After welding all of the fixed steel bars, Chen Yu accepted the hundreds of laser transmitters the staff member handed to him and installed them in the grooves on the "umbrella" one by one.
Afterward, he inserted dozens of sensors and monitoring equipment on the asteroid's surface before flying away. He then hovered 100 meters away from the asteroid and quietly waited for the government's next move.
"Everything is ready." Facing the camera, Chen Yu stretched out his hand and gestured to the government officials. "Please start your performance."
After saying so, several dozen seconds later, the solar reflector began expanding further. The reflectors scattered and distorted, accurately reflecting the bright sunlight from afar onto the black paint.
Looking down from above, everyone could see that the sunlight was reflected evenly. The camera was also constantly adjusting the angle of the sunlight in an effort to heat up all of the paint locations.
At the same time, the array of 130 laser transmitters also started operating at full power to increase the paint's temperature and heat up the asteroid's rocky surface.
Psssss — (Silent)
Very quickly, under the combined heat of sunlight and lasers, the temperature of the special sticky paint rapidly rose. Some of the ice crystals on the surface melted, evaporated, and ejected almost undetectable gases.
"Is this really okay?"
Crossing his arms, Chen Yu asked doubtfully.
In his eyes, such a small force was as ridiculous as an elephant farting on the moon, trying to move the moon.
However, as the overall temperature of the paint increased, more and more gases were ejected.
Some were small, some were large, some were thick, and some were thin.
The gases gradually merged into a ball and formed an infinitely long white comet tail!
Looking from a bird's eye view, the comet tail looked quite spectacular!
[What's with the sudden shock?]
[Crap, I'm feeling a little hot!]
[How beautiful...]
[When the oil temperature continues to rise, the metal mixture will melt and eject more gases.]
[I still think it's better to use thousands of nuclear weapons to blow up the asteroid...]
[Ditto. Use the Interstellar Portal to send the fragments away and push them into the black hole, lolol.]
[A meteorite with a diameter of 20 meters can already cause serious damage. Back then, the meteorite Russia used wasn't even 15 meters in diameter, and it even exploded in the air. Yet, it still caused 1,200 casualties.
How many ten-meter-wide meteorites can an asteroid with a diameter of six kilometers produce?
Do you want the host to send them one by one?]
[Some of the shattered meteorites will have their trajectories altered, but a considerable number will still hit Earth. Although it's much better than smashing into Earth directly, it's still unacceptable.]
[If not for UP's reminder, by the time the various countries realized the threat, it might already be too late. They would have no choice but to launch a large number of nuclear weapons to minimize the damage.]
[Getting rid of the asteroid without suffering any damage is the best outcome.]
[The host has indeed saved all of humanity …]
[This is really dangerous!
In the next few months, no matter how amazing the UP is, he will still die.]
[No matter what, the host will be my father from now on!
(dog head)]
[Daddy + 1 (dog head)]
Propelling the plasma engine higher and higher, Chen Yu and the livestream rooms' nine million viewers finally got a clear view of the asteroid.
It was oval in shape and "slowly" rotated. Its surface was covered with densely packed grooves. From a human's point of view, it was extremely ugly.
However, with the addition of the white tail that appeared to be spiraling due to the rotation of the planet, its appearance was instantly reversed. It looked like a space battleship that was sailing.
"Mhm... Interesting." Chen Yu couldn't help but give a thumbs up. "Based on the situation, this wave should be a success.
He didn't expect the combination of paint and sunlight to be so effective.
But it's impossible to change the orbit of an asteroid in a matter of minutes or hours. "
"This is bound to be a continuous and long process. I can only hope that everything goes smoothly."
After circling the asteroid once and finding nothing noteworthy, Chen Yu teleported through the Interstellar Portal and returned to Earth's Purple Mountain.
Whoosh — Whoosh —
After landing on the observatory's plaza, Chen Yu turned off the plasma engine. The surrounding staff members wearing disinfectant suits immediately came over with water guns and towels and started cleaning and disinfecting the armor.
"When can we get the information on Bell's orbital deviation?"
After waiting for the cleaning to finish, Chen Yu approached the person in charge and asked, "Give me a time. I'll come over and take a look when the time comes."
"The results of the calculations are available now."
The person in charge took out a tablet and showed the data displayed on the screen to Chen Yu. "There are many monitors on the asteroid. After observing the asteroid's flight angle for more than 10 minutes, the accuracy of the results is already very high.
You see … "
"The asteroid's speed has increased by 0.7% per second. After importing the model into the calculation, it is estimated that the asteroid will be more than 30,000 kilometers away from Earth in three months."
"Thirty thousand kilometers?" Stunned, Chen Yu asked, "What's the difference between that and installing it?
How many kilometers is the escape layer? "
"That's not the case."
Hurriedly, the person in charge explained, "The reflection of sunlight will continue, and the ejection of gas will continue to increase.
At that time, the asteroid will be at least 90,000 kilometers away. "
"90,000 kilometers... Won't it get torn apart by Earth's gravity?
What if some fragments fall down? "
"There's nothing we can do about that.
We still have a series of follow-up plans. All we can do is try to minimize the losses. "
"What if..." Chen Yu fell into deep thought. "What if we heat up the asteroid?
The kind that covers a large area? "
"Molotov cocktails?
The temperature is too high. "
"The temperature of ordinary flames..."
The person in charge: "???"
...
Fifteen minutes later, Chen Yu re-entered space and stood on the asteroid's surface.
Currently, he was holding several hundred candles in his arms.
"Dammit, I had to refresh three times just to get this thing. I feel like I'm suffering a loss..."
After muttering a few words, Chen Yu turned to face the camera and loudly said, "Speaking of which, I haven't reviewed any additional minor products since the sixth official livestream. I'll make up for it now.
Everyone, do you see the candles in my arms?
"It's called the Birthday Candle That Can't Be Blown Out. It's a product produced by a crazy company."
Taking out a candle and showing it to the camera, Chen Yu quickly explained, "The candle is made from some kind of butt powder, fiber, and bio-oil. It also has a lot of miscellaneous things added to it. It can't be extinguished by wind, water, dry powder, dry ice, carbon dioxide, liquid nitrogen, or any other means.
"Even in a vacuum, the candle can burn continuously for 26 days and nights. It can also emit high-temperature sparks during the burning process, igniting everything around it that can be ignited.
The furthest it can emit is 12 meters.
It is a must-have product for celebrating the birthdays of friends, classmates, colleagues, roommates, and leaders! "
[I'm really lucky to be your friend.
:)]
[Crap!
It's even better than the Golden Finger!]
[Birthday celebration x; Death anniversary celebration √!]
[I'm just afraid the birthday won't be lively.]
[I wish Grandpa a long life.]
[The fire brigade sent a red packet.]
[The fire brigade can't extinguish it...]
[The king asked me to patrol the mountains?
Roast a monk for dinner?]
[King · UP · I won't feel comfortable if I don't put on a good show.]
"That's the end of the simple introduction. Next up... For civilization, for humanity, for trillions of living beings, I!
Have nothing to fear! "
After saying the lines he had long since prepared, Chen Yu felt much more comfortable. He then adjusted his angle and faced downward. Hugging the hundreds of intertwined candles, he started the engine, and like a fearless moth, he "heroically" charged into the hot air!
"Earth!
I will protect it! "
"Ahaha..."
Roaring flames instantly rose into the air...
...
(I'll continue updating at night!)