205: Chapter 205: Romance from Deep Space

Kyoto, inside the University of History faculty housing compound.

Professor Chen Runzhi said with a sigh, "1,480 years ago, during the chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a beam of light from deep space..."

"There were no modern telescopes back then. Why did it land there?"

Professor Liu Guangyi said with a profound expression, "If the senders could really see Earth, what they saw wouldn't be Sichuan in 2026, but that era of rampant warfare!"

Old Qian and Old Wang looked at each other, a bit confused.

Was that laser actually fired 1,480 years ago—did they see the chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, or did they see modern technology?

...

Gusu High School, Principal's office.

Old Yu stared at the large screen. "Speed of light, 1,480 years, absolute coordinates."

"If it was a directional transmission, it means the sender must have precisely known Earth's revolution, rotation, and the movement of the Solar System within the Milky Way 1,480 years ago, calculating the lead variables sufficient to offset all the accumulated displacement over those 1,000-plus years."

"This requires incredible astronomical navigation and computational power."

Saying this, he shook his head in disbelief.

Principal Fu, Old Wang, and Xiao Wang all felt a chill from history.

A beam of light shot from the Northern and Southern Dynasties era they were familiar with, and it was visibly artificial light, not natural!

Landing on today's soil, this sense of spatio-temporal dislocation was more shocking and horrifying than any imagination of alien monsters!

...

Huaqing University, inside a dormitory building.

"This is definitely the most bizarre business card humanity has ever received!"

Ouyang Baili narrowed his eyes. "It contains time information (1,480 years), spatial information (Sichuan Province coordinates), technical information (Ultra-high-energy photon directional technology), and potentially even intentional information. This is simply a cosmic code waiting to be deciphered!"

Professor Wu's brow was tightly furrowed, but the voice of opposition weakened slightly. "Intent... if they really could see Earth 1,480 years ago, what did they see?"

"A battlefield flowing with rivers of blood?"

"If they have the ability to send such a signal, why choose that time, and why that location?"

Li Mo took a sharp breath and said, "Maybe, it's precisely because they saw the war?"

Beside him, Professor Guan Jingming added, "A beam of light from deep space that crossed a thousand years might itself be a form of admonishment that transcends language. On a cosmic scale, everything you and I argue about is as tiny as dust and completely meaningless!"

Inside the large screen, on the sofa.

Xiao Yu recovered from the shock of the incredible J-Sphere civilization and couldn't help but ask, "Bro, why? Why would that laser be fired from so far away and hit that spot in Sichuan Province so precisely? How accurate must their aim be?"

"Could it just be a coincidence?"

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly but shook his head gently. "It's not a coincidence!"

"When a civilization has the ability to send a signal across nearly 1,500 light-years of interstellar space, magnetic fields, and gravity wells, and still maintain enough intensity to be identified by us as [abnormal], Xiao Yu, what does that mean?"

"It means their observation and computational abilities regarding the universe far exceed our imagination."

"When they look at the Solar System, they might not see a blurry point of light, but a clear, dynamic stellar system. If they saw and fired it 1,480 years ago..."

Jiang Zhe picked up a tablet and pulled up historical records. "At that time, the land of Chuan-Shu was in the midst of the turmoil of the late Northern and Southern Dynasties regimes."

"The Liang Dynasty was in internal chaos, the Western Wei was invading, and war was frequent."

"If they really saw those details, perhaps that thousand-year-old laser, besides demonstrating their existence and technology, also carried a greeting we cannot comprehend: [We have seen your azure planet, and we have seen the strife upon it. If you can receive this signal, what is the meaning of your conflicts on a universal scale?]"

"If this is the starting point, it also aligns with a viewpoint I've never mentioned before: [The higher the civilization level, the more peaceful the temperament, and the fewer the conflicts!]"

This explanation left Xiao Yu and countless netizens stunned.

Before Xiao Yu could react, Jiang Zhe continued, "Of course, there's another simpler possibility, which is even more startling!"

"Who says a signal from 1,480 light-years away must follow the light-speed delay as we understand it?"

"If the other party possesses observation methods beyond our imagination—such as [Beyond visual range] observation through manipulating Space-time folds, which is a method for future astronomical observation; or if they directly interpret information at the quantum level—then what they saw might not be the ancient Earth from 1,480 years ago at all."

Earlier, what he had seen through the super telescope was a bright star suddenly going out. Perhaps the other party discovered someone was observing and triggered an [observed] mechanism, causing that star to suddenly extinguish!

His gaze fell on Xiao Yu's astonished face.

"What they see might be the Earth of right now, or a few years ago."

"In that case, the meaning of this laser from deep space completely changes."

"It might not be a tribute to historical ruins, but a real-time postcard!"

"The message in the signal might also be very concise, like: [We see your azure planet!] Or perhaps a bit more mischievous: [Hey, neighbor, please pay attention. The sun on your ceiling seems to be shining a bit too brightly. Be careful of the covetous eyes of some unfriendly civilizations!]"

This sudden twist caused the originally heavy and horrifying atmosphere to be quietly permeated by a sense of dread from the depths of the universe.

Xiao Yu couldn't help but cover her mouth, only speaking after a long pause, "So, the greeting could also be: [If you have the technology, hide your civilization quickly. Not every civilization in the universe is like us?]"},{