Volume V, Chapter 22, The Queen's Troubles (I), July 2119

The tracking of God, Yang Yiyi was handed over to Dr. Siegwood, but she knew that there would be no result for a while, so she hoped to be able to relax for a while and relieve some pressure, but not because of the existence of God's pressure, coupled with the constant self-suggestion in her heart, in the end, she crushed herself - HooLyood has several good VR theaters, watching a movie should be a good way to enjoy the mood, why not take local materials in this movie world?

One day in July, Gordon, Bai Yuntian, Siegwood and their entourage accompanied Yang Yiyi to watch the movie. Yang Yiyi "randomly" selected "The_Day_After" (a VR reset version of the classic disaster film "The Day After Tomorrow").

"My queen, you must come to Ukraine, do you have the heart of an unbroken girl?" Gordon, who was accompanying him, said in Yang Yiyi's consciousness, "If that's the case, you should choose a more romantic movie." Would you like this kind of movie where there are neither princesses nor princes? ”

Bai Yuntian, who accompanied him, also reminded Yang Yiyi that "The Day After Tomorrow" is not a movie that can make people relax. Yang Yi smiled and said nothing, everyone didn't know that this movie happened to be mentioned in the white card left by Zhang Xiaozhu at the end, so, in fact, this was not randomly selected by Yang Yiyi unintentionally.

After the bodyguards do the security check, everyone puts on their V.R gear, and the movie begins. [Synopsis of the film, mention of thermohaline circulation]

After watching the movie, everyone went to the tea room to drink tea, Bai Yuntian still remembered the exclamation that the queen made when watching the movie, and soon Yang Yiyi also mentioned the scene of the city being frozen in the movie.

"The entire North American continent has suddenly entered an ice age," Yang Yiyi said, "It's really incredible, it's obvious that the North American continent is frozen in ice when it's global warming, isn't this global cooling?"

She tugged at her teacup and looked up at the ceiling. Seeing the excitement and curiosity in the Queen's eyes, Siegwood introduced the warm salt circulation to the crowd:

Literally, "warm" refers to the temperature of the sea, "salt" refers to the salinity of the sea, and circulation refers to periodic ocean currents.

Also known as "transport currents", "deep-sea circulation", etc., it is a global ocean current circulation system driven by the temperature and salinity density of seawater. The system works in such a way that wind-driven surface currents such as the Gulf Stream carry the warm currents from the equator to the North Atlantic, where they cool down at high latitudes and sink to the bottom of the ocean, where they then flow into the basin and head southward to other warm ocean heating cycles.

The exact principle is not complicated, but ocean currents can carry heat from the equator from south to north to the North Atlantic. Warm water cools in the north and flows back from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to the equatorial region, and so on.

The science fiction logic of "The Day After Tomorrow" is that after global warming, the North Atlantic North Atlantic Laurentai Ice Sheet and the Scandinavian Ice Sheet melted, and the melting ice diluted the salinity of the seawater, and the salinity of the sea water was not enough, and the density and specific gravity of the sea water were not enough, so it could not sink and could not sink, resulting in the inability of deep sea water to flow back to the equatorial region, so that the thermohaline circulation in the northern North Atlantic Ocean was terminated, and the heat brought by the sea from the equator could no longer reach this region, so the climate in Europe and eastern North America was cooled.

"If that's the case, the whole Northern Hemisphere will enter an ice age," Siegwood said, "but whether it's the monsoon or the ocean current, the real power or the kinetic energy from the Earth's rotation, and the heat energy from the sun's irradiation, the amount of solar heat received by the Earth's northern hemisphere has increased dramatically since the last ice age, and the monsoon also carries tropical energy to the northern hemisphere, so the effect of thermohaline circulation is limited." Nor is it possible to freeze the entire city like the one shown in the movie, which Her Majesty's wisdom would not easily believe. ”

Siegwood knew that it was impossible for anyone in the room to easily believe that everything in a film was true, after all, everyone was an adult and not a child, but he still felt that it was necessary to give Her Majesty a clear explanation.

"Of course Her Majesty won't believe it." Gordon smiled a little sarcastically, "Only you nerds are so confused by the equations you write many times, and you can't see the problems that children can see." ”

"Movies are movies, they don't reduce to reality," Gordon continued, "and reality never becomes movies......

Just as Gordon was about to speak at length again, Yang Yiyi interrupted him. "Is there a movie that is closer to reality? For example...... "Her Majesty is trying to find a word to describe what she wants."

"Documentary, you want to see a documentary." Siegwood said.

"Yes, Doctor, it's a documentary, a film that's closer to reality." Yang Yi nodded.

Good Dock is known for its abundance of commercial films, but there is no shortage of producers who make excellent documentaries.

"Then, Your Majesty, let's go watch "Six Degrees." Gordon said, yawning slightly, "I've seen it for the sixth time, so please allow me to doze off in a moment." Gordon's eyes suddenly became a little mischievous, like an old naughty boy.

"You can't do that, Mr. Councillor," said Dr. Sigwood, "I'm going to read it for the tenth time, and I promise Her Majesty not to doze off." ”

"If you want to go to bed and go home to sleep, I'll just accompany Her Majesty to watch it alone." Bai Yuntian said with a little pungency.

"I'm just worried that you're not mentally prepared to accept that fact." Gordon said with some cynicism.

Soon, everyone left the tea room and came to another VR theater. Go watch "Six Degrees".

Six Degrees is based on the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2001. The report predicts changes in global climate phenomena as the global average temperature rises between 1 and 6 degrees Celsius, as well as the gradual escalation of global natural disasters. And it is worth noting that the report is unanimously agreed by the scientific community that when the global average temperature rises by three degrees, the Tran star ecology will not be able to heal itself.

Warming by one degree Celsius,

This was the state of Tran 100 years ago.

Once the temperature rises by one degree Celsius, the Arctic Circle will be ice-free for half the year, while the coast of the South Atlantic, where hurricanes are usually unknown, will be hit by hurricanes, and residents of the western United States will face severe prolonged droughts.

temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius,

This is the current state of Tran.

Glaciers are melting, polar bears are struggling to survive, Greenland's glaciers are melting, coral reefs are disappearing, and global sea levels are rising by seven metres.

3 degrees Celsius,

About 200 years later, humanity was powerless.

With the Amazon rainforest disappearing and intense Virgin weather phenomena becoming the norm, Europe will continue to experience unprecedented heat waves in the summer, with tens of millions or billions of refugees migrating from the subtropics to the mid-latitudes.

The temperature rises by four degrees Celsius

rising sea levels and inundating coastal cities; The disappearance of glaciers has caused severe water shortages in many areas; The disintegration of parts of Antarctica has accelerated the rate of sea level rise; Summer temperatures in London will reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius.

Warming by five degrees Celsius

Expanding uninhabitable areas, drying up snow and aquifers that supply water to some large cities, and turning millions of people into climate refugees; Human civilization may begin to disintegrate due to drastic climate change, and the poor will suffer the most; There is no snow or ice at both poles, a large number of species are extinct in the oceans, and large-scale tsunamis have devastated coastal areas.

The temperature rises by 6 degrees Celsius

As many as 95% of species become extinct after temperatures rise by six degrees Celsius, and the remaining organisms suffer from frequent and deadly storms and floods. From time to time, hydrogen sulfide and methane cause fires, like an atomic bomb that can explode at any moment; No living thing can survive except bacteria, and humans on the planet's surface no longer exist.

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At the end of the film, the VR movie perspective leads the crowd off the planet's surface to the planet's synchronous orbit on Tran. Yang Yiyi floated in space, looking at his home planet—the once blue planet still exists, but all the continents are a desolate earthy yellow. It was an endless desert, and there was not a trace of green on the land. The ocean is still blue, but the yellow sand is so yellow that the color of the sea is no longer visible from space. The blue planet has long since turned yellow.

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After watching the movie, Yang Yi didn't get up and leave for a long time, and Gordon was snoring like thunder, but she didn't care at all.

"I'm just worried that you're not mentally prepared." She remembered what Gordon had said, and she didn't care, but unfortunately it was said by Gordon, the old ghost.

In her subconscious, the world has always been moving towards a bright future, human civilization will become more prosperous, science and technology will continue to develop, life will continue to improve, people and the environment will become more and more harmonious, and the blue planet will always be blue. ...... In the mainstream news of the mainstream society, the mainstream media, there is always positive, positive, and upward energy, and in order to obtain positive energy, the truth of the facts has long been sunk into the sea.

If this is a deception, then it is also a well-intentioned deception, what can ordinary people do when they know the truth of the facts.!?

But now Yang Yiyi is no longer an ordinary person, and at this moment she deeply understands that his enemies are not only "gods". What if we defeat God.!? Can global warming of three degrees be stopped?

In 200 years, all living things on the planet except bacteria will be turned into a handful of yellow sand.

"Are you sure, Doctor.!?" Yang Yiyi said to herself, and she didn't look back at the doctor when she said this. "We are in an era of mass extinction. Species are becoming extinct faster than at any time in the history of the planet. ”

But even so, the Doctor knew at once what Her Majesty wanted to be sure.

"In fact, it is true that large organisms are dying out faster than at any time in history, but bacteria and microbes are also evolving faster than at any time in history. All kinds of superbugs and superviruses are emerging one after another. "The trend in the world is clear. ”

Who would dare to say this out loud.!? The more prosperous the world, the faster it will be destroyed.

"Your Majesty, you can change all that, too." Bai Yuntian also sensed the loss in Yang Yiyi's heart. But we may still have to defeat God first. Then you have the energy to do it. ”

Yes, Bai Yuntian is not wrong, as mentioned in the white card left by Zhang Xiaozhu: God will always be your worst enemy, and you should never forget this.

"You are a goddess of goodness, Your Majesty, and I know that you truly love this world, but ...... Maybe no one else can do it. Dr. Siegwood said.

"So, what's the point of the eternal life we may have in the future.!?" Yang Yiyi sighed silently in her heart, she didn't say it, but Bai Yuntian and the others sensed it.

Dr. Siegwood knew that Her Majesty was right, as early as Raccoon, when he was captured by a giant bat and then entered Zhang Xiaozhu's illusion, he knew that since God's technology can control the lifespan of Cerberus, it must also control the lifespan of people. Shorten or lengthen.

From the scientific level, it is nothing more than to solve two problems, first, the human nervous system is constantly aging and cannot be repaired, and second, the continuous loss of telomere genes during human cell division makes cell division impossible to proceed indefinitely. These two problems determine that human lifespan is always limited.

According to the information obtained from Zhang Xiaozhu and Yang Yiyi, the repair of cell telomeres and the extension of the life span of the nervous system, Dr. Siegewood believes that it should not be a problem within ten years. Although the progress of the research is not rapid, he is confident that it will be achieved.

It's just that people always have to live in the world, otherwise what's the point of eternal life? Maybe it is not difficult to extend the life of individual human beings, but who can do it if you want to extend the life of this world?

At this time, the old man Gordon, who was sleeping soundly on the side, actually woke up from his sleep, "I am the one who longs for eternal life among the many people who yearn for eternal life, and at the same time, I am also the one who is not afraid of the end of the world." "Because I know that the world will not live forever with anyone." ”

Yang Yiyi also knew that if there was no hope for immortality brought by God Technology, she would not have these troubles, would ordinary people worry about these problems? Not to mention 200 years later, decades later, they will be holding the ashes.

"If I want to have it, heaven is indispensable, I have to say, Your Majesty, this is the exclusive trouble of the emperor." Bai Yuntian secretly said in Yang Yiyi's heart.

I have to say, Your Majesty, this is the exclusive worry of the emperor. Bai Yuntian secretly said in Yang Yi's heart

(End of chapter)