Chapter 47: I don't know where to go
"The meteorite cracked!"
It was like a cow, and a small piece of fur slowly fell off.
Seeing this scene from the screen, everyone in the Ark burst into cheers, joyful and applauded.
Because the quality of this piece of "fur" is 200% expected, and it may be a full 200 million tons!
After the small meteorite was blasted by a nuclear bomb, it generated a lateral velocity, changing its original direction of movement.
This is already the limit that human weapons can achieve. With this lateral speed, they can just escape the swallowing of high-dimensional space.
"Sure enough, the direction of movement of the asteroid has not changed much."
There is excitement, but it is also a pity that 200 million tons are more than expected, but not much.
After calming down, will the people of the Ark encounter another meteorite in the future and how much can 200 million tons do?
Some people were discussing whether to break the contract, attack while the Yuyan was mining, etc.
But in the end, reason prevailed, and the plan to break the contract was rejected.
The Ark chased after him and flew with the falling small meteorite again.
At the same time, they stared at another spacecraft.
The Yuyan-1 spacecraft where the royal family is located is still flying slowly behind, as if it is not in a hurry.
It was not until the two spacecraft had a safe distance that they slowly caught up with the big meteorite and ran in front of it.
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"They mined a lot of pieces, about 6,000th of them. It's good, and it's a good job."
The experts in Yuyan spacecraft also discussed with joy and excitement.
The atmosphere in the cabin was a bit weird and relaxed, and even felt like singing in a KTV. Zhang Ran rubbed his temples. Are these experts... so relaxed?
A large number of people were enthusiastically discussing the results of the Ark's operation this time.
"What they mine is just the surface of asteroids, and most of them are ice."
"Yes, the ice layer on the surface is too thick. Although water resources are good, they are all water, and it is not necessarily good. We lack too much material..."
Well... these experts are discussing various decisions of the Ark: the soldiers' operational efficiency, the selected blasting position, the blasting equivalent of the nuclear bomb, etc.
Later, Zhang Ran also joined in and talked about it with relish.
From an objective perspective, this operation of the Ark is already impeccable!
It is almost the limit that human power can achieve at present!
Even if the soldiers on Kunlun Mountain come exactly the same, they may not be able to do better. They may fail to explode. If the equivalent is small, they will not blow it down, or if the equivalent is too large, they will directly smash the small meteorite... After the explosion is broken, it will be very troublesome to collect it.
However, everyone was in a good mood because they did not intend to explode the meteorites at all, but instead took other measures.
"Your Highness, there is still a big problem. We have installed this meteorite into the subspace, but its huge kinetic energy may cause great trouble..."
Put things into subspace, and its original kinetic energy will not disappear.
A professor said worriedly: "How can we stop the meteorites and then mine them?"
"Don't worry, install it first. Subspace is not infinite. It is bounded and boundless. Even if the meteorite moves, it cannot escape."
"As long as we put it in, we have a way."
Zhang Ran shouted: "Are the things ready?"
“It’s ready!”
...
The Ark, the Garden of Eden Sanctuary, is conducting a live broadcast of high attention.
Many experts came to the meteorite and carefully measured its specific composition.
The successful capture of 200 million tons of meteorites has slightly improved the morale of the originally somewhat depressed people.
But it was only a few hours.
A few hours later, my morale was depressed again.
The original plan was to obtain 1.2 trillion tons of asteroids, and the government also promised that as long as the large meteorite was obtained and the resources on it were mined would bring a huge improvement to the quality of life of the people.
However, now there are only 200 million tons, and the difference is 6,000 times!
This led to the ordinary civilians in the Garden of Eden being happy for a while and then began to worry about their future lives.
"Can we encounter another large-mass asteroid in the future?" This is a question that lingers in the minds of many people.
Not only workers, but many scholars and soldiers, are discussing this issue.
Since the civilians brought with them are all elite and need to work, there are basically no illiteracy, it is very difficult for the Ark government to fabricate lies and deceive them.
The answer is no, the probability is almost zero.
Objective facts are not changed by human will.
Because since the sun disappeared, without the constraints of the sun's gravity, all celestial bodies began to move along the tangent direction of the original orbit.
That is, whether it is the planet or asteroid, they no longer have circular motions, and they all fly in a straight line.
Everyone flew farther and farther away, scattered and flew.
The solar system has long disappeared.
The original Mars and Venus didn't know where they had escaped.
Only the moon, attracted by the gravity of the earth, was still surrounded by the side and fell into the high-dimensional space.
This meteorite was also attracted by the gravity of the earth, and was encountered by humans by chance.
But now the earth is gone, and there is no gravity to attract free meteorites. How can humans encounter another piece in the universe where matter is scarce?
So, the probability is almost zero!
Thinking of this, many people felt confused in their hearts of not knowing where to go.
Including many soldiers, they all have a vague feeling in their hearts, but what should they do?
The only way is to maintain the status quo and maintain optimism. I hope the future will be better...
Soon, the expert team came to a specific conclusion, and the female host broadcasted the corresponding news, hoping to boost morale.
"Excellent good news, a large amount of water resources were found on meteorites, and initially estimated that 140 million tons of water were found! Some metals were also found, including iron, nickel, copper, and a certain amount of titanium! This meteorite actually has a small amount of titanium, and we can create more space machinery."
The atmosphere on TV was full of joy, everyone was fantasizing, and playing cheerful and festive music.
But there are already a lot of curses on the Internet.
"Water resources, why are there only water resources? 140 million tons of water...the total meteorites are only 200 million tons. We won't just mine a large piece of ice, right?"
"140 million tons of water, isn't it?"
"Do you know how much water there was in the Three Gorges Reservoir in the past? I tell you, 39.3 billion tons!"
Such a comparison seems like a world of difference and is a bit difficult to accept.
This resource will last a lifetime!
Chapter completed!