After coming out of the alley, Liu Hanyang immediately called Professor Li Mosen.
At this moment, Li Mosen and Burton were still performing "Operation Probe" in the waters near the irregular body. They did not give up. The small piece of metal cut from the irregular body was the only result of this operation.
Before explaining his intention, Burton's voice came from the other end of the phone. Burton told Liu Hanyang that he had a small black hole laboratory at Berkeley, where he had all the information he had studied for decades on small black holes.
Including experimental data on proton collisions in cooperation with the European Hadron Collider, we hope it will be helpful in studying the unknown object near the orbit of Venus.
Just when Liu Hanyang was about to express his thanks, Burton raised his voice: "Uh, by the way, I have a lot of metal boxes in my laboratory. You should be able to use them in the future."
Liu Hanyang has long heard of the metal box Burton mentioned. The box contains "Bose-Einstein" condensed quantum material, which is used to simulate micro black holes.
These materials were formed by Burton using lasers to capture rubidium substances. After he published them in the journal Nature, they attracted widespread attention from scientists around the world.
Almost at the same time as Burton was speaking, Liu Hanyang said the words to ask Professor Li Mosen to listen on the phone, but he still couldn't catch up with him to hang up the phone.
Burton returned the phone to Li Mosen, who was standing next to him. Li Mosen looked at him in surprise... In his opinion, Burton, who had always been humorous, seemed to have a sad tone in the call just now.
Seeing Li Mosen's surprised expression, before he could open his mouth, Burton spoke: "Isn't it a bit like explaining the funeral arrangements?"
He nodded with his surprised expression.
"Yes... and no." Burton said, waving his hand and pointing out the window. "The big guy changed his face. It seems that we are going to sacrifice our lives for the earth this time."
Following the direction Burton pointed, Li Mosen noticed that the air above the big guy began to rotate violently... It looked like a huge funnel between heaven and earth, with lightning raging and thunder bursting in the center of the funnel...
Li Mosen's expression changed drastically, and he quickly grabbed the communication microphone: "All ships of Operation Probe will evacuate the sea area quickly after hearing the order, evacuate quickly!"
"Professor, give me a speedboat?" Burton's expression was a bit serious.
"The wind and waves are very strong, and the speedboat may not necessarily have a command boat to be safe. It's better to stay here quietly." Li Mosen operated the instrument without looking back.
"I want to talk to that big guy!"
Li Mosen stopped, turned to Burton, and looked at him with astonished eyes...
After a moment, he loudly refused: "As the commander-in-chief of this operation, I will never allow you to make unnecessary sacrifices."
"This is our last chance!" Burton said calmly with a firm expression, "Otherwise, the probe operation will completely fail!"
"We have failed!"
"No! We have one more chance!"
"Chance!?"
"Believe me!"
"It's not a matter of belief, it's a matter of duty!"
"Fuck your responsibilities!" Burton roared, "Compared to the safety of the 9 billion people on earth or your responsibilities, which one is more important?"
His words touched Li Mosen's fate. He was almost speechless. After a long confrontation, he still shook his head slightly, but his expression of helplessness and pain could clearly be seen.
After making a slight adjustment, he said in a feeble voice: "Order the command ship to evacuate at full speed!"
"Professor Li!" Burton became angry, his eyes seemed to be on fire, his lips were blue, and his body began to tremble violently... Suddenly, he covered his chest with both hands, his expression was extremely painful, and he gasped for air.
Assistant Ms. Rice quickly stepped forward and took out the medicine bottle from her pocket. Just as she was about to open it, Burton grabbed the medicine bottle and waved his hand to throw it out the window. Li Mosen quickly grabbed his hand. .
"Give...give me...a fast...speedboat!" Burton said, dripping with sweat and in agony.
"I promise you! Give me the medicine bottle first!" Li Mosen said as he slowly took the medicine bottle from his hand, then turned his head and motioned to Ms. Rice with his eyes.
Rice understood, she strode forward, took the pill bottle from Li Mosen's hand, quickly took out one, stuffed it into the mouth of Burton, who was breathing heavily, and then slapped him hard on the back.
After a while, Burton's breathing became much easier, and his complexion began to gradually return to normal.
A speedboat slowly lowered from the starboard side of the command ship. Burton held the steering wheel with one hand and half-turned to look back at Li Mosen at the port window of the command ship.
At this moment, Li Mosen was already full of tears. He lowered his head and paid his final tribute to this madman in the scientific world. Ms. Rice even broke down in tears...
A long whistle sounded from all the ships of "Operation Probe" at the same time. This was their farewell and tribute to Burton. The sound of the whistle echoed for a long time on the sea where the waves and winds intertwined, making it empty and sad. ..
The speedboat started, splitting two gradually spreading waves on the sea surface, and rushed towards the irregular body. After a while, it disappeared into the depths of the stormy sea, and disappeared at the end of the blending of sea and sky.
It also disappeared from Li Mosen's sight.
The small boat was about 100 meters away from the irregularity. A huge vortex above it disturbed the sea surface and the huge waves continued to spurt upward...
A huge water dragon extends from the sea surface to the center of the whirlpool. It is like a giant dragon pulled by the whirlpool, twisting its dark blue body unscrupulously.
In the center of the whirlpool, violent lightning mixed with scattered water columns looked like a violent demon, looking down at Burton and his small boat bumping in the huge waves.
A small ship that can be swallowed up by huge waves and strong winds at any time.
Burton stood with his head held high, staring at everything in front of him with arrogant eyes. He reduced his speed, and the boat slowly stopped at the edge of a wave wall about 4 meters high formed by strong winds and huge waves.
Looking around, the wave wall forms an irregular shape 700 meters long and 400 meters wide.
He understood that the wave wall on the sea was a complete reflection of the mysterious irregular body under the sea. It was like a protective shield, both a protection and a deterrent.
But for him, there is no difference between a wave wall hundreds of meters long and a wave that is enough to capsize a small boat.
He took his hands off the steering wheel of the boat and calmly turned off the engine. He held his head high and his eyes bright, like a soldier who was about to die, looking coldly at the huge whirlpool in the sky...
Burton maintained this posture for nearly 10 minutes, almost motionless, letting the huge waves hit his body over and over again, hitting, falling, and shattering...
Li Mosen, who had retreated, and everyone witnessed all this through satellite images, but no one knew what Burton's move meant.
At this time, Li Mosen's cell phone rang, and the caller was Liu Hanyang.
"Professor Li, I have something important to ask you for help. You know Zhou Yun, right?"
Li Mosen was silent and did not answer. His mind was now focused on Burton.
"Hey, hello...Professor Li, are you listening? Uh, don't let Dr. Burton answer the phone. I have a question for you..."
"He...he's not on the ship..." Li Mosen's voice was sad and weak.
"Where is he?"
"Next to the irregularity."
"What?" Liu Hanyang's voice became urgent, "This is very dangerous! We can't let an excellent black hole expert die in vain!"
"He insisted on going... to have a conversation."
"Professor, it may be more than just a conversation. He just mentioned to me that the metal box contains the "Bose-Einstein" condensed quantum material, which is used to simulate micro black holes."
Liu Hanyang's words made Li Mosen realize something instantly: "What did you just say? Black hole!"
Li Mosen's expression changed drastically. He slowly raised his head and looked at the raging whirlpool in the distance...
Almost at the same moment, Liu Hanyang's face became solemn: "Professor Li, how far is Burton from you now?"
"We are retreating, about 60 nautical miles!"
"This distance is not enough, we must retreat at full speed!"
Li Mosen quickly grabbed the communication microphone: "Probe Operation All ships, evacuate quickly at top speed! Pay attention, keep a safe distance of 1 chain between ships!"
"Professor Li, what is the situation at Burton? Has he taken action?" Liu Hanyang asked eagerly.
"He is still waiting, probably waiting for us to evacuate to a safe area."
"According to my calculations, 65 nautical miles should be a safe distance."
Li Mosen slowly took the communication microphone from his ear, and once again looked at the huge whirlpool that was about to disappear into the skyline. He watched silently...
The whirlpool was still raging in front of Burton... He glanced back at the ship behind him, a grin flashed across his lips, and he took out a metal box from his pocket, which contained the "Bose-Einstein" condensed state. Quantum materials.
This material is formed by using laser to capture rubidium material. Once it is excited by high-energy rays or high-energy particle flow, it will form a miniature black hole.
After reaching the boundary conditions for the formation of a micro black hole, if there is no continuous effect of energy, the micro black hole will only last for a short 1.7 seconds, and then evaporate, but it will be enough to swallow any object within a radius of 60 nautical miles.
"Come on! Alien idiot, don't you like to make things on the earth disappear silently?" He roared and opened his arms, "Do it! Make me disappear!"
He yelled crazily, but the irregular body never responded, and the vortex in the air was still spinning unbridled...
He was still cursing...
Suddenly, the surroundings of the irregular body began to emit fluorescent green light, and the fluorescent green curtain began to rise slowly. An irregular green curtain 400 meters wide and 700 meters long rose to a height of about 50 meters above the sea, and then quickly Spin it up...
"The fluorescent green light spot attacking the Nanchuan is about to appear!" Li Mosen stared at the screen and said to himself.
"What? Fluorescent green light spots!?" Liu Hanyang's urgent voice came from the other end of the phone, "Professor Li, according to our previous analysis, the fluorescent green light spots are neither high-energy rays nor high-energy particle flows. If Bose-Love Einstein's condensed quantum material cannot be excited by both, and cannot form a miniature black hole, so Burton's sacrifice is meaningless! Stop him quickly!"
"It's too late!" Li Mosen's voice was low.
At this time, he noticed that Burton started the boat, increased the power and rushed towards the wave wall...
Burton also seemed to realize that stimulating "Bose-Einstein" condensed quantum materials required high-energy rays or high-energy particle flows, so he took an offensive stance.
The moment the boat broke through the wave wall, a square light prism suddenly shot out from the irregular body. This was exactly the same as the weapon that attacked the "Lux", but the size was different.
The light prism flew straight towards Burton like lightning. He laughed and raised the metal box in his hand high...
"Whoosh!" A bright light passed across the sea, and then a dazzling white light exploded on the boat, and Burton was hit.
The huge energy instantly activated the "Bose-Einstein" condensed quantum material in the metal box. As a blazing light group exploded, a powerful swirling dense singularity appeared around Burton. : A miniature black hole only as big as a palm is formed.
The black hole swallowed up Burton in an instant, and he was sucked into it almost with a maniacal laugh, followed by the boat and the surrounding seawater. They rotated crazily, stirring the surrounding air to form a gorgeous eye-shaped space.
The center of the space is a dense black spot, similar to a pupil, dark and bottomless. Around it, a rod-shaped vortex is spinning crazily...
Suddenly, a layer of blue glow appeared on the entire body of the irregular body, which tightly wrapped itself like a cover.
It should be a protective device activated.
It realizes the power of black holes, even tiny black holes as big as a palm!
The light prism that continued on the micro black hole was extinguished. Without the blessing of huge energy, the micro black hole only existed for a short 1.7 seconds from its formation to evaporation.
But 1.7 seconds is enough time. All exposed objects near the irregular body are sucked into the micro black hole, including the mechanical octopus that is on alert near it.
Professor Li Mosen witnessed the entire process of micro black holes from formation to evaporation through satellite images.
Just as he paid a silent tribute to Burton, an exciting piece of news came: the small seabed exploration robot pinned by the mechanical octopus began to move.
According to the signal, it is moving away from the irregular body along with the ocean currents. Various indications indicate that in the short 1.7 seconds when the micro black hole was formed, the huge gravitational force caused it to break free from the shackles of the mechanical octopus arm.
Fortunately, this 1.7 seconds was too short and it was not accreted into the micro black hole.
In the belly of the small seabed exploration robot is the biggest harvest of this operation---a small piece of metal cut from the alien irregularity.
Li Mosen quickly organized all his efforts to recover it.
He could now conclude that Burton did not want to destroy the irregular body at the cost of his life, but wanted to get the piece of metal.
Because Burton knew very well that once the irregular body scanned the micro black hole, it would definitely stop, and what he needed was the short 1.7 seconds.
That's enough time for the small seafloor exploration robot to break free.
