Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 196 00:05:00
(Oops, I set the timer for tomorrow! I just realized, sorry!)

Even before the hydrogen bomb was launched, people had already begun a large-scale search in the space where the black hole appeared.

The search methods cover all types known to humankind, including but not limited to visible light, X-rays, gamma rays, infrared radiation, neutron radiation, neutrinos, gravitational lensing, and so on.

The reason for conducting these searches is simple: if the black hole was created on-site or transported via a space tunnel, then as the on-site construction site or the other end of the space tunnel, could there have been changes here beforehand?

Detecting these changes helps us adjust our strategies in real time.

Unfortunately, these searches failed to find anything unusual.

Perhaps the Reaper civilization deployed or created the black hole based on a different frame of reference—we only know that the black hole will appear 1.2 kilometers above the Earth, but that is only the Earth at the end of the world, and the Earth has not yet reached that position at this moment, has it?
Or, if we take the center of the Milky Way as a frame of reference, the sun hasn't reached its doomsday position yet, has it?

Even further, if we take the Andromeda Galaxy as a frame of reference, doesn't the Milky Way also not appear to be in its future position?

This is the difference in coordinate determination for a certain location caused by different reference frames.

Or perhaps... the deployment or on-site production of the Reaper civilization wouldn't cause any visible spatial changes on our side in the first place?

No one knows the exact reason.

But people only need to know one thing.

At the end of the world, that black hole will definitely appear 1.2 kilometers above the Earth, with Earth as the frame of reference.

Our side can't go wrong by placing the hydrogen bomb constellation here.

Jiang Yang nodded slightly in response to Gu Changshan's answer.

"How are the preparations for the telescope going?"

"Professor Lu Zhaoming said that they have finalized the observation plan and are about to launch."

"They actually found a way?"

Jiang Yang was somewhat surprised: "I'll go take a look."

How could our side find something that is only about 5 centimeters in diameter, which does not emit any radiation but can absorb all radiation, in the pitch-black background of the universe?

This is simply too absurd.

But the human world must do this.

If this black hole was indeed transported via conventional navigation, rather than through a spatial channel or created on-site, then our side can only truly determine its trajectory and provide a reference for more accurately pinpointing its coordinates in the next life by capturing its traces before the apocalypse.

Once the black hole's envelope disappears, its orbit cannot be determined even after the apocalypse.

Because at that time it was already affected by the gravitational pull of celestial bodies such as the Earth and the Moon, its orbit would inevitably change. Although we can calculate the original, undisturbed orbit by recalculating the orbit itself, the accuracy is ultimately limited.

A slight difference can lead to a huge error. Even a tiny fluctuation in precision could mean that in the next life, our side might not be able to pinpoint its coordinates at all.

In another laboratory, Professor Lu Zhaoming, wearing a white coat, was discussing something in hushed tones with some colleagues.

"Is there a way to detect black holes?"

"Correct."

Jiang Yang asked with great interest, "What method? Tell me about it."

"The principle is very simple; it's just the occultation method."

Professor Lu Zhaoming rubbed his forehead wearily and casually explained, "It's like how planets block out a star, causing a change in the star's luminosity, which helps determine whether exoplanets exist."

Although this black hole is presumably encased in a membrane and does not interact with the outside world, we speculate that its inherent property of devouring everything remains unchanged.

Thus, by comparing the simultaneous explosions of the hydrogen bomb constellation to the sun, and the black hole to a mosquito flying between the observer and the sun, we can find it through this comparison.

This method is quite ingenious.

only……

Can we achieve that level of precision?

Jiang Yang murmured, "The cross-sectional area of ​​the hydrogen bomb constellation is as high as 28.3 square kilometers, while the cross-sectional area of ​​this black hole is only 24 square centimeters. The difference between the two is... almost 120 billion times."

By this calculation, by analogy, what flies between a human observer and the solar disk would no longer be a mosquito, but something many times smaller than the finest dust particle.

"Optically speaking, the accuracy is indeed insufficient. However, this time we are using an infrared telescope, which adopts the most advanced temperature-sensitive observation mode, and the accuracy can meet the requirements."

"Wen Min?"

"When a hydrogen bomb explodes, the infrared band carries heat, which, when applied to temperature-sensitive materials, causes the materials to heat up and triggers a change in resistance."

With the black hole blocking the flow, the infrared heat carried by the corresponding part will inevitably decrease, causing the temperature of the temperature-sensitive material in the corresponding part to be slightly lower than that of the surrounding area, and the resistance value will also have a slight difference.

By analyzing this difference, the location and precise orbit of the black hole can be pinpointed.

Although he wasn't entirely clear on the specific technical details, Jiang Yang understood the underlying principles.

"As long as it meets the requirements, that's good."

Looking at the exhausted Professor Lu Zhaoming and the group of scientists in front of him, at the bustling activity in the hall, at the researchers whose faces were covered in oil but who were still staring intently at the computer screens, and at some people who hadn't even had time to take off their white coats before lying down on the folding beds and falling fast asleep, Jiang Yang knew that completing the research and development and manufacturing of these infrared telescopes was definitely not as easy as Professor Lu Zhaoming made it out to be.

It takes countless engineers and scientists working together to complete this task in such a short time.

However, the research and development and manufacturing of the telescope is merely a tiny, insignificant component of the entire doomsday plan at this moment.

In other areas, there was the modification of the hydrogen bomb, the manufacture of rockets, and the adjustment of orbits...

Gathering his thoughts from this brief fluctuation, Jiang Yang said, "I'm leaving."

Professor Lu Zhaoming paused for a moment, then said, "Have a safe journey."

Jiang Yang turned and left, arriving at the launch site.

There are only two weeks left until the end of the world.

To ensure that he could carry the information to his next life should the plan fail, it was time for him to set off for the moon once again.

Moreover, due to the changing situation, in this lifetime, only Jiang Yang among the hibernators went to the moon.

After giving Zhou Yu a light hug, Jiang Yang, led by Zhuo Fangting, returned to the spaceship atop the rocket.

The immense overload pressure caused the height to increase accordingly.

Half an hour later.

Looking at the still bustling Earth 6 space station, Jiang Yang felt as if he had returned to the time when he was building the Moon City base in his previous life.

This time, however, the Moon City base will no longer exist. Instead, there will only be a smaller survival base located in the lunar canyon.

Jiang Yang glanced at the hydrogen bomb constellation, which was still clearly visible even at a distance of more than 10,000 kilometers in space, but whose details were indistinguishable and which looked like a bright star, before turning around and entering the spaceship.

"Let's go."

After several days of space travel, Jiang Yang and his group successfully landed on the moon and then entered the canyon again.

At this moment, Jiang Yang was slightly lost in thought.

The massive, winding shape of the Moon City base from my previous life still seems firmly etched in my mind. In this life, however, all that remains is this small base before me, with a total area of ​​no more than 10,000 square meters.

The total number of internal staff is only 200, including some scientists who are responsible for interpreting the data that Jiang Yang might obtain.

Time slips away bit by bit.

Around Earth, busy launch missions continue.

With the repeated launches of reusable rockets, Jiang Yang received notification that a total of 16 infrared space telescopes responsible for this observation had been successfully deployed into their designated orbits.

Their overall shape resembles a cannon: in the middle is a huge cannon barrel with a diameter of about 3 meters and a length of 6 meters, and on both sides are a pair of wings made of heat dissipation plates.

Yes, it's just a heat sink, not a typical space telescope's solar panel. It carries a high-performance battery with sufficient power and doesn't need to draw energy from the sun.

These two heat sinks, along with the high-performance heat insulation material inside the "cannon barrel," can keep the temperature of the entire telescope at an extremely low level to ensure the accuracy of observations.

These 16 space telescopes are deployed in all directions around the hydrogen bomb constellation, ensuring that no matter which direction a black hole enters from, we can conduct observations from multiple angles and directions.

With five days left until the final apocalypse, Jiang Yang saw a bright spot suddenly appear in the direction of Earth, and then suddenly disappear.

A hydrogen bomb was detonated on command.

At the same time as the hydrogen bomb exploded, an alloy disk with a diameter of only 4 centimeters passed right between the hydrogen bomb and the telescopes.

Three hours later, Jiang Yang received the notification.

"The hydrogen bomb test was successfully completed, and the space telescope passed the test successfully."

Jiang Yang nodded slightly.

With three days left until the end of the world, Jiang Yang received a notification that the hydrogen bomb constellation had officially completed its orbital adjustment.

One hundred thousand hydrogen bombs remain almost perfectly stationary, silently orbiting the Earth at intervals of 6.5 kilometers.

At this moment, they have not reached the black hole's intended location, but are located on the other side of the Earth.

Jiang Yang knew that they would continue to orbit the Earth for several more weeks over the next three days. They wouldn't reach the vicinity of the black hole's spawn point until the designated time.

"Only 3 days left... Is there still no anomaly detected at the point where the black hole appeared?"

"No."

call……

Jiang Yang let out a soft sigh: "It seems that these anomalies will not occur."

Everything will only change when that predetermined time arrives.

Then wait.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

That day, Jiang Yang got up early, had breakfast, and then went to the conference room with his colleagues.

The countdown timer above clearly displays a line of numbers.

00:05:00.

(End of this chapter)