00:37:32,550
(led me to the most fundamental)

367
00:37:32,550 --> 00:37:36,840
(and secret aspects of human nature.)

368
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,840
(In reality,
the irrationality of the human race)

369
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:51,550
(was constantly on display.)

370
00:38:11,190 --> 00:38:17,630
(Deranged logging
was found every day everywhere.)

371
00:38:20,110 --> 00:38:22,880
(Wasteland kept growing day by day.)

372
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:24,630
(The insanity of the human race)

373
00:38:24,630 --> 00:38:29,070
(had reached its historical zenith.)

374
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,480
(Back then,)

375
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:38,960
(the Cold War was at its height.)

376
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:43,000
(Under the ground
were countless missile silos.)

377
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:44,630
(Under the sea,)

378
00:38:44,630 --> 00:38:48,960
(nuclear submarines
were patrolling like ghosts.)

379
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:52,070
(Nuclear warfare
able to destroy Earth dozens of times)

380
00:38:52,070 --> 00:38:55,070
(might break out at any moment.)

381
00:38:55,070 --> 00:38:56,920
(A single Lafayette)

382
00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:00,280
(or Yankee-class submarine
held enough warheads)

383
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,840
(to destroy hundreds of cities)

384
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:06,510
(and kill hundreds of millions
of people.)

385
00:39:07,710 --> 00:39:13,920
(Nuclear Weapons
are as powerful as stars.)

386
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:18,360
(But the universe
has even more terrible forces)

387
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:25,320
(such as black holes, anti-matter,
dark matter, and more.)

388
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:27,670
(Compared with them,)

389
00:39:27,670 --> 00:39:33,070
(a thermonuclear bomb is nothing
but a tiny candle.)

390
00:39:33,070 --> 00:39:37,150
(If humans obtained
one of those other forces,

391
00:39:37,150 --> 00:39:43,070
(the world
might be vaporized instantly.)

392
00:39:43,070 --> 00:39:48,750
In the presence of madness,
rationality is powerless.

393
00:39:50,110 --> 00:39:55,590
(I remember
I was battling the loss of purpose.)

394
00:39:55,590 --> 00:39:58,150
(I had been an idealist)

395
00:39:58,150 --> 00:40:03,840
(who'd give it her all for a great cause.)

396
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:09,480
(But then, I found all that I had done
was meaningless,)

397
00:40:11,230 --> 00:40:17,590
as would any future endeavor be.

398
00:40:19,030 --> 00:40:23,030
Until 1979,

399
00:40:23,030 --> 00:40:26,670
on October 21st,

400
00:40:27,630 --> 00:40:32,220
everything was changed.

401
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:41,030
(Actually, the night shift was easy.)

402
00:40:41,030 --> 00:40:44,070
(I just needed to check
the waves of radio signals from space)

403
00:40:44,070 --> 00:40:49,070
(and listen to the meaningless noise.)

404
00:40:59,590 --> 00:41:05,110
(It was hard to tell with the naked eye
if a waveform carried information.)

405
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:11,190
(But I was so familiar with the waveform)
(of the noise of the universe.)

406
00:41:11,190 --> 00:41:14,840
(I realized
the wave moving in front of me)

407
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:18,710
(had been modulated by intelligence.)

408
00:41:18,710 --> 00:41:23,710
(No radio signals we had received
exceeded C-level recognizability.)

409
00:41:23,710 --> 00:41:28,670
(Were it an A, the likelihood that the
transmission contained intelligent information)

410
00:41:28,670 --> 00:41:33,470
(would be above 90 percent.)

411
00:41:33,470 --> 00:41:39,000
(The rating of that one was AAAAA.)

412
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,320
(That was extremely unusual,)

413
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:45,230
(which meant
that the received transmission)

414
00:41:45,230 --> 00:41:50,840
(used the same coding language
as Red Coast's outbound transmission.)

415
00:43:10,340 --> 00:43:12,980
(Do not answer)

416
00:43:15,590 --> 00:43:18,320
"Do not

417
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:22,030
answer".

418
00:43:24,180 --> 00:43:25,180
"Do not answer"!

419
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:31,510
"Do not answer"!

420
00:44:54,140 --> 00:44:58,780
(Do not answer)

421
00:44:59,860 --> 00:45:06,620
♪I've seen things
you people won't believe♪

422
00:45:07,340 --> 00:45:13,460
♪Soon our planet will vanish♪

423
00:45:14,820 --> 00:45:21,180
♪I've known the future
you people won't think of♪

424
00:45:22,100 --> 00:45:28,340
♪Soon your planet will be punished♪

425
00:45:29,420 --> 00:45:36,140
♪I've seen things
you people won't believe♪

426
00:45:36,860 --> 00:45:42,780
♪Soon our planet will vanish♪

427
00:45:44,220 --> 00:45:50,340
♪I've known the future
you people won't think of♪

428
00:45:51,620 --> 00:45:57,660
♪Soon your planet will be punished♪

429
00:45:58,980 --> 00:46:05,660
♪I've seen things
you people won't believe♪

430
00:46:06,380 --> 00:46:12,660
♪Soon our planet will vanish♪

431
00:46:13,820 --> 00:46:20,380
♪I've known the future
you people won't think of♪

432
00:46:21,100 --> 00:46:27,500
♪Soon your planet will be punished♪

433
00:46:28,460 --> 00:46:35,380
♪I've seen things
you people won't believe♪

434
00:46:35,900 --> 00:46:41,740
♪Soon our planet will vanish♪

435
00:46:43,220 --> 00:46:49,820
♪I've known the future
you people won't think of♪

436
00:46:50,740 --> 00:46:56,580
♪Soon your planet will be punished♪

437
00:46:58,060 --> 00:47:04,740
♪I've seen things
you people won't believe♪

438
00:47:05,460 --> 00:47:11,660
♪Soon our planet will vanish♪

439
00:47:12,820 --> 00:47:19,860
♪I've known the future
you people won't think of♪

440
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:23,420
♪Soon your planet will be punished♪

441
00:47:23,420 --> 00:47:29,620
=Three-Body=