Chapter 637: Twin Brothers

Inside the laboratory, Pei Pei Yurong was curled up in a corner against the wall, amidst a floor covered in blood and water.

Li Li Banfeng squatted down nearby and said to Pei Pei Yurong, "I have a coordinate here, which is said to be the base where you develop controllable magnetic storm weapons. Can you tell me the coordinate again?"

Pei Pei Yurong stated the coordinate, and Li Li Banfeng continued to ask, "How do you usually send experimental supplies to the sea base?"

"By ship."

"Do you remember the registration numbers of the ships?"

"I really don't remember that. I don't have to do these things personally!"

"You should at least know how many ships there are, right?"

"I know, six in total."

The coordinates and the number of ships she mentioned were exactly the same as what Gu Hao had said. Li Li Banfeng opened his pocket watch and had Meng De verify it again; the result did not change.

"When do you plan to put your controllable magnetic storm weapons into use?"

"Based on accumulating sufficient energy, we will launch the attack the day after tomorrow."

Li Li Banfeng frowned and said, "So soon?"

"Yes, this is the Demon Lord's instruction. The Demon Lord will attack the Da Huan Kingdom the day after tomorrow, and Yuezhou is his first stop."

"Why must you attack Yuezhou?"

"Because Yuezhou is adjacent to the Three-Headed Fork, and the Three-Headed Fork is the grip point for the Demon Lord Chernobog."

"What is a grip point?"

Pei Pei Yurong repeated the scriptures of the Hundred Bai Bai Mo Fang to Li Li Banfeng: "The great Demon Lord Chernobog stretched his right arm out of his territory and tightly gripped the soil leading to the humble land.

The humble land yearned for the Demon Lord's guidance and edification, but the Demon Lord encountered betrayal and blasphemy in his own home.

He did not abandon the common people of the humble land; during the fierce battle, he still tightly gripped this piece of uncultivated land.

Some parasites crawled onto the Demon Lord's arm, attempting to claim the Demon Lord's flesh and blood as their own. After defeating the traitors, the angry Demon Lord wants to eradicate all these pests..."

Li Li Banfeng listened carefully to every word Pei Pei Yurong said. He was thinking about whether he should find a translator for this person.

She had said such a long string of words, but to Li Li Banfeng, it sounded entirely like a myth.

However, thinking about it carefully, this myth was a bit special.

Li Li Banfeng couldn't say exactly what was special about it, but he felt it had a great connection to some knowledge he had come into contact with before.

There wasn't much else Pei Pei Yurong could explain clearly. She found a doctrine from the scattered corpses and handed it to Li Li Banfeng. Li Li Banfeng took a rough look; the content here was written very obscurely, and he didn't know if it was due to the level of translation, but most of the content in the book couldn't be read smoothly.

Was there anyone who could help Li Li Banfeng explain it?

"I heard from Gu Hao that you still have a Lavsha person here. He is an envoy sent by the Demon Lord."

"Yes, a large part of our actions were directed by him! Many of our technologies were also provided by him!" There was a glimmer of hope in Pei Pei Yurong's eyes. If Li Qi identified the Demon Lord's envoy as the mastermind, she might still have a chance of survival.

Li Li Banfeng was indeed very interested in this Lavsha person: "Where is he now?"

"He is still in Yuezhou! He is lecturing on scriptures in our workshop hall."

Li Li Banfeng smiled: "So you have another workshop hall? Can you take me there?"

"Yes!" Pei Pei Yurong was very cooperative.

Li Li Banfeng got up and sent a message to Chen Chen Zhangrui.

At the meeting, Chen Chen Zhangrui's temples kept throbbing. He had been in the meeting for more than three hours, and so far, there was still no conclusion on the nature of the organization called the Hundred Bai Bai Mo Fang.

"Comrade Chen Zhangrui, we would like to hear your opinion."

Chen Chen Zhangrui didn't know what to say. He had already said it countless times. His opinion was to immediately dispatch combat personnel to destroy the magnetic storm weapon research base.

But since his superiors asked, Chen Chen Zhangrui couldn't help but answer. Just as he was about to speak, the phone in his trouser pocket vibrated twice.

Chen Chen Zhangrui picked up the phone and took a look. This action caused dissatisfaction among many people.

"Comrade Chen Zhangrui, for such an important meeting, you actually brought your phone into the venue. What kind of attitude is this?"

Chen Chen Zhangrui raised his head and did not answer the question about his attitude, because he had a more important issue to address: "Director Li Qi has already ascertained the time of the enemy's attack, which is the day after tomorrow."

"Never mind the day, tell us about your attitude first... what attack did you just mention?"

Chen Chen Zhangrui explained: "According to the Hundred Bai Bai Mo Fang's statement, it is the Demon Lord's attack. According to our inference, it is the attack from the Third Planet of the Dark Star. Their target is Yuezhou, and the purpose should be to open the exit of the Three-Headed Fork."

The venue instantly fell silent.

Ten minutes later, the meeting reached a conclusion.

Immediately dispatch a special task force to destroy the magnetic storm weapon research base, led by the Dark Star Bureau, make every effort to apprehend the relevant members of the Hundred Bai Bai Mo Fang, and issue an emergency notice to the Border Defense Hall to prepare for war.

Chen Chen Zhangrui let out a long sigh. Before the war arrived, they finally activated the necessary response procedures.

This couldn't be blamed on the superiors for improper handling; Chen Chen Zhangrui had been to Like Puluozhou, and he knew the difference between Like Puluozhou and the Outer Provinces.

The Outer Provinces had their own procedures for doing things, but as long as the correct procedures were activated, according to past combat examples, there would be no problems with the subsequent response.

By the next day, problems arose.

First, the work of the special task force did not go smoothly. They discovered the sea base in international waters and dispatched 170 high-performance drones to carry out the mission.

But these 170 drones failed to complete the mission. The sea base activated the magnetic storm weapon, and within a radius of 20 nautical miles, the communication of all drones was interrupted.

The drones that lost their communication capabilities could not obtain positioning information, nor could they interact with the control center. They could only rely on their own automatic control systems to perform simple data processing and bomb the sea base.

The special task force called this automatic combat in basic mode.

Facts proved that the effect of this combat mode was very unsatisfactory, and all 170 drones were wiped out.

The magnetic storm weapon gave the superiors a huge shock.

They held an emergency meeting to discuss the next response strategy.

Strategy one: launch long-range missiles.

The opponent's sea base had a defense system and interception capability. Missiles that lost communication capabilities could only rely on inertial guidance. Under interception, the probability of hitting the target was quite touching.

Strategy two: dispatch unmanned submarines.

Having lost the communication system, the unmanned submarines could only rely on sonar. Without human intervention, they used the basic combat mode to fight hard against the sea base's defense system. The combat result would likely be as tragic as the drones.

Strategy three: dispatch warships.

A bitter laugh came from the venue:

"Without communication capabilities, how are the warships supposed to fight? Go up and fight with ship-borne guns? What's the difference between that and naval warfare in the Age of Discovery?"

Someone sighed: "To this day, our dependence on communication systems is actually so deep."

Another person said: "Yes, not just us. If the communication system is paralyzed, our offensive and defensive systems might regress to the World War II era, or even worse than World War II."

Time was running out, and the meeting soon had a result.

Dispatch warships, with the warships controlled by personnel on board, to destroy the magnetic storm base.

The work of the Dark Star Bureau here was also not going smoothly. Chen Chen Zhangrui was arresting members of the Hundred Bai Bai Mo Fang everywhere, but the arrest efficiency was extremely low. Every time he went to a stronghold of the Hundred Bai Bai Mo Fang, he basically could only see corpses.

Late at night, Chen Chen Zhangrui returned to the Dark Star Bureau building. He wanted to organize the intelligence and rest for a while, but he saw the light in Li Qi's office was on.

Director Li is back!

Chen Chen Zhangrui was full of joy. He walked to the door, but he didn't rush in.

He heard the sound inside the office.

Beep~ Beep~

Click!

Beep~ Beep~

Click!

Li Qi was making a phone call, repeatedly, but no one answered.

Chen Chen Zhangrui was a Kui Xiu, and his ears were extremely sensitive. He heard the phone ringing in the office building.

Following the ringing, he found Shen Shen Jingye's office.

Li Qi had been calling Shen Shen Jingye.

Many people suspected that Li Qi had mental problems, and Chen Chen Zhangrui was among them.

He had always believed that Li Qi was Li Li Banfeng, and Li Li Banfeng indeed had mental problems.

He was having an episode, so it was best not to bother him at this time.

Chen Chen Zhangrui turned to leave, but the phone kept ringing.

It was as if there was a needle in the ringing, pricking Chen Chen Zhangrui's heart.

Chen Chen Zhangrui entered Shen Shen Jingye's office and picked up the phone.

On the other end of the phone, Li Qi's voice was very agitated:

"Little Shen, come to my office!"

Chen Chen Zhangrui was worried that Li Qi might be in danger, so he hurried to Li Qi's office.

Upon entering, he saw Li Qi was not there.

Where did he go?

On his desk were three human heads.

The first was a blond, blue-eyed man. This person was on Chen Chen Zhangrui's wanted list and was the Demon Lord's envoy of the Hundred Bai Bai Mo Fang.

The second was a woman. This person was also on the wanted list and was the workshop master of the Hundred Bai Bai Mo Fang, Pei Pei Yurong.

The third was a man. There was no need to look at the list for this person; he was Du Du Wenming. Even if he were turned to ash, Chen Chen Zhangrui would recognize him.

With these three heads, the main work of the Dark Star Bureau seemed to have been completed.

"The pear blossoms have withered, and the heart is buried. When the spring swallows return, where will I be~"

The stylus reached the end. Chen Chen Zhangrui moved the stylus back and played it again.

He walked out of the office. The moment he closed the door, he vaguely heard a sigh:

"It's sung well, really well."

The next day, good news came from the sea.

After a fierce battle, six warships, in the absence of communication capabilities, broke through the magnetic storm weapon base.

The base was equipped with a self-destruct system. After being breached, it exploded in a short time. All equipment was destroyed, and most of the personnel inside the base died.

The reason for inferring that most of the personnel died was because no one knew exactly how many people were inside the base. If professional personnel escaped, it would prove that the controllable magnetic storm technology was still in the hands of this group of people.

The crisis at sea was considered resolved, but the crisis on the ground was still continuing.

Liao Liao Zihui was leading the Innocent Army, making every effort to deploy defenses.

The entire city of Yuezhou was under martial law, and preparations for battle were also made.

According to the superiors' inference, the magnetic storm weapon base was destroyed, and the Demon Lord's attack plan should be interrupted here, but they dared not relax their vigilance. No one wanted to experience an unprepared war.

After waiting for a week, the war did not happen.

The previous inference was correct; the magnetic storm base was destroyed, and the opponent's war plan was temporarily shelved.

Yuezhou ended the state of martial law, and the city returned to normal order, but the war preparations were not relaxed, because no one could be sure whether the Demon Lord would build another magnetic storm base, and no one could be sure whether the Demon Lord would launch a war in other ways.

Gao Gao Yina was constantly asking about Li Qi's whereabouts. She hoped that Li Qi would exert the role of a balancer and stop the war through other means.

Chen Chen Zhangrui was also looking for Li Qi everywhere, but Li Qi was not in the Outer Provinces.

Li Qi went to Tiemenbao and found Dr. Kang Doctor Kang Zhenchang to treat Zhong Er's injuries.

Kang Doctor Kang Zhenchang's medical skills were indeed remarkable, and Zhong Er had shown significant improvement.

With the urgent matters handled, Li Li Banfeng went to the library of Yuezhou University to look up information.

He had harvested a large amount of technical data on magnetic storm weapons from the Demon Lord's envoy. Niangzi was very interested in this, but still lacked some basic knowledge of magnetic storm science.

Li Li Banfeng knew nothing about magnetic storm science, and it wasn't easy to find books. After flipping through the library for a long time, he saw a notice on the LED screen.

Professor Xie Xie Jinning, an expert in the field of magnetic storms, will hold an academic report meeting today...

Xie Xie Jinning?

Li Li Banfeng looked at the book in his hand.

This collection of papers contained three papers on magnetic storm science, all written by Xie Xie Jinning.

This was a big shot in magnetic storm science. Li Li Banfeng hurried to the academic report hall.

When he arrived at the entrance of the report hall, Li Li Banfeng discovered the notice on the LED screen; he hadn't read it completely before.

The notice stated that the academic report meeting held by Xie Xie Jinning today was postponed to next month. Today, the person replacing Xie Xie Jinning to give the academic report was Astronomy Professor Zhao Zhao Zhihong.

In fact, even if it were next month, Xie Xie Jinning might not be able to come to give the academic report. He was one of the few magnetic storm experts in the country and had already been transferred to prepare for war.

Who was this Zhao Zhao Zhihong? Li Li Banfeng always felt that this name was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

Neither the teachers nor students in the electromagnetic field came to attend the report meeting, but a few people from the astronomy field did come.

The report meeting hadn't started yet, and they were discussing at the door.

"Why did you come to listen to Professor Zhao's report meeting?"

"Didn't you come too?"

"I want to broaden my horizons. Everyone says his reports are particularly interesting."

"That's quite interesting. Haven't you seen those marketing accounts he made? Many platforms have blacklisted him."

Hearing that this person was so special, Li Li Banfeng also entered the report hall, wanting to see how interesting this person really was.

There were dozens of people scattered in the report hall. Li Li Banfeng found a seat in the back row and sat down.

Zhao Zhao Zhihong was a man in his early forties, wearing a suit and tie, with his hair combed very neatly.

Judging purely from his image, this professor attached great importance to this report meeting.

He opened the courseware and first talked about the theory of the sun's revolution.

"Everyone here knows that our sun revolves around the center of the Milky Way at a speed of 250 kilometers per second, and the revolution period is about 200 million years..."

Li Li Banfeng listened with great interest, while the students from the astronomy department listened with some impatience.

This was basic knowledge for them, and besides, they didn't come here to learn knowledge.

Speaking of the sun's revolution orbit, Zhao Zhao Zhihong stood in the center of the podium, his tone becoming much deeper: "Starting from my undergraduate studies, I have been engaged in research in astronomy for more than 20 years. Since I first came into contact with the relevant data on the sun's revolution, I have developed a deep obsession with this academic field."

Bursts of laughter came from the audience.

Li Li Banfeng didn't think there was anything funny about this.

A student behind him laughed: "Here it comes, he's about to start."

Zhao Zhao Zhihong listed a set of data on the screen, which was the revolution radius of the sun around the Milky Way. Li Li Banfeng still couldn't see any punchline, but the astronomy students around him kept laughing.

Zhao Zhao Zhihong conducted a simple analysis of the data: "Our sun rotates around the center of the Milky Way in an elliptical orbit. Rather than elliptical, it's more like a pure circle, because the eccentricity is very small.

In such an orbit with a regular shape, the sun will show irregular movement for a period of time. What is the reason for this? Has any student thought about this problem?"

Zhao Zhao Zhihong marked several key data points in red and looked at the dozens of people in the audience with expectant eyes.

Everyone remained silent, waiting for his answer together.

Zhao Zhao Zhihong explained sonorously and forcefully: "Because the sun also has a twin brother!"

A burst of laughter erupted from the audience.

Li Li Banfeng remembered who this person was.

The laughter did not affect Professor Zhao's enthusiasm. He continued to explain: "This statement may seem a bit bizarre to everyone, but this twin brother does indeed exist. All of this must start from the day the sun was born."

On the subway, Li Li Banfeng had read similar articles. At that time, he first read about the sprint star Lan Qiao Lan Qiao Yuesheng, then read about the famous singer Chu Chu Zikai, and the third article he saw was about the sun's twin brother.

Because all three articles started from the day of birth, Li Li Banfeng didn't finish reading them carefully. He really didn't expect that the source of that article actually came from a university professor.

Professor Zhao was still explaining: "As everyone knows, our sun was born 4.6 billion years ago. At that time, our sun was still a relatively loose nebula.

Under the action of its own gravity, the solar nebula began to collapse slowly, and matter gathered toward the center. The temperature and pressure in the central area continued to rise.

When it reached a certain level, hydrogen nuclei underwent nuclear fusion reactions. Nuclear fusion reactions radiated energy outward, forming a balance with the inward gravity, and the sun was thus formed.

But has everyone ever thought about it? The nebula that formed the sun was so vast. Was the density of this nebula uniform? Some people might say that it was just such a coincidence at that time that the nebula that formed our star was distributed so uniformly!

What I want to tell everyone is that similar coincidences do occur, but the probability is pitifully low. The solar nebula was not as uniform as imagined. During the collapse process, it formed several clumps of different sizes.

These clumps collided and merged to form two larger primitive stars. One was our sun, and the other was the sun's twin brother.

Then someone will ask, are these two twin brothers really exactly the same?

Through a large amount of data collection and simulation experiments, I found that there is a significant difference between these two brothers. Our sun is slightly smaller and its state is very stable.

While its twin brother was much larger and its state was unstable. 4.2 billion years ago, which was 400 million years after the birth of these two brothers, the sun's twin brother exploded.

Note, this is not the supernova explosion we understand. The mass of the companion star did not meet the conditions for a supernova explosion. Like a balloon, it did not explode directly, but leaked."

Another burst of laughter came from the audience. This metaphor was a bit ridiculous for astronomy students.

"Did you hear that? He started talking about balloons."

"The balloon leaked, Professor Zhao's signature program."

"I really doubt if he studied astronomy."

"Didn't someone say yesterday? He seems to have gone to the park to sell balloons in his spare time."

Professor Zhao continued to explain seriously: "In the process of leaking, the companion star lost a large amount of matter and energy, and at the same time formed a powerful shock wave.

Under the action of the shock wave, the companion star and the sun moved away rapidly until the two were 1 light-year apart, forming a relatively stable binary star system."

"1 light-year?" A student finally couldn't help but ask, "Professor, do you mean this companion star is closer than Proxima Centauri?"

"Yes!" Professor Zhao answered with great confidence.

"We can observe Proxima Centauri, so why can't we see this companion star?"

"As I just said, the companion star lost a large amount of matter and energy during the explosion process, causing this companion star to be in some kind of unstable state, which makes it impossible for us to observe this companion star with existing scientific technology."

Another student asked: "Why can't it be observed? Could it be because this companion star exploded into a black hole?"

This wasn't a question; it was clearly looking for trouble.

Professor Zhao explained: "I just said that this explosion process is not the supernova explosion we understand, and it is even less equipped with the conditions to form a black hole."

"Since the companion star cannot be observed, how do you know about the so-called companion star explosion? What is the basis for this?"

Zhao Zhao Zhihong was indeed doing research. He didn't make things up. He cited many examples and emphasized the impact caused by the companion star explosion process: "This explosion took away Mercury's crust, destroyed Venus's ecological environment, and some planets broke away from the sun's control and were taken away by the companion star."

A student laughed: "Do you mean that our solar system is rotating around another star system?"

Zhao Zhao Zhihong answered frankly: "This situation is real in a binary star system. Both stars in a binary system may have their own star systems."

"Then have you observed the other star system?" This student was inducing Zhao Zhao Zhihong, wanting him to say more incredible theories.

Zhao Zhao Zhihong really fell for it: "In the universe, observing exoplanets is a very difficult thing, but in the latest research results, we have made some progress. Several wandering planets we originally identified are actually rotating around the same center of mass, and the location of this center of mass is our companion star!"

"Is there life on the companion star's planets?"

"I think there is. I think we have already had some degree of communication with the life on the companion star."

"1 light-year, Professor, how do you think we communicate with them?"

"Through some special space channels..."

"Professor, are you saying that aliens have descended to Earth?"

The scene erupted in laughter, and the laughter was very persistent.

Zhao Zhao Zhihong smiled awkwardly and stopped answering questions easily.

He had experienced such occasions many times. He knew that these people were not interested in academics; these people came here to treat his academic report as a comedy performance.

But he still insisted on finishing the report. From beginning to end, he stood up straight, and his voice was full of energy.

After the report meeting, Zhao Zhao Zhihong returned to his office. He didn't care about the mockery at the report meeting; he was used to it.

Li Li Banfeng knocked on the door and entered the office, walked to Professor Zhao's side, pulled up a chair and sat down: "Professor, can I copy a copy of your courseware?"

Zhao Zhao Zhihong looked at Li Li Banfeng: "Which college are you a student from?"

"I'm from the School of Science."

"Sorry, some content in my courseware is not suitable for public disclosure."

It's already made into courseware, and it's not suitable for disclosure?

This was clearly an excuse.

Zhao Zhao Zhihong didn't want Li Li Banfeng to copy the courseware because he didn't trust this student of unknown origin. He didn't want this student to mock his research results through some media again. He had experienced this kind of thing too many times.

Li Li Banfeng looked at Zhao Zhao Zhihong and said in a serious tone: "I'll pay."

Zhao Zhao Zhihong was a little angry: "This is not a matter of money. Speaking to me in this tone is in itself a disrespect to academics!"

Li Li Banfeng took out 20,000 in cash and stuffed it to Zhao Zhao Zhihong.

Zhao Zhao Zhihong's temples throbbed, and he glared at Li Li Banfeng: "What do you mean by this?"

"Labor fee. Asking a professor to give a lecture should be paid a labor fee."

"Even if a labor fee is to be paid, it must go through normal financial procedures!"

"I will make up the procedures later. I can sign a contract with you. The purpose of doing this is to sincerely ask you for professional knowledge."

"Your attitude is not correct!" Professor Zhao severely criticized Li Li Banfeng, and then he accepted the money.

Li Li Banfeng copied a copy of the courseware: "Can I ask you a few questions?"

"Of course." Professor Zhao was not so angry anymore.

"The first question, do you think the basis for the existence of the companion star is the change in the sun's revolution orbit?"

"Yes, the irregular fluctuations of the sun in its revolution orbit are caused by the irregular gravitational changes of the companion star."

"The second question, the companion star cannot be observed. Can it be explained that the companion star has evolved into a black dwarf star due to rapid energy loss?"

"The possibility is very high, but to be precise, the companion star is not yet a pure black dwarf star. The formation time of a pure black dwarf star is too long, and our companion star still has periodic energy radiation, and even energy explosions."

"The star system where the companion star is located is 1 light-year away from our star system. This distance is very far. If there is communication between the two star systems, through what channel is this communication achieved?"

"I think the most likely communication channel is a wormhole."

"What does the internal space of a wormhole look like?"

Zhao Zhao Zhihong was silent for a moment and said: "Actually, there was a professor before who had a deeper study of wormholes."

The professor he mentioned should be Yu Yu Yaoming.

Li Li Banfeng said: "I want to hear your research results."

"To what extent have you mastered the basic knowledge of astrophysics?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "I don't have much foundation."

Professor Zhao smacked his lips, thinking about how to explain it to Li Li Banfeng in a simple and easy-to-understand way: "Many people think that the internal space of a wormhole is very narrow, only allowing basic particles to pass through. In my opinion, this concept is wrong. I need to use a balloon as a metaphor."

He really liked balloons.

He took a balloon out of his desk drawer: "I'm going to blow it."

Li Li Banfeng looked around: "Well, don't blow it yet. Just explain it roughly."

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The professor blew up the balloon and said to Li Li Banfeng: "The nozzle part of the balloon is very narrow. If it is tied tightly, even basic particles are difficult to pass through.

But the internal space of the balloon is not narrow. It could be a huge helium balloon, it could be an even bigger airship, and it could even be as huge as a planet."

"If it's as huge as a planet, will life be born inside?"

"There is such a possibility, it's just that affected by the special environment inside the wormhole, life may appear with different degrees of mutation, and the internal space will also appear with different degrees of differentiation."

He blew another giraffe balloon, pointed to the giraffe's head, and then pointed to the giraffe's belly: "This is the differentiation of space."

Li Li Banfeng was imagining the environment inside the wormhole.

He seemed very familiar with that environment.

Perhaps that place is called Puluo Continent.

PS: This corresponds to a certain degree with the myths and legends of the Hundred Bai Bai Mo Fang.

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