The vast starry sky, so deep and bright, without the deflection and obscuration of the atmosphere, the countless stars in the universe appear unusually bright, forming an incomparably magnificent background picture.

Half of the moon is bathed in sunlight, and on the eastern hemisphere with its back to the sun, there is exactly a full moon, and the moonlight that is perfect and reflected on the earth is the flawless moonlight.

On the plateau, several astronomical telescopes are facing the bright starry sky, which is a group of astronomy enthusiasts, keen to search for asteroids that have not yet been officially discovered, according to convention, the person who discovers the asteroid has the right to name the asteroid, which is basically the most attractive place for these astronomy enthusiasts in addition to interest.

Suddenly, someone exclaimed, "Huh! What is it?! ”

It turned out that in his astronomical telescope field of vision, with the starry sky as the background, he could find that an object broke in and blocked the background of the starry sky!

But he couldn't see anything, as if it were something invisible, and he couldn't see anything but the stars.

The other people immediately gathered around, the computer automatic star-chasing system connected to the astronomical telescope was already automatically analyzing and calculating the orbit of this invisible thing, in the midst of everyone's gossip, the screen showed a simulation diagram of the calculation results, everyone looked at it, and couldn't help but hold their breath and couldn't speak!

This invisible thing, the orbit directly intersects the orbit of the Earth!

An asteroid that is about to hit Earth! What a big discovery! The crowd, who had recovered from the shock, began to shout and ask the lucky man to report to NASA quickly.

An hour later, several large telescopes of the observatory in different places were pointed at the newly discovered asteroid, and it was not long before the "Extraterrestrial Planet Exploration Telescope" in outer space orbit began to slowly change direction.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, an emergency call woke up Guo Qin, the most respected old director of the Ninth Bureau, and when she rushed to the headquarters building of the Ninth Bureau, everyone was already waiting for her.

After a while, she will officially retire and enjoy her retirement in her old age with peace of mind, but in fact, since this period of time, she has handed over most of the work of the Ninth Bureau to Shang Yong, the deputy director who took over, and she has been equivalent to taking a back seat and starting to enjoy retirement life in advance.

In the conference room, there were not many people, only 5, but everyone who should have arrived has already arrived.

"Old Guo, I'm sorry to let you come here so late, it's really because of this matter, it's too important!" When the secretary handed over a thick stack of materials, Deputy Director Shang Yong said apologetically, "We ......."

"Getting to the point!" Guo Qin's face sank and said directly.

"Yes!" Shang Yong's face turned pale, and he said, "In the video conference, there are also the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Homeland Security Administration, the General Military Intelligence Agency, and the security adviser to the head of No. 1. This was discovered three hours ago, and after repeated verification, the teardrop-shaped asteroid will fall into the atmosphere in 48 hours. The expected drop location is here! ”

The display on the big screen changed with Shang Yong's words, and the place where he fell was the depths of the Pacific Ocean, more than 3,000 kilometers away from the nearest port! It is also more than 4,000 kilometers away from Hawaii!

Guo Qin listened to Shang Yong introduce her to the current major discoveries, while flipping through the printed documents and photos in her hand, as an old man from that war-torn era, she is still used to looking at these real paper documents, not used to looking at electronic screens.

In front of her, no matter who it was, even if they were already familiar with these materials, at this time, they maintained enough patience to let this old man, who was old enough to be their grandmother, open the thick stack of paper materials in front of him.

It wasn't until she turned the last page and looked up that her actual age was not as exaggerated as nearly 100 years old, with her gray hair and face without a single wrinkle on her face!

But these people here all know that this Guo Lao, her age is so old!

"Finished?" Guo Qin raised his head and asked slowly.

In fact, Shang Yong's introduction was finished a few minutes earlier, not just now. None of the others felt inappropriate, and Shang Yong also nodded in response: "Yes, it's over." ”

Guo Qin slowly closed her eyes and leaned back in the chair, as if she couldn't stand such a toss and wanted to take a nap.

After a few minutes, Guo Qin breathed a sigh of relief, opened his eyes, and asked, "The photo data of No. 138 suggests that there seems to be a human figure in this drop-shaped ice-like asteroid, what is going on?" Is there any further means of substantiation? ”

"The team of experts has analyzed various possibilities, and it can basically be determined that it is a humanoid shape, and the possibility of being a human can be ruled out." The video conference showed that it was the director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) himself.

Guo Qin asked, "Is there any further means of verification?" ”

"Detailed observations can be made using the Extraterrestrial Planet Exploration Telescope in outer space orbit, but this does not make sense. ”

"Nope! This is an important clue that must be further confirmed, or proven! Guo Qin replied with certainty, "Immediately use that telescope to make a comprehensive and detailed observation!" When can I get results in the fastest? ”

"Observation images can be obtained in as little as 30 minutes! But ......"

"No but! This is a clue that must be figured out! Instantly! Right away! Guo Qin's voice became stern, and she originally looked like a gentle old lady with gray hair, but now she immediately turned into an aggressive Guo Lao, which made everyone stunned again and again.

"Do it now!" On the video conference terminal, there was a whispered command from Director Tang of the National Space Administration, facing Guo Lao's strong side, even if he, the director of the National Space Administration, had no relationship between his superiors and subordinates with the Ninth Bureau, he still did not dare to slack off.

In fact, all officials to a certain level know a principle that does not exist on the table, in the face of the "non-existent Ninth Bureau", the old director Guo, don't be her head, just do what she tells you, it's really not good, you can go to the leader in charge for instructions, otherwise, just wait to be trained!

The 30-minute waiting time seems to be extraordinarily long, during which all kinds of latest progress information will be gathered here, but Guo Qin leaned on the back of the chair the whole time, closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, and no one bothered her, but when she was discussing, she consciously lowered her voice.

When the time came, when the first detailed observation picture came, Guo Qin opened his eyes before the secretary stepped forward to wake up.