twenty-one

The spacecraft still orbits above the Earth's equator, orbiting the Earth once every 12 hours.

After exiting the Dream Community, Rosli and Joyna fell silent. The beautiful AI leaves the cockpit position and tells them about some of the newly discovered situations.

The satellites above the earth were almost completely lost, and only nine survived, but fortunately there were still three communication satellites, which ensured that they could log in to the network system normally.

The quantum network, which is independent of the Internet, has some failures, and it can communicate normally after some trouble, but there is no human response, and the messages sent by the system are controlled by the program.

No one is there in the ground command system!

The main observatory is unattended!

It's the historical information that gives it a rough idea of what the Earth has been through.

Twenty days ago, the meteor shower on Earth was almost over, and occasionally a few scattered meteors slipped through the atmosphere.

However, shortly after the meteor shower ended, the Sky Eye and many astronomical telescopes discovered something strange. Many small fragments resembling meteorites quickly rushed towards the Earth, and they were extremely fast, dozens of times faster than those meteors, which attracted the attention of astronomers. And because their size is not large, only the size of a football ball, some scientists do not think so, thinking that it is just a faster meteorite, and even if they fall on the earth, they will be burned by the thick atmosphere.

Scientists disagree on these fast-moving unidentified objects, with some arguing that no measures need to be taken, after all, these visitors are too small to cause some damage to the earth, and the huge earth can still bear it. In addition, it is difficult to capture these extremely fast-moving objects, and the probability of success is too low.

However, some scientists disagreed with them, and if these objects were more harmful to the earth than they thought, they persuaded the military to take action.

Sky Eye records that in outer space, where these unidentified objects are 500,000 kilometers away from the earth, the military turned on the most advanced weapons at its disposal to intercept these extremely fast balls with antimatter shells.

The effect is still there, these spherical meteorites are annihilated one by one in space, greatly reducing the threat to the earth. However, because they were moving so fast, some of the fish that slipped through the net unfortunately hit the Earth, and as those scientists had predicted, they caused much more damage than previous meteor showers.

Although there are not many spherical meteorites that fall on the earth, and the phenomenon of burning occurs when it passes through the atmosphere, the meteorite the size of a football is not destroyed, and it still hits the earth hard.

Fast speed, high density, strong hardness, and estimated weight is not light, and the high-speed impact triggers a neutron reaction, which is more devastating than the explosion of hundreds of nuclear bombs.

They landed in the oceans, on the plains, in the deep mountains and forests, and the whole earth was plunged into a sea of fire. Volcanic eruptions that have been silent for thousands of years have occurred, earthquakes of magnitude 15 or more are occurring all over the world, tsunamis are raging, thousands of meters of waves have swept through various continental plates, glaciers and ice caps in the north and south poles have rapidly melted, sea levels have skyrocketed, the earth is boiling, and human beings, including all living things on the earth, are facing extinction!

Joyna was stunned!

Lotsley couldn't say a word when he opened his mouth, his mind was full of apocalyptic imaginations, and no matter how rich his imagination was, it was difficult to imagine the sight of the earth. Cities are in ruins or submerged under water, mountains have collapsed, rivers have changed paths, volcanoes have erupted, and fires and smoke have filled the air. The Earth they observed was wrapped in volcanic ash, and everything was flowing gray.

Shocked, Luxli suddenly shouted:

"Nope! By no means so! Let's not be blinded by this layer of volcanic ash! There must still be good ground, and we still have hope! The dream community can be logged in, the network can still be connected, and the server can still work normally! Quantum communication can also be used normally! What does it mean? Explain that the equipment is in good condition and that they are safe! They weren't damaged, at least not as much as the place where they were! Isn't it? Alfana! ”

Lotsley was almost hysterical, and after listening to the explanation of the perfect female AI, he suddenly despaired, and suddenly thought that the dream community could still log in, and rekindled hope. His reason seems to be tenable, how much he hopes that the beautiful AI will give him an affirmation.

Joyna nodded again and again, and couldn't help but reach out and hug his arm, which seemed to support his point of view, and at the same time looked at the beautiful AI, she also wanted to see it give an attitude of recognition of Labor.

But the answer of the beautiful AI made the two completely desperate.

"That's what I thought at first."

The beautiful AI has a solemn face, and combined with the information she got from the robot dog Beta, she tells in detail about the current state of the earth.

Dream CommunityThis game was created by Oniclone, and the server needed was in the basement of Oniclone, and the wall made of steel and concrete like a safe protected the server well, so that the server was not affected when the earth suffered such a catastrophe. At present, the communication cable is also quite normal. The server is powered by a nuclear power plant, which is 100 meters deep and should be safe. Because of this, you can log in to the dream community normally.

For the quantum communication system, its servers and the protective measures made are more advanced, even if the mountain collapses, it can still be guaranteed to be safe and sound.

That's why it's possible to connect to a quantum command system.

The safety of these devices does not mean the safety of the surface, and the space shuttle still has no safe landing site, not to mention the thick volcanic ash on the entire surface of the earth, and rushing into it is self-defeating.

Like a deflated ball, he was now a little decadent, and said in despair: "Is it true that we can't go back to Earth?" Floating in the air forever? Looking at the Earth and only revolving around it? ”

Joyna seemed to be much calmer than he was, gently put her arm around him, and comforted, "So what's the matter? The food in the biosphere can sustain us for a lifetime. ”

The beauty AI seemed to be a little jealous, and frowned slightly, but its skin made of silicone was not wrinkled, and after a slight pause, it also comforted Labor.

"Not necessarily. The volcanic ash on the earth will eventually settle, and when we see the mountains, forests, and the sea, we can return to our homeland after a long absence. ”

Luxli seems to be a renewed hope.

"How long will that take?"

"Three or five months, a year, or two years, it could be, and I don't know how long."

"Ugh!"

Rothli sighed and regained his fatigue.

Joyna said again: "What are you afraid of, there is still hope after all." ”

Lotsley looked at her affectionately.

"I'm not worried about anything else, I just don't want you to suffer for a long time in the spaceship with me, it's better to go back to the free, comfortable, and safe life on the ground."

"What you said is that we are blessed and shared, and we must now share the difficulties. I'm so brave, you should be stronger. ”

Joyna spoke softly, but firmly.

The idea of machismo returned to the consciousness of Labor, and the man immediately rose to his senses, held Joyna's pretty face, and said with the same firmness:

"If you think so, what am I afraid of! It's just that you suffered. ”

The beautiful AI pursed her mouth on the side and teased:

"Yo! Show affection has also learned to play with emotions, moody, who to show for? You're disgusting to me! ”

Instead of being angry, Rothly and Joyna giggled.

The atmosphere in the cabin was unusually cheerful.