Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 298 - Chapter 298 Chapter 297 A Letter from The Golden Sun (Third

Chapter 298: Chapter 297: A Letter from The Golden Sun (Third Update) Chapter 298: Chapter 297: A Letter from The Golden Sun (Third Update) Seven years ago.

Gliese 581, a rather ordinary constant star, hosted a race known as humans on one of its rocky planets, who were fervently developing a massive spaceship named “Kunlun Mountain,” making final preparations for their grand voyage plans.

Everyone was striving hard for their goals…

On this very day, Professor Li Zhi, who was responsible for the astronomical observations, suddenly detected an unusual fluctuation.

It was a sequence of radio waves with a certain pattern, very weak but continuous.

He frowned as he checked, somewhat doubting that this series of waves was a fragment of a pulse from a neutron star. In fact, most of the signals detected by observatories were emitted by these neutron stars or very distant supernovae, which didn’t hold much significance.

After a while, this series of pulse segments reappeared, with the same pattern!

Staring at the screen for a long time, suddenly, Professor Li realized something and yelled at his assistant, “Quick, record it, record everything!”

“Track the source of the signal!”

To cultivate the public interest in outer exploration, astronomy, along with cosmology, had always been a key project supported by the new civilization, with many students interning here.

And searching for signals of alien civilizations, including those from Earth Civilization, was of the utmost importance.

Though… there hadn’t been much progress. It was assumed that real alien civilizations had long since stopped using electromagnetic waves for communication.

These young students carefully pondered over this sequence of radio waves. Due to the very faint nature, there were many missing signals, but there was a faint pattern.

“It’s too regular!”

“It’s a string of signals, true signals originating from a civilization!”

“Don’t get excited yet, try to decipher it first.”

Professor Li had a premonition, a feeling that this was something remarkable.

Right then, he heard the neighboring observation room erupting into celebration; obviously, they had made a common discovery.

“It’s appeared again! Another long string of signals!” shouted a male student.

The radio telescope detected a large amount of coded information!

More and more, it kept coming, lasting for several hours!

This time it was not like before, just a few brief sentences, but an entire…

103 megabytes!

One hundred and three megabytes!

Several hours later, the supercomputer was analyzing and deciphering the data that had just been detected. Professor Li knocked on the door of the neighboring room, his head full of excitement, and said with feigned calmness, “Old Guo, it seems like it’s something incredible.”

“What’s the status, have you found out, is it a signal from Earth Civilization, or an alien civilization? I’m actually more interested in a signal from an alien civilization.”

Old Guo was also flushed with enthusiasm, saying feverishly, “No, it’s definitely not from Earth Civilization, because it’s not even in the same direction. It’s not, to the power of a thousand… I suspect, in fact, it’s the humans aboard the Golden Sun who are sending us the signal.”

“The Golden Sun?” Professor Li was stunned, then slapped his forehead; he nearly forgot about that matter.

“Yes! This string of signals likely originates from–Captain Star!”

This report was swiftly transmitted back to the Captain’s Room. As it was using a traditional form of long-distance error correction coding, it was easily deciphered.

Even Zhang Yuan was surprised when he heard about this, quickly becoming excited.

“The humans from the Golden Sun have also arrived successfully… No, theoretically, they should have reached their destination faster than us.”

“Let’s hold an emergency meeting!”

At the same time, he issued several commands.

“Maximize the astronomical observation equipment; don’t miss any piece of information.”

“Call the reporters too.”

…

Ten minutes later, the meeting room was packed; everyone was excitedly chatting, the air filled with a fervent atmosphere.

Especially Li Zhendong, incredibly excited, as well as a group of physicists, frantically discussing strange terms like “gravitons” and “cosmic strings.”

All in all, this news could be considered the best news of the century regarding humanity itself!

Come to think of it, the Golden Sun’s branch doesn’t necessarily belong to Earth Civilization itself, but rather, it’s a wholly new civilization.

But can there be anything more exciting, more celebratory in the boundless universe, than knowing there’s another vibrant and lively branch of humans on the distant Captain Star?

Zhang Yuan didn’t keep them in suspense, directly playing the translated message on the screen.

“…Dear Earth Era, hello, this is Golden Sun, repeating for the seventh time.”

“…Dear Earth Era, hello, this is Golden Sun, repeating for the eighth time.”

…

“…Dear Earth Era, hello, this is Golden Sun, repeating for the one hundred and sixth time.”

This sentence was repeated 107 times, making everyone present somewhat impatient, but after Professor Li explained it, things quieted down.

The reason is that ultra-long-distance electromagnetic communication consumes an enormous amount of resources, and it isn’t feasible to inform the other party in advance that a message will be sent, hence the need to give enough time to prepare. Only these repeated messages would draw the attention of the other party.

Otherwise, this piece of information would probably be overlooked and never received.

“I see,” Ye Kaifu nodded in the crowd.

After repeating 107 times, the real message finally began.

“Colleagues of Earth Era, hello, this is Captain Star, a branch represented by the spaceship Golden Sun, I am Captain Xu Peng.”

“Our civilization has developed here for 544 years, and it is our duty and obligation to report these five-and-a-half centuries of history to you, Earth Era, to better plan your future.”

His tone was heavy, and everyone involuntarily held their breath.

The two civilizations used almost identical strategies, that is, guided by “New Civilization History,” but there would be differences in the finer points of policy.

This was because the histories of the two civilizations were different. Earth Era had encountered many stories, and inevitably, the Golden Sun had encountered different ones.

Due to the differing historical developments, the ideology of the citizens and the cultures of the entire society would be quite distinct.

This is where the complexity of a civilization lies; even if both sides are humans, with a common origin, there would still be significant differences.

In the course of the Golden Sun’s development, a series of minor problems had arisen.