Annihilation of the solar system

The location and longitude and latitude of the icicle impact also appeared on the screen of Zhou Cheng's plane. Cao Rui stared at the crosshairs on the screen for a few seconds, then stood up suddenly but was caught back by the seat belt.

Zhou Cheng was shocked:

"What's wrong, Lao Cao!"

Cao Rui didn't answer him. He just unbuckled his seat belt and fumbled around in the pocket of his jacket. His hands were trembling and his face was ashen. Zhou Cheng had never seen Cao Rui so flustered. Just as he was about to speak, Cao Rui pulled out of his jacket.

I shivered and took out a small book from the inner pocket.

His face was very close to the screen, he looked up at the screen, and then looked down at the open notebook, repeating this cycle several times. During the whole process, the notebook in Cao Rui's hand looked like it was hanging on a branch on a windy day.

His head was trembling like a dead leaf. And his teeth kept colliding with each other because of the trembling, making an uncomfortable crackling sound that echoed clearly in the cabin.

Zhou Cheng and Shen Manling looked at each other with doubts on their faces, and then looked at Cao Rui. At this time, his eyes were blankly looking at the coordinates on the screen. After being stunned for a few seconds, with cold sweat all over his face, he

He sat down on the chair in despair, and the notebook in his hand fell from his hand.

"Old Cao! What happened?" Zhou Cheng asked anxiously.

Cao Rui's empty eyes slowly focused on Zhou Cheng's face, which was already red from anxiety, and he said in a cold and desperate voice:

"The location where the icicle hit is the oasis where I went to look for Rain Man last time. The coordinates of longitude and latitude are accurate to the minute."

Zhou Cheng's originally rosy face turned pale in an instant, and the muscles in the corners of his eyes twitched uncontrollably. He and Cao Rui looked at each other's stiff expressions in horror, and did not speak for a long time.

Suddenly, Zhou Cheng felt a gentle warmth coming from his almost numb hand. He turned around and saw that it was his wife Shen Manling holding his hand:

"Old Zhou, what happened? I have never seen you like this."

Zhou Cheng covered his wife's hand with his hand and took a shallow breath. He wanted to speak several times, but in the end no sound came out.

"The interception failed. The target they wanted to attack was not us at all." Cao Rui, sitting opposite, said in a low voice, his voice as weak as a terminally ill patient who was about to die.

"We don't even deserve to be their priority targets! Human beings may even be worse than ants in their eyes." Zhou Cheng said sadly and indignantly.

Cao Rui suddenly frowned, and the loneliness in his eyes suddenly became sharper. He stood up and went to the pilot's side, patted him on the shoulder and shouted:

"Fly to the collision point immediately!"

The pilot was startled. He had not heard the conversation between Zhou Cheng and Cao Rui in the back cabin. He was still immersed in the joy of victory and had not recovered.

"What...what are we doing there?"

"Execute the order. If you want to ask for instructions, ask your superiors to speak to me directly!" Cao Rui was very excited and his voice was loud.

The driver recovered from the mixed emotions of panic and surprise. He glanced at the instrument panel:

"Oh, no need. The order I received is to completely obey your command, Director Cao. However, our current position and fuel cannot fly to the target location."

"Then call the tanker for reinforcements immediately! We must reach the impact point as soon as possible!" Cao Rui's voice became softer, but still determined.

Returning to his seat, Cao Rui gradually calmed down. He made several calls to the leadership and the military to request reinforcements. After that, he fell into deep thought again.

The cruising speed of twice the speed of sound brought Zhou Cheng and Cao Rui quickly close to the impact point. Outside the window, there was a vast gray-yellow desert. The altitude of the aircraft began to decrease, and Cao Rui's eyes searched the desert for that piece of memory.

The Yadan Rock Group and the oasis located within it.

Suddenly, a strange landscape appeared between the dry desert and the transparent sky ahead. A black cloud mountain shrouded the yellow sand, like a milk stain in the middle of a coffee cup that had not yet dispersed.

"The target position is ahead, and communication with the ground has been established. The weather conditions are not good and the landing may be bumpy. Please fasten your seat belts." The captain's voice came from the radio.

Then, the plane went under the dark clouds. At this time, Cao Rui finally saw the strange Yadan rocks passing under the fuselage, which made him more confident in his judgment.

Amidst the turbulence, the plane landed vertically in an open space between several strange rocks. Several helicopters were already parked in the surrounding open space. After the engine was turned off, several soldiers wearing protective clothing immediately carried a tent.

Put it on the plane door. As soon as Cao Rui and Zhou Cheng got off the plane, an officer led several soldiers and walked up with protective clothing:

"Report! I have been ordered to wait for the experts here. The Geiger counter shows that there is excessive ionizing radiation in this area, and protective clothing is required."

Cao Rui, Zhou Cheng and Shen Manling put on protective clothing and followed a few soldiers to the core of the impact point in the drizzle.

"This weather is so strange! There is actually a cumulonimbus cloud in the desert that is dry all year round." Zhou Cheng said.

"The weirder thing is still ahead. You will know it when you see the impact crater." The leading officer said.

When the impact crater appeared in front of Cao Rui and Zhou Cheng, they were both shocked. The Populus euphratica forest and oasis Cao Rui had seen had disappeared, replaced by a steep funnel-shaped crater.

During the flight just now, Shen Manling made an impact crater prediction based on accurate observation data. The impact crater in the Gobi Desert should be a large and shallow structure similar to a crater on the moon's surface.

But the impact crater in front of us is like a funnel with steep slopes. Its width is only the length of a football field. But the scary thing is that the depth of the crater is equal to its width, which makes the slope of the funnel-shaped impact crater extremely steep.

In the middle of the "funnel" is a deep well with a diameter of tens of meters and a bottomless depth. In the dark well, a continuous strange sound can be faintly heard, like the low braying of a buffalo.

The officer took out a strong flashlight, and the beam of light swept across the wall of the pit at an angle of nearly 45 degrees, immediately reflecting colorful light.

"What are these?" Cao Rui asked.

The officer squatted down and carefully rummaged through the gravel with his hands for a while, then picked up a spherical transparent crystal and handed it to Cao Rui:

"There are such things around, but not many. They are almost everywhere on the walls of the pit."

Cao Rui gave the crystal to Shen Manling after a cursory glance. She thought about it carefully and said:

"This should be due to the high temperature during the collision, which melted the minerals in the sand and rocks, and then cooled to form glass-like crystals. This situation is often seen on the surface of the moon, because the moon has no atmosphere, and the collision speed and energy of meteorites are very high.

Very high. But it would be very difficult to form such glass crystals on Earth."

Shen Manling was looking at the crystal in her hand in confusion when her phone sounded a message notification tone.