Under the Red Dragon

In the vast and boundless universe, amidst the starlight-ringed depths, a colossal star radiates a dazzling light, piercing through immeasurable distances, its majestic glow reaching countless planets throughout the cosmos.

Torrid plasma streams, like golden feathers, churn, erupt, and surge across the star's surface, releasing unimaginable and immeasurable energy.

Not far from this star, a black hole, its volume a mere fraction—one-tenth of a percent, even one-hundred-millionth of a percent, or perhaps an infinitely small fraction—silently drifts through the universe.

Like a ravenous beast of prey in the cosmos, it extends its bloodthirsty claws as it passes near the star.

The small black hole's gravitational pull is no match for the star's, yet even the light and heat emitted by the star cannot escape its grasp, forming an absolutely dark and desolate zone around it.

As the black hole gradually approaches the massive star, its gravity begins to exert a powerful pull and destructive force.

Flares on the star's surface, resembling golden crow feathers but magnified countless times, along with the surface matter, are peeled away by the immense pulling force, forming a long stream of matter and energy.

It is a vast, luminous, flame-like stream, akin to a small asteroid belt, orbiting the black hole, gradually sweeping past the star, and drifting aimlessly into the cosmos.

When this black hole, devoid of self-awareness, carrying a stream of flame-like matter and energy resembling a celestial body, approaches a planet in the universe where a civilized, intelligent race has emerged, it triggers tremors among the intelligent civilizations on that planet.

Countless news reports and newspapers are flooded with news of an unprecedented threat looming over the planet, and the information networks are rife with a sense of crisis and anxiety.

Every national television station is broadcasting to the public that, in order to confront this unprecedented crisis, all civilizations on the planet should set aside prejudices and divisions and work together to combat this potential civilization-ending threat.

"A celestial fragmented asteroid belt, approximately three thousand kilometers in diameter, is moving towards Earth at a highly uniform speed. According to scientists' estimates, this unprecedented small asteroid belt will enter Earth's orbit within three years."

"If there are no other unexpected factors, this fragmented celestial belt will collide with Earth in three years!"

"The Earth Civilization Nations Alliance is convening its first meeting as the host, strongly urging all nations to unite and activate the 'Planetary Security Protocol' to address this civilization-ending threat…"

Worldwide, there has been growing concern recently about the high probability of this small, fragmented asteroid-like object colliding with Earth.

The threat posed by this asteroid, named '2035yr1', has garnered global attention, and planetary defense space agencies in various countries are taking relevant actions to prevent Earth from being destroyed by the fragmented asteroid belt.

The 'Planetary Security Protocol' includes a comprehensive set of guidelines and rules to be followed. According to the latest calculations from the European Space Agency, the probability of this asteroid colliding with Earth is gradually increasing to its highest point as it moves steadily.

However, the thinking and behavior of the elites and ordinary people in every world are completely different.

Inside the Malga Laboratory, busy figures shuttle back and forth, and no one pays attention to the seemingly ubiquitous news and broadcasts.

"Doctor, why do I feel that modern physics is more like metaphysics in that Eastern country and theology in our country? Countless new particles seem to be discovered, and we know of their existence,"

"But for us, it's like the sun in the sky. Even if those primitive people know that the sun is full of precious fire for them, the origin of civilization, they can't get it, and they can't use it."

A young scientist said with a sigh to his teaching professor, his direct doctoral supervisor.

The confirmation of Para particles will bring a new way of thinking about matter and energy to the scientists of this world. These particles not only emerge in specific systems, but also treat the traditional particle rules as air.

The doctor who discovered and confirmed the existence of Para particles is already an old man in his fifties, but his white, withered hair cannot hide his vigorous spirit.

"Science has always been progressing, and the development of wisdom needs to rely on a long period of time to accumulate, and then explode and break through in an extremely short period of time. This is the path that must be taken."

The doctor propped up his glasses with his fingers and said, "And on the road of exploring science, we can gain some different inspirations."

"Look at this newly discovered Para particle. It can break away from the movement rules of bosons and fermions, but before, it was impossible to discover its existence and traces of movement with the same technology."

"Sometimes I even think that maybe it's not that our previous technology ignored it, but it's like a kind of, the sophon is becoming smarter under our observation, and various cosmic laws are slowly permeating our space as our civilization and wisdom progress."

The doctor said, "The universe can be infinitely large, and matter can be infinitely small. Perhaps, like some Eastern ideas and philosophies, emptiness transforms all things and gives birth to infinite phenomena,"

"The rules of the universe are born infinitely, and the path we discover is also infinite."

"Or perhaps there is a bold guess that our universe is undergoing an unconscious, instinctive upgrade, which is why some substances exist that our previous laws have never defined."

The young scientist smiled when he heard this and made a bold joke, "Teacher, what you said is like those great scientists who used to study theology, it's an idea that doesn't have a scientific perspective."

The doctor shook his head and said to his student with earnest words, "What is science?"

"Science is a classified knowledge system that reflects the objective laws of nature, society, and thinking in the universe. Science refers to the accumulation of universal truths and the application of universal theorems."

“If there truly are gods in this world, then they are also products of the universe's rules, the truth born from the objective laws of the world. It's just that the rules of those gods and the truths we can explore and utilize cannot be reconciled in our eyes.”

The Doctor said, “You are truly mistaken to attribute theology to the heretical path of deviating from science.”

“Although we humans are the overlords of Earth, our short lives and mortal perspectives are like a tiny speck of dust in the infinite truth,”

“Perhaps the truths we believe we have mastered are just a crude joke in the eyes of those who truly control the rules. What qualifications do we have to define the so-called true rules and truths!”

The young student smiled. He was the Doctor's favorite student, so of course, he wouldn't be so superficial. He was joking, and the Doctor knew he was joking, but the Doctor still patiently repeated his admonishments. This is what a truly good teacher is.

“I understand, teacher,” the young student nodded, solemnly expressing that he had heeded the teacher's advice.

The Doctor nodded in satisfaction, but a special ringtone came from outside the laboratory door.

The laboratory door opened, and several neatly dressed government secretaries and soldiers in military uniforms stood in a row outside the door, looking at the Doctor.

“Dr. Maas, I am a senior secretary of the European Joint Think Tank Organization,”

A blonde beauty in a short skirt and professional attire had two plump, long legs that shimmered. Her high-heeled boots echoed in the quiet laboratory.

“I have come here hoping to invite Dr. Maas to become a senior member of the European Joint Think Tank, to unite in response to the planetary security crisis!”

The blonde beauty spoke bluntly, her slender hands tightly grasping Dr. Maas's large hand.

The Doctor withdrew his hand immediately and gently shook his head. “I am just a scientist studying the field of physics and cannot be of much help in this situation.”

Dr. Maas knew how terrifying a nation could be when it got serious. Its vast talent pool never lacked the corresponding people. His achievements in physics, when applied to practical applications, couldn't be said to be completely clueless, but they could also be said to be completely irrelevant.

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“No, your way of thinking and contemplating is of great help to us,”

The blonde beauty said respectfully, “This crisis is not as simple as it seems on the surface. What we need are not just simple think tank talents, but diverse thinking talents covering the entire world.”

Dr. Maas pondered upon hearing this and asked after a long while, “It seems you have already grasped the truth of this world crisis. Since the world needs me to contribute my meager strength, then there's no need for me to pretend. Let's go, right now.”

“That would be great. With your addition, our chances of overcoming this crisis will increase by one point. Thank you for your help, Professor Maas, please!”

The blonde beauty led Maas, escorted by soldiers equipped with weapons, onto the helicopter on the laboratory rooftop. After several transfers, they arrived at the underground base of the European Joint Think Tank.

The overall structure of this huge base was built with solid alloy in an underground cave, full of futuristic science fiction style. The vast underground base covers an area of tens of acres, but it is only one of the eighteen bases of the European Joint Think Tank.

Under the secretary's repeated verification, the huge alloy door opened, revealing the bustling crowd inside the base.

Hundreds of men and women in military uniforms and professional suits shuttled back and forth in the base, countless people buried in front of computers, working hard and acting for the same goal.

“There are various data analysis files. Each room contains different categories of information, including historical humanities, mythology, religious philosophy, online fictional legends, and so on,”

The blonde secretary pointed to a row of open rooms, where countless people were also buried in sorting out or grabbing data information through computers, classifying it, and then summarizing it into a simple one-page report to be submitted to the command center.

Dr. Maas followed the blonde secretary into the central conference room of this base. He even saw the most famous hackers and red hackers in the folk and official circles趴伏 in front of the huge central supercomputer, constantly communicating and discussing with each other.

Dr. Maas even discovered in a brief glance the simulation of countless missile and nuclear weapon launch equations, as well as the coordination calculation of the ground-to-air defense facility system.

Even every possible impact factor of future celestial changes was collected, considered, and calculated by this huge central supercomputer.

It was not that Dr. Maas was a genius who could see through the purpose of these plans at a glance across industry fields.

But rather that the corresponding plan names were marked on those densely packed information, constantly plans were rejected, and new plans were constantly generated, and then gradually optimized in discussions.

In addition to these elites, Dr. Maas also saw elites from all walks of life in Europe in this conference room, including young rich people from various countries, government officials, ancient aristocratic bloodlines, and capital tycoons.

Dr. Maas even discovered bishops and church leaders sent by churches from all over Europe among them. These people gathered together, arranged in front of the huge screen, quietly watching the blurred picture displayed on the screen as if shocked.

Dr. Maas sat down next to a bishop and heard the bishop's low prayers before he even looked up to see the picture on the screen.

“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet,”

“And upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.”

“And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,”

“Having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.”

“And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.”

Dr. Maas did not believe in the church, but he knew that what the bishop was chanting was the scene of the doomsday judgment coming in the Book of Revelation.

The red dragon with seven heads and ten horns was the judgment that destroyed all living beings, the incarnation of the devil king Satan, who had fought with the angel Michael in heaven.

So Dr. Maas raised his head.