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Chapter 323 The Transformed Pluto

"This is absolutely impossible. Pluto has obviously been captured by Jupiter's gravity. How can we get rid of it?"

Li Chengzhe subconsciously exclaimed when he saw this result, and his reaction was much greater than Xu Lei's. Obviously, this situation has exceeded his own cognition, and there is no way to accept it in a short time.

The main thing is not to mention how much power is needed to push an asteroid with a diameter of more than 20 kilometers out of the gravity of Jupiter. Just adjusting the flight trajectory by itself and still rushing towards the planet is completely out of common sense. No matter how you look at it, it does not look like a normal planet. Asteroids can do it.

As for the other crew members, they were even more surprised and speechless.

His face was extremely dull.

After all, this kind of change is too unexpected, and it has never been thought of before.

It's normal not to be able to achieve Xu Lei's level of calm.

But Xu Lei didn't dare to lose his mind at this time, because no one knew that Pluto would have other changes in the future.

As the commander-in-chief of this event, he is obliged to find out the truth and eliminate the influence as much as possible.

You know the live broadcast is still going on.

No one expected that the situation would develop in this direction, so that when Pluto got rid of Jupiter's gravity on its own, it was watched by the global audience. Coupled with the lack of focus of the crew, it was too late to cut off the live broadcast to avoid the expansion of the influence up.

Because if the live broadcast is cut off now, there will be no silver 300 taels here.

Not only will it not be able to calm the situation, it may also cause greater chaos, causing the social order that has been stabilized with great difficulty to collapse.

For ordinary people, they have already seen the changes of Pluto. Under such circumstances, if they cannot see the follow-up development, a lot of rumors will definitely emerge quickly.

With the rapid spread on the Internet, people are bound to panic.

The situation was gradually replaced by chaos.

You must know that the matter has come to this point, the most urgent thing is to deal with the changes of Pluto, the more self-disordered the more miserable the death will be.

As Xu Lei's mind was running fast, his mind gradually became clearer. He knew that he had to figure out the situation of Pluto first, and find out the reason why it got rid of Jupiter's gravity. It still happens.

Xu Lei didn't dare to delay any longer when his thoughts stayed here, and quickly told Xingtong: "Xingtong is quick, make sure to determine the power source of Pluto."

"It's the boss."

Perhaps the change of Pluto this time is also out of Xingtong's calculations, which makes her a little unhappy and at the same time more aware of the importance of the matter.

Where would there be half a minute of hesitation.

Dang even manipulated the surviving probes to fly to Pluto.

At present, the acceleration of Pluto has not been completed, and there is still a chance to observe it at a close distance, and this condition will not be available any later.

However, in order to minimize the impact of this matter, the live broadcast screen also smoothly switched back to the perspective of the future, and the captain of the future came forward to temporarily appease the global audience, so that everyone should not panic for the time being.

At this time, Xingtong's advantage is also reflected again, that is, there is no human emotion.

Even though he encountered an unexpected incident that was out of control, he could still follow the instructions and execute them immediately. If Li Chengzhe had been instructed to do this just now, it would have delayed some time.

Affect the overall control.

Fortunately, now Li Chengzhe came back to his senses, and subconsciously asked Xu Lei for an answer: "Captain, what's going on?" His face was full of horror.

"I'm afraid we have underestimated this Pluto." Xu Lei simply responded without looking sideways, and then fell silent.

The whole person's attention is on the screen, wanting to know the result given by the detector at the first time, so as to confirm the conjecture in his heart.

When Xingtong discovered the existence of Pluto before, because its position was near the orbit of Neptune, after analysis, it was believed that the asteroid in the Kuiper belt was affected by the gravity of Neptune, which caused the change of its flight orbit.

He can be said to be convinced of this.

If Pluto is successfully captured by Jupiter after being hit this time, then everything will be like this.

But things took a strange turn.

It is absolutely impossible for a celestial body like an asteroid to have its own power. Since it can easily get rid of Jupiter's gravity, it only shows one thing.

This is a modified asteroid.

Even based on the current evidence alone, it can be inferred that Pluto is a huge space kinetic energy weapon.

It's just that its power engine is hidden inside.

In addition, the flight track of Pluto always points to the planet, which further proves that the crisis of Pluto is a very targeted strike against civilization, and it wants to completely wipe out human civilization.

I remember that Xingtong discovered a mysterious program in the overseas area before, and finally determined through research that it came from an extraterrestrial civilization.

Although it was successfully cleaned up by Xingtong in the end, it is impossible to know how much information about human civilization has been released.

At the beginning, Xu Lei chose to purchase the technical inspection authority of the Heavy Hammer Cruiser, mainly to make arrangements in advance to deal with the invasion of extraterrestrial civilizations in the future.

But the emergence of the Pluto crisis has changed the purpose of the battleship.

Even later, I completely forgot about this matter.

There is only Pluto in my heart.

Now it seems that this is simply a technological means developed by extraterrestrial civilizations for human civilization.

I want to use an asteroid to easily take down the earth star.

Although there is currently no evidence to prove that Pluto is related to the original extraterrestrial civilization, in this crisis of civilization extinction, they can be viewed with the greatest malice.

We must know that if human civilization does not have the existence of future technology, it may be difficult to preserve it in this crisis.

Of course, the most important thing now is to see if Xingtong can find substantial evidence.

It proves that Pluto is a space kinetic energy weapon transformed by the civilization of the earth star, and its purpose is to exterminate the human occupation of the earth star.

Hearing Xu Lei's words, Li Chengzhe seemed to have been awakened by something, his expression suddenly became serious, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

And just as the probe successfully landed on the surface of Pluto under the control of Xingtong and began to analyze and study it, the live broadcast room also completely exploded. People really couldn't accept the joy of victory. Ushered in such a big gap.

There was a feeling of collapse of faith in an instant.

And people don't even know what will happen to Pluto after it gets rid of Jupiter's gravity.

At this moment, the inner fear was instantly magnified.

Mainly from the determination of the existence of Pluto to the establishment of the Human Security Alliance to formulate a solution to the crisis, everyone believes that future technology will be able to handle it perfectly.

Kinetic space weapons built by humans could also certainly knock Pluto out of orbit.

However, the ideal is very plump but the reality is very skinny.

Under the impact of Mount Tai's space kinetic energy weapon, Pluto did deviate from its orbit, and it was about to be captured by Jupiter to become a satellite, but it still has a strong power of its own.

Forcibly pulled himself back from Jupiter's gravity.

Faced with this situation, no matter how well prepared you are, you will never be able to take advantage of it.

So the public from all over the world began to question in the live broadcast room, wanting Xu Lei to come forward and clarify what happened.

Besides.

A large number of netizens also temporarily quit the live broadcast room, and quickly pushed this matter to the top of the global platform's hot search list. In just a few minutes, the entire human civilization seemed to be shrouded in a huge shadow of fear, and there was little hope for the future of mankind.

Because the members of the Human Security Alliance also paid close attention to this operation, when they saw that Pluto got rid of Jupiter's gravity, they also widened their eyes.

Know more about the consequences of this.

However, since Xu Lei could not be contacted for the time being, they did not have experience in handling related incidents, and they did not dare to act rashly.

Otherwise, if the public is completely angered by a certain measure, it will undoubtedly make the situation even more chaotic.

Therefore, after research by the core members, it was decided not to deal with it for the time being.

Let's talk about it after contacting Xu Lei.

After all, it is impossible for Xu Lei to be offline for such a big event, so he will definitely contact the alliance on his own initiative.

But this makes the popularity on the Internet more and more high.

Any related topic has hundreds of millions of views and massive comments.

Especially the comments on overseas websites and platforms. Seeing the comments posted by those users, those who don't know may think that Earth Star is about to explode!
"God is going to punish us, and the crisis of annihilation is today."

"Why would the impact of a kinetic energy weapon be useless."

"Humanity is over."

"I buy Karma, I don't want to die yet!"

"Is this really just an ordinary asteroid? I have no hope for human civilization."

"The future technology company that is good at creating miracles was finally defeated on Pluto. I hope God will forgive my sins."

"Fake squid, I suddenly discovered that I didn't build an underground dormant base here at all, it's all over."

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Compared with the hopeless remarks on the Internet, the domestic public is obviously more rational. After all, they have experienced many unimaginable things in the past few years because of the existence of future technology. Now they are not surprised, but it is not yet time to die or live. the point.

What's more, there is no slack in the construction of underground dormant bases in China.

This makes most people familiar with the underground dormant base, knowing that it, like the planetary defense orbital gun, is designed to deal with the Pluto crisis.

Since Xu Lei was able to formulate a triple guarantee, it shows that he never thought of directly solving the Pluto crisis.

Then it is understandable that the first action failed now.

What's more, everyone's trust in Future Technology and Xu Lei is not achieved overnight. It has already experienced various things over the years, and it will definitely stand the test.

Therefore, the chaos on many website platforms seems to be full of harmony.

Compared with overseas, it is simply two worlds.

"Everyone, don't panic. In my opinion, the situation is not too bad."

"Isn't it that Pluto was not captured by Jupiter? I believe that future technology must have already considered a solution."

"If you haven't been captured, you probably won't be going to Earth Star."

"Don't worry, wait for the report. Councilor Xu will definitely announce the situation."

"Do not believe rumors, do not pass rumors."

"I don't even know what you are afraid of. At worst, you will go directly to the hibernation cabin for hibernation. Besides, you haven't reached that point yet. We really think our planetary defense orbital gun is a vegetarian."

"I'm afraid that the underground dormant base won't be able to enter."

Xu Lei naturally doesn't understand the situation on Earth at this moment. What he needs to do is to get the detailed data of Pluto as soon as possible, otherwise he will only become more passive, not to mention that Pluto is re-accelerating after completing the flight attitude calibration .

Now the probe can stay on the surface of Pluto because its flight speed is not fast.

If it were to complete the acceleration and return to its previous flight speed, the probe would be torn into pieces and useless.

As time passed bit by bit, Xu Lei's heart couldn't help but hang up.

Fortunately, Xingtong is powerful enough.

Almost when the probe was forced to leave Pluto, Xingtong successfully transmitted the detection data back to the battleship and reported to Xu Lei at the same time.

"The probe found traces of magnetic fields and high-energy particles around Pluto. The preliminary judgment is that it is likely to be an antimatter thruster, which helped Pluto escape Jupiter's capture."

"Here is the detailed data analysis comparison."

Rao Xu Lei guessed the possible results, but after seeing the data given by Xingtong, his face changed. He didn't expect the enemy to be far stronger than he thought.

The Antimatter Engine got rid of its own fuel.

The hydrogen ions and electrons in the universe can be directly collected for fusion to provide energy, and the magnetic field detected by the detector should be the way of collection.

And using this kind of engine can not only sail for a long time in the galaxy without worrying about the energy supply, but its speed is also closer to the speed of light, which is far beyond what a nuclear fusion power engine can compare.

At least human civilization has not yet mastered this technology.

By this time, the whole thing became very clear.

Obviously, this Pluto was not influenced by the gravity of Neptune to change its flight trajectory and rush out of the Kuiper belt, but was transformed and pushed by the antimatter engine.

And only mysterious extraterrestrial civilizations can do this.

Maybe now they are staying at the outskirts of the solar system, waiting for Pluto to wipe out human civilization, and then generously take over the planet Earth.

However, with the antimatter engine technology, it shows that the level of this civilization should be the best among the second-level star civilizations.

Maybe it's not too far from the third-level civilization.

But normally speaking, having this level of strength completely crushes human civilization.

Directly sending an interstellar fleet over, relying solely on the cruisers and planetary defense orbital guns that human civilization currently possesses, cannot change the final result at all.

However, the extraterrestrial civilization chose this method.

Transform an asteroid to collide with the planet Earth, thereby completely exterminating human civilization.

The reasons for this are worth pondering.

Do you want to test the strength of human civilization?
Or is there some kind of rule in the galaxy that doesn't allow unscrupulous invasions between civilizations?

Fortunately, no matter which one it is, it is a good opportunity for human civilization, which shows that the force sent by the enemy will not be very strong.

As long as we can find a way to get rid of them, we can buy enough time for human civilization.

With the help of the Science and Technology Museum in this way, Xu Lei is sure that in a short period of time, human beings can reach the level of second-level civilization and build their own interstellar fleet. At that time, even if the army of extraterrestrial civilizations suppresses the human race, they will have the strength to compete with it.

But before this goal can be achieved, there is another matter that needs to be dealt with urgently.

That is to get rid of this Pluto first.

After all, after it adjusted its flight trajectory with the help of the antimatter engine, it still continued to rush towards the planet.

In addition, with the experience of this collision, the basic kinetic energy weapons also lost their effectiveness, and only the planetary defense orbital guns and interstellar warships were used to completely smash this extraterrestrial civilization-modified planet.

It is enough to ensure that the meteorite will not cause too much impact on the planet.

Just as Xu Lei's thinking gradually became clear, Li Chengze's jaw seemed to drop to the ground in shock, and his eyes were full of disbelief: "How could there be antimatter thrusters in the solar system, our human civilization simply cannot reach this level. "

As soon as the words fell, the whole person seemed to recall something, and his face suddenly changed: "Could it be..."

Hearing the sound, Xu Lei slowly raised his eyes, noticed that Li Chengzhe finally understood the seriousness of the matter, and said, "That's what you think."

As soon as the voice fell, he explained in detail.

"Obviously what we encountered was not an accidental disaster, but a tentative invasion from an extraterrestrial civilization, and this civilization is stronger than us."

"I didn't expect it to be like this, so what should we do now?" Under the impact of such a big news, Li Chengzhe, no matter how calm he is usually, now has no backbone, so he can only put all his hopes on Xu Lei.

After figuring out the whole truth of the facts, Xu Lei also understood that he couldn't delay any longer.

Action must be taken proactively.

"Now we have to solve Pluto first, and then go all out to develop interstellar warships. No matter who wants to hit the Earth star, they will have to pay the price."

After expressing his position in a firm tone, Xu Lei immediately issued new instructions to Xingtong: "Xingtong, recalculate the collision time between Pluto and Earth." Just after finishing speaking, he turned his gaze to Li Chengzhe beside him: "Try to lock on Pluto, let Shenzhou and Future use their main weapons to attack."

"It's the boss." Xingtong nodded in response.

Li Chengzhe sat down on the console again without saying a word, asking the future to cooperate with him.

Xu Lei's idea is very simple. Since he is determined to completely destroy Pluto, it is no problem to use the heavy rail gun on the battleship to try the effect now.

In this way, the corresponding data can also be obtained, which is more conducive to the subsequent strike of the planetary defense orbital gun.

Perhaps because of the confidence that Xu Lei gave just now, the mentality of Li Chengzhe and the other crew members in the cabin has adjusted at this moment.

They have invested in the locked attack on Pluto.

As a member of human civilization, that kind of national self-confidence is inherent, and they will not be afraid even in the face of extraterrestrial civilizations.

Friends come with fine wine, but enemies are greeted with heavy railguns.

Perhaps it is because Pluto has not yet accelerated to its previous flight speed, and the Future Shenzhou will soon complete the lock and prepare to launch a heavy orbital gun to attack it.

Since the speed of the space torpedo launcher at the front of the battleship is not good enough, I'm afraid it won't be able to catch up with Pluto.

So it doesn't work.

"Shenzhou has locked on the target and is ready to launch!"

"Future has locked the target and is ready to launch!"

"Heavy railgun ready..."

"emission!"

As Li Chengzhe's voice sounded in the core command and control cabin of the battleship, two tungsten alloy shells were fired from the two battleships respectively, and shot towards Pluto at a speed of one thousandth of the speed of light.

However, the final result was unsatisfactory.

Just when the tungsten alloy shell was about to explode close to Pluto to maximize its power, Pluto suddenly accelerated.

In the end, it only shattered the corners of Pluto, without any impact on its main body and the antimatter engine hidden inside.

Although Xu Lei also guessed that this kind of result would happen, he still couldn't hide the disappointment in his eyes when he saw that the attack had no effect. He could only say that the Future and the Shenzhou were attacking in the form of pursuit, and they did not dare to increase their speed to the level of Hades. The star's flight track was intercepted in front of it, so it was understandable that it missed the target.

The main reason is that Xu Lei dare not take this risk right now.

After all, the flying speed of Pluto has gradually increased. If you step forward to intercept it at this time, you will be directly hit by Pluto if you are not careful.

With a diameter of more than 20 kilometers, basically the interstellar warship has no chance of buffering.

Even if the overall safety of the battleship can be guaranteed, as long as something goes wrong, there is no way to leave here and return to the planet.

It should be known that the planet Earth is in chaos right now.

He still needs to go back and preside over the overall situation.

Wanting to understand these things, Xu Lei decisively gave up the attack on Pluto, but chose to return as quickly as possible, trying to get back to Earth in front of Pluto to prepare for it.

Anyway, according to the data analysis returned by the probe, the power of the antimatter thrusters on Pluto is limited, and it will stop working after accelerating Pluto to a certain level. It is still impossible to catch up with the interstellar warship.

In view of this special situation, Xu Lei analyzed that it should be that the extraterrestrial civilization does not want to expose their existence for the time being, so this procedure was specially set up.

Otherwise, let Pluto fly all the way from the Kuiper belt to the interior of the solar system with the help of antimatter thrusters, I am afraid that the earth and planet will have undergone earth-shaking changes due to the impact environment, leading to the complete extinction of human civilization.

"The whole ship is heading back, sailing towards the planet Earth at maximum speed."

"It's the captain."

At this time, everyone understands the seriousness of the problem, and there will certainly be no delay.

Soon, the twelve nuclear fusion power engines of the two interstellar warships burst out with powerful energy at the same time, pushing the warships to continue to accelerate.

And at this time, good news came from Xingtong.

After calculation, the new time when Pluto arrived at Earth was successfully obtained.

“冥神星预计到达地星的时间为2036年10月15日14点26分。”

Xu Lei stared at the updated time on the holographic screen, and his face suddenly became solemn: "Is there only about half a year left? I hope it will be enough!"

Compared with the estimated arrival time of Pluto given by Xingtong last time, this time it is nearly nine months earlier, obviously because of the consequences of the activation of the antimatter thruster inside Pluto.

For human civilization with only half a year left, Xu Lei is really not sure whether he can successfully prevent this catastrophe from happening, but the only thing he knows is that he must act now.

(End of this chapter)