Chapter 686: Before the Storm
The moon is hanging in the sky, and the sky is full of stars.
It is late autumn, the clouds are sparse and the wind is clear, and it is a good day for stargazing.
On the evening of October 13, an extraordinary day, the news reported that tonight, the largest meteor shower in the Orionids will arrive as scheduled.
This will be the largest meteor shower ever detected.
Various social platforms and circles of friends are pushing the topic of meteor showers, making wishes and praying, but everyone who has nothing to do has made an appointment with classmates and friends to watch meteors in a place with a wide field of vision.
On the playground of the school, groups of students lying on the grass of the football field are looking at the night sky to talk about life ideals, friendship and love, international trends, and the universe, which is very lively.
On the seashore with a wide view, one by one camping and stargazing donkey friends are guarding the bonfire, looking at the sky from time to time, talking and laughing, waiting for the arrival of the meteor shower.
A couple on the edge of the sea, snuggling up to each other, waiting for each other.
Countless professional photographers have already brought their equipment and set up their cameras in a place with a wide field of vision, looking forward to this rare Orionid meteor shower.
Rooftops, parks, campuses, mountains, grasslands.
Students, urban white-collar workers, photographers, astronomy enthusiasts, researchers.
Countless people are waiting.
"Wait a minute, what do you wish for?"
"Nonsense, of course, world peace. This wish-making activity was launched in response to the chaos in Africa and South America. ”
"What does world peace concern me?"
"If a meteor falls for a wish, then as soon as you look up, you can see that life is as brilliant as a meteor shower."
"Wish I would get rich overnight."
"Make a wish that God will give me a handsome man."
"People think that wishing for a meteor will make their wishes come true, but they don't know that the fleeting meteor is just God's tears for the fallen. Is God going to weep for the world? ”
The meteor shower has not really begun, and various wish-making comments and discussions have appeared on the Internet, on social platforms and in the circle of friends. All kinds of pictures spread on social platforms and circles of friends, all kinds of strange wishes, all kinds of complaints, all kinds of disease-free moans.
It's a global topic, and it will be the longest-running and most numerous meteor shower in years.
Africa and South America, immersed in chaotic struggles, on the brink of war, other countries and regions, are waiting for this romantic meteor shower, a carnival before the storm.
The world is still calm.
There are still three hours before the meteor shower reaches the Earth, and no one on the Earth is paying attention, and the Moon has taken the lead in the meteorite shower.
A space meteorite from the constellation Orion is hitting the moon head-on at a speed of 130,000 kilometers per hour.
Even astronomers in the anthill are secretly surprised by this high-intensity meteorite shower. Fortunately, there is no atmosphere on the surface of the moon, otherwise the shock wave generated by this impact will definitely not be small.
Each space meteorite weighing 40 kilograms is equivalent to twenty cruise missiles, and now thousands of meteorites, large and small, are bombing the surface of the moon.
This is the largest meteorite shower ever discovered in the history of monitoring, and thousands of meteorites are falling.
The six scientists who are now stationed on the moon, including Shi Dongting, are all gathered in the satellite center of the lunar base.
They are all waiting to see if any meteorites have landed near the base. Meteorites that have not been burned by the atmosphere are more valuable for research than meteorites that have fallen to the earth, and they are very helpful for their research.
"I wonder if there will be a meteorite near the base?" Bi Shichen sighed.
"Do you want to send back an alert to Earth? This meteorite rain is probably much bigger than I imagined. Another scientist said.
"The alarm has been there for a long time, and the people of the earth are now waiting to see the meteor shower, only romantic, and few people care about the alarm. However, if you are hit by a meteorite fall, you can only say that you have won the lottery. ”
A few people, you say a word, I say a word.
Shi Dongting sat in the main chair, paying careful attention to various situations.
Now he is the base commander, and now under special circumstances, he has to keep an eye on the situation of the base, in case a meteorite falls here where their base is, it is not a joke.
"Commander, the satellite has detected that there is a meteorite that has fallen in the plain area of the F14 area 80 kilometers from the base, and the earth has been requested to send a robot to search for it."
The artificial intelligence of the lunar base marks the place where the meteorite fell.
Shi Dongting's spirit was shocked, and his waist straightened.
Several scientists on the field were excited, and they all looked at Shi Dongting: "Commander......"
"Satsuki, calculate the time it takes for the transport robot to reach the F14 area."
"Two hours."
"Send Transport Robot 7 to the crash site and bring the meteorite back." Shi Dongting immediately decided.
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Incense Burner Bay Villa.
With the spread of controlled nuclear fusion, the popularization of new energy vehicles, and the elimination of many heavily polluting industries, the role of environmental protection policies is obvious.
Nowadays, in large cities, where light pollution is not severe, you can clearly see the starry night sky.
Chen Mo, Xiaoyu, Zhao Min and others were also waiting and playing on the grass over and over again, and the atmosphere was pleasant. There are robots in charge of the barbecue, and several people can play the game freely.
Wushuang has passed her tenth birthday, she has grown a lot taller, slim, very delicate, much more beautiful than her mother when she was a child, and her little face is a little baby fat, which looks very cute. In terms of learning, Wushuang, who is over ten years old, has almost finished high school, so he knows everything now. Looks like a little grown-up.
But one thing remains the same, I love to eat the candy given by Zhao Min, I have loved to eat since I was a child, and my relationship with Zhao Min is close.
A few people were on the grass, drawing sticker strips.
"Dad, when are you going to have a younger brother with mom for me to play with?" There are no bilateral draws.
"Huh?"
"Ugh!"
Chen Mo and Xiao Yu were a little shocked by Wushuang's sudden question, but Zhao Min was too happy on the sidelines.
"Aunt Mo can't give birth, otherwise Aunt Mo and Dad will give birth."
"Haha......" Zhao Min couldn't help laughing.
"People are small and ghosts are big." Xiao Yu directly flicked Wushuang's head, and he couldn't help but be happy: "Is my brother for you to play?" ”
"My brother is here to play." Wushuang touched the head of Xiao Yu's bullet, laughed out of his dimples, and directly took away a card in Xiao Yu's hand, and combined a pair into a pair and put it in the card pile: "Mom, you lost, sticker note, giggle......"
"You actually took the opportunity to peek at your mother's cards?"
"It's called a distraction duck."
"Hahahaha......"
Chen Mo and Zhao Min couldn't help but laugh, and Mo Nu also laughed softly.
"Mom, grandparents and grandparents all said that there are few men in the family, and they are not good at urging you and Dad, but you must hurry up and give birth to a younger brother for me to play, otherwise ......" The little girl's eyes rolled wildly, and her smile was very sweet.
"How else?"
"If I don't tell you, I'll tell Aunt Min quietly."
"I've learned to be mysterious." Xiao Yu flicked her head again: "Go and get a bottle of drink for your mother." ”
"Yes."
At the end of the game, several people sat on the grass and chatted, looking at the sky, and the peerless was on Zhao Min, talking and laughing.
They are only a little bigger than ordinary people now, and their lives are still very ordinary, Chen Mo is home and company are two points and one line, and occasionally take time off to go out to play, or socialize, this kind of opportunity to look at the stars with his family is also rare.
"Aunt Min, let me tell you about the wishes I want to make when I see a meteor, there are many of them, do you want to listen to the duck?" Wushuang lay on Zhao Min and said with a smile.
"Can't mom listen?"
"No, I'll just tell Aunt Min."
Xiao Yu couldn't cry or laugh, and sometimes she wondered if this daughter was her own.
Wushuang attached to Zhao Min's ear, whispered, and was tickled by Zhao Min before he finished speaking, and the two made a mess, and it didn't take long for the war to spread to Xiaoyu and Mo Nu, and Wushuang was the spice of this family.
Chen Mo watched them playing, indescribably relaxed.
Suddenly, a bright meteor streaked across the starry sky and disappeared in a flash.
"The meteor shower is coming."
When the first meteor appeared, there were countless brilliant moments to see it pierce the starry sky. On rooftops, playgrounds, meadows, beaches, breezy mountain tops, and seashores with salty air, countless people look up and make their wishes.
Outside of Earth, meteorite streams are approaching the Earth's atmosphere at incredible speeds.
Anyone would be shocked if they could see the meteorite flow clearly, which was mixed with the wreckage of spaceships of different sizes, broken wreckage, cryopocysts, and strange corpses, which were rapidly approaching the Earth's atmosphere.
A meteor shower that shocks the world is about to take place.