Chapter 139: A drop in the bucket, barely surviving
Everyone was shrouded in despair, but still refused to give up the last glimmer of hope, staring closely at the ruins of Renton on the screen, where dark clouds were looming over the city.
A small dot appeared in the dark sky. It was China's latest supersonic aircraft.
It landed on the ruins outside the Greenwich Observatory, pushed a huge square mechanical body out of the cabin, and fixed it firmly to the ground.
Inside the observatory, everyone else had already been dismissed, and only Professor Vincent remained there, monitoring the sky data in real time.
Hearing the sound, he turned around and looked at the pilot coming out of the plane.
The two shook hands silently. After completing the handover without saying a word, Professor Vincent said, "Thank you very much for your efforts. It's very dangerous here now. Please retreat quickly."
The pilot did not agree to this, but instead asked Professor Vincent: "Do we still have hope?"
Professor Vincent was starting the machine. Hearing this, he paused slightly, his fingers trembling slightly.
He forced a smile: "Yes, there will be hope. After hundreds of millions of years of evolution and countless natural and man-made disasters, mankind will not fail at this point."
His voice was a little intermittent and unstable.
Both the pilot and he knew that this was just consolation.
Since countless species have disappeared in the long river of time, how could they, humans, have always been spared?
However, no matter what you think in your heart, you should not say discouraging words.
So the pilot smiled and said, "Yes, humans will not fail at this step."
As they talked, as Vincent activated the machine, twenty-five rockets were launched from various air bases around the world.
Some of these rockets are loaded with gene banks carefully selected by humans, while others record the history and civilization of various countries.
Loaded with these lightest yet heaviest things, the rocket flew towards the depths of the universe.
Where they will fly to or where they will end up, not even the scientists who launched these rockets know.
But as long as they fly into space, there is always the possibility that a glimmer of human civilization will be seen.
Half a minute later, Professor Vincent stood up and reported into the pager.
"The equipment has been installed and the power system is about to be turned on."
He waited, then said, "I hope we can create a miracle."
In the command center, Chen Haishan said solemnly: "Thank you Professor Vincent for your contribution to this cause. There will definitely be a miracle. Isn't it that the reason why mankind has come to this day is because of one miracle after another that was once thought to be impossible but was actually created?"
Professor Vincent smiled when he heard this, lowered his head, and activated the power button on the device.
Click, click, click.
The square machine turned gently, and a blue light flickered slightly in the center, and in the next moment it suddenly turned into a column of light shooting into the sky.
The beam of light broke through the dark clouds, illuminating a small area of the sky, and rushed towards the vortex in the center of the black hole like a hot knife through butter.
"Interference activated."
"Backflow device activated."
Professor Vincent looked at the numbers on the monitor and reported them calmly.
"Deviation values , ..."
"Deviation value , !"
There was a hint of excitement in Professor Vincent's voice.
"Reverse operation begins!"
"The theory is successful! A miracle is about to happen!" Tears of excitement began to gather in his usually calm blue eyes.
"The repair of the space barrier is in progress. Although the speed is slow, it is indeed progressing!"
Professor Vincent stared at the jump in numbers without blinking.
He knew very well what the change in this number meant. As long as the deviation value turned to the secondary value, it meant that the horrible space tear would be bridged.
As long as the deviation value continues to decrease, they will be able to completely block this invasion!
Not only Professor Vincent was excited, all the scientists in the command center were excited.
Chen Haisheng also smiled slightly: "A miracle really happened. We really created a miracle."
Although this is a situation that cannot be understood by human theory at all, even the most sophisticated experts in cosmic space theory are only relying on their intuition to grope in the dark. However, it is these humans who, relying on their own wisdom, have reversed the situation.
Human wisdom and courage are the ones that can turn the wrist of death in this way!
If the experts in the command center only had a vague understanding of the situation, then many people who were watching the live broadcast in Renton had no idea what was happening before their eyes.
But there is one thing they understand clearly: when the deviation value turns negative, it means that the disaster has the possibility of being eliminated!
People from all over the world cheered for this change, especially the scholars and craftsmen who participated in the project personally. They looked at the cube-shaped machines that were the result of their own theories and hard work, emitting a long blue light in the ruins, as if they were the benevolent light sent down by the gods in mythology to heal the earth. They could not help but shed tears, feeling proud of themselves and all of humanity.
At this moment, each of them is a hero who is about to collapse!
"I know it, I know it! We will succeed!"
"Humanity will not disappear just like that. It will surely live forever!"
"I did it! We all did it!"
The humans on the ground were cheering loudly, but Tony Stark in the space capsule still had a serious expression.
He still did not turn on the communication equipment with the ground. Although he could hear the cheers coming from the ground, he was not infected by them at all.
Bruce Banner didn't find it strange to see him like this.
He didn't understand cosmology, parallel universes, or cosmic barriers, but he saw Renton's live broadcast, saw the machine working, and heard the cheers from the command center.
He thought things were going well, but looking at Tony Stark's expression it seemed otherwise.
He couldn't help but ask, "Are you unhappy, Tony?"
Tony Stark heard his question and smiled bitterly.
"Do you also think we have succeeded?"
Bruce Banner was stunned by the question: "Isn't this considered a success? Aren't things developing according to the scientists' calculations?"
Tony Stark shook his head: "Of course not."
He carefully moved his stiff body and looked at the screen, the smile on his lips becoming even more bitter.
"That's the cosmic barrier. How can it be reversed with such energy levels? What's the Chinese saying? It's just a drop in the bucket. That's what it is now."
"Even if we try our best, we can only delay the destruction a little bit."
Bruce Banner immediately said: "Even if it is just to delay time, it is still a success!"
"During this delay, we can try to solve the energy problem and get more energy. Then the problem can be solved!"
Tony Stark looked at him, feeling ridiculous and helpless about his naive ideas.
"It would be nice if it were that easy, but if you use your brain you will know that it is impossible."
"We have invested so much energy, but we have only achieved a reversal of a fraction of a percent. If we want to continue the reversal, how do we calculate the energy we need to consume?"
(End of this chapter)
