Rebirth 2009: Synthetic God

Above the low-Earth orbit, a dark platform is moving at a speed that seems slow but is actually fast.

After three launches, the area of ​​"Nantianmen" has reached nearly 300 square meters. This area is naturally nothing on the earth, and it does not even reach the per capita residential area on the Internet.

But in space, it is already the second largest space creation of mankind.

Chang'an was not built in a day. The characteristics of "mortise and tenon joints" give Nantianmen unlimited possibilities. The International Space Station has been launched for 13 consecutive years, with a total of 118 launches. In contrast, "Nantianmen" was born only two months ago and has experienced three launches.

It is still a child.

But today, the child encountered a new danger.

At this time, on the Nantianmen, a group of "little mice" composed of mimic robots were strolling on the platform. Electromagnetic adsorption gave them the ability to move freely in a zero-gravity environment, and the remote control of the "little flower shower" made them vivid.

Well. Relatively vivid, the current intelligent unit technology is still not "small" enough, making these mice look angular, more like hedgehogs.

The "Twelve Zodiac" performance program set by Zhou Rui also corresponds to the "Twelve Hours" of Beijing North Time, and it is "Zi Shi" at this time.

However, vaguely, these little mice raised their heads at the same time and looked at somewhere in the void.

At about the same time, the detection system of Nantianmen also fed back the situation to the "Wanhu Base" on the ground, but before that, the "Little Shower" who was stationed at Nantianmen for a long time reacted the fastest.

In the black universe, a super-large columnar floating object more than ten meters high is getting closer and closer.

It turned out to be a "second-stage rocket component".

Non-recoverable rockets are thrown while flying. If they are going to a higher orbital position, it is normal to be thrown off in the near-earth orbit, but this huge thing just happened to hit the "Nantianmen".

Generally speaking, the speed of orbits at the same altitude is similar, but it does not include rocket components that have just completed their work and have undergone mass changes, nor does it include rocket components whose tail nozzles are still on and off, as if they have entered some kind of malfunction.

At the same time, it was early morning on the other side of the ocean.

In a room that is neither official nor a research institution, but has a large number of high-end electronic equipment, more than a dozen people are staring at the screen nervously.

There is no image of the low-Earth orbit on it, only countless data.

"According to the orbit calculation, it will collide with the 'Gate of Heaven' in 8 minutes."

"According to ground observation data, the error will not exceed 10 meters, and the probability of collision is 87%"

Obviously, this is a carefully designed "high-altitude throwing".

It is much more difficult to create an "accident on orbit" than to make someone "commit suicide with their hands tied behind their backs" on the ground.

For example, the rocket parts are not from the United States, but from the European Space Agency.

For another example, the location of the "incident site" is above the Atlantic Ocean, which is not inferior to the territory of any country, but is extremely far away from a certain country.

For another example, this rocket was originally a normal launch mission that was filed with the International Space Organization, but due to lack of technology, the separation time and location were different from the reported, and the error was large.

There is also a little "engine failure": it is turned on and off at times, and it will not turn back until it hits the south wall.

Given the huge scale of the orbit, if it is said to be a coincidence, even Jesus would not believe it.

But even after the investigation, it was the other party and the European Space Agency arguing.

Europe has long been infiltrated like a sieve. As long as they want, even if they let the other party blow up their own natural gas pipeline, it will be no problem, and no matter who goes, no one can find the problem.

The "back door" in the rocket command system, the radio observation stations connected from North America to Europe, the departments that turned a blind eye, and the secret commander far away in the United States, jointly constructed this.

It can be called the first "orbital car accident" in human history.

With the mass and size of the "second-stage rocket", any edge can cause significant damage to "Heaven's Gate". If it can be destroyed directly, it will be a big prize.

Of course, even if the other party cannot be scrapped directly, this is also a rare "experiment". "Heaven's Gate" has put too much pressure on them. Countless bigwigs are restless and there is no reason to sit back and watch it grow day by day.

One person said, "Will they find out in advance and avoid it? The Gate of Heaven has the ability to move in orbit."

The leader shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. A normal launch suddenly lost control, and it was so close. I can only say that if our people were faced with such a situation, they would definitely not be able to react."

"The acceleration provided by the Hall thruster is very small, and the fuel thruster needs to be pre-started, so they can't react."

He looked at the screen, and the estimated time of impact was counted down. Only 6 minutes left.

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On the other side, in the hotel in Beijing North

As soon as Xiao Huashao finished speaking, Zhou Rui immediately asked:

"Garbage? What garbage?"

Xiao Huashao seemed to mobilize the radar of "Nantianmen", and said after a while: "Rocket parts."

This too sudden development made Zhou Rui frown: "Show me."

Xiao Huashao instantly performed mimicry and simulated what it saw: a cylindrical rocket part that could not be said to be a second or third stage.

Xiao Huashao whispered:

"It is estimated that there will be 6 minutes left, intersection, and possible collision"

Zhou Rui immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

What can be done in 6 minutes?

Zhou Rui had many ideas, but it seemed that he lacked enough time for each of them.

The most important thing is that there is too little information

Who launched it? What is the orbit? In what posture will it hit?

Zhou Rui closed his eyes briefly, and a "countdown" seemed to appear in his mind. It was already 5:55

No. Xiaohuashao is not in the command center. It is connected to the Internet through general civilian signals. There is a delay after multiple relays. Correction

5:52!

After opening his eyes again, he immediately shouted to the outside of the door: "Lin Tuo!"

The door of the room opened instantly, and Lin Tuo vigilantly scanned the situation in the room: "What's wrong?"

He had never seen Zhou Rui so anxious before.

"I need my toolbox! Quick!!"

Lin Tuo immediately ordered his men to run downstairs, and when he turned around, Zhou Rui had already stood up and took his mobile phone out of his pocket.

Lin Tuo:?

Zhou Rui ignored him and directly unlocked the screen with Lin Tuo's finger, and then held his mobile phone in his right hand.

He entered different phone numbers with his left and right hands at the same time, and then dialed them at the same time.

Obviously, the "dual-core mode" has been enabled.

This seemingly simple action is actually absolutely impossible for a normal person to do.

While waiting for the ring, Zhou Rui also opened his notebook, and the computer in sleep mode instantly lit up.

At this time, the countdown reached 5:25 seconds.

The first call was connected, and it was "Wanhu Base".

"Mr. Zhou, what instructions do you have?"

"Emergency, who is the person left behind in the command center?"

The next moment, another phone was connected, and the person on the other side was Li Changping from the Space Administration.

Zhou Rui only had one mouth, but he typed the text on the screen with one hand and motioned Lin Tuo to read it.

"Director Li, I am Mr. Zhou's secretary. In an emergency, a large rocket debris is about to hit Nantianmen. Please check which company has announced a launch mission within 3 hours. Mr. Zhou needs more specific information. Please call this number if you have a conclusion."

The countdown reached 5:00.

The phone of "Wanhu Base" was turned on the hands-free and placed at hand. Zhou Rui kept issuing instructions with his mouth, and logged into the control background mirror of "Nantianmen" with his hand.

A large amount of data was displayed, and Zhou Rui's hands also quickly entered instructions and retrieved radar and visual feedback.

"Simplifying" and "unraveling the mystery" work together, Zhou Rui constructs the posture and trajectory of this thing in his mind

It is too late to call the ground observation equipment at this time, and he can only rely on the platform's own equipment for temporary estimation.

Zhou Rui turned off the "slow live broadcast" camera, not because he didn't want people to see the attack on Nantianmen, but because the attacker would also watch that picture, which would expose how he would respond.

"Little Shower, pre-start all mortise and tenon engines!"

Time 4:35

Soon, Zhou Rui saw the pre-start of the mortise and tenon engines from the control background mirror interface. According to the design, it takes about 25 seconds.

At this time, a security guard rushed up panting, and the heavy toolbox was delivered to Zhou Rui's side.

Zhou Rui shouted without looking back: "Little Shower, build a micro-mimic command."

The top layer of the toolbox automatically popped open, and a large number of intelligent units crawled out of the toolbox and gathered on the desktop, forming a metal plane of only half a square meter, and then immediately mimicked the appearance of "Nantianmen".

It's just that it's relatively crude due to the limited number of units, but there's no need to be so particular about it.

Time: 4:10.

After the pre-start was successful, Zhou Rui immediately said:

"Little Shower, take over the Nantianmen in full and start the 'mimicry control'."

This will enable Zhou Rui to control the real thing in the sky by fiddling with the mimicry structure in front of him.

But latency and bandwidth are still big problems. Civilian network signals + relays, even if they can be controlled, will be like a "high ping warrior".

This kind of delay is naturally no problem for daily maintenance, but it is very dangerous at this moment

Time: 3:20.

The signal shows that the "garbage" is getting closer and closer.

The Hall thrusters have all started working, trying to slow down and avoid, but the weak acceleration corresponds to the huge size, which does not look optimistic.

And Zhou Rui has clearly seen that the engine of that thing is still working!

This is definitely a deliberate attack! Come to provoke me again!