Earth Era

"As for the second hypothesis... This hypothesis believes that due to some accidental reasons, a large number of heavy elements in the core of the sun are gathered, which reduces the radiation power of the sun, and because in extreme environments, heavy elements and light elements meet and participate in fusion together, And the participation of some unknown reasons led to a more intense fusion reaction in the core of the sun, putting the sun in a dangerous equilibrium stage. In this equilibrium stage, the sun does not shrink in size due to the decrease in internal radiation pressure. It doesn't expand in volume due to runaway nuclear fusion, it's just a drop in temperature..."

"This is ridiculous." Zhao Huasheng shook his head. "It's impossible. With the mass of the sun, the temperature and pressure at the core of the sun cannot reach such a high level that heavy elements can participate in fusion."

"There are also many people in the scientific research department who oppose these two hypotheses, but at this moment...we have no clue. No hypotheses that can stand the test have been brought up. Even if these two hypotheses are ridiculous, the scientific research department has decided to send relevant forces Putting these two hypotheses to the test. It's better than we're like headless chickens," said Munjo. Don’t let go of any idea that may lead to a breakthrough. No matter how ridiculous the idea is, we have to try to verify it.”

"It is precisely because of this that I receive such attention." Zhao Huasheng smiled wryly.

"Yes." Monzo nodded: "That's why the head of state said that more than half of the fate of mankind on earth is in your hands."

Zhao Huasheng nodded and fell into silence again.

Outside the window is still the same scenery, ice and snow, cold wind, and gloomy sky. Even in the fully sealed cabin, Zhao Huasheng seems to be able to feel the severe cold of the outside world. It was so cold that even polar bears, known for their cold resistance, could shiver.

Li Wei also looked at the scenery outside the window in a daze, her thoughts seemed to have drifted somewhere.

"Is there any progress in the psychology expert group?" Zhao Huasheng asked.

"There is no big progress." Mengzhuo said, "By analyzing Li Qi's psychology and the traces left by Li Qi, the psychology expert group judged that Li Qi noticed you a long time ago. Li Qi once called Your information, and personally intervened in your work arrangements. This is very unusual, you must know that at that time you were just an intern, and Li Qi was the director of the entire Institute of Stellar Physics."

Hearing the name "Li Qi", Li Wei recovered from her reveries.

"Yes, I can confirm this." Li Wei said, "My brother mentioned you at least ten times in front of me. Normally, my brother would never tell me about work matters."

"It's a pity that even the psychology expert group can't judge why Li Qi paid attention to you. Otherwise, the puzzle Li Qi left us would be much easier to solve." Mengzhuo said.

Zhao Huasheng smiled wryly: "Even I can't figure out what aspects of me deserve director Li Qi's attention. Indeed, I was just an intern at that time, and I didn't have any reason to be concerned. After all, the psychology expert group Can you tell when Director Li Qi started paying attention to me? If I know the exact time, I might be able to make some guesses."

"About two years ago. This time coincides almost with the time when Li Qi began to change and "became different from himself". I just don't know whether Director Li Qi noticed you first and then made changes, or did you come into being first?" There was a change, and then I noticed yours. Well, there is one thing that has an accurate time point, and this thing is recorded in the education system. Before one year, ten months and nine days, Director Li Qi from the education system In it, your student status file was retrieved. It is probably because Director Li Qi does not have authority, so this retrieval record has not been deleted."

"One year, ten months and nine days ago..." Zhao Huasheng fell into deep thought.

"September 5, 2013, at 10:08 p.m." Mengzhuo added, "By restoring the monitoring data in the research institute, as well as restoring your computer, phone records, and the monitoring around your residence For the record, the Psychology Panel confirms, that day was just a normal day for you. You left home at 8:00 am for work, went to lunch at 12:21 pm, then took a nap at the table, Come home at 6:13 p.m., at home, you make your own dinner, play games for an hour and thirty-nine minutes, browse some websites, and then fall asleep. There’s nothing to be concerned about that day.”

"The psychological expert group is looking for records about you in the previous time. Of course, because the time has passed too long, the records found cannot be too complete. If you can recall anything at this point in time, then Couldn't be better," Monjo said.

"I can't think of anything I've done." Zhao Huasheng thought for a while, and finally shook his head, "Give me all the records you have collected about me. From the earliest possible meeting between Director Li Qi and I From the beginning of time until Director Li Qi retrieved my file records."

"Okay." Meng Zhuo said lightly, "This is the information that has been collected so far, and the rest of the information is being collected by the Psychology Expert Group. This period lasts for one year, and there will be a lot of information. You can read it slowly. , recall slowly."

Zhao Huasheng nodded silently, and took the notebook that Mengzhuo handed over. Looking at the text, audio, and video records above, Zhao Huasheng fell into a long memory until the helicopter started to land.

Zhao Huasheng put away his notebook, put on a special winter suit, and walked out of the cabin. Not far from the landing point of the helicopter, dozens of low bungalows formed a residential courtyard, and several staff members who were also wearing heavy winter clothes were already waiting there.

The Arctic Long Mountain Station is built on the ice sheet near the North Pole. Because of its proximity to the North Pole, it is frozen all year round and the climate is cold. The lowest temperature on the earth measured some time ago was measured by the staff of Changshan Station.

The solid ice sheet under your feet is almost the same as the land. Although there is no land here, the thickness of the ice sheet can exceed thirty meters, and they are as tough as the land. There is snow on the ice cap, and under the blowing of the cold wind, the snow will be rolled up, making the whole sky look a little gray. Even wearing a thick hat, Zhao Huasheng could still hear the whimpering of the cold wind.

It was the extreme daylight time here, and although it was already evening, the sun was still hanging in the sky and refused to set. It's just that there doesn't seem to be much difference between having the sun and not having the sun, and its little heat can't bring any change here.

Standing on the ice cap of the North Pole, facing the snowstorm and paleness, Zhao Huasheng's chest was filled with an ancient, wild, cold and desolate feeling. Accompanied by this feeling, there is also a sense of powerlessness as a small human being facing the nature of the world.

"The weather is getting colder and colder." A staff member who came up sighed, took the supply box from the medical and security team, and asked, "When we evacuate, what should we do?" Follow these guys?"

"Yes." Monjo nodded: "We also took on the task of helping you capture biological specimens such as polar bears, wolves, arctic foxes, and reindeer."

"I really don't understand. If you retreat, retreat, what are you doing to catch those animals." The staff member complained, then turned around and waved to the back: "What are you still doing in a daze, come and move things quickly."

With the busy hands and feet of everyone, the supplies were quickly moved from the helicopter to the residential area. The helicopter was properly placed to prevent it from being damaged by the frost, and Zhao Huasheng, Meng Zhuo, Li Wei and others entered the house with special cold-resistant arrangements.

The special structure of double-glazed glass blocks the cold of the outside world while retaining excellent light transmission performance. Zhao Huasheng took off his heavy winter clothes, sat at the table in front of the window, and stared out of the window in a daze. After a long time, Zhao Huasheng took out the information that Mengzhuo gave him, and checked it carefully.

From this look, it was twelve o'clock in the evening. The sun was still hanging in the sky and refused to set, but Zhao Huasheng felt a tiredness spreading from the depths of his heart. Zhao Huasheng rubbed his forehead, pulled down the curtains, and lay down on the bed.

"I used to want to come to the North Pole to see the aurora with my own eyes, but now that I have really arrived at the North Pole, the aurora is gone." Zhao Huasheng smiled wryly in his heart.

The aurora is produced because the stream of energetic charged particles from the sun collides with the earth's magnetic field. Now that the level of solar radiation has dropped so much, the aurora is naturally no longer visible.

This can probably be regarded as the first thing lost on the earth due to the cooling of the sun. But Zhao Huasheng didn't feel so sad or lost, because Zhao Huasheng knew that in the next period of time, the earth would lose more, more than everyone imagined, beyond the limit of everyone's tolerance.

In this slightly uneasy state of mind, listening to the cold wind howling outside the window, accompanied by this somewhat pale world, Zhao Huasheng entered his first dreamland after coming to the North Pole.

When I woke up, the sun was still hanging in the sky. Following the staff at Changshan Station after breakfast and tidying up his body, Zhao Huasheng put on the heavy winter clothes again, and left with Li Wei, Meng Zhuo and others, as well as the staff at Changshan Station base.

"Our task today is to catch at least three polar bears, and it would be even better if we could catch two more reindeer along the way," said the staff member.

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