Chapter 18

Because the parent body of the meteor shower, namely the comet fragments, is not uniformly distributed in space, and since humans currently cannot precisely calculate the distribution structure of the dust grains of the parent comet of the meteor shower, it is impossible to accurately forecast the occurrence and scale of meteor showers as one forecasts solar and lunar eclipses.

The theoretical forecast of 200 per hour assumes certain ideal conditions and is not the same as actual observation; for the public, seeing more than a dozen meteors in an hour of actual observation is already good.

And at this moment, the Perseid meteor shower seen by the host has reached nearly a hundred per hour!

This indicates that the source of this meteor shower, Comet 109P, has reached the end of its path, and Comet 109P (Swift-Tuttle) will only generate giant fireballs under the action of gravitational waves—the sole condition.

The formation of fireballs under this celestial law indicates that the nine planets scattered in different regions of the solar system are about to simultaneously move to one side of the sun, converging in a fan-shaped region of varying degrees, forming the spectacle of the nine planets aligning.

The spectacle of the nine planets aligning last occurred in the year 1142; thus, it can be said to be a once-in-nine-hundred-years event.

This celestial spectacle from nine hundred years ago will be staged again in three months.

Congratulations, host! By chance, you have accidentally unlocked a new spectacle! It has been added to the extra task list in the check-in list; you may freely choose whether to check in at that time (if you complete the check-in, there is a chance to generate a surprise reward~).

This information flooded into his mind.

It was only then that Ning Chen, in the situation just now,

uttered that self-talk.

How could he know?

His self-talk

directly, throughout the entire live broadcast room,

to be precise, throughout the entire astronomy community of the Eastern Kingdom,

sparked a huge uproar!

"Brother Shiguang, you... what did you just say?"

"The nine planets aligning? We were just discussing the eight planets, and you jumped straight to the nine planets?"

"Once in nine hundred years? Judging by this, the last time the nine planets aligned was during the Song Dynasty?"

"That awesome person, can you check if the nine planets aligning event really happened in history?"

As soon as this questioning bullet comment fell,

the impatient audience, with some quick-handed ones, had already searched online and found the answer!

"Solid proof! Solid proof! I have found it!"

"I'll just paste it directly: 'The "nine planets aligning" that occurred on December 6, 1149, had a theta angle of 14.8 degrees.' It is said that the current speculation in the astronomy community is that this phenomenon probably occurred only once in six thousand years!"

"Wow, wow! I found this information too! I don't know if it's true or false! But everything searchable on the web points to the year 1149 as the time when the nine planets aligning event occurred!"

"Brother Shiguang just said nine hundred years ago; so counting back nine hundred years from now, it is almost exactly the time of the Song Dynasty!"

"Whoa... what did I see tonight?! What did I hear?! Is little me about to witness history?"

"Now I completely believe Brother Shiguang's words! I believe that in three months, this spectacle will definitely appear!"

"@National Astronomical Observatory! With things like this, can you say something? Pretend you didn't hear the streamer's words?"

The National Astronomical Observatory.

All the experts, professors, and scholars.

How could they not have seen it? How could they not have heard it?

But...

At this moment, everyone's confused gazes gathered once again on Chen Lao.

But...

Chen Lao, at this moment, had his mouth slightly open.

His eyes were looking at the live broadcast screen.

Unblinking.

In his mind, however, the words of the streamer he had just heard were echoing.

The nine planets aligning...

In three months...

This...

The nine planets aligning that occurred in the Song Dynasty nine hundred years ago.

Was the only recorded celestial miracle in human history.

But, after all, that was nine hundred years ago.

Moreover, it is impossible for any visual material to have been preserved.

People in the astronomy community know of this matter only through fragments of historical documents.

So much so that, in the astronomy community, it is only considered theoretically possible.

But, in reality, no one has ever seen it.

Even most people think it is just a legend.

And now, this streamer suddenly said—In three months! The nine planets aligning?!

Chen Lao felt his head buzzing.

His blood pressure was obviously starting to rise...

If it were just facing an ordinary small streamer who said this sentence,

the people of the Astronomical Observatory would, one hundred percent, laugh it off.

But this young streamer named Shiguang tonight.

He!

Predicted the meteor shower that the astronomy community could not predict!

He even predicted the accidental spectacle of the fireball!

This!

had no choice but to take it seriously, even someone of Chen Lao's caliber.

Let alone anyone else…

"Chen Lao, please sit down first, calm yourself…"

Beside him, Li Jiaoshou saw Chen Lao's shock and hurriedly stepped forward to help him sit down.

Afraid the old man might harm his body from excessive shock and agitation.

But Chen Lao raised his hand and brushed away Li Jiaoshou's supporting arm.

His eyes still hadn't left the livestream screen.

At last, he began to speak:

"You all! Right now! Contact this streamer, this young man called Brother Shiguang, contact him, quickly… contact him right now!"

At these words.

Everyone felt waves of shock rippling through their hearts.

To make someone of Chen Lao's caliber take it this seriously.

Was simply unimaginable!

They had never seen Chen Lao behave this way.

In their memory, Chen Lao had always been composed and refined, never once losing his composure like this.

"Chen Lao, we actually had that plan earlier, but we already contacted the official side of this livestream platform, and their reply was that they couldn't reach the phone number registered under this streamer's account either — no one's been picking up…"

Chen Lao shook his head, "Find a way! Find a way! Mobilize every connection you have! Find a way to contact him! You must find him! Find him!"

Then, he began muttering to himself.

"Incredible… simply incredible… for him to say something like that, there must be a reason… he actually dares to say it! Simply… incredible! He must have his reasons!"

A sixteen-second small recommendation actually pulled in over a hundred thousand views!

Inside the National Astronomical Institute.

Chen Lao kept pacing back and forth on the spot.

His entire being was already in a state of intense excitement.

He kept muttering on and on.

"If this is really true!"

"If this is really true…"

"This will be the first time in human society since entering the information age that we have a chance to use modern science and technology to capture, measure, and study the legendary Nine Stars Alignment phenomenon — it could very well directly advance the progress of astrophysics…"

"And because of this streamer, we can know in advance that this moment is about to arrive, and prepare ourselves for observation and research ahead of time! And the Eastern Nation will also become the first country to study this miraculous celestial phenomenon!"

"Then this means! We've learned of this major event ahead of time…"