Chapter 794 - 493: Unleashing the Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 794: Chapter 493: Unleashing the Law of Heaven and Earth

At the observatory.

As time slowly passed, the astronomers observed Mercury using various instruments while engaging in discussions with each other.

Old Yi stood quietly by their side, listening. The content of their conversation was nothing but professional knowledge like the orbital angle changes of Mercury.

Due to Mercury being too close to the Sun, it is mostly obscured by the Sun’s light when observed from Earth, often completely drowning it out.

It is only visible for a short period each year.

Even during that period, Mercury can only be observed at dawn or dusk, in the brief moments when it rises before or sets after the Sun.

Unlike most other astronomical observations, it cannot be observed against the backdrop of the dark night sky for an extended period.

Observing Mercury is particularly challenging not only because of the lack of significant contrast in brightness but also due to the small angle between the line of sight and the horizon, which causes the light to travel a longer distance through the atmosphere, making it prone to refraction and disturbances from atmospheric turbulence and the terrain or buildings near the horizon. These factors make observing Mercury quite difficult.

Human knowledge of Mercury remains very limited.

Thus, the astronomers present were exceptionally enthusiastic,

bringing up every puzzling phenomenon they observed for immediate discussion with the others. Other astronomers were equally interested in these unresolved questions.

However, for someone uninterested in astronomy, this process was extremely tedious and torturous. Old Yi was standing beside them, almost dozing off.

As time slowly passed.

Soon, it was three o’clock in the morning.

Just as the astronomers at the observatory were discussing the refractive index of Mercury’s light,

suddenly.

An astronomer observing Mercury exclaimed in panic:

"Look quickly, Mercury seems to have... a crater appeared out of thin air!"

"A crater? Are you joking? There’s a meteor impact on Mercury right now?"

The other astronomers couldn’t help but laugh, thinking he was joking. If there really was a meteor impact, their instruments would have detected it in advance; it wouldn’t appear so suddenly.

But as they gradually observed with the naked eye, slight changes on Mercury’s surface, they realized that this was no joke.

From such a distance, visible changes to the naked eye must represent a catastrophic event on Mercury.

Just like humans standing on Earth watching a star blinking in the night sky could very well mean a supernova explosion of a fixed star millions of light-years away.

They hurried to their telescopes and began to observe Mercury closely.

Old Yi also woke from his drowsy state, his expression becoming serious,

such an unusual event appearing suddenly was highly likely the doing of Wang Ye.

Under the high magnification of the telescope, they could clearly see a circle of shock waves erupting violently on Mercury’s surface, flattening the surrounding mountains and craters.

However, they found no trace of a meteor impact.

Logically, such a terrifying explosion would require a meteor of at least several hundred meters or even a kilometer in diameter,

even if it impacted Mercury’s surface, the meteor would not completely disintegrate in an instant, but leave some remnants on Mercury’s land.

But now,

they could not observe any trace of a meteor, as if this explosion appeared out of nowhere on Mercury.

"Commander Yi, do you know what’s happening?" an astronomer couldn’t help but ask,

In truth, from the beginning, they were puzzled as to why Old Yi came personally to the observatory for this star-gazing, as astronomical observation is a very tedious and boring process.

A leader as busy as Old Yi rarely spends such a long time here.

Moreover, those with keen eyes noticed that Old Yi was utterly bored long ago,

but something seemed to keep him there as if he was waiting for something.

"It’s Wang Ye," Old Yi stated concisely.

"Wang Ye? He... went to Mercury?!" The surrounding astronomers were astounded.

But according to the internal information, Wang Ye had returned to Earth from the Moon, hadn’t he?

How could he suddenly go to Mercury?

And how did he cause such a powerful impact on Mercury? How did he do it?

No, more importantly, what is his purpose?

Even Old Yi didn’t know the answer to this question.

He frowned, looking at the Mercury in the sky, which was blasted open by tremendous force, his mind incredibly complex,

This kid doesn’t intend to blow up Mercury, does he?

Despite being the one who understood Wang Ye the most, he couldn’t guess Wang Ye’s intentions now. This person was like a chaotic cosmos, capable of doing things that no one could predict at any time.

At this moment, in the observatories in other countries experiencing nighttime on Earth, countless astronomers were also looking at the Mercury being hit by mysterious forces, falling into deep silence.

All the astronomy-related departments immediately began emergency research on the events occurring on Mercury,

They employed various astronomical observation methods, including satellite probes. Even the Bepi Colombo Spacecraft was used to investigate the situation on Mercury.