A week flew by.
Inspired by the solar wind storm, Lü Yongchang successfully established a direction for his research.
This greatly accelerated the development of the Ion Beam Weapons.
But had the effects of Mercury plunging into the Sun really ended so simply?
The answer was clearly no.
As a finely balanced celestial system, the Solar System would naturally experience a series of chain reactions following the drastic changes to the Sun and Mercury.
For example...
Inside the laboratory, Lü Yongchang and Wilson were finalizing the weapon's structural design.
"No, no, no. Your design won't work." Lü Yongchang waved his hands repeatedly. "There's no need to make it so complicated. Just use two particle accelerators to accelerate positively and negatively charged ions, then mix them to keep the ion beam electrically neutral."
Wilson's face flushed slightly at the rejection of his design, and he was about to say something.
Zero's voice suddenly sounded from the speaker, interrupting their argument.
"Professor, something has happened."
The laboratory suddenly fell silent.
Lü Yongchang frowned, drew his gaze away from the design drawings before him, and asked gravely, "What happened?"
A new holographic image quietly unfolded before the two men.
In the image were two worlds etched into humanity's DNA.
Earth and the Moon.
The moment he saw the image, Lü Yongchang's heart lurched, and a bad feeling welled up inside him.
"Zero, what happened to Earth?" he asked gravely.
"Professor, it's not Earth. It's the Moon." Zero's voice came from the nearby speaker.
"After sweeping over Venus, the solar wind storm headed toward Earth and the Moon."
"Protected by its geomagnetic field, Earth suffered relatively little damage."
"But the Moon..."
The holographic image before Lü Yongchang quietly changed.
The Moon's cratered surface was in shambles.
The facilities that had once stood in neat