After hearing the news, the two people's eyes widened instantly. Schiller rushed to the window, looked back at Natasha and said: "Are you sure it wasn't arranged by Nick?!"
"How could he do such a risky thing?" Natasha said, "That's tens of thousands of lives. He's not in the military. He wouldn't do such a thing if he was crazy!"
Schiller calmed down as quickly as possible. After thinking about it, Nick really shouldn't be able to do such a thing. His moral bottom line is low, but his position is very upright. He is on the side of human civilization.
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Accidents can happen to the space station, because after all, this is mankind's first attempt, and mistakes are inevitable, but the space station cannot be destroyed. If it is hit on the head as soon as it takes the first step, it is very likely to cause great harm.
Destroying the enthusiasm of various countries will make it difficult to carry out similar work in the future.
Nick just wants to create a crisis and let everyone work together to solve it. He does not want to destroy the world. If such a large space station crashes into the earth at a high speed, as long as it lands on land, it may even directly penetrate the continental shelf. Then he is really
Humanity is a sinner.
Schiller took a deep breath, took out his phone and dialed a number, then said to the other end: "Hello? Clark, look up at the sky!"
At this time, there is no time to worry about whether to exercise or not. Let’s stop the space station from falling first.
When he received Schiller's call, Clark was already in the air. He realized the disaster in the sky faster than any human being, but he was really not sure that he could catch the space station instantly and prevent everyone inside from being injured.
So I didn't rush forward immediately, but kept adjusting my posture.
When Schiller called, it was just the right time. When Clark rushed up, he didn't forget to ask: "Can I let them see me?"
"It's best not to." Schiller said: "On the one hand, there is no Superman in this universe, and there may be some problems if you appear in public. On the other hand, this is an exercise. Try to use a method that is not discovered."
"Practice?! Are all the people in your universe so wild? If this thing hit me on the head, I would be stunned for three seconds!"
"So serious?!" Schiller was a little surprised.
"Didn't you make this?!" Clark was even more surprised. He said: "I can confirm that the thing that is falling down now is extremely hard, and there is a metal inside that I have never seen in my universe...
"
Schiller then remembered that the entire space station is basically made of molten steel alloy, with some vibranium mixed in. Although the hardness is not as hard as Edman alloy, it has better toughness and flexibility than Edman alloy.
The shock force is indeed strong enough.
Thinking of this, Schiller suddenly thought that Howard was also involved in the design of the space station. He once mentioned that some important parts of the space station adopt the same structure as Captain America's shield.
Captain America's shield has one of the biggest functions, that is, no matter how high it is that Captain America jumps from, as long as the shield lands on the ground, he will not be injured at all. This is the magic of sound-absorbing steel.
If this is the case, the design of the space station may have anticipated the fall. Thinking of this, Schiller said: "Clark, you just need to make sure that the people in the space station are fine, adjust the speed and direction according to the situation and let it fall!"
"Are you crazy?!" Clark said: "How sure are you that it will not disintegrate the moment it hits the ground? No human being can withstand such an impact!"
Schiller went through Howard and Stark's resumes several times in his mind, especially Howard's expression when he mentioned his skills and Stark's expression when he heard the drill plan, which further strengthened his idea. He said:
"Yes, you just need to slow down the landing at the right time, but don't stop it from falling. It's best to let it fall into the sea."
"This is not difficult. Judging from the trajectory, it will indeed fall into the sea, probably in the south of Australia, close to the Antarctic. I am using a biological force field to slow down its speed."
"Okay, Clark, keep in touch with me at any time. I want to contact the technicians who built this thing and get back to you later."
Letting Ultron maintain communication with Clark, Schiller called Howard. Now it was a race against time. He didn't waste any nonsense, but asked directly: "Will there be any problems with the space station falling into the sea at this speed?"
It was very noisy on Howard's side, and he could hear people arguing with various technicians. Howard roared loudly: "I know that there will be no problems with the things I built myself! Even if they fall at the original speed, they will not be damaged at all."
That is to say, if you are unconscious and injured, you will never die!!!"
Schiller heard the languages of various countries, and the loudest among them was China. They firmly opposed Howard's attempts of this kind.
From this blunt statement, Schiller could infer that the people quarreling now are divided into two parties, one is intercepting in the air, and the other is waiting to fall, China is the former, and Howard is the latter.
China has proposed an air interception plan, which mainly uses the power of their domestic mutants to let Weather Witch, King of Kings and others take over the space station, and the loss of personnel must be minimized.
Howard said that it is completely possible for the space station to hit the water like this. Since the slow-descent device and shell structure he designed can offset 99% of the impact force, the worst result caused by the remaining 1% is that the people inside will be killed.
Knocked unconscious or slightly injured.
Obviously, the latter sounds unreliable and looks like a gamble. Even if he trusts Howard's technical ability, Schiller is not completely sure.
Seeing that the quarrel could no longer continue, Schiller suddenly thought of a way. He said to Howard: "Do you have your drawings at hand? If so, show them to the Chinese people, and they will understand that what you said is true.
of."
Howard was a little skeptical, because he was obviously a little over the top and felt that the other party just didn't trust him. Schiller ignored him and directly asked Ultron to send the drawings to Zheng Xian.
Soon, the dispute subsided. The Chinese technical experts who had seen the drawings agreed that what Howard said was true. They did not even argue with Howard anymore, but immediately arranged for people to prepare for maritime search and rescue and salvage.
Clark controls the speed of the space station, but he previously discovered that there is a slow-down suspension device inside the space station itself, which also controls the speed. Although the people in the space station are unconscious now, their lives are not in danger, and they may even drop to a certain level.
The height will wake you up.
The space station gradually broke through the atmosphere. It can be said that Clark carefully controlled the attitude and speed of the space station. He also had to monitor the heart rates of everyone inside at all times to prevent anyone from being in poor health and dying due to accidents.
But after controlling the situation, Clark noticed something was wrong. He immediately connected to Schiller's communication and said: "Is there any part of your drill that destroys the slow-descent device?"
"Of course not!" Schiller said categorically. He, Natasha and Colson had already got into the car heading to the airport. Although there was an accident, the plan would continue. Setting off to Texas would not delay the remote control command.
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"The slow-descent device is broken." Clark said truthfully: "It was fine before entering the atmosphere. If it worked normally, the people inside would only be unconscious or slightly injured by a collision. The overall situation is still stable, but now it is broken.
, if it weren’t for me, no one inside would survive more than three seconds.”
"Can you see how it's broken?"
Clark wanted to say he didn't know, because he really didn't know how this thing worked. After thinking about it, he said: "I don't need to hold the space station, so I can fly over and take a picture of you, but don't expect me to
Fix it, I just looked at it and if it wasn't in another universe, I would think this thing should have a bat logo on it."
"How to say?"
"Even a super brain can't understand how it works." Clark said very honestly: "Your scientists had leaping thinking at a certain stage, but I don't have that kind of scientific inspiration."
Schiller knew he was talking about the amazing scientific research ideas of the Starks, but he still asked Clark to fly in and take a picture of him.
This photo was a hit. As soon as Schiller sent it to Howard, Howard let out a scream.
"This is man-made damage!!!!" Howard yelled over there, seeming to be explaining to a group of scientists from other countries, "Someone destroyed the power core of the slow descent system! Do you see this? This place is
Smashed!!!”
There was another discussion in all languages on the opposite side, and finally the scientists collectively gave Schiller an answer. This thing was not damaged by nature at all. Someone hit the core of the slow descent system and it was completely scrapped.
This made Schiller even more suspicious. He called Nick again to confirm that it was not Nick's fault. Nick also confirmed to Schiller that it was not his fault. The two checked the accounts and found that the other party was not responsible for the accident.
The culprit, and then it became clear that there had been a mysterious third party behind the scenes.
After Schiller thought for a while, he said to Clark: "Can you find a way to prevent anyone from seeing you and hover the space station in mid-air? It would only be tens of thousands of feet high."
"I can hold the space station and fly for a while," Clark said, "but if something else comes flying over, it might be able to see me."
"As long as you can't be seen from inside the space station, we now suspect that a mysterious person is causing sabotage inside the space station. Don't let him see you."
It was not difficult for Clark to do this. Anyway, he was very good at holding something to fly. He slowly lowered the space station's falling speed to zero, and then just held the space station and flew in the air.
Schiller immediately informed the countries through Howard that SHIELD asked someone to stop the space station because now is not a good time to test the collision safety, because the mysterious person can destroy other places by destroying the slow descent system, so it cannot be used so much
People's lives are put at risk.
Now Howard couldn't object. He was confident in his skills, but he was not confident in the viciousness of this mysterious man. If he really destroyed some structures in the shell and fell down, he would
He has truly become a criminal in history.
To both Schiller and Nick's relief, this group of scientists did not place their hopes on their superpowers. They began to study how to carry out rescue in the air.
The space station is currently in the center of the warm layer of the atmosphere, at about an altitude of about 400 kilometers. The space station itself is insulated and has a constant temperature, so the temperature of the warm layer has little effect on it.
More than half of the 13 districts that were out of power as mentioned before are located in the half that fell, and all the staff inside have been evacuated, so now there are not many people in the entire half, and the oxygen will be enough for a while.
But this altitude is a bit embarrassing for human spaceflight. Aviation aircraft are definitely not suitable, and neither are the space shuttles of most countries. Wakanda's aircraft is very suitable for this altitude.
But all the Wakanda spaceships were sent to the other half to pick up people. After all, more than half of the people were still there waiting for rescue.
Wakanda's spaceship is good, but it's too small to fit a few people at once. This alone is enough to keep them busy.
Schiller thought they would have to discuss it at least for a while, but as soon as he got on the plane, Ultron told him that the results of the discussion were out.
Several Kree frigates captured by humans before are now parked in star ports on the edge of the solar system. Those spaceships are quite large and have all kinds of life-support facilities inside, making them very suitable for picking up people.
The only problem is that flying too close to the earth may be a bit dangerous. After all, this thing is not customized according to the earth. When it is modified, most of it is modified for interstellar travel. Near-Earth rescue is not considered. The risk is definitely
existing.
But now I can’t care about that much. We must let these big spaceships pick up the remaining people in the space station, and then send Wakanda and the small spaceships that the space station originally brought to pick up the half of the space station that fell down.
The people inside were rescued.
The moment the plan was finalized, the government headquarters and technology centers of almost every country on the planet lit up, like bright fireworks shooting into the sky——
The largest near-earth rescue in human history has begun.