PFC Chapter 2720 Star Core Rescue (6)
Chapter 2720 Star Core Rescue (6)
Chapter 2720 Star Core Rescue (VI)
The two of them opened their eyes wide when they heard the news. Schiller rushed to the window, looked back at Natasha and said, "Are you sure it wasn't arranged by Nick?!"
"How could he do such a risky thing?" Natasha said, "That's tens of thousands of lives at stake. He's not from the military. Even if he's crazy, he wouldn't do that!"
Schiller calmed down as quickly as possible and thought about it. He felt that Nick really would not do such a thing. Although his moral bottom line was low, his position was very correct and he stood on the side of human civilization.
Accidents may happen in the space station, because after all, this is mankind's first attempt and mistakes are inevitable, but the space station cannot be destroyed. If it encounters a setback just after taking the first step, it is likely to greatly undermine the enthusiasm of various countries, and it will be difficult to carry out similar work in the future.
Nick just wanted to create a crisis so that everyone could work together to solve it. He didn't want to destroy the world. If such a large space station fell to the earth at high speed, as long as it landed on land, it might even directly penetrate the continental shelf. Then he would be a real sinner of humanity.
Schiller took a deep breath, took out his phone, dialed a number, and said to the other end: "Hello? Clark, look up at the sky!"
At this moment, I can’t care about whether to exercise or not. I should first stop the space station from falling.
Clark had already flown into the air when he received Schiller's call. He realized the disaster in the sky faster than any other human being, but he was not sure he could catch the space station instantly and keep everyone inside safe, so he did not rush up immediately, but kept adjusting his posture.
Schiller called at the perfect time, and Clark asked as he rushed up: "Can I let them see me?"
"It's better not to." Schiller said: "On the one hand, there is no Superman in this universe, and there may be some problems if you show up in public. On the other hand, this is a drill, and we should try not to be discovered."
"Drill?! Are the people in your universe so wild? If this thing hits me on the head, I will be stunned for three seconds!"
"So serious?!" Schiller was a little surprised.
"Isn't this made by you?!" Clark was even more surprised. He said, "I can confirm that the thing that is falling down now is extremely hard. There is a kind of metal in it that I have never seen in my universe..."
Schiller then remembered that the space station was basically made of molten steel alloy, which was mixed with a portion of vibranium. Although its hardness was not as good as adamantium, it had better toughness and shock absorption than adamantium, and was indeed hard enough.
Thinking of this, Schiller suddenly remembered that Howard also participated in the design of the space station. He once mentioned that some important parts of the space station adopted the same structure as Captain America's shield.
The biggest function of Captain America’s shield is that no matter how high Captain America jumps from, as long as the shield touches the ground, he will not be injured at all. This is the magic of sound-absorbing steel.
If this is the case, the design of the space station may have anticipated the fall. Thinking of this, Schiller said: "Clark, you just need to make sure that everyone in the space station is safe, adjust the speed and direction according to the situation and let it fall!"
"Are you crazy?!" Clark said, "How can you be sure that it won't disintegrate the moment it hits the ground? No human being can withstand such an impact!"
Schiller went over Howard and Stark's resumes several times in his mind, especially Howard's expression when he mentioned his skills and Stark's expression when he heard the drill plan. He became more determined in his thoughts and said, "Yes, you just need to slow down the descent at the right time, but don't stop it from falling. It would be best if you could let it fall into the sea."
"That's not difficult. Judging from its trajectory, it will indeed fall into the sea, probably south of Australia, close to the South Pole. I'm using a bio-force field to slow it down."
"Okay, Clark, keep me posted. I need to get in touch with the technicians who built this thing and I'll get back to you later."
Schiller asked Ultron to keep communicating with Clark, and called Howard. Now every second counted, so he didn't waste any words, but asked directly: "Will there be any problems if the space station falls into the sea at this speed?"
Howard was very noisy. He was arguing with various technicians. Howard roared, "I know what I built myself. There won't be any problems! Even if it falls at the original speed, the most that will happen is unconsciousness and injury, but no one will die!!!"
Schiller heard languages from all over the world, and the loudest voice was from China, which strongly opposed Howard's attempt to do so.
From these blunt words, Schiller could infer that the people arguing were divided into two parties, one was intercepting in the air, and the other was waiting to fall. China was the former, and Howard was the latter.
China proposed an aerial interception plan, which mainly utilized the power of their domestic mutants, and sent the Weather Witch, the King of All People and others to take over the space station, and they must minimize the loss of personnel.
Howard said that the space station could be allowed to crash into the water because the descent control device and shell structure he designed could offset 99% of the impact force. The worst result of the remaining 1% would be that the people inside would be knocked unconscious or slightly injured.
Obviously, the latter sounds unreliable and seems like a complete gamble. Even if Schiller trusts Howard's technical ability, he is not completely sure.
Seeing that the argument could not go on any longer, Schiller suddenly thought of a solution. He said to Howard, "Do you have the drawings with you? If so, show them to the Chinese people. They will understand that what you said is true."
Howard was a little skeptical because he was obviously a little too excited and felt that the other party just didn't trust him. Schiller ignored him and directly asked Ultron to send the drawings to Zheng Xian.
Soon, the argument died down. The Chinese technical experts who had seen the drawings unanimously agreed that what Howard said was true. They did not argue with Howard any more, but immediately arranged for people to prepare for sea search and rescue and salvage.
Clark controlled the speed of the space station, but he had previously discovered that there was a slow-descent suspension device inside the space station that was also controlling the speed. Although the people in the space station were unconscious, they were not in danger of life and might even wake up when they descended to a certain altitude.
The space station gradually broke through the atmosphere. Clarke had to carefully control the attitude and speed of the space station. He also had to monitor the heart rates of everyone inside at all times to prevent anyone from being in poor health and dying from accidents.
But as he was controlling the aircraft, Clark realized something was wrong. He immediately connected with Schiller and asked, "Does your exercise involve destroying the descent control device?"
"Of course not!" Schiller said firmly. He had already boarded the car to the airport with Natasha and Coulson. Although an accident had occurred, the plan had to go on, and setting off for Texas would not delay remote control command.
"The descent control device is broken." Clark said truthfully, "It was fine before entering the atmosphere. If it was working properly, the people inside would just be unconscious or suffer minor injuries from the collision. The whole thing is still stable. But now it's broken. If it weren't for me, the people inside would not survive for more than three seconds."
"Can you tell what's wrong with it?"
Clark wanted to say he didn't know, because he really didn't know how this thing worked. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I don't need to hold up the space station, so I can fly over and take a picture for you, but don't expect me to fix it. I just saw it, and if it wasn't in another universe, I would think there should be a bat logo on it."
"How to say?"
"Even a super brain can't understand how it works." Clark said very honestly: "Your scientists have leapt their thinking at a certain stage, but I don't have that kind of scientific inspiration."
Schiller knew that he was talking about the amazing scientific research ideas of the Starks, but he still asked Clark to fly in and take a picture of him.
This photo really hit the mark. As soon as Schiller sent it to Howard, Howard let out a scream.
"This is man-made damage!!!!" Howard yelled over there, as if explaining to a group of scientists from another country, "Someone destroyed the power core of the descent control system! See here? This place is smashed!!!"
There was another round of discussion in various languages on the other side, and finally the scientists collectively gave Schiller an answer. This thing was not damaged naturally at all. Someone hit the core of the slow descent system and directly scrapped it.
This made Schiller even more suspicious, so he called Nick again to confirm that it wasn't Nick's doing. Nick also confirmed to Schiller that it wasn't him. After the two checked their accounts, they found that neither of them was the culprit of the accident. Then they realized that there was a mysterious third party behind the scenes.
After a brief thought, Schiller said to Clark, "Can you find a way to keep the space station suspended in mid-air without anyone noticing you? Maybe tens of thousands of feet would be enough."
“I could hold the space station up for a while,” Clark said, “but if something else came flying over, it might be able to see me.”
"It's fine as long as we can't see you from inside the space station. We now suspect that there is a mysterious person sabotaging the space station. Don't let him see you."
It was not difficult for Clark to do this, since he was very good at flying while holding something. He slowly reduced the falling speed of the space station to zero, and then flew in the air while holding the space station.
Schiller immediately notified all countries through Howard, and SHIELD hired someone to stop the space station, because now is not a good time to test collision safety, because the mysterious man can destroy the slow descent system and can destroy other places, and they cannot risk so many lives.
Now Howard couldn't object. He was confident in his own skills, but he had no confidence in the viciousness of this mysterious man. If some structures inside the shell were really destroyed, he would become a historical sinner.
What made Schiller and Nick feel relieved was that this group of scientists did not pin their hopes on their super powers. Instead, they began to study how to carry out rescue operations in the air.
The space station is now in the center of the warm layer of the atmosphere, at an altitude of about 400 kilometers. The space station itself is heat-insulated and has a constant temperature, so the temperature of the warm layer has little effect on it.
More than half of the 13 areas that were mentioned before that had lost power are located in the half that fell. All the staff inside have been evacuated, so there are not many people in this entire half now, and the oxygen will be enough for a while.
However, this altitude is a bit awkward for human spaceflight. Aircraft are definitely not suitable, and neither are the space shuttles of most countries. Wakanda's aircraft are very suitable for this altitude.
But all the Wakanda spaceships were sent to the other half to pick up people. After all, more than half of the people were still there waiting for rescue.
Wakanda’s spaceship is good, but it is too small and can’t carry many people at a time. This alone is enough to keep them busy.
Schiller thought they would at least discuss it for a while, but as soon as he got on the plane, Ultron told him the results of the discussion.
Several Kree frigates that were previously captured by humans are now parked in a starport on the edge of the solar system. Those spaceships are quite large and have a full range of life-support facilities, making them very suitable for picking up people.
The only problem is that it flies too close to the earth, which could be a bit dangerous. After all, this thing was not customized according to the earth, and most of the modifications were made for interstellar travel, without considering close-earth rescue, so risks definitely exist.
But there is no time to worry about so many things now. These large spaceships must be sent to pick up the remaining people in the space station, and then Wakanda and the space station’s original small spaceships must be sent to rescue the people in the fallen half of the space station.
The moment the plan was finalized, lights lit up in government headquarters and technology centers of almost every country on Earth, like brilliant fireworks shooting into the sky.
The largest near-earth rescue operation in human history has begun.
Let’s go swimming!