" Lucy, I've received an important mission and have to leave immediately. It might involve a long trip, and we'll be apart for a while."
The Day After Tomorrow Spacetime.
Jack left the room, answered a phone call, and then hurriedly told his wife the news.
Lucy was lying in bed reading a book, not quite reacting to what was happening yet.
What mission?
"Your current task is so important, being responsible for weather forecasting across the entire North America region..."
Jack had already returned to his room and was quickly selecting clothes for his business trip from the closet.
More than half a year has passed since the apocalyptic catastrophe, and during this time he has stayed with his family and has hardly left.
However, his life experience over the past decade had made him adept at this job, and a suitcase, neither too big nor too small, filled with all the necessities, soon appeared in the room.
Jack turned around, hugged Lucy who had walked behind him, kissed her forehead, and then said, "It's a mission Liu gave me. He'll be with me in No. 3 Spacetime to stand by. Something terrible seems to be about to happen in a strange parallel universe."
Lucy hugged him tightly.
It took Jack a while to pat her hand before she reluctantly let go. "Promise me you'll come back safely. Sam has already left to join the Disaster Response Bureau, and now you're leaving me too."
"This is our destiny, and it's also my responsibility." Jack seemed quite philosophical about it. "You could try participating in the Mutual Aid Society's missions; I heard that No. 7 Spacetime still needs a doctor."
Lucy nodded sadly. "How are you going to get there? I'll drive you."
"Liu will submit the team roster, and that chairman will open Spacetime Tunnel for us very soon."
"Alright." Lucy had no choice but to give up on the idea and continue embracing her husband.
On the other side.
Liu Chunshi quickly gathered the people, then sent a signal, and was soon taken to the Wandering Spacetime by Zhang Tianyuan using Spacetime Tunnel.
As soon as he landed, Liu Chunshi didn't even have time to greet Jack before immediately throwing himself into his work.
A dedicated weather studio has been set up for them, and all the weather data acquired by the satellite will be synchronized to the computers in the studio.
There are also on site
The weather team was summoned from the local area during the Wandering Spacetime and space.
Without saying much, everyone nodded to each other and immediately began working in perfect harmony.
They had already cooperated many times before, back in the Day After Tomorrow Spacetime.
Various data from the Snowpiercer Spacetime were extracted, recorded, and analyzed.
Everyone on site performed their duties, maintaining a unique sense of order amidst the hustle and bustle, like a pair of tightly meshed gears; the faster they rotated, the more rhythmic and beautiful they became.
A few hours later.
When the satellite once again flew over North America in Snowpiercer Spacetime, bringing back brand new data.
Everyone in the studio frowned.
Liu Chunshi glanced at Jack.
Jack also glanced at Liu Chunshi.
The two men were quite in sync at this moment.
"The temperature trend line in the upper atmosphere is decreasing..."
"Yes," Jack nodded, "It's too close to the timeline of our era."
These all occur when the upper atmosphere suddenly and drastically cools down, causing water vapor to quickly condense into snow or hail and fall.
Liu Chunshi's eyes were fixed on the data. "Actually, there are some differences."
"Judging from the current situation, the cooling process in the upper atmosphere is far less intense than what you experienced back then, but the area of cooling here is expanding rapidly, and it seems that the boundary of the cooling is completely invisible..."
Jack agreed with this view, nodded, and his expression was very serious.
At that time the Day After Tomorrow Spacetime convection was very intense, and the collision of cold and warm air currents created many terrifying meteorological disasters.
However, the Snowpiercer Spacetime currently does not experience such intense atmospheric convection.
More accurately, its atmosphere now appears more like a bubble that is gradually freezing, starting as a small part and then slowly expanding to cover the entire area.
From the start of satellite monitoring until now, only four or five hours have passed, and the cooling of the upper atmosphere has already covered half of North America.
" Station Chief Liu, how is it? Is the situation still optimistic?" Zhang Tianyuan walked in from the outside.
Liu Chunshi used to be the station chief of the Legend Spacetime Antarctica Research Station, but he is no longer. However, Zhang Tianyuan still calls him that when they are face to face.
Liu Chunshi didn't mind. He turned around, shook his head, and his face was ashen.
Zhang Tianyuan sighed.
Qi walked up to him and said, "Tell me briefly."
Liu Chunshi quickly and concisely explained the current situation.
"... Although atmospheric activity in No. 8 Spacetime is currently quite mild, this won't last long. The temperature difference between the upper and lower dimensions will definitely cause strong convection, leading to various unusual phenomena."
"If this trend continues, what will happen to No. 8 Spacetime?"
"If the situation does not improve, then within three days at most, the upper atmosphere around the world will cool down, and then powerful Typhoon will sweep across the globe."
"Just like during the humid season, when water droplets cling to the walls and keep sliding down, the moisture in the atmosphere will freeze and fall to the ground, eventually turning into an ice coffin containing the Earth and humanity..."
"If this is the actual outcome, it's far more serious than in No. 6 Spacetime."
At this point, Liu Chunshi glanced at Jack.
Jack, wearing translation headset, nodded in agreement.
Although the temperature in their spacetime has begun to gradually decrease, the overall temperature in the Southern Hemisphere and the low-latitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere is still relatively normal.
But this No. 8 Spacetime is different.
If this trend of cooling in the upper atmosphere continues, the entire Earth will be frozen solid, with nowhere to escape.
Zhang Tianyuan frowned and asked, "Is there any way to stop or slow down the trend of atmospheric cooling?"
"If we start freezing things out in three days, that's too short a time; we won't have enough time to take any action."
In such a short time, the Mutual Aid Society simply didn't have enough time to make effective contact with Snowpiercer Spacetime, let alone reach a cooperation agreement with them.
Moreover, even if a cooperation is reached, the effect of a hasty rescue might ultimately be worse than that of the Day After Tomorrow Spacetime.
Following the meeting, some branches have already conducted preliminary assessments of the rescue efforts' effectiveness.
If the Snowpiercer Spacetime were to be hit by the most intense Typhoon a month from now, the most ideal outcome would be the death of more than half of the global population.
If there's only half a month left, saving one-tenth of the population would be considered a success.
So is there any way to solve or delay atmospheric cooling?
This is the most crucial issue right now!
Zhang Tianyuan stared at Liu Chunshi, hoping he could provide an answer...