【!!!】

Seeing the three bright red exclamation marks on the big screen and the harsh and sharp siren sounding at the same time, Qin Ke's pupils shrank and everyone lost their countenance, because such an alarm means that the highest level of danger is about to happen.

occur!

Even when the first wave of high-energy charged particles attacked so densely and powerfully that the "planetary shield" was overwhelmed, Shimmer never gave such a warning!

The next second, a new alert popped up again in Shimmer, this time it was a detailed message:

[NASA’s Mars Probes 1, 2, and 3 have successively returned the latest warning news. A meteorite with a diameter of about 200 meters has changed its trajectory due to the impact of the “super giant solar storm” and is flying towards the Blue Star.

It is expected to collide with Blue Star in 19 minutes!】

[Based on communication time correction, deducting the 14 minutes it takes for the Mars probe’s warning information to be transmitted back to Blue Star, it is estimated that the meteorite will actually arrive in Blue Star’s outer space and collide with Blue Star in 5 minutes!]

[Currently, Blue Star’s ultra-high-altitude satellites have been damaged or have entered a protective shutdown state. All orbiting satellites within the protection range of the “planetary shield” have begun to search and capture traces of the meteorite. It is expected to be discovered within 1 minute.

Please pay attention to the latest warning news about this meteorite!]

A meteorite with a diameter of 200 meters has deviated from its original trajectory due to the influence of a "super giant solar storm" and is about to hit the blue star?

Everyone in the "Command Center" looked at each other with astonishment. Lao Tao and Edward Witten stood up suddenly in shock.

What is the concept of a meteorite with a diameter of 200 meters? The energy generated by its impact is equivalent to the power of 35 million tons of TNT explosives, which is the power of the simultaneous explosion of 1,750 Hiroshima "Little Boy" atomic bombs!

Now that it is flying towards the blue star, the deployed "planetary shield" will bear the brunt of the impact and violently collide with it before the planet's atmosphere!

The design goal of the "Planet Shield" is to defend against "super giant solar storms", such as the impact of high-energy charged particle clusters equivalent to the explosive power of 1.2 million tons of TNT.

The operating algorithm of "Light" enables the "Planet Shield" to break through to 120% power and operate stably before successfully resisting it.

Now faced with large meteorites whose impact energy exceeds that of high-energy charged particles by nearly 30 times, the "planetary shield" is just like paper and cannot protect it at all!

Although in theory, it is possible to bombard the meteorite with nuclear bombs or other powerful explosive devices and forcibly change its trajectory, there are only a few minutes left before the impact, and there is no time to organize a response!

Lao Tao swallowed subconsciously, and then asked with difficulty: "Can we close part of the defensive light curtain in advance based on the prediction of the collision trajectory later, so that the meteorite can pass through the 'planetary shield'... and then rely on the atmosphere to

Burn it? This will not endanger our 'planetary shield'. At most, some high-energy charged particles will enter the ground, and the loss should be controllable."

When a meteorite passes through the atmosphere, because it travels too fast, it will generate strong friction with the air. The surface temperature of the meteorite will also rise sharply in a short period of time, causing it to fragment and explode violently due to uneven heating, internal reactions, etc., and eventually fall.

When it reaches the ground, it will shrink a lot and even completely turn into thousands of tiny meteorites.

This is common sense. As a mathematician by profession and a half-physicist by profession, it is not surprising that Tao made such a proposal.

A more pure physicist, especially Ning Qingyun, a great expert in fluid mechanics, shook his head and looked pale:

"I'm afraid not. The size of this meteorite is too large, and the friction generated by the atmosphere cannot burn it and melt it. It would be fine if it fell into the ocean, but if it happened to fall on land, it would at least create a crater with a diameter of more than 6 kilometers, and

All buildings within a radius of more than 20 kilometers will be destroyed!"

Just then, a glimmering alert popped up on the big screen again:

[Seven low-Earth orbit satellites captured the target meteorite at the same time! The impact point is being deduced based on its forward trajectory...]

[After the deduction, the speed of the target meteorite is 62 kilometers per second. It is expected to collide with the "1705" light curtain area of ​​the "Planet Shield" in 2 minutes and 51 seconds. The current "Planet Shield" has successfully blocked it.

The probability is 0! The target meteorite will penetrate the "1705" light curtain area, then penetrate the atmosphere, and have a 97% probability of falling into the Arctic Circle... The specific landing impact point is being deduced...]

Seeing that it had fallen into the Arctic Circle, most people immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It was a vast place with few people and the damage caused was relatively small. Maybe Tao Zhexuan's proposal just now was still feasible, but the next second, another scene appeared on the big screen.

An alert prompt of [!!!] pops up.

[After deduction, there is a 91% probability that the landing impact point of the target meteorite will be near the "No. 6881" launch base, which will cause a devastating blow to the "No. 6881" launch base. It is recommended that the "No. 6881" launch base be moved immediately.

"The launch tower switches to a protective shutdown state to avoid nuclear radiation pollution!]

[There is only 2:47 left before the target meteorite collides with the "planetary shield"]

【2:46】

【2:45】

Looking at the countdown on the big screen, the atmosphere in the "command center" was so tense that it almost solidified.

Edward Witten murmured in a daze: "How could it be such a coincidence that it happens to be the launch base of 'No. 6881'... Are humans destined to escape this disaster..."

There are 455 launch towers marked as "critical" in the entire "Planet Shield" plan, of which 50 are marked as "the most critical". The "No. 6881" launch tower is these 50 "most critical" launch towers.

One of the "key" launch towers, it plays an irreplaceable key role in restoring the planet's magnetic field balance, correcting the planet's rotation slope, and correcting the planet's orbit.

This is also because the Arctic Circle is dominated by the ocean, and there are only ten-thousand-year-old glaciers in the Arctic. There are too few places suitable for building launch towers. The "No. 6881" launch tower is built on glaciers.

Its location was chosen with great effort and was not replaceable at all.

Although in theory, the "Planet Shield" was built with redundancy in mind, even if the "No. 6881" launch base tower is really destroyed, it will not cause the entire "Planet Shield" plan to fail.

But it will inevitably cause the probability of success of the three high-level goals of "restoring the balance of the planet's magnetic field", "correcting the planet's rotation slope" and "correcting the planet's orbit" to plummet.

In particular, one must take into account the other serious consequences of a meteorite of this magnitude striking Arctic glaciers.

Even if it is weakened by the atmosphere, the final impact of the target meteorite is still terrible. The Arctic plate is equivalent to withstanding the concentrated bombing of more than a thousand nuclear bombs. It will not only produce terrible natural disasters, melt large areas of glaciers, trigger large tsunamis, and lead to the Arctic

If one hundred and fifty-nine launch towers within the circle collapse or suffer serious malfunctions, the cold wave will hit countries in the northern hemisphere, and even the entire Arctic plate will be shaken. The planet's magnetic field will further become chaotic and deteriorate, and the difficulty of repair will increase by several levels.

This is very likely to have immeasurable terrible consequences, which is the real reason why Shimmer has issued the highest level warning of [!!!] again.

Except for some administrative staff present who did not understand these details, the rest were scientists who had been studying Arctic climate issues. How could they not think of this.

It is precisely because they are too aware of the importance of the "No. 6881" launch tower that everyone feels a strong sense of frustration and powerlessness at this moment.

Edward's words also echoed in everyone's hearts. Do humans really have to go to the road of frequent natural disasters, decline and destruction?

Are all these years of hard work, and all these days and nights, all in vain?

Despair, chagrin, helplessness, pain, unwillingness, negativity, anger, sadness, sadness...all kinds of negative emotions enveloped the entire "command center", and even command sub-centers around the world fell into suffocating silence.

Only some people still looked up at Qin Ke, who had been silent.

"The situation is not so bad, and there are ways to solve it." Qin Ke finally spoke.

With just one sentence, everyone immediately turned around in surprise and focused their attention on him.

In such a desperate situation, can Academician Qin still come up with a solution?

Qin Ke's eyes were like lightning, he looked around the crowd and said in a deep voice: "There are only more than two minutes left. The time is limited. I don't have time to explain in detail. Everyone, please allow me to take over the highest management authority of the 'Planet Shield' project.

, and solve this crisis according to my method."

At present, the key and major operations of the "Planet Shield" project require collective decision-making by the "decision-making team", and only after secondary confirmation by more than 20 command sub-centers, they will be handed over to Shiguang for execution. This is for

Balance the interests of all parties and ensure the safety of the entire project.

But there is only one exception.

Qin Ke is the founder and de facto chief designer, chief engineer, and commander-in-chief of the "Planet Shield" project. In early August this year, the "decision-making team" held a meeting to authorize him to take over the entire "Planet Shield" in an emergency.

"Cover" has the highest management authority to ensure rapid response to emergencies.

It's just that this authority is too sensitive and affects too many people's nerves, so Qin Ke never intends to use it.

The last time we decided to increase the power of the "Planet Shield" from 100% to 120%, we also followed the normal decision-making process of "decision-making team members" on duty.

But now there are only more than two minutes left, and there are more operations to come. Qin Ke no longer has time to go through such a joint decision-making process.

He took a deep breath and pressed his palm on the light screen in front of him: "Take over the highest management authority!"

New news was immediately displayed on the big screen: [Palmprint, fingerprint, voiceprint, and retinal security were tested at the same time. Qin Ke, member No. 01 of the "Supreme Decision-making Team", officially took over the "top management" of the "Planet Shield" project.

Permissions”!]

“Get ready to start ‘Project X’ now!”

Everyone said "Ah". "Project

Or the final "insurance" when making unpredictable and dangerous operations. Now Academician Qin wants to start "Project X"? But it has nothing to do with artificial intelligence now...

Before anyone could figure it out, Qin Ke had already begun to issue instructions:

"The power of the 'Light of Zhurong', the energy supply core of all launch base towers of the 'Planet Shield', has been increased to 130%!"

[Power exceeding 120% is serious overload, please confirm whether to execute it. 】

"implement."

[The command has been accepted, the power boost operation is being executed, and the estimated completion time is 10 seconds.]

"120% of the power of 'Zhu Rong's Light' continues to be used to maintain the overall operation of the 'Planet Shield', and the additional 10% of energy is gathered into the 'No. 1705' defensive light curtain area through the 'Momentum Transfer Function'!"

[Reminder, the accumulation of such high-intensity energy into a defensive light curtain area will cause serious excess energy. The current rebalancing algorithm cannot solve this problem. Please confirm whether to implement it. 】

"Execute. After the launch of 'Project

[The command has been accepted and will be executed in 8 seconds!]

"Qin Xiaoke..." Ning Qingyun was right next to Qin Ke. At this time, she fully understood Qin Ke's plan, and couldn't help but hold on to the corner of his clothes with worry and distress.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Qin Xiaoke is going to use the "No. 1705" defensive light curtain area to gather powerful electromagnetic energy to block the target meteorite and electrolyze it.

!

However, the "Planet Shield" has never been designed with relevant functions, and Shimmer does not have any relevant functional algorithms. Now it is definitely too late and impossible to rewrite the algorithm and enter it into Shimmer, so Qin Xiaoke plans to do it himself

To act as an "instant algorithm generator", through the "brain signal command system" in "Project
To be continued...