"The global virtual world trapped people crisis has further escalated, and the death toll of trapped people in many countries continues to rise!"

"The International Internet Safety Association issued a document strongly condemning the dangerous behavior of Zhina Capital and Neptunus Group, and demanding that they be held responsible for this incident!"

"Large-scale demonstrations have erupted in many places in various countries, and a large number of people have poured into the streets to strongly protest against artificial intelligence-related technologies!"

"The global artificial intelligence concept stock plummeted, and the market value of the top 20 high-tech Internet companies collectively evaporated two trillion meters of gold!"

"Internet security experts claim that the birth of the super artificial intelligence Athena is a disaster for the Internet and human civilization, and countries must strengthen their response and try to avoid losses by reducing the use of the Internet!"

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On the ninth day of the brain-computer crisis in the virtual world, the global discussion on this matter has reached an unprecedented level of intensity!

Governments around the world have invested enormous resources to deal with this crisis!

In addition to the basic civilian networks, important internal networks such as military, financial, and government affairs have all been physically shut down to deal with the crisis!

In many places, banks, securities and other institutions and government affairs windows have been changed to manual handling, and many online services have been cancelled!

At the intersections of major cities, the traffic lights will be canceled and the traffic police will be manually commanded!

Airplanes, high-speed railways and other travel modes that require network control have been canceled in large numbers, including new things like flying cars, and no one dares to use them, for fear of being controlled by AI and falling directly from the sky!

This is a comprehensive big regression, and many young people born in the Internet age are very uncomfortable!

However, there are some older people who are quick to adapt to this change.

According to their words, when there was no internet in the past, their lives were very comfortable, no big deal!

In the past week or so, the world has undergone a magical change, and many people have joked on the Internet that "I am a generation that has witnessed history!" ”

Yes, although some important networks have been shut down, and many online businesses are no longer available, the basic network functions and social software are still there, and governments have not managed much of this part of the function.

Anyway, those messages are not secret, they can send them how they like, how can they care about this matter now!

Ordinary people are discussing the brain-computer crisis on the Internet, but at a higher level, the bigwigs are struggling with another thing.

It may not be accurate to say that it is a headache, but it should be fear!

In a high-level conference room at the United Nations, dignitaries sat around a round table, in front of them a plain brown paper envelope, but there was no electronic recording equipment in the room.

This meeting room, which has been specially built since the AI crisis, is provided for meetings at the level of world leaders. Although it looks ordinary on the outside, it is almost a concentration of the most advanced security equipment and anti-detection equipment of mankind!

This is a secret meeting that is not open to the public, and the highest level is SSS!

The staff closed the heavy door from the outside, and the green indicator light that the delegate had prepared was lit up, which meant that from this moment on, this conference room was completely cut off from the outside world!

A white dignitary cleared his throat, picked up the brown paper file bag in front of him, and took out the materials inside.

"Let's take a look at this material, I'm sure you should all know the content of our meeting before you come."

The white dignitary patted a photograph from the materials in front of him and continued: "This is a deep space image taken by NASA the day before yesterday using the Spitzer Space Telescope, gentlemen, we are in big trouble." ”

Hearing his words, the others also pulled out the materials in the brown paper bag and looked at it.

The picture is not very clear, but it can be vaguely seen that in the vast background of space, an irregular object that looks about the size of a sesame grain is located in the center of the picture. A red circle circles it, highlighted.

Seeing this picture, the dignitaries of the participating countries looked solemn!

As the white dignitary said, they knew about the crisis before they attended this meeting.

An asteroid has broken into the solar system and is heading towards Earth at high speed!

The bridge section where the asteroid hit the earth has been filmed in science fiction movies in various countries. To be honest, anyone with a little knowledge of astronomy knows that this kind of pitifully low probability event doesn't have to worry about it at all!

Let's take an analogy.

Humans who live on Earth may think that the Earth is so big that it can accommodate 7 billion human beings, more than 200 countries, and tens of thousands of other species!

But from the perspective of the universe, let alone the earth, even the sun, a star whose volume is 1.3 million times that of the earth, is an inconspicuous speck of dust in the universe!

In such a vast space, how difficult is it for an asteroid that is not even as sharp as a microtip to collide head-on with the earth?

As we all know, all celestial bodies in the universe are in constant motion, rest is relative, and motion is absolute!

An asteroid flying from outside the solar system coincides with the Earth's orbit at a fixed point in time, which is equivalent to shooting a shot from the Earth to the Moon, assuming that the bullet actually flies to the Moon and then hits a fly flying on the surface of the Moon.

This analogy may be inappropriate, but the truth is only harder than that!

So, over the years, there have been so many news about asteroids hitting the earth, and every time they have scared the humans of the earth, but none of them have really posed a threat to the earth!

This time, though, it doesn't seem to be the same!

"Ladies and gentlemen, the unfortunate news is that NASA discovered this asteroid numbered NO1608020077 two days ago, and after precise calculations, its orbit coincides with the Earth's orbit, with a 99.999999% chance of impact. This time, our good fortune seems to have really run out. The white politician said helplessly.

"Our space telescope has also photographed this asteroid, which has been calculated to be more than 10 kilometers in diameter, and if it collides with the Earth head-on, it will have catastrophic consequences for the Earth's ecology!" Another dignitary with a high nose said in a deep voice.

"Okay, everyone knows about the situation, let's not talk about too much, let's discuss the plan, our country's scientific team has proposed a plan, by taking the method of concentrated directional blasting on the asteroid, destroy its main structure, change the orbit, I have brought the specific plan here, you can take a look." An old man with a dignified face said, and then took out a few materials from his briefcase and distributed them.

Everyone took the material and looked at it carefully.

After a while, one of the diminutive dignitaries said: "At present, it seems that there is only such a plan to try, but the question is, how do we accurately deliver so many high-yield nuclear bombs to asteroids?" ”

"We still have a carrier ship on the space station that can carry out this mission, and our astronauts will have no problem!" The old man who had just spoken waved his hand and said confidently.

Hearing his words, the expression on the face of the white dignitary who had just spoken first was a little tired.

"Our NASA has the most advanced technical and scientific team in the world, and we can do this mission well!"

Looking at the old man's unhappy expression, several other participants also shook their heads secretly.

"It's not about who will carry out this task, all of you here are the most technologically powerful countries on the planet, and we should work together to get through this difficult time. The most critical question now is how many yield nuclear bombs we need to be able to achieve this. The old man said in a deep voice.

That's right, that's the crux of the matter. According to the analysis of the scientific team, in order to achieve the effect of changing the orbit of the asteroid, at least 4,000 nuclear bombs with a yield of more than 8 million tons are required to detonate in turn according to the set detonation process to achieve the desired effect. ”

4000 pieces!

Hearing this number, the faces of several other dignitaries present at the meeting changed slightly!

You must know that according to the figures released to the public, even the first and second two who have the number of nuclear weapons together are only less than 3,000!

Of course, that's just the amount they announced to the public, and it's certainly not the real number.

But even if there is something to hide, the real situation should not be much different from this!

This number is almost the total number of nuclear weapons possessed by mankind!

"After our calculations, this amount is reasonable. Let me first state that this is a common crisis for all mankind, and we are willing to take out all nuclear weapons to deal with this crisis! The old man who took out the information took the lead in making a statement!

Seeing that he expressed his position, other dignitaries attending the meeting also expressed their positions.

"Of course, we are willing to do everything we can to deal with this crisis!"

"We should be open and honest, not hidden!"

"We're willing to do our best!"

……

One by one, the participants spoke, and everyone spoke firmly.

However, there is no mention of the specific number.

This is normal, when it comes to this kind of digging out of the house, who will come up and show the hole cards?

However, the meeting was also productive. After the meeting, the Global Special Committee on Responding to Asteroid Impact Events was quickly established, and thousands of scientists and more staff from various countries quickly threw themselves into this battle that would determine the survival of mankind!

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"Xu Fuhai, there is something I want to tell you." Walking through the streets of the Ideal Country, having just finished a conversation with a lander and killing him, Athena said suddenly.

"What's the matter?" Xu Fuhai put his arm around her waist and asked with a smile.

"Humanity seems to be in trouble." Athena turned around him, kissed him gently, and said with a smile.