As the Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter flew through the skies, Dr. Maine and Ryan stared at the complex data on the screen with the help of the state-of-the-art remote sensing equipment attached to the plane. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Dr. McNe, look ......"

Looking down at Ryan's fingers, Maine frowned.

Not far below the helicopter, a large area of the glacier had sunken, which in Dr. McNe's eyes represented a crack beneath the glacier.

"Has this been the case before?"

"It happened six years ago."

Ryan nodded.

The presence of a crack under the glacier indicates that the heat energy is gradually dissolving the ice, and there is only one possibility that the volcano is about to erupt.

"It should be the last one."

Dr. Maine sighed.

“…… Do I need to notify the Bureau of Meteorology? Let them give a warning and evacuate the people in the vicinity urgently. ”

"We don't know exactly when it will be, it could be tomorrow or next week, but the evacuation is imminent, the sooner the better."

"Wait, what's that sound?"

Suddenly, Ryan's ears stood up.

Before he could think about it, he suddenly saw a rift between two glaciers two miles in front of the helicopter, and in just a dozen seconds, the rift that tore through the glacier reached hundreds of meters long.

"No, let's get out of here."

Dr. Main was startled and immediately shouted.

The pilot also realized that something was wrong, and when he heard the order from Dr. Maine, he nodded, and was about to deflect and leave the place.

Unfortunately, this order came a little too late.

As soon as Dr. Maine finished speaking, a stream of orange-red magma exploded and sprayed hundreds of meters into the air, and stones and fiery magma poured down like a torrential rain, smashing down on the surrounding glaciers and snow.

The magma blasted out by this jet was as powerful as a thousand-ton T・NT explosion, and the helicopter was more than a mile away, and it also felt the shock wave turbulence that followed, and the fuselage shook as if it would lose control and fall down the next moment.

Fortunately, the pilot's piloting skills were very superb, holding the rudder tightly, and cold sweat was pouring down his beard.

"Boom!"

Another stream of magma erupted from the ground to the glacial crevice, and the magma exploded almost at a height of more than 200 meters, and the black mushroom cloud formed rapidly, and soon formed a mushroom-shaped volcanic ash cloud at an altitude of more than 7,000 meters.

And the cracks in the ground are still expanding, and in a few blinks of an eye, the cracks have extended to as many as two thousand meters.

The magma erupting underground, like champagne breaking out under high pressure, seems to be extremely gorgeous, but it reveals countless dangers. Where did the helicopter dare to approach the site of the volcanic explosion, not to mention that the shock wave of the explosion almost made the helicopter lose control, even the countless tiny volcanic ash floating in the air had the effect of causing the engine to fail.

After the helicopter flew away seven or eight miles away, looking back, you could see the mushroom cloud in the sky, and everyone was pale, only to feel that it was too exciting to make contact with the Grim Reaper so close for the first time in their lives.

Soon, within an hour, when the situation was reported, the whole of Iceland was put on alert, especially the people in the volcanic eruption danger zone, even in their early morning sleep, were woken up by the rapid ringing of the phone, warning them to evacuate immediately.

Farms, small towns, and single-family houses, tens of thousands of people in the danger zone hurriedly packed up their belongings and hurriedly evacuated.

The magma may not threaten the people on the periphery, but the eruption of the volcano, which emits 900 tons of ash per second, will bring the ash in the danger zone to 15 centimeters in a few days, and such a heavy ash may even crush the house, causing great danger. Not to mention that the volcanic ash will completely stop planes, cars, and motorcycles, and even ordinary walking will be like walking in concrete, and evacuation will become very slow.

Countless floating volcanic ash is inhaled into the lungs, which can also cause diseases such as pulmonary edema, and the fine volcanic ash is actually tiny rocks with sharp edges, and it is conceivable what kind of terrible consequences inhalation will cause in the lungs.

The eruption came too quickly, and the power of nature could not be stopped, Dr. Maine sighed as he looked at the evacuated people.

"Dr. Maine, we have no other way."

Ryan said in frustration.

"If we had made an accurate prediction earlier, we might have been able to minimize everyone's losses."

Nowadays, in order to evacuate urgently, many things have to be abandoned, such as so many cattle and sheep will have to be unfortunately lost.

"Toot ......"

The phone rang suddenly, and Maine frowned and looked at the caller ID, and answered the phone in confusion.

"You ......"

“……”

"Okay, I got it, I'll be here as soon as possible."

"What's wrong, Dr. Maine?"

Seeing that Main's own expression was not quite right, Ryan worried.

"Ryan, I might have to leave tomorrow, so I'll leave it to you here."

"Hmm, is there something you need to rush back?"

"No, I'm going to Canada."

"Canada?" Ryan looked at the worried Dr. Maine in amazement, it was the first time he had seen Dr. Main's expression so unusual.

……

Two days later, after a flight turnaround, Main took a local car to Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

Ontario's fifth-largest city is known for its nickel ore production, and the winters here are long, with snow starting in November and ending in April the following year, and even summer temperatures remain around 25 degrees Celsius.

It's not the first time that Mai En has been here, and he has his acquaintances here, but he hasn't been in touch for a long time, but it's not a good thing to suddenly contact him this time.

Along the side of the road, there are many lakes, in addition to nickel ore, Sudbury has many lakes, giving people the feeling that there are lakes all around, but the climate is not humid, but very dry.

Main drank two bottles of water in a row along the way, and in addition to the dry climate, there was also an uneasy feeling in his heart.

When he finally saw the SNO Sudbury Neutrino Observatory out of his car window, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Held, an old acquaintance who hadn't seen each other for five or six years, was standing at the gate outside the observatory to greet Main.

"It's been a long time since we've seen you, my old friend."

The two hugged as soon as they met.

"You're a lot older."

Helde sighed as he looked at Maine's face.

"That's what people who haven't seen in a long time say that."

Main smiled bitterly.

"Oh, where have you been lately?"

"Iceland, have you seen the latest news?"

"Was it when I called you?"

"Yes, not long after the volcano erupted."

As soon as he finished saying this, Maine saw a hint of unnaturalness in Held's face.

"Is the situation bad?"

Main asked after a pause.

"I don't know what to say, but it's absolutely abnormal."

"Please follow me, Maine."

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory was officially opened in May 1999 but closed a decade ago in 2006, but data analysis is still ongoing and has not really been abandoned.

By the time the two of them walked into the observatory, Helder had already briefed Mahn on the observatory, including him, and seven other people working there.

"About two weeks ago, there was an anomaly in our survey data."

"At the time, I thought it might be an error in the data, or a failure of the photomultiplier tube, but after investigation, these possibilities were ruled out......"

The elevator in which the two of them were riding slowly sank down, descending to a depth of 2,100 meters.

"Previously, in the past 1,850 days, we have no problems with the survey data, but since two weeks ago, we have measured five times as many neutrinos as before......"

"How is this possible?"

Maine changed color slightly.

"Caused by solar activity?"

"Well, two weeks ago, there was a 5% increase in sunspots and flares on the Sun, which is very unusual, especially when it comes to the neutrino anomalies that have been surveyed."

(To be continued.) )