Chapter 1 Radiant Meteor Shower

20xx, autumn, T city.

Astronomical data shows that the Radiant meteor shower has a long active period, lasting from late September to late November. Due to the high declination of the radiant point, the observation conditions in the northern hemisphere are better, so they are also called the meteor shower that runs through the autumn of the northern hemisphere. Meteor shower. And this meteor shower may be accompanied by bright bolide meteors. Astronomical forecasts show that this year's Radiant meteor shower will reach its peak on the 13th and will be visible all night long, which is very beneficial to observations in the northern hemisphere.

In fact, meteor showers are not very rare, but it is not easy to see one due to the influence of external factors such as weather, time, and location.

A few days before and after the holiday, as long as the weather is fine, choose a place away from light interference, find a place with a wide view facing the southeast sky, and look up patiently toward the southeast from 22:00, you may be able to witness the beautiful and bright 'Bolide' drags its long tail across gracefully.

For any astronomy enthusiast, this is a long-awaited surprise and a viewing opportunity not to be missed.

Li Ming is one of the astronomy enthusiasts. Far away from the noisy urban area, the mountains in the suburbs are the best place to watch. He drove here alone just to wait for this moment.

Turn on the phone, flip through the news about this bolide, and then look at the time on the phone, 21:40.

Li Ming opened the car door and came to the ground in front of the car. It was the carpet that Li Ming had laid before. It was the most comfortable to lie on it and watch the meteor shower.

Watching meteor showers is not about looking at galaxies, nebulae and the like. They are waiting for you one minute early and one minute late. Meteors are nasty things that disappear as soon as they appear, so you have to maximize your observation time.

Moreover, the meteor shower is not like a large shower of meteors appearing when it rains. There is a certain time interval in between, and sometimes only one or two meteors appear in an hour.

Li Ming lay quietly on the carpet. The soft cushions were very comfortable. He looked up at the bright starry sky and waited for the beauty of that moment. In a quiet environment, Li Ming always liked to think wildly. He was already twenty-eight years old and working alone in other places. , no girlfriend, no house, only an installment car.

His introverted personality makes him taciturn, but most of the time he is thinking, thinking about life, and thinking about the confused future. The silence at this moment eases his complicated emotions. Who doesn't have this kind of person who works outside the home? pressure.

Unconsciously, the phone made a beeping sound. Li Ming picked up the phone and took a look. It was an alarm. At 22:00, a meteor shower was coming in the southeast direction.

Li Ming stared at the sky without moving. A few stars were exceptionally bright. Suddenly, a dozen bright spots suddenly appeared. Li Ming sat up excitedly, staring at the dozen stars without blinking. Highlights.

"I'm going to ... Bolide ... " Li Ming said to himself in surprise.

Although he knew that bolides might appear during the astronomical forecast, the appearance of more than a dozen of them at once was really exciting. Li Ming stood up from the carpet and stared in that direction, as if he could get away from them by standing up. Closer.

A few seconds later, Li Ming's excited expression suddenly disappeared. These dozen bolides did not burn and disappear in the atmosphere, but quickly fell to the earth dragging long flames.

More than half of the dozen or so pellets disappeared from Li Ming's sight, but three flew towards Li Ming at a very fast speed, getting closer and closer. Li Ming subconsciously covered his head with his arms. It felt like the fireball was about to hit me.

'Whoosh'

Something seemed to flash across the top of his head, and the surrounding mountains were instantly illuminated as brightly as daylight. A fireball flashed across the top of Li Ming's head.

Li Ming hurriedly turned around and saw the fireball disappearing into a forest in the night sky.

At this moment, Li Ming's heartbeat accelerated a lot, and he breathed a long sigh of relief. The scene just now happened so suddenly that he didn't even have time to be afraid. Although it was not burned out by the atmosphere, what was left was very small. , maybe only a meteorite the size of an egg is left.

There was a soft 'pop' sound, and a ball of transparent liquid fell on Li Ming's shoulder.

"Ah!" Li Ming screamed and jumped. It felt like someone tapped you on the shoulder.

Li Ming quickly looked around. There was silence under the night sky, and there was nothing. Li Ming subconsciously touched his left shoulder with his right hand, and there was indeed nothing except clothes.

Li Ming took a long breath and thought to himself: Is it an illusion?

Sighing slightly, he shook his head slightly. Maybe it was because he was under too much pressure in life, or maybe he was too scared by the bolide that just passed by. Looking at the starry sky in the distance, Li Ming couldn't help but said to himself , " Forget it. , let’s go back.”

Li Ming leaned over to clean up the carpet on the floor, but as soon as he lowered his body, he found a strange thing on the carpet.

This thing is only the size of an egg and is in a liquid state, just like a transparent balloon filled with water, but it still emits a faint light. The light is not completely transparent, but the starlight inside the liquid sphere.

It was as if this liquid sphere was filled with stars in the sky. It was very beautiful. Li Ming looked around again. There was no one around, and it was still so quiet.

What is this? Where did it come from? Li Ming had some doubts in his mind, and then Li Ming carefully touched it with his fingers. It was soft and very smooth.

Li Ming carefully squeezed it with his hand. There was no change and it was very elastic. He took it into his hand and put it in front of his eyes. When he looked carefully, he saw that the transparent sphere was shaking slightly in the center of his palm, like jelly.

Li Ming held this thing close to his eyes and couldn't help but exclaimed: Wow ... I'll go ...

There are bright lights smaller than rice grains shining inside the sphere, and it seems like there is something rotating inside, just like the solar system in space. Groups of light spots are rotating slightly. This magical scene is like Li Ming It's like being in the vast universe.

The more involved you are, the more you feel like you are in that universe. It feels like Li Ming is holding a universe in his hands, and every part of this "universe" is under Li Ming's control.

Li Ming's mouth opened wide. He couldn't believe what he saw. He couldn't believe this magical feeling. The beauty was fascinating. The vastness of the starry sky and the universe was intoxicating and yearning.

'puff'

There was a sudden sound, and Li Ming felt a ball of liquid enter his throat. The liquid sphere in his hand had completely disappeared, and the thing actually jumped into his mouth.

"Cough ... cough ... cough ...cough ... "

Li Ming bent over and coughed hard, trying to cough up the thing, but there was no response no matter how hard he tried. Li Ming immediately became worried and his expression became panicked.

"Oh my god, I won't die." Li Ming said to himself in panic, thinking quickly about what to do.

Yes, induce vomiting. Li Ming squatted down and stretched his fingers to his throat. A nauseating feeling immediately appeared. Yes, that's it. Li Ming told himself secretly and continued to tinker with his throat with his fingers.

This is also common sense in life. This is a good method after eating something by mistake, but it is not easy to induce vomiting. Although the length of a finger deep into the throat can stimulate gastrointestinal reactions, it still has little effect.

At this time, Li Ming just wanted to vomit quickly and stimulated his throat even harder. Although it felt very uncomfortable, he still had to continue stimulating it hard. I can do it! Li Ming said secretly, as the feeling became heavier and heavier, finally.

"Crash ... "

A large puddle of liquid was spit out. The vomiting was successful. Li Ming breathed a long sigh of relief and sat down on the ground. After taking a few deep breaths, Li Ming sat up again. He felt that his mouth was sticky, and then he vomited several times. He opened his mouth and spit out the vomit residue in his mouth. At this time, Li Ming looked at what he had spit out. He could only feel a large area in the dark night sky, but could not see anything clearly.

Li Ming took out his mobile phone, found a branch from the side, and turned on the rear light of the mobile phone. Okay, it is indeed a bit disgusting, but I have to see if that thing is spit out. If not, I must Went to the hospital.

Li Ming used a wooden stick to pull out the undigested residue. Soon, a liquid sphere flashing with faint light appeared under the light. Li Ming breathed a long sigh of relief and couldn't help but said to himself , " It's okay, it's okay ." good ... "

"puff"

The liquid sphere suddenly jumped and entered Li Ming's throat again. Li Ming quickly threw away the mobile phone stick and continued to cough hard while pinching his neck. However, the liquid was like water and entered with just one slide. into one's own belly.

"I'm NMD, your sister ... " Li Ming said angrily to himself.

After finally inducing vomiting, he suddenly jumped in again. Li Ming, angry and frightened, continued to induce vomiting. He rolled up the carpet casually and said to himself , " Let's go to the hospital."

Throwing the carpet casually into the back seat of the car, Li Ming got into the driver's seat and was about to start the vehicle. He remembered that he had not taken his mobile phone. Li Ming got out of the car again. There was a bright light on the ground not far away. It was the rear of Li Ming's mobile phone. light.

As soon as Li Ming took a few steps, he suddenly felt dizzy and his whole body became weak, as if the world was spinning. His vision began to become blurred, and he fell to the ground with a 'plop'.

Li Ming wanted to open his eyes hard, but he couldn't use any strength in his body. He could only close his hazy eyes slowly, as if closing his eyes was the most comfortable. He couldn't resist, so he just relaxed. A sentence echoed in Cun's consciousness , " I won't die like this, please hurry up and save me ... "

In the barren mountains and ridges, everything has returned to calm. The stars in the sky are gradually dimming, and the earth is gradually getting brighter. The darkness of the night is slowly being driven away by the coming light. The sun in the east has slowly risen, and the light of morning shines through. Warm the earth again through the gaps between branches and leaves.

Li Ming's eyes trembled slightly. Before he opened his eyes, he felt that the strong light had penetrated his eyelids and stimulated his visual nerves. He subconsciously raised his right arm to cover his eyes. Then Li Ming opened his eyes and felt There seems to be something in the right hand

what.

Li Ming turned his right hand over and saw that it was his mobile phone. Li Ming then sat up. His whole body was sore and sore, as if he had been doing physical work all night. His whole body was weak. When he looked at the mobile phone in his hand, he saw a bunch of English codes on the screen. It's like the computer has a blue screen.

Li Ming didn't pay attention to the changes in his phone. He checked his surroundings first. His car was still there, and everything was the same as before. There was no change at all. His heavy head felt dizzy. What happened before he fell into coma last night began to blur, like Like a dream.

Li Ming patted his head gently with his left hand, took a long breath, and couldn't help but look at the phone in his hand. He pressed and held a key with his finger until he turned off the phone and then pressed the key again.

After the phone restarted, the battery was still 5%, and the time was 07:35. At this time, Li Ming suddenly thought of something: I'm going, I have to go to work today.

Li Ming quickly got up and entered the car, inserted the key and started the vehicle directly. He turned the car and drove down the mountain road. Coming off the Huanshan Road is the provincial highway leading to the city. It takes thirty minutes to reach T City along the provincial highway. drive.

Li Ming turned on the radio in the car while driving. At the same time, he took out a bottle of water from the car seat. He felt his mouth was dry and a little sticky. He opened the bottle cap and was going to take a sip to rinse. I rinsed my mouth, but as soon as the bottle reached my mouth and before I started drinking, the bottle of water went straight down my throat and into my stomach with a 'swish' sound.

"Huh?" Li Ming looked confused. The bottle in his hand had become empty. A bottle of water disappeared in less than a second, and there was no more water next to the car seat. Li Ming was a little surprised, but he still felt that there was something. A little thirsty, maybe too thirsty, Li Ming didn't pay much attention, threw the empty bottle aside and continued driving.

"According to reports, the flow rate of the meteor shower last night, October 13, reached double digits when it reached its peak. Some astronomy enthusiasts photographed the entire process. The characteristics of this meteor shower are long traces, slow speed, and very bright. Many netizens even posted the most exciting moments of this meteor shower online for everyone to enjoy. Although there is no immersive feeling, this meteor shower still shocked many astronomy enthusiasts. This meteor shower will last until late November. Some experts remind you to try to find an open place to watch the meteor shower and avoid tall buildings or mountains. They also remind everyone to keep warm when watching. The next news is ... "

Li Ming raised his hand to turn off the radio and continued to focus on his way.