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When radioactive radiation on the surface of the sun explodes and charged particles burst at a rate of millions of kilometers per hour, a solar storm occurs.

A sufficiently strong radiation explosion will affect more than half of the world's radio communications. In addition, when the sun's eruption of coronal mass is powerful enough to directly sweep the earth, it can easily destroy the power grid facilities on the surface, including satellites in space that do not have corresponding protection.

The Carinton Superstorm in 1859 caused serious damage to the telegraph system at that time, but in the era of steam engines, it had little impact on human daily life.

But if you encounter such a strong super solar storm in today's modern society, the consequences will be unimaginable and it will inevitably bring a heavy blow to the global economy.

The most famous case happened in Canada in 1989, when a high-energy solar storm overloaded the Quebec power grid, causing more than 6 million people to blackout in Canada and the eastern part of the Magnesium.

The Toronto Stock Exchange stopped trading because the solar storm caused all electronic equipment to be burned. This incident scared many people. Since then, the ESA and North American Space Administration jointly established the solar storm early warning satellite SOHO.

It is obvious that if a solar storm occurs, the major powers will definitely be predicted in advance.

"Master, the simulation evolution results have come out."

After waiting for a while, Xiaona responded.

Luo Sheng put the teacup aside, tapped it lightly on the keyboard a few times before staring at the panel information.

After reading the results, Luo Sheng said: "Contact Academician Yang from the Academy of Space Sciences, I want to have a video call with him."

Xiaona: "The communication request has been established."

A moment later, a window popped up in front of Luo Sheng. A man in his fifties in his glasses appeared on the screen. When he saw his hairline, he saw a man with a "super smart" hairline.

It is Academician Yang Demao, whom Luo Sheng mentioned.

"Mr. Luo? It's really surprising that you can come to the door on your own initiative. This is the first time." Yang Demao smiled.

Luo Sheng turned on the signal and asked straight to the point: "Professor Yang, what do you think about the solar activity four years later?"

Yang Demao was stunned for a moment and said curiously: "You came here specifically for this matter? Wait, I'll review the data."

After a while, Yang Demao looked at Luo Sheng in the video video again and said, "The result of data processing is that it is equivalent to one-tenth of the solar activity in the 2012 cycle. What's wrong? Why are you concerned about this problem?"

Luo Sheng said concisely: "But the result I calculated is twice as high as the Carinton Superstorm, at least twice."

Yang Demao didn't react for a moment, and after a moment he was shocked: "What? How is this possible?"

Luo Sheng said: "Solophysics research involves the use of many instruments, usually with a lot of data in different spaces or ground observatories. Time lag and other factors increase complexity and error. The Institute of Space Science should not have the ability to analyze and process. I recently developed a new tool to process a large amount of data and improve future risk assessments. It can filter 100,000 data sets at a time and train an evolutionary model that can identify signs of an impending outbreak. Professor Yang, I'll send it to you."

Yang Demao nodded solemnly after holding the mirror with a tactical tactic. He believed that Luo Sheng would not be idle and came to scare him. This was not something that could be just a joke.

After the model tool was passed, Yang Demao immediately demonstrated it, and at the same time he heard Luo Sheng’s voice coming from the video screen again.

"This set of tools benefits from powerful AI aids that links solar wind drivers to the level of magnetic field around the Earth and tracks their connection to solar storms to discover anomalies in the data. The algorithm provides a ‘anomaly score’ for each set of data nodes, which is currently able to collect data from more than 100 satellite missions and develop visualization capabilities for further research."

After a pause, Luo Sheng added: "Simply put, it can create simulations of the solar phenomena required to simulate super solar storms like the 1859 Kalinton event, and we can obtain every data in the super storm to effectively predict."

At this time, Yang Demao looked at the evolution process of calculation simulation. He didn't say a word, but his expression became more and more serious.

The solar flare erupted, and the super giant solar storm was the first to destroy the high-altitude atmosphere of the earth. The connection between the satellite and the earth was interrupted. The solar storm caused a violent ion flow. Satellites or other artificial celestial bodies that did not provide special protection will basically be scrapped. At present, satellites in orbit have not done much protection in this regard, which means that all of them will be done.

Communications on the ground will also be affected in the future, but this is not the worst place.

Yang Demao continued to watch the model evolution continue to move forward.

Twenty-four hours later, plasma clouds came to the earth and collided with the magnetosphere, which triggered a severe geomagnetic storm. At this time, all flights must be terminated.

The geomagnetic storm seriously affects the power grid transformer, which is followed by a major power outage around the world. The lights will go out and the Internet will be turned off. Dabai robots can no longer use navigation systems. Fortunately, the image vision AI perception system can be used, but the premise is that Dabai can escape this solar storm and not be destroyed by electromagnetic pulses, and any equipment that needs electricity will be turned off.

Most modern cities have electronically controlled urban water supply systems, and toilets and sewage treatment systems will stop working, gradually becoming dirty and messy. Heating, air conditioning and cold storage will be paralyzed and failed. Food and drugs that are prone to deterioration will deteriorate, which will lead to shortages of water and food, prices will surge, urban life will be severely disturbed, and air pumps will also be offline, etc.

At this moment, it is hard for Yang Demao to imagine, and it is difficult to estimate how much damage will be caused to people's lives and how much consequences will be caused by billions of people who are eager for electricity.

He is now paying attention to a series of rolling numbers in the simulation evolution as the simulation time progresses, which represents the economic losses caused by this solar storm, exceeding US$7.6892 trillion.

This is still a direct economic loss.

"Mr. Luo, how reliable is your model? This is not a joke. It involves preparations and reconstruction work before and after the disaster. Disasters of this level are major events that require the whole country to mobilize. Once there is a misjudgment and wrong judgment, no one can bear this responsibility." Yang Demao said very seriously. At this moment, he really hoped that Luo Sheng would come to joke with him.

If a solar storm really comes, the biggest impact is that it causes large-scale power outages, which will trigger a chain reaction. The power interruption can be shorter than a few days, months or even years. If there is a response plan in advance, closing some power plants will help protect the reinforced and protected substations. You will be counted on them when you are post-disaster reconstruction. Without electricity, large machines cannot be operated. The efficiency and cost of post-disaster reconstruction will also soar. Otherwise, post-disaster reconstruction can be completed faster and people's lives will return to normal.

But what if the wrong judgment is made or misjudged?

Who will be responsible for the losses caused?

No one dares to take this responsibility.

"I am 100% sure of this solar storm attack. If there is a mistake in judgment, I am willing to bear all the consequences." Luo Sheng replied with great firmness. He was a person who had experienced this natural disaster, but this natural disaster did not involve mankind in the wasteland world where order collapsed. At least several major powers recovered quickly, especially countries with strong mobilization capabilities, which recovered the fastest.

With the warning this time, Luo Sheng had sufficient confidence to further reduce the losses, and there was still more than four years of preparation time, which was not short.

The reason why I suffered heavy losses in my previous life was because of the misjudgment of the power of the flare outbreak.

Fortunately, this cosmic disaster is not a 10-kilometer-level asteroid that hits the earth. If an asteroid hits the earth, with the current technical level of human beings, it will basically be hit to the Stone Age and enter the unordered wasteland world.

When Yang Demao heard Luo Sheng’s exact reply, his heart became heavier. After a brief moment of silence, he said: “We have to immediately convene an emergency meeting to discuss and write an emergency report and submit it immediately. By the way, Mr. Luo, who else knows about this matter?”

"You are the only one with me at the moment." Luo Sheng replied briefly, adding: "Professor Yang, remember to sign my name in the submitted report materials."

Luo Sheng's name is also very important and will make the superior pay more attention to it. Signing also means taking responsibility. If it is really a wrong judgment, a wrong judgment will be held accountable.

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(I haven't dug a new pit for a long time, I'll dig a pit for the plot four years later~~~)
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