CHAPTER 568: CHAPTER 466: SNOWFLAKES ARE HEXAGONAL

In the infrared vision mode of the nano armor, Chen Xin clearly saw that as the Weather Controller’s microwaves projected onto the designated area, the color of the sky gradually changed rapidly from a bluish-black to blue.

In the infrared vision mode, the lower the temperature, the more the color shifts towards the violet end of the spectrum, while the higher the temperature, the more it shifts towards the red end.

Now the sky in Chen Xin’s view had changed from purple to blue, which was enough to indicate a significant temperature rise, and that rise was continuing.

With further microwave irradiation, the sky was now nearing cyan, even transitioning towards green.

Meanwhile, the screen of the nano armor also displayed that the current temperature was -14℃, just a little short of breaking through the freezing point.

In fact, it wasn’t just Chen Xin who noticed the temperature rise; the Mobile Base had already activated all its observation equipment, likewise monitoring the temperature rise in the sky in real-time.

The rapid temperature rise in such a short time resulted in air expansion and flow, causing strong winds again in the test area.

Standing by the observation window, Chen Xin could even feel the whistling caused by the strong winds, with a vertical antenna on the deck being bent into an astonishing arc.

But this did not affect Chen Xin’s mood at all because he was hoping that the temperature would rise a bit higher, the wind would be a bit stronger, and even if the antenna broke, it could be acceptable.

Because that would mean the sky temperature had risen to the level Chen Xin needed.

"Keep rising! Break zero degrees quickly!" Chen Xin couldn’t help muttering as he watched the sky change color.

Although the situation looked good now and the experiment seemed to be going smoothly, the tension in Chen Xin’s heart did not ease at all.

If the temperature could not rise above zero, rain could not form, and the experiment would not be considered successful; no matter how momentous things seemed, it would be meaningless.

In Chen Xin’s anticipation, the temperature in the sky continued to rise, but the rising speed seemed to hit a bottleneck, gradually slowing down as it approached zero degrees.

This situation was within Chen Xin’s expectations, and similar scenarios had occurred in previous experiments, but Chen Xin couldn’t help feeling a wave of worry and tension, fearing this experiment might fail.

Fortunately, the situation didn’t seem to be heading in a negative direction; although the temperature’s rise slowed, it was still steadily increasing, and under Chen Xin’s watch, it finally broke through to 1℃.

The moment he saw the temperature break through to 1℃, Chen Xin immediately became excited, letting out a cheer.

At the same time, others in the command room also cheered, celebrating this moment!

Although rainfall hadn’t formed yet and the biggest goal of the experiment hadn’t been achieved, the temperature rising above zero was already a new breakthrough.

To know that after such a long time since the meteorite impact, except for special circumstances, the global temperature hadn’t risen above zero for a long time.

That at this moment humankind could make the temperature reb inflation during its own power, this is very remarkable and worth celebrating.

And most critically, above zero, rainfall conditions can form.

But besides temperature, many other factors also affect rainfall formation. Whether this time can truly create rainfall, neither Chen Xin nor the staff were very sure.

Although according to their calculated data, rainfall should form, no one could guarantee that the deduced results would definitely be realized.

What if there was a slight deviation somewhere, or the environmental conditions didn’t meet the requirements for rain, and there was no rain?

No one could completely prevent this situation, nor could anyone guarantee that it wouldn’t happen.

So, despite the cheers, soon everyone got back to their tense work, even though their job was just to monitor environmental changes without any significant impact on the entire experiment process.

Just as Chen Xin couldn’t hold back and wanted to ask the base to increase the Weather Controller’s radiation power, an instrument in the control room suddenly flashed and sparked.

"Huh? What’s happening!" Chen Xin immediately turned his head, looking at the sparking equipment: "Quick, cut the power! Don’t let it catch fire!"

The operator of the equipment was also startled, but fortunately, the operators on the Mobile Base were all military personnel, allowing them to handle the problem calmly and promptly cut off the equipment’s power, preventing it from continuing to spark and possibly developing into a fire.

Seeing this, Chen Xin knew it was impossible to continue increasing microwave radiation power.

So he said to the Captain: "Notify the base to stop the Weather Controller’s irradiation according to the original plan."

Even though rainfall hadn’t formed yet, the microwave irradiation time had reached the pre-determined length set during previous trials, so better to stop now than risk causing problems by continuing.

The Captain didn’t say much, just nodded and both arranged for the Mobile Base to be inspected for other equipment sparking or fire hazards and established contact with the base to relay Chen Xin’s orders.

Upon receiving Chen Xin’s instructions, although they were reluctant to conclude the experiment, they understood that scientific trials aren’t something you can force through.

The best approach now was to proceed with the original plan, wait for the experiment to end, then identify problems, learn from experience, and analyze why rainfall wasn’t formed.

So despite their reluctance, the Weather Controller still stopped according to the original plan.

After the Weather Controller stopped, the temperature had reached 7℃, not a low temperature.

If microwave irradiation continued, perhaps the temperature could rise further, but after the Weather Controller stopped, the temperature began to fall rapidly.

Chen Xin’s face revealed a look of regret. He had high hopes for this experiment, but he didn’t expect that it still failed to form rainfall.

"Exactly where did it go wrong? According to calculations, rainfall should have formed! We even specifically measured the air humidity and determined there were conditions for rainfall!" Chen Xin stood by the observation window, his expression grave.

Yet, as he was pondering where things went wrong, the antenna that had previously been bent by the wind was already straightened back up and even began tipping over in the opposite direction.

Simultaneously, tiny snowflakes started to float down from the sky, landing on the observation window.

Seeing this, Chen Xin’s eyes widened suddenly, and the hexagon structure of the snowflakes was so beautiful at that moment.