Chapter 890 The Wind Rises

The strong man named Tieke was right, in the current situation, the only way out for the "condenser" town was to go to the nearest big town for help, otherwise the town would be in an extremely dangerous situation. Friendly hand-to-hand hits

The shocking fact that the fusion reactor had blown up left many townspeople at first, and they didn't even feel the fear, because such a thing was so unbelievable that when it happened, the first reaction of ordinary people was not panic, but bewilderment. But by now, there were people who realized how dangerous things were happening, and Tieke was one of the first to realize the situation.

The matrix of fusion reactors, evenly distributed and suspended at an altitude of 3,000 kilometers above the ground of the ruined planet, is the only source of light and heat energy for the ecosystem of this world, because no one can master the technology of using ghost reactors to provide stable heat radiation, so these ancient fusion reactors have been in continuous operation for hundreds of thousands of years, and they are still irreplaceable. When the reactor is extinguished and no longer has the possibility of maintenance, the entire Northern Hemisphere can expect to see a lasting dark night and cold, the latter of which can be deadly.

The artificial atmosphere of these ruined planets is not thick enough, and its heat conservation efficiency is lower than that of the normal atmosphere, and after losing the continuous heating of the fusion reactors, they will soon lose their thermal equilibrium, which is one of them, and even worse, due to the limited power of fusion reactors, in order to ensure a uniform supply of light and heat to the entire planet, there are actually hundreds of fusion reactors distributed over a planet, and each fusion reactor is only responsible for providing "sunlight" to a small area below it, in this case, some of the reactors are turned off, The area it is responsible for will be almost impossible to get any "sunshine" replenishment from nearby reactors.

Immediately afterward, the northern hemisphere of the ruined planet will be frozen by the cold wind for a very short time.

Of course, the big man named Tieke may not have thought of such a detailed thing, and all he worries about is what can be deduced from the simplest logic: if it continues to be dark, the weather will get colder, the town will not have enough food, not enough energy, and the traffic in and out will be blocked, and if you don't rush to ask for help in the best state while there is still food that you can carry with you, it will be too late to wait for a long time.

The town of "Condenser" was a small settlement with less than 200 inhabitants, and it didn't even have a name when the tin houses were first built, and it couldn't have enough supplies to fight the ice, nor did it have an energy shield against the cold winds, and it didn't have the lighting energy to keep the night forever bright. There is no reliable administrative mechanism in this world, and only a few people know about the existence of Condenser Town, and it is impossible for those people to come to the rescue in this situation, in fact, to put it mildly, even if this town is wiped out today, no one may know what happened here in Lu Dao after two years.

Supplies are needed, energy is needed, food reserves are needed to withstand long winter nights, and of course, if possible, even the entire town needs to be relocated to a sunny place, but none of these things fall out of thin air, and the only way Tiek can think of is to go to the nearest big town for help, even if they can't get supplies, let them know about the existence of this town, so that if the big city starts to organize a rescue of the winter night area, this place will not be missed.

As for waiting for the big city to re-install a fusion pile here...... In fact, everyone knows that this is a beautiful wish.

Old Man Barnard, of course, knew this, and he agreed with Tek's idea, but asked a very sharp question:

How do you get there?

Climbing 17 kilometers in the dark on a cliff covered with steel wreckage? Are you Superman's second cousin?

Tiek and Barnard went toe-to-toe, each holding on to their own ideas, and since they were all right, no one could convince anyone at this time, and just as I was already thinking about whether to help personally, a burst of white light suddenly came from near the horizon, interrupting everyone's attention.

Near the distant horizon, the sky was suddenly illuminated by a bright white light, as if the dark curtain there had suddenly been torn open from directly above, and because of the distance, we could only see that the horizon was gilded with a bright edge, and the specific light source was uncertain.

But by speculation, this is probably the light of the fusion furnace.

The white light outside the horizon was just the beginning, and soon, the same light lit up on the horizon on the other side, and the distant sky as far as the eye could see began to be reflected by the white light, and the townspeople were stunned for a while, Barnard suddenly reacted, and said with great joy: "Fusion pile!" Fusion reactors elsewhere have been repaired! ”

"But our fusion reactor is gone."

Tieke poured cold water on the spot.

The white light outside the horizon formed a ring, indicating that the fusion furnaces in those places were back in operation, and after a few minutes, there were no flashes of explosion coming from those places, indicating that none of the other furnaces had suffered the same fate as the one above our heads.

When the sky was covered in white light, the earth under everyone's feet seemed to be an abandoned island, like a round black spot on white paper, because the fusion furnaces were far apart, and the power of each individual was insufficient, the surrounding sunlight could not reach the naked eye, and everyone could only see that the horizon in all directions seemed to be plated with a layer of silver, as if the light of dawn was gathering from every direction, and the sun was rising in all directions—but the sunrise would never come.

The townspeople at the scene looked up at the sky wordlessly, and there was still only pitch black above, and a trace of cold air was pouring in from all directions, and the darkness and cold were even more obvious at this time.

"Ah Jun Ah Jun, it seems that the wind is rising!"

Shallow suddenly tugged at my arm and yelled strangely.

Sure enough, I noticed that a gentle breeze had been blowing around me at some point, and the wind direction was very chaotic, and it was impossible to tell which direction it was blowing from, as if it was constantly changing at will, and shallow dipped a little saliva on his fingers, and lifted it to the air to feel it for a while, and told us very seriously: Now it is blowing from north to south and east and west.

"The wind is blowing - it's not good, I forgot about it, humans can't stand it!"

Sandora's hair was blown up by the growing turbulent wind, and looking at the small pieces of paper that had been lifted into the air on the nearby street, she suddenly said with a serious face, "Everyone, get out of town at once!" Move to the bottom of those flying cliffs next to the metal station! Barnard, are there any large settlements in the area where the blown up fusion reactor was supposed to shine? ”

"A dozen kilometers away, there is also a 'heavy gate' town, which is an excavation station, and then there are no other settlements, and this area is thousands of kilometers full of metal stacks, and there are almost no residents."

Barnard was confused by Sandora's sudden questioning, but answered her question quickly, and as for getting the townsfolk out of town, he couldn't figure out what was going on, "Why are you leaving town?" ”

"Hurricanes."

Sandora looked at the sky, in the deep darkness, it seemed that there was a certain behemoth that was gradually gathering its own strength, that behemoth may not be worth mentioning to Sandora, but for ordinary people here, I am afraid it will be the end of the world.

"What started out was the shutdown of all fusion reactors in the entire Northern Hemisphere, causing the thermal equilibrium on both sides of the planet to fail, and while it sounds serious, it's actually safe, and on a large scale, the atmosphere has plenty of buffer room to deal with this imbalance, but now, the thermal equilibrium has collapsed on a very small scale...... The atmosphere is heated unevenly, resulting in hurricanes that sweep across the entire thermal imbalance zone. You've all seen campfires, where the air flow accelerates as the flames heat up the surrounding air, and now the fusion piles around the region are countless huge bonfires, with the largest mass of cold air on the planet above us. ”

Sandora explained what was about to happen in an easy-to-understand way, concluding in the end: "With all the surrounding fusion reactors continuing to heat the atmosphere, we are in a huge wind tunnel in the cold air zone, and the planet's atmosphere is so poorly balanced that this thermal imbalance can almost cause a meteorological disaster on the spot." I'm afraid the hurricane is less than forty minutes away - by now you should be able to feel that the air movement is intensifying, and this is the inert cold air mass that is gradually activating. ”

Sandora's explanation was clear enough, but the townspeople here were all miners, and their scientific knowledge was probably very limited, so many people were still confused, but as more and more townspeople gathered, Sandora's warning had been conveyed throughout the town, and whether they could understand it or not, the people's uneasiness was well aroused.

And at this moment, the direction of the wind in the air changed again, and the wind instantly increased by an order of magnitude, a large number of shredded paper and fabric fragments were blown into the sky by the suddenly strengthened wind, and some people subconsciously looked up at those fragments flying higher and higher, and suddenly accelerated after flying to a height of tens of meters, whistling and being swept to the unknown place.

"Inform everyone! Get out of town! ”

Old Man Barnard seemed to have just straightened out the principle that Sandora had explained, and at this time, looking at the obviously stronger wind in the sky, his face changed slightly, and he immediately commanded loudly.

"Is this really possible? It's blowing that wind? ”

A thin, dark-skinned middle-aged woman tightened her coarse cloth overalls, apparently not very receptive to this somewhat abrupt order.

"It's not your average wind." I muttered, and Barnard frowned at the already cloudy sky, "What if it's true?" At least go and hide for a while, and come back when the time comes. ”

"Somebody needs to inform another town," Tek said gruffly, "and the Heavy Gate is only seventeen kilometers from here, and if there is a hurricane, it won't be able to get out of it!" ”

The situation has changed dramatically compared to just now, the initial help-seekers now have to take on the responsibility of rescue, the town of "Chongzha" would never have imagined that a hurricane was about to hit the home, and the only one who knew the news was this settlement of less than 200 people more than a dozen kilometers away.

"I wanted to ask before, don't you have a more convenient way to communicate?" Bingtis glanced at Old Man Barnard, "In this world, there are even spaceships, but you don't know how to call?" ”

"Phone? What is that? Old Man Barnard was stunned by this term from Earth, and then shook his head awkwardly, "If you talk about communicators, there used to be one in the town, but they were broken down a few days ago, we are just a metal sorting station, and no one wants to bother to build an information node here." ”

"Well, you can drive an interstellar spaceship, but you haven't popularized the wireless network yet, and that's how this strange world is." Bing Tis muttered, and then went back to chatting with her Protoss sliver group, and she didn't mean to help at all.

"It's only a few dozen minutes, and I don't have time to inform them anyway, it's a cliff area of more than ten kilometers," Old Man Barnard said with deep worry on his face, "Do you just leave it alone?" ”

"How's that going to work!" Tiek immediately shouted loudly, but after shouting this, he was gone, and Bingdes and her supposedly compassionate gods were still talking on the side, but the former sent a message with a spiritual connection: "The concubine is suddenly curious, what kind of decisions they will make in this situation, which can directly affect the rating of their entire race, so don't take action until the last moment, you and Sandora don't take action personally." ”

"Rating?" I frowned, as if I understood that there was no intention for the Styis to help at all, it wasn't that the gods were playing with mortals, but that there seemed to be a legitimate reason, "What are you doing?" ”

"Hasn't this race been removed from the Temple of Life?" Bingtis smiled, "But now it seems that you will definitely not leave this world alone, so the concubine body has to re-register them." But the formalities are easy to handle, and some formal things still have to be passed through, so let's use this test as an assessment of the grassroots members of this race. ”

I was speechless and looked at the sky.

Old Man Barnard and Tieke were still frowning about how to notify the town of "Heavy Gate", and the time was passing by minute by minute, although the wind around them was still so strong and sometimes weak to frighten people, but perhaps it was a psychological effect, and many people felt that the air around them was gradually stagnating.

The townsfolk had gone home and beckoned the old man and children to take refuge under the cliff near the metal station, they had brought very little food and water, and most of them had not even brought an extra piece of clothing, apparently they thought that the worst thing that was going to happen was a gust of wind, and they were going to wait for the wind to subside and go home to continue their lives, as evidenced by the careful locking of the door before they went out.

It seems that no one believed that the gale would destroy their iron house, and if it weren't for the death order given by the respected mayor, most people would have chosen to hide in their homes to avoid the gale, and the only thing to be thankful for now is that they are quite obedient.

Seeing this, Sandora frowned, but didn't say much, only occasionally looked at the sky and estimated the time it would take for the hurricane to travel from the upper atmosphere to the lower atmosphere.

"It would be nice if there was a means of transportation," Tek's loud voice stood out at this time, "but we only have a hovercar that pulls metal scrap, and we can't take the 'Heavy Gate Town' with that thing, and there are no lights on the road." ”

"Wait! As for transportation, I have it at home! ”

Just when the two adults were at a loss, a young child's voice suddenly interjected, it was Glick.

"I have one at home, a high-speed flying machine!" Glick straightened up with force, his face now full of pride, as if he was about to become a hero, "Really, just outside my room...... Ah, it was given to me by these guests! ”

Seeing that none of the adults around him noticed his words, Glick stretched out his hand in his direction and pointed in our direction.

The aircraft he was talking about was a solo fighter assembled by Dudu, and at Glick's strong request, Sandora and I didn't take back the obviously non-civilian thing for the time being, and now, it seems to be on a great mission.

When the silvery-white streamlined fusiform aircraft hovered in the square, the people who were skeptical at first suddenly let out a continuous exclamation: especially when the thing clattered down. Apparently Glick isn't quite skilled at driving this thing, and I should advise him to use autopilot in the future.

That's right, Gorrik already knows how to drive this thing, and despite the bumps, he can still make it perform basic flight control - don't be surprised by this, it's not surprising that a fourteen-year-old child learns how to make Xiling's equipment work, the trend of technological development is like this, the more advanced something, the easier and faster it is to use it, all equipment will tend to be simplified as technology matures, it may take years of training to go into battle to kill enemies, but it is much easier to learn to shoot, except for Hawking, can basically do it in human beings. As the most widely used grassroots weapon, the method of use of individual fighters is extremely simple, and its intelligent system can even complete flight control with only vague phrases, yes, Hawking can drive, not to mention such a clever child as Glick.

Of course, being able to open is one thing, and mastery is another, and there may be billions of people in this world who can pull the trigger, but more than half of them may hit the surface of their feet...... As for understanding the principle and structure of firearms, it still has to be brushed down more than a billion, so high-tech things are always divided into two levels, one is for users, which is getting simpler and simpler with the development of science and technology, and the other is its real scientific and technological content, which is for experts, which is more and more profound. The things of the Apostle of Chilling go even further in this trend, and the polarization is unbelievable: a fourteen-year-old child can control the take-off and landing of fighter jets with brain waves, but if you tie scientists all over the earth together, they may not be able to figure out how the dripping sound in Pandora's belly is made......

Barnard scanned us and the individual fighter several times with an uncanny look, looking confused, but no one explained anything to him, Greek was familiarizing himself with the actual take-off and landing process of the fighter (it had only done virtual scenes in the cockpit before), and this thing didn't have a crew cabin, so Greek wanted to do the task himself: warn people a dozen kilometers away.

"Let a child do this? Why don't you go with me! ”

Tieke said loudly.

I smiled and glanced at him, "Will you drive?" ”

"You will! Why don't you go yourself? ”

Ironke was obviously a straightforward man, and he said this in a rough voice that caused Barnard's displeasure: "Iron, they are guests. ”

"I'm sure that boy can do it," said my sister suddenly, "and he might be a hero." Also the thing is safe, it has autopilot and hazard avoidance systems, and even if Glick doesn't do anything, he will get to his destination safely. ”

"Alright, let's not talk about that for now," Barnard watched as Glick drove the fighter out of sight, and then gave us a blank look, "Time is running out, let's go!" ”

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