Chapter 163: Arrow On The String
At this moment, the Earth Detection Network, composed jointly of the helium isotope monitoring network, Earth Exploration Satellite scanning system, and “Earth Stethoscope” arrays deployed in thousands of deep wells that had already been laid out before the human world, has been in operation for two months.
This network has indeed played a tremendous role, allowing scientists to systematically and comprehensively probe the Earth in an unprecedented manner, collecting an unprecedented amount of data and obtaining numerous research results.
But obviously, at this moment, no one cares about those research results, and no one is excited about the explosive progress in Earth science.
Because people clearly see that not a single item among these data and results is related to the factors that could trigger a global cataclysmic earthquake.
Although disappointed, people have not despaired.
Because there is still one last killer weapon, or decisive weapon, that has not yet been brought to the table.
That is the current Mantle Detector.
No matter how systematic, comprehensive, or in-depth the previous research was, it was only superficial; how could it compare to directly detecting the mantle?
Almost everyone believes that this firsthand information from the mantle must contain data related to the Apocalypse Mystery.
And… once the cause of the apocalypse is clarified, no matter what it is, the entire world will immediately react.
This statement is not just talk.
Under the leadership of the World Government, all industrial industries worldwide have now entered a state of war readiness.
Every factory has its full staff on duty, ready at any time to receive production missions;
Every engineer, scientist, research institute, and design institute is ready for action, prepared at any time to design and develop new tools;
At every rocket launch site, rockets on the launch pads have completed fuel loading and can launch at any time. In rocket warehouses and tens of thousands of rocket-related industry factories worldwide, massive production power is also ready and can go into operation at any time;
In the military, every unit is also prepared to set out. Whether the mission is to bomb the Moon or destroy a peak, to launch a nuclear bomb or a deep sea torpedo, it can be initiated within one minute;
The massive global logistics team is also fully prepared. A total of millions of large and small trucks, tens of thousands of cargo planes and passenger planes, numerous large and small cargo ships, as well as ports, docks, and so on, are ready at any time for cargo or personnel transportation missions.
Every person, every industry, every institution globally is like a taut bowstring, with the arrow forcefully nocked, ready to fire instantly upon a single instruction.
The bowstring and arrow are ready; where is the target?
The people at this moment still do not know.
But people can know that information about the target’s location is most likely hidden in the data obtained from the mantle.
It carries the hope of everyone in the world.
In this almost impatient situation, people spent a long 10 hours.
According to the planning, at this moment 10 hours later, expert representatives will make the first summary report to people including the Decision-Making Council, Deliberation Council, Hibernation Consultant Group members, and others.
The atmosphere in the conference hall is solemn. In the front, the experts making this report have already taken their seats.
Their expressions are solemn, their voices low.
“The analysis of the first batch of mantle data is not yet fully complete, but so far, we have not discovered any clues that could trigger a global cataclysmic earthquake.”
The conference hall fell into a brief silence, and the expressions of numerous attendees turned ashen at this moment.
The expert representative continued: “Of course, this is only the preliminary analysis. Further subsequent analysis may still yield major discoveries.”
After the brief and hasty report, the experts left their seats and resumed the data analysis process. The attendees already knew that hope was slim.
The initial overall analysis yielded no results; the probability of obtaining a major discovery from subsequent detailed analysis is as slim as netting a big fish from a pond that has already been fished multiple times.
At this moment, even the high-ranking and powerful attendees could not help but feel a touch of bewilderment.
We have drawn the bowstring and nocked the arrow; we have made all preparations, just waiting for the target’s position to appear.
But now… the experts tell us there is no target at all.
The target does not exist.
No matter which direction our arrows are shot, no matter how powerful or accurate they are, they are destined to fall after exhausting their force, destined never to hit the target we want them to hit.
In that case… what meaning do all our previous struggles and work have?
In the silence, Sun Changhe pressed the speaking button.
“Consultant Sun, please speak.”
After receiving permission from the host, Sun Changhe’s steady voice echoed throughout the conference hall.
“I believe that from now on, we must consider two issues.
First, the issue of bringing intelligence to the next life.
As it stands now, the possibility of obtaining key change intelligence data from inside the Earth before the apocalypse arrives is already extremely low.
It is highly likely that those key changes will occur only at the moment the apocalypse arrives. How to collect this data and ensure it reaches Comrade Jiang Yang’s eyes must begin preparation from this moment.
Moreover, among the data collected through several giant projects in this life, there must be much that could have a huge impact on the next life.
Relevant expert teams must also begin screening intelligence from this moment, ultimately compiling it with mantle and crust data at the time of the apocalypse’s arrival, and handing it over to Comrade Jiang Yang to bring to the next life.
Second…”
Sun Changhe was silent for a moment, his expression firm again: “It is now basically confirmed that this life will inevitably face annihilation. So, how do we explain this to the public?
This issue now requires a decision.
At the beginning of this cycle, in order to better mobilize the power of the whole world and considering realistic factors, the World Government ultimately decided to publicize the Doomsday Intelligence.
This decision now appears correct.
Without this decision, the Mantle Detection Plan would not have succeeded.
But the problem is, once the decision is made and the power of every person in the world is mobilized, we must be prepared to pay the corresponding cost.
Under the current expectations of all people, the results of the Mantle Detection Plan must be announced.
Whether success or failure, there must be a clear result, giving the public a clear explanation.
However, once the Salvation Plan’s failure is announced and the apocalypse is inevitable, no one knows how public emotions will develop, what the world will become, or what consequences it will trigger.
