Flying over the island of Amsterdam was an RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft.

On this reconnaissance plane, it not only has radar, infrared, visible light, and other photographic reconnaissance equipment, but also carries 30 personnel from 10 member countries. In accordance with the decision taken by the Council of Chiefs of General Staff, each Member State is required to send a Security Coordinator and two scientists, and is allowed to carry cameras.

After arriving over the island of Amsterdam, the reconnaissance plane will fly five times around the island at an altitude of 5,000 meters, 3,000 meters, and 500 meters, and will pass over the island at the end of the day, so that the personnel of the member states can clearly see the situation on the island. In addition, the information collected by the reconnaissance plane will not only be transmitted directly to the command center of Diego Garcia, but will also be transmitted to the communications center of each member state through the communications satellites of each member state.

None of this information has been processed to be absolutely true.

RC-135 circled around the island of Amsterdam for an hour and spent another half an hour processing the information gathered before the meeting of the chiefs of staff officially began.

Because Luo Jinyong had left Diego Garcia and Zyuganov had disappeared on the island of Amsterdam, Burke once again served as the interim head of the Scientific Advisory Board, representing the Scientific Advisory Board and explaining the information gathered at the meeting of the Chiefs of General Staff.

The facts are in front of us, and anyone has to believe that the Y object has indeed disappeared.

"According to the data measured by the reconnaissance aircraft, the depth of the sinkhole cannot be measured. To be precise, because the laser rangefinder equipped with the reconnaissance plane has a maximum measurement distance of 150 kilometers, the depth of the sinkhole exceeds 150 kilometers and has penetrated deep into the mantle layer. According to our speculation, it is likely that the sinkhole is thousands of kilometers deep and leads directly to the Earth's core, but there are some strange phenomena that cannot be explained. ”

"What phenomenon?"

"For example, the temperature inside the sinkhole is much lower than normal."

Stark nodded, no further questions. Burke made it very clear that anyone would have thought that the sinkhole was left by the Y object entering the depths of the earth, and it was definitely not man-made, so there was no reason to link the sudden disappearance of the Y object to the United States. If the meeting of the chiefs of the General Staff concludes that the disappearance of the Y celestial body has nothing to do with the United States, especially if Yang Fanglie holds this view, Sergeyev's doubts are not a cause for concern.

"Admittedly, we underestimated extraterrestrial civilizations, but I want to know," Sergeyev certainly knew Stark's intention to ask Burke to make a briefing, "There are obvious signs of battle near the sinkhole, such as what happened to the dense craters, and the origin of the wreckage of the two planes. ”

"Perhaps the Y Celestial Body is the spaceship of an extraterrestrial civilization, carrying an invading army, and a battle broke out after an encounter with the Doomsday Army." Stark had already figured out the rhetoric, and the performance was very good. "As for the wreckage of those two planes, they are indeed unmanned reconnaissance planes that we sent."

"General Stark, can you give a reasonable explanation?" Sergeyev clung to this point, because the Planetary Defense Council did not authorize the US military to send unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to Amsterdam Island, which was a unilateral action of the US military and violated basic principles.

"After discovering the Y object, I dispatched two high-altitude long-endurance unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to Amsterdam Island." Stark also thought of his words, so he was naturally fearless. "The unmanned reconnaissance aircraft took off from Australia and arrived on the island of Amsterdam more than ten hours later. In doing so, he wanted to have a more comprehensive grasp of the situation on the island and help the Doomsday Force control the situation. I wanted to raise this matter at a meeting of the chiefs of the General Staff, but the sudden appearance of strong electromagnetic interference caused us to lose communication with the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. According to the navigation settings, after losing contact with the rear base, the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft will automatically return home. Considering that the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft has not yet reached the island of Amsterdam, I did not report on this. What is happening now is that the unmanned reconnaissance plane did not return home, but flew over the island of Amsterdam, and fell by accident or other reasons, perhaps shot down by extraterrestrial intelligent life in the Y celestial body. I didn't tell you the situation in a timely manner, which can be regarded as a serious mistake. ”

"Just a mistake?" Sergeyev clearly did not believe Stark's nonsense.

Stark didn't argue with Sergeyev, he had made it clear enough, and there was no point in arguing with Sergeyev at all.

At this time, Yang Fanglie's position is crucial.

It's just that Yang Fanglie has been silent.

The sudden disappearance of the Y object has greatly changed the already hot situation, and the attitude of Stark and Sergeyev has changed. Stark is trying to clarify that the United States has nothing to do with the disappearance of the Y object, trying to convince others that the United States is not acting privately, nor has it been able to obtain advanced technology from the Y object. Although Sergeyev has been questioning Stark, his attitude has changed. If Sergeyev doesn't say a word at the meeting and doesn't work against Stark, that's the big problem.

Sergeyev's performance convinced Yang Fanglie that the Russian army would not immediately send troops to attack Diego Garcia.

With human scientific and technological means, it is simply impossible to dig a hole with a diameter of 200 meters and a depth of hundreds or even thousands of kilometers. The sinkhole must have been made by a Y object, so the Y object may have entered the Earth's interior. From another point of view, even if Sergeyev didn't know that there was a sphere in the sinkhole and that it was related to Chu Tianjiang, he should believe that the Y celestial body did not fall into the hands of the United States. If the United States had the scientific and technological strength to create a sinkhole that would lead to the center of the earth, the Planetary Defense Council would have been of no value for a long time.

Apparently, the Y object is not in Diego Garcia.

As long as such a judgment is made, Sergeyev should know that attacking Diego Garcia is meaningless at all, and even more than worth the loss.

Diego Garcia is only one of the five bases of the Planetary Defense Council, and the scientific research work promoted by the Planetary Defense Council is carried out separately in each member state, even if the Russian army captures Diego Garcia, at most it can only capture the scientific researchers and security commissioners of each member state. In this way, the risk is very large, that is, in the face of the counterattack of the United States and even all member states.

Sergeyev was a little more sane and would have given up the idea of attacking Diego Garcia.

In addition, after the disappearance of the Y object, the idea of obtaining advanced technology from extraterrestrial civilizations came to naught. With its current strength, Russia is not at all an opponent of the United States.

Without the advanced technology of extraterrestrial civilizations, Russia alone challenges the United States, which is only killing itself.

Thinking about these problems, Yang Fanglie knew it in his heart.

"General Stark, General Sergeyev, and other generals, will discussing the previous events now help to change the situation?" Yang Fanglie paused slightly, and then said, "At least it's certain that the Y celestial body hasn't left, it's still somewhere on Earth, and it's possible that it has entered the Earth's interior. The Doomsday Force has been wiped out, and the mysterious disappearance of a team of scientists must have something to do with the Y celestial body. This is enough to prove that the Y object is a thing with independent consciousness, perhaps an extremely advanced device, or a highly evolved living being. Whatever it may be, the threat posed to humanity by extraterrestrial civilizations has not only not been lifted, but has intensified. ”

At this moment, everyone's attention turned to Yang Fanglie.

Prior to this, Professor Luo Jinyong proposed that the invasion of extraterrestrial civilizations would not end here. The more stubborn our resistance becomes, the more fierce the invasion becomes. Although we have shattered the devastating catastrophe caused by the 2014X1 asteroid impact, the global catastrophe caused by the debris impact is still ongoing, and the next wave of invasions of extraterrestrial civilizations could come at any time. At this juncture, it is all the more important that we unite and work together to respond to the impending invasion. ”

"General Yang is right, we must look forward and make long-term plans." Renault was the first to take a stand.

Under his leadership, the chief of the German General Staff and the chief of the Italian General Staff both agreed.

"If we continue to dwell on the past, human civilization will certainly not last." The Chief of the General Staff of the IDF, General Netanyahu, also made his position clear.

Seeing this, Stark breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Fanglie did not support either Stark or Sergeyev, but resolved the contradiction between Stark and Sergeyev and raised the most important topics.

In this case, continuing to dwell on the cause of the disappearance of the Y celestial body will definitely lead to rebellion.

Stark was about to speak, when Burke suddenly asked to speak.

"Professor?"

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have just received news that an earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale has occurred on the island of Amsterdam, with the epicenter exactly at the location of the sinkhole, and the depth of the epicenter is 10 kilometers."

The ten chiefs of the General Staff were all amazed.

"If you can, you have to get that RC-135 back to Amsterdam Island."

"Is this necessary?" Stark immediately asked.

"The island of Amsterdam is a volcanic island, and Mount Davis is an extinct volcano. Because sinkholes penetrate the earth's crust and into the mantle layer, earthquakes are likely to trigger volcanic eruptions. Burke paused slightly, presumably sorting out the information. Amsterdam Island is located at the westernmost tip of the Southern Indian Ocean Hills, right at the junction of the Indo-Australian and Antarctic plates. Because the previous impact has caused the entire Pacific plate to drift northward, affecting the movement of the Indo-Australian plate. If an earthquake causes a change in plate structure, there is a good chance that the island of Amsterdam will sink. ”

"Sunk?"

"The height is lowered below sea level."

Stark let out a long breath and said, "Guys, do you think you should send a reconnaissance plane back?" ”

At this time, other chiefs of the General Staff received reports confirming a strong earthquake on the island of Amsterdam. Because a reconnaissance satellite happened to be over the island of Amsterdam, Yang Fanglie also received news of the eruption. The crater is not Mount Davis, which has been silent for millions of years, but a sinkhole!