Annihilation of the solar system

The large screen of the Space Force Combat Command Center displayed four real-time infrared imaging videos of the 'Oumuamua fragments, and other screens showed simulated animations of missile groups flying towards the 'Oumuamua fragments. There were two more in the upper right corner of all the screens.

Row of red countdown numbers.

The inertial guidance of the interceptor missile's front-stage flight is completed automatically, while the terminal guidance is completed by the combat spacecraft that follows far behind the missile group. The people in the command center have nothing to do at this time except reporting the countdown. In this situation

Having time to spare makes people even more uneasy and uneasy. They all want to know quickly what will happen after the countdown ends.

"Countdown is 15 minutes, the target orbit position is stable, the interceptor missile is flying normally, and the combat spacecraft is normal!"

Chai Shizheng stood in front of the command table with his brows furrowed and his eyes fixed on the screen resolutely. His expression was the same as when he was conducting drills. His calm aura calmed down the tense atmosphere in the entire command center. Staff officers and officers

Everyone trusted this resolute commander. However, no one noticed that his Adam's apple was moving up and down because he kept swallowing saliva.

Behind Chai Shizheng's stern and serious expression was a turbulent heart. Before the crisis era began, he used to be a destroyer captain. During an expulsion operation from the exclusive economic zone, he personally steered the ship at a speed of 30 knots.

Warships from neighboring countries came to provoke.

At the last moment when all the officers on the bridge were holding on to the handrails and holding their breath in preparation for impact, he suddenly turned the right rudder. The destroyer of more than 10,000 tons almost rushed sideways towards the neighboring warship which was evading with the left rudder.

The freeboards of the two warships stopped just before they almost touched each other, and the water splashed from between the two warships rushed into the air higher than the masts.

Chai Shizheng looked through the porthole at the frightened officers on the other side's bridge and laughed wildly. The neighboring warships fled in despair. From now on, as long as the side number of his warship appears, no neighboring warship will dare to approach. Then

At that time, Chai Shizheng was full of confidence in the equipment and determination of victory from beginning to end, without a trace of fear.

Compared with that time, his mentality now is just the opposite. But that fear is not about death, but about the unknown.

Suddenly, the originally clear and stable images on all the screens in the command center began to tremble and snowflake. Although the amplitude was not large and did not affect viewing, this was undoubtedly an abnormal phenomenon.

"What's going on?" Chai Shizheng asked.

Several staff officers and operational officers gathered in front of the operating desk to discuss for a while. A staff officer reported:

"Report! According to reports from the Space Force Communication Antenna and the EDA Astronomical Observation Center, high-density, full-band electromagnetic wave signals suddenly appeared around the world, from the microwave band to the X-band."

"Is there any way to locate the signal source through technical means?" Chai Shizheng asked.

The staff officer hesitated:

"It's basically impossible, because electromagnetic wave signals appear with basically the same intensity around the world, and traditional triangulation positioning methods don't work."

"Report! According to the thermal imaging images, the cooling rate of the Oumuamua fragments is slowing down. Although the overall temperature is still cooling, the speed has dropped from 8.5k/s to 4k/s. The four fragments have the same change."

Technical officer report.

"Is it the electromagnetic wave signal they emit? What do they want to do? Interfere with our communications?" the staff member asked doubtfully.

Chai Shizheng shook his head slightly:

"If there is full-channel blocking interference, it is impossible for us to see these images and receive EDA communication data."

"Then what do they want to do?" the staff officer asked.

"I think they are scanning the entire spectrum of the earth." Chai Shizheng said solemnly.

"That's good, at least it reduces their cooling rate. Our interceptor missiles have more time to lock on to them." There was some relief in the staff officer's words, and Chai Shizheng remained silent.

As the countdown approached two minutes, the image on the large screen of the combat command center switched from the infrared telescope to the thermal imaging image of the combat spacecraft.

The current picture no longer has colors rendered according to different temperature gradients, only a small gray-white patch on a gray-black background. Because the temperature gradient of the 'Oumuamua fragment is very uniform, its true shape cannot be seen on the thermal imaging picture.

, it looks like an iron block taken out of a forge in the dark that has not completely cooled down.

On the four split screens, the crosshairs are firmly covering the gray-white bright spots. That is the thermal imager used by the combat spacecraft to provide terminal guidance for the interceptor missile group through remote control. The jumping red countdown numbers are reflected in the combat command.

In the eyes of everyone in the center, some were nervous and some were filled with excitement. However, Chai Shizheng's eyes were filled with a desperate calmness.

As the countdown reached zero, everyone clenched their fists in excitement. But at the moment when the countdown reached zero, the expected white color that filled the screen did not appear. As time passed by, the countdown for the interceptor to reach its expected location had changed.

It became 0. The atmosphere in the combat command center became anxious.

"Combat Spaceship No. 037, I am the command center! What happened to you? Didn't you detonate the warhead?" the communications officer asked eagerly.

An unclear female voice from the combat spacecraft came from the loudspeaker:

"Report to the command center. I have pressed the detonation button dozens of times. I don't know what happened..."

The communication was suddenly interrupted, and the big screen suddenly turned into a vast expanse of white. At the same time, a bright light like the noon sun suddenly came out from the gap in the curtains of the Space Force Combat Command Center. But the light was not like sunlight.

is stable, but keeps flickering and dimming.

A staff officer walked to the window in a few steps and opened the curtains. A spot of light brighter than the sun shone in the originally dark night sky, and the entire sky and city instantly turned into a clear noon.

"There's one over here too!" a staff officer opened the curtain on the other side of the combat command center and exclaimed.

Two white jade-like light beams were projected from the windows on both sides, illuminating the entire combat command center. The colorful buttons on the console seemed to have faded under the strong light.

Soon, the light began to sway. During the swaying, the light beam that was originally too bright to look directly gradually became as soft as the sunset, and finally disappeared completely. After the sky and the city were briefly bright, they returned to the night. Only in the night sky

Two light spots were left behind.

"Reporting to the command center, all missile warheads at the 0-degree longitude position have been successfully detonated. The killing sectors are all facing outer space!" The report from the No. 037 combat spacecraft was clear and bright.

Soon, reports from the other three spaceships responsible for terminal guidance combat ships in synchronous orbit also appeared on the speakers. All interceptor missile nuclear warheads were successfully detonated. Just now, the spectacle of global daytime appeared on the earth for the first time.

.This has never happened in the billions of years of history of the earth. Although it is short-lived, it is of great significance.

The officers in the command center were also happy and high-fived each other to celebrate. Only Chai Shizheng stood calmly in the distance, staring at the screen that had no signs of blur, and did not speak.