A few days later.
Inside the Human Federation's main laboratory.
Two enormous machines sat quietly in the center of the laboratory.
They were two single-photon control devices.
One machine was larger than the other. The smaller one was newly built.
A long, slender conduit connected the two devices.
As for why they had been arranged this way...
It was simple.
This Photon Control experiment aimed to verify whether two entangled photons could transmit information through action at a distance.
Unlike the first experiment, this one required two entangled photons.
As such, the original single-photon generator had been removed from the second single-photon control device.
Both photons would be generated by the first device.
Lü Yongchang stood before one of the machines, his expression grave.
"Professor Lü, can we begin the experiment?"
Tang Wenshan's voice came from beside him.
Lü Yongchang considered it carefully for a moment. After confirming that nothing had been overlooked, he nodded lightly.
"Begin the experiment!"
As he spoke, he reached out and pressed the switch on the enormous machine before him.
A faint vibration traveled through the floor.
The photon generator inside the single-photon control device in front of Lü Yongchang began operating.
As the indicator light turned green, two entangled photons passed through the conduit into the single-photon control devices on either side.
"Zero, manipulate photon one first."
Lü Yongchang spoke in a low voice.
"Understood." The instant Zero's voice rang out, a faint hum came from the single-photon control device before Lü Yongchang.
Tang Wenshan, meanwhile, stared fixedly at the other device's monitor, terrified of missing even the slightest change.
"..."
Everyone in the laboratory held their breath.
They feared that even their faint breathing might affect the two "fragile" photons inside the enormous machines before them.
For every researcher present, those few