Chapter 1 Pillars of Creation, Gamma Ray Burst
Deep in the starry sky 6500 million light-years away, there is a starry sky wonder.
An incomparably huge hand stretches across the starry sky and universe.
On April 1995, 4, the Hubble Telescope captured a photo of this "giant hand" and named it the Lord of Creation, also known as the Hand of God.
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University, professional building, classroom 303.
"According to data from the LHAASO Cosmic Ray Observatory, the peak of the strongest gamma ray burst that is rare in 6 years will reach the Earth at 12:9 am on June 21, that is, five minutes later!"
"We have said before that gamma ray bursts are the strongest explosions in the known universe. Theoretically, they are caused by the collapse and explosion of a huge star when its fuel is exhausted, or the merger of two nearby dense stars. It is produced in The amount of energy released in a few minutes is equivalent to trillions of years of sunlight."
"The latest assessment believes that this gamma ray burst came from the Pillars of Creation 6500 million light-years away. Its ray radiation may have cleared about 90% of the Milky Way space. The powerful radiation will cause biological DNA mutations and cause the loss of planets. atmosphere and many other hazards.”
"From this perspective, our Earth is a planet kissed by God. The Earth is located in a relatively safe zone on the edge of the Milky Way. The thickness of the atmosphere is about 1000 kilometers, which provides us with excellent protection from gamma ray bursts. As well as the threats of various cosmic rays, it provides an excellent living environment for the brewing and evolution of life!"
"Today is a rare opportunity. It happens to be our class time. Let's watch the CCTV live broadcast and watch this wonder of the universe."
On the podium, the astrophysics professor kept talking.
Although Wei Xuan is a Taoist priest with clear religious beliefs, he still likes to listen to such courses.
In his view, the boundless starry sky and universe have extremely alluring magical charm.
But the classmate and roommate sitting next to him, Lao Ma, classmate Ma Shitu, was not so interested, and he yawned when he heard it.
"Keep an eye on it for me, I'll catch up on my sleep first!"
Seeing that the teacher was about to turn on the multimedia TV to show the news, Lao Ma lay down directly on the table.
However, at this moment, there was a loud bang in the classroom.
Immediately afterwards, the computers, TVs, projectors, etc. in the classroom made bursting sounds one after another like firecrackers.
bang~
bang~ bang~
At the same time, a series of explosions sounded overhead.
The light tubes embedded in the ceiling burst one after another, and shattered glass fragments were scattered in all directions.
The students who were in class were so frightened by this sudden accident that they screamed, and the class instantly became chaotic.
Some people squatted down holding their heads, while others got directly under the table.
"What's the matter, is there an earthquake?"
Lao Ma reacted very quickly and slipped directly under the desk, shouting in panic.
"what happened?"
"The ground is not shaking, it doesn't seem like an earthquake!"
After the explosion, the situation seemed to have stabilized. Everyone crawled out from under the table, calmed down a little, and began to look around.
Before he could figure out what was going on, he heard a thud and a classmate fell to the ground.
"Yawen, Sun Yawen, what's wrong with you?"
The classmates next to him were startled and quickly stepped forward to help the fallen classmate up.
But before the teachers and classmates could gather around to watch, the sound of gurgling was heard again, followed by about ten more students, who suddenly fell to the ground without saying a word.
"How is this going?"
"Were you injured just now?"
"Call the police quickly, dial 120!"
There was chaos in the classroom for a while.
"Hey, is my phone out of battery?"
Lao Ma also took out his mobile phone and wanted to help make a call for help, but found that the phone screen was black!
"My mobile is out of battery!"
"What's going on? My phone's screen is also black. It's obviously fully charged!"
Those students who picked up their mobile phones also discovered the same problem.
Everyone's mobile phones, for some unknown reason, had a black screen.
"Look!"
At this moment, a classmate suddenly screamed loudly.
Everyone hurriedly followed the sound and saw that the students who had fallen to the ground had undergone strange changes almost at the same time.
The body twitched and trembled, the limbs appeared weirdly twisted, and the bones in the body crackled like fried beans.
The veins on the skin were exposed, like strips of dark brown, weirdly twisted earthworms.
His face was even more ferocious and twisted, his teeth were bared, and his eyes were red.
One by one, as if possessed by demons, they stood up from the ground in extremely strange postures.
"This~"
Seeing this scene, everyone was so frightened that they almost retreated in unison.
Some people even screamed.
"Everyone, please stay back, don't get close to them! This seems to be rabies?"
The professor finally came to his senses at this time. While scolding the students to retreat, he slowly stepped forward to check on the mutated students.
"Classmate, this classmate, can you still hear me~ ah~"
As soon as the professor approached, the mutated student suddenly jumped on him at an incredible speed.
The professor was caught off guard and was hit directly. His head hit the floor with a muffled thud.
"Professor Hong!"
The students next to him were startled. Just as they were about to step forward to help Professor Hong and lift him up, they heard the mutated student roar, then pounced on Professor Hong and bit him. on the face.
The flesh and blood were torn from Professor Hong's face, and blood spilled all over the floor.
The mutated classmate raised his head, with blood-red eyes and blood on his head and face. He chewed the flesh and blood in his mouth with a ferocious expression, and then swallowed it with a gulp.
"Ah~"
Sharp screams broke out instantly, and the classroom was instantly in chaos.
Perhaps because of the stimulation of the blood, or perhaps because of the mutated instinct, the students who had fallen down and mutated just now roared and pounced on the classmates around them.
"Run, run quickly!"
Wei Xuan's scalp instantly became numb and the hairs on his body stood on end, but fortunately he still reacted quickly.
After realizing that something was wrong, he immediately shouted and took the lead and ran out the door.
But as soon as he left the classroom door, Wei Xuan discovered to his horror that hell was not just the classroom where he was, but the entire campus!