Chapter 644
Just when almost everyone was paying attention to the 'Starry Sky Cup', the fiery atmosphere completely diluted the previous series of biochemical crises and abyss invasion tragedies, and gradually forgot everything.
Umbrella's sudden announcement still caught people off guard.
"According to the continuous exposure of the early warning satellites we launched in advance, coupled with the repair of artificial intelligence, it was discovered that a suspected extrasolar body appeared at the XXXX coordinate position."
Umbrella directly released the location of the asteroid codenamed "Predator" and asked major space agencies to conduct subsequent confirmation.
The starry sky is too big and too vast to keep an eye on all areas in real time.
However, after Umbrella announced the specific location, relying on current observation technology, it is enough for major aerospace departments to capture this abnormal asteroid!
The blockbuster news suddenly released by Umbrella can be said to have caused a slight panic on a global level.
Da Piaoliang finally managed to pull back some of the stock market, but started crying again.
The CPI index hit a new high.
This made the person in charge, who had been keeping a low profile recently, curse.
Oh shit!
It’s too much to announce it earlier or later, but to do it just when we are about to stabilize it!
But even though we may curse at each other, this matter really needs to be taken seriously!
If the New York invasion had not happened and the alien corpse had not been salvaged before, an asteroid from outside the solar system would not be something that everyone could not accept.
The universe is so big, there must be some strange things floating in, right?
But with the previous examples, Umbrella also made special reminders, so this matter may not be so simple!
Before, Umbrella said that the thing was emitting signals and the coordinates of the earth were captured!
Ahead, it arrived via a strange space teleportation technology. Who can guarantee that this asteroid is not an alien invader?
Anyway, it can be clearly seen from the New York invasion that these things are not good at all!
Full of desire for destruction!
There is no room for negotiation. As soon as they appear, they just kill, kill, kill.
This has temporarily reduced people's attention on the 'Starry Sky Cup' competition. After all, the knockout round has not yet begun and the players are still preparing to fly to Penglai.
During this time, most of the attention was focused on the asteroid codenamed "Predator".
Not long after, major astronomical institutions issued some corresponding evaluation reports, which indirectly confirmed Umbrella's words.
"This is indeed a celestial body from outside the solar system, and it is heading towards our Earth."
"The shape of this celestial body is very strange. The ratio of length to width is 1:10. It is a long strip. It is more like a spaceship than an asteroid!"
"But the speed is not too exaggerated, it should be about 30 kilometers per second, and it will take quite a while to reach the earth."
“…”
Following the statements from major space agencies, people felt both nervous and relieved.
The nervous thing is that the confirmation is completed, which doesn’t seem to be a good thing!
What was a relief was that the speed didn't seem to be very fast. It wasn't the kind of scary flying object that we had imagined, that could cross the solar system in an instant, or move at sub-light speed.
If technology is in a state of crushing, then there will really be a sense of powerlessness.
How many years has the Earth been developing? Now we can only be regarded as preliminary exploration of space, jumping around here.
If someone could accurately cross such a long distance, then we’d be screwed!
Now that it's moving so slowly, it seems like it's no big deal.
As expected, major astronomical institutions and Umbrella have successively issued some explanations.
"Whether it's from the alien corpse or the situation of the invasion of New York, this alien creature itself may not follow a similar route as us. It may be magic + body."
"The evolution of organisms does not necessarily point in the direction of intelligence, and having intelligence does not necessarily point in the direction of technology. The birth of organisms is much simpler, but the birth of us humans is definitely a matter of chance and coincidence."
“…”
This statement is certainly correct in theory, but its main purpose is to appease the people, or at least prevent them from panicking.
Because no matter what, this is something that has traveled across the starry sky and arrived at our doorstep!
Even if the order is crooked, at least they are coming!
Umbrella also released its own calculations and simulation results.
"According to Red Queen's calculations, this thing is accelerating towards us. Preliminary calculations show that it will enter Earth-Moon orbit in a year. If the acceleration rate increases again, this time may be shortened."
Soon after, a certain song also issued their statement
"Our Don Quixote also calculated similar results. The acceleration this thing suddenly gained was not due to gravity, but more like it was generated by itself. Therefore, the threat level should be increased."
One year!
Even shorter?!
Then the media found Umbrella and left sincere messages and inquiries.
"Excuse me, what is Umbrella's plan? Just let them come like this? Can your company's mass projector launch an attack?"
In fact, this question is one of the most frequently asked questions on the Internet.
After all, Umbrella's mass projector was here, and the launch of more than 20,000 satellites and the power of the "bombardment" were undoubtedly quite shocking.
"Unfortunately, the energy provided by the mass projector cannot reach this level, but we are also conducting some research. Not to mention destroying it, at least we can find a way to send an unmanned probe up there to find out the situation."
Umbrella's answer disappointed many people.
But for those working in the aerospace field, this did not come as a surprise.
The mass projector refreshed their three perspectives, and they looked at it with a completely worshipful attitude.
But even so, the mass projector itself still 'generally' follows the basic rules.
This is indeed something that is theoretically possible.
And the Umbrella itself was definitely designed for orbital launch.
The vast majority of aerospace equipment is in a low orbit of less than 2,000 kilometers, which is closer to the earth, allowing for clearer images, while also avoiding the Van Allen radiation belts generated by the earth's magnetic field and solar wind.
The main purpose of Umbrella's mass projector should also be for this.
So 20,000 satellites are like making dumplings.
Although low satellite orbits will be affected by the atmosphere to a certain extent, overall the cost-effectiveness is the highest.
They estimated that even Umbrella would have difficulty reaching the 35,000-kilometer synchronous satellite orbit.
Not to mention attacking an asteroid at such a long distance.
To put it bluntly, even if it can really attack, how much damage can it cause?
Directly rely on physical impact?
However, there was a consensus on launching an unmanned probe to understand the situation.
Several major space powers have successively announced that they will launch probes, and this time they are prepared to cooperate with each other for the first time in history by sharing their resources!
Da Piaoliang even directly stated that he was considering launching a nuclear bomb to attempt a collision!
I also dug up blueprints from the Star Wars era.
And introduced it publicly.
"Send an unmanned probe to observe the asteroid, and at the same time try to land our blasting equipment on the asteroid, using the drill on the equipment to penetrate deep into the asteroid and then detonate it..."
The space environment is sparsely populated and is almost a vacuum.
The direct detonation of a nuclear bomb mainly produces some radiation, and the power of the surface explosion on meteorites and asteroids is quite limited.
But in theory, as long as you can get inside and start detonating it, it will still have enough killing power.
This was actually always a backup plan, but I never thought I would actually use it one day...
Obviously , Da Piaoliang also suffered from PTSD due to the last invasion of the abyss.
Stop talking, I take shortcuts, not detours!
Just grow mushrooms.
Lest it sow upon your own head...
