Finding a place to observe the cosmic microwave background radiation was a piece of cake for Yue Jun.
Not to mention his standing in the scientific community, he was now collaborating with the government.
Even if he wanted to go to the equatorial region and use those super-large radio telescope arrays, the government department would undoubtedly agree without hesitation.
And the miniature radio telescope toy mentioned in the call.
Yue Jun also bought one at a store selling high-tech toys.
He looked at the manual and found it was actually made in Canada. No wonder it was so expensive.
Integrating the functionality of a radio telescope into a device the size of VR glasses, Canada, as the second-largest economy in the world, is indeed catching up with Zhongzhou in terms of technological development.
After all this, Yue Jun contacted his handler and reported his experiences over the past two days, including his friend's mysterious behavior.
He had already given up on his friendship with Qiao Wei.
Now, he had only one identity: an enemy of the state.
Upon receiving Yue Jun's report, the higher-ups immediately dispatched agents to apprehend him.
Unfortunately, upon entering the villa, a violent explosion destroyed all the operatives along with the villa.
As soon as the higher-ups issued the arrest order, Zhizi No. 2 notified Qiao Wei to evacuate the villa and hide in a safe house.
Qiao Wei, a ruthless man himself, didn't forget to plant a bomb in the villa while evacuating, achieving considerable results.
With the intelligence support of Zhizi No. 2, Qiao Wei completed the transfer silently, leaving no trace behind.
Although it had only been two months since its arrival, Zhizi No. 2, relying on its powerful intelligence capabilities, had established a vast force within the Azure civilization.
"Origin Science" was just one part of it.
Other organizations were responsible for providing military and intelligence support.
The triangle is the most stable shape.
Taihao wouldn't be as straightforward as the Trisolarans, placing all hope in the ETO.
Taihao had even brainstormed about how to use Zhizi more efficiently.
Using such a powerful super intelligent computer like Zhizi as a monitor was simply too wasteful.
Azure civilization had entered the era of intelligent informationization, and a powerful quantum computer could do so much more.
As long as there were related devices for Zhizi to connect to the network, it could leverage its powerful computing capabilities to invade the Azure civilization's network system.
It could destroy Azure civilization's entire financial system, and even control the intelligent facilities connected to the network.
Azure civilization's computer technology couldn't match Zhizi, which possessed a planet-scale circuit board.
Unfortunately, this brilliant idea required technical support.
Otherwise, the threat posed by Azure civilization would have been reduced by at least an order of magnitude.
As time passed, it was quickly approaching midnight.
On Yue Jun's vision membrane, Zhizi No. 2's needle-threading printing work came to a halt. It flew out of Azure star at near-light speed, preparing to unfold in two dimensions to wrap around the planet and then showcase the cosmic flicker.
Within the Zhongzhou Republic.
At a radio telescope observation platform built in a high-altitude region, Yue Jun, along with some scientists and government officials, had been waiting for the so-called cosmic flicker.
No one believed this outlandish story could actually happen.
Many were there simply to watch the spectacle.
One second past midnight, something unexpected happened.
On the terminal screen, the original straight line became a curve, with uneven wave crests appearing, and the color began to turn red, like a snake awakened from hibernation began to fill with blood and wriggle.
"How is that possible? The satellite must be malfunctioning!"
A celestial astronomer stared at the terminal screen in terror, his voice changing due to fear.
"This might not be a malfunction..."
After the baptism of the Ghost Countdown, Yue Jun had already learned to control his emotions.
"Quick! Get the cosmic background microwave radiation data from other satellites immediately!"
Another scientist shouted hoarsely.
Several curves appeared on the screen, undulating in sync, identical.
Some realized the gravity of the situation and started calling other radio observation bases, requesting them to transmit the data.
All the results pointed to one answer.
The universe was flickering.
"Can you print out all the curves?" Yue Jun asked a technician.
He nodded and immediately imported the data into the printer. Soon, the printer spat out the first sheet.
Yue Jun analyzed the wavelengths and then matched them against the electric codes on Azure star.
He quickly wrote down a series of times.
Yue Jun's face turned pale, and he immediately opened his phone and looked up the previous photos.
After comparing them one by one, Yue Jun collapsed onto the ground.
The times he decoded were identical to the times in the photos, even the order was exactly the same.
His understanding of the universe, his understanding of reality, was completely shattered in that moment.
Someone retrieved the prepared miniature radio telescopes and stumbled outside the base, pointing them at the sky.
The starry sky was replaced by a dark red glow.
Those wearing the miniature radio telescopes saw the cosmic microwave background radiation with their own eyes.
This red light came from over 13 billion years ago, a continuation of the Big Bang, the leftover heat from creation.
Normally, they wouldn't be able to see the stars because the centimeter wavelength of the radio telescopes drowned out all shapes and details in the visible light spectrum, turning even bright stars into tiny black dots.
After their eyes adjusted, the stars flickered against the red background.
The entire space became a synchronized flicker, as if the entire universe was just a lone lamp in the wilderness.
Gazing at the synchronized flickering universe, everyone lost their words.
It felt as if there was a strange being beyond human comprehension, gazing at them with eyes deeper than an abyss and more deadly than a black hole.
Everyone was like a shell devoid of a soul, staring blankly at the starry sky.
Gradually, someone started crying hysterically, shouting like a madman, "The universe is fake, the world is fake, we are all fake, everything is fake! Haha..."
This was not an isolated incident but a collective event.
Many people couldn't accept the blow of reality and cried, laughed, shouted, and mumbled.
Yue Jun realized that many scientists there had gone mad just now.