Chapter 184 Nuclear Explosion

"The eruption of a single Yellowstone volcano cannot actually cause the world-destroying harm that ordinary bug people imagine."

In an underground bomb shelter in the southern suburbs of London, England, a volcanologist was in a special conference room, reporting to the heads of the European Union in a video conference. "Although the Yellowstone volcano is the largest super volcano in the world today and is still active, Its potential volcanic material capacity is not the highest.

Let's put it this way,

The geological community uses the Volcanic Explosive Index to evaluate the power and volume of volcanic eruptions.

For VEI-6 level volcanoes, the eruption volume of volcanic material is 10 to 99 cubic kilometers.

A VEI-7 level volcano has an eruption volume of 100~999Cu km.

A VEI-8 level volcano, commonly known as a super volcano by ordinary bug people, has an eruption volume of 1000~9999Cu km.

The Yellowstone volcano has erupted three times in history. The first eruption was more than 2 million years ago with a volume of 2450 Cu km, and the second eruption was 1.3 million years ago with a volume of 2800 Cu km. The third time was 630,000 years ago, 1000Cu km.

There have been more than 40 VEI-8 super volcanoes erupting in the history of the earth, and the Yellowstone volcano can only be regarded as a medium level. Above it, there are the 3200Cu km Toba volcano in Indonesia, the 5000Cu km La Garita volcano in Colorado, and the 6800Cu km Mount Shamu..."

"Wait a moment."

During the video conference, a senior European Union official interrupted, "I remember that the Toba volcano erupted 75,000 years ago, right? It seemed that it released 120 billion tons of energy equivalent to Trinitrotoluene, which is equivalent to two thousand Tsar bombs. Exploded simultaneously.

This directly caused the earth's average temperature to drop by 5 degrees Celsius in six years, directly entering an ice age and almost causing humankind to become extinct. "

"Yes, you have a good memory, Your Excellency Prime Minister."

The volcanologist nodded, "But that was 75,000 years ago before humans established civilization.

Now, our insect civilization has built cities with modern agricultural greenhouses, night-light lamps, soilless cultivation, gas masks and other technologies, which can minimize the impact of super volcanic eruptions.

Yes, if the Yellowstone volcano erupts with full reserves,

The 2800 Cu km of volcanic ash it erupts will spread to high altitudes across the United States within a few days and enter the global atmospheric circulation system within a few weeks.

In the next few years,

Blocks the sun's rays and heat, lowering global temperatures by an average of 5 degrees.

It has caused a reduction in global agricultural production, and a large number of plants have died due to lack of sunlight. This has also caused a chain reaction in the ecosystem, leading to the mass extinction of some herbivores, carnivores and insects.

At the same time, it will also trigger sudden changes in the global climate, changing the westerly belt and ocean currents. Europe will become a subarctic zone or tundra climate, and the south of East Asia will alternately suffer from freezes and droughts.

But the entire insect race will not be extinct.

Even in the worst model, the insect civilization will probably only die around 1.5 to 2 billion.

The vast majority of them occur in areas such as Africa and South America that do not have large-scale modern greenhouse agricultural technology. Because the local insect pests do not receive assistance from the United States and Europe, they will first starve to death, and then compete for resources. A war breaks out and a lot of people are killed.

Moreover, these 2 billion bug-men will slowly die out within 6 to 10 years.

If we had to calculate the number of bugs that died due to the eruption of the Yellowstone volcano within 15 hours, it would probably be... 300,000.

First there were the 90,000 bug-people living around Yellowstone Park, and then there were the 200,000 bug-people in the surrounding areas who suffocated to death from inhaling excessive volcanic ash. "

"300000..."

The heads of the European Union looked solemn and dignified.

In just half an hour, Li Ang has fully proved his threat, and all the insect people believe that this higher-dimensional existence will not do useless things.

He must know that by detonating the Yellowstone volcano, there is no way to complete the target of exterminating 500 million bugs in 15 hours, but he is still doing it. There must be a reason behind this.

Someone asked softly: "Does he want to use the huge amount of volcanic ash produced by the super volcanic eruption to create large-scale meteorological weapons?"

“Ask first if you can, then if you can.”

The volcanologist said solemnly: "The American Volcano Research Institute has always sent people to the research institutes of large volcanoes such as Yellowstone to monitor volcano conditions.

Generally speaking, before a super volcano erupts, there will be a preparation period of several months to a year - the magma in the mantle enters the crust, and after several eruptions, pressure accumulates in the crust. Finally, the internal pressure is higher than the external pressure, forming a break out.

During this process, bubbles will continue to be released inside the volcano, which can be discovered immediately by researchers stationed outside.

Previously, the Yellowstone volcano did not have any depressurization characteristics, indicating that it was completely unprepared for an eruption.

In other words, the extraordinary person who descended from a higher dimension must manually detonate the Yellowstone. The way to detonate Yellowstone is to bury at least five Tsar Bomb-level high-yield nuclear bombs deep into the volcano and detonate them simultaneously.

Only in this way can in theory, enough pressure be given to the earth's crust to activate the magma reservoir below the volcano and complete the eruption. "

"Five Tsar Bombas..."

The European leaders in the video conference were silent, and someone asked softly: "Are we going to end the launch of intercontinental missiles towards the United States?

Li Risheng has been there for more than 10 minutes. Maybe he is waiting for us to take the initiative to launch an intercontinental missile with a nuclear warhead. "

"No, there is no need to end ICBMs."

A European leader shook his head. The Tsar bomb actually had a yield of 60 million tons, and below that was the B41 nuclear aerial bomb with a yield of 25 million tons.

At present, all countries are afraid of Li Risheng's strange power. Until the details are found out, the intercontinental ballistic missiles launched towards him are all small-yield nuclear bombs.

For example, W76 is equivalent to 100,000 tons, and W80 is equivalent to 150,000 tons.

These nuclear bombs are very powerful, but compared with the B41 or even the Tsar Bomba, they seem a bit small.

“Since his appearance, Li Risheng has been deliberately avoiding direct contact with intercontinental ballistic missiles and has been transmitting them non-stop.

Maybe he really doesn't have the ability to withstand the nuclear explosion of an intercontinental ballistic missile at close range.

Staying in Yellowstone Park at this moment may also be for the purpose of intimidation and deterrence. Deter us to stop launching intercontinental ballistic missiles towards the United States so that he can collect missiles to bomb American cities. "

A European leader took a deep breath, "Now that the American bugs have fallen into chaos, we must be clear-headed and calm, and exercise restraint.

Fire more ICBMs at them. "

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In Yellowstone Lake, Li Ang was hidden among the layers of towering trees, listening to the sounds of the surrounding vegetation.

He could imagine what the high-level bug people in the United States, Russia, Europe and other regions would think after finding themselves in the Yellowstone Crater.

They will be fearful, panicked, suspicious, and timid.

This is normal, because this is exactly the emotion Li Ang wants them to have.

“The distance from Russia’s Bering Strait to Wyoming is 5,000 kilometers, and the distance from the UK mainland to Wyoming is 6,800 kilometers.

Calculating the time, it should be here soon.

The first wave of intercontinental missiles. "

As Li Ang murmured to himself, the layers of trees above the lake slowly tightened like a giant's hand, carrying Li Ang and sinking into the lake.

White dots quietly appeared in the sky.

The leisurely strolling deer raised their heads and looked at the blue sky.

The brown bear sitting in the stream holding a salmon and munching on it subconsciously put down its plump fish body and listened to the sharp whistling sound in the air.

That is a nuclear bomb, the embodiment of the most destructive power of civilization on earth.

Intercontinental missiles from East Asia and the Atlantic Ocean crossed thousands of miles and landed over Yellowstone Park.

The anti-aircraft gun arrays around the lake were automatically activated and fired dense rounds of ammunition at high altitudes. However, the intercontinental missiles that dropped semi-vertically at a maximum speed of Mach 20 did not provide much of an interception window.

Many of the targets hit by the defense and control artillery array were just false target missiles in the B-23 doomsday defense plan. They were real ballistic missiles that detonated directly at high altitudes.

The endless light and heat expanded rapidly, like a new sun hanging in the sky.

The air is heated infinitely and turns into an isothermal fireball.

The lake surface that was exposed to photothermal radiation sunk like a gel, and a large amount of lake water instantly vaporized and evaporated.

The plants and vines around the lake withered and collapsed in an instant, turning into powder.

The fireball dimmed and shattered, forming a shock wave that pushed around at a speed of 40 kilometers per second.

All objects that came into contact with the shock wave were flattened and shattered.

The nearby forest is a charred ruin,

All the leaves in the forest in the distance were swept away, leaving only a few thick and long trunks, still standing alone.

At the same time, the shock wave generated by the rupture of the photosphere sucked the air and dust upwards from below,

Column-shaped smoke and dust are formed, and eventually, together with the top clouds, they turn into a mushroom cloud.

Rulers around the world are anxiously watching the images captured by low-Earth orbit surveillance satellites. After the first intercontinental missile successfully exploded, subsequent ballistic missiles partially lost contact due to the presence of shock waves, mushroom clouds, and radiation. ,

The remaining missiles can only complete air explosions at higher altitudes, creating mushroom clouds one after another.

A total of ten nuclear bombs were detonated above Yellowstone Lake.

"Did you make it?"

"Did you kill him?"

Noisy and urgent inquiries rang out in different communication channels, and all the bug people's eyes were focused on the Yellowstone Lake shrouded in mushroom clouds.

It would take three hours for the mushroom cloud to completely dissipate, and they obviously didn't have that much time.

Soon, two teams of U.S. Army troops wearing full-coverage protective suits drove vehicles to the edge of Yellowstone Park, and controlled a formation of unmanned vehicles and drones to rush into the outskirts of the mushroom cloud.

Amid the smoke and dust, they finally saw the sight of Yellowstone Lake clearly.

A large amount of water in the entire lake has evaporated, the remaining water is turbid, and the amount of radiation exceeds the standard.

All the plant vines that originally covered the lake were annihilated, revealing a dry, charred and ugly lake bed.

No trace of Li Risheng could be seen.

"Where is he?"

"Is he dead?"

"We succeeded?"

Amidst the noisy noises of countless insect-men,

A piece of rock at the bottom of the lake was gently pried, turned over, and fell to the lake bed.

Snap.

Several plant vines emerged from the steaming rock formations on the lake bed, carrying Li Ang back to the surface.

The mirage red hyena coat on his body is continuously absorbing the remaining radiant light and heat, crackling,

The color gradually turned red, as bright as blood.

"Well..."

Li Ang took a deep breath of the turbid and hot air, tilted his head towards the unmanned camera vehicle on the lakeshore, which seemed to be in a sluggish state, and said calmly: "Who told you that a nuclear explosion can kill me? of?"

The camera drone remained motionless, silently conveying the insect people's astonishment and fear.

Li Ang ignored them, stepped on the invisible stairs, stepped into the mushroom cloud with excessive radiation, and climbed rapidly towards the sky.

Detonating a volcano involves more than just planting a nuclear bomb into the rock formations.