Gan Chongzhi escaped from prison together with a large number of criminals.

He took out a car key from the dead prison guard, went to the parking lot to find the sound, got in the car, and went home.

On the way to the city, Gan Chongzhi couldn't help but look up at the sky.

At this glance, he suddenly forgot that he was driving and almost hit the accelerator into a tree.

"That is……"

He stared at the white ribbon in the sky with obsession and fear.

At first glance, it looks like an unusually huge white cloud, but if you look closely, you will find that the slender white cloud divides the sky into two.

Gan Chongzhi's heart beat rapidly.

"Star Ring!!!"

Su Yun'an's prediction came true again.

It was torn into pieces over the years and became a magnificent star ring suspended above the earth.

This is the first time in human history that star rings have been observed from the surface of the planet. The newborn star rings are extremely beautiful and spectacular, like a ribbon wrapped around the waist of the earth by the hand of God.

Originally, it was impossible for the earth to have such a beautiful scene, because the mass of the earth is not enough to produce star rings. However, because of the strange characteristics of "year", people on earth are also lucky enough to see astronomical miracles.

"But it's not right..."

Gan Chongzhi felt his scalp numb again: "Under the action of tidal force, the star rings will definitely condense above the equator of the planet... But this is the upper city, located at 30.4 degrees north latitude, which is far away from the equator. Why do the star rings appear here? Directly above here?!”

A terrible guess appeared in Gan Chongzhi's mind.

He did not choose to go home, but stepped on the accelerator and rushed to the Uptown Planetarium.

"Lao Gao! Foucault's Pendulum! Is Foucault's Pendulum still moving in the museum?!"

Gao Zhengyi was stunned: "Why did you come out?"

"All the prison guards are dead."

"..."

"Show me the data of Foucault's pendulum! Quick!"

"What's the point of reading it... Well, just look at it."

Foucault's pendulum looks like a giant pendulum hung from the ceiling by a 67-meter-long thin wire with a weight suspended from the bottom.

Because the friction at the top is extremely small and the weight at the bottom is huge, a person only needs to toggle it once, and he can continue to swing for several days.

According to basic human common sense, under the action of inertia, a pendulum should only move back and forth on a line, just like swinging. No matter how long it swings, as long as there is no external force, it will not shift left or right.

But in 1851, Foucault built this huge device and invited many scientists to watch it.

Then, in plain sight, the pendulum swung.

He used this to prove that the earth is always rotating and exerts a Coriolis force on the pendulum, interfering with its movement.

The upper city is located at about 30.4 degrees north latitude. Foucault's pendulum will complete one revolution in about 47 hours and return to its original starting point.

It is not difficult to understand that this time will decrease as the latitude increases, because the higher the latitude, the greater the angular velocity. When you reach the South Pole, it is exactly 24 hours.

"What the hell! What the hell!"

At this time, Gan Chongzhi looked at the data recorder placed next to Foucault in horror.

A small recorder was installed next to the pendulum to monitor the swing of Foucault's pendulum. At this time, Gan Chongzhi was browsing last night's swing records.

The speed of Foucault's pendulum rotation actually slowed down visibly to the naked eye! Now, 55 hours have passed since the last swing of the pendulum, but the pendulum still has not completed one revolution and returned to its original starting point!

This is far more than the previous 47-hour period!

this means……

Gao Zhengyi swallowed and asked in disbelief: "The latitude of the upper city has become lower?"

"I'm afraid it's not just as simple as getting lower." Gan Chongzhi pointed to the data on the recorder, "Look, the offset degree of Foucault's pendulum has returned to zero. This situation will only appear in one place..."

"Equator!!!" Gao Zhengyi exclaimed, "Do you know what you are talking about? You are saying that the earth's magnetic pole and rotation direction have shifted by a full 30 degrees! Do you know how big a geological disaster this will bring?"

"We've all seen crazier things, just accept the reality."

Gao Zhengyi was silent and looked at his hands.

yes.

What’s even crazier is that after what I experienced last night, what else is impossible to happen?

"nnd, that kid got it all right. Isn't that kid coming back from the future, or is he a prophet who can predict the future?" Gao Zhengyi sighed.

"Even if it is a true prophet, it can't save the damn ghost." Gan Chongzhi felt heavy. "It's too late now. The year has turned into a star ring. Setting off firecrackers from this distance will only poison us. As for the deflection of the geomagnetic pole... Communications were completely cut off and we couldn’t take any measures at all.”

Gao Zhengyi patted Gan Chongzhi on the shoulder: "Look at it, you did your best."

"Try your best...hehe..."

Gan Chongzhi smiled bitterly. Facing Gao Zhengyi, his old friend, he finally couldn't control his long-suppressed emotions.

"I'm not willing to give in!" Gan Chongzhi roared and cried bitterly, "Why on earth, why? It's like it was programmed. He didn't stop at the billions of planets he passed by, but he chose the earth as his final destination... …Why?"

"Perhaps... there is some treasure on Earth that it is looking for?"

"We obviously knew it! We knew all this in advance, and we could change it! Those people didn't have to die!" Gan Chongzhi recalled the devastation on the way back.

Shangcheng, once one of the most prosperous international metropolises and a symbol of youth and progress, is now riddled with holes.

The roadside is full of ordinary people crying holding the broken limbs of relatives and friends. Most of them are ordinary workers who come here to pursue their dreams. They have no foundation and just want to pursue a better future.

But the future is shattered.

They died too.

"Why!!"

He cried until his voice became hoarse and his tears turned red.

"Why on earth!!"

Simple scholars do not understand the complexity of the world. Even with a highly intelligent brain, some things are destined to be incomprehensible.

Gao Zhengyi hugged him and patted his old friend's back to comfort him.

"We are human beings, we can use our subjective initiative to change the world, and you have already done it. But we are only human beings, and we must accept the fact that our abilities are limited. You don't have to blame yourself for this."

"I hate...I hate myself...I don't understand...I..."

"Lao Gan!" Gao Zhengyi shouted, "This is not the first failure in your life, don't let it defeat you!"

"If I don't collapse, what can I do...what else can I do...what else can I do..." Gan Chongzhi lost all his strength.

"Whatever can be undone, you can always rectify. Didn't you almost fail the course in college and be persuaded to drop out? But you caught up. You can always catch up."

"..."

Gan Chongzhi remained silent.

The two hugged each other and were speechless.

At this moment, an embarrassing voice came from the door of the planetarium.

"Um...did we come at the wrong time?"

Du Mingyue and Nie Haiyang looked away in embarrassment.

The way the two of them hugged each other was so...so gay.

Nie Yao, fearing that the world would be in chaos, immediately took out her mobile phone and took a photo: "Director Gao! I bought the testimony of your friendship for 5 cents! No bargaining!"

Gao Zhengyi couldn't laugh or cry: "Why are you here?"

Du Mingyue looked serious, put the Air Force Major General logo on his shoulder, and saluted:

"Let's find Su Yun'an."

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