The half-moon hangs in the sky, and the sky is filled with stars.
It's late autumn, the clouds are thin, the wind is clear, it's a good day for stargazing.
On the night of October 13th, an extraordinary day, the news reported that tonight, the largest Orion meteor shower will arrive as scheduled.
This will be the largest meteor shower ever detected.
Various social platforms and circles of friends are pushing the topic of meteor showers, making wishes and praying. Anyone who has nothing to do has made an appointment with classmates and friends to watch the meteors in a place with a wide field of vision.
On the school playground, groups of students lying on the grass of the football field were looking at the night sky and talking about life ideals, friendship and love, international trends, and time, space and universe. It was very lively.
On the seaside with a wide view, travelers camping and stargazing were guarding the campfire, looking at the sky from time to time, talking and laughing, waiting for the arrival of the meteor shower.
Couples on the seabed are cuddling each other and waiting for each other.
Countless professional photographers have already brought their equipment and set up their cameras in areas with a wide field of view, looking forward to this rare Orionid meteor shower.
Rooftops, parks, campuses, mountains, grasslands.
Students, urban white-collar workers, photographers, astronomy enthusiasts, and researchers.
Countless people are waiting.
"Wait a minute when the meteor comes, what should you wish for?"
"Nonsense, of course it's world peace. This wishing event was launched for the chaos in Africa and South America."
"What does world peace have to do with me?"
"If meteors fall because of wishes, then as soon as you look up, you will find that life is as brilliant as a meteor shower."
"Wish me to become rich overnight."
"I wish God would give me a handsome boy."
"People think that wishing on a shooting star will make their wishes come true, but they don't know that the fleeting shooting stars are just the tears left by God for the fallen people. Does God want to cry for this world?"
The meteor shower has not really started yet, but there have already been various comments and discussions about making wishes on the Internet, social platforms and circles of friends. All kinds of pictures are circulated on social platforms and circles of friends, with all kinds of weird wishes, all kinds of complaints, and all kinds of unnecessary moans.
This is a global topic, and it will also be the longest and most numerous meteor shower in so many years.
Africa and South America are immersed in chaotic struggles and are on the verge of war. Other countries and regions are waiting for this romantic meteor shower, a carnival before the storm.
The world is still peaceful.
There are still three hours before the meteor shower reaches the earth. No one on the earth is paying attention. The moon has already taken the lead in welcoming the meteor shower.
A space meteorite from the Orion constellation is hitting the moon head-on at a speed of 130,000 kilometers per hour.
Even the astronomers in the anthole were secretly stunned by this high-intensity meteorite rain. Fortunately, there is no atmosphere on the surface of the moon, otherwise the shock wave generated by such an impact would definitely be quite large.
Each space meteorite weighing 40 kilograms is equivalent to twenty cruise missiles. Thousands of large and small meteorites are now bombarding the lunar surface.
This is the largest meteorite shower ever discovered in the history of monitoring, and thousands of meteorites are falling.
Including Shi Dongting, the six scientists currently stationed on the moon are gathered in the satellite center of the lunar base.
They are all waiting to see if any meteorites fall near the base. Meteorites that have not been burned by the atmosphere are more valuable for research than meteorites that fall into the earth, and are very helpful to their research.
"I wonder if there will be meteorites falling near the base?" Bi Shichen sighed.
"Should we send a warning to the earth? This meteor shower may be much larger than imagined." Another scientist said.
"The alarm has been there for a long time. People on Earth are now waiting to see the meteor shower. There is only romance, and few people care about the alarm. But if you are hit by a falling meteorite, you can only say that you have won the lottery."
Several people said something to each other.
Shi Dongting was sitting on the main chair, paying careful attention to various situations.
Now that he is the base commander, under special circumstances, he must always pay attention to the situation of the base. If a meteorite falls here at their base, it is no joke.
"Commander, the satellite detected that a meteorite fell in the plain area of Area F14, 80 kilometers away from the base. The Earth has approved the request and can send robots to search."
The artificial intelligence of the moon base marked the place where the meteorite fell.
Shi Dongting was shocked and straightened his back.
Several scientists on the field looked excited and looked at Shi Dongting: "Commander..."
"Xiaoyue, calculate the time it takes for the transport robot to reach area F14."
"Two hours."
"Send transport robot No. 7 to the crash site and bring the meteorite back." Shi Dongting decided immediately.
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Xianglu Bay Villa.
Controlled nuclear fusion has become popular, new energy vehicles have become popular, and many heavily polluting industries have been eliminated. The role of environmental protection policies is obvious.
Nowadays, in big cities, even in places where light pollution is not serious, you can clearly see the starry night sky.
Chen Mo, Xiao Yu, Zhao Min and others were also waiting and playing on the grass, and the atmosphere was pleasant. There is a robot in charge of the barbecue, and several people can play games freely.
Wushuang has passed her tenth birthday. She has grown much taller, is slim and very delicate. She looks much prettier than her mother when she was a child. She has a little baby fat on her face and looks very cute. In terms of study, Wushuang, who is over ten years old, has almost completed high school knowledge, so now he knows everything. Looks like a little adult.
But one thing remains unchanged: he loves to eat the candies sent by Zhao Min. He has loved eating them since he was a child, and his relationship with Zhao Min is very close.
A few people were drawing cards and putting stickers on the grass.
"Dad, when will you and mom give birth to a younger brother for me to play with?" Wushuang said while drawing cards.
"Forehead?"
"Well!"
Chen Mo and Xiaoyu were a little shocked by Wushuang's sudden question, but Zhao Min was extremely happy on the sidelines.
"Aunt Mo can't give birth, otherwise Aunt Mo and Dad will give birth."
"Haha..." Zhao Min couldn't help laughing.
"You're a kid but you're a kid." Xiaoyu flicked Wushuang's head, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Is the younger brother just for you to play with?"
"Brother, this is just for playing." Wu Shuang touched Xiao Yu's forehead, laughed out of his dimples, and directly took a card from Xiao Yu's hand, combined it into a pair and put it into the pile: "Mom, you lost , stickers, giggle..."
"You actually took the opportunity to peek at mom's cards?"
"It's called a red herring."
"Ha ha ha ha… "
Chen Mo and Zhao Min couldn't help laughing, and Mo Nu also laughed softly.
"Mom, grandparents and grandparents all said that there are few boys in the family, so they can't rush you and dad, but you must hurry up and give me a little brother to play with, otherwise..." The little girl's eyes rolled around, and her smile was very sweet.
"What else?"
"I won't tell you, I'll tell Aunt Min quietly."
"You also learned how to be mysterious." Xiaoyu flicked her forehead again: "Go get a bottle of drink for mom."
"As commanded."
After the game ended, a few people sat on the grass chatting, looking at the sky, Wushuang leaned on Zhao Min, talking and laughing.
Their house is just a little bigger than ordinary people now, but their life is still very normal. Chen Mo lives between home and work. He occasionally takes time off to go out to play or socialize. This kind of opportunity to watch the stars with his family is also rare.
"Aunt Min, let me tell you about the wishes I want to make when I see a shooting star. There are many wishes. Do you want to listen?" Wushuang lay on Zhao Min and said with a smile.
"Can't Mom listen?"
"No, I just told Aunt Min."
Xiaoyu couldn't laugh or cry. Sometimes she even doubted whether the daughter was her biological child.
Wushuang clung to Zhao Min's ear and whispered. Before he could finish his words, Zhao Min tickled him. The two got into a fight. Soon, the flames of war spread to Xiao Yu and Mo Nu. Wushuang is the spice of this family. agent.
Chen Mo watched them playing around, feeling indescribably relaxed.
Suddenly, a bright meteor streaked across the starry sky and disappeared in a flash.
"The meteor shower is coming."
When the first meteor appeared, there were countless dazzling moments watching it streak across the starry sky. On rooftops, playgrounds, grasslands, beaches, mountaintops with gentle breezes, and seasides with salty air, countless people raised their heads and made their wishes.
Outside the Earth, meteorite streams are approaching the Earth's atmosphere at incredible speeds.
If someone could see the meteorite flow clearly, they would be shocked. The meteorite flow is mixed with the wreckage of spacecraft of different sizes, broken wreckage, cryo chambers, and strange corpses, which are rapidly approaching the earth's atmosphere. .
A meteor shower that will shock the world is about to take place.
(End of chapter)