Chapter 115: The Tsunami is Coming! (below)
Alexei has been hidden in an underground bunker at a depth of 1,600 meters, and Tom Tommy's hot air balloon has slowly risen from the foothills of the mountain at a height of 1,700 meters.
The altitude of 1,700 meters is already very high, however, in a place that is more than three times above sea level of 1,700 meters, there is also a small refuge, and that is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in our country.
Here, on a snowfield with an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, a big man with a calm face looked at a large peak of more than 7,000 meters above sea level in front of him, and was stunned.
In front of the big guy, the field of vision is extremely wide. It is the border between China and Nepal, and it is very close to Mount Everest, the roof of the world. At this time, the weather is fine, and you can see that the mountain peaks are still standing. Next to the first peak, "Lhotse Peak" (8,516 meters above sea level, the fourth highest peak in the world), Zhuo Poor Peak (7,589 meters above sea level), and Makalu Peak (8,463 meters above sea level, the fifth highest peak in the world) ...... These super peaks, together symbolize the most majestic place on earth.
Behind him was a small, delicate sanctuary that was extremely secluded.
The big guy was dressed in a thick mountaineering coat and a pair of very characteristic sunglasses, and suddenly whispered to the person behind him: "You know what? Previously, our country once devised a crazy plan. ”
"The great western part of our country, especially the northwest region, is the Taklamakan Desert, which covers an area of more than one million square kilometers. Deserts are formed because there are no warm and humid air currents to provide precipitation. ”
"When we had extremely destructive nuclear weapons, we had such a plan: to blow up the Himalayas!"
The big guy pointed to the mountains in front of him, including the tallest Mount Everest. His sunglasses reflected the sun's rays and looked a little fanatical.
"If this mountain range is blown open, then the warm and humid air flow from the southern Indian Ocean will not be blocked by the high mountains, and can follow this opening, directly close to China's Qinghai and Xinjiang, bringing abundant rain, unlimited economic benefits, and huge development opportunities to China. Of course, the price is the loss of the world's highest peak. ”
His voice was far away.
"It's just a crazy plan."
"But just now, I suddenly thought of something else."
"If the tsunami is so strong that it can't even stop these six or seven thousand meters of peaks...... So what happens? ”
The other person behind the big guy shook his head and said, "Impossible! Your thoughts are too pessimistic! Our scientists have calculated that the wave height of the tsunami will not be that high. ”
"I hope it's as you say." The big guy in sunglasses looked at the mountains in front of him, stunned, and stopped talking.
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From an altitude of 5,000 meters, we continue to go up and finally beyond the troposphere of the atmosphere and rise to the stratosphere.
THE TEMPERATURE HERE IS EXTREMELY LOW, REACHING -75 DEGREES CELSIUS, WHILE THE WIND SPEED IS EXTREMELY HIGH, EVEN REACHING 150 M/S, AND FURTHER UP, GRADUALLY ENTERING THE MESOSPHERE, AND THEN THE OUTER ATMOSPHERE, WHERE THE TEMPERATURE ALSO GRADUALLY INCREASES. It is a forbidden area for living things, no birds can reach it, and only certain and special bacteria can survive here.
Further up, there is the thin atmosphere and cosmic space.
Quiescence.
There was nothing here, but a white object was approaching and growing in size.
International Space Station.
This duty cycle, the astronauts on duty are a 34-year-old Hebrew doctor, and a 27-year-old beautiful astronomer Daisy.
Although Daisy is a rigorous astronomer with a strong ability to control her emotions, she has been very agitated lately. One of the important reasons was that her great aunt came.
And he bleed a lot, and he also had menstrual cramps.
In space, the Great Aunt is ten thousand times more irritating than on the ground. Because if you're not careful, blood droplets will fill the house.
But as an astronaut, she is used to this.
It's just that she's still irritable. Because now there is another thing that is even more irritating:
They hadn't been in contact with the Houston Space Center for six days.
According to the regulations, they were supposed to contact every hour. However, six days later, after the 84th orbit of the Earth for them (14 times a day), communication has not been restored.
This is terrible news.
"Haven't communications been restored?" She asked the doctor next to her, Hebrew, anxiously.
"I think the command center must want to wait until your period is over before talking to you." Doctor Hebrew said.
As he had done in the past six days, he tried to use a relaxed tone to keep Daisy, the astronomer next to him, from thinking about the danger that might come.
Of course, you can also flirt with beautiful women by the way.
But now, his words were still colorful, and it was difficult to attract her attention.
Daisy: "Did you notice that the shape on the ground seemed to change?" Land...... Seems to have gotten smaller? ”
"How is that possible?" Doctor Hebrew smiled and said, "I think your myopia has also deepened because of your menstrual period?" ”
Hebrew laughed and laughed, but he felt distressed in his heart.
Daisy seems to have discovered what is really going on on the ground, and it is harder to hide it from her.
In fact, six days earlier, the physician, Hebrew, had learned of the impending tsunami on the ground and the possibility of an even greater tsunami. But out of love, he hid the news from her. However, it turns out that women's judgments about things are often incomparably accurate.
Looking at the ground from the International Space Station, the Earth looks like a blue tear in the dark universe. It's heartbreakingly beautiful.
Large clouds obscured a considerable portion of the surface, but only the exposed part seemed to be very different from previous maps.
Daisy had a distinct sense that all the land seemed to be a little smaller since yesterday.
For example, China has become smaller. The island of Madagascar is almost gone, and California, the narrow peninsula off the west coast of the United States, seems to have disappeared?
Daisy said solemnly to the Hebrew doctor, "Tell me straight. What the hell is going on? ”
Hebrew had no choice but to have a showdown:
"Six days ago, there was a wave of tsunamis on the ground that hit the world. It was a small tsunami. ”
"I was told at the time that there could be a bigger tsunami later."
"And then, we lost touch with Houston."
"I don't know anything about the rest. But I think the disappearance of these landmasses may be the second and bigger tsunami......"
Daisy already felt that the situation was wrong, but when she heard this, she still trembled all over: "To cause this effect, the wave height of the tsunami must be at least more than 100 meters!" ”
Hebrew smiled wryly, "It's not the most terrible thing. ”
He continued: "Possibly. Of course, it's just possible. Possibly, there will be a third tsunami on an even larger scale......"
Before the doctor could finish speaking, his eyes suddenly widened and he could no longer utter a word!
His eyes protruded, and he looked out of the thick radiation-proof window, stunned. That look scared Daisy out of the way!
Daisy was stunned for a full three seconds, then reacted all at once, and leaned back to the window, looking at the scenery on earth.
She froze, too.
At this time, the earth is as blue as a jewel, and the ocean is clear. However, there has been a slight change that is not noticeable.
Change is happening in the vast Pacific Ocean.
Hebrew and Daisy saw at the same time that the waters of the Pacific Ocean were moving.
Rhythmically moving.
It was as if the two of them were standing on the edge of a tranquil lake, looking at the majestic floating and rippling tranquility of the lake.
However, this is in space!
The distance between them and the surface of the Pacific Ocean is more than a thousand kilometers?!
However, they can also see the rippling Pacific Ocean here!
This......
Underneath the calm scene, there are amazing facts.
This rippling ...... How tall will it be?
Daisy shuddered, "Can you calculate the scale?" ”
Hebrew ran to the computer and said nervously, "It's counting." ”
Suddenly, Daisy waved her hand and said, "Don't forget it. ”
After she said this, it seemed that the strength of her whole body was drained.
Hebrew inexplicable. He rushed to the window and saw the sight that made Daisy lose all his strength:
The ripples swept across the ocean.
Hawaiian islands...... Gone.
Indonesia, a country with a population of hundreds of millions, known as the land of a thousand islands, has disappeared.
The English Islands, the empire on which the sun never sets...... Gone.
Instead, there is a beautiful and deep blue.
Absolute blue.