The Lantern Festival Night in the capital is no less lively than New Year’s Eve.
Grand fireworks show, wonderful light show, sea of lanterns in the streets and alleys...
What a picture of a prosperous age!
After dinner, Xu Dong and his wife took their twin sisters for a walk on the street, catching up on the exciting spots.
It wasn't until after nine o'clock in the evening that the four of them returned to the courtyard with unfinished business.
"Why are you back so late? Keke and the others have to start school tomorrow!" Xu's mother nagged.
Little Ke Ke didn’t feel sleepy at all. He pulled Xu Ma’s sleeves to show off:
"Hey, the lanterns on the street are so beautiful, there are also big fireworks, and there are many young ladies wearing summer clothes. I want to wear summer clothes too."
"Okay, okay, when you and Lele have a holiday, grandma will take you to the pedestrian street to buy some." Xu Ma said dotingly.
"Grandma is so kind. I want to be a heroine."
"The heroine is not good, but the princess is the prettiest..."
After a period of commotion, the time passed quickly after 10:30. After a brief wash, the family finally went to bed.
Xu Dong leaned on the bedside, chatting with his wife and watching a live broadcast of an overseas sports event.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, just look at the picture.
"Honey, it's getting late, go to bed quickly." Yang Lina urged.
Xu Dong turned on the screen of his mobile phone and said, "You go to bed first. I'll watch some football. The game tonight is very important."
Of course, these are all excuses.
Yang Lina must have been really tired, and she soon began to snore slightly.
…
An hour later, the solar flare arrived as scheduled, and this historical moment will be remembered by everyone:
Yanjing time:23:35
London time:15:35
New York time: 12:35
San Francisco time: 8:35
Seeing the sudden interruption of the live broadcast signal on his mobile phone, Xu Dong knew that the first round of solar superflares had reached the earth.
According to reports read in previous lives, this flare lasted for nearly an hour, and its power was equivalent to the energy generated by the simultaneous explosion of 1,500 trillion giant hydrogen bombs.
It is the most violent solar flare ever observed by humans, and has even changed the course of human civilization to a great extent.
Just 48 minutes later, a shrill prevention and control alarm suddenly sounded over Yanjing. The whole family was awakened, and the triplets even cried loudly.
While Yang Lina was busy getting dressed, she asked Xu Dong loudly: "What's going on? Is there an earthquake?"
Xu Dong shook his head and handed the phone to his wife. There was an emergency text message on it.
Yang Lina hurriedly took the phone and read it. The text message was very long, and its general meaning was as follows:
An hour ago, a large solar flare erupted, severely damaging parts of the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia.
In order to cope with another outbreak of the flare, except for a few special places, all regions across the country will have a power outage at 5 a.m., so please be prepared in time.
Starting today, schools are closed, factories are closed, and businesses are closed. The notice requires all residents to stay at home and not go out unless necessary to avoid causing harm.
Signature: Daxia Disaster Prevention and Reduction Committee
"Husband, what's going on with this solar flare?" Yang Lina looked confused.
"Didn't you take high school geography class?"
Xu Dong's state of mind was quite good at this time, and he actually still had the heart to joke.
Yang Lina returned the favor, and Xu Dong quickly explained: "Solar flare, you can understand it as the sun suddenly erupting, and its energy will rush directly towards the earth."
"Then the earth won't explode, right?" Yang Lina said in horror.
"Probably not." Xu Dong comforted, "At most it can only damage electrical equipment and affect communications. It may also affect hydrology and climate. It should be impossible to destroy the earth."
Yang Lina patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately asked: "Then will it harm the body? Will there be radiation?"
"I don't know about this. Anyway, regardless of whether there is any impact, we will stay at home and not go anywhere..."
Before Xu Dong finished speaking, the Coco sisters rushed in in a panic wearing pajamas and bare feet.
"Mom, Dad, I'm afraid..."
"Good girl, mom and dad are here, don't be afraid!"
Xu Dong hugged Lele, and Yang Lina hugged Coco. The couple used their own methods to coax the children.
Soon, the twins' emotions stabilized, and the four of them went downstairs to the bedroom of Xu's father and Xu's mother.
"Dad, Mom, are you okay?" Xu Dong greeted.
"We're fine! Dongzi, what happened outside?" Xu Ma asked anxiously.
"Didn't you read the text message?"
"We don't have time to look at our phones. Dabao and the other three have been crying all the time, and they just stopped crying."
Xu's mother answered and patted Xiaobao gently.
Yang Lina quickly repeated the contents of the emergency message, and Xu Dong also expressed his speculation.
After hearing this, Father Xu asked curiously: "Are there good people and bad people in this flare? Why is it that our country is fine, but it is staring at those foreign countries to cause destruction?"
"How can this be?"
Xu Dong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly explained:
"Our country is now on the backside, that is, it is dark, and the sun cannot shine on us, so the impact will of course be small.
But European and American countries are on the sunny side now, that is, in broad daylight, and have been directly affected, so the damage is so great."
Xu Dong pursed his lips and continued:
"Actually, not only our country, but also our neighboring countries have not been greatly affected.
In just a few hours, it will be dawn, and by then we will be facing the impact just like Europe and the United States now, so the country will decisively cut off power."
"So that's what happened. In this way, our country is very lucky this time!" Father Xu gloated.
Xu Dong shook his head subconsciously, and Father Xu would probably stop laughing soon.
Not only Daxia, but also the whole world underestimated the power of this super flare.
The damage to electrical equipment is just an appetizer at best, and the damage to the atmosphere is the most fatal blow.
This will be an unprecedented catastrophe.
Back in front of her, Xu Ma suddenly asked a key question: "When will this flare end?"
Normally, no one knows the answer to this question, except Xu Dong, who is a reborn person.
"About a week!"
"Fortunately, it's not too long. Seeing how serious you said it was, I thought it would take several months!" Xu's mother smiled.
"It won't be a short week. There will be water and power outages. The rural areas are fine, but the cities will probably be in chaos." Yang Lina said with emotion.
These words inspired Dad Xu, and he suddenly slapped his thigh hard, his face full of excitement.
Xu Ma was startled and glared angrily:
"Why are you so crazy? You scared Dabao and the others. I'm not done with you anymore."
Father Xu quickly explained: "I'm telling you, with this water and power outage, the items in our store will definitely sell like crazy. I'll go raise the price tomorrow."
"Dad, how long has it been and you still want to do business?" Xu Dong was speechless.
Besides, the products in the store become more valuable as you go to the back. Now that they are on sale, it’s a typical case of picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.