Chapter 128: This Meteorite Has Navigation

Haha! This is great, I can't wait to see the training scene of these warships.

When Qin Hao finished hearing Cheng Haitang's words, he was overwhelmed with excitement.

Don't worry! It won't be long before you can see it, because our soldiers are training intensively.

Cheng Haitang replied with a smile.

Meanwhile.

On a simulation training ground at a certain military base, a holographic projection displayed a complex alien battlefield.

A soldier wearing the brand-new Steel Battle Armor easily dodged the attacks of virtual enemy aircraft; with a light tap of his finger, an energy beam precisely struck the target.

His movements were agile, his strength astonishing; the powerful assistance provided by the armor turned him into a little superman.

The old general stood in the observation room, watching the soldier's performance on the screen, his expression complex.

An army commander standing beside him sighed:

Our soldiers, with the help of the Enhancement Serum, have pushed their physical qualities to the human limit; plus this set of Steel Battle Armor,

I dare say a hundred-person squad can now easily crush the heavy armored unit of a former synthetic regiment.

They are warriors born for the stars and the sea.

The old general slowly said, "The war model on Blue Star is truly about to become history."

……

Just as the global military landscape was completely reshuffled due to Yanhuang Guo's technological leap,

the much-anticipated Kunlun Starship also successfully returned to Blue Star.

Yanhuang Guo Aerospace Command Center.

On the huge screen, Kunlun was slowly descending onto an open space.

Report! Kunlun has safely returned, and the data from the resource cabin is being transmitted synchronously!

A technician reported excitedly.

Luo Lao and Zhang Yunfeng stood side by side, both wearing smiles they could hardly contain.

How much helium-3 mineral area have they surveyed this time?

Luo Lao asked.

Preliminary estimates show we can easily mine seventy tons of helium-3, with total rare minerals exceeding thirty thousand tons!

The technician reported with a trembling voice.

Seventy tons of helium-3!

This is enough to support Yanhuang Guo's energy needs for at least half a century!

And thirty thousand tons of rare minerals constitute a huge treasure.

The reason Qin Hao wasn't allowed to directly copy these resources is mainly because we fear he would become accustomed to a 'take-it' mode, losing the necessary growth experience.

Because that is the most precious thing; only by experiencing it oneself can one perfect the tech tree.

Otherwise, a technological gap would appear, which is something nobody wants to see.

"Good! Excellent!" Luo Lao clenched his fists,

"We've struck it rich! This is only our first voyage!"

The news spread quickly across the nation, from official media to city alleys, everywhere filled with a celebratory atmosphere.

At the same time, magnetic levitation cars have begun mass production and pre-sales, with orders exploding everywhere, the dawn of the energy revolution fully illuminated.

The fully loaded return of Kunlun further boosted the people's confidence in the future to its peak.

Everyone immersed themselves in the joy of the new era's arrival, looking forward to the beautiful life technology would bring.

However, just as this frenzied joy reached its peak, the National Deep Space Early Warning Center blared a piercing red alarm.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

The alarm suddenly sounded, trembling everyone's nerves.

A monitor leapt up from his seat, staring at the flickering screen before him, his voice excited.

"Report! A high-density large iron ore meteorite has been detected; preliminary calculations give it a diameter of about 370 meters and a speed of 28 km/s. The target has already entered the Earth-Moon system! It is expected to strike the Blue Star island nation in seven days!"

Inside the command room, everyone was stunned by this sudden news.

The person in charge of the Deep Space Early Warning Center, Song Xuan, wore a grave expression; he quickly approached the main console and operated it with flying hands.

"Repeat detection! Confirm data! Immediately establish an impact trajectory model!"

Song Xuan spoke.

After the order was issued, the entire Deep Space Early Warning Center began operating at an unprecedented level of efficiency.

Data streams flowed like a waterfall, refreshing on the main control screen.

The computing power of each supercomputer was pushed to its limit, with countless parameters being input, corrected, and re-input.

A few minutes later, a technician leapt to his feet, his voice altered from excessive tension.

"The model... the model is complete! All data have undergone threefold cross-verification, and the result... the result is consistent!"

Song Xuan darted over to his side, his eyes locked firmly on the screen.

On the screen, a glaring red trajectory line extended from distant outer space, precisely passing through the lunar orbit,

and finally, its endpoint was a bright red, constantly flashing dot.

That dot happened to cover a narrow, elongated island region on the map of Blue Star.

"Impact probability... ninety-nine percent!"

The technician's voice trembled slightly, as if he could hardly believe the result he saw.

The entire command hall instantly fell into an eerie silence.

Everyone stared at that chart, their expressions complex to the extreme.

There was shock, there was solemnity, but more than that, there was a strange feeling that defied description.

"This... this is too much of a coincidence!"

A young observer couldn't help muttering softly, "Not too much, not too little, just right for the island country?"

His colleague beside him gave him a nudge, but couldn't help saying:

"It's more than just a coincidence; look at the energy simulation results. Based on its mass and speed, the energy generated by the impact would be just enough to erase that island from the map, but the effect on our country would remain within controllable limits."

As soon as those words were spoken, everyone's expressions became even stranger.

How is this a natural disaster?

This is practically as if someone took a paintbrush and, on the map of the Blue Star, precisely drew an X.

"Cough!"

Song Xuan coughed heavily, pulling everyone's thoughts back.

His expression was solemn, but deep in his eyes, a similar flicker of something unusual passed.

"Immediately report our observational data and analysis to the higher-ups!

At the same time, share copies of the data with other countries worldwide; this is not just a matter for our Yanhuang Guo alone."

Song Xuan issued the order in a low voice.

"Yes!"

……

Almost simultaneously with Yanhuang Guo sending out the bulletin.

All countries and organizations worldwide with deep-space detection capabilities almost simultaneously sounded the highest-level alarm.

Their telescopes, their radars, all pointed at the same target.

That object, hurtling at a terrifying speed of twenty-eight kilometers per second, was streaking straight toward the Blue Star—an unwelcome guest.

"Oh God, its trajectory shows no deviation; it's headed straight for Earth!"

"Our supercomputer 'Titan' ran a hundred thousand simulations, all with the same result! Impact point, longitude 138° east, latitude 36° north!"

"These coordinates... are XX Island of the island country!"

"The estimated impact energy equals the simultaneous detonation of three thousand megaton-level nuclear bombs. The shockwave will engulf the entire island country, and the resulting tsunami will swallow its entire coastline. Conclusion... no one can survive."

One set after another of cold data streamed in from around the globe.

No one doubted anymore.

This is neither a drill nor any nation's conspiracy.

This is a death sentence from the universe, utterly without reason.

The United Nations Headquarters building was brightly lit.

The emergency meeting was convened at unprecedented speed, and only half an hour later the UN Secretary-General appeared before the global broadcast cameras.

He announced in a solemn voice: "In the name of the United Nations, I issue to the world the highest-level celestial impact disaster warning.

"An asteroid approximately 370 meters in diameter will strike the Blue Star in seven days. According to the joint calculations of scientists worldwide, the impact point lies... in the island country."

As soon as the news broke, the world erupted.

For the hundreds of millions of people in the island country, this news was no less than the death knell of the apocalypse.

east***，*valley.

At the busiest intersection, the giant advertising screen no longer showed glamorous stars and products; instead, it displayed the solemn face of the UN Secretary-General, with a continuously scrolling red warning ticker below the screen.

【Seven days later, the meteorite descends.】

The air seemed to freeze for a second.

The next moment, panic surged like a breached dam, instantly flooding the entire city.

Screams, wails, and the piercing honks of cars mingled together, sounding the overture of chaos.

What had been an orderly society, in the face of absolute despair, instantly collapsed.

People frenziedly rushed to supermarkets and convenience stores, grabbing any food and water they could see.

Long queues formed in front of bank ATMs, which were quickly emptied of cash, followed by looting, smashing, and plundering.

Police sirens wailed to the heavens, but facing the nationwide apocalyptic frenzy, that pitiful semblance of order was like a candle in the wind, easily blown out.

Countless people abandoned everything, driving toward airports and ports in hopes of escaping the land about to be destroyed.

Yet, no country in the world dared to accept, at this moment, hundreds of millions of "apocalyptic refugees."

Routes and shipping to the outside world were completely cut off at once.

The island country became a vast sea‑isolated island that had been sentenced to death.

The Prime Minister's residence.

The once dignified Prime Minister's office was now in utter disarray.

The newly appointed Prime Minister, face ashen, slumped in his chair, his eyes vacant as he watched on television the sight of his own nation engulfed in flames and chaos.

"It's over… completely over…" he muttered to himself.

A secretary came rushing in, crawling and stumbling, shouting hoarsely:

"Your Excellency Prime Minister! Our request for aid sent to Yingjiang Guo… was… rejected!"