Hardcore crisis

The city of Sudbury itself is famous for its nickel mines, and the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory was built from one of the 2,100-meter-deep nickel mines.

Deep underground, 2,100 meters away from the ground, the heavy pressure it brings is unimaginable to people on the ground. The core here is the neutrino observer, a spherical object with a diameter of 12 meters. The container contains 1,000 tons of heavy water. The walls of the container are made of acrylic resin and are 5 cm thick. Up to 9,600 photomultipliers are placed around it to detect photons of Lenkov radiation.

After Maine checked the data records of the past two weeks, he was silent for a long time and then asked: "Have you contacted other observation stations?"

"Well, yesterday we received confirmation from the Gran Sasso Laboratory, Amundsen Scott Antarctic Station, Super Kamiokande Detector, and Daya Bay Neutrino Laboratory, where they also observed a surge of neutrinos. number of children.”

Held looked worried: "That's not what I'm worried about..."

According to traditional concepts, neutrinos, as ghost particles, have the ability to penetrate any object. Even if there is a surge, they can pass through the earth effortlessly and should not cause any trouble.

"What, the temperature of the earth's crust is rising?"

Myne looked back at him in disbelief.

"Well, since two weeks ago, at least here we have detected a temperature increase of about 10K..."

In this nickel mine with a depth of 2,100 meters, there is also a cylindrical detector that continues to a depth of 1,500 meters. It is filled with a special liquid and is surrounded by pure water. However, it has been monitored for two weeks now. The temperature in the deepest crust has increased by 10K, which is absolutely abnormal. You must know that this area is not a volcanic area, and there is no possibility of volcanic pressure accumulation or even the imminent eruption of magma.

"You mean neutrinos are heating the Earth's core?"

Main shook his head: "This is unlikely. There has been no evidence to prove this concept in the past."

There has always been debate about whether neutrinos will heat the Earth's core. The scientific community currently has little understanding of ghost particles like neutrinos, and there are many debates. Is it possible for neutrinos to heat the Earth's core?

Main thought about it for a while and found three possibilities. If neutrinos can interact with the antineutrinos produced by the earth, the energy released by annihilation can indeed heat the earth's core. Or they can directly collide with electrons to produce Compton scattering, which will partially Energy is transferred to the earth's materials, or interacts with the earth's materials, causing fission of the materials to produce energy.

However, the above three are all assumptions, and there is currently no relevant evidence to prove that these three situations will occur.

"The temperature has been rising for two weeks?"

"Well, it's a linear improvement."

Main thought for a moment and shook his head slightly: "Old friend, please continue to stay here. If anything happens, inform me immediately. I will go back immediately."

"Are you leaving so soon?"

Main nodded in response to Held's question. He hesitated for a moment and then said slowly: "Although there is no evidence, could the frequent earthquakes in Japan, Los Angeles, Iceland and other places in the past few days be related to this situation?"

Held was stunned for a moment, then thought for a while and said: "It shouldn't matter much. Although the temperature of the earth's crust is increasing, it has only increased by 10K in two weeks. Even if it can continue for a long time, it will have no effect within a few years."

"..."

Mai En didn't say anything. He wanted to tell a guess that he had just made, but he was afraid that Held would worry him, so he suppressed the words he was about to blurt out, patted Held on the shoulder, and walked towards the elevator. go.

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After the earthquake in Japan, the government's timely response did not cause too many casualties, so it did not attract much international attention. However, the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Los Angeles attracted the attention of the world.

According to official statistics in the two weeks after the earthquake, the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Los Angeles killed a total of 247 people and injured more than 27,000 people. Many warehouses and houses along the coast collapsed, destroying more than 3,700 buildings, and several The highway was severed in many places, and some overpasses collapsed. It also caused water and power outages in most areas of Los Angeles. The economic loss is estimated to be more than 60 billion US dollars.

This is the second strong earthquake that Los Angeles has experienced since 1994. Many people have almost forgotten that Los Angeles is actually in an earthquake zone.

Compared to Los Angeles, the volcanic eruption in Iceland was much smaller than six years ago and did not affect European flights much, so it did not attract much attention.

Originally, for Lu Yuan, even if the earthquake at that time caused the house to collapse, there was no threat to him at all. Moreover, the quality of the manor house he bought was indeed good, and the 6.8-magnitude earthquake posed no threat to it at all.

Half a month later, his attention was no longer on the earthquake.

But today, Lu Yuan had to sit on the chair with an ugly face, looking at the virtual three-dimensional real-time image in front of him, feeling a little shocked and a little horrified at the same time.

First of all, because of the quantum computer array deployed before this, Sonny was able to monitor a large area of ​​the global network in all directions, and basically not much information could escape Sonny's "sieve". Later, after the South Pacific underground base self-destructed, the quantum computer array was also lost, and global surveillance has never been restored to its previous level.

What's more, Lu Yuan focused on letting No. 1 monitor the network at the national level, which made this incident happen for more than a month, and it was only now that he noticed the abnormality.

Of course, it was precisely because of network monitoring at the national level that he noticed this anomaly for the first time.

In fact, it was not too late, at least he and the president learned the news at almost the same time.

Thousands of miles away in the Presidential Office of the White House in Washington, President Barack's dark face looked very ugly. He looked around at the document in his hand, and then slammed it on the desk.

Seeing that he would leave the position of president in a few months, he did not expect that something like this would happen at this moment...

"Okay, to make sure this is not an April Fool's joke, that is to say, Dr. Main, are you telling me that the end of the world will happen soon? Are you sure that 2012 has not passed?"

Barack sighed: "This is not 2012, but 2016. I really don't want to hear this kind of cheap joke at this time."

Maine stood opposite Barack and said with a wry smile: "Mr. President, I don't want to disturb your dinner time, but... this matter really cannot be delayed."

"I know, I know, it's going to be the end of the world, no one is in the mood to have dinner, right?"

Barack stood up anxiously, "How many people know about this now?"

After hearing this, Mai En thought for a moment before replying: "No more than ten people know. Although some people have made guesses, they cannot have all the information, so... those who can know the specific answer and time, plus Mr. President, there will be no more than ten people."

"Is this the only good news?"

Barack frowned, "Although I believe in your ability, Dr. Main, this matter cannot be handled so simply. I need my scientific advisor and team to participate to verify your statement."

"I understand, Mr. President."

Main understood this behavior, but he still reminded: "However, Mr. President, we do not have enough time. Based on the data collection and calculation of the global asthenosphere and the monitoring of neutrinos in these half months, We may only have about...seven years left.”

Seven years?

Barack's body trembled when he heard this. Even though he had read the document just now, he still felt weak when Main said the time personally.

What is the concept of seven years?

Less than his eight-year term.

And seven years is enough for what?

In seven years, the United States did not even clean up the battlefield in Iraq.

And if the calculations of Main and others are correct, the end of the world will come in seven years. During this period, what can humanity, not the United States, do?

It's possible that there won't be enough time to do anything...the time is too short.

(To be continued ~^~)