Fuxing non-staple food commissary.

An old-fashioned radio on the table in the commissary was loud, and it was playing the storytelling "The Legend of Tonglin" by the famous storytelling performance artist Shan Tianfang. However, before the show was over, Mr. Shan's magnetic voice was suddenly interrupted.

"Now for an important piece of news."

"Just a few minutes ago, a strong tsunami hit a small area of more than ten kilometers of coastline in the Liuqing Tourist Area of Landao City in a certain province!"

"Locals claim that the waves from the huge tsunami were as high as five stories high."

"The coastline of the tourist area has been pushed inland by as much as two kilometers."

"There have been no reports of casualties. The site of the tsunami hit is a famous attraction in the city of Blue Island, and although it is not the best time to visit, the beach is full of nearly 100 tourists swimming, surfing and sunbathing at any time. ”

"The communication fiber optic cable facilities and power facilities in the two-kilometer disaster area were all damaged, and it was impossible to get in touch with the affected area."

"So far, no seismological bureau has monitored high-intensity undersea earthquakes."

"The cause of this high-intensity, small-scale tsunami is still unknown, and the investigation is ongoing."

"Major portals have broadcast this incident."

"Our correspondents are trying to communicate with the front line and get the latest news, please stay tuned to our reports."

After a few words of news, the recording channel switched back to Teacher Shan Tianfang's "Tonglin Biography". In fact, at this moment, with the help of developed online social media, almost all the people of the whole country learned about the incident. At the same time, the TV in the non-staple food store was turned on, and CCTV's 37 science and education channels, which are known for their rapid response, happened to be doing geological science popularization, so they immediately invited the guest of the program that was being broadcast, that is, Professor Jiang Yikun from the geophysics and hydrology direction of the Republic of China University of Geosciences, to give a live explanation.

"Professor Jiang, what do you think about the current tsunami incident from a professional point of view?"

Professor Jiang Yikun coughed and cleared his throat: "Hello, host." I also learned about the tsunami from the Internet just a few minutes ago. According to the existing information, this tsunami is very distinctive, and can be summarized by six characteristics: 'small scope', 'high intensity', 'short duration', 'high destruction', 'sudden formation', and 'unknown cause'......

Xu Liang drank a whole bottle of pulse, and then went to Duanhan's side to help her spit out seawater. Duanhan's situation is a bit bad, he is lying on his stomach and vomiting vigorously, and he feels like he is about to collapse.

Xu Liang walked over and punched her in the back. This punch didn't seem to have much power, but the strength was just right, and the old man vomited again, and finally eased up a little.

Xu Liang: "I've always let you learn to swim, you have to do it." I'll regret it. ”

Xu Liang said it easily, but in fact, the situation just now was extremely dangerous. Duanhan's position is relatively high, and he was swept into the sea water above for a while, and it is estimated that he will choke on it. For a while, Xu Liang could barely feel the breath of Duanhan, and had to clamp her thighs tightly with his arms so that she was not blown out by the big waves and violent swings.

Duan Han stood up, turned his head and glared at Xu Liang: "Tap, it hurts me." ”

"Can't die?"

"Can't die!"

Xu Liang nodded, suddenly pinched his nose and said, "Then I have to have a good chat with you about a problem - your feet are too smelly!" Now it's all around you and your feet smell, do you smell it? ”

Duan Han nodded slightly, glared at him with a blushing face, and then whispered, "There is a little ......"

"More than that!" Xu Liang said loudly, "Let me tell you, your foot has definitely been upgraded, from stinky feet to Xianggang god feet!" ”

Duan Han slapped him.

Xu Liang didn't let her fight in a flash, and then ran to the chubby boss lady and said, "Boss lady, bring me two plastic pockets." ”

Chubby proprietress said: "What are you doing?" ”

Xu Liang: "It's useful. ”

took two white plastic pockets, Xu Liang was about to turn around and leave, and the proprietress behind him said: "Young man, your girlfriend is so beautiful and delicate, don't always beat her!" Your hands are so heavy that you will break them for other girls! Let's see how people are doing, you two are really, this is not dead, what a blessing. ”

Xu Liang didn't breathe when he heard this, and jumped to his feet and scolded: "Don't, don't!" That's not my girlfriend! I don't want this kind of girlfriend even if I fight for the rest of my life! This big stinky foot smoked out for several kilometers, who can stand it! ”

Xu Liang turned around and walked to Duan Han's side, pinching his nose and squatting down.

Duan Han was a little angry and a little ashamed: "What are you doing?" ”

Xu Liang: "Feet stretch out." ”

With a cold face, two big beautiful legs stretched out. In fact, beriberi is a thing that you can't see just by looking at the iron, if you don't smell it yourself, ordinary people will definitely be fascinated by Duanhan's beautiful legs. Xu Liang was too close, so he had to pinch his nose, and then put two plastic bags on her feet, one left and one right. After tightening his mouth tightly, he finally took a long breath.

"Old Duan, do you know? If World War III breaks out, what is the way to destroy the enemy's living forces, which is more deterrent than nuclear weapons? ”

Duan Han was stunned.

Xu Liang solemnly pointed to the two transparent plastic bags: "Biological weapons, this is sealed." ”

I don't understand where this lower end is cold! Angrily, he kicked Xu Liang with his foot, and he was sensitive to dodge: "Do you believe ......me or not if you mention this matter again?"

Xu Liang: "What are you afraid of!" Who doesn't have something unspeakable, such as your big stinky feet, I will never tell others, especially your blind dates. ”

"You don't have much to do with pornography?"

Xu Liang waved his hand: "Don't make trouble, I'll tell you something real." Did you feel something was wrong with this tsunami? ”

Duan Han looked at Xu Liang, and his expression gradually became calm. In fact, Duan Han will always be a dead face, of course, when he doesn't mention the matter of stinky feet.

In fact, she also knew that Xu Liang deliberately told her something to relieve the tension along the way, as for stinky feet or something...... No matter how bad she is, she can't make the whole beach stink! There must be some other reason for this diffuse stench.

Xu Liang: "You know. I'm illiterate and don't use my brain, but my instincts are generally accurate, and this has been proven countless times. This tsunami, which came out of nowhere, always felt that something was wrong. This is the Republic Sea, the Spring Sea! When was the last time you heard about a tsunami? Further, from childhood to now, when have we ever heard of a tsunami in the spring sea? I don't think it's easy. Lao Duan, you are an intellectual, you analyze and analyze. ”

(All place names use typos or transliterations in English)

Duan Han was not embarrassed, and really began to analyze. In this duo team, she was also a military advisor, and she loved to do it. At this time, Duanhan didn't care if there was still danger now, or if he was not feeling well, so he really used the sand as a blackboard and a stone as chalk and drew a sketch.

"I think the same thing as you, but I have a scientific basis." Duan Han said as he drew the picture, "First of all, you have to understand this picture. ”

"What is this?"

"It's a map."

“？？？” Xu Liang, "What does it have to do with the cover?" ”

Duan Han also didn't dislike Xu Liang's mental retardation, because Xu Liang would know everything if she knew everything, so she wouldn't have the opportunity to work and exploit loopholes, so she still explained in great detail: "You can understand by looking at the map that although the cover is an island country, the area is actually not small. It is equivalent to the area of a country that tortures you or the country of Furansi. ”

"What do you want to say?"

Duan Han: "Actually, that's true. You may have noticed that there are often reports in the news about a tsunami in the country of Occupi, or a typhoon on the country's largest island across the strait. But the coastline of the republic is almost risk-free. Yes, it is also a small part of Nanhai Province or Jianfu Province. ”

"That's right."

"Look at the map and you'll understand." Duan Han explained, at the same time, a large circle was drawn on the east side of the country to represent the Pacific Ocean, "In fact, several islands of the country of Pan, including Benzhou Island, Siguo Island, including Okui Island, Hook Island, Hongwei Island, China's largest island, and the Philippine Islands, have resisted a large number of natural disasters for our country's coastline. ”

Duan Han continued: "If an earthquake occurs anywhere in the entire Pacific Ocean, as long as it is a relatively violent undersea earthquake, it will produce a tsunami. The energy of a tsunami hardly decreases with distance, as evidenced by the fact that the tsunami of 1960, when it reached the country 18 hours later, caused tens of billions of dollars in economic damage. And the map of the Covering Country that I just drew can be used here! ”

"Why is there almost no tsunami coverage in our country? Because almost all the tsunamis coming from the Pacific Ocean were blocked by the covered archipelago! ”

Xu Liang basically understood what she wanted to express: "What you want to say is that this time the tsunami was not blocked by the Shapan Islands!" So the only possibility is ......"

"The only possibility is that this is a tsunami in the waters of the Republic itself!" Duan Han said solemnly, "Then now the question arises: how many causes of the tsunami are?" If you don't take into account supervolcanoes, then strictly speaking, there is only one, and that is undersea earthquakes! ”

"Yes, and only undersea earthquakes, and violent undersea earthquakes, can cause tsunamis. Other factors, such as submarine volcanic eruptions and plate fault slippage, can also be attributed to earthquakes. However, the problem now is that none of our earthquake bureaus detected a strong earthquake signal, and we did not feel the earthquake, and the tsunami appeared inexplicably! ”

"This is a tsunami that appeared inexplicably, and it is impossible to determine the cause!"

When Duan Han said this, the expression on his face became more serious. At this moment, the radio station also relayed Professor Jiang Yikun's six summaries of the unexpected tsunami. Different from Duan Han's clear explanation, Professor Jiang used a lot of technical terms and a lot of nouns and proper nouns in English that ordinary people could not understand, vividly selling his knowledge, and finally gave a conclusion that the cause of the tsunami was unknown.

Duan Han pointed to the TV and spread his hands.

Xu nodded. In this regard, he still believes in Duanhan. This woman has no other skills, and he admires Xu Liang very much for being able to explain scientific knowledge into the vernacular.

Xu Liang: "What do you think is going on with this tsunami?" ”

Duan Han: "The tidal force of mutation." It may have something to do with the changes in the moon's orbit, although the moon's orbit has not changed for hundreds of millions of years, but unexplained tsunamis are also a rare event. Tsunamis can be likened to super tides, and it is not impossible that, according to the principle of complex systems, it is possible that rare events occur for rare reasons. The second reason is that there are large-yield nuclear tests on the seabed. In fact, the impact of humans on the natural world is also only a large-yield nuclear test that can produce such a small area of influence and a high-intensity tsunami, so my suspicion is ...... The three fat boys are doing things again? All in all, these are my two guesses. ”

Xu Liang: "I believe you in scientific things. But I only feel that this tsunami was so sudden, and I feel that there is a good chance that something has changed in the long run, and it will be permanent, to be honest. Although we escaped this time, I didn't feel very good. ”

Duan Han: "How do you feel?" ”

Duan Han never believed in intuition, but Xu Liang's intuition was often very accurate.

For example, they escaped from the tsunami just now, of course, because she directed the direction in advance. But Xu Liang's countless decisions made by intuition in such a short period of time are the real reason why he survived!

As for Xu Liang's weird intuition, she, even Xu Liang himself, can't explain it, and can only boil it down to the sixth sense that he has exercised from working all year round. Therefore, Duanhan, a technical expert, will often refer to Xu Liang's "feeling".

Xu Liang: "I have a strong feeling that in a few months, something terrible will happen. ”

However, it is clear that Professor Jiang Yikun of the Geophysics and Hydrology Department of the Republic of China University of Geosciences, who spoke on TV, completely rejected Xu Liang's view.

"Above, we have introduced the six characteristics of this tsunami. So we can conclude that such a tsunami is an accidental event and will never happen a second time. Professor Jiang Yikun spoke eloquently.

"Therefore, the inexplicable panic of the masses is unnecessary."

The host on TV frowned, but still echoed Professor Jiang's explanation: "Yes, please rest assured. The state-level research institute has been fully mobilized to study the causes of the tsunami, and Professor Chiang has assured that such an accident will not happen again in other coastal areas of the Republic......"

However, at this moment, the TV host's voice did not fall, and the change rose sharply!

On the radio station, the magnetic voice of storytelling performance artist Shan Tianfang was interrupted again!

"This station once again inserts an important piece of news!"

"Just half a minute ago, the coastal area of a certain city in my country was hit by a strong tsunami!"

"A new port in a certain Jin City has suffered huge economic losses!"

"According to the first report, all the ships moored in the new port of a certain Jin City have been overturned! Including a giant ocean-going tanker! ”

According to the report sent back by the helicopter at the scene, the ship was designed by China Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. and manufactured by Xiaolian Shipbuilding Factory, with a displacement of 170,000 tons. A small oil spill has been detected in the port. ”

"The economic losses and ecological losses caused cannot be estimated for the time being!"

"So far, there have been no reports of casualties."

The two listened to the radio broadcast and were speechless for a while.

Duan Han suddenly said: "Lao Xu, sometimes I really want to dissect your brain. See why your instincts are so accurate! Especially the bad side! ”

Xu Liang shrugged.

Duan Han: "All in all, you guessed it!" Then we can basically rule out the three fat men doing things, he doesn't have such a large-yield nuclear bomb. Moreover, Jinshi Port belongs to the Bohai Sea and is the inland sea of the Republic, so he can't get in, so what happened? And what could make such a tsunami suddenly occur in the inland seas of a republic, and even be able to overturn a super cruise ship with a displacement exceeding the aircraft carrier class? ”

Because the two used to "work" on aircraft carriers, they know quite well about it.

It seems that an aircraft carrier with a length of two or three hundred meters is already the strongest maritime creation that mankind can build, but in fact, there are a considerable number of supertankers with a displacement far exceeding that of aircraft carriers. The supertanker that was capsized in the tsunami had a displacement of 170,000 tons, and it was a supertanker that had not yet unloaded all the crude oil.

The consequences are great.

Professor Jiang of the TV Science and Education Channel, who was obviously not surprised by this situation, explained: "Just a minute ago, I received the information again that the Bohai Sea area of my country was hit by a tsunami. However, this does not completely negate the inference I have just made! The occurrence of a tsunami is still a small probability event! ”

When Professor Jiang Yikun said this, the hostess next to him pursed her lips, and a mouth shape with the word "cut" had already come out.

Professor Jiang continued to explain calmly: "Let me give you a popular science below: there is such a small probability theorem in mathematics:

"The occurrence of a tsunami event is a low-probability event, with a probability of occurring less than 0.001%, so what is the probability of two low-probability tsunami events occurring at the same time? The calculation is as follows: 0.001% * 0.001% = 0.0000001%. Such a small probability is already extremely rare. In the same way, the probability of another third tsunami is 0.000000000001%, which is a 1 in a trillion probability! So we don't need to worry about a third similar tsunami incident at all......"

Professor Jiang didn't finish his sentence, because the latest report came from the radio for the third time.

There is no doubt that Mr. Shan Tianfang's "The Legend of Tonglin" on the radio will not be broadcast today.

"Now for another piece of important news!"

"Uh, why is that so familiar?" The announcer sold a moe, "Where did you just go?" Important news, more important news than just now! ”

"Just now, a huge tsunami hit the port of Lianyun Port in a certain province, the Zhoushan Islands in a certain city, Kamata in a certain province, and the port of Yamao Port in a certain province at the same time!"

The sound of the radio continues.

The science and education channel on the TV set, the situation changed, and the screen went black for a second.

When the screen lit up again, Professor Jiang disappeared. I only heard the hostess smile and said: "There was a special situation in the live broadcast room just now, Professor Jiang's facial skin was suddenly allergic, blood red and bright, he went to rest for a while." Now, the frontline reporters who connected with us would like to give us an update on the situation in the disaster area......"

Xu Liang and Duan Han glanced at each other.

Xu Liang stretched out his hands: "Old Duan, I think your level, it's no problem to be a professor or something in the university." ”

"I can't be a professor. The most important thing to be a professor is not to be able to play, but to be able to blow. Duan Han said, "But what Professor Jiang said just now makes sense." In fact, if each tsunami were an independent event, the probability would be correct, and it would be less than one in a trillion for a small independent tsunami to occur at the same time in so many places. Professor Chiang's calculations are actually correct. ”

Xu Liang: "In other words, the probability of one in a trillion things can be encountered by us?" ”

"No, it's the wrong mathematical model he used." Duan Han said, "These scattered small-scale high-intensity tsunamis are not independent events, but are related, and there must be a unified reason behind them!" It's just that we don't know yet. It will take time to look up. ”

Xu Liang: "Although I have never been interested in scientific research. But this time, I also felt the need to look it up, after all, I had a bad premonition. ”

Immediately afterward, he continued: "Since the matter has come, let's get to work!" As a matter of urgency, several of our warehouses are in coastal cities, and I have to move them, which is a big project. But you can do it without your support. As for your mission......"

When Xu Liang assigns tasks, Duan Han will become very serious, which is how the two have always cooperated. She believed that Xu Liang was illiterate, but what he had to do would usually prove to be extremely important afterwards.

"Check! Check it carefully! Be sure to find out the cause of the tsunami! I feel that this is just the beginning! ”

"Holiday...... It's over. ”