I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 730 - 728: Opening the Gates to a New World for You
Professor Liu Dongsheng submitted his resignation to the principal that day.
The principal was stunned. He knew little about academic matters. Wasn't Liu Dongsheng considered academically incompetent? How had he suddenly been appointed as a dean by the newly prestigious Jiangnan University of Science and Technology? Could it be that what Liu Dongsheng had researched was really that valuable?
But by then it was too late for regrets. Not to mention that their school didn't really need any academic achievements. Moreover, even if they wanted to keep Liu Dongsheng, with what bargaining chip could they retain him? Their entire school was nothing compared to a small college within Jiangnan University of Science and Technology.
Three days later, Liu Dongsheng moved his whole family to Jiangnan City. The house Zhang Menglong had prepared for him was a whopping 180 square meters, luxuriously furnished. His wife and he had never lived in such a large house before!
Moreover, everyone in the neighborhood worked at Jiangnan University of Science and Technology, so Liu Dongsheng would be surrounded by people involved in scientific research and no longer had to deal daily with troublesome students and those who knew nothing of scientific research.
Zhang Menglong had even hired a professional domestic service team, so all cares were taken care of and he could fully focus on his research.
As for the hardware facilities at Jiangnan University of Science and Technology, he was at a loss for words. What NASA had, they had here; what NASA didn't, they also had. The facilities at his previous school were truly just garbage by comparison.
Now, Liu Dongsheng could freely use all the resources here at will. Had he not been in this brand-new office right now, he wouldn't have dared to believe it!
"Professor Liu, how do you like the setup here?" Zhang Menglong leaned against the wall, holding a cup of milk tea. No one would expect such a person to be a world-renowned great scholar.
"Academician Zhang!" Liu Dongsheng recognized the young man before him instantly, "This place is incredible, it fulfills all my fantasies about scientific research."
"I'm glad you like it, from now on, just focus on your research here," Zhang Menglong smiled.
"Thank you, Academician Zhang," Liu Dongsheng expressed his heartfelt gratitude, "Without you, I don't even know how I could continue my research."
"In this world, the truth is always in the hands of the few," Zhang Menglong said, "I've read your research report very carefully, everything is very rigorous, but because of the equipment and measurement precision issues, I think a lot may need to be overturned and started over."
"Yes, I understand," Liu Dongsheng responded, "but Academician Zhang, this really is a very important matter. Strictly speaking, I've stumbled upon this communication band 10 years ago, but no one was willing to fund my research, only the old principal from East Sea Technical Vocational College was willing to allocate a part of the limited school funds for my research."
"So that was it," Zhang Menglong finally understood why such a professor would condescend to such a school.
"Unfortunately, the old principal retired a few years ago, and the new principal only thinks about how to make money," Liu Dongsheng shook his head, "These last two years, I've almost been paying for the research out of my own pocket."
"Tell me about that frequency band?"
"It's a signal from the Orion Nebula, only about 1500 light-years away from us, which, in the scale of the universe, is incredibly close," Liu Dongsheng explained, "Over the years, I have decoded a small amount of information from it, and some of it is data carried by Voyager 1."
"You mean the probe that NASA launched in 1977?"
"Yes," Liu Dongsheng nodded, "But it's very strange. So far, Voyager 1 has only been traveling for a little over forty years, and it hasn't even left the Solar System. How could a signal from 1500 light-years away contain its information?"
"You suspect...."
"Exactly, I suspect that somewhere on the edge of the Solar System there might be something like a space wormhole. We might as well boldly imagine that Voyager 1 went through a wormhole, reached some intelligent civilization, and that they obtained the data from Voyager 1, then transmitted it back with some of their own information included."
Zhang Menglong paused, the idea sounding immensely like something out of a science fiction novel. Although he didn't know how plausible this guess was or what the likelihood was, Zhang Menglong had always believed that there must be intelligent life other than humans in the universe.
And now, he even had seen ghosts; was it so strange for there to be aliens in the world?
But looking further ahead, if these guesses were true, then Earth's coordinates had already been exposed.
According to the sociological theories of the universe predicted in the novel "Three-Body," including the "Dark Forest Theory" and the "Chain of Suspicion Theory," this civilization may either be friendly or hostile. They wonder if humans are friendly or hostile, they guess if humans think they are friendly or hostile, they guess what humans guess about their friendliness or hostility...
"Academician Zhang, it's only a distance of 1500 light years. If the other party possesses technologies similar to curvature drive, I fear this distance of 1500 light years is not that far. Ten years have already been quite lengthy, we need to plan ahead..."
"I understand," this was precisely what Zhang Menglong had been worried about, which is why he had invited Professor Liu Dongsheng here, "Please take extra care over this matter."
Zhang Menglong had other arrangements as well, so he could not devote himself fully to this project, and unlike Gou Dan's data, there were no theoretical data available for reference; everything had to be recalculated and derived from scratch.
"Menglong!" At this moment, Han Jinyu walked up to the office door.
"Professor Han, what's the issue?"
"I've gathered everyone you needed, can we start now?"
"Let's go , let's meet them!"
The genius class at Jiangnan University of Science and Technology was selected from outstanding talents across the country. This class actually existed before but was previously called "Qi Xin Class," simply an elite academy scoring about 40 points higher than the JUT admissions score, calling it genius might be an overstatement.
But now, not just anyone could enter Jiangnan University of Science and Technology. It was said that even the basic admission score had surpassed the first-tier admission scores by more than 80 points. To enter this class, one would need at least 720 points.
Currently, these thirty-odd students were all early admissions, either through various competitions or similar avenues. The youngest among them was 14 and the oldest only 18, to call them geniuses was not an exaggeration at all.
"Academician Zhang!" Seeing Zhang Menglong arriving, these boys and girls all showed admiring looks; a large part of why they were here was because of Zhang Menglong.
"Hello everyone," Zhang Menglong smiled, "Today, I want to select some of you to join my special training class, it might be a few of you, or it might be all."
Everyone was filled with anticipation, waiting for Zhang Menglong's assessment.
"Li Xingjie, Ying Huanghao, Liu Zige..." Zhang Menglong called out 21 people's names, even he hadn't expected that more than half of these people would have a Potential Index over 10 points!
"You all follow me, the rest of you, I'm sorry, you don't meet my requirements!" Zhang Menglong did not explain much.
Those whose names were called were visibly excited, while the others seemed a bit disheartened, although unsure of Zhang Menglong's selection criteria, they didn't dare to question it.
"Professor Han, I will borrow these people from you for now."
"Okay," Han Jinyu nodded, "But be careful, they are all treasures."
"Don't worry, I'm just taking them to one place, and we'll be back tonight!"
...
A vehicle was driving towards the suburban area of Jiangnan City.
Finally, the boys and girls couldn't hold back and asked, "Academician Zhang, where are you taking us?"
"A very magical place," Zhang Menglong smiled, "What you are about to see may seem improbable or even beyond your understanding, but today I am going to open the doors to a new world for you!"
