doomsday exile

At 12 am on December 24, the third and fourth pieces fell into the Andaman Sea in the Bay of Bengal.

The two meteorite fragments fell in almost the same place, less than 3 minutes apart, causing the sea floor to shake, a small earthquake occurred, and the shock wave caused a tsunami.

Although the wave height was only about three meters, some fishing villages along the coast of the Andaman Sea were still severely affected. A total of [-] people were killed or missing. The local fishermen did not even know the tsunami warning issued by the Earth Federation. They did not have mobile phones or telephones. .Because of the melee between the warlords, local communications were completely cut off.

Thailand is slightly better than Myanmar, and there are no casualties, but the infrastructure of the beach scenic area is destroyed, which is not a small loss for the locals.

In the past, this kind of disaster caused by meteorites will attract a wave of attention and rescue from the international community.

But now all attention is on the volcanoes near Luzon.

The Pacific Rim Seismic Belt, also known as the Pacific Rim Volcanic Belt, 80.00% of the world's active volcanoes are distributed along this line. Among them, the volcanic groups in the area of ​​the Philippines and the Indonesian archipelago are quite active. In Indonesia alone, there are more than one Hundreds of active volcanoes.

In terms of the 2051G2's size and landing range, it hit the first prize.

Mount Pinatubo.

A wild eruption of this volcano in 1991 stuffed 2000 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, directly reducing the earth's sunlight by [-]% in the next two years.

Now the volcano is "blown up".

The active volcano with an altitude of nearly 500 meters suffered a series of explosions due to the impact of huge kinetic energy in the middle. The last explosion directly led to the eruption of the volcano, which cut off the height of the 600-meter mountain.

Because it was not an active eruption, not as much sulfur dioxide entered the atmosphere as in 1991.

However, the pyroclastic flow was more powerful. It swept across the nearby mountains, villages and cities, causing countless casualties.

The lava flooded like a flood.

So far, the Earth Federation has not dared to send people close to this area, not even a helicopter, because instruments have detected that the volcano may erupt again.

The local government is even more in a state of distress, because Taal Volcano, which is also on Luzon Island, also erupted.

The volcano is relatively short and located in the center of the lake, so the power of the eruption is limited.

However, Taal Volcano is only an hour's drive from the country's capital, and there are many people living nearby, and all of them have now entered a state of emergency evacuation.

At the same time, three other volcanoes also showed signs of intensified eruption. Earthquakes continued to occur in the South Huaxia Sea and Sulu Sea. The activity has just come to an end.

At five o'clock in the morning, Shangdu ushered in the tsunami that landed on the shore.

Because of the early preparations, the three-meter-high tsunami did not cause any major damage to Shangdu. The breakwaters performed perfectly, and even the damage to the port facilities was limited.

Most people breathed a sigh of relief.

Then those who should go to work go to work, and those who should go to school go to school.

After all, in the concept of ordinary people, the biggest impact of volcanic eruptions in other countries is the grounding of flights in that country, making it impossible to travel there for business and tourism.

"...According to the current online public opinion, we found that the popularity of 'doom theory' has dropped rapidly. Not only in China, but even all over the world, people feel that the doomsday crisis has been resolved, and the Christmas Eve meteorite is the meteorite in the rumors. "

For the Earth Federation and the governments of various countries, this is barely a good thing.

The frequency of terrorist attacks everywhere has decreased.

Especially in the Americas, they were not affected by meteorites.

Although I am still very dissatisfied with life and various things, life is always going on, and not many people sincerely hope that the end of the world will come soon, and then everyone will die together.

As for the warnings of a "volcanic winter" caused by volcanic ash entering the atmosphere?Global warming and the world food crisis are shouting every day. For many people, this is like the signs held by the protesters on the street and the graffiti written on the walls.

The time has passed into the new year.

On January 1, the military airport in Shangdu.

The sky was gray, not as blue as it used to be.

This morning, a volcano in Indonesia erupted. This is the fourth volcano to erupt within a week after the 2051G2 meteorite landed.This is the collateral effect of a large amount of volcanic ash entering the atmosphere.

Fortunately it was winter and the wind was blowing from land to sea.

Otherwise, with China's monsoon climate, Shangdu may have to experience the smog in the north at this time.

"It is said that the rain in Southeast Asia these days is like mud." Zhu Zhu said worriedly.

He was carrying a suitcase and bag, this time dressed as a researcher.Yan Long is a laptop computer, and Lu Di is lying in a half-helmet-shaped glasses, which is said to be a data scanner, which looks a lot like a diving goggle.

Both items are now in the bag, the zipper is not fully closed, leaving a gap for "them" to look at.

Yuan Zhongxia stood on the other side, busy monitoring the safety of the objects, communicating with the crew and checking.

This familiar configuration, familiar group——

"Go to the Bay of Bengal to salvage meteorites, why take us?"

Lu Di said so on the lips, but in his heart he was still willing to go out for a run.

The days of training are too boring, and Yan Long doesn't know what he is busy with recently.

Meeting at the airport today was the first time they met after the 25th.

As for the overseas mission this time, seeing Yan Long and Lu Di's heart is settled, and it feels that there is no difficulty.

"On the one hand, it is to protect the scientific research and salvage team. On the other hand, it is a secret mission to steal...well, all countries want to steal each other's latest technology on meteorite analysis." Zhu Zhu said with a shrug.

Lu Di: "..."

So you sent Yan Long?

AI is responsible for protecting data, and no one can take it away?

All right, as a transparent ghost, he is indeed a good candidate for an agent.

"In fact, the Earth Federation and the governments of various countries want to further study this kind of dense meteorite, and then speed up the development of weapons that can intercept and shoot them down. After all, one of the existing plans is to completely blow up the asteroid that threatens the earth. …You know, that meteorite is too big, 11 kilometers in diameter, 2000 meters higher than Mount Everest, how many fragments were blown up, all fell to the earth, and the damage is still very high.”

Now it's just a few meteorites less than ten meters long that have caused so much trouble to the earth.

If it is hundreds of dollars, how about thousands of dollars?

"Or find a way to blow up the meteorite into pieces, or study the meteorite interception system in the atmosphere. The latter has been researched and developed by various countries, but the effect is not very good, plus..."

Zhu Zhu continued to shrug his shoulders and said, "Scientists in some countries believe that the ocean area on the earth is much larger than the land area, and the uninhabited land on the land is far larger than the densely populated areas, so even if a small meteorite of 100 yuan or 1000 yuan falls into the The atmosphere, the probability of hitting towns is not high, and the chance of hitting bustling cities is even smaller, and you can hide underground when the meteorite rain comes."

In other words, it is unnecessary to spend this money.

If the large meteorite with a diameter of 11 kilometers cannot be killed, all human beings will be wiped out without struggling.

If it is killed, the money spent on intercepting small meteorites can rebuild a city with a population of one million.

As for those who unfortunately died?

The mourning is over, this is a natural disaster, what else can I do?

In law and ethics, human life is the highest, but in reality, human life is the least valuable.

Therefore, countries with this technology do not want to spend money and effort, and countries without this technology want to spend money and effort, but they cannot keep up with the decades-long gap in interception technology.

"The 2051G2 meteorite woke up politicians in many countries." Zhu Zhu pouted.

It makes everyone understand that probability is very useful in economics and politics.

But in the face of natural disasters, if you dare to bet with it a few percent of the probability, it will dare to show you the first prize.

"...It doesn't need to be too much. Two more yuan will hit Yellowstone Park, and everyone will wait for the spaceship to go to the sky." Zhu Zhu said angrily.

Lu Di laughed dryly, and said in a low voice, "Do you think the spaceship is more promising, or the shelter?"

"Of course it's a refuge." Zhu Zhu said without thinking, "Although the Earth Federation has discovered many planets that are similar to the Earth, they are all too far away. Let's take the planet with the best conditions and liquid water. For example, the distance is 20 light years!"

Yes, before the last step, who would want to embark on a long journey of exile?

Interstellar colonization is one thing, the passion of outlaws, rich and famous adventurers, the space race of governments, but interstellar exile is another.

Bearing a heavy responsibility, leave the solar system to find the last hope for the survival of civilization.

What if you arrive at your destination and find that the situation is not good enough?

Lu Di felt heartbroken whenever he thought about it casually.

"Don't say that."

Lu Di squeezed Yan Long, and quietly "stretched his head".

"Is there... a little too much staff this time?"

Just what Lu Di saw, there were over a hundred people.

A small special plane with various instruments seems to be unable to hold it.

"What is this? There is still a group of logistics and military personnel waiting for us on a warship."

"...that's okay too?"

Before Lu Di came out, he looked at the map and knew that the target area, the Andaman Sea, is a sensitive area. It is close to the Strait of Malacca, the famous golden waterway. Any country that takes action there will attract great attention from the governments of all countries.

"It's okay, all countries already have warships patrolling the nearby waters, escorting freighters and ships from various countries." Yan Long said suddenly.

Lu Di poked the laptop with the glove in the luggage bag: "Your abnormal silence today is not normal."

Yan Long: "..."

In fact, he was thinking about how to stabilize the energy particle state. These days, he and Professor Xia's research team have been squatting in the laboratory day and night, and the progress is still limited.

Once away from the subject for a short time, there is no way to maintain a stable state.

I just came out to perform a task and calm down. Professor Xia also said that he would take a few days off to clear his mind and find his way of thinking again.

With no surprises for the time being, Yan Long was inevitably a little bit disappointed.

However, he adjusted quickly, his tone and emotion were exactly the same as usual, and he couldn't find any abnormalities at all.

"You guys are chatting, I'm still working!"

"..."

Lu Di looked at the laptop, thinking he couldn't afford it.

Xueba and computer become one, he should change the subject.

"Hey, now that the doomsday theory tends to subside on the Internet, do you think China will announce the news of the meteorite?"

Yan Long thought for a while, then said slowly, "Probably the date will be postponed."

——When most people think that "the end is over", it is not a good choice to come out and announce the facts.

It will cause an uproar in the world. Foreign media may not believe the speech of the Chinese government, but they will definitely report it. This will cause dissatisfaction among other governments.So the announcement is not a single country has the final say, and a resolution has to be passed in the Earth Federation.

"I guess it's September or October." Yan Long said.

Lu Di was curious: "Why?"

Yan Long originally wanted to say that according to the emergency clause, there must be at least eight months to a year of preparation period for ordinary people to adapt, and he wanted to wait until the harvest of summer grain and autumn grain to stabilize the market and prevent the public from panicking, but these topics are too serious up.

"June's college entrance examination is impossible. July and August are too hot, and autumn is just right. If it is delayed, it will be delayed for a whole year, so as not to interrupt after the new semester begins."

Zhu Zhu: "..."

Then he heard Lu Di agreeing: "Well, I think it is absolutely impossible before the year. Huaxia, as long as it is not a major event of immediate death, it will have to be delayed for the New Year. After the fifteenth, it will be more than February. I guessed March just now. Listening to it now, your statement is more reasonable than mine. "

Reasonable bastard!

Zhu Zhu complained in his heart, don't think I didn't catch it, you are all talking about making way for the Chinese New Year or the college entrance examination.

"Are you serious? Spring and fall school start time?"

"Of course, do you want to gamble?" Lu Di asked back.

Zhu Zhu: "..."

No, he dare not.

Although, but...

Huaxia really has this habit.

Chinese New Year is absolutely impossible. If the announcement date has been delayed until summer, it is better to wait until September.

Zhu Zhu swore secretly that he would be a fool if he got involved in these two guys' serious nonsense again.

The author has something to say: The Andaman Sea is the old name, and the international saying is the Burmese Sea. However, in order to avoid harmony and uphold the principle that the name of the country can be mentioned as little as possible, we use the old name.