Chapter 724 (2/2)
All time and space had become meaningless at this very moment. By the time Fang Xingjian reacted, there were only endless sparks before him.
‘This is…? What a strong density of power…’
At the next moment, countless fire sparks started to gather around Fang Xingjian. Cracks on the Heaven-Connecting Sword Physique began to show signs of recovering.
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On Earth, in Washington, D.C. in the United States.
In NASA’s Space Science Department, Assistant Department Head Victor looked at the image reports before him and asked confusedly, “What is this?”
A researcher before him replied, “This is the latest image we’ve captured from the sun’s surface. About 12 hours ago, we noticed the sudden appearance of this small black dot. At first, we thought that it was a sunspot. But over the past 12 hours, this black spot has been expanding rapidly. It’s now about half the size of the United States.
“Moreover, it has a temperature of 3,000 degrees Celsius. This makes it at least 3,000 degrees Celsius lower than the surrounding surfaces on the sun, causing it to appear pitch-black. This is a far lower temperature than any ordinary sunspot, so we suspect that it isn’t just a sunspot.”
“Don’t include your subjective judgements,” Assistant Department Head Victor said calmly. “If it isn’t a sunspot, then what can it be? Someone’s extinguishing the fire on the sun?” He shrugged, thinking that he had made quite a good joke. However, the researcher before him did not smile at all.
“Assistant Department Head, this matter is very serious. Based on my observations, this black spot has not been showing signs of slowing down over the past 12 hours. If it is allowed to continue expanding at this speed, over one-third of this fixed star’s mass will be covered up by this darkness within three months,” the researcher said while propping up his spectacles. “If this were to happen, the entire Earth would face extremely cold weather. We would lose over 30% of light and heat energy. It would mean the end of the world. And this might not be its limits…”
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48 hours later, in the command post of the United States’ Science Mission Directorate, rows of astonishing data were being displayed.
“It’s still expanding.”
“Its radius has already reached the size of the Earth’s radius.”
“Oh, my god…”
Looking at this scene, Associate Administrator Charlie, of the United States’ Science Mission Directorate, gasped. Just then, a female assistant at the side walked over to him. “Associate Administrator, it’s a phone call from the President.”
The Associate Administrator picked up the phone, from which a deep voice rang out, “I understand the situation. Do we have any means of changing the situation?”
“The sun is 152.1 million kilometers away from us. It’ll take at least a few months before our most advanced space shuttle can reach the sun.”
“I understand. Then what solution do you think we have?”
“The black spot appeared about 50 hours ago, and its rate of expansion almost didn’t change at all. There is also no change to the lowering of the temperature either. Even the area it expanded out to is in a circular shape,” the Associate Administrator said. Then he paused before saying, “This makes me suspect that there’s some kind of space shuttle, which surpasses our cultivation, replenishing its energy on the surface of the fixed star. We should attempt to send it signals in order to try and communicate with them.”
Simultaneously, countless astronomy institutes across the Earth had also noticed the huge black spot on the sun. This was a piece of news that could not be concealed at all. As the shadow of the black spot on the sun continued to expand out, rampant discussions about the end of the world and about how the Earth was going to be sealed in ice broke out, causing a great commotion.