Chapter 58: Unexpected Gunshots (1) (1/5)

Xu Liang and Duan Han have seen similar materials.

It was a message from an unknown person on Alex's phone. However, this time, the information heard from Nie Xing's mouth was accompanied by a strong hint. In addition to the time node of 07 years, there is also a super obvious signal that my country is developing rapidly against the world.

Of course, in the mouth of the mainstream media, China's rapid development against the global trend is due to the fact that we have implemented the right policy, seized the right opportunity, opened up to the outside world, and so on. It is true that the standard of living of the people in the country has improved significantly compared to 10 years ago (even if it is averaged)

"But what about the actual situation?" Nie Xingdao, "Such an abnormal situation against the trend has been forcibly interpreted as normal...... Do you know why? Do you know what other countries have done in the past decade? ”

When he said this, Xu Liang couldn't help but think of the "big ship".

"You're right. All the countries of the world, except our Republic, are involved in a great project......" Nie Xing continued.

"Shipbuilding."

"Build a very big ship."

If it is usual, if ordinary people listen to it, they may not even believe it. But in the current context, the news already has considerable credibility.

Nie Xing continued: "Ten years ago, Western countries, to be fair, had to admit that their scientific and technological strength was much stronger than ours. We had a lot of experience with the use of all types of deep-sea drilling rigs, and we didn't know much about deep-sea exploration at the time. ”

"The super oil companies, research institutes and state agencies in these countries were in full swing at that time to explore and drill for seabed resources, not only for black gold oil, but also for the much larger and harder to extract seabed hydrated methane."

"However, in that very year, these super oil companies and countries discovered that their underwater platforms, especially those in the deep-water zone of the open ocean, were being scrapped! The reason for the scrap was an explosion of unknown origin! Most of the underwater detection equipment sent by scientists to study these problems is unusable. The reason for the inusability is also because of the inexplicable explosion! ”

"It took a tremendous amount of effort for these scientists to recover some of the instruments. From these scientific instruments, they finally learned the reason why these deepwater work platforms and scientific instruments were being scrapped. ”

"Yes. Now I'm afraid you've guessed the reason. Yes, it was hydrated methane at the bottom of the ocean that caused these explosions. ”

"The information I got shows that methane hydrate is probably the cleanest energy source in the world. It can be burned, has a high calorific value, and the products are simply carbon dioxide and water. However, there is not enough oxygen in the deep-sea environment, and there are no other strong oxidizing substances in sufficient quantities, so these huge deposits can stay quietly on the seabed. ”

"But since 07, all deep-sea platforms have found a unified phenomenon. All the deposits of hydrated methane on the seabed are beginning to seep out strong oxidizing substances! ”

"These strong oxidizing substances can be regarded as oxygen, which can react very violently with hydrated methane, that is, an explosion."

"This sudden oozing of strong oxidizing substances cannot be explained scientifically, and it is not clear where these strong oxidizing substances come from."

"I still have the report that was sent out at that time. The composition of these substances is analyzed in detail and is a very complex mixture, including but not limited to pure halogens, halides, highly oxidizing substances formed by oxygen group elements with oxygen group elements and metal elements...... The only common feature of these mixtures of elemental and compound composition is that they react violently with hydrated methane to produce a high-yield explosion! ”

"The rate of exudation of the mixture was detected to increase month by month, and after repeated calculations, it was finally found that it reached a critical value in a period of ten to ten years and three months. At this critical value, the reaction intensity is maximum. ”

"It's like putting a bunch of explosives in a house with oxidizer removed, and filling the room with inert gas. At this point, the explosives cannot be burned. At this time, oxygen is added to the room little by little. At this time, do not ignite, wait until enough oxygen is added, that is, enough oxygen to be able to react with all the explosives, and then ignite. At this time, the only thing that will happen is a 'boom'...... The house is heavenly. ”

"You can imagine replacing the explosives with all the oil and gas fields and coal mines in the world. And multiply that huge number by 10! At the same time, the reaction time is reduced by a factor of ten......"

"This! This is the scenario we are about to face, the explosion of methane hydrated on the entire ocean floor. ”

And the specific time of the explosion has been determined by scientists at the time to be ten years later, that is, the present! Our current time! The specific error is between one and three months. In other words, the eventual time of the tsunami will occur at any time within three months. ”

"Speaking of the cause, as for why the surface of the ocean floor cracks? We don't know. ”

"Who is controlling the oozing mixture? We don't know. ”

"Who will light the first fire? We don't know either. ”

"All we know is that, after surveying and calculating, the amount of these exuded oxides will definitely reach a critical value someday within three months, and then with a 'boom', the whole world will be destroyed."

Obviously, the lieutenant general was already quite familiar with these materials, and it was estimated that he had to read them countless times before he could tell these things that were not within his domain so clearly.

However, on Xu Liang's side, the scientific research level of the old end is also there. She poked her head out from behind Xu Liang and raised a key question: