Chapter 233 - Sol Three Hundred and Thirty-Six, Raising Flags Across the Universe (2/2)

Clear skies.

Clear skies.

Clear skies.

Clear skies.

Clear skies.

Tang Yue suddenly laughed. He found such a weather forecast amusing for some baffling reason. A single phrase could be used for ten thousand years.

“It might not always be clear skies. There are hurricanes.” Tang Yue suddenly recalled the possibility. The global hurricanes on Mars lasted months or even half a year. They left a deep impression on him. “The hurricane we met the last time won’t happen again, right?”

“No.” Tomcat categorically rejected the notion. “The one we met was a very rare, small-scale, strong convection current. Such strong hurricanes can be counted on one hand in history. The conditions for their formation are very stringent. The chances are lower than winning five million on the lottery. You will only see it once your entire life. If you were to meet it again, you would be the Chosen One. The important task of rescuing the world would definitely be yours if that was the case.”

“Then what about a global hurricane?”

“You don’t have to worry about global hurricanes as they are periodic. They follow very strict laws of physics.” Tomcat scratched its ears. “Don’t be scared by the word ‘hurricane.’ The strength of sandstorms on this godforsaken planet is very weak. It can’t even compare to Beijing’s smog.”

Compared to the convection current that came suddenly, global hurricanes were much milder. It often came and went slowly, gently coming and going. When they descended, they were like Beijing’s smog.

For a Chinese citizen who was used to such situations, a mild Martian sandstorm was really nothing.

“The Martian weather is strongly periodic. Let’s use an extreme example. If such a strong hurricane stirred this year, it will happen at the same time and place next year, one of the same scale,” Tomcat said. “Do you get it? As global hurricanes are periodic, we can estimate when they start and end.”

“When will the next global hurricane start?”

“A global hurricane happens roughly once every three to four Martian years. The next hurricane will happen in spring a Martian year later, which means two Earth years. The earliest will be in two years’ time, so there’s nothing to worry about.”

Tomcat was extremely confident.

There would only be a hurricane in two years and from Tomcat’s point of view, it wouldn’t affect Tang Yue. By that time, Tang Yue would have already left or be dead. After they were dead, who cared what happened. It didn’t matter even if the strong hurricanes peeled off the crust. Therefore, Tomcat freely raised flags. It happily raised it high above Olympus Mons.

It wanted the whole Universe to see it!

“But…” Tang Yue hesitated.

“But what?”

It could raise the flag firmly without any fear, and nobody could have any thoughts of uprooting it. This was because backing behind this flag were Newton, Joule, Pascal, and Helmholtz! Predicting hurricanes was, in essence, a climate problem. It was thermodynamics research. It wasn’t like metaphysics such as astrology or divination, but something that strictly adhered to physics and relied on reliable data. Therefore, Tomcat boldly dared to raise flags to show it to the Universe!

“But… that’s data from past observations, right?” Tang Yue voiced out his worries. “After Earth vanished, wouldn’t Mars’s orbit be affected? Would the atmospheric heating and circulation conditions still be the same as before?”

Tomcat paused.

It widened its eyes.

Holy sh*t!

I’m wrong! I’m wrong. I’ll immediately take down the flag on Olympus Mons!