Chapter 348: Sunspot Activity Weakens

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In a space station on the left side of the circumsolar accelerator, the robot sweeps the ground clean and spotless every day, and several scientists stand in front of the telescope, their eyes fall on the scorching sun, and they bow their heads from time to time to talk a few times.

It's not the closest place to the sun, but with the new telescopes, they can still see what they find in the center of the sun, and with the special treatment of the telescope itself, they can look directly at the sun through the telescope without worrying about the sun's scorching sun.

"Sunspots seem to be getting stranger and stranger." A scientist took his eyes off the telescope and put his hands in the air, a virtual screen lit up, and he manipulated his fingers on it a few times to show the sunspot activity record he had collected, and he asked suspiciously, "Its activity seems to have become weaker." ”

"Is it the time of day?"

Another scientist speculated: "That's why sunspot activity is weakening?" ”

"Not really." The scientist who suggested the weakening of sunspot activity shook his head, "According to our records, the sunspot activity cycle changes every 22 years, but now is not the time of the change in this cycle." ”

The so-called cycle refers to a cyclical change phenomenon in which sunspots move from high latitudes to low latitudes.

In 1861, the German astronomer Sperel discovered this phenomenon and recorded it, and later after the correction of successive generations of scientists, he gradually summarized a rule: when the sunspot change cycle begins, the sunspot will have a distance from the equator, and then gradually develop to the low latitude region, and at the end of each cycle, a new sunspot appears in the high latitude region, and the new cycle is announced.

And now, it's not the time for the cycle to begin.

"And ......." The scientist hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know if there is a problem with my recording or if the telescope's observation is weakening, and in the telescope's observation, the sunspot activity is not gradually weakening, but is disappearing." ”

"It's like something is hiding the sunspot activity, similar to the phenomenon of Tiangu eclipse in ancient China."

As soon as he spoke, a white scientist in front of him stared at him with wide eyes, "You mean, sunspot activity is disappearing?" ”

The scientist hesitated for a moment and nodded, "I know it's shocking, but the truth is, sunspot activity is indeed disappearing, as if something is hiding it, but in fact, nothing is hiding it, it's just gone." ”

As soon as his words came out, all the faces of the scientists present changed greatly, what the disappearance of sunspot activity means ordinary people may not know, but are they scientists who observe the sun all year round still not clear?

When sunspot activity disappears, because the ultraviolet rays produced by sunspot activity will also decrease and gradually disappear, due to the disappearance of ultraviolet light, the earth's climate will gradually cool, crop yields will be greatly reduced, and the ice age will begin.

Don't underestimate the reduction in crop yield, although it is said that now soilless culture, even sunless cultivation technology has already matured, but maturity is mature, there is still a long way to go from mass production, after all, the Earth Federation is a civilization with a population of billions, and if you want to promote those technologies, the funds consumed are simply massive, so in the past, these technologies have been promoted, but the promotion is not large, after all, compared with conventional planting, soilless cultivation technology does not have much advantage.

Inputs and outputs are disproportionate, and of course no one wants to invest in large quantities.

Of course, this was no problem in the past, but if the abnormal disappearance of sunspots occurred at this time, then the Earth Federation would suffer a major blow.

Because soilless cultivation cannot reach the scale of feeding billions of people around the world in a few days, and the Xiaoice Age brought about by the disappearance of sunspots and the massive reduction in food production will cause a large number of people to go without food, and the entire Earth Federation may be in turmoil.

But what is more important is not this, but a terrible speculation brought about by the disappearance of sunspots.

"It's gone inexplicably." The scientist said, "It's like there's something wrong with the sun." ”

Sunspots are not a simple phenomenon, they are an astronomical phenomenon caused by the inner activity of the sun, and when the sunspots disappear, does it mean that there is a problem inside the sun?

For example, the sun's magnetic field.

Sunspot activity and the strength of the sun's magnetic field have a very close relationship, when sunspots disappear, does it mean that the strength of the sun's magnetic field has dropped to a very dangerous point, whether it exceeds a threshold, and when this threshold is broken, it will not only bring the Xiaoice Age, but the real Ice Age.

The entire earth may face an ice age that lasts for millions or even tens of millions of years, and the ice age is not suitable for human existence.

Just like the current Antarctic and North Pole of the Earth Federation, although the technology is advanced, there are still not many people willing to live in the North and South Poles, but once the Ice Age comes, the whole world is an icy environment like the Antarctic and the North Pole, and even more cruel than that environment, because at least the population living in the North and South Poles can get support from the outside world, so they don't have to worry about some living materials such as food.

But when the whole world enters the Ice Age, a large-scale reduction in food production will be doomed, and the development of other planets by the Earth Federation is still in a state of resource gathering, although there are several bases that farm special alien food, but the supply of that kind of food is too low.

Even as a high-end food, there are problems in terms of supply, and it can only be provided on a special basis, let alone for people around the world?

In such a situation, widespread hunger is almost predictable, and hunger can also bring other problems, such as unrest, such as war, and a host of other problems.

"Be sure to report it to the Earth Federation." The white scientist said steadfastly: "Whatever the reason for the disappearance of sunspots, we must report it to the Earth Federation, and the Federation will evaluate and respond to it." ”

"But ......."

The scientist hesitated, "What if it disappears for no reason, and then it suddenly appears again?" Isn't that a story of our incompetence? ”

It is not uncommon for a phenomenon to disappear and appear in history, and there are many reasons for this phenomenon, such as some strange astronomical phenomena, or problems with electronic devices.

But either way, as soon as it happens, it's almost inevitable that they'll become a joke -- they can't even do their job well, and even if they have a reason, it's a joke.

The white scientists looked at him and hesitated, the joke was not for one person, but for all, if it was really fine, but if it was just an individual phenomenon, or even a malfunction of electronic instruments, then all the members of their space station would become a laughing stock.

Just as he was hesitating, a voice interjected, and a silver-haired Chinese scientist looked at the two of them with a calm look in his eyes, "Report in my name." ”

"In the name of a separate one."

"Hua Lao." The scientist who discovered the disappearance of sunspots was surprised, "You ......." ”

According to the convention, when the space station discovers any phenomenon, it is reported in the name of the entire space station, which can make the people of the entire space station dedicated, united, and share honor, but in the same way, when the space station makes a joke, the scientists of the entire space station will be ashamed.

But there is an exception, which is to report in the name of an individual, but this situation is usually only used in one case, and that is the blame thing.

Honor everyone will subconsciously earn together, but the pot is ...... It's better to carry it alone.

But who wants to take the blame?

So when the old Chinese scientist spoke, all the scientists present were surprised.

The white scientist was silent for a moment, then said, "Report it in my name, and if you want to laugh at me, you can laugh at me alone." ”

"I'm old." The old Chinese scientist said calmly: "It's almost time to retire, and the jokes at that time have nothing to do with me, but you are different, you still have a lot of youth to dedicate to the cause of science, so let me resist any jokes." ”

After a pause, he added, "If it's true, I'll tell you all these things." ”

If it wasn't a joke but a fact, they saved a lot of people, and this credit was enough to turn all their worries into a funny thing.

Of course, this upfront is true.

As soon as this sentence came out, no one opened his mouth to stop it, and then, the old Chinese scientist slowly contacted the Earth Federation, "Sunspot activity is disappearing, it may be that the sun's magnetic field is weakening sharply, please prepare for the Earth Federation in advance." ”

"Got it."

A cold cry of knowledge, and then the contact was interrupted, leaving a group of scientists looking at each other inside the space station.

"Is this a turn-in?"

"I guess so."

Everyone is hesitating, this attitude is really strange, in the past, the Earth Federation would never use this attitude to them, but now, the Earth Federation has actually done this, in just a few months, why has there been such a big change?

At this moment, a large number of people wearing space suits suddenly appeared in the wormhole not far away, holding small particle beam weapons in one hand and lightsabers in the other, and the small thrusters behind them kept propulsing, aiming at this space station.

They were like locusts, overwhelming, and they swooped down.

"What's going on?"

When a scientist saw this situation, he couldn't react a little, "Isn't that wormhole the wormhole that Academician Xiao used to collect science and technology?" How could these people pop up? ”

As soon as the voice fell, the sound of the alarm lit up, "Alarm, alarm, alarm, find intruder, find intruder, turn on the defense ......." ”

The sound of the alarm stopped abruptly, and two robots holding guns slowly approached the group of scientists, raised their hands, raised their guns, and then shot, and the scientists slowly fell down with incredible eyes.

"The scientists cleaned up and began to clear the data."

The two robots stayed for a while, using the quantum network to destroy all the data of the space station, and then slowly stopped, representing the slow extinguishing of the indicator light of the smart template.

When the 'players' broke into the station, they saw an unguarded space station.

"Strange."

Yi Asong wondered in his heart, "How can this space station not have defensive power?" ”

No matter how pure scientific research institutions are, even if they are weak, at least in form, they should be, but there is no here, there is no automatic guard, there is no defense, the entire space station is empty and quiet.

"It's kind of weird."

"Be careful, everybody."

Hearing him say this, the people around him immediately became cautious, but there were still many people who had a casual mentality, which was a sign of his lack of authority.

If he has enough authority, he can order and prohibit it, and as soon as his words come out, others will immediately carry them out, not as is the case now, when his words come out, some people will carry them out, but some people will not take his words seriously at all.

"I say, Iason, do you need to be so nervous?" A man said casually, "This space station is obviously empty, I guess they saw us coming and retreated urgently." ”

"Will no one see them leave in an emergency retreat?" Yi Asong said lightly: "It's only been a few minutes since we got out of the wormhole here, and we must be able to see that they want to retreat urgently, unless there is a wormhole in this space station or they can predict our arrival and leave early, otherwise, it is impossible for them to leave without letting us find out when they leave." ”

The man was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "Maybe this base is an abandoned space station?" ”

Yi Axon looked at him with pity, this kid is so old, but why is his brain so bad, but he still said patiently: "If it was an abandoned base, it would not be possible to be so clean here." ”

"You can tell from the floor and walls that this place must be cleaned regularly, so it can't be abandoned."

"And even if it's an abandoned space station, there will be people, but we haven't seen a single one until now, so that's why I told you to be careful."

"Although this is a 'game', there are only a few lives, so there is nothing wrong with being careful."

As soon as Yi Asong said this, those who had a casual mentality paid a slight attention to it, and their originally scattered thoughts couldn't help but be put away.

The corners of Yi Asong's mouth hooked slightly, "Besides, the game officially released this mission, it can't be so simple." ”

Is it true? Yi Ah Song was very puzzled, since he learned that this is the real world, he has no awe of the game official, in the game, the game official is more than a god, and you can be dominated by casually modifying the game data, but here is the reality, those guys who are called game officials and are actually aliens, are they really so powerful?

"Maybe you can take this opportunity to give it a try."