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Chapter 102: Chapter 100 Contact_3
It was as if...
he had received an electromagnetic signal at this very moment.
Gu Jinlai felt a myriad of thoughts and was overwhelmed with emotions.
For the first time, he discovered that Blue Star and he...
were so close.
It was as though, he was still located on Blue Star.
It was just because, as he traveled across this vast cosmic ocean, he had accidentally boarded the wrong vessel, being in a different time-space from Blue Star.
"Suppose, if I now use ’Heavenly Eye’ to send a message, and at some point when they intersect, could it also be transmitted to Blue Star and received by someone or some institute that corresponds exactly to me?"
This thought arose, and immediately became urgent.
He maintained this Co-spirit State, and exerted his utmost effort to evolve the "Heavenly Eye" into a signal transmission function.
At the same time, he inexplicably felt a sense of nervousness.
At the moment, he...
was considered as being on "Alien" territory, wasn’t he?
If he was considered half an "Alien," then would this message qualify as the first contact between humanity and an extraterrestrial civilization?
Since it was...
such a moment of great historical significance, what should he send as the message?
...
Numerous thoughts surged in his mind.
Numerous greeting phrases circled in his heart.
Resonating endlessly.
Eventually... Gu Jinlai finally calmed down.
In his world, there was no unifying name like "Blue Star."
The Daqian People called everything under the heavens as Qiantian.
So...
could this world possibly be named Qian Star?
Feeling the signal transmission system rapidly activated by the True Spirit Possession, Gu Jinlai took a deep breath.
Aimed at the direction from which the electromagnetic signal had come, he sent out a text with utmost seriousness.
"Hello, Blue Star people, this is a cordial greeting from Qian Star."
Message sent.
And set to repeat sending.
Gu Jinlai watched as the message disappeared into the star magnetic field, his emotions unable to calm down for a long time.
The first contact with an alien civilization in the human world had just been accomplished.
By his hand.
Although it was somewhat bizarre, but...
it was finally done.
It was just unfortunate that, such an event worthy of being recorded in the annals of human civilization was unknown to anyone else but him.
He couldn’t even share this momentous event with others.
Even though there were people like Chi Feng and Gu Xiangyang around...
even if he was willing to explain in detail the great significance of his recent action, it was estimated they would not understand.
Suddenly, Gu Jinlai couldn’t help but feel a sense of loneliness akin to being a stranger in a foreign land.
"Phew!"
He sighed deeply, "Next, it’s just a matter of waiting for a reply from Blue Star, wondering who the lucky individual will be to become the first ’alien’ civilization contactee."
Gu Jinlai had thought the reply would take a very long time.
But to his surprise, less than half an hour after the message was sent, he had already received a reply.
Only the content of the reply...
"Hello, Qian Star people, this is a friendly response from Blue Star."
...
Blue Star.
Only a year had passed since the year 2028 when Gu Jinlai crossed over.
Although the Immortal World’s projection was still faintly visible in the sky dome, it neither interfered with ultraviolet radiation nor affected people’s observation of the sky, and as time passed, everyone had become accustomed to it.
They went on with their meals and jobs as usual.
The only difference, perhaps, was that it had sparked a boom in astronomy.
People’s curiosity about alien civilizations had greatly increased.
Workers in related fields also expanded significantly.
And here we are.
Xie Yusheng, had been appointed an observatory staff three months ago.
He was a sci-fi enthusiast, owning a medium-sized gaming company.
He himself served as both CEO and chief planner.
Over the years, his company had devoted extensive effort and resources to develop a realistic sci-fi game—Southern Heavenly Gate Chronicles.
To ensure authenticity, they even consulted various experts and professors for data collection.
He was just waiting to launch the game to achieve overnight success and capture the domestic market.
Then...
There was no then.
The projection of the Immortal World caused a tidal wave of fantasy games that crushed their yet-to-be-completed sci-fi game with overwhelming force.
His parents were already dissatisfied with his career in the gaming industry and directly cut off his funding; thus, after struggling for a few years, his company eventually went under a year ago.
After muddling through a year, under family pressure, Xie Yusheng had no choice but to come work at this observatory invested by his uncle.
Indeed.
Because the industry was booming, a lot of private capital had entered the field, creating one astronomy observatory after another for publicity, much like a novelty.
The Xie Family was no exception.
As for the scale of this observatory...
The total investment was less than ten million.
...
At this time, in this observatory that employed fewer than ten people, only Xie Yusheng was in the equipment room.
As for the others...
Those on vacation were on vacation, those playing games were playing games, those watching movies were watching movies, and those walking dogs were walking dogs.
After all, coming here to work was just to pass the time.
The reason Xie Yusheng stayed in the equipment room was because of the good lighting there, which was convenient for him to work on his hand-drawn board designing his "Xuan Nu" Fighting Machine.
Watching the elegant lines of this fighting machine being gradually revealed under his hand, Xie Yusheng didn’t feel joyful but rather a sense of wistful loss.
If he could complete the modeling of this Xuan Nu Fighting Machine and use it in his own designed gaming world, it could certainly create a wave in the gaming community.
Unfortunately...
the money had run out.
Xie Yusheng couldn’t help but sigh.
"Zzzzzz!"
At that moment, ripples flickered across the instrument again.
