messenger from the wasteland

Chapter 108 The Fifth Day of Abnormality
The puppy likes to dig through the trash can. This is a habit that it first discovered on the third day.Because it is no longer hungry, it also has the strength to run around, and the trash can in the park has become its most frequented place.Although it is usually nothing, sometimes it will dig out some food, or find some small things to bring back to its carton.

No one is going to adopt it these days, and it has already taken the cardboard box at the gate of the park as its home.It also began to become dirty and messy like ordinary stray dogs. The originally smooth and beautiful hair was gray and black, and it was even more difficult to be adopted.

But Chu didn't care about these, because in a certain sense, she herself was filthy.

The difference from the puppy is that Chu has been sitting there, she is like a plant in this park, usually does not move, only occasionally there will be some movement.

Three days have passed, and the people who pass by this park seem to have gotten used to these two wandering girls and puppies.One or two kind people left some food, but there was nothing more to eat at first, and she fed it all to the puppy, and she couldn't keep feeding it with sin.

In the afternoon of this day, Chu still sat next to the cardboard box, kept silent, and looked at the city in the distance.If it weren't for the occasional blink of her eyes, some people might think she is a sculpture.

With something in its mouth, the puppy ran from a distance on its somewhat short legs.

It ran to Chu and put down the thing in its mouth.

"Woof." It barked at Chu, and turned around in a circle.

At first attracted by it, he lowered his eyes and looked at the things it brought back.Today it has brought back a lot of rubbish, all of which are put in cardboard boxes.

What was put on the ground was a broken toy, why it was broken because it was missing an arm.If not, though, it shouldn't have been thrown away either.

There's something special about this toy, at least at first glance.It looked a lot like a friend she had known in the past.

It is a broken robot, the paint on its body is painted rusty, it is definitely not the type that children like, it is neither good-looking nor handsome, and even a little rough.

Chu picked it up, put it in front of him, and looked at it carefully.

She found a button on the robot's back, reached out her finger, and pressed it.

"Didi." The robot toy's eyes flickered a few times, and it said in an inconspicuous electronic voice.

"Defend the Earth."

The corners of Chu's mouth curled up slightly, it really looked like the friend in her memory.

That robot, is it still watching the gray-green planet? The human beings it is looking forward to should have returned.

Chu pressed the button on the back of the toy again, the light green light in the toy's eyes flashed, and the electronic voice repeated the phrase "Defend the Earth".

The puppy saw Chu laughed, barked twice excitedly, and lay on the ground wagging its tail.

In the quiet park, the two beings who don't know where they are going are entertaining themselves. Their joy seems incomprehensible to others, but it is so simple.

It was getting late, Chu put the broken toy robot by her side, this is the gift she got on the third day.

The puppy ran back into the cardboard box, playing with a small ball it picked up today.

The setting sun in the evening dyed the streets of the city crimson. At first she looked along the light, but when she saw the sky, she froze for a moment.

Chu's eyesight is several times that of ordinary people, so she can see some things that ordinary people cannot see. She saw a black dot moving slowly in the sky.

At the same time, on the screens of several buildings in Central City, the live broadcast of the planetarium requested by the mayor is also recording this moment, and the black spots are slowly expanding.

Under the screen of the building, the city was as busy as ever, with people coming and going, but no one noticed the change of the black spot on the screen.

Some people would glance at it and then leave with a smile. People still look forward to the so-called spectacle coming a few days later.

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Central City Astronomical Monitoring Station, the monitoring station is very busy during this period, they have to observe the asteroid approaching the earth several times a day, repeatedly calculate its trajectory and moving speed, and try to get the exact time when it passes the earth as soon as possible and the closest distance.

For now, this asteroid is about 24 kilometers away from the earth, and its moving speed is about 3 kilometers per hour. This speed is very fast, which makes it have enough energy to crawl out of the earth Gravity well, also makes it safer.

According to the current trajectory, it will continue to approach the earth in the future, but it will remain within a safe distance. According to predictions, this distance should not be less than 0.4 distance from the earth to the moon.

At that time, there should be a partial solar eclipse, and it will be possible to observe this huge asteroid at a very close distance.

According to normal circumstances, the monitoring station would not pay such attention to the asteroid passing the earth, but this time the asteroid was indeed too large, so they had to treat it with caution.Once this asteroid with a diameter of [-] kilometers threatens the earth, even if it is only a little bit, it is likely to cause huge consequences.

On the screen of the monitoring station, the computer is simulating the trajectory of the asteroid, while dozens of researchers on both sides are busy, calculating and analyzing the data in their hands.

"How's it going."

A steady voice sounded beside a researcher.

"Ah?" The researcher looked away from the document at hand and looked at his side. When he saw the man standing beside him, he immediately organized his thoughts and replied.

"For now, this asteroid is still safe. Its mass and speed are large, and theoretically it will not be pulled by the earth's gravity."

"Well, that's good." The man was wearing a white coat, and adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, with absolute reason and calmness in his eyes.

"Continue to observe, and if there is any abnormality, report it as soon as possible."

"Yes." The researcher nodded.

At this time, beside the two of them, another researcher was looking at the running data calculated in the computer.

He seemed to have seen something, his brows were furrowed, he bent down and leaned closer to the computer to carefully look at a line of data.

A few seconds later, his pupils dilated slightly, and a fine layer of cold sweat emerged from his forehead.

"Report, report."

"What's wrong?" The man on the side turned his head.

The researcher who seemed to have discovered something lay down on the table and swallowed.

"The trajectory of the asteroid seems to have been deflected."

As he spoke, he raised his eyes, with some horror in his eyes.

"Deflecting toward Earth."

(End of this chapter)