I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

Because the mushroom cloud is still cooling rapidly, the originally slender "stipe" has begun to rapidly expand and become thicker. The air mass mixed with a huge amount of dust on the surface is constantly churning and surging, like the flowing magma after an eruption. The intense light that turns white at the high-temperature core is revealed.

The clouds only reached half the height of the mushroom cloud's stipe, and it held up the entire fiery red sky. The sun was just an inconspicuous decoration in this background.

The sky is fiery red, and the ocean has completely become a reflection of the sky. The whole world is filled with fiery red mixed with black, as if we have arrived in another world.

Musk's eyes were temporarily blinded by the strong light at the moment of the explosion - it may be that the strong light occupied his entire field of vision. In short, his eyes were completely white for 10 seconds.

When he regained his vision, there was only a super mushroom that seemed to be right in front of him. At this time, it had begun to dim in color because it had expanded to almost the limit, and its appearance was mainly black and red.

He had sunglasses on his chest. All tourists who purchased the package were issued sunglasses in advance and were informed of precautions. However, just now everyone's attention was attracted by the meteor, and only a few people were prepared.

Although it wouldn't cause much damage to the naked eye at this distance, Musk still felt that his brain was starting to feel dizzy. He lowered his head and closed his eyes and shook it vigorously to no avail. Everything he saw seemed to be separated by a translucent light curtain.

He looked at his two blurry sons, and then saw Tom shaking his head as well, and noticed what he was gesturing behind his gaze.

It took 73 seconds for the sound wave to arrive here. In addition to the oncoming airflow, it was accompanied by the howling sound of the strong wind passing through the gap between the windows. It was a rich and extremely powerful sound that made people feel when it passed by the ear. Goosebumps spread all over my body.

The only thing that Musk felt could be compared was standing within 1,000 meters of the rocket launch pad. Perhaps because of similar experience, he was able to survive the first round of shock wave diffusion very skillfully.

There were also subtle but dense vibrations coming from the deck beneath my feet, which were shock waves that spread along the ground.

The sound at this distance is insignificant compared to the explosive sound. If you can hear a very violent sound, the probability of survival will not be too high.

He took out a Geiger counter from the tool bag at his feet, and then heard a "clucking" sound and a jumping pointer.

It's okay, slightly higher than the standard safety value for radiation practitioners, but basically harmless.

The 340,000-ton nuclear warhead was weakened too much by the underground explosion, and the power leaked from the surface and the mushroom cloud may not be 100,000 tons.

By this time, his vision had recovered somewhat, and he could clearly see Sachs, who was rubbing his eyes vigorously.

"Dad, my eyes are blind, I can't see anything."

"No, baby, close your eyes for 10 seconds and then open them again. We'll be together. And you, Hilde, we'll be together."

Sachs closed his eyes obediently and counted ten silently before opening them again, and then continued to hear Musk's voice:

"Sachs, did you see that?"

"I saw the deck and myself, but they were all pale white. The surrounding sky was so dark, but I couldn't see my shadow."

"Then let's close our eyes for another 30 seconds."

Counting to 30 in his mind again, Sachs finally saw the brown deck, the reflection of the chrome armrests, and the jeans that were the same color as the ocean.

After regaining his sight, Sachs immediately faced the direction of the mushroom cloud again. At this time, the mushroom cloud no longer emitted bright light. Because of the mixed dust and diffusion, it showed a dirty gray-white color. At the same time, the lower part was covered by white water vapor that stretched for several kilometers. , those are seawater evaporated by high temperatures.

Even though it was 25 kilometers away, the mushroom cloud with a height of more than 20 kilometers clearly displayed all the details in front of them, like a monster rushing out of Haiti and heading straight into space.

There was a constant "click" sound next to them. It was Uncle Tom who was recording the scene with a film camera.

As professionals, they will not forget the electromagnetic pulse damage of the hydrogen bomb. The range of influence can reach thousands of kilometers. Although the impact of the first earth-penetrating bomb is much smaller, it is definitely impossible to escape at such a close distance.

Musk just reacted and pressed the bracelet, but as expected, he didn't get any response.

He set his sights on the extremely spectacular mushroom cloud. Only at this moment did he truly have a complete understanding of mankind's ultimate weapon, and understood that the hydrogen bomb's destruction of the world was not just a thin line of text.

The rocket that launched it was not even a fraction of the weight of the Falcon 9, but it had the power to wipe out a city.

He imagined such a mushroom cloud rising over Houston and immediately shuddered.

There should be no nuclear war, absolutely not.

…

Unlike Musk, who was slow to respond, Yuanwang 7 had been constantly informing personnel on the radio to take precautions, so Lin Ju wore full protective sunglasses during the explosion.

In addition to the white light that filled his field of vision at the time of the explosion, Lin Ju also felt a small but obvious electric current flowing through his skin at that time, which made his body covered with goosebumps.

That is a huge amount of electromagnetic pulse generated with the explosion, which can still damage surrounding electronic equipment even after being heavily attenuated.

Yuanwang 7 and the surrounding warships were not worried. Their cabin protection could resist such electromagnetic impact. However, Yuanwang 7 still turned off the external antenna power 3 minutes in advance.

Zhang Zheng specially turned on an emergency lighting, which had been extinguished after the nuclear explosion.

Lin Ju took off his sunglasses and saw the deep blue ocean and the mushroom cloud that expanded to the extreme.

He tried to say something several times but found that he couldn't do it. Only then did he realize that his heart in his chest was beating crazily at an unprecedented speed, almost suffocating him.

In the end, Zhang Zheng was the first to adjust. He took a long breath and felt like he had found himself again.

He thought he would be excited and applauded, but when it actually happened, he, like everyone else, felt a strong sense of powerlessness and could only stay there and watch everything happen.

I couldn't say those words full of revenge at first, but in the end I could only spit out one sentence:

"This must not happen to us."

Lin Ju also nodded solemnly. This was just a "small" hydrogen bomb with a greatly reduced power and an yield of just over 300,000 tons. How terrifying would those monsters at the million-ton, tens-million-ton or even billion-ton level be?

Only by personally experiencing that kind of power can we understand why scientists fabricate rumors about "nuclear winter." When people really face death, they will find that they are not as relaxed and free as they imagined.

He forcefully patted Yu Man on the back, who had been hugging him for a long time, and could feel the other person's body shaking.

"This won't happen to us, never."