Precise Prediction

Looking at the brilliant red aurora outside the window, Speaker Li swallowed slightly.

The extremely beautiful scene in front of him, however, made him feel a strong sense of suffocation.

The aurora predicted by Lü Yongchang had appeared. What about the red - giant stage in ten years and the helium flash in fifteen years...

Speaker Li shook his head, not daring to think in detail about the future scenarios.

...

In China.

In Shanghai.

Zhao Zijie was sitting on the balcony, quietly looking at the bright moon in the sky.

The evening breeze in early summer blew on his body, bringing a bit of coolness.

He took out his phone from his pocket, opened the QQ group, and skillfully found the chat group where he chatted and joked with his friends.

"I'm so bored..."

Zhao Zijie's fingers twitched slightly as he typed a line of words on his phone.

Then, he held up his phone and recorded a video of the surrounding environment.

"I'm the only one on the open - air balcony. Alas... so boring!"

Zhao Zijie's show - off words instantly drew everyone's disdain.

"Damn! If I remember correctly, Lao Zhao should be in Shanghai! Such a big open - air balcony... I'm jealous!"

"Tsk! I can even imagine the expression on Lao Zhao's face when he said this!"

"Damn it! Is this the world of the rich? I'm not envious at all!"

"Big shot! What do you think of me as your follower?!"

"..."

Looking at the barrage of complaining messages, a faint smile appeared on Zhao Zijie's face.

Just as he was about to type and chat with his group friends, one message caught his attention.

"Lao Zhao, there's something wrong with the video you took!"

Zhao Zijie's expression froze slightly, and a chill instantly ran down his back!

He quickly tapped on the keyboard and complained, "Damn! Don't scare me in the middle of the night!"

This statement only made things worse. The people who had just spoken in the group, eager to stir up trouble, started chattering one after another.

"Lao Zhao, turn on the front - facing camera of your phone and look behind you. I seem to have seen a human face just now!"

"What human face? It was clearly a white figure!"

Zhao Zijie swallowed slightly.

Although he was an atheist, hearing such remarks at around ten o'clock at night still made him feel a bit creepy.

Just as he was about to leave the balcony and go back to the room, the person who had spoken just now said something again.

"What are you all talking nonsense about?"

"I looked closely at the video just now. At 28 seconds, the moon you filmed had a tinge of red light. If you don't believe it, check it yourself!"

The QQ group fell silent for a few seconds. The next moment, countless messages flooded the screen.

"The blood moon has arrived, and chaos will ensue!"

"It's over, it's over. I'm not talking anymore. I'm going to stockpile food for a few years right away!"

Besides these起哄 messages, some people, driven by curiosity, clicked on the video to watch it again.

"Wait! The moon in the video does seem a bit red!"

"I saw it too!"

Zhao Zijie frowned and looked at his phone, then subconsciously clicked on the video he had just taken.

As the playback progressed to 28 seconds, his pupils shrank slightly.

He saw it too!

There seemed to be a faint red light on the surface of the moon!

The next moment, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky.

No!

It wasn't the moon that was emitting the red light!

The entire sky was emitting a faint red light!

His hands trembling, he picked up his phone and recorded another video.

"Look outside. Why is the sky in Shanghai turning red?!"

A few seconds after the message was sent.

"Damn! It's the same here! I'm in Hangzhou!"

"The same in Chongqing!"

"The sky in Japan is also turning red!"

"..."

As time passed, the red light in the sky became brighter and brighter.

Gradually, an extremely gorgeous red "ribbon" appeared in front of Zhao Zijie.

"Boom!"

A loud noise came.

The brightly lit Shanghai instantly plunged into darkness.

At the same time, screams came from all around.

Zhao Zijie hurriedly took out his phone.

22:50.

There was no signal on the phone at all.

...

That night, Zhao Zijie fell asleep in panic and unease.

Early the next morning, as soon as he opened his eyes, he grabbed the phone on the bedside.

Thank goodness, there was a signal!

He tentatively pressed the switch of the bedside lamp.

There was electricity!

As he turned on the TV, he tried to search online for what had happened last night.

"According to the latest report from the National Astronomical Observatories of China, around 22:42 last night, a solar flare suddenly erupted, bringing an extremely powerful solar wind. Therefore, at 22:50 last night, aurora phenomena of varying sizes occurred all over the world..."

"The eruption of this solar flare has caused great losses to China. First, the power system..."

The voice of the host rang in Zhao Zijie's ears.

He subconsciously opened the QQ group.

There were over 999 unread messages.

"Damn! It turned out to be an aurora!"

"This isn't scientific! Don't auroras only appear in the Arctic and Antarctic?!"

"Look, you chose to herd cattle instead of studying. Now you know you were wrong, right? There was a big red aurora event in 1958. However, according to the description, it shouldn't be as exaggerated as this time!"

"Logically speaking, this year shouldn't be a solar active period. How could this happen..."

"How would I know? You have to ask those scientists at the observatory!"

"..."

Looking at the chat records one by one, the panic in Zhao Zijie's heart lessened a bit.

So it was just a solar storm.

However... looking at the "expert" on the TV seriously explaining the cause of the aurora, a bit of worry gradually grew in Zhao Zijie's heart.

Was it really just a solar storm?

...

Compared with China, the United States suffered even greater losses.

It was daytime in the United States at that time, facing the sun directly.

The extremely powerful solar wind not only destroyed most of the power systems in the United States but also caused several planes to lose contact!

Even, most of the civilian satellites in the United States were destroyed by the solar wind!

Without electricity, without communication equipment...

At this moment, the United States seemed to have directly returned to the steam age!

...

Inside the First Ring Road in Beijing.

In the Speaker's office.

The scene of yesterday's meeting kept flashing through Speaker Li's mind.

After the aurora appeared, Speaker Li initiated a vote.

The content of the vote was naturally about the "prediction" of the sun proposed by Lü Yongchang.

Without any surprise, all the astronomy and physics professors present voted in favor.

Speaker Li frowned, and his knuckles gently tapped on the solid - wood desk.

What should he do to enable China to survive this disaster...

"Knock, knock, knock..."

A knock on the door came.

Speaker Li's expression was slightly startled, and he said softly, "Come in!"

The door of the office slowly opened, and Lü Yongchang's figure appeared at the door.