According to the prediction results of the large-scale prediction model, the "super giant solar storm" will erupt on August 15, but there is no way to determine the specific time, let alone whether the sun will erupt one day earlier or one day later.

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After all, mankind’s understanding of the sun is really not very deep, and this “super giant solar storm” that threatens human existence is just a small sneeze for the sun itself. It will last for billions of years in the star.

In the lifetime of a device, one day is not even considered to be at the "millisecond" level.

These various factors have made accurate predictions more difficult.

If Qin Ke had not personally participated in the optimization of the large prediction model in the past six months, he would have upgraded the large prediction model every half month based on the latest solar monitoring data and conducted deductions to ensure that the error would be controlled within "±1 day.

"It's hard to reach the sky even if you're here.

Considering the uncertainty of the specific time node, the "Planetary Shield Project Command Center" started three shifts of 24-hour manual duty two days ago.

As the core key figures, Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun, Tao Zhexuan, Edward Witten and others have "lived" in the "Chief Scientist Building" since August 13.

In fact, the garden villa they live in is only a few minutes' drive from the "Chief Scientist Building". However, at this important moment when all the scientists and engineers involved in the "Planet Shield" project are nervous and sleepless, they deliberately pose "with

The same living conditions as before" to show the so-called "calm and calm" will only have the opposite effect.

So Qin Ke chose to "lead by example" and had food and accommodation in the office of the "Chief Scientist Building", and his office was only five meters away from the "Planetary Shield Project Command Center" so that he could rush there immediately if necessary.

His move indeed acted as a "calming needle", which significantly eased the restless and tense atmosphere in the air, and the morale of the personnel on duty was better maintained.

When the morning sunshine of August 15th came in from the window, Qin Ke was lazily lying on the sofa in the office, flipping through the latest issue of "Annual Review of Mathematics", while Ning Qingyun was sitting next to him, beating his shoulders.

It can be said that Qin Ke's childhood life was quite fulfilling.

Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun did not need to participate in the "on-site duty". Before the arrival of the exact news, the other members of the "decision-making team" including Lao Tao and Edward Witten strongly "forbid" him from doing anything else.

Any activity that consumes mental energy.

Qin Ke fought hard to be able to flip through the "Annual Review of Mathematics" like this, insisting that reading mathematics papers was the "result of hard work" that was the best way to relax.

In fact, this is also true. Now Qin Ke is regarded as the "God of Mathematics". Even in the top international mathematics journals such as "Annals of Mathematics", the papers in it are very "explicit" in his eyes. What Qin Ke read

It is mainly the innovative ideas of the author of the paper. By the way, I want to think about the unfinished "Unified Framework of Mathematics" for entertainment.

At a certain moment, Qin Ke suddenly closed the journal and sat up.

Ning Qingyun took back her little hand and asked unexpectedly: "Qin Xiaoke, what's wrong?"

"I have a strange uneasy feeling. What time is it now?"

Ning Qingyun glanced at the wall clock: "9:16 in the morning."

"Probably the 'super giant solar storm' is coming." Qin Ke put the journal aside and rubbed his face to improve his energy to the best state.

Ning Qingyun listened attentively, and everything was quiet: "But there was no warning."

"It's just my intuition. Let's go, let's wash our faces and prepare in advance. It should be almost time."

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At the same time, Lao Tao and Edward Witten came to sit in the "Planet Shield Project Command Center", replacing Brian Schmidt and Andre Haim who had been on duty all night last night.

Edward Witten asked Andre Heim: "Andre, is there any movement?"

Andre Heim's eyes were bloodshot. He yawned and shook his head: "No. My mood now is just like when my wife was sent to the delivery room more than thirty years ago and was about to give birth. I am looking forward to the baby soon."

I was born early, but I was afraid of hearing some bad news."

Brian Schmidt also sighed: "Yes, now it seems that our insistence on not letting Academician Qin and Academician Ning come here to guard was a very correct decision. The more we sit here and stare at the big screen, the easier it is for us to have random thoughts.

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He lowered his voice and said bitterly: "I'm even thinking whether Academician Qin made a mistake at the beginning. There is no 'super giant solar storm' that is related to the future survival of mankind. In the past three years, we have

In fact, they are all busy working in vain..."

Lao Tao said angrily: "I think you are too tired. Go back to bed quickly. Maybe when you wake up, you will find that the 'super giant solar storm' is over and everything has been resolved."

"Then it looks like we have to drink some wine and sleep for three days and three nights." Andre Heim couldn't help laughing: "According to the prediction results, the duration of the 'super giant solar storm' will be at least three days and three nights.

It’s night.”

"Okay, okay, no matter if you sleep for three days or three nights, you should go back and rest as soon as possible. I'll see if you keep yawning all day long, which will affect your morale. Just leave it to me and Edward to guard this place."

"Then let's leave first." Before Andre Heim and Brian Schmidt could reach the door, a huge red exclamation point suddenly popped up on the big screen, and then a sharp alarm sounded.

Everyone's hearts were shaken, the original fatigue was swept away, and even the air in the command center seemed to become anxious at this moment.

Brian Schmidt and Andre Haim, who had just walked to the door, were all excited. Then they turned around and rushed to the big screen in a few steps. Their movements were so fast that they didn't look like they were sixty-year-old people who were about to retire.

the scientist.

Lao Tao and Edward Witten immediately jumped up from the seats they had just sat down on, their eyes fixed on the big screen.

This chapter is not over, please click the next page to continue reading! [GOES, SOHO, SDO, Xihe and other solar monitoring satellites have returned the latest monitoring data, the sun is "13221", "10981", "10729"

Extraordinary flares erupted simultaneously in five key monitored active areas including the No. 1, with the brightness level of the flares all being greater than 4B, and the peak intensity of the flares being the newly defined "S"! All of them are full-halo-scale eruptions!"]

The strength of solar flares is generally defined by brightness and peak intensity. 4B is the largest and brightest flare, and peak intensity is usually divided into five levels: A, B, C, M, and X. X-level flares are the strongest.

Flare.

However, in order to better define this "super giant solar storm", the international astronomical community has added an "S" level in the past year, which is about a thousand times stronger than the current highest record "X28 level" monitored by satellites.

This alarm prompt made everyone gasp.

The brightness exceeds 4B, the peak intensity reaches S, and there are five active areas superimposed at the same time, a full halo-scale eruption, which means that the activity of this solar flare far exceeds all the events in human history in terms of brightness and intensity.

Monitoring results!

In particular, these five active areas are all areas with large areas, complex internal magnetic field structures, and very active internal energy activities, and they are also facing the blue star.

This means that this flare activity will not only produce high-energy material ejections far beyond imagination, but most of these high-energy materials, rays, and energy waves will hit the blue star!

Before everyone could digest the news, the alarm message was updated again on the big screen:

[The phenomenon of "mass ejection-type solar prominence" has been detected, and the maximum length of the solar prominence is predicted to be 870,000 miles (approximately 1.4 million kilometers)! 】

[99% of the above characteristics match the defined "super giant solar storm", and it has been determined that the highest level of natural disaster - the "super giant solar storm" officially appeared at 9:16:51 on August 15!]"

These alarm messages are generated by artificial intelligence Shimmer based on the latest monitoring data and images, which are far faster and more accurate than human judgments.

Looking at these dazzling red warning messages, everyone's minds became blank, leaving only one thought that kept echoing:

"Here it comes! The 'super giant solar storm' is finally here!"

The sharp alarm sound is still sounding, and new prompts are constantly appearing on the big screen:

[It is estimated that in 8 minutes, the first wave of geomagnetic radiation will reach the outer space area of ​​​​the Blue Star at the speed of light, which will have a fatal impact on the ionosphere. If there is no defense, there will be an 89.6% probability of causing the Blue Star’s own magnetic field to

The atmosphere was severely damaged, and dozens of super-large "gaps" appeared in the atmosphere!】

[It is estimated that in 61 minutes, the first wave of high-energy charged particles will arrive in the outer space area of ​​​​the Blue Star, which will cause the ionospheric electrons at the north and south poles to be highly activated, resulting in serious radio wave polar cap absorption. In addition, about 92% of the current

Spacecraft and satellites suffered severe radiation damage and vitality device failure.】

[It is expected that in 27 hours and 12 minutes, the first wave of 20 billion tons of fast plasma clouds ejected by the coronal mass ejection will bombard the atmosphere of the blue star, causing severe electromagnetic storms and ionospheric storms. If no defense is provided,

More than 60% of ground power supply facilities and precision electronic instruments will experience serious failures, and modern conventional communications and navigation will be paralyzed...]

Even if they had been mentally prepared, seeing such a terrible natural disaster that would destroy human civilization really came, still made everyone's scalp numb, hands and feet freezing, and a surge of fear at the same time.

If Academician Qin’s team had not predicted this terrifying “super giant solar storm” more than three years in advance and mobilized scientific research forces around the world to promote the implementation of the “Planet Shield” plan, it would be estimated that we would now face such a sudden natural disaster.

Humanity can only sit back and watch, helplessly watching the decline of civilization, the spread of war, and finally slowly heading towards the road of destruction.

Just when everyone was still in shock, a clear and powerful voice rang:

"Confirm that the 'super giant solar storm' warning message is in effect. Immediately activate the first-level emergency state. Everyone is in place. Wake up all launch towers that are in half-power standby mode. Increase the power of the electromagnetic laser cannon to 100% to ensure that the entire region

The 'planetary defense shield' enters full power state! At the same time, high-altitude satellites strengthen the electromagnetic induction function and closely monitor electromagnetic waves and cosmic ray anomalies coming from the direction of the sun!"

The firm and powerful voice was like an invisible powerful force, which suddenly brought everyone in the command center back from the shock.

Qin Ke! Qin Ke is here!

There is Ning Qingyun next to him!

Sounds of relief could be heard from all around, and the air that had been a little stagnant and panicked quickly returned to normal flow.

The staff immediately replied loudly: "Yes!"

A few seconds later, the entire "Chief Scientist Building" and even more than 20 command sub-centers around the world sounded prompts at the same time: "Please pay attention to all personnel. According to the instructions of Academician Qin, the 'super giant solar storm' warning information is officially confirmed."

It has come into effect. We have now entered a level 1 emergency state. Everyone will return to work immediately and perform their duties effectively! I repeat, please pay attention to everyone..."

With the activation of the first-level emergency state, the sharp siren that was originally ringing quickly stopped, but all the staff, scientists, and engineers who were on standby in various lounges rushed back to their respective jobs as quickly as possible.

Due to several drills, the response this time was tense and methodical.

The large screen that occupied the entire wall was quickly divided into two areas. The left area was the simulated trajectory and status of the "super giant solar storm" hitting the blue star, as well as the deployment diagram of the "planetary shield", and the right area was the "

The overall status data of "Planet Shield" and the abnormal status warning information of 7,000 launch towers are convenient for timely detection of problems and troubleshooting.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Qin pulled Ning Qingyun to the side of Lao Tao and Edward, and sat down on the commander's seat without hesitation. Ning Qingyun sat on his left, and on the right was Lao Tao

, Edward Witten sat next to Ning Qingyun.

Lao Tao also sat down again, his originally tense face relaxed obviously, and he actually smiled: "Qin Ke, you came quickly enough, I planned to find you. There is a difference between finding you with you and without you.
To be continued...