Annihilation of the solar system

After the meeting, Xia Lan walked with Shen Manling in the open space in front of the National Academy of Sciences building.

"Xia Lan, why didn't you speak at today's regular meeting?" Shen Manling asked.

The corners of Xia Lan's mouth raised slightly:

"Mr. Shen, the research results of scientific research institutions in North America and Europe are very logical and convincing based on the existing observation data. Our research has no breakthrough for the time being, so we will not comment."

"Then what do you think of their research results?" Shen Manling asked again.

Xia Lan paused, took a shallow breath and said:

"I always feel that it's too easy... I mean, the current scientific research results are very optimistic about the future predictions. I don't know if I think too hard, or..."

Shen Manling put away her slight smile and frowned slightly:

"I have the same feeling as you. Judging from the current orbital position of the ice-breaking belt and spore swarm, the Doomsday War will almost certainly begin this fall. Under such circumstances, being optimistic may not be a bad thing. "

Under the sky full of dark clouds and dim lights, Xia Lan's face looked even gloomier:

"Teacher Shen, during this period, I always think of a scene written in my high school Chinese textbook. Suppose there is an iron room, which has no windows and is extremely difficult to destroy. There are many sleeping people inside, and they will soon be suffocated to death. .

However, when you go from sleep to death, you will not feel the sorrow of death. Now you are shouting and startling a few people who are more awake. Is it worthy of making these unfortunate few suffer the irreparable pain of death? "

When Xia Lan spoke, hesitation and struggle flashed in her eyes. Shen Manling raised her eyes to look at the cloudy night sky, put a hand on Xia Lan's shoulder and said:

"Since the bell-like voice of science has awakened us, a group of relatively sober people, no matter how long the road ahead is and how difficult it is to break the iron house. We have tried our best to survive and die, then There is no more sadness. This is also our greatest respect for civilization."

The leafless trees beside the fence of the Academy of Sciences stretched out their charcoal-like branches toward the gray sky. The bare branches swayed slightly in the night wind. The master and the apprentice stood looking at each other without moving for a long time.

Wei Xu walked over from the shadows holding a cardboard box.

"Senior sister, I have prepared everything you want. We can go back."

When I got closer, I saw that Shen Manling was also here.

"Hey, Teacher Shen hasn't come home yet?"

"We just finished the meeting and are about to go back. Wei Xu, where are you going?"

Wei Xu replied with a smile:

"Isn't it our turn to go to the Capital Observatory's Near-Earth Object Telescope to do the near-Earth object survey again? The senior sister said that the location of the last 'Oumuamua should have arrived in the solar system, which is very critical. So we extended our team's duty Time. When senior sister comes back for a meeting, I will come back and pick up some things for everyone."

Shen Manling said with concern:

"Then you should set off quickly. It's dark and windy this month, and the mountain roads are winding. Be sure to pay attention to safety."

Wei Xu drove away from the National Academy of Sciences. There were many more vehicles on the road than before. The dead branches and leaves that had not been cleaned up on the road were crushed and rolled up by the wheels, leaving a scene of flying sand and rocks on the road. Wei Xu carefully Staring at the road with debris flying between the buildings under the headlights of the cars.

"Senior sister, look. The residential buildings in the central district of the city are finally lit up with thousands of lights. It has been more than ten years since I have seen such a scene."

Xia Lan looked at the sky subconsciously. Thick clouds covered the sky tightly, and only the moon reflected a shallow bright spot. She said lightly:

"Global industrial production has come to an end, most factories have stopped working, and people have returned to cities."

Wei Xu glanced at the rearview mirror, and the butts of two automatic rifles on the back seat appeared in the mirror. The latest law requires that everyone must carry their own weapons.

"Yes, according to EDA's deployment, after the planetary defense production is completed, the next stage is a defensive war based on urban concrete buildings and underground garage civil defense projects. All cities will become strong fortresses, and everyone will be

Soldiers in the fortress."

Xia Lan's eyes still did not leave the dark night sky:

"The 100,000 people working in space orbit have also begun to return to the ground one after another. There will be a small number of personnel on duty at the four star ports. They will use push rockets to drive the star ports to the Earth's Lagrange point 12 to avoid the coming debris.

Ice belts and spore groups. The remaining small near-Earth space stations will be armed and delivered to the Space Force, and they will become a space defense force in low-Earth orbit."

"It's really hard to believe how the space force can fight them in low-Earth orbit. Their relative speed is so fast. There is still cold space with no air around them." Wei Xu sighed.

Xia Lan didn't speak. She looked at the empty night sky with a worried expression.

After getting off the highway, the car drove on the winding mountain road to the Capital Observatory's Near-Earth Object Telescope. As the mountains deepened and the altitude increased, the dense clouds in the night sky gradually became thinner.

The car parked next to the Near Earth Observation Building, and Wei Xu went to the trunk to get the things he had brought. Xia Lan closed the car door and was about to help Wei Xu move the things. She subconsciously raised her head, but was stunned.

In place.

There are only a few dim stars on the dark sky shrouded in mist. The yellow light of the moon casts a halo on the mist, like a drop of cinnabar ink sprinkled on rice paper, slowly spreading. On the top of the sky dome,

Two strips of light were hiding behind the mist like the raised eyebrows of a fierce god.

Among them, the brighter one with blue light is the broken ice belt, while the darker one with orange light is the spore group. They reflect sunlight near the orbit of Mars. The thin clouds blowing in the wind make the two groups reflect light brightly.

The darkness is as vivid as the eyes of a devil from the abyss, looking coldly at the earth. No one knows what it will do next.

"Senior sister, we've almost got everything. Let's go in."

Xia Lan clearly heard Wei Xu's voice, but the giant eyes from the abyss in the sky seemed to pull her eyes, making it difficult for her to react. She only felt that the shuddering air enveloped her, and the piece of air she had once

The beloved night sky is no different from the darkest abyss imaginable.

Wei Xu looked at Xia Lan, who was stunned and pale, and looked in the direction she was looking. He shivered unconsciously, and goosebumps appeared all over his body.

"When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares into you."

This famous quote by Nietzsche echoed in their ears, and they couldn't even tell whether it was they or the other person who murmured this sentence. Either no one murmured it, or they both murmured it together.