One week later.
The calendar has quietly reached 2038.
2038.1.2
The second day of the new year.
Inside Mars City No. 1.
"Professor, it's time." Wilson glanced at the time displayed on the laboratory wall and reminded him softly, "Mercury is about to crash into the sun."
Lu Yongchang stopped his experiment, looked up, and stared solemnly at the holographic image in front of him.
Like Lü Yongchang, all the humans in Mars City looked up at the holographic image in front of them.
The elderly parliamentarian sat in his chair, his gaze fixed intently on the scene before him, a hint of pain in his eyes.
In the holographic image, a fiery red ball burns silently in the dark universe.
Next to the fireball, there was a small black dot.
That was Mercury, about to crash into the sun.
"Zero, zoom in on the image of Mercury a bit more," Lü Yongchang said softly.
The holographic image splits into two: on the right, it shows the sun as a red giant, and on the left, it shows Mercury at this moment.
This is footage transmitted from Earth, so strictly speaking, this should be Mercury five minutes ago.
Mercury, which is extremely close to the sun, has had its surface completely melted under the sun's intense heat. The originally gray Mercury has become a lava ball with a dim red glow!
As time passed, under everyone's watchful eyes, a blinding light suddenly shone around the small lava ball!
"It's starting to make contact with the outermost atmosphere of the sun." Lü Yongchang sighed softly. "Mercury is about to disappear."
“Yes, Professor,” Zero’s voice rang out in the laboratory. “According to calculations, Mercury will be completely plunged into the Sun in thirty minutes due to the decelerating effect of the Sun’s atmosphere!”
"At that time, a major solar storm will erupt in the solar system."
"How will this affect us?" Lü Yongchang asked in a deep voice.
Unlike Earth, Mars does not have a magnetic field.
This means that Mars has no means of defense against solar storms.
Of course, like with asteroid impacts, Mars will be fine, but humanity...
The holographic image in front of me changed again, with the solar system star map replacing the original image of Mercury.
"Professor, it won't have much of an impact," Ling said in a calm voice.
"Mars is on the far side of the sun, while Mercury, Venus, and Earth are on the near side of the sun."
"Although Mars lacks a magnetic field for protection, we only need to deal with a very small number of solar storms."
As he spoke, the relative positions of Venus, Earth, and Mars were marked on the star map.
Looking at the star chart in front of him, Lü Yongchang was suddenly stunned: "Are Venus and Mercury in a straight line now?"
"Yes, Professor."
have to.
Lü Yongchang shrugged.
It seems that this time it's not just Mercury, but Venus as well is going to suffer.
...
Time passed by, second by second.
"professor."
"The fall of Mercury to the sun has begun."
Zero's bland report broke the silence of the laboratory.
Lu Yongchang's eyes flickered slightly as he looked up at the holographic image.
The lava ball's speed continued to decrease, and it fell straight into the sun!
A powerful burst of light then appeared, and a small "hole" instantly appeared in the sun's corona!
The disintegration and explosion of the lava sphere instantly disrupted the balance of the corona!
The area where Mercury fell experienced a sudden surge in brightness, and a violent explosion occurred within the Sun's corona.
At this moment, countless amounts of coronal mass were ejected!
A crimson "fountain" appeared on the surface of the sun!
“Professor, a solar storm has appeared,” Zero’s voice followed. “A stream of high-energy charged particles is expected to arrive at Venus in two days.”
The moment the words were spoken, a simulation video of Zero's actions regarding the incident began playing on the holographic screen.
To make it easier to view, Zero specifically marked the solar wind in reddish-gold.
The golden solar wind blew straight toward Venus, like a sharp sword, cutting directly at Venus, which has no magnetic field protection!
The dense atmosphere that was originally on the surface of Venus was blown into the space behind it in an instant!
Venus's back extends out with a long "tail," just like a comet.
Lu Yongchang stared blankly at the simulation in front of him.
Inspiration kept flowing from the depths of his mind.
In his eyes, the sun had quietly transformed into an incredibly powerful ion beam emitter, launching a fierce ion beam attack on Venus ahead!
That was a high-energy ion beam attack that stretched for 50 million kilometers!
The sun seemed to become his teacher, perfectly demonstrating to him the secrets of ion beam weapons!
"I understand! I understand!"
Lu Yongchang's face lit up with ecstasy, and he exclaimed repeatedly, "We're wrong! We're going in the wrong direction!"
"I know how to solve the range problem of ion beam weapons!"
Lu Yongchang's shouts startled Wilson, who was standing nearby.
His body trembled violently, but after clearly hearing the indistinct words from Lü Yongchang, his expression instantly became excited!
"Professor! Professor!" Wilson rushed to Lü Yongchang's side, looking at him anxiously. "Please speak! Please tell me quickly!"
Hearing the urging voice beside him, Lü Yongchang took a deep breath and tried his best to suppress his excitement.
He pointed at the holographic image in front of him: "Look! Look!!"
"What's this?!"
Wilson looked bewildered: "Isn't this a solar storm?"
"No! This is an ion beam emitter!!" Lü Yongchang waved his right hand and shouted, "Tell Wilson, what is the solar wind made of?"
Wilson's eyes flickered slightly, and his expression gradually became excited.
He somewhat understood what Lü Yongchang meant!
"Teach, Professor, it's protons and electrons!" Wilson's voice trembled with excitement!
“Not bad, protons and electrons!” Lü Yongchang nodded in satisfaction.
"We're so focused on single-ion ion beams, why can't we learn from the sun?!"
“We can use two ions with opposite charges to form an ion beam.”
"Under the attraction of positive and negative charges, the dispersion effect of the ion beam will be greatly reduced, and the range will be significantly increased!"
Wilson suddenly held his breath.
He turned to look at the sun in the holographic image, his eyes filled with excitement and gratitude.
"You're right, Professor."
"We should learn from the sun."
Lu Yongchang waved his hand and said, "Zero, remove all these holographic images. We should start the next experiment!"
"Okay, Professor."
Zero maintained his calm and composed tone.
One holographic image after another vanished into the air as dots of light, leaving only the initial experimental data.
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