Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 180

It is a very complicated thing to simulate the impact of each area of ​​the world when an asteroid hits the earth, and the interaction between the impacts.Once simulated, the computing power required is so high that ordinary people can't imagine.

But now, according to Lu Ming's request, such simulations need to be performed more than 2000 million times.Even with the supercomputing power of the Asteroid Warning Center, it will take two full days to complete.

During these two days, all scientific research tasks will be suspended.But fortunately, it will not affect the daily observation work here at the early warning center.

Because it is only for observation, there is no need to use supercomputing.

Facing Lu Ming's request, the supervisor surnamed Wang agreed with a serious expression, and immediately started the operation.

He transformed Lu Ming's request into a detailed and rigorous computer language, and then input it into the simulation program.On the visualization screen, Lu Ming saw the detailed process of the first simulation.

Of course, for supercomputing, this first simulation only takes a few milliseconds.In order to let the operators feel the simulation results more intuitively, it took up to half an hour to present them on the screen.

As a result, Lu Ming saw a huge asteroid rushing towards the Earth's Pacific Ocean in a relatively inclined orbit.

The longest point of this asteroid is more than 20 kilometers, and the width and thickness are about 10 kilometers and 7 kilometers respectively.It presents a dark black color as a whole, and is mainly composed of iron, silicon, carbon, oxygen and so on.

It just hit the Earth's atmosphere.At this moment, its surface turned red, releasing a dazzling light.

Its surface temperature climbed to thousands of degrees Celsius in that instant.

This process only lasted a few seconds.Because its speed is too fast, and the earth's atmosphere is too thin.

In just a few seconds, it passed through the Earth's atmosphere.And at this moment, a bursting hurricane has formed because of this violent impact.Under extremely high pressure, the gust of wind spreads to the surroundings at a speed of several kilometers per second.

Even the most violent typhoon has a wind speed of only a few hundred meters per second.At this moment, the power of this squall is more than ten times stronger than that of a typhoon.

Even Iron Man would be blown to pieces in this area.

This gust of wind alone is enough to cause great damage to the surface.But in the whole impact process, this is just an appetizer, not worth mentioning at all.

After that, the front end of the asteroid touched the Pacific Ocean, a five-kilometer-by-five-kilometer area with a total area of ​​25 square kilometers, numbered 110265.

Here is the center point of impact.Beyond the central point, because the asteroid is too large, it also covers several other surrounding areas.

The water in the center of the impact point was directly vaporized, and some debris of the asteroid was even thrown back into space because of the violent impact.Huge waves as high as a kilometer were generated and swept across the world. The violent seismic waves also started from this point and spread to the entire planet.

At geological weak points, plates ruptured and earthquakes of unprecedented magnitude destroyed everything on the surface.Volcanoes began to erupt, and strong winds began to sweep everything around the entire earth.Mountains were blown down, trees were uprooted, tall buildings toppled as easily as toys, and because there were enough condensation nuclei, thunderstorms and lightning began to appear in many parts of the earth.

Earth has been ravaged violently enough at this point.But this is still just the beginning.

All kinds of violent geological disasters will last for several years, and it may not take hundreds of years to completely calm down.Storms and storms will also become the norm, and the climate will deteriorate to the point where it is completely unsuitable for human survival.

But it's still not the scariest.

The scariest thing was that so much dust and ash was released into the sky by the impact.They are so dense that they block most of the sunlight.As a result, the earth becomes cold, and even the equator, which is hot all year round, will be frozen for thousands of miles.

The entire ecosystem collapsed completely, and more than 99.99% of species became extinct.The extinction rate of large organisms other than microorganisms may even be as high as 100% in the wild.

Only humans who have mastered advanced technology can survive in a few bases.But in the face of continuous natural disasters and harsh natural environment, these people will all die in the next few years.

At the top left of the screen, the number finally turned to zero.

Director Wang said in a low voice: "In an ideal situation, well, now is the fourth year and 56 days after the impact, and the last human died. Human beings are extinct."

This is the power of an asteroid impact.

Several people looked dignified.

Lu Ming knew that if he didn't prepare in advance, didn't know the location least affected in advance, and hoarded enough supplies there, built suitable shelters, and placed enough suitable people, then, in reality, the ending of human civilization would be , doesn't get any better than this simulation.

——With great probability, the doomsday organization is doing this right now.

"Well, the results of the first simulation are out."

At this moment, dense numbers appeared on the earth on the screen.They are joined together, and they are completely invisible.Director Wang enlarged it, and only then did Lu Ming clearly see what those numbers were.

The number at the core of the impact point is 1000.Around the core point, there are 999, 998, 997 and so on.They are densely connected into one piece, completely covering the entire core, occupying hundreds of blocks.

Obviously, compared to the core of the impact point, these places have been affected a little bit less.But this is of no practical significance.

It was not until more than 100 kilometers away from the impact point that Lu Ming saw a number below 990. Numbers below 900 are only found at a distance of more than 400 kilometers.

"This simulation, the place with the lowest score is here."

Director Wang flicked the earth image, and called out a block in a desert more than 1 kilometers away from the impact point.

"Rated 34."

"enlarge."

"it is good."

That block was zoomed in, showing a fairly realistic image.So Lu Ming saw that the screen was shaking violently, and it took a long time to calm down.

"The magnitude was 6.2 on the Richter scale. Not high."

An earthquake of this magnitude, if unprepared, occurs in a densely populated city, is enough to cause tens of thousands of casualties.But for some special buildings, it is completely within the acceptable range.

But this earthquake is just the beginning.

Soon, Lu Ming saw a strong wind rising from the sky.The gust of wind engulfed the yellow sand, covering the sky and the sun, making it impossible to see anything.

After the yellow sand, the torrential rain appeared.This place, which has been drought for an unknown number of years, unexpectedly experienced floods.

The heavy rain reduced the yellow sand a little, and the sky and the earth regained a little bit of clarity.But the wind continued.At the same time, the sky was covered by dust, and the temperature plummeted, even dropping to minus seventy or eighty degrees Celsius.

In addition to the strong wind and low temperature, it was also accompanied by continuous aftershocks.

It is completely unable to support human survival here.

It's not that people will freeze to death, starve to death, or die of thirst if they are in such a place, but that as long as people appear in such a place without protection, the air alone is enough to choke people to death.

Lu Ming looked a little sad.

Such a place with a harsh environment is actually the place with the best environment on earth compared to humans after being hit by an asteroid.

One can imagine how harsh the environment in other places is.

However, this simulation also verified Lu Ming's previous conjecture.

In this place that has been least affected, a base with sufficient earthquake resistance is built underground. As long as enough materials are stored, it can indeed support human beings to survive here.

Humans currently have the technology to do this.There is no doubt about it.

The smoke and dust released into space due to the impact of the asteroid will slowly dissipate with the passage of time.The structure of atmospheric elements will also be gradually optimized with the passage of time.After all, the sun will respread on this piece of land, the temperature will slowly rise, and the ice will gradually melt.

All this may only take a few years.

As long as they survive these few years in this underground base, the external environment is enough to support human beings to survive without protection.In some places with better conditions, it can even be planted.

In this way, human civilization will slowly recover.As long as there is a scientific plan, it is not impossible to repopulate enough people to reoccupy this earth and restore the state of its heyday.

However, how to survive this period of harsh environment is the biggest problem.

However, the key to solving this problem is to determine which area on the earth will be the least affected when the impact does come, and have the greatest probability of preserving this underground base.

The first simulation is over.The process of the second simulation is then shown.

This time, the asteroid crashed into a mountainous area.Then Lu Ming discovered that compared to such a violent impact, its overall impact on the earth, no matter whether it hits the ocean, mountains, or plains, there is actually not much difference.

The ending will always be that the world is frozen, earthquakes and volcanoes occur frequently, and only a small number of human beings remain. In the harsh environment, they linger for several years and finally perish.

Not once.

And in this continuous simulation, one block after another that always has a very high score emerged.

No matter where that asteroid ends up hitting, the impact on them is always huge.

At this moment, less than an hour has passed, and the simulation has been carried out more than 30 times.After two days, more than 2000 million simulations were completed.

Up to 5.1 million blocks, all the data generated in these more than 2000 million simulations were all input into the statistical program.Then, those with an average score above 60 were directly excluded.

The second operation team was not idle during these two days.While the simulation was running, several people contacted some construction experts, as well as meteorological and geological experts, to conduct another assessment.

The content of the evaluation is, with the power of human civilization, the base built underground can withstand the most severe natural disasters.After the evaluation results are combined with the scoring model here at the Asteroid Early Warning Center, it is concluded that underground structures built by humans have a higher probability of surviving various types of natural disasters with a score of no more than 50.

So, the underground base of the Doomsday Organization—it is almost certain that the base was built underground.Because if it was built on the ground, it would have been discovered by humans long ago.Moreover, in the face of the violent wind and rain after the impact, it is impossible for the ground structures to survive.It can only be preserved if it is built underground.

The natural disaster resistance score of their underground base was set at 60 after discussion by several members of the second action team.

Although the doomsday organization urgently needs advanced human intellectuals, which proves that their technological level may not be very high, but it is inevitable that they will also have some abilities that humans have not mastered. The defense level of the base has increased a bit, and it is set at 60.

Among more than 2000 million simulations, a place with an average score higher than 60 obviously means that the area has some hidden dangers such as geological instability, climate instability, vulnerability to surrounding areas, and vulnerability to flooding. .Such places, no matter where the asteroid hit, are not suitable for the construction of underground bases.

As high as 5.1 million blocks, after completing this elimination, the number dropped sharply, leaving only less than 2000 million blocks, corresponding to an area of ​​about 2000 million square kilometers.

Although this simulation is relatively rough, the statistical methods and screening conditions are also relatively rough, and many possibilities with low probabilities have not been ruled out, but at this moment it can still be considered that the doomsday organization's lair, the underground base they call themselves the Ark, has a relatively high probability It is within the range of 2000 million square kilometers.

But the area is still too large.They are scattered scattered all over the earth, and it is not feasible to conduct a complete search of these places.

Lu Ming pondered for a moment, then said, "I think we can exclude oceans, lakes, rivers and other places."

The basis for this exclusion is still "Since the doomsday organization needs advanced human intellectuals, their own technological strength is limited even if they are stronger than humans."

Since the strength is limited, the possibility of building the base on the seabed, the bottom of a lake, etc. can be ruled out.

Zhang Dingshan said: "I agree."

He Wei and Lu Qingliang also expressed their agreement.

As a result, up to [-]% of the blocks were excluded.

There are still 600 million blocks left at this moment, corresponding to a land area of ​​600 million square kilometers.

Lu Ming manipulated and marked the 600 million blocks on the earth image.As a result, several people saw that the 600 million blocks were scattered on the earth like sand.

Small, with only a few dozens of blocks connected together.For the big ones, there are at most three thousand blocks connected together.So piecemeal, it is divided into more than 7 places in total, all over the seven continents.

From the total area of ​​the earth of 5.1 million square kilometers to the current 600 million square kilometers, the goal has been reduced by a total of 85 times.

but……

Still too large to be fully searchable.

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