Chapter 493: Paradise Again_1

This is a major accident!

The research team had more than a hundred researchers and over two hundred soldiers.

In the end, only one person survived.

Jiang Yu asked, "How is the survivor now?"

On the other end of the communicator, the liaison Bai Yi was somewhat nervous facing the legendary Wallfacer, "He, he is very excited!"

"Excited?" the president of the Academy of Sciences, Ricks, asked, "Are you sure you're not talking about yourself?"

Bai Yi did indeed look quite excited at the moment.

Moreover, if one had just gone through a huge catastrophe, shouldn't they be seriously injured or in a state of mental collapse? How could they be excited?

Embarrassed, Bai Yi chuckled, "He really is very excited, and his speech is all over the place, but I did catch one clear sentence from him. He said he saw a 'Paradise' just like Cheng Ping did."

Paradise?

Again with Paradise?

Is this really an accident?

All members of the emergency team were stunned; this was something they hadn't anticipated.

Several seconds later, Jiang Yu said, "Send a psychological expert over to calm the survivor down first.

"Now let's listen to Bai Yi's report!"

Exploring the gravitational source was just one of the myriad concerns of the Solar System State. Before the accident, it was impossible for those present to devote all their attention to it.

So, up to now, the sequence of events surrounding this incident remains unclear.

Number Three immediately went to arrange for a psychological expert and contacted Bai Yi's side with another communication device.

Bai Yi cleared his throat, formally beginning his report, "Today the research team was six thousand astronomical units away from that massive gravitational source..."

Six thousand astronomical units again!

A sentence suddenly popped into the minds of Jiang Yu and the others--the safety distance for curvature trajectories was six thousand astronomical units!

"Chameleon" had always been positioned six thousand astronomical units from Earth!

Now, at six thousand astronomical units from the gravitational source, an accident occurred!

Is this a coincidence?

How can there be so many coincidences in the universe?

Everyone just thought this to themselves but didn't speak out loud.

Bai Yi continued, "As before, nothing was observed at the location of the gravitational source.

"Given known phenomena like the Two-dimensional foil and the barrier of the Gyro civilization, we believe there should also be some kind of barrier structure around the gravitational source.

"But it would be different from the barrier of the Gyro civilization because we can observe its gravitational waves and the spatial anomalies at that location.

"According to our speculation, there should be a massive celestial body or a huge ruin there.

"The latter is more likely because it is relatively stationary.

"The Milky Way is moving, the various planetary systems are also in motion, so generally, being relatively stationary requires power to maintain, and it's difficult for ordinary celestial bodies to achieve a relatively stationary position.

"Yet all this time we have only been able to observe the gravitational waves from that position but were unable to detect any actual celestial body.

"Because it's too dark there, optical observations are useless, and methods like neutrino and gravitational wave detection have also failed to locate any object at the source of gravity.

"Thus, we speculate that there should also be an advanced barrier around that ruin, one that doesn't trap gravitational waves or other such information.

"As a safety measure, after approaching the target within six thousand astronomical units, the research team was ready to deploy a batch of probes for further exploration.

"It was while launching the probes that the accident happened!

"The research team lost contact for two hours and nineteen minutes. When communications were restored, only Ji Kang, the survivor, was left. Because his descriptions are erratic, we still don't know what happened during those two-plus hours."

The report concluded, and after a brief silence in the meeting room, Jiang Yu said, "Mm, keep maintaining real-time communication with the scientific expedition team."

After ending the communication with Bai Yi, Jiang Yu asked Number Three, "Is the survivor feeling any better now?"

Number Three used his own communicator to inquire, "Some more psychological counseling is needed."

Jiang Yu nodded and leaned back in his chair without speaking, clearly not planning on further discussion until he had met with the survivor.

The other team members began to discuss quietly among themselves; based on the current information, it looked like the scientific expedition team had encountered an attack from the artifact, if the survivor hadn't claimed to have seen Paradise.

But that statement from the survivor made this speculation seem a little off.

In the blink of an eye, more than an hour had passed, and everyone was looking at Number Three with a sense of urgency.

Yet, Number Three still hadn't received a report that the survivor was ready for normal communication.

Number Three was also feeling anxious; the psychology professor he had found was a leading figure in the field, and it was worrying that he hadn't been able to do his job even after such a long time—it seemed they had hit a tough spot!

But he knew that being impatient now was of no use; they had to wait until the survivor's emotions were stable before important information could be extracted, or before the psychology professor could help everyone summarize useful information.

Finally, the communicator on Number Three's wrist rang. He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the issue had finally been resolved on the other end.

However, once the call connected, Number Three heard a piece of unbelievable news: "Hold on."

He hurriedly connected both sides' communications to the public channel, "Please repeat that!"

The holographic communicator began to function, projecting the image of a young soldier in front of everyone.

The person on the other end incredulously said, "Director (Number Three had always been the director of the Wallfacer Office)! Professor Wu Xiangzhong has gone mad! He snatched a soldier's service weapon and killed himself!"

Everyone in the meeting room was taken aback.

Number Three explained, "Professor Wu Xiangzhong was an honorary professor of psychology at Jupiter University, and I had just asked him to go and calm the survivor."

The people in the meeting room looked at each other.

Was this a coincidence?

How could there be so many coincidences?

It couldn't be a coincidence!

Jiang Yu asked the soldier on the other side of the communicator, "Was there surveillance in the place where Professor Wu committed suicide?"

"Yes!" the other side said, "I'll send it to you now, but..."

Seeing the person hesitate, Number Three said, "Speak whatever you have to say."

The person swallowed nervously, "Before he died, Professor Wu was shouting crazily. One of the things he said was: 'Don't watch that video!'"

Number Three asked on everyone's behalf, "Which video?"

"I don't know."

Number Three realized, "Are you worried that the surveillance video might contain something, something that could make us feel psychologically uncomfortable?"

The people present had witnessed all sorts of major events, what kind of video could possibly disturb them all?

The other side answered, "Yes!"

Number Three was just about to criticize the person for taking such an idea seriously, when Jiang Yu stepped in first, "Did Professor Wu record the communication process between himself and the survivor?"

"It seems so."

Jiang Yu nodded, "That would explain it, that's the video he meant for us not to watch. Send us Professor Wu's last surveillance footage before his death."

"Alright." The other side was sending the video and added, "At first, Professor Wu said he needed to talk to the survivor alone, so the guards were all outside the door. We don't know exactly what happened."

After waiting for the surveillance footage to arrive, Jiang Yu asked the other party, "Also, send over the video Professor Wu recorded of his conversation with the survivor."

The person nodded, "Yes!"

The communication was cut off, and the main screen in the conference room began to play the last surveillance footage of Professor Wu before his death.

At the start of the video, Professor Wu looked into the surveillance camera and said, "I have not gone mad!"