Earth Era

Today's weather is very good. The heat accumulated for the day has been dissipated in the previous few hours. There is wind at the moment, but it is not big. When it blows on people's faces, it makes people feel like the hands of a lover are gentle. stroking himself as usual.

The air was still filled with the scent of some unknown flower, there were flashing neon lights everywhere, and there were happy and happy people everywhere. It was a very beautiful night, everything was perfect except that there were no stars in the sky.

The night gradually deepened, and the bustling streets slowly quieted down. The scientific research department was still brightly lit and crowded.

This is destined to be a sleepless night, not only Zhao Lan, but also the head of state, as well as many high-ranking officials in the government, as well as all the staff of the scientific research department. Because tonight is when the space blocking plan will finally be executed.

As the countdown number gradually decreased, Zhao Lan's heart became tighter and tighter. After checking all the arrangements again and confirming that there were no omissions in all the arrangements, Zhao Lan began to wait slowly.

The head of state sat next to Zhao Lan and watched the busyness of the staff. The head of state's expression was calm, but Zhao Lan could still see the deep worry in the eyes of the head of state. Obviously, the head of state has never trusted Zhao Lan, even now. A plan that the Führer would never accept if it were not ultimately compelled to do so.

Zhao Lan didn't know what the head of state was thinking, but Zhao Lan knew the pressure on the head of state at the moment. As the leader of all human beings, the head of state is about to face his own life, and it is also the biggest adventure in the entire history of human civilization. Success or failure is directly related to the survival of human civilization, and the final result will be revealed in an hour.

The atmosphere in the control hall was tense and serious. All the staff are busy in silence, even if all the work has been done at this moment, they are still mechanically testing the previous arrangement over and over again. Zhao Lan can understand this kind of behavior, because in this depressed and solemn atmosphere, if there is nothing to do, it will always make people feel very uncomfortable.

The countdown gradually jumped to thirty minutes. At this moment, Zhao Lan stood up and left here quietly.

Zhao Lan left the scientific research department and walked to the street outside. At this moment, there are no pedestrians on the street, even if it is summer at the middle of the night. There was also a hint of coolness in the wind. Zhao Lan tightened her clothes, walked slowly, and unknowingly came to Huasheng Square and came under Zhao Huasheng's huge sculpture.

Zhao Lan raised his head again to observe the sculpture. Zhao Huasheng's expression lasted for hundreds of years. Nothing has changed since the statue was built. The statue is still full of flowers, Zhao Huasheng's eyes are still calm and distant. Zhao Huasheng has been looking into the distance like that, as if he is looking at the future of human civilization.

Zhao Lan looked at the statue in awe, while praying silently in his heart: "My ancestors, please bless our civilization. Bless me too."

Zhao Lan suddenly felt very scared, just like he was afraid of fictional ghosts or demons when he was a child. But right now, there is nothing specific that makes Zhao Lan feel scared. Zhao Lan looked up at the sky and understood in his heart.

"Although I have been firmly carrying out my plan, I have always been afraid... I am afraid of failure, and I am afraid of ruining the entire human civilization... Yes, I am very afraid."

When I was scared when I was a child, I could run into my parents' arms, so... when I'm scared now?

Zhao Lan sat down under Zhao Huasheng's huge sculpture pedestal, leaned his back against the pedestal, then wrapped his hands around his knees and buried his head in his arms. Like a bullied little girl. Zhao Lan has long since lost his parents, and he has no relatives to rely on in this world. Although An Liya and the others have become his friends, their emotions at the moment are not suitable for them.

Then... let's talk to Zhao Huasheng, talk to this ancestor who gave him confidence and warmth.

But Zhao Lan didn't know what to say. Zhao Lan felt a little warmth in his heart, but the fear continued. So Zhao Lan kept looking at the sky, kept watching, motionless.

Time slipped away little by little, Zhao Lan raised his wrist and looked at his watch. shown above. One minute before the final detonation of the hydrogen bomb. In a minute, life or death will be revealed.

Zhao Lan waited for a while, and then saw a flash of light coming from the very distant western sky. The flash was fleeting, like a shooting star. It only lasted a few seconds. Zhao Lan recalled silently in his heart, and then he remembered that it was the direction of the twenty-first space node. At this moment, there is a flash of light there, which proves that the hydrogen bomb spacecraft above that space node has exploded.

It has been planned for nearly five years, and many accidents have occurred in the middle. At this moment, the space blocking plan that has experienced many twists and turns has finally begun to be implemented.

At this moment, Zhao Lan should have been more nervous, but for some reason, Zhao Lan suddenly lost all fear. Zhao Lan just looked at the sky silently, as if watching a fireworks show.

Immediately after the hydrogen bomb spacecraft above the twenty-first space node was detonated, flashes of light came from the southeast, northwest, northeast, and south in turn. There was a delay of a few seconds or even ten seconds between the flashes, but Zhao Lan knew that the hydrogen bomb spaceships actually exploded at the same time, but because of the difference in distance, it took their flashes to reach the earth. There are also differences.

Zhao Lan counted, there were seventeen flashes in the sky. This is consistent with the original calculation. Because a total of more than 30 space nodes are distributed around the earth, and some space nodes are on the back of the earth, even if they explode, Zhao Lan can't see the flashes from there.

After the seventeenth flash, Zhao Lan never saw any movement from the sky again. So Zhao Lan knew that the space blocking plan had been implemented and ended.

After several years of planning, the space blocking plan that consumed a lot of human civilization's financial and material resources has ended like this.

Zhao Lan knew that the space blocking plan must be going very smoothly, but the success of the plan does not mean that the plan itself has finally succeeded. The only criterion for the success of the plan is the effect, and if the effect is as expected... Zhao Lan will see the stars in the sky in about six minutes.

It also takes a long time for starlight to cross the vast desert in the universe. Depending on the distance, this time may take billions of years. But Zhao Lan didn't need to wait that long, because the light from those stars continued, but only disappeared when they came to the distorted space near the earth, and thus disappeared from the sight of the earth. , as long as the space around the earth returns to normal, it only takes about six minutes for those rays of light to come to the earth from the edge of the original distorted space.

Zhao Lan still maintains calm in her heart, or because she is too nervous and expecting too much, but it has become calm, which is not necessarily true. Anyway, Zhao Lan leaned against the huge pedestal of Zhao Huasheng's statue, looking up at the sky, his expression was calm and motionless.

It is meaningless to arrange a detector six minutes away to observe whether the starlight returns to normal, because even if a detector is arranged there, the signal sent back by the detector to the earth is traveling at the speed of light, and when the signal reaches the earth , the Earth can also detect whether there are stars in the sky almost at the same time. Therefore, human civilization did not deliberately arrange probes in space.

Starlight treats everyone equally. Whether you are a civilized scientific research institution with the most advanced detection instruments, or a beggar who is begging for a bite to eat tomorrow. If the starlight appears, everyone can see it at the same time, and if the starlight does not appear, everyone can't see it.

Therefore, even if Zhao Lan leaves the scientific research department full of advanced instruments at this moment, Zhao Lan can obtain the same information as the scientific research department at the same time. So Zhao Lan is still waiting here quietly.

Zhao Lan didn't know how long the time had passed, and whether it was an hour slipped away while he was waiting, or just a minute. Zhao Lan has almost lost the concept of time, Zhao Lan has been looking at the sky like this, and has been looking for the things that are most important to him in the sky.

Zhao Lan's peripheral vision suddenly noticed a bright spot in the northern sky~www.readwn.com~ But when Zhao Lan turned his eyes away, that bright spot disappeared again. Zhao Lan felt a sense of loss in her heart, Zhao Lan thought, this is probably her own illusion.

But then, that little bright spot appeared again. Not only that, but it was also rapidly increasing its brightness. After just a moment, it became extremely bright, like a star in the dark and empty sky. A shining gem.

Zhao Lan's pupils tightened suddenly. Zhao Lan turned his head and saw that the originally dark and empty sky had been filled with stars at some point. There was nothing in the sky just a moment ago, but now it's like magic, and it's crowded in this moment.

Among the stars in the sky, Zhao Lan quickly found the familiar Big Dipper, Vega, Altair...

The slow disappearance of the stars lasted for several years, but the appearance of the stars only took this moment.

There were faint cheers from the scientific research department building next to it. Zhao Lan also showed a smile at this time and greeted the stars in the sky: "Hi, long time no see, how are you?" ( To be continued.)