Earth Era

Zhao Lan is very busy at work. In the space blockade plan, there are many specific matters that require Zhao Lan to make decisions, but Zhao Lan still took time to come to the base twice to inspect the progress of various tasks in the base.

The first time I came to the base was the day when the black hole slimming plan officially started. Zhao Lan, Zhou Xiaoming, An Liya, and Cruz visited the inside of the base accompanied by Rodriguez. Less than a year has passed since the last time I came here, and earth-shaking changes have taken place inside the base. Almost all facilities that have nothing to do with black holes have been dismantled. In other words, at this moment, all the equipment in the base is serving the black hole slimming plan. There are countless pipes and cables, as well as numerous electronic equipment and scientific researchers wearing white coats coming and going.

Zhao Lan once again saw the black hole clearly. It was still sitting quietly in the electric field restraint device. Except for a slight distortion of the light, Zhao Lan could not find any sign of the existence of the black hole. But whether it is Zhao Lan or others, it is very clear that it is there.

Zhao Lan pressed the start button with his own hands, and a low and slightly weird sound resounded throughout the base. That was the sound of countless huge machines starting to work. Under this kind of sound, Zhao Lan felt a little dizzy, and his heartbeat seemed to speed up a little. Next to him, Rodriguez handed over an earmuff, and Zhao Lan felt better after putting it on.

The temperature in the electric field restraint equipment began to drop extremely quickly. At this moment, this huge refrigerator is already working. As the temperature drops, the black hole at the center of the device begins to brighten. Zhao Lan knew that it was a sign that the black hole's radiation was beginning to intensify. In the monitoring equipment, Zhao Lan once again saw the appearance of the black hole. It had begun to wake up from its silence and began to sway its huge energy wantonly. As a result, it became like a small sun, so bright that people dare not look directly at it.

But Zhao Lan knows that the radiation in the visible light band is only a very small part of the overall radiation of the black hole. The main form of Hawking radiation is gamma rays, which are invisible. But it also carries the most energy.

All this energy will be taken over by the electric field binding equipment around the black hole. It was six huge special steel plates each measuring hundreds of square meters. They are made from the toughest materials within human technology, but without the rest of the equipment to back them up. These steel plates will be burned into molten iron by the black hole's terrifying radiation in less than a second.

Countless pipes and cables are the support equipment for these special steel plates. They will take excess energy away from these steel plates, then carry it outside the base through a series of extremely complex steps, and then release the excess energy through the tens of millions of dissipation points.

"We are killing a black hole." Zhao Lan sighed silently.

"Okay, okay." An Liya smiled relaxedly, "This guy is not a good guy. To be honest, staying on the same planet as a black hole always makes me feel a little scared."

Zhao Lan shook his head silently, and at the same time he couldn't help but feel a little more admiration for An Liya, a woman who was so beautiful that she was almost abnormally beautiful.

The so-called ignorant person is fearless. If you don't know how scary something is, then not being afraid of it is nothing. But Zhao Lan is certain that An Liya must know the horror of this black hole. It is a terrifying power that is enough to destroy an entire planet. This power has completely surpassed the current control ability of human civilization. When facing this kind of power, Zhao Lan can't help but feel like a primitive man, as if he has a button in his hand that can launch nuclear weapons.

That is the instinctive fear of unknown terrifying power. Until now. Zhao Lan couldn't get rid of this fear, but An Liya didn't seem to care about the black hole at all. It doesn’t matter if you are very nervous or have a strong psychological quality. Zhao Landu felt that An Liya was a bit too strong.

"Let's go outside and take a look." Zhao Lan waved. So a shuttle bus came to the five people, took them to the port, and then boarded a flying car and left the base.

It's winter now, with the cold wind howling and snow and ice everywhere. Especially in this mountainous area, the temperature is even lower. Zhao Lan looked at the thermometer. The temperature displayed on it was minus 45 degrees Celsius.

There was a flat area ahead, and Zhao Lan pointed at that place. The driver lowered the flying car gently. Put on the special warm clothes, Zhao Lan. An Liya, Cruz, Zhou Xiaoming, and Rodriguez walked down together.

This place is about fifty kilometers away from the base and is still within the scope of the black hole slimming plan.

The traces left by the complicated construction work that lasted for a month have been completely covered by the vast white snow. Zhao Lan looked around and saw nothing but rolling hills and snow. This place is just like any other mountainous area, cold, chilly, quiet, nothing special at all. But Zhao Lan knew that the intricate pipelines laid under the soil in these places were transporting the black hole's energy and heat, and then dumping it between the sky and the earth.

Rodriguez said: "The lower the temperature, the greater the ability of the natural environment to consume heat. Now is a good time to launch a black hole slimming plan."

"How much is the temperature here expected to rise?" Zhao Lan asked.

"The temperature simulation curve shows that after a period of time after the start of the plan, the temperature here will probably rise to forty to sixty degrees Celsius." Rodriguez replied.

So Zhao Lan stopped talking and just stood here quietly looking into the distance.

For some reason, after Zhao Lan looked at it for a while, Zhao Lan felt that his vision became a little blurry, as if he was looking through a fire. Seeing things through a fire becomes blurry and distorted because the movement of the air distorts the light, so what is the cause of the distortion at this moment?

"Well, it's probably because the air started to be heated." Zhao Lan thought. So Zhao Lan continued to watch, and the world turned into a steamer after a while.

Boundless fog began to appear, covering Zhao Lan's entire field of vision. All the mountains, all the paleness, were hidden behind the fog, and the visibility dropped to less than twenty meters. Everything is surrounded by fog, and nothing can be seen except the fog.

"The ground is heated, and the snow is sublimated into water vapor. When the water vapor encounters the cold natural air, it begins to condense and turns into fog." Zhao Lan murmured to himself, "I'm afraid this fog will last for a while. ."

Zhao Lan noticed that the snow under his feet began to become a little loose. The snow should have felt hard after being trampled down, but now it was starting to melt.

"It will last for a while, but not very long." Rodriguez said, "Soon there will be wind to blow away the fog. Because the hot air will rise, the surrounding cold air will flow over, and the flow of air It will take away the fog.”

Cruise also said: "During the period when the black hole slimming plan is implemented, there will probably be a lot of rain here."

"Look, how great we are." An Liya still smiled easily, "We have changed the weather within a radius of nearly a hundred kilometers with our own hands."

Zhou Xiaoming shook his head noncommittally and said nothing.

Just like Rodriguez said, after a while the wind did pick up. Then the mist began to roll, undulating like ocean waves. When Zhao Lan lowered his head, he could even see the wet and muddy land under his feet.

In just a few hours, the heat transferred from the black hole had already melted the snow. The subsequent fog, wind, and rain were just a series of reactions.

"It seems that those machines are running smoothly." Zhao Lan said.

"Of course, this is a cooling solution designed by me personally." Cruise said with some satisfaction, "With the lowest energy consumption, we can achieve the highest work efficiency. In this matter, I am the best, and there is no one else." one."

Zhao Lan ignored Cruise's boast, and most of his colleagues ignored Cruise's interest. So Cruise shut his mouth and stopped talking.

After staying here for a while and confirming that everything was stable, Zhao Lan and the others got on the flying car and left. Because the surrounding fog is too thick, the flying car needs to take off first and get out of the fog before it can fly. So high in the sky, Zhao Lan once again saw a strange scene.

The thick fog undulates with the ups and downs of the mountains, looking like a quilt covering the mountain peaks. Its height is only over a hundred meters, and its length extends to dozens of kilometers. It stopped abruptly dozens of kilometers away, and there was a clear sky outside the range. There was still a vast expanse of white snow, and it was still a vast expanse. There was no sign of the existence of fog, nor any trace of human involvement. This range was completely shrouded in fog, and the mountains could not be seen at all, nor could anything above the ground be seen.

The flying car flew above this white fog until it reached the base. After observing the machinery working here again to ensure that everything was normal, Zhao Lan left here.

Three days later is the day when the first super-high-yield hydrogen bomb is delivered. As the commander-in-chief of the space denial plan, Zhao Lan has the obligation to come forward at this time. (To be continued ~^~)