Chapter 165: Goodbye
“Major progress has been made in the Mantle Detection Plan!”
“Through comprehensive research on the six deep wells reaching the mantle, scientists have confirmed that the cause of the apocalyptic global cataclysmic earthquake is the super mantle plume.”
“Super mantle plume explained: What is the mantle? What is a mantle plume?”
“Scientists plan to use a super giant hydrogen bomb to directly strike the mantle to resolve the super mantle plume problem.”
“Can a super giant hydrogen bomb really shatter the super mantle plume? This article provides a detailed explanation:
We all know that the super mantle plume is……
So, compared to the super mantle plume that contains super strong energy capable of splitting the entire crust, humanity’s largest existing hydrogen bomb is utterly insignificant before it, like an ant facing a mountain.
So, why have scientists decided to use a super giant hydrogen bomb to resolve the apocalypse? The secret lies in the chaos effect. The so-called chaos effect is……
Thus, although the super giant hydrogen bomb cannot directly cause sufficient impact on the super mantle plume, it can apply a certain directional force to it at key locations, which will lead to changes in the flow of the entire mantle substance, thereby dissipating stress…”
“The hydrogen bomb strike plan timetable has been confirmed! Right at…”
……
Sitting in the special vehicle heading to the launch site, Jiang Yang flipped through the endless reports on his mobile phone, feeling the public’s attention and fervor about this matter, and let out a soft sigh.
Putting away his mobile phone, he looked toward the massive rocket in the distance.
It was already standing before the launch tower, with white mist billowing from its base. This meant that fuel loading was complete, and launch could proceed immediately upon his arrival.
Riding a rocket into space was something Jiang Yang had experienced many times. Only this time, he was not worried about launch failure at all.
In the current era of greatly developed and increasingly mature aerospace industry, rocket launch failures might not occur even once in ten thousand attempts.
He shouldn’t be that unlucky.
Entering the launch site, members of the deliberation council, decision-making council, hibernation council, and others came forward to greet him.
“Comrade Jiang Yang, the rest is up to you.”
“Director Sun, rest assured.”
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, a young man with a buzz cut and high spirits walked over: “Consultant Jiang, I am Zhuo Fangting. I will be executing this launch mission with you.”
Even today, being an astronaut is a profession with extremely high technical requirements that demands prolonged professional training.
Clearly, this Zhuo Fangting was the astronaut assigned to escort him to the space station.
Looking at the resolute Zhuo Fangting, Jiang Yang felt a slight daze, as if seeing the figures of those astronauts from long ago.
“Thank you, sorry for the trouble.”
“Please rest assured, Consultant Jiang. I guarantee completion of this launch mission.”
Jiang Yang patted his shoulder and said no more.
The two donned in-cabin spacesuits and proceeded through the dedicated passage to the spaceship at the top.
Compared to the spaceship in his memory, this one was much more spacious, refined, and complete, with far fewer flying wires drifting outside.
“Countdown 3, 2, 1, 0, ignition!”
The familiar overload pressure assaulted his entire body again. Jiang Yang closed his eyes and silently endured the pressure. Meanwhile, Zhuo Fangting beside him remained serious, occasionally reaching out under the immense overload pressure to press several buttons.
Just a few minutes later, Jiang Yang suddenly felt his body lighten, and the next moment he was floating as if in water.
He knew space had been reached.
After a series of orbit changes, docking, and other tasks, the small spaceship connected to the massive space station.
It was a spindle-shaped space station over four hundred meters long, pointed at both ends, with a huge annular cabin in the middle over two hundred meters in diameter, constantly rotating around its central axis.
Jiang Yang knew that this setup would provide artificial gravity in the annular cabin, which was crucial for the astronauts’ long-term survival, physical and mental health.
Moving along the passage and shuttling momentarily through the zero-gravity corridor, they entered the annular cabin, where Jiang Yang once again felt the sensation of solid ground underfoot.
Before him, over a hundred astronauts working on the space station had assembled in full.
“Consultant Jiang, we will cooperate with you from here on.”
“Thank you.”
After familiarizing himself with the space station’s working environment, understanding the operation modes of the screen and equipment connected to Earth No. 1 Supercomputer, and running several simulations, Jiang Yang had mastered the entire process.
The rest of the time was just waiting.
Glancing at the time, he saw it was 2 a.m. in Earth East 8 Zone.
Five hours remained until the final arrival of the apocalypse.
Gazing out the porthole at the planet covered in thick clouds, mixed with blues, whites, yellows, and other colors, Jiang Yang opened his mobile phone again.
The network world was now in a state of jubilation.
Because the world government had just announced news that the super hydrogen bomb detonation was successful, the super mantle plume had dissipated under the chaos effect, and the apocalypse had been resolved.
Countless people were moved to tears of excitement, countless were celebrating this victory.
On the side of Earth in darkness, every city was ablaze with lights. Giant fireworks rose one after another into the sky and burst, their colors connecting across the sky, visible even to Jiang Yang hundreds of kilometers above.
He could fully imagine how jubilant people on Earth were at this moment.
Defeating the apocalypse was already cause for joy. And this time, the apocalypse was resolved through our direct involvement, making it even more worth celebrating.
It’s just a pity……
Jiang Yang sighed and withdrew his gaze.
Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, only 20 minutes remained until the apocalypse.
Sitting at the seat before the screen, the clear and solemn voice of the Earth team came through his earpiece.
“206th overall testing:
Communication system normal.
Earth No. 1 Supercomputer operating normally, power supply and refrigeration normal.
Global monitoring network modules, space-based satellite observation network normal.
Deep well detector network operating normally.
Global helium isotope observation network normal.
Mantle detection bases 1 to 6 operating normally.”
……
A detection network larger and more precise than the previous apocalypse one was fully prepared.
Per the original plan, even if human civilization were annihilated and the space station lost all support from the human world, the stored supplies would sustain Jiang Yang and the astronauts for over a year.
With certain extreme measures, survival time could be extended further.
Time was ample. Even though the data volume to memorize this time was greater than ever before, Jiang Yang was confident of completing the mission.
So……
Earth, goodbye.
