About five hours later, an elderly man with gray hair and a medium build arrived at the supply station. This man was Han Zi'ang, Liu Qi's maternal grandfather.
Unfortunately, he used the wrong method. He tried to get people out by giving gifts, but not only did he fail to get them out, he also got himself involved and was locked up with Liu Qi and Han Duoduo.
Wang Han paid no attention to Han Zi'ang's arrival or his lecture to Liu Qi and the other man. Instead, he focused on sensing the surrounding forces. He could sense that the force field was becoming increasingly strange. He immediately realized that Jupiter's gravitational pull on Earth was growing stronger. This strange feeling stemmed from being caught in the gravitational pull of both Earth and Jupiter; the gravitational forces of two different planets were interacting, and Earth was getting closer to Jupiter. Ordinary people couldn't perceive this, but the side effects on Earth would soon appear.
"Crack crack crack..." Just as Wang Han finished thinking, the entire building began to shake, cracks appeared on the walls and ceiling, and sand kept falling down.
"Earthquake!" Han Zi'ang exclaimed. He ran to the iron gate, repeatedly shouting, "Open the gate! Someone help!"
A policeman rushed over with the keys and ran towards the cell where Han Zi'ang and the other two were being held—the largest one. Unfortunately, before he could open it, the door collapsed, crushing him to death.
“The time has come.” A glint flashed in Wang Han’s eyes. With a flick of his finger, an invisible stream of air shot out and struck the iron gate. The cell door holding Wang Han collapsed, just like the cell door holding Han Zi’ang and the other two. To others, it looked as if it had also been shaken down by an earthquake.
Wang Han rushed out like an ordinary person, ran to the table where protective suits were kept, grabbed a white protective suit at random, and put it on. White protective suits represent high-level scientific research and technical personnel.
Liu Qi and the other two also ran out from the collapsed iron gate, ran to the place where protective suits were kept, put on the red protective suits, and then fled outside. The red protective suits represented ordinary workers and general maintenance personnel.
"Don't leave me... I have elderly parents and young children to take care of, and I haven't even given birth yet!" Tim cried out anxiously as he watched Han Ziang and the other two leave.
"Hurry up!" Wang Han ran over, picked up the key from under the body of the man crushed to death by the iron gate, opened the iron gate where Tim was being held, and then quickly chased after Han Ziang and the other two.
After Tim came out, he quickly grabbed a white protective suit and put it on as he fled outside.
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"Warning, planetary engine malfunction. Warning, planetary engine malfunction. Quantity: 128. Data correction: 1112. Data correction: 3319."
Inside the Navigator Space Station, alarms blared incessantly, and the emotionless voice of the intelligent system read out data after data. Everyone in the space station, whether busy, chatting with friends, or gazing at Earth through the spacecraft window, froze, then quickly gathered around the window, looking anxiously at the distant Earth as the pillars of fire that rose above the clouds disappeared one by one.
"Due to the increased gravitational pull of Jupiter, Earth's thrust is halved and its turning force is completely lost. Earth will collide with Jupiter in 37 hours, 4 minutes, and 12 seconds." The cold voice continued reading the analyzed data.
If Wang Han were to look at it from space now, he would see that the Earth, which is the size of a ping-pong ball, has changed direction and is flying towards Jupiter, which is the size of a water tank.
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"The No. 7 steering engine has stopped working."
"The steering engines of the Sulawesi III in the equatorial region have also stopped."
"Go find the chief engineer quickly."
In a somewhat messy command center.
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Wang Han and the other four escaped together to the outside of Police Station N3.
The underground world outside is now a wasteland, with concrete slabs of all sizes constantly falling from the sky. These were the concrete slabs that were originally used to support the sky above the underground city. Collapsed houses and lampposts are everywhere. The underground city, which was once sunny, has now become dark. In the sky, the huge barrier used to insulate against the surrounding temperature is also gradually collapsing, and the temperature suitable for human survival is beginning to turn into a cold wind howling.
On the road, those who hadn't had time to escape were crushed under the rubble. On the road, a person wearing protective clothing knelt on the ground. His protective helmet was broken, and the cold wind quickly froze him into an ice sculpture, keeping him in a desperate kneeling position.
Amidst the falling rubble, Wang Han and the other three ran to the transport vehicle that Han Ziang had driven.
Without a word, Han Ziang immediately inserted his car card into the transport vehicle's control panel and started the car.
"Han Ziang, senior driver, the Third District Transportation Committee reminds you: There are thousands of roads, but safety is the most important. Reckless driving will bring tears to your loved ones."
"Stop shedding tears, hurry up and go." Han Zi'ang cursed, stepped hard on the gas pedal, and the large transport vehicle, five meters high, four meters wide, and twenty meters long, rushed out like a wild horse.
"Ugh...."
The surrounding houses were collapsing, even the surrounding mountains were crumbling, boulders were constantly falling from the sky, and the earth was constantly cracking. Looking in the rearview mirror at the constantly collapsing mountains, and watching the rocks rolling down like a mudslide, swallowing the transport truck like the mouth of a giant beast, everyone's heart was in their throat.
It must be said that Han Ziang's driving skills are indeed remarkable. Even in such a difficult environment, with every second counting, he still managed to drive the car out and onto a flat plain without mountains. Perhaps, Liu Qi and Han Duoduo inside the car were his inexhaustible source of motivation.
The cargo bed of the transport vehicle was also lost in the mountains, but no one cared about it.
"Phew..." After reaching the plains, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief; they had finally survived.
"Supreme Mobilization of the United Government! Supreme Mobilization of the United Government! Notification to all global combat readiness forces: Due to the gravitational pull of Jupiter, a total of 4,771 engines worldwide have experienced shutdown malfunctions. To avoid collisions, all units are to proceed according to Emergency Plan No. 3." Two giant aircraft flew rapidly overhead from the vehicles carrying Wang Han and his group. An urgent broadcast sounded.
"Restart all engines within thirty hours. This rescue operation concerns the lives of 3.5 billion people. (Why 3.5 billion? Because the underground city has limited capacity. The number will be determined by lottery.) This objective is of paramount importance, regardless of the cost." The vehicle's driver's cab radio also crackled to life at that moment.
In the distance, hundreds or even thousands of large transport vehicles have already appeared.
"The rescue has begun," Wang Han thought to himself, sitting at the back of the vehicle. "Just how powerful is the combined strength of all humanity?"
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