The small victory team couldn't hide the news at all. Soon the whole team knew about the happy event of the Xincheng family. Even Zongfang, who was always serious, showed a smile. Captain Hui generously gave Xincheng two days off, so that
Before he meets Takumo, he has time to buy a better set of clothes and dress himself up properly.
Xincheng was a little embarrassed to be so concerned about his teammates for such a "big fight". He even claimed that he didn't have to do this, but he was still very touched in his heart.
Unfortunately, this feeling did not last until the afternoon when I received a call from Mayumi, telling me that I was ready to leave the base and go home to dress up in my new city. Takumo could not meet him on time.
This made Xincheng, who had just been in a good mood, suddenly feel unhappy. Could it be that the boy regretted it, or that the two of them were at odds, so he quickly asked what happened.
Mayumi said gloomily that because of the swarm of earthquakes under the sea yesterday, many ports were closed and the ships could not dock. They had to return or find a nearby available port. The ship Takumo was on was docked in Southeast Asia and it would take at least three days to restart.
Set off.
"Three days?" Xincheng almost shouted. In this way, before Takumo arrives, his and Mayumi's vacation will be over. TPC is an international organization with military management, not a small private company. It has many rules and strict systems.
It doesn’t mean that you can change your vacation time if you want to.
The excited Xincheng shouted so loudly that the other members of the victory team couldn't help but turn their heads, but did not disturb Xincheng's call. It was not until Xincheng comforted his sister and hung up the phone that Lina stepped forward and asked softly what happened.
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"Mayumi said that the submarine earthquake affected the arrival time of Takumo's ship, so maybe..." Xincheng couldn't go on. Mayumi had been looking forward to it for so long, and worked tirelessly in order to have as much vacation time as possible with Takumo.
She had participated in many emergency rescues in exchange for five consecutive days of rest, but now she was in trouble. How sad she must be.
"Undersea earthquake?" Lina was stunned. She really didn't know about this.
Ye Rui immediately started typing on the keyboard. In just a few seconds, he called up the relevant information and put it on the big screen. He said: "In recent years, there have been many submarine swarms of earthquakes on the bottom of the Western Pacific Ocean, creating
There are a large number of submarine volcanoes, and at 2:12 a.m. yesterday, a larger submarine earthquake swarm occurred. The Institute of Oceanography has gone to the target sea area this morning to conduct investigations to determine the impact of this submarine earthquake swarm." Everyone looked up at the big screen, which used red circles on the map to circle the areas where the submarine earthquakes occurred, as well as the specific time and magnitude of the earthquakes. It was very clear that people could see this time and again.
The overall trend of submarine earthquakes is that the scale is getting stronger and stronger, the scope of influence is also getting larger and larger, and there is a tendency to spread from the deep sea to the edge of the plate.
Dagu stared at the map on the big screen and said to himself: "Such frequent earthquakes don't feel like geological activities."
Ye Rui, who was still looking at the computer screen in front of him, nodded, but shook his head, and put a newly found report on the big screen, saying: "TPC Ocean Survey Team extracted a large number of seabed samples, and the analysis results show that
, the area where swarms of earthquakes occur under the sea contains a variety of radioactive materials."
Xincheng said uncertainly: "Radioactive material? You mean nuclear explosion?"
"Yes, they are the products of nuclear explosions," Horii, a scientist, answered, "The Institute of Marine Life believes that the frequent swarms of undersea earthquakes in recent years may be related to underground nuclear explosion tests."
Lina asked in confusion: "But didn't that stop long ago?"
"But the impact will take a long, long time to be eliminated. These radioactive materials may still exist in the earth's environment for tens of thousands of years, not to mention that humans still discharge large amounts of sewage and water into the sea every year.
Garbage." Horii said as he walked forward, circled the chart with his finger, and said, "A scientist who specializes in ocean currents once proposed a theory that the garbage thrown into the sea by humans will be affected by the currents.
The influence finally converges somewhere."
"A place?" The victory team members couldn't help but start to imagine that if there really was such a place, how big it would be to accommodate the garbage thrown into the ocean around the world. According to statistics, the plastic garbage thrown into the ocean by humans last year amounted to millions of tons. That is enough
A huge number that submerged the metropolis.
"Actually, this kind of thing is already happening." Ye Rui typed on the keyboard a few times, showing pictures one after another: the seabed covered with garbage, and the sea surface floating with all kinds of common garbage in life, stretching from the beach to
From the horizon, it is impossible to count how much garbage has gathered in this sea area.
"Yes, because of this, humans have to develop new fields, because the earth is already overwhelmed." Horii said with emotion: "In order to reduce the emissions of waste and polluting gases caused by power generation, the universe was built
Power stations, making full use of solar power, can reduce one billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. The estimated goal is to increase the annual reduction of nitrogen dioxide emissions to tens of billions of tons within ten years, achieving true cleanliness and pollution-free."
The team members were filled with emotion when they listened to Horii's introduction of the goal of opening up new fields. Humanity has indeed made many mistakes in the past, but fortunately, it is now beginning to make up for past mistakes, and the future will be even better.
No one thinks about the relationship between the theory of ocean currents affecting garbage and the impact of underground nuclear experiments and swarms of earthquakes on the seabed. After all, garbage is dead matter. This is common sense. It will only cause environmental pollution and will not cause much damage to biology, geology, etc.
influence.
Since Takumo couldn't arrive on time, Xincheng naturally didn't need to go see him, so there was no reason for Dagu to help him on duty. He could only work the most difficult and boring night shift with full of resentment.
Fortunately, the night was uneventful, allowing Xincheng to survive until the next morning safely. When he saw Horii who came to change his shift early in the morning, he immediately beamed and said: "You are finally here, sit down quickly, I am almost exhausted."<
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"Thank you for your hard work, go and have a rest." Horii said, taking over the duty of Xincheng, but he heard Xincheng's PDI ringing, and Xincheng, who was confused, slowed down a beat, and did not realize it until Horii reminded him.
The voice of 'Didi' is my own PDI. As soon as I opened it, I heard Mayumi's excited voice: "Brother, are you ready to meet Takumo tonight?"