CH 196 Your Existence Is My Meaning
Translated by The BL Muse (ko-fi)
Before his vacation ended, Jiang Chen went to the old family house and had a meal with everyone.
After dinner, old Mr. He called Jiang Chen to the study. In addition to being concerned about his living situation in the past six months, he also asked about Jiang Chen's work. The transfer order for Jiang Chen to be transferred to the joint research area had been issued, and the Changjiang System and the DTW System had also been exposed on a small scale. The He family knew more than ordinary people, but they also understood the nature of Jiang Chen's work, so they only expressed a few simple words of concern and advice, and didn’t inquire too much.
Jiang Chen had not spent much time with old Mr. He. He respected him very much, but was not close to him. Apart from the most basic greetings, there were no other topics to talk about. So after all the usual topics were over with, the old man and the young man were relatively speechless for a moment. Old Mr. He rubbed the carvings on the armrests of his sandalwood armchair, and sighed deeply: "How is He Qianjian?"
Jiang Chen told the truth: "His condition is not very good."
Although he was currently on vacation, Jiang Chen, as the general person in charge of the DTW project in the future, must always know He Qianjian's status so that he could deal with the subsequent research process more calmly, thus someone would report He Qianjian's situation to him every day.
The current He Qianjian, if only based on his physical condition, was definitely in the best condition now that he had entered the Military Research Institute. After all, his health and life span were related to the length and progress of the research. However, his mental state was a different matter.
Jiang Chen received He Qianjian's psychological evaluation form a few days ago, and the results were not optimistic. As time went by, he worried that He Qianjian might fall into complete madness. Once he lost his mind and sobriety, the DTW research project would also be affected. There would definitely be an impact, so no matter how painful it was for He Qianjian, he would still definitely find ways to keep He Qianjian sane and able to assist them in their research.
It might be cold-blooded to say this, but Jiang Chen had no time to
care more. Regardless of his personal grievances with He Qianjian, the burden on him now was too heavy. Especially after his conversation with Shi Fengyue, heaviness and urgency were always weighing on him. He Qianjian's tragic end could be said to be well-deserved. If historical development were to follow, then weren't the humans who experienced the pioneering era more innocent?
"By not good...is he not in good health?"
Old Mr. He's expression was calm when he spoke, seemingly untroubled, but his hand rubbing the carved patterns on the armrest betrayed him. Jiang Chen caught a glimpse of it from the corner of his eye and pondered for a moment: "His physical condition is fine, but his mental condition is very bad. Currently, he has developed the intention of self-harm and seeking death."
"Self-harm..." Old Mr. He was slightly startled, his droopy eyelids showing fatigue and vicissitudes of life: "Such a proud child..."
But before he finished speaking, he fell silent for a long time.
"Can you do Grandpa a favor?"
Jiang Chen: "Of course."
"I want to see He Qianjian."
“Okay."
……
Don’t know what old Mr. He said to He Qianjian but He Qianjian, who had been unwilling to cooperate with the research, suddenly fell silent. He no longer deliberately resisted and inflicted harm on himself, and began to cooperate with the research. Back then, the System used up almost all its energy resources in order to send the positioning coordinates and was forcibly controlled within He Qianjian's body. It was unable to kill the host and escape and could only open all its information and data to be studied, allowing the researchers to learn the technology of its home planet to develop the earth.
On the day when the joint research area was established, just like the day when the System intercepted the signals on the earth, news broadcast in different languages from all countries appeared on all electronic screens that could be displayed. What was different from that day was that this news was extremely detailed and occupied everyone's electronic devices all day long.
Different time zones and different places all exploded because of this piece of news.
The whole world was boiling.
Some people thought that hackers were responsible for this, just like with last time, while others believed what was broadcasted was the truth. People in the media frantically made phone calls to the government to seek the truth. Young people gathered together to revel in the coolness of Changjiang and the alien system. Scientific researchers called their colleagues and senior teachers in the industry, and even the office workers who stayed up late and got up early joined the discussion in a daze.
When people all over the world were discussing Changjiang, DTW and aliens, scientists from various fields from various countries gathered in the joint research area, and Jiang Chen officially became the person in charge of the DTW project and the Changjiang project.
At the suggestion of Jiang Chen and other scientists, scientific research was no longer kept mysterious. The monthly discussion meeting that summarized the progress of the month and displayed the latest results was recorded and broadcasted to the public. Like the UN conferences, it was translated into six languages and broadcast in various countries around the world at regular intervals so that people all over the world could have a deeper understanding of the development and current situation of the earth.
Occasionally, when scientists of different skin colors and fields in the joint research area were taking a break, they were invited to participate in science popularization programs specially developed by the United Nations. They used simple wording to popularize some scientific knowledge to the general public, or hold some discussions and debates on topics, such as the current status of alien scientific and technological civilizations; what aliens might look like; which galaxy the alien planet was in; if calculated in light years, how long would it take for aliens to travel from the outer galaxy to the earth…
Under this perseverance, humorous and easy-to-understand science popularization, even ordinary people who have never been involved in the field of scientific research became aware of the current situation of the earth, and understood that everyone must work together to fight against the alien forces that would come sooner or later and launch an interstellar war.
Humanity had been unified as never before and was all focused on the outside enemy. An interstellar federation without racial or national discrimination had begun to take shape. More and more young people were studying hard and devoting themselves to scientific research, further promoting the development of the earth's science and technology.
Ten years later, the earth's first interstellar battleship was completed, equipped with the latest updated Changjiang system, and achieved a space jump only seen in science fiction blockbusters.
In the same year, the young man who was called "Mr. Jiang" also reached his thirties. He changed from "Mr. Jiang" to “Professor Jiang" and won three of the most important awards in the field that year in addition to the Nobel Peace Prize.
Jiang Chen combined the four award speeches into one, which he practically came up with on the spot. However, regardless of whether he was present for all award ceremonies or not, at the end of the speech he would mention his most important person, Professor Shi.
At the only award ceremony that was attended, Jiang Chen said this at the end of his speech:
"Two seniors once guided me to develop Changjiang. Changjiang is the embodiment of their love for each other. So I decided to use this name to commemorate their love and express my gratitude for their guidance. I clearly remember that one of my teachers, Senior Jiang Jian once wrote in his notes, “My love, Chang Xin, you always complain that I hardly ever say I love you." When I read this at the time, I just felt moved. But now that I think about it, he was teaching me that I should always voice my love out loud."
"But when I recall in my memories, there were only a handful of times when I said I loved him, but he never complained. He only told me again and again that he loved me very much."
"Every time I think of him saying he loves me, I feel very happy, and I remind myself in my heart that I must remember to say I love him tomorrow."
"However, every day when I open my eyes, there seem to be more important things occupying my time and sight. It is a matter of course for everyone, including him, because my job is crucial to the world and mankind. In the judgment of priorities, a word of love seems completely incomparable and not worth mentioning at all.”
"It has been fourteen years since I met him. But it is only in the past few days that I finally could slow down and have some time to consider myself. When I recalled the contents of that notebook again, I suddenly realized that compared to the two seniors and him, I have done too little for my loved one."
"Senior Jiang Jian said that the existence of Changjiang represented his most passionate and sincere love for Senior Yang Changxin."
"And I want to say that your existence is my meaning."
"I love you."
The end.