Chapter 162: Chain Reaction
It has been six days since An Ruoxuan and their escape from the earth, and in these six days, the earth has changed dramatically again. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Since the Earth's star core was devoured by most of the Devouring Beast, the mass of the entire Earth has been lost by one-third. The change in the mass of the Earth has first led to the complete collapse of the once stable Earth-Moon system, and the Moon has gone beyond the control of the Earth.
The Moon, commonly known as the Moon and the Taiyin in ancient times, is a solid-state satellite orbiting the Earth and the closest celestial body to the Earth. It is closely related to the Earth and is about 4.6 billion years old. The atmosphere on the Moon is extremely thin, the heat capacity and thermal conductivity of the lunar surface material are very low, and the temperature difference between day and night on the surface is extremely large.
The Moon, like the Earth, has a layered structure such as a lunar crust, a lunar mantle, and a lunar core. The diameter is about 3,476 kilometers, which is about 3/11 of the Earth. The gravitational pull of the moon affects the tides of seawater, and when the earth's crust accumulates a large amount of energy due to abnormal changes, the gravitational pull of the moon is likely to be the trigger for earthquakes between the earth's tectonic plates.
When Gaia's compression of the Earth's core caused anomalies in Earth's mass and gravity, the Moon was also mixed in. Under normal conditions, the Moon's gravitational pull creates periodic tidal phenomena on Earth, and the tidal force dissipates the Earth's rotation energy, reducing the Earth's rotation speed, while also causing the Moon to move away from the Earth at a rate of 3.8 centimeters per year. But after the anomaly occurred, in just a few days, the distance between the Earth and the Moon was reduced by almost two hundred centimeters.
The "supermoon" greatly accelerated the collapse of the earth's crust, after Gaia was solved, because of the disappearance of the huge amount of mass, the moon began to fly away from the earth at a speed far beyond the past, the entire earth-moon system can basically be regarded as a collapse, and worse, the earth's mutation is far from over.
What happens to a planet if it loses its mass core is best demonstrated by what is happening on Earth right in front of you. The whole planet has begun to fall apart, truly fall apart. The mass of the Earth is no longer enough to fight the gravitational pull between it and the Sun, and the Earth begins to slide towards the Sun's gravitational field.
In the process, the Earth as a whole is no longer strong enough to fight the complex gravitational field in the solar system. On the surface of the earth, which was already full of wreckage, huge cracks gradually opened, like an abyss leading to hell. Over time, finally, the first massive piece of debris collapsed from the Earth as a whole.
After the first piece of debris collapsed, the earth collapsed like a collapsed dam. Like a porcelain vase falling to the ground, shards flew to the ground. Who would have imagined that the earth, which has spent 4.5 billion years, will be completely reduced to a planetary wreckage in just a dozen days.
The entire solar system is a tightly connected and delicate system of celestial bodies, and the planets have been orbiting in a stable and orderly manner for billions of years. But today, this equilibrium, which has been maintained for billions of years, has been completely upset. The Earth has disintegrated, the Moon has fled, and the trajectories of all the celestial bodies in the solar system have undergone subtle but deadly changes.
This subtle change may not erupt in a short period of time, but in a few hundred or thousands of years, it could wipe out the entire solar system. Of course, these changes have nothing to do with An Ruoxuan and them now, and they shouldn't be able to see that day.
"Captain, the Earth is gone." Anfia, who was in charge of the photonic equipment, came to the wheelhouse from the observation tower on the top of the spacecraft, and through the photon deep space recorder set up on the top of the spacecraft, Anfia saw the whole process of the collapse of the earth for several days. The spacecraft is now nearly 57 million kilometers away from Earth, and the view from here is like looking at Mars from Earth.
In the cockpit, everyone sat around looking at the holographic image in the center. It was a video that fast-forwarded fifty times, from images of Earth that the Photon Deep Space Recorder had been recording since the spacecraft left Earth. Everyone looked at the earth that was gradually falling apart, and all of them silently left tears. Earth, gone.
Luo Tian also saw the scene of the earth falling apart, and the entire solar system was now shrouded in his telekinesis realm. Luo Tian not only saw the disintegration of the earth, but also saw the related impact of this turmoil on the solar system. Through accurate modeling and extrapolation, Luo Tian saw the future of the solar system.
Luo Tian sighed silently, everything on the earth had nothing to do with him. Almost all of the more than eight billion human beings on the earth have been included in the telekinetic world by Luo Tian, and on the earth of the telekinetic world, they will start a new life, which may not be considered life.
Luo Tian has always paid attention to An Ruoxuan's actions, and under the shroud of Luo Tian's telekinetic realm, all targets that may pose a threat to this small spaceship have been directly marked by Luo Tian. An Ruoxuan and they are about to cross the large asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, which will be the first challenge An Ruoxuan and they will encounter.
An Ruoxuan and the others gathered in the cockpit, carefully observing the detailed information from the deep space scanner. This deep-space scanner will emit a large number of special photons forward, which will be reflected back and perceived by the scanner when it encounters obstacles, and the principle is not much different from radar, except that the anti-interference ability of this photon is much stronger than that of ordinary electromagnetic waves.
Not very far before the spacecraft, the famous asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is a dense area of asteroids in the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, which has been counted by the 120,437 asteroids that have been numbered, and 98.5% of the asteroids have been found here.
In the space area of about 2.17-3.64 astronomical units from the Sun, more than 500,000 asteroids have gathered, forming an asteroid belt. With so many asteroids being able to condense in the asteroid belt, Jupiter's gravitational pull plays a bigger role in addition to the Sun's gravitational pull.
In 1766, the German astronomer Titius stumbled upon a sequence: (n+4)/10, which could give the orbital radius of the known planet at that time with considerable accuracy. When we substitute n=0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96 and 192. The result is 0.4, 0.7, 1.0, 1.5, 2.8, 5.2, 10.0, 19.6. These numbers are precisely the astronomical units between the planets and the sun.
After the discovery of Uranus in 1781, which further confirmed the validity of the formula, Bode suggested that there might be another planet between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Because the only exception to this formula is at 2.8 astronomical units, according to which there should be a planet, and now there is an asteroid belt of asteroids and broken meteorite blocks.
Of course, the above view is not the mainstream view accepted by the earth science community, and the more common view about the formation of the asteroid belt is that in the early days of the formation of the solar system, for some reason, this space between Mars and Jupiter failed to accumulate to form a large asteroid, leaving a large number of asteroids.
However, Luo Tian knew very well in his heart that Titius's discovery was not wrong at all, and there was indeed a planet in the original asteroid belt. The planet was once Gaia's earliest home, and she drained the planet's core, eventually causing the planet to collapse under the combined action of the gravitational fields of Mars and Jupiter, eventually forming an asteroid belt.
In Luo Tian's modeling, after 530 years, a new asteroid belt composed of Earth debris will appear between Venus and Mars. From the point of view of fate, the earth is basically not much different from the mysterious planet that disappeared into the solar system early, and the final result and destination can be said to be almost identical.
And An Ruoxuan will face this dangerous asteroid belt, in the starry sky of the universe, the power of each asteroid moving at high speed is more powerful than the most powerful electromagnetic cannon on the earth. For a small ship without an energy shield, any impact is almost fatal, even if the ship is protected by a Titan beetle.
Of course, An Ruoxuan didn't know that on the spaceship, there was an almost godlike person protecting them, and everyone was waiting for them. An Ruoxuan and the others are like crossing a minefield with a width of more than 1.5 astronomical units, a minefield that can be touched and killed.
All of them returned to their posts, ready for the next crisis. The next part of the journey can take up to half a year or even a year, but they can afford to wait. Anfia, who is in charge of photon deep space exploration, and Ivan, who is in charge of the laser guard system, are under extremely great pressure, and it can be said that everyone's lives are in the hands of the two of them.
Of course, everyone present will not relax, and after officially entering the asteroid belt, no one knows if there will be accidents. The spaceship under their feet is the last guarantee of their lives, and even the slightest problem could turn everyone into space junk.
"Everyone," An Ruoxuan's voice sounded over the spacecraft's announcement, "The spacecraft is about to enter the most dangerous asteroid belt, everyone must be ready to deal with possible accidents." "Anfia, your task is still very heavy, you must screen out the most dangerous targets, and stay vigilant at all times."
"Ivan and Anna, you have to keep an eye out for the data from Anfia, the ship's defense system is in the hands of the two of you. Once an unavoidable dangerous target is discovered, it can be destroyed as soon as possible. "Also, Anna, you need to be aware of changes in the gravitational field around you at all times, and report any abnormalities as soon as possible."
"Roger." After arranging the task, An Ruoxuan's heart did not feel the slightest relaxation. Because she's going to drive this ship herself and lead everyone out. Although it is said that there is an advanced quantum brain on the spaceship, in fact, An Ruoxuan believes in her own ability more.