Chapter 555: The Great Tribulation Begins

"Chief, the interception program is ready to begin, please authorize the opening of low-earth orbit defense weapons." In the large meteorite interception command center, the person in charge of the plan said to Xiang Qian.

"Okay, turn on the authorization operation." Xiang Qian nodded and said.

After a triple test of iris, voice, and dynamic cipher, the LEO defense weapon was activated.

However, the others in the command hall did not notice that when the person in charge of the plan and Xiang Qian were talking, there was a helpless look in the eyes of both parties.

Because Xiang Qian and the person in charge of the plan knew that this large meteorite could not be intercepted at all, no matter what he did now, it would be useless, but in order to give an explanation to the people, he had to do it.

This made Xiang Qian and them have a feeling that they took off their pants and farted, and they did it too much. But now there are so many things to do, which makes people very helpless.

After Xiang Qian's authorization operation was completed, the icon of 17 defensive weapons firing missiles simultaneously in low-earth orbit was displayed on the big screen.

The warheads of these missiles are all super-high-yield nuclear bombs, and each one is in the billion-ton range. Under normal circumstances, with these weapons, this large meteorite flying to the earth could be completely destroyed.

However, under the dominance of the rules of the universe, even Regetlos could not destroy this large meteorite with a special mission.

Many of the staff members inside the command hall were nervously looking at the big screen, and they all hoped that these seventeen ultimate weapons of humanity would destroy these large meteorites that could wipe out humanity.

If this large meteorite were to hit the Earth, then scientists would be able to simulate that humans would be like dinosaurs. Disappear from the face of the earth.

However, in the entire command hall, there were more than a dozen people with different expressions on their faces than the others. Most of these people are high-level members of the Earth Federation, including Xiang Qian.

"Hit the target." The moment when the trajectories of the seventeen nuclear bombs on the big screen overlapped with the trajectories of the large meteorite. The results of the interception are displayed on the large screen.

Rumble!!!

"Success, we succeeded......" Most of the staff inside the hall cheered loudly, they felt the coming of death in the suppressed anger of the previous few minutes.

Now that the interception was successful, they couldn't suppress their joy and cheered excitedly.

After all, according to the calculations of the Academy of Sciences, as long as these seventeen nuclear bombs concentrate on large meteorites, then there will be a 90 percent chance that this large meteorite will be shattered, and the meteorite fragments will be torn apart at that time. It doesn't have any impact on the planet.

But before they could be happy for a while, the command hall once again sounded a shrill alarm, and the mark of the large meteorite on the big screen had continued to move towards the earth.

All the people who were cheering just now were stupid, and they all looked at the big screen in disbelief, completely unable to imagine such a result.

"Immediately calculate the volume of the meteorite after it is intercepted, and at the same time calculate whether there is a possibility of a second interception." Xiang Qian spoke at this time.

Hearing Xiang Qian's words, everyone remembered their work and immediately sat back in their seats. Began to calculate the data after the meteorite was blown up by a nuclear bomb.

A few minutes later, a researcher said with a dead face: "The mass of the meteorite has only decreased by 11.5 percent, but the volume has decreased by 42 percent, and the speed has decreased by 6.7 percent." There is no longer the possibility of a second interception.

Because the core of this meteorite is a high-density substance, which was not damaged under the attack of a nuclear bomb. Then the atmosphere will not reduce its volume much. With its present mass, after rushing into the atmosphere. The speed will reach Mach 33.

According to the kinetic energy formula, the force generated by the impact of this meteorite on Earth. The equivalent of the explosive effect of 97 billion-ton nuclear bombs ......"

After the calculations came out, the hall fell silent.

Everyone's faces showed expressions of despair, even Xiang Gan, in order to be more realistic in his performance, they all cooperated with a desperate expression.

As the minutes ticked by, the meteorite on the big screen entered the atmosphere and ...... And then there became.

Large meteorites are like disappearing, and after entering the atmosphere, they never appear again.

This made the staff in the command hall waiting for the impact a little uncomfortable, and they couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Two minutes later, data came from the Center for Cosmic Astronomical Studies, and the large meteorite burned up in the atmosphere, and not even a single piece of debris fell on the surface of the earth.

This strange result directly blinded everyone. In their minds, they can't figure out why a meteorite that cannot be destroyed by a nuclear bomb burns up in the atmosphere, which is unscientific.

Xiang Qian didn't care if this subject was unscientific or not, he glanced at the person in charge.

"The head of the report, the Center for Atmospheric Environment Research sent a message that an unknown substance dust has fallen into the earth, and there is an unknown virus in the dust. The Academy of Life Sciences is conducting research on the virus, but there are no results yet. After the person in charge saw Xiang Gan's eyes, he immediately crackled at the computer a few times, and then said to Xiang Gan seriously.

"In the name of the Earth Federation Government, all departments and citizens are notified that they will be immediately transferred to the emergency defense base, and no one shall be exposed to the air." Xiang Qian immediately said solemnly.

"Yes, Chief." The top brass of the Earth Federation in the command hall replied at the same time.

Then, the radio of all cities on the planet began to broadcast this message, and the road commanders who had been prepared for a long time immediately took up their positions and began to guide all the citizens into the city's emergency defense base.

It can be said that the whole routine is a thousand times the same as the drill, even if the people are more panicked after listening to the radio, but there is no crowding and stampede, and everyone enters the emergency defense base under the command.

In just five hours, the cities on the surface of the earth were empty. All the people in the city were moved to the defense base, and at this time only the soldiers of the Federation were still active in the city.

These soldiers did not carry out any other task, but to loot all the subsistence supplies in the city and transport them into the defense base.

Xiang Qian and the other high-level officials of the Earth Federation looked at the empty city through the monitoring equipment, and they had an indescribable feeling in their hearts.

If they had had such organizational efficiency when they encountered a catastrophe, they would not have died so many people at that time.

Xiang Qian had a lot of feelings about this, even if he knew that a catastrophe was coming, he could only save his family and friends, but he could not save many people. And now, with the resources of the Earth Federation, which began to prepare five years ago, can now save everyone.

This is the difference between individual and racial strength, and the resources at the disposal of both sides are too different.

"Okay, let's all get busy, it's best not to sleep tonight, after all, when evolution begins, being awake is more effective than falling asleep." Xiang Qian said to the reborn Earth Federation elites. (To be continued......)