Li Xini abruptly stood up, unable to hide his shock: "A radius over 3500m?!"
"Yes, this is just a preliminary estimate." Bai Xiang wiped the sweat from his forehead, his voice even more anxious, "As time passes, this asteroid will continuously absorb other substances in the universe during its movement."
"By the time it reaches Earth, the worst estimate suggests its radius could exceed 150km!"
Li Xini’s face turned pale as well: "My God..."
"Moreover, it’s not just this one asteroid." Bai Xiang took a deep breath, "Around this largest asteroid, there are many asteroids with a radius of hundreds of meters, this is an asteroid cluster!"
An asteroid hitting Earth is something that currently only exists in sci-fi films.
But throughout Earth’s long history of billions of years, this sort of thing has happened millions of times and has often led to species extinction.
Some scientists estimate that dinosaurs went extinct because an asteroid hit Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Let alone an asteroid with a radius of 150km, even 3500m, Li Xini had never heard of it.
For years, besides combating transnational criminals and all other illegal acts, IBI also has departments specifically to deal with various disasters.
The department has warning and countering methods for disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and tornadoes.
Though asteroid strikes are extremely rare, IBI has corresponding measures to deal with them.
But they’ve never encountered an asteroid cluster.
Such a large asteroid hitting would be enough to make the entire Earth collapse.
Within seconds, Li Xini had calmed down and made a decisive decision: "Report this matter to the officers, then connect with Norton University!"
At the same time, across the Atlantic from the IBI headquarters, in Norton University.
"What about the backup plan?" The deputy principal paced back and forth in the star observation room, yelling, "Can’t we change its flight path? If it can’t be changed, just blow it away with remote machinery!"
"De-deputy principal, if we had observed it a year or even three months earlier, we theoretically could have avoided it completely." A professor pushed his glasses, also anxious, "But it appeared suddenly, no one knew how they started heading towards Earth!"
"We... we simply don’t have the time."
The deputy principal was about to say something when the communicator was forcefully opened.
At the same time, Ying Zijin, Fu Yunshen, Norton, along with Li Xini and Bai Xiang, all entered the online conference room.
The deputy principal saw Norton’s distinctive silver short hair immediately and became timid: "Principal!"
He desperately gave Ying Zijin a look, hoping she could suppress the soon-to-be furious Norton.
However, to the deputy principal’s surprise, Norton didn’t scold him, instead smiled: "I know, you’ve already done well."
The deputy principal became even more terrified: "Pr-Principal, I know you must be extremely angry, probably too angry to think straight."
Norton raised his eyes coldly: "Get out."
The deputy principal let out a long sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, it’s the principal."
"Stop the nonsense." Ying Zijin lifted her head, "Report the situation."
"Yes, sir." The deputy principal took a breath, "We were observing the universe as usual, but suddenly discovered an asteroid cluster coming straight towards Earth today."
He explained the whole background: "Sir, this is a matter of life and death for all humanity!"
Qin Lingyu, listening attentively, frowned: "Death doing this?"
This level of disaster couldn’t even be stopped by the initial Four Sages.
Fu Yunshen said calmly: "Impossible, he doesn’t have that capability, it’s just a disaster."
"I understand." Ying Zijin remained calm, "Proceed with all your current defense measures, leave the rest to me, please trust me."
The deputy principal paused for a moment, then straightened up: "Yes, I trust you, sir!"
He had known for a long time that only Ying Zijin was always dependable in this world.
Norton slowly spoke: "I can’t return for now, you continue to manage Norton University, I’m not joking, I mean it, Dekel, you’ve really done well."
The deputy principal’s eyes reddened: "Principal..."
"Alright, I get annoyed when I see you." Norton pressed a button, "Disconnected."
The deputy principal, barely moved for a second: "..."
Meeting ended, Ling Mianxi stood up: "I’ll go to the research institute to help."
Qin Lingyu also said: "I’ll go with you."
The Sages all went out to start action.
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