Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 210 The Sun Is Sick
"Not too difficult?"

Jiang Yang was taken aback.

He knew that this asteroid belt exploration mission would primarily focus on small celestial bodies less than one kilometer in size, or even less than 100 meters.

Although there are millions of celestial bodies larger than this size, astronomers around the world have already explored most of them in previous asteroid belt explorations, and have relatively comprehensive data on their orbits, velocities, and masses.

Asteroids smaller than one kilometer in size are not only more numerous, possibly exceeding tens of billions, but also extremely difficult to detect due to their small size and dimness.

Contrary to the common perception that the asteroid belt is full of debris and asteroids, the distribution of material within it is actually extremely sparse.

The asteroid belt is approximately 1.7 million kilometers wide, mainly exhibiting a ring-shaped structure, and about 1.4 million kilometers thick. The total mass of the celestial bodies inside is about 2.4 x 10^21 kilograms, only four ten-thousandths of that of Earth.

With such a mass distributed over such a vast area, the average density is only a few grams per cubic kilometer, comparable to the purest vacuum that humans can create in a laboratory on Earth.

Finding macroscopic celestial bodies in the asteroid belt is the most difficult part. Passing through it, however, is not difficult at all.

The most numerous small celestial bodies, ranging in size from 1 kilometer to less than 100 or 10 meters, almost perfectly conceal themselves against the backdrop of the vast and deep universe.

Surprisingly, observing them as comprehensively as possible isn't that difficult?
In response to Jiang Yang's question, Lu Zhaoming nodded and said, "According to our simulations, that is indeed the case. The reason you think it's difficult is because you've overlooked a variable: the sun."

"sun?"

Jiang Yang paused for a moment, then realized: "I see, I understand now. In that case, detecting them is not as difficult as I imagined."

"The World Government has decided to urgently convert Earth 6, the largest and best-equipped space station, into an interstellar spacecraft. It will then carry 200 scientists, 50 astronauts, and you, a total of 251 people, to the inner edge of the asteroid belt to orbit the sun in a counter-clockwise direction and conduct observations of the asteroid belt."

Jiang Yang nodded silently: "I understand."

Human civilization, still recovering from its exhaustion, mustered its last bit of strength and launched another large-scale rocket launch.

The plan is to send approximately 10,000 tons of supplies, including fuel, equipment, supplies, and spare parts, into near-Earth orbit.

Hundreds of astronauts have once again set off for space to carry out the renovation and upgrade mission of Earth 6 space station.

Time flies, and six days have passed in the blink of an eye.

The moment scientists predicted—when the black hole would fall into the sun—has finally arrived.

At that moment, all available stellar observation equipment was pointed at the Sun. At least billions of eyes around the world were also watching this event through televisions, computers, mobile phones, and other media.

This information had already been announced to the public in advance. Everyone knew that the end of the world was inevitable.

But even now, people still hold onto a sliver of hope, a last-minute chance: maybe a miracle will happen at this moment, and that the black hole will not fall into the sun?
However, the observation data from the high-precision solar satellite shattered people's last hope.

Using the gravitational lensing phenomenon, it captured a crucial image of a black hole falling into the sun.

Among the countless solar prominences that stretched tens of thousands of kilometers in altitude like space tentacles, a small, distorted ball of light crashed straight into the sun at a terminal speed of more than 600 kilometers per second.

The dramatic events that were expected, such as the sun suddenly brightening or a violent solar flare, did not occur.

Like a pebble dropped into water, it only caused a tiny ripple before everything returned to calm.

The sun is still the same sun.

It still hangs quietly in the sky, its brightness and shape unchanged, as if nothing had happened.

But everyone knows that everything is different now.

From this moment on, the sun is sick.

Supercomputer simulations show that after entering the Sun, this black hole will plummet rapidly, like a bullet piercing the air, encountering almost no resistance from the Sun's matter, and will fall directly to the Sun's core, where it will then begin to "oscillate" around the core.

The difference in mass between the two is simply too great. Although the sun is destined to be destroyed by this black hole, it will still dominate the gravitational relationship.

Therefore, the black hole will eventually remain at the core of the sun.

However, just as a swing needs to sway for a while before it comes to a stop, this black hole will also vibrate violently before it finally comes to a stop.

It will pass through the Sun's core countless times, constantly traversing the Sun's interior. During this process, the Sun's internal layered structure will be completely destroyed by this black hole.

At the same time, solar material will fall into the black hole at an even more violent speed, and the black hole's accretion disk will grow larger than ever before.

The accretion disk... radiates energy outwards.

Moreover, the efficiency of converting mass into energy through the accretion disk is several times higher than that of nuclear fusion.

This means that not only will the black hole destroy the Sun's internal layered structure, but the internal pressure will also increase dramatically due to the presence of the accretion disk.

The internal pressure increased, just like a balloon being blown in with more gas, causing it to expand.

and so……

After this black hole fell into the sun, the sun did not collapse inward, but instead began to expand violently.

At this moment, the sun in the sky appears normal, but people know in their hearts that, like a patient who appears healthy on the surface but is terminally ill inside, the sun is beyond saving.

With a soft sigh, people looked away from the screen. The end was inevitable; none of us could escape death.

But... there are still Reincarnators. After the extinction of human civilization, we will have a next life, and everything will start over.
Many people initially doubted whether the World Government's claim about the Cyclists was a hoax, a lie fabricated to appease the public.

But faced with one piece of evidence after another, people have no choice but to believe it.

Without the information brought by the Reincarnator from previous lives, how could we so accurately pinpoint the culprit in this life and determine the black hole's orbit, mass, and velocity?

How could they possibly have executed the black hole interception plan without hesitation from the very beginning?
Unbeknownst to us, the world has been destroyed many times, and we have died many times...

Thinking about it this way, the end of the world in this lifetime doesn't seem so terrible.

Furthermore, the World Government has also announced regulations that if someone commits acts that violate the law or morality before their death in this life, they will be held accountable in the next life as well.

Regardless of whether such regulations are reasonable or whether they will actually be enforced, it's best to remain safe and secure in this life for the sake of prudence.

While public opinion was abuzz with discussions about the end of the world and the next life, order in real life remained intact, and no major chaos occurred.

Time slipped by quietly, and before we knew it, it was the next day.

On this day, whether it was an illusion or not, people felt that the sun was a little bigger and the temperature seemed a little higher than usual.

Not only that, the signal became unstable when making phone calls, and even the internet speed was affected.

People then realized that this was probably not their imagination.

Doomsday Project Command Center.

"Solar activity, including solar wind, coronal mass ejections, sunspots, and solar flares, has increased by 15% compared to 24 hours ago."

The space environment is deteriorating rapidly, and the refurbishment of Earth VI must be accelerated.

"Why so fast?"

Sun Changhe was somewhat surprised: "The model shows that the black hole's impact on the sun should not be that great."

This question doesn't require professional researchers; Jiang Yang alone can provide the answer.

"We know so little about the Earth's interior, let alone the Sun's interior? And black holes?"

We can only simulate the overall trend at most. When it comes to the details… it's normal for the simulation to make mistakes; it would be strange if it were correct.

Sun Changhe nodded slightly and looked at the person in charge of the project: "How much longer will it take to complete the renovation?"

"Ten days."

"it is good."

……

The sun's brightness and radiation power have increased more and more noticeably. Now, even ordinary people can perceive the sun's abnormalities with the naked eye.

There have even been reports that life is beginning to revive in the Southern Hemisphere, which is currently experiencing winter.

Wild grass sprouted from the barren land, and animals also ended their hibernation and came to the land that had regained its vitality.

The Antarctic ice sheet is melting at an accelerated rate, causing sea levels to rise slowly. The already scorching desert is now reaching a point where the heat could kill a person in a short time.

At this point, the numerous underground cities built over the previous decades began to come into play.

One underground city after another was put into use, and hundreds of millions or even billions of people began to move into the underground cities.

Even low Earth orbit, more than 400 kilometers above the Earth's surface, has begun to be affected.

With the deterioration of the space environment and a surge in various types of radiation, the working conditions for astronauts are becoming increasingly harsh.

Under these circumstances, Jiang Yang and the 200 selected scientists spent ten days waiting.

When I woke up in the morning, Zhou Yu was still fast asleep beside me.

Jiang Yang didn't wake her. He just lowered his head and gently kissed her forehead, then tiptoed out of the bedroom. After a quick wash, he left the house.

Behind him, Zhou Yu's eyes were still tightly closed, seemingly asleep, but tears kept welling up in her eyes.

Jiang Yang arrived at the launch site by bus in the increasingly hot weather and met up with the scientists.

Members of the World Government's decision-making and deliberation groups, as well as colleagues from the hibernation group, all came here.

"Good luck to you, and good luck to our civilization."

goodbye."

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(End of this chapter)