Astronomical observers on Earth had observed the sudden appearance of a meteor swarm near Pluto. It was a very strange astronomical phenomenon. That was because Xingxing's movements were always traceable. For example, Halley's Comet, which visited regularly.
Ordinary meteor swarms were easily overlooked by astronomical observers because of their small size. This was a normal phenomenon. However, the problem in front of everyone now was not a small meteor swarm that had been overlooked.
Because what appeared near Pluto was a large "meteor shower" flying towards Earth at high speed!
"How big is this meteor shower?!" Zofee, the director of NASA, asked his subordinate, Dr. Otani. "Why didn't we notice it before?!"
"I'm sorry, sir, but this meteor shower seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. There were no traces of meteors in the orbit we observed before. They seemed to have suddenly appeared in that area. And they're flying very fast, "Dr. Otani, who was the first to discover the scene, reported in detail.
"As for their size? I can only say that they're very, very big. "
"Be more specific."
"Do you know the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs?"
The conversation between the two fell into an awkward silence. This was one of the answers that the director did not want to hear.
Zofee pondered for a moment before asking, "What about the orbit? Did this meteor shower brush past Earth or …? "Zofee did not finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear.
He still had a glimmer of hope that things were not as bad as he thought.
"If they don't change course, with their speed, they'll only need seven days. After seven days, they'll directly hit Earth! "Dr. Otani said the worst news.
This was the worst news. Zofee's face twitched a few times, as if his facial muscles were cramping. He did not give up and asked, "Can you estimate the damage?"
"Yes."
"How much?"
"All of it!"
It was as if a hand had appeared out of nowhere and choked their throats. The suffocating silence made the air seem very quiet.
The President received the news at one o 'clock in the morning, when he finally fell asleep. As the president of a large country, Mr. Pope was under a lot of pressure.
Compared to his predecessors, he felt that his life before retirement was the worst he had ever lived. He was about to withdraw from the core of power, so why did he still have so many things to do every day?
What new energy, what super high-speed rail, what war in Eastern Europe, what Earth Federation? Furthermore, he had managed to catch up with the construction of the first spaceport and the invasion of the alien civilization. The things he had encountered before his retirement were more and more troublesome than all the things he had faced during his political career.
Now, President Pu just wanted to survive until he retired so he could go to the countryside to write his memoirs. Then, he could write in the afternoon while eating cookies baked by his wife and brewed black tea.
"Hurry up and tell me, what happened this time?" In a small conference room in the White House, President Philip, in his pajamas, met with NASA's CEO, Zofee, as well as Dr. Otani, whom Zofee had brought along.
"Is there anything wrong with the spaceport?" President Putin thought that there was a problem with the construction of the Sky City. Otherwise, there was no need for the NASA director to wake him up in the middle of the night. Right now, NASA's most important task was to build Sky City.
However, the construction of Sky City had been outsourced to Stark Industries, and it was being built very quickly. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be a problem. There was no need to wake the president up in the middle of the night, unless Sky City had fallen.
Therefore, President Pu said, "Could it be that Sky City fell from Earth's orbit?"
Zofee's expression was very ugly. In a tone that was even more uncomfortable than his own, he said, "It's worse than that, sir. We're going to face an unprecedented catastrophe! "
"?" The president cast a puzzled look. "Do you mean 'The Day After Tomorrow'?"
Before Zofee could speak, Dr. Otani interjected, "Sir, it's actually 'The Collision of Heaven and Earth'."
The president: "Today isn't April Fool's Day!"
Zofee said, "We're not playing a prank."
… …
The news that a huge group of small meteors was flying toward Earth at a super high speed spread quickly. At least, it spread quickly among the top brass.
Less than ten minutes after the president of the United States learned of the news, the leaders of the other P5 countries also learned of it. The leaders of the other important countries in the world didn't take much longer to learn of the news either.
An hour later, the P5 countries held an emergency video conference of the top leaders. They had to find a way to solve this problem.
Because according to the observations, if these meteors were to hit Earth at their current speed, then Earth's civilization could be directly rebooted.
If they fell into the Pacific Ocean, they would set off a tsunami at least 2,000 meters high and sweep the world. After the impact, Earth would undergo violent geological movements, and a super strong earthquake would tear apart the original continental shelf system.
Earth's civilization would be completely destroyed. Could humans survive after such a catastrophe? It was too difficult.
"We need to solve this problem. We don't have much time left." The president of the United States spoke first. "If these meteors hit Earth according to their original trajectory, we won't be able to hold on."
"All the bunkers we built can't survive such an attack."
The British Prime Minister: "That's easy for you to say. How do we change the direction of these meteors?"
"Nuclear weapons!" The president of the United States said firmly. "I've discussed it with Tony Stark. He will provide all the arks and enough unmanned iron armor to control these ships full of nuclear weapons to blow up these asteroids. This is our only way to survive. The only problem now is whether we have enough nuclear weapons! "
The president of the United States sent a document with detailed data to the other leaders. This was the number of nuclear weapons that his scientists had calculated. Anyway, relying on the nuclear weapons reserves of the United States alone was not enough.
Humans often said that they had enough nuclear weapons to destroy Earth several times over, but in fact, this kind of destruction would only destroy humans. For Earth, it was just a few big pits on the surface. What would destroy humans was the nuclear winter and nuclear radiation after the nuclear war.
"Gentlemen, this time it's not a joke. I need all your nuclear weapons to be used together. "The eyes of the president of the United States were sharp.
"We need to come up with a solution as soon as possible. Because this kind of astronomical phenomenon will definitely be noticed by other civilians. This is our last stand. If we can't solve this problem, the world will be finished. And before the world is finished, civilians who have no choice but to wait for death because of the arrival of the end of the world will be the first to go crazy. All kinds of conspiracy theories will appear. Maybe before we solve the problem, the people on Earth will be finished first. "
The president of the United States said bluntly, "Seriously, this is no longer a political problem, everyone. We need to unite, or we will all be finished! "
The scene became very quiet. After a while, the British Prime Minister, the main ally of the United States, spoke first. "Britain doesn't have many nuclear weapons. Our financial situation does not allow us to maintain a large number of nuclear weapons. Maintaining them is too expensive. We only have more than a hundred nuclear warheads. And the number of strategic nuclear warheads is even smaller. "
The Prime Minister made a statement, and then the French president said, "I can also provide all nuclear weapons, but the problem is the same as the United Kingdom. France has tactical nuclear weapons, but too few strategic ones. "
The president of the United States was a little disappointed. He now put his hopes on Russia. Because apart from the United States, Russia was the country with the most standing nuclear weapons.
"It's a pity because Russia's economy has been poor for years. We have been using the reduction of nuclear weapons in exchange for financial assistance from the international community. Although our nuclear weapons reserves are higher than those of the United Kingdom and France, can we reach the number on your document? It's not enough. "
The president of the United States was a little disappointed. He now suddenly wished that Russia had not been so honest when it reduced its nuclear weapons and kept more in private.
Now the only one left was China. The expression of the Chinese leader was very complicated, as if he was hesitating about something. After a full five minutes, he said, "We don't have enough atomic bombs. China doesn't have nuclear bombs on standby."
Not surprisingly, even Russia didn't have that many atomic bombs. How could he count on China? The president of the United States' heart fell to the bottom. Maybe he needed to go to Durm in Latvia. He heard that he had a private arsenal, and maybe there were some good things in it.
The president even began to fantasize about how he should beg Durm.
Before the president's fantasies could really start, the Chinese leader continued, "Although we don't have atomic bombs, we have 56 strategic hydrogen bombs on standby."
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