Chapter 104 Innate Vigorous Energy Extractor
Space cannon was a superweapon. It didn’t belong to this era. If one were to put a ti stamp on it, it was a weapon of one or two millennia later.
Humans of this age didn’t have the ability to build such weapons. However, Himl Soan, the 200-year-old man, had successfully built one. Because of the space cannon, people began to believe his age.
Maybe he was the key to saving Earth!
The original plan was to spend two hours on the space cannon and one hour on the underground shelter.
However, the audience was so intrigued that they kept bombarding Himl Soan with questions. After three hours, they were still inquiring about the space cannon. Himl Soan cleared his throat, saying, “I think we should stop here. I’ve told you the space cannon’s overall structure and principle, and you’ve seen the diagram. Let’s move on to the next subject. I’m going to tell you why I find the arks unreliable and why we have to build underground shelters!”
The audience took out notebooks and listened carefully.
Himl Soan started from the beginning.
“I have my own theory, and I don’t like using existing units. Before I get into the details, I’ll introduce the units in my system. I use T to represent power and Z the hardness. The two correspond with each other. The power of iT can destroy an object with the hardness of 1Z. That’s all you need to know.
“From my observation, the hardness of the super teorite is close to 5 billion Z-4.9 billion Z, to be more precise. The power of the energy cannon is between 50 to 80 thousand T. It’s never going to be powerful enough to destroy the teorite!
“1.2 billion T of power could destroy the solar system. That is to say, the teorite is harder than the sun and even harder to destroy. It’s not what the energy cannon is designed to do!
“The teorite is approaching Earth at 1/360 the speed of light. With its hardness, one can only imagine what damage it will do to Earth. The impact will exceed over 10 billion T. Do you think a re ark can withstand that kind of impact?
“Of course, I’m going to stop it with the space cannon, but the teorite will still affect Earth when it approaches us. Tsunamis and volcanic eruptions are unavoidable, and earthquakes are expected. The arks can withstand all of that. However, they won’t withstand the broken pieces of the teorite!
“Nothing can completely pulverize the teorite, not even the space cannon. After it’s blown up, small pieces of it will still enter the atmosphere and land on Earth. The power of those pieces will be between 60 thousand T to 1.7 million T.
“That’s to say, the energy cannon may not have the power to destroy even one piece of the teorite. Do you think the arks can withstand the energy cannon? Of course not! The defensive power of the arks is within 20 thousand Z. They’ll be destroyed by a small piece of the teorite.”
Soone raised their hand, asking, “Mr. Soan, will the underground shelter withstand it, then? What if there’s an earthquake?”
“Regarding the underground shelter, the depth between 500m to 1km underground is the possible safe zone, whereas anywhere deeper than ikm will be the absolute safe zone. Because of the teorite’s shape, when the broken pieces hit Earth, they’ll create pits at most 400m deep. There can be exceptions, which may reach beyond 500m. Therefore, the deeper the underground shelters are, the safer they will be.
“Then, there are the earthquakes. The falling teorite pieces and earthquakes can cause the underground shelter to collapse. Therefore, we need another substance, the
IVE!!
Of course, that was short for “innate vigorous energy.” Using the abbreviation made it sound much more sophisticated.
“What’s IVE?”
“It’s another substance. It’s not as powerful as SE, but it’s much more pliable and durable. It can sustain the entire underground shelter. Even if the ground caves in, the shelter will maintain its structure. Bring forth the device.”
Viclan waved his hand, and so staff carried the giant Innate Vigorous Energy Extractor onto the stage.
Himl Soan said, “This is the IVE Extractor. It needs a human factor to work because one of the elents it needs cos from the human body. One only needs to put their hand on the device, and it’ll produce IVE. It’s already in mass production in my country. A thousand devices are needed for a shelter that fits a million people. Of course, we can always upgrade the capacity. That way, we may only need ten or a hundred devices.”
Soone asked, “Mr. Soan, in that case, can we have this device on the arks?”
“No. The device has to be set on a steady, level surface. The arks are too bumpy. A little tilt and the device will stop working.” “What if we steady the ark?”
“Are you sure you can do that? Once the earthquakes and tsunamis hit, how are you going to stabilize the arks? When the arks tilt, the device will stop working, and the arks can be destroyed by the teorite pieces at any mont!”
The audience finally understood why Himl Soan insisted on building the underground shelter. That also explained why he had called the arks unreliable.
“I see!”
“Mr. Soan knew it all along. Why didn’t he tell us before?”
“That’s right! He knew all along! Why is he only telling us now? Why didn’t he tell us as soon as he discovered the teorite?”
“Do you believe him?”
“Don’t you? We don’t have much ti left!”
“You deserve to die!”
“You’re all idiots! Do you believe everything other people tell you? Arks are the more reliable choice. That Himl Soan sounds so fake!”
Henry also brought up those questions at the conference.
Himl Soan ignored the people who still wouldn’t believe him.
“I told the world a teorite was coming as soon as I discovered it. Did any country believe ? So people still doubt now, but that’s all I have to say. My country is giving out the blueprint of this device for free. You’re all welco to make a copy. We still have ti to build so more. Moon also needs to build a lot of extractors, so we won’t be able to help other countries. I’m sorry!”
In Neige.
When Oraman heard this, he shouted at his secretary, “Get a blueprint now! We’ll start the production right away!”
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