Chapter 325: The Last Resort
Qiao Lu and the others hurriedly rushed to the bridge of the Ten Thousand Years Wind and Snow, and at this time, on the holographic projection in the center of the bridge, the moon had completely deviated from its original orbit and was gradually moving closer to the earth.
Anyone with a modicum of common sense can realize how serious this is. According to scientists' speculation, the meteorite that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs was only 10 kilometers in diameter.
And now the moon, which is crashing into the earth, has a diameter of 3476.28 kilometers, which is equivalent to one-eighty-one of the mass of the earth.
After such an impact, I really don't know what other creatures will survive.
"Think of a way!"
Sky Hunter was almost overwhelmed by the situation, and the rest of Overwatch looked helpless. In the face of a crisis like the moon hitting the earth, it is really not something that a few of them can solve.
Qiao Lu still confirmed the situation with Levsenko in a hurry, and now he has experienced a lot of big scenes, and when he learned that the problem was on the moon, he was mentally prepared to face this worst-case scenario.
The astronomical observer on the bridge explained: "Based on the current orbital motion of the Moon, it is estimated that it will hit the Earth in about five days. At that time, most of the life on the earth will be extinct, and mankind will inevitably be doomed. ”
If the Wandering Earth is also on this plane, then this matter is easy to solve, and a few planetary engines can be easily pushed back into its original orbit by launching a few planetary engines on the moon.
However, now let alone let the entire wandering earth come over, it is still unknown whether the planetary engine can be transmitted to this plane.
It is really enough to deal with this lunar crisis with only the 10,000-year-old Blizzard.
Levsenko continued: "All we can do now is destroy the Wisdom Pupil node on the Moon that is causing all this, but even then the Moon will gradually crash into the Earth under the influence of gravity. If the moon can't be put back in its normal orbit, this catastrophe will eventually happen. ”
Needless to say, even if the node of Zhitong on the moon is destroyed now, the changes in the lunar orbit caused by it will not disappear.
How to prevent the moon from gradually approaching and crashing into the earth is the biggest problem today.
"Can you use the ship's main guns to blow up the moon?" Reinhardt asked nervously, and now he was thinking about the problem very simply and crudely.
Levsenko hurriedly shook his head and said: "Impossible, no matter how powerful the main gun of the Ten Thousand Years Wind and Snow is, it is impossible to bombard the moon with one shot." What's more, even if the moon can be shattered, the scattered lunar debris will be enough to destroy mankind, and the result will make no difference. ”
"That's right." Reinhardt said with a sigh, not knowing if he was serious or trying to liven up the atmosphere.
Qiao Lu then asked, "So can you use this starship to push the moon back?" ”
Levsenko said with regret: "This is also impossible, the size of the 10,000-year-old Bursard is not one-tenth the size of the planetary engine, and the engine simply cannot provide such a large thrust." ”
Although at the beginning of the Wandering Earth program, such a thing as pushing the moon away from the earth's orbit had already been done. It's just that several planetary engines were built on the moon at that time, and the thrust provided was not comparable to that of a frigate of the 10,000-year-old Blizzard.
Although the Ark can also be teleported along the pillar of light of the planetary engine like the Ten Thousand Years Blizzard, after all, it is not sure what kind of effect Zhitong will have on the mechanical life form of the Transformers, and it is really impossible to risk sending the Ark over.
Judging from the current situation, there may really be no good way.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Qiao Lu asked Winston as if he suddenly remembered something:
"Winston, you're back from a human colony on the moon, aren't you?"
Winston nodded and said, "Yes, I was genetically modified at the Horizon Moon Base and have been on the moon since the day I can remember." Only then a group of orangutans rebelled, killing all the scientists and occupying the colony. And I designed a temporary rocket to return to Earth on my own, and then I never cared about the situation on the moon again. ”
In fact, it was not what happened to Winston on the moon that was concerned, but also the fact that the humans of this world had established a colony on the moon, which made him think of a possible solution.
He went on to ask Winston, "How many countries in the world are currently capable of landing on the moon?" ”
Winston thought for a moment and replied, "There are probably a dozen of them." However, basically these countries were forced to abandon further moon landing plans at the time of the first intellectual crisis. No one is interested in the moon anymore, after all, things on Earth are no longer in the way. ”
"That's enough." Qiao Lu's eyes suddenly became serious, "Even if a colony was established on the moon more than ten years ago, then there must still be a way to transport supplies to the moon now." ”
Although he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Qiao Lu's gourd, Winston replied in the affirmative:
"It shouldn't be a problem, if you want to do it, you can still do it."
"Good."
Qiao Lu turned to the bridge and went straight to the Wandering Earth Central Academy of Sciences and said, "Help me calculate, according to the current situation, plus the thrust that the 10,000-year Blizzard can provide, how much more energy will be needed from the explosion of a nuclear bomb to push the moon back into normal orbit?" ”
When Qiao Lu said this, everyone present immediately realized what he wanted to do.
"Qiao Lu, do you want to rely on the energy of a large number of nuclear bomb explosions to assist the Ten Thousand Years Blizzard in pushing the moon back?"
If there are enough nuclear bombs, this is really not an impossible thing. It's just that it's unrealistic to teleport so many nuclear bombs from the Wandering Earth in such a short period of time, so there's only one way left-
"This is your earth, and it is up to you to save it." Qiao Lu said categorically, "If you can't even do this kind of thing, then the human beings in this world are not worth saving. ”
The final calculations were not long in coming, and it was only natural that the number of nuclear bombs needed would be far greater than the stockpiles of any one country. And to deliver such a large number of nuclear bombs to the moon, it will require the cooperation of every country capable of landing on the moon.
What lies ahead of them now is both a crisis and a test. Whether we want to work together to tide over the difficulties, or whether each of them has reservations and let the world perish, it is up to humanity to choose!