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For twenty-seven days, Du Xingyu was thinking about a plan on how to change the orbit of the asteroid!

This requires a super large force to act on it in a certain direction to make it deviate from the existing orbit.

With human technology, if we want to generate such a large amount of energy, only hydrogen bombs can do it! And more than one, like the Soviet Tsar Bomba, a hydrogen bomb with an explosive power of more than 170 million tons of TNT explosives, is just scratching the surface in the face of such a high-speed flying massive asteroid.

Adding up all the nuclear warheads possessed by humans on the earth, they all seem to be less powerful, and the most difficult thing is that these explosions need to be carried out in space, concentrated in a short period of time at certain stress points on the asteroid...

Even if the asteroid is really blown up, the fragments of the asteroid will form a huge meteorite rain. Each giant meteorite is enough to destroy a human city, so blowing it up is not an ideal solution.

Du Xingyu created a new science and technology research and development column on the science and technology simulator - asteroid impactor.

Under the asteroid impactor, there is a blank space for the time being. Because Du Xingyu currently has insufficient data, he needs to know the mass, exact speed, and orbital direction of the asteroid, so that he can calculate the kinetic energy that the asteroid impactor needs to impart and work backwards step by step.

"The asteroid impactor must be launched far away from the earth, otherwise it will still be dangerous, and the ideal launch location should be Mars." Du Xingyu followed this idea and continued to calculate.

"Then Mars needs a space launch station, and humans also need to send a large amount of mass and nuclear warheads to Mars... In addition to asteroid impactors, a space defense system is also needed as a second line of defense..."

The more Du Xingyu calculated, the more he realized that this was definitely a big project, and only if all mankind worked together could there be any hope.

If you want to create an asteroid impactor and a supporting space defense system, humans must first provide space transportation capabilities.

It is imperative to build a space port in this way; then there will be space battleships, Mars military bases, etc.

No country has the strength to complete each project independently, and to build them within twenty years requires desperate investment without considering economic benefits.

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Time passes day by day, and tomorrow is the Nobel Prize award ceremony. Du Xingyu is preparing to leave for Stockholm, Sweden, where the King of Sweden will personally present awards to the Nobel Prize winners.

"Academician Wang." Before leaving, Du Xingyu found Wang Qing and said, "I have troubled you at the observatory these days. My research has finally yielded some results."

"What results?" Wang Qing asked curiously.

Du Xingyu has been observing Neptune and the Kuiper Belt, but no one knows what he discovered.

What puzzled Wang Qing was that Professor Bess of the Haleakala Observatory, who had been in contact with Du Xingyu, was mentally disturbed.

"It's all in this encrypted USB flash drive." Du Xingyu handed him a USB flash drive and said, "The things in it are very important. I will give it to you. When I arrive in Sweden, I will send you the password. Just open it.”

"What? It's like acting in a movie." Wang Qing was even more confused. Du Xingyu was going to attend an awards ceremony, not to fight. Why should he be like this?

"I'm leaving!" Du Xingyu handed the USB flash drive to Wang Qing and turned to leave. Outside, his bodyguard Yue Chen, secretary Shangguan Zihan and others are ready, and a special plane will take him to Sweden to attend the Nobel Prize Ceremony.

After Du Xingyu left, Wang Qing had been wondering what was in the encrypted USB flash drive left by Du Xingyu, and he couldn't wait to start researching it immediately.

Beijing time is six hours ahead of Swedish time. When Du Xingyu arrived at the Royal Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden, it was already nine o'clock in the middle of the night local time.

The Swedish royal family sent a royal minister of protocol to receive him personally.

"Mr. Du, you are tired of traveling and traveling. His Majesty the King does not want to disturb the distinguished guests at this time, so please stay in the hotel temporarily. His Majesty the King will give you an award and hold a dinner tomorrow." The Minister of Protocol said respectfully.

Du Xingyu's name has spread all over the world. Everyone knows that this young man brought China into the space age in one fell swoop. He is a person who has the ability to change the world, so even the traditional nobles in Europe respect him very much.

"Thank you King for your kindness. I look forward to meeting your Majesty." Du Xingyu replied politely.

At this moment, it is three o'clock in the morning in China, Belvedere Observatory.

If it were normal time, Wang Qing would have fallen asleep. But what Du Xingyu said before leaving yesterday made him feel itchy and couldn't sleep.

At this time, Du Xingyu sent him a password, which was the key to unlocking the USB flash drive.

"It's finally sent. This Xiao Du has been torturing me all day!" Wang Qing couldn't wait to unlock the USB flash drive and check the contents inside.

"These are all astronomical observation images and data. Did he discover a new celestial body?" Wang Qing asked doubtfully. He called two students from the night shift of the observatory to compare and calculate the data together.

Two hours later.

"This...how is this possible?" Wang Qing became more and more frightened as he thought about it. He realized that Du Xingyu might have discovered a terrifying truth!

"Teacher, we have calculated the light change data for seven consecutive days near Neptune..." said a student. "We can conclude that there is a KBO (Kuiper Belt) object that has changed its orbit due to Neptune's gravity and is flying towards the inner solar system! "

"Teacher, its orbital direction intersects with the Earth's orbit! At its flight speed, it is expected to reach the Earth's orbit in twenty years." Another student's voice was a little frightened. "According to calculations, it will be attracted by the Earth's gravity and fly towards the Earth." !”

Wang Qing also calculated some of the data himself. He looked at the calculation results with a shocked face and said in a tone of disbelief: "The diameter of this celestial body is about 30 kilometers. It is an asteroid! It is better than making the dinosaurs extinct. The diameter of the asteroid is three times larger!”

"In other words, it will hit the earth!"

"Teacher!" The two students looked at him with pale faces, "What should we do?"

"What should I do?" Wang Qing was also asking himself. This discovery was so shocking, even more terrifying than the news of the outbreak of World War III!

He couldn't imagine what would happen once the news was announced!

Do humans have the ability to stop that asteroid? Wang Qing can't think of any way. Today's human beings can only send a few people into space. Facing such a world-destroying star, they are probably powerless!

"Teacher?" The two students were completely panicked. Knowing the news that the world will be destroyed in twenty years, no matter how strong the psychological quality is, people will be at a loss!

"So that's it!" Wang Qing muttered to himself. He finally knew what Du Xingyu was observing, why he was so cautious, and why Professor Beth went crazy. It turned out that they had foreseen the end of mankind!

He took a deep breath and tried to calm down. Even if it was the end of the world, there would still be twenty years, right?

"You two!" Wang Qing looked at the two students with an extremely solemn expression, "From now on, you don't tell anyone about this! You don't even leave this room!"

He paused for a long while, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll report this to the superiors!"

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