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♪ Endless drifting ♪

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♪ To the end of the dark forest ♪

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♪ The wind is like a hand ♪

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♪ Trying to keep time ♪

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♪ Who is the hunter with a gun ♪

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♪ Trying to devour the entire universe ♪

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♪ The light is like an eye ♪

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♪ That penetrates dreams ♪

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♪ Don't answer ♪

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♪ Who is eager to fill his eyes
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♪ The earth is no longer rotating ♪

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♪ You gave me a small universe ♪

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♪ In the arms of the universe ♪

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♪ Calling humbly for
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♪ The world aches dully ♪

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=Three-Body=

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=Episode 24=

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(Both Yang Weining and Lei Zhicheng)

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(supported me to continue my research,)

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(but I knew for a fact
that it had hit a dead end.)

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(Report of Conclusion)
(In my final report,)

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(I conceded that I failed
and couldn't solve the problem.)

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It's been so long,

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yet Ye Wenjie still hasn't made
much of a breakthrough.

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It's a brand-new topic.

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The fact that she's taking on it
counts for something.

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I can't agree more.

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It's highly theoretical
and proves the researcher's expertise,

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or should we say...

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proficiency.

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I'll give her everything she needs
to carry on with her work

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so that we won't
let our superiors down.

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This research means a lot to us, too.

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Us?

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It's you who want her to continue.

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Weining, I hate to say this,
but you're less insightful.

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Now that the chaos in society
is finally subsiding,

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new requirements are set
for cadres like us.

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We need to be mature politically
and accomplished academically.

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You don't want to
be stuck here forever, do you?

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Think about your future.

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We've been helping Ye Wenjie
with her research.

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If she makes a breakthrough,
the credit will go to us, too.

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I didn't think of that as long as
she can carry on her research.

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Sure. Of course.

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That makes the two of us.

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Without this research project,

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she wouldn't have indulged
in the latest academic resources.

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I'm envious.

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(In the end,
I didn't hand in that report.)

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(If my research was terminated,)

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(the base library would stop gathering
research materials)

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(or ordering
foreign language journals.)

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(I'd no longer gain access)

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(to such a trove
of astrophysics references.)

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(But I never expected
that this decision)

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(would lead to a surprising discovery.)

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(I continued my research as normal
on solar interference,)

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(but actually, I was refining
my mathematical model of the sun.)

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(After completing a set of
cumbersome matrix calculations,)

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(a paper in a journal
about Jupiter)

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(caught my attention.)

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(Dr. Harry Peterson
published a set of data)

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(accidentally obtained on June 12th
and July 2nd)

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(while observing Jupiter's precession,)

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(during which strong electromagnetic
radiation was detected,)

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(lasting 81 seconds)

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(and 76 seconds, respectively.)

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(Monitoring Main Control Room)

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(June 12th.)

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(July 2nd.)

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(I remember those two dates vividly.)

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(During those days,)

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(Red Coast's Monitoring System
also received strong sun outages.)

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(The two sun outages
occurred 16 minutes and 42 seconds)

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(after the arrival)

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(of the Jovian radio outbursts
on Earth.)

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(That 16 minutes and 42 seconds
were critical.)

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Hello. It's Ye Wenjie of Monitoring.

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Contact the National
Astronomical Observatories

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for Earth's and Jupiter's positions
on June 12th and July 2nd.

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(Sun)

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(Earth)

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(Jupiter)

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(778.33 Million KM)

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(152.7 Million KM)

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(100 Million KM)

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(From the distance
between Earth and Jupiter,)

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(it's easy to figure out
the time it took)

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(for the radio outbursts
to travel between the two.)

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(Then calculate the time)

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(it'd take the radio outbursts
to go from Jupiter to the sun,)

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(and from the sun to Earth.)

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(The difference between the two
was exactly 16 minutes and 42 seconds.)

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I know I might've bored you,

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but I feel necessary
to tell you every word of it.

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Is such a gap related to the
sudden fluctuation of solar radiation?

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I had my guess back in the day.

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As you all know,

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energy produced by reaction
within the solar core

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is initially in the form
of high-energy gamma rays.

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The radiation zone
absorbs these high-energy photons

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and re-emits them.

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Such successive absorption
and re-emission go quite a long way

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as a photon might take 1,000 years
to leave the sun.

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That's true.

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After this lengthy process,
gamma rays become X-rays,

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extreme ultraviolet, ultraviolet,

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then eventually turn into visible light
and other forms of radiation.

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The frequencies drop gradually.

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You can think of it as a slow slope.

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However,

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my model of the sun
led to a new result.

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As radiation dropped through
different frequencies,

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there were boundaries
between the subzones.

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It's like going down the stairs.

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As energy crossed each boundary,
from inside out,

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the radiation frequency
stepped down a grade sharply.

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So the change in frequencies
isn't gradual?

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That differs from the traditional view.

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Indeed.

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I also found
that these boundaries

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would reflect radiation
from the lower-frequency side,

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and I called them "energy mirrors".

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How accurate and fascinating!

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One of the most incredible features
of those boundary surfaces

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is what I call "gain reflectivity".

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My theory is
the energy mirrors not only

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reflect radiation
from the lower-frequency side

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but also amplify it.

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All the mysterious sudden fluctuations

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we observed in narrow frequency bands

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were the result of other radiation
from space being amplified.

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That was why we couldn't see any
disturbances on the surface of the sun.

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But that characteristic was bizarre

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and hard to prove

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until I discovered
that critical time-frame:

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16 minutes and 42 seconds.

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You skipped meals again?

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Here's Jupiter's precession
on June 12th and July 2nd,

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and solar interference
on Earth on those days

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from the National
Astronomical Observatories.

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Jupiter is here, and Earth and the sun.

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Based on
Earth's and Jupiter's positions then,

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I calculated the distances
between the three.

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The time for electromagnetic radiation
to reach Earth from Jupiter

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is approximately 2,099 seconds.

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From Jupiter to the sun
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that's about 3,101 seconds.

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The difference is 1,002 seconds
or 16 minutes and 42 seconds.

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So?

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My guess is after the Jovian
radio outbursts reached the sun,

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they were re-emitted after being amplified
about 100 million times.

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Earth received both sets of emissions
before and after the amplification,

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separated by 16 minutes and 42 seconds.

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The sun is an amplifier for radio waves!

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But it's receiving electromagnetic radiation
from space all the time,

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including that from the Earth.

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Why were only some
of the waves amplified?

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Because of the shielding effect
of the solar convection zone.

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(Sun)

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Situated outside the radiation zone,

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it's the outermost
liquid layer of the sun.

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(Solar Convection Zone)

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(Space)
The radio waves from space

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penetrate the convection zone first
to reach the radiation zone,

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where they'll be amplified

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before being reflected back out.

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So the waves have to be more powerful
than a threshold value.

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The vast majority
of Earth-based radio sources

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(Earth)

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can't cross this threshold,

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but the Jovian radio outburst
crossed it.

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(Jupiter)

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(Sun)

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Red Coast's maximum transmission power

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exceeds it, too.

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(Space, Radiation Zone, Sun)

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Will this solve solar interference?

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Not really,

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but an exciting possibility ensues.

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That humans can use the sun
as a super-antenna,

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and through it,
broadcast radio waves to the universe.

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The waves will be sent
with the power of the sun,

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hundreds of millions of times greater
than the total usable transmission power

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on Earth.

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Are you saying

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Earth can transmit

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at the level of
a Kardashev Type II civilization?

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Correct.

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Once we compare the waveforms
of the two Jovian radio outbursts

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with the waveforms of the sun outages

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received by Red Coast
and they're a match,

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that'll be
further confirmation of my theory.

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What do you need?

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Contact Dr. Harry Peterson
to obtain the waveform records

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of the two Jovian radio outbursts.

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That won't be easy.

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For one, we lack a proper channel,
and two,

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we need approval at all levels.

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Any lapse

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could lead to treason.

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I'll see what I can do.

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There's a...

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There's a shortcut.

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I'm listening.

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Red Coast can transmit radio waves
directly at the sun

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at a power level
above the threshold value.

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No way.

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That's never been done in our country.

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I doubt Political Commissar Lei
would agree to it.

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I'll tell him
it's for my solar research.

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Use our transmission system
as a solar exploration radar

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whose echoes can be analyzed
to obtain

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some information about solar radiation.

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There are such precedents in the West.

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In fact, it's technically easier

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than the radar exploration
of terrestrial planets

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already being conducted.

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Given Lei's technical background,
he won't be fooled.

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It's worth a try.

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(Solar Electromagnetic Radiation
Monitored by Red Coast)

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Ye Wenjie,
you're getting out of line!

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Theoretical research is enough.

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Why go to such great lengths?

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Lei, as you know,

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all major discoveries
must be confirmed by experiments.

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If her theory is proven right,

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that'll be unprecedented!

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Just this once,

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please.

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Yes.

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Try it once.

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It's not too difficult.

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Receiving the echoes after transmission

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will only take...

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A little over ten minutes.

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That's right!

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Enough for Red Coast to switch from
transmission to monitoring mode.

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I know it's feasible
technically and operationally.

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You just don't get it, do you?

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Aiming a super-powerful
radio beam at the sun?

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Have you thought about
the potential danger and risk?

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I have to review every report
before handing it in.

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Everything related to the sun
must be double-checked!

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There's uncertainty
about this experiment.

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Great uncertainty,
you know?

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(Research Report)

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Keep working on solar interference.

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Forget about this experiment.

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Political Commissar Lei's refusal

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is beyond reasonable.

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I'm sorry.

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I wish I could help.

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It's for your sake.

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Let it go.

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(But I didn't listen to him.)

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(Finally, sparks of hope
were rekindled after so long.)

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(I couldn't see them go out like this.)

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(I kept looking for a chance
to pull off the experiment.)

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(Actually,)

262
00:19:59,900 --> 00:20:06,020
(the risk wasn't too high
to get it done.)

263
00:20:06,020 --> 00:20:10,820
(Red Coast's transmitter
was ultra-high-powered.)

264
00:20:10,820 --> 00:20:13,220
(The fault rate was high.)

265
00:20:13,220 --> 00:20:19,660
(After each overhaul,
there'd be a test transmission.)

266
00:20:22,980 --> 00:20:26,420
Engineer Zhang,
something is wrong again.

267
00:20:26,420 --> 00:20:29,100
It keeps happening.

268
00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:34,340
I just finished the overhaul yesterday.

269
00:20:34,340 --> 00:20:39,020
Not again!

270
00:20:40,060 --> 00:20:42,060
I'll do it.

271
00:20:42,060 --> 00:20:44,940
Thank you,

272
00:20:49,660 --> 00:20:52,620
Wenjie.

273
00:22:01,780 --> 00:22:06,900
(I adjusted the test transmission power
to exceed the threshold value)

274
00:22:06,900 --> 00:22:09,340
(for my gain-reflective theory)

275
00:22:09,340 --> 00:22:12,100
(and then set the frequency)

276
00:22:12,100 --> 00:22:18,260
(to the value most likely
to be amplified by the energy mirror.)

277
00:23:59,140 --> 00:24:03,660
(Finally,
under the guise of testing the antenna,)

278
00:24:03,660 --> 00:24:07,260
(I aimed it at the setting sun)

279
00:24:07,260 --> 00:24:12,940
(and transmitted the same content
as usual.)

280
00:26:56,980 --> 00:26:59,700
Hey...

281
00:27:28,740 --> 00:27:30,060
Tell...

282
00:27:30,060 --> 00:27:34,780
Tell the base station
to monitor the 12,000 MHz channel.

283
00:27:34,780 --> 00:27:36,060
What are we receiving?

284
00:27:36,060 --> 00:27:38,660
Maybe we'll get something.

285
00:27:38,660 --> 00:27:42,180
There's no time to change the system
to monitoring mode.

286
00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:00,540
This is Yang Weining.

287
00:28:00,540 --> 00:28:03,460
Monitor the 12,000 MHz channel.

288
00:28:03,460 --> 00:28:06,220
Keep me updated.

289
00:28:08,340 --> 00:28:11,020
Wait!

290
00:28:11,220 --> 00:28:13,340
Given the low sensitivity of that radio,

291
00:28:13,340 --> 00:28:17,500
we can only receive signals
from extraterrestrials on the moon.

292
00:28:21,180 --> 00:28:24,460
The signal comes from...

293
00:28:26,660 --> 00:28:29,500
the sun.

294
00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:48,660
You used Red Coast
to send a signal to the sun?

295
00:28:58,780 --> 00:29:02,020
Do not tell anyone else about it.
It can't happen again.

296
00:29:02,020 --> 00:29:05,180
Never!

297
00:29:09,140 --> 00:29:11,140
What's the point anyway?

298
00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:12,540
Even if there's an echo wave,

299
00:29:12,540 --> 00:29:18,500
it'll be too weak
to be picked up by our radio.

300
00:29:19,340 --> 00:29:21,780
No.

301
00:29:21,780 --> 00:29:25,060
If my guess is right,

302
00:29:25,060 --> 00:29:29,620
it'll receive an extremely strong echo,

303
00:29:29,620 --> 00:29:33,260
more powerful than we can imagine.

304
00:29:34,020 --> 00:29:38,100
As long as the transmission power
exceeds a certain threshold,

305
00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:44,260
the sun can amplify
the signal 100 million-fold.

306
00:30:52,860 --> 00:30:55,580
I see.

307
00:31:00,060 --> 00:31:03,220
They got nothing.

308
00:31:29,260 --> 00:31:30,780
Don't be too upset.

309
00:31:30,780 --> 00:31:32,620
Check this out.

310
00:31:32,620 --> 00:31:34,820
That astronomer

311
00:31:34,820 --> 00:31:37,900
wrote back.

312
00:31:53,740 --> 00:31:56,020
What did he say?

313
00:31:56,020 --> 00:31:57,700
He said he hadn't imagined

314
00:31:57,700 --> 00:32:01,900
that there'd be fellows in China
studying planetary electromagnetism

315
00:32:01,900 --> 00:32:05,620
and expected more collaboration
and communication.

316
00:32:18,660 --> 00:32:22,460
(The two stacks of paper he sent
included a complete record)

317
00:32:22,460 --> 00:32:26,660
(of the waveforms
of the two Jovian radio outbursts.)

318
00:32:26,660 --> 00:32:30,500
(I lined them up on the floor.)

319
00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:34,220
(If they match
that of the two sun outages,)

320
00:32:34,220 --> 00:32:39,220
(that means my theory is right.)

321
00:32:47,860 --> 00:32:53,500
(Halfway through the effort,
I gave up any hope.)

322
00:32:53,500 --> 00:32:58,180
(I knew those two waveforms by heart.)

323
00:32:58,180 --> 00:33:03,620
(They didn't match these two.)

324
00:33:06,940 --> 00:33:09,540
What's wrong?

325
00:33:15,340 --> 00:33:17,380
Nothing.

326
00:33:17,380 --> 00:33:22,380
It's time to
wake up from my dream.

327
00:33:46,180 --> 00:33:51,100
(Little did I know that at that moment,)

328
00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:53,580
(the first cry that could be heard)

329
00:33:53,580 --> 00:33:58,260
(in space from Earth civilization)

330
00:33:58,260 --> 00:34:01,100
(had been spreading out from the sun)

331
00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:07,820
(to the universe at the speed of light.)

332
00:34:28,420 --> 00:34:34,260
(A star-powered radio wave,
like a majestic tide,)

333
00:34:34,260 --> 00:34:38,540
(had crossed the orbit of Jupiter.)

334
00:34:38,540 --> 00:34:41,340
(At the frequency of 12,000 MHz,)

335
00:34:41,340 --> 00:34:46,700
(the sun was the brightest star
in the entire Milky Way.)

336
00:34:49,660 --> 00:34:51,780
Your call to the universe

337
00:34:51,780 --> 00:34:55,580
let Lord finally hear us!

338
00:34:55,580 --> 00:34:58,060
Eliminate human tyranny!

339
00:34:58,060 --> 00:35:00,940
The world belongs to Trisolaris!

340
00:35:00,940 --> 00:35:03,020
Eliminate human tyranny!

341
00:35:03,020 --> 00:35:05,740
The world belongs to Trisolaris!

342
00:35:05,740 --> 00:35:08,020
Eliminate human tyranny!

343
00:35:08,020 --> 00:35:12,980
The world belongs to Trisolaris!

344
00:35:19,260 --> 00:35:24,300
At the time,
I couldn't have imagined that.

345
00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:30,620
That transmission
was more of a gorgeous bubble.

346
00:35:30,620 --> 00:35:32,820
It quickly broke

347
00:35:32,820 --> 00:35:36,980
and my life returned to peace.

348
00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:43,900
(The Red Coast Project completed its testing
and breaking-in phases.)

349
00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:49,060
(Technical problems became
fewer and fewer.)

350
00:35:49,060 --> 00:35:52,220
(Four years after I came to the base,)

351
00:35:52,220 --> 00:35:55,140
(Happy Marriage)
(Yang Weining married me)

352
00:35:55,140 --> 00:35:58,620
(at the cost of his future career.)

353
00:35:59,620 --> 00:36:05,740
(Due to my complicated background,
he lost his position as chief engineer.)

354
00:36:05,740 --> 00:36:08,340
(We stayed on the base)

355
00:36:08,340 --> 00:36:11,780
(as ordinary technicians.)

356
00:36:38,060 --> 00:36:42,140
(My life and work became regular)

357
00:36:42,140 --> 00:36:45,740
(and I gained inner peace.)

358
00:36:50,140 --> 00:36:51,900
(That said,)

359
00:36:51,900 --> 00:36:56,460
(what had been suppressed
by anxiety and fear)

360
00:36:56,460 --> 00:37:00,700
(began to awaken.)

361
00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:03,260
(I started to look with a rational gaze)

362
00:37:03,260 --> 00:37:07,580
(at the madness and hatred
that had harmed me)

363
00:37:07,580 --> 00:37:10,620
(and straight at humanity's evil side.)

364
00:37:10,620 --> 00:37:16,260
(I read classics of
foreign-language philosophy and history.)

365
00:37:16,260 --> 00:37:19,500
(Philosophers' extraordinary insights)

366
00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:23,340
(led me to the most fundamental)

367
00:37:23,340 --> 00:37:27,620
(and secret aspects of human nature.)

368
00:37:35,540 --> 00:37:38,620
(In reality,
the irrationality of the human race)

369
00:37:38,620 --> 00:37:42,340
(was constantly on display.)

370
00:38:01,980 --> 00:38:08,420
(Deranged logging
was found every day everywhere.)

371
00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:13,660
(Wasteland kept growing day by day.)

372
00:38:13,660 --> 00:38:15,420
(The insanity of the human race)

373
00:38:15,420 --> 00:38:19,860
(had reached its historical zenith.)

374
00:38:23,580 --> 00:38:25,260
(Back then,)

375
00:38:25,260 --> 00:38:29,740
(the Cold War was at its height.)

376
00:38:29,740 --> 00:38:33,780
(Under the ground
were countless missile silos.)

377
00:38:33,780 --> 00:38:35,420
(Under the sea,)

378
00:38:35,420 --> 00:38:39,740
(nuclear submarines
were patrolling like ghosts.)

379
00:38:39,740 --> 00:38:42,860
(Nuclear warfare
able to destroy Earth dozens of times)

380
00:38:42,860 --> 00:38:45,860
(might break out at any moment.)

381
00:38:45,860 --> 00:38:47,700
(A single Lafayette)

382
00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:51,060
(or Yankee-class submarine
held enough warheads)

383
00:38:51,060 --> 00:38:53,620
(to destroy hundreds of cities)

384
00:38:53,620 --> 00:38:57,300
(and kill hundreds of millions
of people.)

385
00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:04,700
(Nuclear Weapons
are as powerful as stars.)

386
00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:09,140
(But the universe
has even more terrible forces)

387
00:39:09,140 --> 00:39:16,100
(such as black holes, anti-matter,
dark matter, and more.)

388
00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:18,460
(Compared with them,)

389
00:39:18,460 --> 00:39:23,860
(a thermonuclear bomb is nothing
but a tiny candle.)

390
00:39:23,860 --> 00:39:27,940
(If humans obtained
one of those other forces,

391
00:39:27,940 --> 00:39:33,860
(the world
might be vaporized instantly.)

392
00:39:33,860 --> 00:39:39,540
In the presence of madness,
rationality is powerless.

393
00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:46,380
(I remember
I was battling the loss of purpose.)

394
00:39:46,380 --> 00:39:48,940
(I had been an idealist)

395
00:39:48,940 --> 00:39:54,620
(who'd give it her all for a great cause.)

396
00:39:54,620 --> 00:40:00,260
(But then, I found all that I had done
was meaningless,)

397
00:40:02,020 --> 00:40:08,380
as would any future endeavor be.

398
00:40:09,820 --> 00:40:13,820
Until 1979,

399
00:40:13,820 --> 00:40:17,460
on October 21st,

400
00:40:18,420 --> 00:40:23,020
everything was changed.

401
00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:31,820
(Actually, the night shift was easy.)

402
00:40:31,820 --> 00:40:34,860
(I just needed to check
the waves of radio signals from space)

403
00:40:34,860 --> 00:40:39,860
(and listen to the meaningless noise.)

404
00:40:50,380 --> 00:40:55,900
(It was hard to tell with the naked eye
if a waveform carried information.)

405
00:40:57,180 --> 00:41:01,980
(But I was so familiar with the waveform)
(of the noise of the universe.)

406
00:41:01,980 --> 00:41:05,620
(I realized
the wave moving in front of me)

407
00:41:05,620 --> 00:41:09,500
(had been modulated by intelligence.)

408
00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:14,500
(No radio signals we had received
exceeded C-level recognizability.)

409
00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:19,460
(Were it an A, the likelihood that the
transmission contained intelligent information)

410
00:41:19,460 --> 00:41:24,260
(would be above 90 percent.)

411
00:41:24,260 --> 00:41:29,780
(The rating of that one was AAAAA.)

412
00:41:29,780 --> 00:41:33,100
(That was extremely unusual,)

413
00:41:33,100 --> 00:41:36,020
(which meant
that the received transmission)

414
00:41:36,020 --> 00:41:41,620
(used the same coding language
as Red Coast's outbound transmission.)

415
00:43:01,140 --> 00:43:03,780
(Do not answer)

416
00:43:06,380 --> 00:43:09,100
"Do not

417
00:43:09,100 --> 00:43:12,820
answer".

418
00:43:14,980 --> 00:43:15,980
"Do not answer"!

419
00:43:18,620 --> 00:43:22,300
"Do not answer"!

420
00:44:44,940 --> 00:44:49,580
(Do not answer)

421
00:44:50,660 --> 00:44:57,420
♪ I've seen things
you people won't believe ♪

422
00:44:58,140 --> 00:45:04,260
♪ Soon our planet will vanish ♪

423
00:45:05,620 --> 00:45:11,980
♪ I've known the future
you people won't think of ♪

424
00:45:12,900 --> 00:45:19,140
♪ Soon your planet will be punished ♪

425
00:45:20,220 --> 00:45:26,940
♪ I've seen things
you people won't believe ♪

426
00:45:27,660 --> 00:45:33,580
♪ Soon our planet will vanish ♪

427
00:45:35,020 --> 00:45:41,140
♪ I've known the future
you people won't think of ♪

428
00:45:42,420 --> 00:45:48,460
♪ Soon your planet will be punished ♪

429
00:45:49,780 --> 00:45:56,460
♪ I've seen things
you people won't believe ♪

430
00:45:57,180 --> 00:46:03,460
♪ Soon our planet will vanish ♪

431
00:46:04,620 --> 00:46:11,180
♪ I've known the future
you people won't think of ♪

432
00:46:11,900 --> 00:46:18,300
♪ Soon your planet will be punished ♪

433
00:46:19,260 --> 00:46:26,180
♪ I've seen things
you people won't believe ♪

434
00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:32,540
♪ Soon our planet will vanish ♪

435
00:46:34,020 --> 00:46:40,620
♪ I've known the future
you people won't think of ♪

436
00:46:41,540 --> 00:46:47,380
♪ Soon your planet will be punished ♪

437
00:46:48,860 --> 00:46:55,540
♪ I've seen things
you people won't believe ♪

438
00:46:56,260 --> 00:47:02,460
♪ Soon our planet will vanish ♪

439
00:47:03,620 --> 00:47:10,660
♪ I've known the future
you people won't think of ♪

440
00:47:10,980 --> 00:47:14,220
♪ Soon your planet will be punished ♪

441
00:47:14,220 --> 00:47:20,420
=Three-Body=