Clemens: "How much time do I have left?"

Major Cole: "The singularity may be less than a week away. I need you to tell me the exact location of the heart, with an error margin of no more than one kilometer."

Clemens: "A week? The error is less than one kilometer?! Do you know what you're saying? This requires the collection and analysis of a huge amount of data, and the construction of a geological model involving many factors such as tides, gravity, celestial bodies, and the Earth's crust. Such a huge workload, and I'm doing it all by myself!"

Major Cole turned around and shrugged: "There's nothing we can do. The duration of a singularity eruption is not fixed; it could be several hours, or it could be only a few seconds. If the error is too large, then we might miss the best opportunity for contact."

Clemens asked in confusion, "I've been hearing you talk about the Singularity Outbreak, but what exactly is it? And what are those black towers?"

Major Cole: "It's okay to tell you now, you'll see it in the report later anyway."

“Every so often, a series of earthquakes occur on Earth.”

"With each earthquake, three giant black towers will rise from the ground, just like the ones you saw earlier."

"When these giant towers rise and break through the earth's crust, they will form a stable triangular chain. Physicists say that there is an extremely powerful potential field operating within this triangular chain."

"When this energy field reaches a peak, a white hole will be generated at the center of gravity, ejecting matter and energy outward."

"They call the formation of this hole a singularity eruption."

Clemens asked, "A white hole that spews out matter and energy? What exactly is that?"

Major Cole shrugged: "Nobody knows how it forms, they just know it appears every now and then. The duration varies, and the location of the eruption also shifts slightly."

Clemens: "So what will appear from the white hole?"

Major Cole: "All sorts of strange things, sometimes man-made objects of unknown purpose, sometimes stone slabs carved with unknown characters, and sometimes even a few bizarre creatures."

Clemens felt his mouth go dry: "You mean... aliens?"

Major Cole: "I don't know. I've only seen photos and videos. All the physical objects are locked up at the bottom of the base and guarded by special personnel."

Clemens was a little skeptical: "You've never seen the real thing?"

Major Cole: "I didn't catch the previous good times. The last singularity was in 1986, and the one before that was in 1947. But I was lucky enough to catch at least this one during my service."

Major Cole turned off the TV with the remote and stood up, saying to Clemens, "I'll have someone send a detailed report about what's going on here later. Oh, and by the way, your laptop, and all the related materials, I've already packed them up and airlifted them here; they'll be delivered to your room as well."

Clemens suddenly remembered something: "If I agree to your request, does that mean I'll never be able to leave here?"

Major Cole walked toward the door and said, "Whether you agree or not, there is only one way to leave this place—by being cremated ashes."