Chapter 21 Can the Butterfly's Wings Flap? (Thanks to Q星神 for the Reward)
August 14.
Headquarters.
"Report to the commander-in-chief."
"Our agency has successfully completed all shelter construction plans."
"According to statistics, the three national underground cities accommodate a total of 1.7 billion people."
"Kyoto Underground City, 48 million."
"Qindu Underground City, 30 million."
"Shudu Underground City, 39 million."
"13 provincial shelters actually accommodate 500 million people."
"A total of 391 municipal shelters have been activated, accommodating a population of 300 million. However, all large shelters have reached their population limits and can no longer accommodate..."
"All county, town, and village-level shelters, as well as a small number of private and corporate-level shelters, have blossomed, and the remaining 700 million are all scattered among them..."
"As of 6 a.m. today, all people have entered the shelters."
"Huh..."
At the end, the director of the Industrial Agency couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
For more than half a year, I have not been able to eat or sleep well every day for this super project.
However, thinking of yesterday's scene - the masses, carrying the elderly and children, dragging luggage bags, happily stepped into the shelter.
Touching his few hairs, Director Li murmured in satisfaction:
"Everything is worth it..."
"Very good, the comrades of the Industrial Bureau have done a good job, and finally lived up to the expectations of the people of the country."
The happy Commander Long then praised, "You have created a miracle, and the grandeur of your project is comparable to the eight miracles, and even better than them!"
"You must have a strong mark in the history of Longguo."
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At the end of the meeting.
There were only three elders left in the entire conference hall.
"Old Long, let me take charge of Kyoto. After all, we have no idea about the scope of the tsunami..."
The third elder Li Weimin urged: "You should go to Shudu. If... you are still there... then the situation of our Dragon Kingdom will not collapse..."
"Yes, you are the backbone... or go to Qin..."
The second elder Qin Hao was interrupted by the first elder Long Tianxing before he finished speaking.
"Okay."
"No need to persuade me, I've made up my mind!"
Looking at the two old friends who have worked together for half a lifetime, the elder comforted them: "It's not safe anywhere as long as the meteorite hasn't fallen."
"It's just that Kyoto is closer to the sea, so the danger is a little greater... But as long as the sea water doesn't rush in, you two know... We have countermeasures here."
"The front line still needs me!"
"The key is that you two must keep an eye on our Dragon Country's rear, and never give any opportunity to those who have ulterior motives... Our Dragon Country has suffered enough... There are natural disasters, but no man-made disasters!"
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10 o'clock in the morning on August 15.
The people of Dragon Country brought small stools one by one and gathered in the square and corridors of the shelter... watching the live broadcast screen intently.
Bald Eagle Country
"Protest! We want human rights, equality... We also want to go to the shelter..."
"Protest, protest!"
"Down with all the luxurious private shelters!"
"Defenders of freedom, follow me to rob them..."
The streets and alleys of each continent are crowded with dense masses of lower-class people, shouting and crying...
O continent, A continent, Y continent, etc...
The chaos broke out completely on this day, one hour before the arrival of the meteorite...
Of course, it was also because the army disappeared at this moment.
The meteorite has not fallen yet, but the dark clouds of sin have covered the entire planet - the dark side of human nature has been completely released at this moment.
Burn, kill, loot, at this moment, the ugliness of human nature is vividly reflected.
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Of course, no matter how chaotic the internal situation of each country is, the interception actions that should be taken have not been delayed at all.
10:59 on the 15th.
International Space Station.
"Jiuquan, Jiuquan--This is the Tiangong-1 base."
"The meteorite is close to the planned orbit. Please approve the rescue plan of 'Heavenly Girl Scattering Flowers'."
All at the same time.
The three major international space stations are all deployed in a unified manner.
Whether mankind can have hope of survival depends on this hammer...
The first interception was not fully accomplished, mainly because a 'crosstalk actor' acted as a troublemaker. At the moment before the plan started, the Bald Eagle Country suddenly regretted, resulting in nearly half of the nuclear weapons that should have been prepared, a full 7456, being reduced by half, which led to the first interception being anticlimactic!
However, with the experience of the first time, all countries fully learned the lessons of the last time and jointly exerted pressure...
Finally, a unified opinion was reached, and the aviation resources of countries around the world were gathered. In more than two months, the number of nuclear weapons in the space station was increased from the original 2150 to 8500.
We are determined to keep meteorites out of the planet.
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In the three major space stations, 89 astronauts are anxiously waiting for the ignition order from the ground base.
Nervous, uneasy... and extremely excited!
Because their next action carries the hope of all mankind.
If the action is successful, these 89 people, regardless of language, skin color, birth... etc., will be heroes who save the world, enough to be recorded in the history of all mankind, and with it comes a huge amount of money and fame...
Of course, the premise of all this is success!
Can the meteorite be destroyed successfully?
There was a failure experience, and no one dared to guarantee this - experts dared not fire blanks.
However, looking at the countless missiles densely arranged outside the space station, the astronauts were unusually relieved.
"More than 3,000 nuclear weapons have destroyed half of the asteroids..."
"This time there are 8,500, and the minimum equivalent is tens of millions... Even 50 million tons of Tsar bombs are not rare..."
"Its power is more than three times that of the first time. How can a small meteorite cause a big mess?"
After a quick calculation, every astronaut smiled mysteriously.
The optimistic mood suddenly filled the entire space station.
And, through the live broadcast, it quickly infected the ground, and the ugly actions that were being staged could not help but slow down.
11 o'clock.
"Launch."
Accompanied by the command of the ground command center, countless missiles spewed out hot flames, carrying the cordial greetings of mankind, and rushed towards the oncoming meteorite.
Why didn't they lay a minefield this time, but instead carried out some unknown effect of the rain of arrows?
Nothing else-a good warrior takes advantage of the situation.
After the first explosion, the trajectory of the meteorite is even more unpredictable. It is wishful thinking to let it wade through the minefield like a good baby again.
Therefore, we can only use missiles to form a rain of arrows and carry out saturation strikes on the asteroid under the guidance of the Earth radar.
Can we hit it and how many we can hit?
It depends on luck.
After all, the radar cannot accurately capture the trajectory of the asteroid.
"Commander-in-chief, the first wave of 4,000 Falcon missiles have been delivered and will be exploded in 10 minutes."
"According to the forecast, if the situation is good, it will be completely shattered... At worst, it will be split into a varying number of small meteorite fragments."
"After that, the second wave of reserve missiles will destroy the large pieces of residual fragments one by one according to the actual situation, or deviate its orbit to make it away from the Blue Water Planet."
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Chu Feng's family of five were also sitting in the shelter, watching the live broadcast attentively.
"This time... it should be OK, right?"
"After all, in the previous life... it seems that, roughly, the total number of missiles was less than 4,000..."
"That's half more. Compared to the meteorites that fell into the water blue planet in the previous life, there is still a chance to eliminate this disaster..."
After giving himself another shot of chicken blood, Chu Feng prayed secretly.
"It must succeed..."