I really just want to be a scholar

According to the prediction results of the large-scale prediction model, the "super giant solar storm" will erupt on August 8, but there is no way to determine the specific time, let alone whether the sun will erupt one day earlier or one day later. ".

After all, mankind’s understanding of the sun is really not very deep, and this “super giant solar storm” that threatens human existence is nothing more than a small sneeze for the sun itself. It will last for billions of years in the star. In the life span of a computer, 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 is also difficult to reach the sky.

Considering the uncertainty of the specific time node, the "Planet 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 8.

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 participating in the "Planet Shield" project are nervous and sleepless, they deliberately put on the "and 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". His office was only five meters away from the "Planetary Shield Project Command Center" so that he could rush there immediately if there was an emergency.

His move indeed played the role of "calming the sea", which significantly alleviated 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 8th 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 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.

Being able to flip through the "Annual Review of Mathematics" like this is still the "result of hard work" that Qin Ke has repeatedly fought for and insisted that reading mathematics papers is 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?"

"Feeling strangely uneasy. 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 keep his spirits up to the best state.

Ning Qingyun listened attentively, and the surroundings were 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."

……

At the same time, Lao Tao and Edward Witten came to sit in the "Planet Shield Project Command Center", replacing Brian Schmidt and Andre Heim 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 at a certain point, but I was afraid of hearing some bad news.”

Brian Schmidt also sighed: "Yeah, now it seems that we made the right decision by not letting Academician Qin and Academician Ning come here to guard. The more we sit here and stare at the big screen, the easier it is for us to have random thoughts. ”

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' 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 seems 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 see you yawning all day long will affect 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 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 in their sixties and about to retire. Old 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.

[Sun monitoring satellites such as GOES, SOHO, SDO, and Xihe all returned the latest monitoring data. Five key monitoring activity areas including the sun "13221", "10981", and "10729" simultaneously erupted with extremely large The flare and flare brightness levels are both greater than 5B, and the peak intensity of the flare is the newly defined "S"! All are eruptions on a full halo scale! ”]

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 up.

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 it is a simultaneous superposition of five active areas and a full-halo scale eruption. This means that the activity of this solar flare far exceeds all previous 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 bombard 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 it is predicted that the maximum length of the solar prominence can be 87 miles (approximately 140 million kilometers)! 】

【上述特征99%匹配定义的“超巨型太阳风暴”，已确定最高等级天灾——“超巨型太阳风暴”于8月15日9时16分51秒正式出现！】”

These warning messages are generated by artificial intelligence 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 went blank, leaving only one thought echoing:

"It's coming! The 'super giant solar storm' is finally here!"

The shrill alarm continued to sound, and new prompts continued to appear 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 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, it will cause about 92% of the current Spacecraft and satellites suffered serious radiation damage and vitality device failures. 】

[It is expected that in 27 hours and 12 minutes, the first wave of 60 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 % 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 were mentally prepared, seeing such a terrible natural disaster coming that would destroy human civilization still made everyone's scalp numb, their 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 is estimated that we would have faced such a sudden natural disaster now. 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 sounded:

"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 cover' enters full power state! At the same time, the high-altitude satellite strengthens the electromagnetic induction function and closely monitors electromagnetic waves and cosmic ray anomalies 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 shock.

Qin Ke! Qin Ke is here!

There is Ning Qingyun next to him!

There were sounds of relief 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 comes into effect. Now we have entered a level 1 emergency state. Everyone will return to work immediately and perform their duties effectively! I repeat, everyone please pay attention..."

With the activation of the first-level emergency state, the sharp sirens that were ringing quickly stopped, but all the staff, scientists, and engineers 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 7000 launch towers are convenient for timely detection and troubleshooting of problems.

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, Lao Tao on the right, and 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." It’s so obvious. We were all a little overwhelmed just now. Ha, you are indeed the most suitable person to be a leader.”

Qin Ke smiled, turned to Brian Schmidt and Andre Haim and said, "If you two are tired, go back and rest first. This 'battle' lasts for at least three days. You won't miss it." of."

Brian Schmidt shook his head and said: "Forget it, we have to see with our own eyes the whole process of the first round of confrontation between this 'super giant solar storm' and the 'planetary shield' that we have spent countless efforts on, otherwise we will also Impossible to sleep."

Andre Heim had the same attitude, and the two sat down again next to Edward Witten.

Qin Ke has no time to be polite anymore. At this time, all command sub-centers have been connected to the command center here via video link, and the communication screen in front of Qin Ke. Qin Ke's instructions will be directly transmitted to all parts of the world.

Qin Ke took a deep breath, looked at the communication screen, and said in a firm and confident tone: "Everyone, we have been preparing for this moment for more than three years. Now, the time has come to truly show the results of our efforts. We are the main executors of this battle. It’s AI, but we still need to make specific decisions on emergencies. Please work hard to win this century-long battle that stakes the future of mankind, seize the sweet fruits of victory, and create a new future for mankind!”

The heads of more than 20 command sub-centers stood solemnly and solemnly raised their fists: "We strictly implement Academician Qin's instructions and make every effort to win the fruits of victory and create a new future for mankind!"

Qin Ke's eyes were as bright as lightning and he waved his hand: "Thank you for your trust and support. Then, let's start our battle!"

Qin Ke's loud voice reached the ears of all relevant staff, scientists, and engineers through the radio waves, and their morale was greatly boosted.

A minute later, the blue light flowing on the huge light curtain surrounding the planet became even brighter.

[The "Planet Shield" full power mode is successfully turned on. Currently, electromagnetic energy flows smoothly and all functional modules are normal! 】

The first wave of geomagnetic radiation from the sun is bombarding here. The largest battle between humans and the sun in history is about to usher in the most intense collision! (End of chapter)