Chapter 40: Dawn Stone!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Arctic Circle.
Right now, Lu Zhou is in a research laboratory inspecting a stone. If Chu Zixuan was here, he would instantly recognize the stone to be similar to the one he’d seen in Sky Stone Village!
He was rather content at the mont, with physicists, biologists, historians, and chemists all gathered here. In the past, humans weren’t this unified; even deciding on a collaborative project required assessing its pros and cons…
Shortly after, experts of various disciplines began inspecting the stone with their knowledge and techniques.
Once their examinations were finished, Lu Zhou quickly asked, “What is this?”
The archaeologist started, “Based on the stratigraphy, this stone first appeared on Earth around a million years ago…”
The other scholars agreed, “Indeed, this thing has been on Earth for about a million years!”
Lu Zhou frowned and said, “So you’re saying that this stone isn’t a product of Earth?”
“Correct!”
An astronomy expert nodded, saying, “This is a fragnt left over from when a small asteroid about a kiloter in diater struck the Earth. It isn’t a product of the Earth!”
“We’ve used various formulas to roughly calculate that the teorite itself existed for about a hundred million years, but it’s only been on Earth for a million years!”
Lu Zhou nodded in understanding, “So there are stones like this one, about a kiloter in diater. Right now, I’m not asking you to figure out why this stone can repel insects. I want you to calculate, as quickly as possible, the impact point of this small asteroid when it struck the Earth a million years ago, the extent of the splash area, and possible landing sites where fragnts could have fallen!”
Just as the words were out of his mouth, an expert interrupted, “The impact point has been simulated. While the others were performing asurents, I’ve already simulated the impact point!”
With that, he quickly handed a simulation image to Lu Zhou.
Lu Zhou glanced at the image on the tablet. It indeed showed a small asteroid entering Earth from outer space and subsequently colliding with it. He intently asked, “Where is this?”
He paused, finding the impact location different from any continent that he knew of.
“I simulated it based on the geographical conditions of a million years ago. The continents were different then…”
“Just tell
the geographical location as it is now!”
“Shuchuan!”
Lu Zhou was montarily taken aback. He stamred, “Please don’t tell , the Shuchuan basin was ford by this small asteroid?”
“Not entirely by the asteroid’s impact. The Shuchuan basin was ford gradually due to tectonic movents. We can only base our simulations of the landscape a million years ago on differences found in the soil strata…”
After sorting out the information, Lu Zhou got a clear picture. He left a brief instruction to them to continue researching why the stone could repel insects, before rushing towards the command center.
Upon receiving the news, Yao Zhenguo was overjoyed and said quickly, “You’re saying that such a small stone can keep the insects away?”
Lu Zhou nodded, ‘Yes, although we don’t know the specific principle behind it yet, all types of insects encountered so far avoid areas where this stone is present. ”
Yao Zhenguo hurriedly asked, “Then what is the coverage area of this stone?”
“Based on our research, we assu that the stone’s mass determines the scope of its radiation…”
As Lu Zhou earnestly took out a piece of paper to start calculating, he said, “To help you understand, let
explain it using concepts taught in compulsory education…
Yao Zhenguo kept a straight face. He had long forgotten the formulas learned years ago. He wanted to say, ‘Just tell
the conclusion,’ but he didn’t interrupt seeing Lu Zhou’s enthusiastic expression.
“Through professional calculation, we found that the density of this stone is 3g/cm3 , the mass is around loog, and the volu is about 33cm3. The radiation scope is roughly a circle with a diater of a hundred ters…”
Yao Zhenguo nodded, “So, a small loog stone can radiate within a one-hundred-ter diater?”
“Correct!”
“And how much of this stone do we have?”
“We roughly calculated that the volu of the small asteroid with a diater of one kiloter is approximately 294524306.25 cubic ters, and its mass is around 883572.92 tons!”
“If we collect all the teorite fragnts, they can cover about 613442.96 square kiloters!”
At this point, Yao Zhenguo perked up and quickly asked, “Aside from
Shuchuan, where else can we find this stone?”
“Pretty much everywhere in our country. Partly because the splash area is vast, and partly because tectonic movents carried these stones throughout the country!”
“However, the closer to the Shuchuan basin, both the number and density of the stones are higher!”
As Lu Zhou was explaining, he opened the satellite map data, pointed out the situation in Shuchuan, and said, “Look, within Shuchuan, there are more than a hundred sites where no insect intrusion has been reported…”
“Additionally, so of the mountain peaks now have similar situations, indicating the presence of these foreign teorites!”
“Excellent job!”
Yao Zhenguo unexpectedly praised and then asked, “What’s the na of this stone?”
Lu Zhou paused before answering, “We haven’t had the chance to na it yet!”
After discovering the unusual properties of the stone, the research institute imdiately embarked on experints — they hadn’t had the ti to consider what to na it.
“Now, give it a na!”
Knowing the severity of the situation, Lu Zhou nad it quickly after so thought, “Let’s call it the Dawn Stone, then. It dispels darkness and brings the dawn!”
“Good!”
Yao Zhenguo clapped his hands in agreent, promptly issuing orders to his staff, “Compile all the information Lu Zhou has provided and distribute it across all the military districts in our country so that everybody is aware of the existence of the Dawn Stone. Moreover, military districts closer to the location can consider leading civilians to retreat to the Shuchuan basin…”
Soon, in the skies above the Arctic Circle base, dozens to hundreds of planes from the Hua Nation took flight again, heading towards the interior of the country. This ti, they were bringing hope in the form of the Dawn Stone!
After Lu Zhou left, a mber of the think tank inquired.
“Do we need to share this information with other countries?”
Yao Zhenguo counter-questioned, “Do other countries have any Dawn Stones?”
The think-tank mber shook his head, “No, almost all of the Dawn Stones are within our country!”
Yao Zhenguo replied indifferently, “Then we can hold off for a bit!”
Upon returning to the research institute, soone quickly reported to Lu Zhou.
“We’ve confird via satellite comparisons and calculations. Besides being embedded within rocks, a significant amount of the Dawn Stone had been driven deep underground due to tectonic movents…”
“Based on the tectonic movent chart of the last million years, the deeper one goes into the Shuchuan basin, the more Dawn Stones there are. Similarly, the higher the western mountains of Shuchuan are, the more populated they are with Dawn Stones…”
“Have we found a detection thod?”
“No, we can only confirm the existence of the Dawn Stone based on the insects’ fear of it… The Dawn Stone looks too ordinary. If not for its ability to repel insects, all of its properties are almost the sa as those of ordinary rocks….”
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