A week passed by rapidly.

Inspired by the solar storm, Lu Yongchang successfully established a research direction.

This greatly accelerated the development progress of ion beam weapons.

But is the impact of Mercury falling to the sun ending so simply?

The answer is obviously no.

As a sophisticated celestial system, the drastic changes in the Sun and Mercury will naturally trigger a series of chain reactions in the solar system.

for example……

In the laboratory, Lu Yongchang and Wilson are finalizing the final weapon construction design plan.

"No, no, no, your plan won't work." Lu Yongchang waved his hands repeatedly, "There is no need to be such a trouble. He just uses two particle accelerators to accelerate the ions with positive and negative charges, and then mix them to keep the ion beam neutral."

Wilson, who was rejected by the design, looked slightly red and was about to open his mouth to say something.

Zero's voice suddenly rang in the speakers, interrupting the two of them's argument.

"Professor, something happened."

The laboratory suddenly became quiet.

Lu Yongchang frowned, took his eyes back from the design drawings in front of him, and asked in a deep voice: "What's going on?"

A brand new holographic image unfolded quietly in front of the two.

In the picture, there are two planets engraved in human DNA.

Earth and Moon.

The moment I saw the picture, Lu Yongchang felt a sudden slap in his heart, and a bad premonition arose from the bottom of his heart.

"Zero, what happened to the earth?" he asked in a deep voice.

"Professor, it's not the earth, it's the moon." Zero's voice sounded in the speakers beside him.

"A solar storm swept through Venus and rushed towards the direction of the Earth and the Moon."

"With the protection of geomagnetic fields, the damage to the earth is not much."

"But the moon..."

The holographic image in front of Lu Yongchang quietly changed.

The bumpy moon surface is in a mess.

The various facilities that were originally neatly arranged on the surface of the moon now seem to have been scorched on fire, with traces of charred and twisted everywhere.

"This..." Wilson stared at the holographic image in front of him in a daze. "Are these our automatic mining equipment?"

"Why did you look like this?"

Lu Yongchang didn't say anything, but looked at the picture in front of him with a serious expression.

He sighed secretly in his heart.

broken.

A bad premonition came true.

"Yes, Professor Wilson." Zero's voice did not fluctuate at all, and he answered Wilson's question in a slight way, "We underestimated the power of this solar storm."

"Even if the moon is at the edge of the solar storm, it is still not the energy we can resist."

"Zero, how serious is the damage to the lunar mining base?" Lu Yongchang's heavy voice rang out.

"It's serious, professor." Zero was silent for a while and said again, "At present, our helium production is only 10% left."

Lu Yongchang's expression changed slightly.

Something big happened!

What does this mean by 10% helium production?

This means that human beings will fall into an energy crisis again!

"Zero, how much time will it take to repair it?!" Lu Yongchang suddenly stood up from his chair, "Immediately send all the starship pilots in Mars City to repair it!"

“…”

After a brief calculation, the sound of zero sounded again.

"It will take at least six months for us to completely repair the lunar automatic mining base."

"But professor, I don't recommend this."

"As the sun continues to expand, the temperature on the moon's surface is rising."

"According to simulation calculations, in one year, the helium content in the lunar soil on the lunar surface will drop significantly, and in one and a half years, the helium resource on the lunar surface will basically lose its mining value."

Lu Yongchang stood there blankly.

Yes.

Why did he ignore this?

As long as the temperature on the surface of the moon is higher than 700 degrees, the helium three in the lunar soil will run out by itself and then evacuate into space.

This is almost impossible to happen. After all, the maximum temperature on the moon's surface is only 127 degrees Celsius.

But as the sun continues to expand, everything changes.

"Lu, Professor Lu." Wilson, who was beside him, swallowed slightly, with fear flashing in his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "How many helium three do we have?"

Before Lu Yongchang could answer, Zero answered this question directly.

"According to the current usage, it can last about a year."

"But if we continue to expand the starship, our Helium Three reserves will only be enough for nine months."

“…”

In the laboratory, there was silence.

One year...Nine months...

Wilson felt an unprecedented sense of suffocation coming from all directions.

Energy! Energy!!

For the first time, he personally experienced the importance of energy to a civilization.

"Teacher, professor..."

He opened his mouth slightly and yelled in a dry voice.

A bit of sorrow appeared in Lu Yongchang's eyes and he sighed deeply.

"Zero, open the solar system star map." He said lightly.

The holographic image unfolds, and the latest solar system star map is presented to the two.

Unlike the original solar system star map, the sun in the center of the star map was obviously larger.

The original eight planets have also become seven planets.

Lu Yongchang stared quietly at the star map in front of him, and his eyes were attracted by the huge planet.

Wilson looked in the direction of Lu Yongchang's gaze.

When he saw the largest planet in the solar system, his eyes moved slightly.

"Professor Lu, you are ready to treat Jupiter..."

Lu Yongchang nodded silently.

"Humans cannot live without Helium Three."

"The moon can no longer count on it, we can only place our hope on Jupiter!"

Although he had expected this answer, Wilson was still surprised when he heard that Lu Yongchang was preparing to go to Jupiter to mine Helium III.

He stammered: "Yes, but our current technical level..."

As the largest gas planet in the solar system, Jupiter is far more dangerous than the moon.

Jupiter's mass is 318 times that of Earth, and its gravity is 2.5 times that of Earth!

This is a huge threat to any object close to it.

Unlike the Earth, the surface of Jupiter, composed of 86% hydrogen and 14% helium, is filled with ultra-high-speed storms!

In the high-rise atmosphere, the wind speed reached an astonishing 1 km/sec. As for the Jupiter's Great Red Spot, it is filled with huge storms of more than 600 kilometers per hour all year round!

With human technology, even the Luan Bird Starship is absolutely impossible to enter it safely!

Lu Yongchang waved his hand and closed the solar system star map in front of him.

"Professor Wilson, calm down."

He smiled and reached out and patted Wilson on the shoulder: "I will solve this problem. What you have to do is to improve the ion beam weapon."

"The next R&D work will be left to you."

“I hope to see the scene where it launches within two months.”
Chapter completed!