I, The Dragon Overlord - Chapter 421
Chapter 421 – United Nations General Assembly
“A satellite? Hitting Earth?”
Hearing the Secretary of Defense’s words, the president was stunned and then felt disbelief.
Hearing that it was a satellite falling from space, the president did not think of it as a big deal. Leaving aside landing on the North American continent, even if it landed on the White House, there would be no problems.
But after thinking so, the president wanted to slap himself. It was fine if it landed on the White House, but his family now lived there. If something happened, it would be his whole family would be affected.
Suddenly, he felt that something was amiss, if it was just an artificial satellite falling from space, this shouldn’t be a matter of human crisis. Even if all satellites were gone, there would be considerable changes in the human way of life, but not to the point of extinction.
“What satellite… are you talking about?” The president asked cautiously.
Seeing that the president finally asked a proper question, the Secretary of Defense took a deep breath and continued with a heavy expression, “… Jupiter LXVI, Mr.President.”
“Jupiter LXVI?”
Hearing this code name, the president wanted to jump up and yell angrily at the Secretary of Defense, ‘Are you fucking kidding me?’
Even if the president did not know much about astronomy, he knew that Jupiter LXVI was a moon of Jupiter.
Jupiter as the largest planet in the Solar System was more than hundreds of millions of kilometers away from Earth. If someone were to say that Jupiter’s satellite escaped its orbit and was heading towards Earth and towards the North American continent, they would be laughed out of conference rooms.
‘Wait… unscientific? Yes, it’s unscientific, but it could be magical.’
Thinking about this, the president broke out in a cold sweat. He licked his somewhat dry lips and said in a hoarse voice, “Tell me in detail why this is happening. Is it merely approaching our general direction or is it really headed directly for us?”
The Secretary of Defense gestured with his eyes to an old man behind him, who hurriedly stepped forward. With undisguised panic in his eyes, he took a deep breath and spoke in a smoother voice, “Mr. President, I am the director of the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Iowa. Not long ago our observatory discovered an asteroid that defied common sense and is currently located in the asteroid belt between mars and Jupiter.”
“This asteroid… seems to be artificially controlled. It doesn’t follow the laws of physics at all. Even gravitational pulls from planets don’t seem to affect it… It constantly changes its velocity and direction to maintain course for Earth!”
This director felt muddled. Although his worldview had been shattered since the appearance of the supernatural forces, those agents had only been limited to Earth and did not involve the infinite universe.
But now, this extremely bizarre situation that science could not explain indicated that those supernatural forces would also affect the universe. A small Earth in the eyes of those who had strong power, may really just be small pawns in their hands.
Anyone who thought of this would feel sad at how weak humanity was and have a mental breakdown.
Although the president was also shocked, he did not show it on his face. He wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and tried to maintain calm, “How can we prove that the asteroid is Jupiter LXVI?”
One of our teams is constantly observing Jupiter’s moons in hopes of finding new ones. As we found the strange asteroid, the team observing Jupiter’s moons told me that Jupiter LXVI, which they had been watching, disappeared.“
“Based on our observations of the asteroid, its size and shape were extremely similar to that of Jupiter LXVI. In light of its disappearance, we have confirmed that the asteroid was the moon of Jupiter.”
The director shivered. At this time, he was already thinking of how to inform his family and how to survive in the face of this calamity.
“Are you saying that Jupiter LXVI traveled millions of kilometers in just a short span of time and is now between the asteroid belts of Mars and Jupiter?”
The Secretary of Defense who paid attention to astronomy class asked in consternation.
“Yes, Mr. Secretary. This satellite just crossed millions of kilometers in an instant. This kind of thing could only be done by wormholes in science fiction. I am afraid that only… that only the mysterious power of magic could have done this.”
The director stammered a reply. Hearing his words, the two men’s faces sank. They were already certain that some terrifying evil and unknown being were definitely controlling this satellite.
“Why are you sure that it will land in North America?” The president asked with shaky hands.
“The satellite does not move at a uniform speed. It always adjusts its direction and accelerates and decelerates at will. It is even able to stop moving and remain suspended in the universe! And no matter what it always seems poised to land on our country’s soil.”
The president spewed out a mouthful of water after hearing this.
“According to our calculations, the reason why this asteroid is behaving strangely is because of its constant adjustments. The final result of the calculation is that it will fall in North America.”
The director said with a crying voice.
“What will be the consequences of this satellite hitting Earth?”
The Secretary of State couldn’t help but ask.
We think that this satellite is a little bigger than the comet that caused the dinosaurs to go extinct. If it crashes on North America, it will completely change the climate of the entire planet. Humans will most likely become extinct as a result. Even if there are humans who are lucky enough to survive, the North American continent will absolutely be finished.”
“This is the end of the world. God has given up on us.”
The determined scientist finally collapsed on the ground and began to make the sign of the cross.
“Impossible. If God had given up on us, Christ would not have sacrificed Himself when Satan appeared!”
The Secretary of State roared with reddened eyes.
“That’s right, Christ!! If we have God’s blessing, we might be able to survive!”
Hearing the secretary mention Christ, the room’s mood lit up.
“No, we don’t have enough time… Christ said that it would take thirty days to resurrect, and with the speed of the satellite, it would crash on Earth before that day comes.”
The observatory director’s words made everyone silent again.
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At this moment Robertson was sweating profusely. His pale body was shaking and he almost collapsed on the ground.
The Secretary of Defense noticed that something was wrong with him and quickly asked, “Director Robertson, what’s wrong with you? Are you okay?”
Roberston gave a small smile. His duty as a soldier compelled him to speak up in this matter.
“He said… he said that he will be reborn and descend on this Earth. And that mankind will be exterminated by giving their souls for it… I thought that it was just nonsense… but… but I didn’t know… I didn’t know that this would happen…”
Director Robertson felt his blood pressure soar. If not for the Secretary of Defense supporting him, he would have already fallen over.
The crowd looked at him in anger and gritted their teeth. If they didn’t know that blaming him was useless at this point, they would possibly have flayed his skin and stoned him to death.
The president was inwardly fearful and angry. He did not expect Roberstons to be so bold to research something evil for the sake of his own power!
“Inform the permanent members of the United Nations. We are going to convene a United Nations General Assembly. This is for the sake of mankind. Before turning to the gods, we, humans, need to rely on ourselves!”
After saying these words, the president felt that he was now quite imposing and impassioned. His level-headedness was almost like that of a hero who saved the world, but when thinking about the satellite that was going to fall, his moon worsened again.
TLN: Just assume that Jupiter LXVI is about 10-15KM in diameter and ignore what the wiki says.
