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"Impossible! Could it be that all the satellites have problems? Now the entire United States' network signal has disappeared. This is no small matter!" another person immediately retorted.

"But how could this happen? This is too unbelievable..." Everyone shook their heads in disbelief.

The technicians instantly understood the minister's intention and couldn't help but exclaimed. Their expressions were different, their hearts were filled with mixed feelings, and all kinds of thoughts were intertwined.

Developing satellites is not their responsibility, that is the task of experts in the field of aerospace. The technical staff at the headquarters are mainly responsible for communications. And those experts who study aerospace are usually stationed in remote areas. After all, satellite launches require a specific space environment and it is impossible to develop them in the city center.

The director of the Space Research Institute has always been arrogant and self-righteous, always looking down on those who work in communications. He once bluntly said that communications technology is not difficult and that they have to rely on their research results. This is undoubtedly a kind of derogation for researchers. Who wants to be looked down upon like this? It is inevitable that they care about these things in their hearts. Therefore, when the minister suddenly suggested that there might be something wrong with the satellite, although they were shocked, they also felt a little secretly happy in their hearts.

"The satellite is not in this state, and there is no way to contact them now. How long will this take?" Minister Tim frowned, thinking to himself: Do we have to send someone to pick up those experts now? The satellite launch center is not close to the headquarters. Even if those people find the problem and rush over immediately, they will not arrive until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

It was unknown what would happen by then. The headquarters had no time to wait. The situation outside was already in chaos, and the reason for the disappearance of the network signal had to be found out as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, we can do a simple check to see if it's a satellite problem." The technical director suggested. This was just his guess, and he couldn't be 100% sure that it was a satellite problem, so there was no need to go to great lengths to contact those experts.

"Okay, then you guys check it out first, and it's best to confirm as soon as possible whether it's a satellite problem. If it's true, we need to contact the people in the Ministry of Space as soon as possible." Minister Tim breathed a sigh of relief. He certainly didn't want the satellite to have problems. This was no small matter, and it would cause a lot of trouble. And it couldn't be repaired in a short time. You couldn't send people to space to repair the satellite, could you? If it was broken, it was broken, and you could only launch a new satellite. But it couldn't be that all satellites had problems, right?
Obviously, he was not the only one who thought of this. Everyone had a worried look on their faces, praying silently in their hearts that nothing happened to the satellite.

"But how do we check the satellite? Many of our equipment cannot be used because there is no network signal..." The technicians said in embarrassment. Although they understood the minister's intention, they had no idea where to start. The most important thing was that they were not researching satellites at all.

However, the minister had already spoken, so they had no choice but to go for it. At least they had to show President Baip and the others that they were trying hard. They had already worked hard on their research, and even if there was no result, they couldn't be called incompetent. This was their experience, and some leaders just liked to look at these superficial things. As long as they performed well and gave them the impression of a spirit of research, it would be fine.

So, everyone moved to a larger research center, turned on all the equipment, and pretended to study. The problem now was that without network signals, many devices could not operate normally. But President Baip was anxious for results, so the technical department had no choice but to go ahead.

Fortunately, the minister was quite reliable. He went straight to the latest radio telescope to observe and photograph the situation around the space station. This device occupies about ten square meters of space, which shows how large it is. The minister had to work hard to approve this budget, and he had to talk a lot and make many trips. Now it has come in handy unexpectedly.

"What's going on? Where are all the US satellites? I can't see any of them?" The technical director was shocked. He suspected that he had found the wrong coordinates, so he confirmed them several times and asked a few assistants to check with him.

"The coordinates are fine. Let's move the view and take a look at the situation. We have hundreds of satellites. It's impossible not to find any!" someone suggested.

"It's strange, there really isn't. How could this happen? Where did the satellite go?" The director of the technical department frowned, looking confused.

"No way? There's nothing wrong with the coordinates, and I can't see it at all when I move my vision..." Everyone gathered around and began to look for the whereabouts of the satellite. The monitor next to them clearly showed the vast universe, mysterious and attractive, exuding an inexplicable charm.

However, not a single satellite was seen. They didn't even see the space station, and there was no trace of any orbiting satellites belonging to the United States!

Ten minutes later, the minister sent the high-definition pictures taken by the equipment to President Baip and others. Baip and others carefully read them over and over again, but at first they did not understand what they meant.

"The satellite is gone!" After being reminded, they were all dumbfounded. Although the pictures in their hands were beautiful and spectacular, the problem was that there was really no satellite in orbit.

"Is there any explanation for this?" President Baip asked hastily. They had not yet realized what these photos meant, but they instinctively felt something was wrong.

The director of the technical department sighed deeply and said seriously, "It is impossible for a satellite to deviate from its orbit for no reason. Each satellite is operating in a predetermined orbit. Once it deviates, it may collide with other satellites."

"There is only one result. Both colliding satellites will crash and become cosmic garbage. They will then be attracted by celestial bodies to become meteorite belts, or be swallowed by black holes," he continued.

"We have searched all the orbits and found no satellites belonging to the United States. This means that all our satellites are gone!" After the technical director finished speaking, he also had an expression of disbelief on his face. The other technicians also took a breath of cold air, with complicated expressions on their faces.

"What about our satellites? The hundreds of satellites we launched all collided? Is this a joke? This is ridiculous!" someone exclaimed.

"Impossible! If there really was a collision that caused all the satellites to crash, wouldn't anyone have noticed the process? This couldn't have happened in an hour or several hours, could it?" another person questioned. "Let's invite the experts from the Ministry of Space to come over first. They may be able to explain this phenomenon. This statement is too absurd. I can't believe it!" someone suggested.

The ministers finally understood what the technical department meant. They shouted exaggeratedly and looked at the technicians with almost crazy eyes. Have these researchers done too much research and their brains are broken? They can come up with such an outrageous excuse. Do they think they are fools?
Yes, they not only laughed at this so-called explanation, but even thought it was just an excuse. Could it be that they were just making up excuses because they were afraid of being blamed? The ministers had reason to believe this, because no one knew more about buck-passing, far-fetched explanations, and other such tactics than they did.

These are all very low-level manipulations. At least they will use flawless and seemingly perfect rhetoric, rather than such false words. The director of the technical department disdains these ministers who only know how to talk. He has made it very clear, but these people just don't believe it, and even use the dirty tricks they play to maliciously speculate on him.

This statement is indeed a bit shocking, but it is true. These pictures taken are objective proof, no matter how absurd it is, it is the same result. If you call in aerospace experts, they will come to the same conclusion based on these facts, there is no doubt about this.

Minister Baip and Tim did not respond immediately. They were in a complicated mood. Although they were not researchers in this field, they were not completely ignorant. They could not believe this explanation. It was simply unheard of. Even in science fiction movies, such a thing did not happen!

But they couldn't say it out loud, after all, these were the only people doing research at the headquarters. If they really offended them, there would be no one left to do research. Even if this statement was a bit absurd, these technicians had actually passed the selection and assessment. At the critical moment, they still had to rely on them to do communications!
The aerospace field is not their expertise, but when they finally came to a conclusion, they just casually said "accidental". Isn't this disheartening?

It would be fine if the departments discussed this privately, but President Baip and Minister Tim could not just say this. Even if they really thought so in their hearts, they had to express their appreciation for the work of the technicians on the surface.

"These conclusions are not our random guesses, but facts based on all the evidence. No matter who studies it, the results will be the same. If you have any doubts, you can come and see for yourself!" The technical director said angrily. He knew that it would be a waste of time to talk to these ignorant people. They had a thousand or ten thousand reasons to refuse to believe, and even if the facts were right in front of them, they might bring up a bunch of other things to question it.

The technical director was very dissatisfied, but he didn't want to say anything more since he had already said so. If he didn't believe it, then forget it. He couldn't do anything about it.

"Well... why don't you show us the satellite images first?" President Baip said hesitantly. He didn't understand anything, but he had to give an explanation at this time, so he simply made a round and gave the ministers a way out.

The technical director was speechless and had to turn around and signal his subordinates to take the leaders and others to check the field of view of the telescope and educate them on the relevant knowledge on the spot. The technicians naturally did not dare to be careless in front of these big shots. They were particularly respectful and explained every detail several times in detail, fearing that these big shots would not understand.

Of course, things have come to this point, and it would be a bit too much to say that they don't understand. They didn't really not understand, sometimes they just like to find faults. However, under the respectful attitude of the technicians, the ministers were still very happy. Their face was satisfied, so they listened carefully to the relevant explanations.

The technical director naturally wouldn't look at them in a good light. They were all at the same level, and there were some minor frictions. He himself might not have noticed that his tone was rather stiff when he was explaining, which could easily offend people.

"All satellites are gone, so naturally there is no network signal. So that's how it is, I understand!" Everyone said with sudden enlightenment. It's not that they don't understand these things. After the technicians explained in detail, they all said they understood.

To be precise, they were only willing to believe this explanation until now, but they were also somewhat skeptical and not completely sure. After all, the director of the technical department himself was not completely sure. The main reason was that the evidence was limited and there were not many devices that could be used. They really could not be 100% sure of anything, but only provided some possible guesses.

But one thing is very clear, that is, hundreds of US satellites have indeed disappeared in the orbits where they were supposed to operate.

"Why don't we expand the scope and check nearby areas. If the satellites deviate from their orbits, we can pull them back." An older minister suddenly suggested. He was about to retire, and his mindset was still stuck in the old ways, as if this matter was very simple, and he gave orders casually.

The director of the technical department was so angry that he almost yelled at her after hearing this. He rolled his eyes in annoyance, but this was not the right occasion for him to lose his temper, so he could only try his best to hold it in. The person who was speaking was an elder, and there was no point in arguing with someone who was about to retire.

"The surrounding areas have already been checked. Do we have to search the entire solar system and the Milky Way? Is this possible? Who has the technology to reach that level now?" said the director of the technical department unhappily.

"Besides, this is just an astronomical telescope. It can observe a limited range, and the images it can present are just this," he added.

"Some things are not what we want them to be. The current technical conditions and various restrictions can only be like this. It is obviously unrealistic to want to achieve everything in one step!" After the technical director finished speaking, the scene was instantly silent, and even the flow of air seemed to slow down. The old director who had just spoken suddenly felt very embarrassed.

"You..." He just wanted to say something casually, but he didn't expect to be criticized like this. He was so angry that he wanted to leave the table on the spot, but was stopped by the person next to him.

At this moment, a technician suddenly screamed: (End of this chapter)