Great Power Technology: Starting from the Nantianmen Project

Chapter 163: The shock from the dark celestial body! Optimists and pessimists! The hanging hearts finally died...

"No, I just got here, how come the earth is going to end?"

Jiang Li was also a little confused, looking at He Yan, whose face was pale and whose lips were dry.

It doesn't look like an act.

"Jiang Li, it's like this!"

He Yan shivered and then took a deep breath of cool air.

"Didn't our Guanghan Palace Space Observation Base on the Moon connect to the Lingxiao Palace Space Observation Base a month ago?"

"After forming a deep space capture network."

"We immediately began screening for near-Earth asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth."

“At first, after we finished the screening.”

"We have not found any asteroids that could pose a threat to our Earth."

At this point, Zhang Ke couldn't help but say:
"That's for sure. After all, the probability is too small."

"But!" He Yan swallowed.

"Later, we always focused our observations on the sun."

"During this month of observation, we did not find any unusual behavior of the sun."

"However, the sun has now entered a small active cycle, so we have been tracking and observing the sun."

"But it was just twenty minutes ago."

"We suddenly discovered a strange obstruction above Mercury's orbit!"

After these words were spoken, the scientific researchers who came with Jiang Li were slightly stunned.

Old Xu couldn't help but take a step forward and said in astonishment:
"Is there an obstruction above Mercury's orbit?"

"Satellite? Impossible."

"Doesn't Mercury have any satellites?"

"It's not a satellite." He Yan immediately explained: "We humans have been observing Mercury for a long time."

"It can't be its satellite."

"The key is…"

"The area blocked by this obstruction on the spectrum is nearly a quarter of the diameter of Mercury!"

Speaking of it.

He Yan immediately projected the spectral photograph he had just captured onto the virtual example imaging system in the middle of the hall.

Everyone immediately turned their attention to the spectrum photograph.

From the photo, you can clearly see that there is a huge shadow area in the spectrum of Mercury.

It is clear.

By comparing the shadow area, we can feel that the diameter of this huge obstruction is about one-fourth of Mercury!

"What's going on?"

"Such a large celestial body has never been discovered?!"

Old Xu looked at the spectrum in front of him and was shocked again.

"It's not that we haven't discovered it before, but such a large object shouldn't appear in the orbit of Mercury."

He Yan smiled bitterly: "We humans have already launched a Mercury probe, and I can tell you very clearly."

"Mercury has no satellites. Not only Mercury, but Venus also has none."

"What is this?" Old Xu was confused.

"A...huge celestial body with a diameter of at least 800 kilometers!" He Yan said solemnly.

"After we have our Guanghan Palace Observation Base and Lingxiao Palace Observation Base."

"I don't know whether to say this celestial body is well hidden or poorly hidden."

"It is perfectly hidden behind Mercury's orbit and is firmly held by the sun's gravity."

"So, we didn't find it during this month of observation."

"But now Mercury's orbit is approaching the edge of the sun, directly opposite us."

"And the trace of that huge celestial body was revealed."

After listening to the explanation, Mr. Xu asked, "Then why couldn't we detect such a large celestial body before?"

"This question hits the nail on the head." He Yan smiled bitterly again.

"This celestial body is composed of rocks with extremely strong adsorption properties, and the observable color it appears in space is also deep black."

"There is no way to observe it with ordinary astronomical telescopes."

"The detection waves we released were basically absorbed by it."

"It's like... it's coated with a layer of invisible material."

Seeing this, Mr. Xu couldn't help but grin and said, "Nature is really amazing..."

After all, this kind of coating that can shield detection was unexpectedly found in a cosmic body in such a miraculous way!
"Now is not the time to marvel at the wonder..."

He Yan said again in a low voice:
"Originally, we were just surprised by this sudden appearance of the celestial body."

"And, according to the original gravitational direction, this huge celestial body with a diameter of more than 800 kilometers will eventually be captured by the sun's gravity."

"And then fell into the sun."

“But just now.”

"The solar corona is bursting with a massive amount of material."

"There just happened to be a part that directed the corona energy toward that celestial body."

"It pushed it right out of Mercury's orbit."

"Not only that."

"That object is no longer in front of the observable side of the Sun."

"Instead, it accelerated and circled to the back of the sun."

"Based on our most advanced observation systems."

"That celestial body will not be captured by the sun. Instead, it will circle around the sun and enter a state of acceleration caused by a gravitational slingshot."

“In this state.”

"This celestial body will be accelerated to an extremely terrifying speed!"

"and!"

At this point, He Yan looked at Jiang Li, "Its orbit is highly consistent with our Earth's orbit!"

"Based on the calculation results of the small part before."

“The probability of intersection is about 45%.”

Forty-five percent!

This is already within the realm of celestial body collision and contact, and the probability is very high.

The normal probability is one in hundreds of thousands.

As a result, this time it went straight up to percentage.

And it accounts for nearly half of the probability.

It can almost be said that it is bound to happen.

When these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned.

Zhang Ke, Old Xu, Lu Tian and others all turned their eyes to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li was also stunned for a moment, then looked at the nanoworms following him.

Well, I'm afraid this matter can't be kept secret anymore.

"Cough cough!"

Suddenly, He Yan came back to his senses and saw the nano-broadcasting insects behind Jiang Li.

He coughed twice and then said, "Jiang Li."

"We... didn't start the live broadcast?"

Jiang Li: “…”

Netizens around the world: “…”

“Not only is it open, but there are currently 1.6 million people online.”

Lu Tian coughed twice at this time.

Then he added: "Um...do you need me to shut down the live broadcast?"

Everyone: "..."

Netizens around the world: “…”

This moment!

The whole world was in uproar instantly!
"What's going on? What incredible thing did we just hear?"

"A dark object with a diameter of more than 800 kilometers was discovered above the orbit of Mercury?"

"And the other party did not fall into the sun. Instead, it was accelerated by the sun's gravitational slingshot effect?"

"Not only that, according to computer simulations, the orbit of that 800-kilometer dark object is highly overlapped with our Earth? The probability of a collision is close to 45%?!"

"in other words…"

"Is the end of humanity... imminent?!"

"Is this... the end?!"

"Damn it! I was just watching a live broadcast! Did we see something really big?"

"What the hell is going on?!"

Netizens around the world exploded instantly.

"OMG, I was just watching a live broadcast and I was declared to be dying?"

"No! Oh my God! Oh my God! Can you please come out and save us!"

"It's over! It's the end of the world! It's the end of the world!!!"

"Don't be so pessimistic! Isn't the probability of a collision only 45%? Don't we still have a 55% chance? Are we okay?"

"Hahahahaha!"

"Do you dare to bet on this 55%?!"

"this…"

"God! Lord! Please come and take me away quickly!!"

For a moment, everyone fell into a pessimistic atmosphere.

Xia Country, inside Nanyan Base.

Mr. Fu was also shocked by this sudden development.

He immediately connected to Jiang Li.

Then he asked solemnly: "Jiang Li, is this true?"

"Not sure." Jiang Li let out a breath.

Then he began to analyze the live broadcast room rationally.

"Don't panic too much, everyone."

"At present, all the information we have obtained is the state of the celestial body in the last few minutes."

"It's still unclear whether it can break through the gravitational blockade from the back of the sun."

"It's a bit too early to talk about doomsday now."

After Jiang Li finished speaking.

He Yan and Li Wenyuan calmed down and regained some vitality.

Then, He Yan also said to the live broadcast room: "Yes."

"At present, we have only obtained data within a few minutes to determine the subsequent trend."

"Initially, we had too little data on the movement of celestial bodies."

"So, we can only go in the direction of the fastest simulation."

"And now, that dark object has moved to the back of the sun."

"By then, there will be many uncertainties."

"It's even possible that they would be captured directly by the sun's gravity and fall toward it."

"After all, there are too many uncertainties and disturbances in the universe."

After coming to his senses, He Yan did analyze a lot of results.

Among them, the worst outcome is impacting the earth.

But the probability is extremely small.

The earth has evolved over billions of years.

The last time there was a relatively large celestial impact event was 6500 million years ago, when an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.

That impact directly led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

"Since Mr. He has said so, and God Jiang has also said so, there are too many uncertain factors."

"The initial data we obtained was also very limited, and we were unable to infer what happened later."

"Indeed, let's not make a mess for now, let others make a mess if they want."

"That's true."

"But there is a chance that it will hit our Earth, right?"

"this…"

"That means the end of the world is still possible...right?" "If you keep talking like that, there's really nothing we can do."

For a time, two factions suddenly formed on the Internet.

On one side are the pessimists, and on the other are the optimists.

Earth, Xia Country.

In the Nanyan base, Mr. Fu took a deep breath and asked:
"Lao He, what if?"

"That 800-kilometer celestial body, if it had not been captured and swallowed by the sun's gravity."

"Then, calculate according to your previous data."

"How long does it take for it to fly out from the back of the sun and be observed by us?"

Mr. Fu asked the most core question.

"Let me calculate."

He Yan responded quickly, and then started calculating with Li Wenyuan.

Finally, he raised his head, looked at the communicator, and said solemnly:
"If it hadn't been swallowed by the sun."

"Then calculate by speed."

"It will probably take at least 60 hours or so."

"Even at the slowest gravitational slingshot speed, it will inevitably emerge from the other side of the sun after 60 hours."

After He Yan finished speaking.

Mr. Fu then quickly continued, "That is to say."

"If we do this in the next 60 hours."

"If no celestial body is observed to emerge from the other side of the sun."

"Does that prove that the mysterious celestial body has been swallowed by the sun?"

"Yes." He Yan nodded.

"So, it's not rigorous to talk about the end of the world now," said Mr. Fu solemnly.

"Yes, we were a bit abrupt just now." He Yan nodded again.

After all, he didn't know that Jiang Li was broadcasting live, and there were 1.6 million online viewers in the live broadcast room.

"Okay, let's focus on observing the sun next."

"And...live broadcast!"

Although Mr. Fu wanted to close the live broadcast room, since it had already been exposed, it was very likely to be hit by celestial bodies.

So what is the most reassuring approach right now?

That is to broadcast all the images of solar observation live!
In this way, the people will be completely reassured!
"Yes, Mr. Fu." He Yan nodded.

Jiang Li on the side couldn't help but be amazed.

Mr. Fu is worthy of being Mr. Fu. At present, the most prudent way to handle this matter is according to Mr. Fu's method.

Concealing the truth will only cause more panic in people's hearts.

It would be better to broadcast it live.

Besides, it is not certain whether the celestial body can break out from the back of the sun.

Afterwards, the live broadcast camera was placed on the solar observer.

Jiang Li came to the observation base.

"Retrieve all the data that was detected previously."

Jiang Li said quickly.

"Yes!"

He Yan and others nodded immediately, and then transferred all previous data to the virtual particle imaging interface in the hall.

Jiang Li stood in the virtual imaging control system.

Started to operate continuously.

Ten minutes later.

The trajectory of the "dark celestial body" also became clearer.

Finally, Jiang Li said:

“It doesn’t take 60 hours.”

"This object will be observed by us in 25 hours, 14 minutes and 54 seconds."

He Yan, Li Wenyuan and others looked at the universe sand table that had been debugged by Jiang Li and became more accurate.

Everyone's heart sank to the bottom again.

"If...if our national astronomical observatory could have discovered this dark object earlier..."

“Maybe we can prepare in advance…”

Mr. He Yan said with some annoyance at this time.

"It's not your fault."

Jiang Li looked at the data of the meteorite and said, "It has a structure that prevents detection."

“No wonder we can’t detect it.”

"If we hadn't gotten the most advanced Lingguang celestial body detection device a month ago."

"I'm afraid we won't be able to find this meteorite."

He Yan began to pray: "Right now, we can only pray that its orbit will be changed by the sun."

"Yeah." Jiang Li also nodded.

Although all current data indicate that this dark object will appear in more than twenty hours.

But after all, there are many uncertainties surrounding the sun.

Perhaps it will be directly swallowed by the ejected material, or it may be disturbed by the sun's gravity and fall to the surface of the sun.

"Brother Jiang, cough cough..."

"What if 25 hours later, that huge meteorite really comes out from the other side of the sun and heads towards us?"

Lu Tian swallowed nervously and asked.

"What can we do? We can only say that we humans are really damn lucky." Jiang Li's mouth twitched slightly.

Seeing this, Lu Tian immediately cried and said, "Brother Jiang, how can we say that this is lucky for us humans?"

"This is a great misfortune!"

"They're about to be hit by a giant meteorite!"

Jiang Li took a deep breath, spread his hands helplessly and said:
"Do you know how small the chance of a cosmic collision is?"

"Or in other words, how small is the probability of a super meteorite impact like this?"

"Huh? How small?" Lu Tian scratched his head, looking confused.

At this time, Li Wenyuan beside him slowly explained:
"Originally, cosmic celestial body impacts are extremely rare for Earth."

"Of course, I'm not talking about the falling of small meteorites. After all, small meteorites will basically be broken down by friction in the atmosphere."

"I'm talking about this kind of large meteorite impact event."

"Like this giant meteorite..."

"A giant meteorite impact like this is almost unheard of!"

"If you must, then yes."

"Perhaps there is only one of the theories about the formation of the moon, such as the meteorite impact theory."

"The impact theory holds that the moon is actually a meteorite that collided with the earth billions of years ago."

"And that eventually formed the moon."

"There have been basically no major meteorite impact disasters since then."

"If we count them strictly, there is only the asteroid impact that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago."

"That's why Jiang Li said that we humans are so damn lucky!"

"It's great to witness a giant meteorite hitting the earth, which only happens once every hundreds of millions or even billions of years!"

At this point, Li Wenyuan didn't know what expression to use.

Is this a blessing or a curse for mankind?
Fortunately, an event that would only occur once every hundreds of millions of years happens to happen right now!

Unfortunately, this kind of thing that would only happen once every hundreds of millions of years really happened at this moment!

same time.

In the solar observation live broadcast room, the live broadcast has started.

And all the people in the world put down their work.

Then start watching this unprecedented live broadcast of the Sun!

The surface of the sun is covered with a layer of filter.

In this way, online viewers in the live broadcast room can also see the distorted particles and plasma fields currently on the surface of the sun.

Just looking at those distorted rays of light is enough to prove how terrifying the sun is.

Among these observation images, three sets of lenses were placed in the main position.

Because according to calculations, if the giant dark celestial body does not appear within the next 60 hours.

This means that mankind has avoided this doomsday crisis.

If it appears.

That means the crisis still exists!
【10 hours, 32 minutes, 23 seconds】

"It's been 10 hours, and I haven't slept for 10 hours! There is nothing abnormal with the Sun Live broadcast at the moment!"

"Phew! That's good! That's good! As long as that giant celestial body doesn't appear, then we don't have to worry!"

"It's only been 10 hours, everyone. We must not let our guard down!"

【15 hours, 23 minutes, 19 seconds】

"Everyone! Perseverance is victory! It's been 15 hours! I haven't slept yet! Hold on! Hold on!"

"I can't take it anymore, brother. I just worked the night shift yesterday and I really can't take it anymore today. I'll take a nap first. Something's happened."

"Okay, buddy, you take a break, I'll guard the live studio!"

【24 hours, 49 minutes, 12 seconds】

"It's been a whole day and night without any problems! It seems that the dark object was really swallowed by the sun! Sun! Come on! My sun!"

“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!!”

"I have reason to suspect that someone upstairs is saying bad things, but I have no evidence!"

The time has come to 25 hours and 14 minutes.

Inside the Guanghan Palace base on the moon.

Jiang Li, He Yan and others were also observing the scene from the sun.

Although there is a delay of eight minutes in visible light between the sun and the earth.

But the impact is not that big, it just delays knowing the situation a little.

【25 hours, 14 minutes, 54 seconds】

Looking at the timer data.

He Yan and the others were all staring at the screen on the monitor.

In the picture, the sun is still the same sun.

There was no sign of any celestial fluctuations in the monitored area.

"Is it okay?" Old man He Yan's heart, which had been hanging in the air, slowly calmed down.

"It's hard to say." Jiang Li shook his head.

It also once again made He Yan, Li Wenyuan and the other scientific researchers around them feel concerned.

Time began to pass minute by minute.

【26 hours have passed...】

【27 hours have passed...】

【29 hours have passed...】

When the 30th hour arrived, a shrill alarm immediately resounded throughout the Guanghan Palace base on the moon!
[Ding! An "unknown celestial body" was detected appearing in the C2 area on the left side of the sun! ]

this moment.

He Yan, Li Wenyuan, and all the scientific researchers finally felt relieved.

"Grass!"

He Yan, who never swears, couldn't help but clench his fists at this moment.

After all, humans didn't escape!

[Ding! The "unknown celestial body" was detected to begin to pass through the C5 area on the left side of the sun and begin to move towards the C7 area...]

[Ding! According to orbital calculations, the orbit is highly overlapped with the Earth's orbit, and the probability of collision increases from 45% to 65%]

[Ding! The current size of the "unknown celestial body" has been calculated to be around 900±20 kilometers]

[Ding! The celestial body is in an irregular rock shape and is rotating at a high speed]

[Ding! The surface of this celestial body is full of electromagnetic disturbances and CT-type radiation, with a penetrating power of Y7.9]

[Ding! The celestial body is currently accelerating at the end of the sun's gravitational slingshot, and its speed is expected to exceed Mach 700]

[Ding! The celestial body is expected to reach the Earth's orbit in 72.14 days]

Looking at the detailed analysis data one after another.

He Yan and the others' hearts suddenly sank to the bottom!

An unprecedented super disaster is really coming!
(End of this chapter)