Over there, the Hines couple hibernated, though Hines didn't know that his wife was gone.

And here at the hearing of the United Nations Planetary Defense Council's Wall Plan, the test of the stellar hydrogen bomb is being discussed.

With the breakthrough of supercomputer technology, the stellar model of a nuclear explosion that had been theoretically perfected in the past decade was realized on a computer, and the super-high-yield stellar hydrogen bomb was immediately built.

The explosive yield of the first hydrogen bomb is estimated to be 350 million tons of TNT, 17 times the largest hydrogen bomb ever built by mankind. It is impossible for such a super-nuclear bomb to be tested in the atmosphere, and underground testing requires the excavation of ultra-deep wells, which would have lifted the formation if they had been detonated in a test well at previous depths.

However, if such an explosion is carried out in an ultra-deep well, its powerful seismic waves will spread around the world, which may have unpredictable effects on a wide range of geological structures, and then induce geological disasters including earthquakes and tsunamis.

So the test of the stellar hydrogen bomb can only be carried out in space, but it is also impossible to test it in high orbit, the electromagnetic pulse generated by the hydrogen bomb can have a huge impact on the earth's communication and power system at such a distance, and the ideal test location is on the far side of the moon, but Rediaz has another choice.

"I decided to do the trial on Mercury." Rediaz said.

The delegates were taken aback by the proposal, and they asked what the plan was all about.

"According to the basic principles of the wall plan, I don't need to explain." Rediaz replied coldly, "The test should be underground, digging an ultra-deep well on Mercury." ”

"Experiments on the surface of Mercury may be considered, but the investment in underground tests is too great, and digging ultra-deep wells there can be hundreds of times more expensive than doing the same work on Earth, and there is no point in not having to consider the environmental impact of a nuclear explosion on Mercury," said the representative of the polar bear. ”

"Mercury surface tests are also impossible!" "Rediaz is by far the biggest drain on resources, and now is the time to stop him!" This was echoed by representatives such as John Bull and Gallic Chicken.

Rediaz smiled and said, "Even if I consume as few resources as Dr. Roji, you are keen to veto my plan. ”

He turned to the rotating chairman, "I would like to ask you, Mr. President, and delegates to note that among the strategic plans put forward by all the facers, my plan is the closest and most harmonious with the mainstream defense system, and can be regarded as a part of the mainstream defense, and the consumption of resources is very large in terms of its absolute number, but a considerable part overlaps with the mainstream defense, so it ......."

Representative John Bull interrupted Rediaz by saying, "You better explain why you want to conduct an underground nuclear test on Mercury, we can't find any other explanation than to spend money in a different way." ”

"Mr. President, delegates," Rediaz calmly retorted, "you should see that the Planetary Defense Council has so far lost the least respect for the people facing the wall, and it has also lost respect for the principles of the wall, and if all the details of our plan have to be explained, then what's the point of the wall-facing plan?" He pressed his burning gaze at the representatives of the major powers one by one, causing them to turn their eyes elsewhere.

Rediaz continued: "Nevertheless, I would like to explain the question just now: the purpose of the ultra-deep underground nuclear test on Mercury is to blow up a large cavern in the planet's underneath to serve as a future Mercury base, which is obviously the most economical option for such a project." ”

Rediaz's words caused a whisper, with one delegate asking, "Rediaz the Wall-Facer, do you mean to use Mercury as a launch base for a stellar hydrogen bomb?" ”

Rediaz said confidently: "Yes, the current strategic theory of mainstream defense believes that the focus of the defense system should be on the outer planets of the Blue Star, and not enough attention is paid to the inner planets, believing that they do not have defensive significance, and the Mercury base I planned is a supplement to the weak links of the mainstream defense." ”

"Isn't it strange that he is afraid to see the sun, but he wants to run to the nearest planet to the sun?" Representative Eagle Sauce said, causing some laughter, followed by a warning from the Chair.

"It's nothing, Mr. President, I'm used to this disrespect, before I became a wall-facer." "But you should respect the fact that after the outer planets and even the Blue Star have fallen, the Mercury base will be humanity's last bastion, with its back to the Sun and under the cover of its radiation, and will be the strongest position."

"Rediaz the Wall-Facer, so the whole point of your plan is to put up a last stand when humanity is gone? It fits your personality perfectly. Huaxia representative said.

"Gentlemen, one cannot fail to consider the last resistance." Rediaz said solemnly.

"Very well, Rediaz the Wall-Facer," said the Chair, "Now, can you tell us how many Stellar hydrogen bombs will be needed in total for the overall deployment?" ”

"The more the merrier, to make it to the best of the earth's production capacity, the specific number depends on how much yield the hydrogen bomb can reach in the future, according to current standards, in the first batch of deployment plans, at least one million are needed."

Rediaz's words caused a burst of laughter.

"It seems that Ray Diaz the Wall-Facing is not only going to create a small sun, but also a galaxy!" Representative Eagle Sauce said in a loud voice, then leaned over to Rediaz, "Do you really think that the deuterium in the ocean is all for you?" Because of your perverted emotions about nuclear bombs, the earth is going to be turned into a hydrogen bomb production workshop? ”

At this time, Rediaz was the only one in the room, still with a serious face, and he waited quietly for the noise he had caused to subside, and said word by word

"This is the ultimate war of mankind, and the number required is not much, but I expected today's result, but I will work hard, I will build more nuclear bombs, I will build more nuclear bombs, I will build more if I can, and I will tell you, I will continue to work hard."

The world of Mercury can only see two colors: black and gold, black is the planet's earth, and in the close range of the scorching sun, the low-reflectivity earth is still a deep black; Gold is the sun, and in this world the sun occupies a considerable part of the sky, and in the vast sun wheel, you can clearly see the waves in the sea of fire, see the sunspots drifting like dark clouds, and on the edge of the sun wheel, you can also see the gorgeous dance of the sun.

It was on this large hard stone suspended above the sea of fire that mankind planted another small sun.

With the completion of the space elevator, mankind began a large-scale exploration of the planets of the solar system. The successive landing of manned spacecraft on the moons of Mars and Jupiter did not cause much of a stir, because it was known that the purpose of these expeditions was both realistic and clear compared to the previous ones, only to establish a base for the defense of the solar system, and for this purpose, these voyages, which were dominated by chemically powered rockets and spacecraft, were only a trivial beginning.

The initial exploration was mainly focused on the outer planets of the Earth, but with the deepening of space strategy research, the neglect of the strategic value of the inner planets has been increasingly questioned, so the exploration of Venus and Mercury has been strengthened, which is why the Mercury stellar hydrogen bomb test plan of Rediaz was reluctantly approved by the Planetary Defense Council.

The excavation in the Mercury Formation was the first major project to be carried out on other planets of the solar system. Since the construction could only be carried out on Mercury for 88 days, the construction lasted for three Earth years, but in the end only a third of the predetermined depth was reached, and further down, an unusually hard formation of metal and rock appeared, and the progress was slow and costly, and the decision was finally made to end the project.

If the test were to be carried out at the existing depth, the formation would have to be torn apart by a nuclear explosion, forming a large crater, which was actually a discounted ground test, and because of the interference of the formation, it was much more difficult to observe the effect of the test than a pure ground test.

But Rediaz thought that the pit could also be used as a base if it was covered with a roof, so he insisted on conducting underground tests at the current depth.

The experiment took place at dawn, when Mercury's sunrise lasted more than ten hours, when a faint bright color appeared on the horizon.

After the countdown to the detonation counts to zero, there is a circle of circular ripples that spread outward with the projection point of the explosion as the center of the circle, and for a moment the earth of Mercury seemed to become as soft as silk, and then, a slowly rising mountain appeared at the center of the explosion, like the back of an awakened giant.

When the summit rose to about 3,000 meters, the entire mountain erupted, hundreds of millions of tons of earth and rocks flew into the air, and a beam of fury grew on the ground of Mercury!

As the strata were lifted, the glow of the underground nuclear fireball was exposed, shining on the rock and soil scattered in the air, forming a magnificent fireworks in the dark sky of Mercury. The fireball lasted nearly five minutes before it went out, during which time the rocks fell in the light of the nuclear light.

More than ten hours after the end of the nuclear explosion, observers found that Mercury had a ring, because a considerable part of the rock reached Mercury's first cosmic velocity in the violent explosion, becoming the planet's countless moons of various sizes, and spreading out in orbit, making Mercury the first terrestrial planet with rings.

The rings are thin and shine in the strong sunlight, like a circle of notes on the planet.

There is also a part of the rock that reaches the second cosmic velocity of Mercury, completely breaking away from Mercury and becoming a satellite of the Sun, forming an extremely sparse asteroid belt in Mercury's solar orbit.

Rediaz saw the live broadcast of Mercury's nuclear test in the basement where she lived. Actually, it's not live, and there is a time difference of about seven minutes when the picture reaches Earth.

As soon as the nuclear explosion on Mercury was over and the rain of rocks was still falling in the darkness after the fireball went out, Rediaz received a call from the rotating chair of the Planetary Defense Council, saying that the power of the stellar hydrogen bomb had impressed the leaders of mainstream defense, and that the permanent members had asked for the next hearing on the plan to face the wall as soon as possible to discuss the creation and deployment of the stellar hydrogen bomb.

The Chairman said that the number of hydrogen bombs requested by Rediaz was simply impossible, but that the major powers did take an interest in such weapons.

Rediaz lives in the basement not for safety reasons, but because of his sunphobia, which makes him feel more comfortable in a claustrophobic environment away from the sun.

More than ten hours after the Mercury test, when Rediaz saw the new rings of Mercury twinkling on the television screen, the voice of the doorman came over the microphone, saying that the psychiatrist he had made an appointment had arrived.

"I've never called a psychiatrist to tell him to go away!" Rediaz was annoyed, as if she had been humiliated.

"Don't do that, Mr. Rediaz." Another, more sedate voice rang out, apparently from the visitor, "I can let you see the sun." ”