"Professor, the results are in."

"How much?"

"With an orbital declination angle of 8.7 degrees and a speed of 167 kilometers per second, debris 0 will avoid the Earth and will not directly hit the Earth."

"What is the perigee altitude?"

"1,400 kilometers, plus or minus error 50 kilometers."

"Let Hubble 2 continue to monitor Debris 0 and follow me with a complete set of high-resolution photos." Burke wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a long sigh of relief.

At this time, the others in the command center were also much more relieved.

"Professor, you should keep an eye on Fragment 334." Zhang Xiaogang reminded Burke.

"This ......"

"With that reconnaissance satellite."

Burke nodded, grateful. Zhang Xiaogang's remarks show that he already knew that Burke had "lied about the military situation" at the meeting of the chiefs of general staff, and that if the No. 334 debris had not avoided the earth, even if it had completely burned up in the atmosphere and had not crashed into the Pacific Ocean, Burke would have been unlucky.

It's just that Burke is not a fool, he did not use the main resource on the 334 fragment.

The information is displayed on a console screen. Because Debris 334 did not slow down, was closer to Earth, and had a much larger area than Debris 0, the image was clearer.

"Four minutes to go." Zhang Xiaogang glanced at his watch.

"Zhang, Professor Luo......"

"I said, he's gone."

"Actually......," Burke gritted his teeth and said, "two years ago, I wanted Professor Luo to be the leader, and his talent was far superior to mine. If there were no restrictions, I would rather be his colleague, even if it was for him, than for him. ”

Zhang Xiaogang smiled, Burke was obviously a worthy target.

"When this is over, I will resign. If possible, I would like to meet with Professor Law and discuss some issues with him. ”

"Hopefully there's a chance."

"Zhang ......"

"Professor, do what is in front of you, don't bury yourself."

Zhang Xiaogang changed his name, and Burke immediately understood, so he didn't say anything more.

It's just that he can't do anything now but wait for the results.

Four minutes, and it passed quickly.

At this time, the image of the 334 fragment appeared on the big screen.

Debris 334 rushed into the atmosphere and began to burn violently. Due to atmospheric drag, debris 334 began to slow down, but no one calculated how much the speed of debris 334 had decreased. Everyone is concerned about only one question, that is, whether the fragment of 334, under the influence of atmospheric tension, will bounce up.

"Professor, the orbit of Debris 334 has changed."

"What's the declination?"

"Continuously changing, calculating, now ......"

Suddenly, a white light took over the entire screen.

Burke was startled, and quickly rushed to the main console, directly remotely controlling the reconnaissance satellite responsible for monitoring No. 334, shortening the focus of the lens.

Fragment 334 did not rush out of the atmosphere, but exploded inside the atmosphere!

After the debris enters the atmosphere, it suddenly encounters great resistance, and the surface pressure increases suddenly, which will lead to damage to the internal structure of the debris, coupled with the huge heat generated by friction with the air to produce a thermal expansion effect, and the debris is very likely to explode after falling into the atmosphere.

A few hours earlier, Luo Jinyong had made a similar prediction.

More than 100 years ago, the catastrophe that occurred in the Tunguska region of Siberia was that a large meteorite exploded more than 20 kilometers above the ground after falling into the atmosphere.

Although the catastrophe caused by the explosion of debris in the atmosphere is much smaller than that caused by impact, the speed and mass of fragment 334 are extremely fast, so the disaster caused by this explosion must have exceeded the Tunguska explosion, affecting more than 1,000 kilometers.

The site of the debris 334 explosion was south of the Mariana Islands, less than 1,000 kilometers from Guam and more than 40 kilometers from the sea.

Howard was the first to react and immediately asked the staff to contact the Pentagon and the U.S. Forces Command in Guam.

Zhang Xiaogang hesitated slightly, turned around and walked towards the door. Burke immediately reacted and followed Zhang Xiaogang out of the command center. The commissioners and chief scientific advisers of the other countries also left the command center and took the elevator to the surface.

At this time, the transport plane that sent Luo Jinyong back to China had just taken off.

At first, Zhang Xiaogang told a lie. He didn't send Luo Jinyong to the airport, but just sent Luo Jinyong to the elevator. The reason why he said a lie was naturally because he didn't want Burke to find a reason for Luo Jinyong to stay. With Luo Jinyong's character, as long as Burke asks, he will definitely stay.

Seeing the commissioners and chief scientific advisers of various countries coming to the ground, the US officers and men were a little dazed and ignorant.

The reason why the crowd came to the ground: to listen to the loud bang of the Big Bang!

This will be the loudest sound ever heard by mankind, an explosion that resounded all over the world!

Diego Garcia is about 9,000 kilometers from the explosion site, and the sound that travels through the air arrives in more than seven hours, but it travels not only in the air, but also in the oceans and crust. If it spreads in the earth's crust, it will arrive in about twenty minutes.

In fact, all that travels in the earth's crust is infrasound waves, which cannot be heard by the human ear.

Standing on the ground, you can only feel the vibrations generated when powerful infrasound waves arrive, and the sound emitted when buildings, equipment, etc. resonate.

More and more people poured onto the ground, and even some US officers and soldiers came to join in the fun.

By this time, the sun had sunk in the west, and night was approaching.

"Look...... Look ......"

Hearing someone shouting, more people looked up at the sky, and Zhang Xiaogang also raised his head and looked at the sky to the south.

Although it was still dusk, the sky seemed to be burning with meteors that covered the sky. It was the wreckage of five pieces of debris that had been hit in the second interception. After the explosion of the super nuclear warhead, all five fragments disintegrated, creating a large amount of debris. Because the mass is so small, the debris burns up in the atmosphere, creating a spectacular meteor shower. There is a piece of debris that fell on South India, not too far from Diego Garcia.

Zhang Xiaogang was very emotional, maybe Luo Jinyong saw this magnificent scene on the plane.

At the end of the meteor shower, Zhang Xiaogang glanced at his watch, and sixteen minutes had passed since the big explosion. He pulled out his cigarette, and there were still a few minutes.

By this time, the crowd had dispersed, and only the commissioners and chief scientific advisers of each country did not leave.

Obviously, most people come to see meteor showers.

"Can you give me one?"

Zhang Xiaogang looked back at Burke. "You're eye-licking too?"

Burke smiled and didn't say anything more.

Zhang Xiaogang gave him a cigarette and helped him light it.

The two smoked in silence and didn't say much.

When a cigarette was about to be smoked, Zhang Xiaogang felt that the ground began to shake slightly, and the cigarette butt between his fingers also shook slightly.

"It's finally here."

All around, buildings and parked vehicles on the side of the road began to shake, as if an earthquake had occurred.

This is not an earthquake, but a phenomenon of vibration produced by high-intensity infrasound. Although infrasound waves cannot be heard by the human ear, the humming sound of various objects can be heard.

It lasted less than two minutes, and the shaking and humming sound died down.

"Looks like I'm going to have to write my resignation."

Zhang Xiaogang had already seen that Smith was walking over with a few American security personnel.

"Either way, we're at least alive. Zhang, say hello to Professor Luo Jinyong on my behalf. Tell him that the disaster has just begun and that don't let up. ”

"Burke ......"

Burke smiled and turned to walk towards Smith.

Zhang Xiaogang sighed. Although he has always looked down on Burke, Burke's ending up made him feel sad that the rabbit died and the fox died.

If Luo Jinyong knew that Burke had ended up like this, what would he think, and would he feel sad for Burke?

Zhang Xiaogang felt that what was happening now was very ridiculous.

No matter what Burke did before, at the last moment, it was he and Luo Jinyong who did what had to be done to avoid the catastrophe of human destruction. Perhaps Burke made a mistake, such as lying about the situation at a meeting of the chiefs of staff, but if he didn't, the consequences would be dire. If you don't give up the interception of Debris 334, you can't intercept Debris 0 a second time, and it is impossible to derail Debris 0. Maybe Burke didn't know this, but he didn't do anything wrong, he at least won a chance for Luo Jinyong.

In comparison, Stark, who is still thinking about a city and a place when he is dying, is even more hateful.

Zhang Xiaogang never thinks that he is an upright person, nor does he think that he has a sense of justice, but he knows right and wrong, and knows how to distinguish between right and wrong.

If Stark hadn't argued with Yang Fanglie at the meeting of the chiefs of staff, if Stark hadn't asked Howard to deal with Luo Jinyong, and if Stark hadn't tried every means to restore Burke's position on the Scientific Advisory Board, Luo Jinyong wouldn't have left at a critical moment, and he wouldn't have let Burke take responsibility. If Luo Jinyong could calmly complete his mission at the end of the Planetary Defense Council, maybe it wouldn't be like this.

Taking the interception of the No. 0 debris as an example, if the supercomputer provided by the United States can be used, Luo Jinyong will definitely be able to come up with a more effective interception plan to increase the probability of success of the first interception, and there is no need to carry out the second interception. Even if you keep a super-nuclear warhead, you can intercept the fragment of 334 when it is about 100,000 kilometers away from the earth, shatter it and burn it up in the atmosphere.

All that is happening now can only be said to be the Yankees' own doing.

The disaster has happened, and even if it is a bitter fruit, the Yankees can only swallow it and blame others.

Smith didn't come to trouble Zhang Xiaogang and returned to the command center with Burke.

Zhang Xiaogang threw away his cigarette butt and prepared to return to the command center. The U.S. side is definitely assessing the damage, and he wants to know what has become of Guam.

The ground shook violently.

Zhang Xiaogang was startled, and before he could react, there was a more violent shock, and he also fell.

All around, the buildings began to shake violently, the vehicles on the side of the road jumped, more and more people fell, and those who did not fall quickly fell down.

Earthquakes, super earthquakes!