Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 43: Death of Project Flare
Li Nanke no longer looked at the horrific scene in the picture.

He turned around and said to the frightened Alba beside him, "Do you remember the log we saw in the laboratory?"

"When the number of aberrations reaches a certain critical value, it will trigger a wider range of aberrations to merge, and may eventually evolve into aberrations similar to the planetary level."

"And the intensity of the electromagnetic signal emitted by the construct will reach a peak, which can attract distorted creatures from other planets or alien civilizations in distant outer space."

"Connecting these two key clues with the information that the prison control room exploded artificially, leaving 100,000 death row prisoners waiting to die in the prison, we can know that the experimenters and prison management were definitely not simply evacuating."

"They knew that constructs would cause deformation in people after death, but they still turned 100,000 death row prisoners into corpses and left them in prison. Their sinister intentions are self-evident."

"They, or the Human Union Government, have never been able to absorb the technology through constructs, so they want to use the large number of prisoners in the prison to artificially create super-large aberrations, so as to summon more planetary aberrations and actively contact that terrifying extraterrestrial civilization."

"If the advanced technology on the construct really comes from some unknown extraterrestrial civilization, then even if there is only a small probability of mastering this technology, it will be a qualitative leap for human civilization."

"That giant planetary aberration can emit some kind of electromagnetic signal that transcends the distance limit of space, attracting similar or even unknown advanced civilizations to this planet."

"Flares are the most violent activity phenomena on the sun. They can also emit various electromagnetic radiations, accompanied by a sudden increase in particle radiation. The wavelengths of the light emitted span the entire electromagnetic spectrum..."

"So, the huge aberration on the planet beneath our feet is a flare that can emit electromagnetic signals."

"This is what's called...Project Flare!"

At the same time, a synchronous prompt sound sounded.

[Nightmare, you have triggered the subsequent hidden nodes! ]

[Hidden Node: Prevent the formation of the planetary aberration of Gliese 798c - 'Death Sign'! ]

Li Nanke's pupils shrank.

After seeing the content of the synchronization prompt clearly, his face became as gloomy as water.

Stop the giant deformed body that blocks out the sun from taking shape? Can humans complete the hidden nodes arranged by the Great Other Shore?
In the last guided dream, perhaps because of the novice benefits, he was able to use the power of the church to complete the hidden node and eliminate the evil god's offspring 'Orfanas', but now where can he find someone to join the government? It's impossible.

After listening to the contents of the Flare Plan, Alba sat down on a chair with a pale face: "Does the People's Union government want to die? How dare they do this? This is simply courting death!"

"Can a civilization that can create such constructs and aberrations be a good civilization? They must be an extremely terrifying advanced civilization! The Human Union government actually wants to take the initiative to contact them?!"

Li Nanke took a deep breath and calmed himself down. “Gliese 798c is a mineral planet that is very far away from the human home planet. Even though it is very far away physically, the Human Union government still treats all prison guards, researchers, and space station staff as abandoned pawns just in case. They even took the initiative to cut off contact with Gliese 798c to prevent the human home planet from being discovered by any alien civilization that might come.”

"In this way, even if the terrifying civilization that comes here has strong malicious intentions, it is unlikely to endanger the human home planet. The Human Union Government will only lose a mineral planet and 100,000 damned prisoners at most."

"As an experimental observation, this should be the best plan selected by the People's United Daily News government after weighing various considerations."

Such seemingly foolish and suicidal behavior is actually easy to understand. Take the Blue Planet in Li Nanke’s previous life as an example. When its own civilization was very weak, it tried to find and contact extraterrestrial civilizations. It was like an unguarded child shouting in a dark jungle, and the child didn’t know whether there were ferocious beasts hiding in the jungle.

Moreover, the People's Union government is not necessarily a monolithic entity. There are people who support the Flare Plan, and there are definitely people who oppose it. But no matter what, this extremely dangerous plan was implemented in the end. Li Nanke turned his head and asked Brigitte even though he knew it was unlikely, "Does the space station have any powerful weapons? Are there weapons like rail guns and space-based weapons that can effectively strike the surface of a planet?"

Brigitte shook her head as expected.

This shake of the head completely shattered Alba's only remaining hope of survival. He collapsed powerlessly in the chair, his eyes dull and lifeless.

Once the giant deformed monster on the planet takes shape, it will devour the entire space station. The space station is neither in the sky nor on the ground. Where can it escape to after being abandoned by the Human Union government?
As for the escape pod, if you lie down in it and hibernate, you will probably sleep forever and never wake up. You will either be swallowed by the planetary aberration, or drift in the cold and vast outer space until the energy of the escape pod is exhausted...

Li Nanke closed his eyes and thought, and when he opened them again, he had an extremely bold and crazy idea.

"Biji, does the space station have an independent propulsion system?"

"Yes, the space station is equipped with an independent propulsion system for orbit adjustment and attitude control, but the power and energy of this system are not enough for the space station to reach the escape velocity of Gliese 798c."

"Escape? No, not escape. Since the space station doesn't have ground-attack weapons, I will use the space station itself as a weapon!"

Li Nanke smiled coldly: "Biji, calculate the possibility of falling from the space station to the surface of the planet and using the powerful kinetic energy of gravity acceleration to accurately strike the designated target...that damn giant aberration under our feet."

Alba, who was standing by, suddenly sat up and stared at Li Nanke blankly, as if he had seen a ghost: "Michael, what are you going to do?"

Brigitte quickly analyzed the requirements and gave a professional answer:
"The space station is in a synchronous orbit, and the centrifugal force it is subject to is exactly equal to gravity. It is in equilibrium with the rotation of Gliese 798c and is stationary in space. However, there is a tens of thousands of kilometers long space elevator cable connected to the bottom of the space station. Due to the extremely large weight of the cable, the gravity of the planet will pull the space station toward the surface and it will fall."

"So there are tens of thousands of kilometers of cables connected to the top of the space station, and a counterweight with a large enough mass is installed. When the centrifugal force is greater than the gravity, a strong upward force is generated. The two forces cancel each other out to maintain the stable balance of the space station."

"If the counterweight above the space station is artificially removed, the space station will lose its balance in the current orbit and slowly slide to a lower orbit. This will also cause the space elevator cable to fall to the surface under the influence of the planet's gravity, dragging the space station."

"With the mass and structural strength of the space station, it will not disintegrate or explode due to the atmospheric friction of Gliese 798c. In addition, the gravity of the space elevator cable can be used to pull it apart. The propulsion device can adjust the orbit entry angle and attitude control very precisely. In theory, it can indeed carry out a devastating attack on ground targets."

"If you want to implement this plan, Station Commander, you need to take the escape capsule to the top of the space station and manually release the connection between the counterweight and the space station."

"Biji can accurately calculate various orbital parameters. You, the stationmaster, have authorized the Biji Space Station to operate and control the station, so that it can fall to the surface and strike the target... In theory, it is feasible, but unexpected failures and a series of unpredictable external environmental factors may occur in actual operations."

Li Nanke said without hesitation: "Okay, I authorize you to determine the implementation plan... The name of the plan is 'Blackie Plan'!"

"Understood, Station Master! Brigitte will implement the 'Black Spot Plan' after you release the counterweight, maneuvering the space station to fall to the surface and carry out a precise strike on the target."

Alba was completely stunned by this crazy plan. He stuttered and tried to speak, but found that he didn't know what to say.

Li Nanke glanced at him and said, "If we solve the flare in the 'Flare Project', then the terrifying advanced civilization will not come, and the Human Union government will definitely send a spacecraft to pick up our two extremely heinous prisoners."

"By then we will either be secretly executed or imprisoned for life, but there is always a glimmer of hope of survival, which is at least better than waiting to die silently now."

"I'm going to go find the escape pod to work on. Do you want to come?"

(End of this chapter)