Did the world end today?

Chapter 201 Fireworks
"Badavia received."

As soon as Ren Zhen issued the order, Joanne, who had been waiting in the wings, immediately responded.

At this moment, he was in the Fermi Laboratory in Batavia.

It was 9 a.m., and the entire Illinois plains were still shrouded in a light morning mist that had not yet dissipated.

Joanne downed the remaining half-cup of iced coffee in one gulp, trying to wake herself from the strange heat of her consecutive all-nighters.

Although the final "big test" has not yet arrived, what he is about to do is already quite "crucial".

System synchronization test.

If the test fails, the laboratory will be forced to withdraw from the entire Moon Surge Project monitoring system to avoid interfering with the experimental progress of other laboratories due to process issues.

This is undoubtedly a huge loss.

Because this could very well mean that all the costs that one's country has invested in the Moonsurge program will be completely meaningless.

Therefore, he must maintain peak condition.

This was supposed to be very difficult.

After all, he had been working at a high intensity for two weeks, and less than three hours of sleep a day had left him exhausted.

Strangely, perhaps because he saw the future that was already "within reach," he remained in a state of high excitement.

And his mind was clearer than ever before.

This reminded him of the so-called "high-dimensional experiencers" mentioned in the intelligence he had previously encountered.

Those people often seem to possess some strange abilities, such as being able to come back from the dead or having an extraordinary memory.

That's me.
Could it be that at some point, one also entered a higher-dimensional channel?
Is it possible that my thinking speed increases when I'm tired?

shit.

What kind of bullshit ability is this?

It's better not to.

He put down his coffee cup, turned around, swiped his card, and quickly entered the central control room.

Under the fluorescent lights, dozens of monitors have lit up one after another.

He quickly browsed the handover logs to check the system's readiness.

The liquid helium cooling system is operating stably, the vacuum pipeline pressure is maintained at a stable level, and the electron gun of the beam injector has completed preheating.

However, the temperature curve of superconducting magnet No. 17 still fluctuates by 0.1K.

Joanne's expression suddenly changed.

This tiny deviation could cause the proton beam to veer off course in the circular tunnel!
“We have 10 minutes to resolve this.”

His tone was stern.

"I was only gone for an hour, how could this happen??"

He frowned and said to his deputy standing to the side:

"China's Star Travel No. 1 has reached its designated orbit, and we are about to conduct our first synchronization test."

"At this point in time, we cannot afford to have any problems!"

"understand!"

The deputy grabbed the walkie-talkie and strode towards the underground tunnel, while Joanne stayed behind and quickly issued a series of instructions.

More than a dozen engineers on standby quickly rushed into the control room. After briefly explaining the problem, they swarmed out like bees and entered the underground tunnel, using their oscilloscopes to check every pipeline.

It is very efficient.

This level of efficiency is something Joanne hasn't seen in over a decade.

Perhaps, imperceptibly, the staff around me have gradually learned the working methods of those Chinese people?
The effects of a full month of "special training" are no joke.

But there were only 8 minutes left.

Joanne stared nervously at the progress displayed on her portable tablet screen.

After China's StarJourney-1 satellite issued the command, all laboratories around the world have responded one after another.

As the yellow signals indicating "ready" lit up one by one, Joanne grew increasingly anxious.

The test window is so short, how could this problem occur?!

I could call Siegel and ask him to plead my case and delay the start of the test a little.

But once you open your mouth...
The laboratory where I work will be completely put in a passive position.

Can only wait.

"hurry up!"

He yelled into the walkie-talkie, and finally, his anger was met with a response.

“Found the problem!”

A slightly muffled voice rang out.

"Grounding interference! It's just simple grounding interference!"

"Sir, give me five minutes, I only need five minutes!"

You only have three minutes!

Joanne gave the order again, but there was no response on the walkie-talkie.

He could even imagine how the engineers inside the tunnel were frantically trying to troubleshoot the problem, and how they were cursing themselves as they unscrewed the shielding layer.

But he doesn't care.

He just wants results.

Three minutes passed quickly, and Joanne picked up the walkie-talkie again.

Just as he was about to speak, the engineer's voice suddenly came through the speaker.

"I finished!"

His voice carried an undisguised pride, but Joanne was too preoccupied to offer any further praise.

He simply activated the communication system quickly, then reported in as calm a voice as possible:
"Badavia is ready and can conduct simultaneous testing at any time."

A moment later, a response came.

"Understood. Batavia is ready."

"The synchronous test will begin in two minutes."

Joanne let out a heavy sigh.

He slumped down in the cold chair in the control room.

Two minutes later, the synchronous test started on time.

At this moment, countless particles collide with each other simultaneously in different "pipelines" created by humans.

In the void, dazzling yet unseen fireworks gradually emerge and then vanish silently.

These fireworks will be the prelude to that magnificent experiment.

Meanwhile, in Jinling, inside the coordination group office, Lin Xu sat in the operations command center. On the screen in front of him, all the green dots representing the preparation progress of the global testing stations were lit up.

The system synchronization test passed, which is a huge step forward.

Across from Lin Xu, Wang Yifan's face was already etched with exhaustion.

But he cannot relax even for a moment.

Because in this mission, the "ground part" he was in charge of was, in some ways, even more important than the "space part".

"The European monitoring array is now online."

"The LHC is ready. From now on, they will conduct a continuous 72-hour collision experiment and record the experimental data in real time."

"This is also a challenge for them. I can only say, let's hope those Frenchmen don't raise the white flag prematurely this time."

"In addition, ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, LHcb, and OPERA are all ready."

"Basically, the equipment they possess covers most of the areas that humans can currently access, forming an independent closed loop for experimental monitoring."

"If this Moon Surge Project achieves the desired results, they should be able to detect the anomaly immediately."

As he finished speaking, Lin Xu slowly nodded.

"What about our side? How are our preparations going?"

"Everything is ready."

Before Wang Yifan could answer, Xu Gongou interjected:

"Not only are the observation equipment ready, but disaster recovery work is also in place."

"Theoretically speaking, with the moon blocking the way, if it's just a plasma storm, it shouldn't have much of an impact on us."

“But we still made preparations – all civil defense projects have been under preparation since a month ago.”

"To date, the emergency evacuation and disaster relief work has completed two drills."

"The military has arrived in various major cities and is ready to carry out disaster relief work at any time."

"Of course, we still hope that such a thing will not happen."

"In reality, the probability of it happening is very low, right?"

Xu Gong'ou's tone revealed a hint of barely perceptible tension. Lin Xu nodded emphatically and replied:
"I have tested it a total of 46 times in the past month."

“I’m certain that each time, the piping effect only triggers a plasma storm—unless both channels are triggered simultaneously.”

"And plasma storms will dissipate on their own due to 'abnormal patterns'."

"Our universe itself is already a wall to it."

"Based on theoretical estimates, the damage from a plasma storm is already reduced to a fairly low level at a distance of 10 kilometers."

"So, we are safe."

"It is highly likely that this explosion will only bring a large aurora that can be seen all over the world."

"Just treat it as a fireworks display."

"That's no problem."

Xu Gongou visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

He stood up, raised his hands above his head, and stretched.

"So the next 72 hours will likely be our easiest 72 hours."

"All preparations are complete. All we need to do is ensure the system is running and wait."

"Yes."

Wang Yifan also stood up.

After a slight pause, he said with a smile:

"It is very possible that these 72 hours will be the most relaxed moment for mankind in the next 20 years."

"I can't even imagine what we'll face if this experiment succeeds."

"Wasn't that truly a new era?"

"So, what do you think those ancient humans were thinking when they first discovered they could control fire?"

“Our current situation is similar to theirs—or even worse.”

"Then you'll have to ask the ancient humans."

Lin Xu pushed aside the messy documents on the table in front of him, picked up his water glass, took a sip, and then said with a hint of teasing in his tone:
"Who knows, after the Great Filter is broken, we might actually see ancient humans."

"It's just time travel."

"Now, high-dimensional channels can achieve similar effects."

"If we can reach higher dimensions, we can too."

"Yes."

Wang Yifan nodded emphatically.

"We can definitely achieve it. Otherwise, how could you have appeared here?"

The three of them looked at each other and smiled.

Xu Gongou opened the office door and said:
"I'm going to take a nap."

"There's nothing I can do until we get into lunar synchronous orbit."

"What about you guys? You haven't slept for over thirty hours either, aren't you going to get some sleep?"

Lin Xu glanced at Wang Yifan, who still shook his head.

"We are about to conduct global joint testing of quantum distribution to observe the changes in the properties of entangled quantum pairs after the surge effect."

"This is a big deal, I need to keep an eye on it."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Lin Xu said sincerely.

"It's okay, it's not hard work."

Wang Yifan waved his hand and sat back down at the table.

Lin Xu left the office.

Just as he stepped out of his office, the Micius satellite was passing overhead.

More than a million entangled quantum pairs were distributed from the satellite and sent to various receiving stations that were already prepared on the ground.

At this moment, the entire world was connected by these invisible particles.

Like a net.

De Haring, Nanjing, Kunming, Cambridge, Geneva
Human beings have never been as closely connected as they are today.

Above them, a spaceship carrying the hopes of everyone.
Heading towards the moon.

Sixty-eight hours later, it will ignite a dazzling celebratory fireworks display to mark the rebirth of humanity.

(End of this chapter)