Chapter 392 In dire straits
The ice block that was taken away was sculpted into a giant statue by Ma Liang with his magic paintbrush.

The remaining ice blocks melted into an ice ring that encircled the entire blue planet.

Viewed from afar in space, it resembles a white ring with an intricately carved divine image on its face.

This ring is placed on the blue planet and rotates with its rotation.

Looking out from the blue planet, the sky appears as if it were a magnificent Milky Way, with countless points of light shining within it.

Ma Liang, the master painter, was very satisfied with the artwork.

Well, once we get to the real Earth, we can make the ice blocks more detailed; some of the fusion points on the rings aren't perfect yet.

His gaze fell on Qiu Xiaomei on the ground again, and he secretly wondered if he should take his best friend to space to admire his masterpiece.
If Qiu Xiaomei knew what Ma Liang was thinking with his magic paintbrush, she would definitely give him a good scolding.

The glaciers in the sky are truly beautiful; the light and colors change constantly throughout the day.

Qiu Xiaomei, resting her chin on her hand and wearing sunglasses, racked her brains and finally came up with a suitable adjective.

This Milky Way is like a rotating colored light in a dance hall in Mohe!

Its colors are rich, sometimes changing from orange-red at the horizon to deep red, then to emerald green and deep blue, like a rainbow.

It looks beautiful, but the humans inside the trial are in big trouble!

Professor Liu and the others were so worried that their cheeks swelled up overnight.

"Although time is infinite, these ice blocks are short-lived. Without special means to block the heat and light, these ice blocks will vaporize, then turn into small comets, and eventually dissipate in space."

A gray-haired physicist looked on with worry: "This dissipated water vapor cannot be recovered, and Earth doesn't have enough water. What will the consequences be? I'm sure we all know."

Even Yuan Lang, the commander with limited education, understood: "We won't live to see the day we figure out a solution!"

"Yes, that's right. This test question has an extremely strict premise, which is survival."

Meanwhile, on the physical South Star, inside the secret base of China, the emergency response team's science department had already deduced what would happen next.

The air in the meeting room became thick and heavy; everyone was busy and tense.

Within a short hour, the chief scientist team submitted a brief report.

"The sudden loss of global ice sheets and the immense pressure on the oceans and the Earth's crust would cause a violent rebound in the global crust, triggering a super earthquake exceeding any known magnitude and a full-scale volcanic eruption. This disaster could occur within hours to no more than a week."

The leaders couldn't help but sit up straight, pursing their lips and clenching their fists tightly on the table.

They have already tallied who was sent to the trial grounds, and more than 80% of them are ordinary people.

Without government guidance and coordination, and with the military taking the lead, these ordinary people would be completely unable to cope with such a massive disaster.

This isn't the only bad news.

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Science spoke rapidly: "Water vapor is an important component of the atmosphere. The disappearance of water will cause a sharp drop in global air pressure of about 30%. The atmosphere will become drastically thinner, and the partial pressure of oxygen will plummet. Humans and animals will die in a short period of time due to hypoxia and decompression sickness, and the greenhouse effect will be completely eliminated."

"According to calculations, the air pressure in the training ground has already begun to drop!"

The spokesperson rubbed his throbbing temples, his heart heavy.

Never before had he understood so profoundly how fortunate it was that Earth could give birth to life.

Any small change could destroy Earth's ecosystem and ultimately lead to the extinction of life.

When the ocean freezes into ice, the first reaction of ordinary people is that it's terrible and a major drought is bound to follow.

But in the eyes of scientists, drought is only the least significant of the consequences. The spokesperson licked his dry lips, his hand holding the report trembling slightly: "Within weeks to months, the landscape of Earth will be reshaped."

"The average depth of the ocean is about 3688 meters. The deepest point, the Mariana Trench, will become a super canyon 11 kilometers deep, and the entire surface of the planet will be exposed. Ugly, saline basins will be crisscrossed with never-before-seen underwater mountains and rift valleys."

"Since water accounts for about 0.023% of the total mass of Earth, this loss of mass may slightly affect Earth's rotation and orbital stability. More fatally, the removal of water disrupts the crustal balance, which may interfere with mantle convection. In the long run, it may even weaken Earth's magnetic field, allowing cosmic rays to reach the surface directly."

I'm rough!

This is serious!

The alien who called himself Ma Liang with his magic paintbrush was able to control all the ice on Earth during the trial. If Ma Liang were to come to Earth in reality, could he do the same?

In other words, everything on the trial grounds could be a rehearsal.

Just thinking about it makes one feel hopeless.

The senior leader steadied himself and said in a deep voice, "How long do you mean by 'long-term'?"

"Within 100 years."

The top leader closed his eyes tightly.

Throughout China's five thousand years of history, we have experienced countless difficulties and setbacks, but never before has the situation been as severe as it is now!

Being a leader is really too difficult.

The spokesperson concluded: "Ultimately, Earth will become a lifeless, waterless, rust-red rocky planet, like a magnified, dry version of Mars. Without water to regulate the temperature, the temperature difference between day and night, and between the equator and the poles, will reach hundreds of degrees Celsius. The salt and mineral dust on the dried-up seabed will form deadly global dust storms, continuously eroding the landscape."

The meeting room was completely silent.

From the moment Ma Liang took away the first piece of ice with his magic paintbrush, the Blue Star on the trial grounds had already sounded the horn of death.

To fight against the heavens is a source of endless joy.

But when this "sky" refers to the entire planet Earth, even the Chinese people, who have never given up easily, lost confidence.

Before the emergency response team could decide whether to release the forecast to the public, it was already circulating widely on the internet.

Scientists from the United States and other countries have been issuing warnings online: "Humanity is doomed, Earth is doomed, even divine intervention cannot save us."

Many theologians attribute this to humanity finally being rejected by the gods, a reckoning by the gods against humanity.

The live stream was almost flooded with comments like "Your dad is still your dad".

Since the operators don't have the same strong emergency response capabilities as the streamers, they simply shut down the live stream to avoid causing even greater adverse effects.

The people of China were unusually quiet.

They acted as if they knew nothing about it, going about their business as usual.

No one asked Lin Xiaohe what they should do.

Because this is an unsolvable problem. All China has is the opportunity to request aid, not the ability to send people or supplies to the testing ground.

Even if Lin Xiaohe knew how to solve it, no one in the trial field could realize her idea.

Chapter 389 has been completely shut down, with half of its content deleted. It's unclear whether it will ever be released.

If not, I'll put that content in the comments section.

My heart is broken, shattered into pieces.

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