Solar system, Pluto.

After the solar system entered the stage of great development, if there was any place that human footprints had not yet set foot, it was this dark star field located at the edge of the solar system.

It's not that it's too far away from Earth, in fact, Earth's most cutting-edge military engine technology has been updated to the 18th generation as quickly as possible, and if you don't count the cost, the conventional cruise speed in the solar system is close to one hundredth of the speed of light, and the travel time from Earth to Pluto has been compressed to an astonishing month.

However, it belongs to the special high-risk experimental base of the "Cloud Research Institute", so it is a "military restricted area" within a radius of tens of millions of kilometers near Pluto.

As the solar system became more prosperous, and the shipping lanes were filled with newly launched spaceships, many high-risk laboratories of the Cloud Research Institute had to be relocated from the "city center" to the "suburbs" of the solar system.

Fortunately, remote robotics is not affected, and for scientists, it is just a matter of logging in from a different physical address.

However, on the entire earth, only a few people such as Yu Lao, who have the highest scientific research authority, are qualified to land in this dark place where even the sun is dim.

And at this moment, inside a huge crater of Pluto......

"The countdown to the first test explosion of the Hades I Planetary Destruction Bomb is ready, please evacuate as soon as possible, and those who insist on staying should check their pain adjustment for the last time......"

"The preparations are complete and the countdown begins! 10、9、8、7……”

"Boom!" When the countdown ended, an incomparably dazzling light exploded in the crater and soared into the sky!

The huge spherical shock wave swept by, slowly spreading to the small half of the sphere, the earth cracked and shook, the underground magma gushed out, and the dust covered the sky and the sun, the scene was terrifying!

It wasn't until half an hour later that the violent tremors of the entire planet slowly disappeared, but from time to time aftershocks were heard, indicating that the geological changes in the planet's interior had not completely disappeared.

At the heart of the explosion, the original small crater has been expanded into a huge basin, and the gushing underground magma is slowly turning it into a magma lake, but then rapidly cooling in a vacuum and low temperature.

Looking down from the universe, the dark red magma shimmers, like a "demon's eye" opened on Pluto.

High in orbit of Pluto, a small observation platform floats above the blast point, and on the platform, several small robots are pointing at the terrifying scene below.

"Conduct an explosion data assessment and confirm that the Level 5 armor target at a distance of 500 kilometers is completely shattered, the Level 3 armor at a distance of 1,000 kilometers is burned at Level 2, and the simulated creature is burned at a distance of 1,500 kilometers at a distance of Level 3."

"In a vacuum environment, the planet's surface damage degree is 8.79%, and the atmospheric environment damage model has been established, and the simulation results are expected to be completed in 10 minutes......"

"Three scientific research bases on the far side of the planet were affected by the blast and were damaged to varying degrees, and the damage report has been automatically generated, and the repair is expected to take 10 hours......"

“……”

Looking at Pluto, who was completely blown up from his slumber and "trembling", Karl, a scientist who had just joined the Cloud Research Institute, couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Carl, 63 years old, born in a Jewish family, won the gold medal in the International Olympiad in physics at the age of 13, skipped middle school at the age of 14 and entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and worked at NASA at the age of 16 to engage in astrophysics research.

After Captain Ghost was born, he published high-level basic scientific research papers such as "Weak Gravitational Lens Theory and Data Analysis" and "Wormhole Formation and Expansion Model Conjecture" in the virtual world of the Science and Technology Tree, and immediately attracted the attention of cloud scientific research.

You must know that they also obtained Nie Yun's first-hand information not long ago, confirming that under extreme charging conditions, the wormhole has expandable characteristics.

This theory, obtained from Gemini, was also successfully verified by the success of Operation Ocean Tide, which destroyed a wormhole charging device of the Locke Consortium!

After the evaluation and analysis of the intelligent brain, the Cloud Research Institute finally decided to list Carl as the target of recruitment and make up for the eighteen bachelors!

As one of the most important departments under his command, Nie Yun naturally has to personally review the recruitment of new recruits from the Cloud Research Institute.

Carl's ability and resume are impeccable, and his forward-looking and professional approach to the wormhole model is indeed a talent that Nie Yun urgently needs, as for loyalty...... Well, it's all minority!

With a wave of his hand, the Eighteenth Bachelor's Reserve officially joined, and today's Pluto explosion experiment is the first time that Carl has participated in the high-end research of the Cloud Research Institute as an assistant "intern".

"Yu Lao, is it really okay for us to destroy Pluto like this?" Carl asked, turning his head with a worried look on his face.

"Huh! This is not the earth, and there is not much development value, the boss said, even if Pluto is demolished, it will be fine! Yu Lao said with a smile.

It's okay to dismantle it?!

This is the ninth planet of the solar system, is it considered to destroy intangible cultural heritage?

Although Pluto's ninth planet is a bit of a misnomer, having been classified as a dwarf planet in 2006, and its size is even smaller than that of the moon, this does not hide the fact that it is an "outdated star".

If it were known that others were conducting destructive experiments on Pluto, would there be people in the universe who would jump out and condemn themselves?

Putting aside the strange thoughts in his mind, Carl looked back at the center of Pluto's explosion.

The Hades I Planetary Destruction Bomb is said to be one of the sub-projects of the "Pluto Project" of the Cloud Research Institute, which aims to use the high-energy characteristics of energy crystals to create smaller, easy-to-carry ship-based satellite-to-star weapons, and give the enemy a "nuclear deterrent" level of deterrence!

From the point of view of the explosion effect, the power is equivalent to 10 billion tons of TNT equivalent, and the destructive power of the explosion in a vacuum environment will be quite weakened, but if it is in the atmosphere...... It was an absolutely apocalyptic sight, a terrible ecological catastrophe!

The data flow related to the experiment in Carl's eyes slowly passed by, from the design drawings to the design principles, various drawings and parameters were presented in front of Carl's eyes without reservation.

He set off a huge wave in his heart, although it had long been rumored that a series of research topics of the Cloud Research Institute were all the world's top S-level scientific research projects, but Carl was still a little incredulous that he could access such confidential information when he just joined.

Especially, for him, who has a secret mission......

"Mr. Karl, you are one of the top scientists in the United States, and the current contribution to the technology tree world is among the best, after evaluation, Captain Ghost's cloud research has a certain chance of handing you an olive branch, therefore, for the sake of national interests, we hope that at that time, you can bring back some key information for us......"

A month ago, the words of the intelligence officer were still in his ears, and he looked at the information in front of him and fell into a deep entanglement.

Ever since Lawrence, a high-energy physicist, was absorbed by cloud research, everyone has understood that the mysterious cloud research institute is not completely closed, and they also need to absorb fresh blood.

This incident caused a sensation in the scientific community all over the world, and everyone wanted to enter this dream scientific paradise.

The ultra-high monthly salary of unlimited coins in units of "10,000" may be ignored by those top scientists who regard money as dung, but the top scientific research projects and the legendary "internal employee benefits" are the real temptations that make them flock to it!

To this end, the World Survey Organization also took Lawrence as the research object, collected information on scientists from all over the world, and published a "cloud reserve" ranking, listing all the top scientists who may be recruited.

Karl, on the other hand, is in 17th place on this list.

Fame brought him attention from the outside world, but also brought him unexpected troubles......

Obviously, the information in his hand is definitely enough for "key information", even if he can only memorize one percent of the content, he can still make a huge theoretical breakthrough in his country in a short period of time.

You can ...... it yourself Can this really be done?

Looking at Pluto's miserable and miserable appearance, Carl's heart suddenly tugged.

In 1961, the former Soviet Union detonated the "Tsar" on Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic, with an equivalent of 50 million tons, causing a regional ecological disaster, almost causing a catastrophe, affecting many European countries, and the experiment almost ended out of control.

If you really build a bomb with a yield of 10 billion tons...... Even if it's not as powerful as the meteorite that destroyed the dinosaurs, it's enough to destroy humans, right?

"Hades I, the raw material is not expensive, 10 kilograms of energy crystal, plus a precision trigger, that is, the manufacturing accuracy requirements are high, the cost is low, and the power is strong, what do you think of this thing?"

Yu Lao asked casually while checking the experimental data.

Karl: "......"

Cheap and powerful?

As a top scientist, Carl clearly understands that the higher the degree of development of science, the higher the requirements for human organization and moral standards!

Without absolute control of force and a stable and unified internal environment, the emergence of every superweapon is likely to mean the beginning of human self-destruction......

A human world that cannot control the results of scientific research is likely to turn technology that could have benefited one party into a "Pandora's box" that will lead all mankind to hell.

So, can you really trust to hand over this kind of thing?