Industrial Cthulhu doesn't believe in the end times.

Chapter 30 Until Complete Victory
2*30年5月23日，倒计时23天。

sunny.

The coastal city has far more sunny days than the foggy city, and the weather is also slightly cooler.

Upon returning to the base, Shao Xuezhen immediately came to find him.

"Were you attacked on the way?"

Su Xun nodded and said, "I'm fine, but Wang Junyou was seriously injured. The attacker is dead, and I heard from Team Leader Zheng that the two spies who planned this incident have also been arrested."

Shao Xuezhen nodded: "I understand some of it. This matter is likely the work of several conglomerates, not just your side. Several of their front men have also been provoking us recently. Don't rush to retaliate, or you'll fall into their trap. We need to be more composed, especially in situations like this."

Su Xun smiled. There were probably few people with more composure than him. There was probably no one in the world who had ever experienced living as a base, remaining motionless and unshaken for decades.

Unfortunately, this route ultimately couldn't outrun those monstrous natural disasters, but at least it allowed him to survive until almost the very last moment.

Those so-called tycoons, even including their descendants, won't outlive Su Xun. What's there for him to be in such a hurry for?

"I will obey the organization's arrangements, but since the other party took the initiative to provoke the conflict, doesn't the organization have any plans?"

Shao Xuezhen said, "It's very simple. Just don't follow the other party's train of thought. Let him fight his way, and I'll fight mine."

“They want to provoke local conflicts, want to wage a low-intensity hot war, and want to use a front to fight a proxy war and a counterinsurgency war against us. Then we’ll ask them if they dare to wage a full-scale war and if they have the ability to maintain a standoff across the board.”

“Although it is just a standoff and demonstration, we Easterners have never been afraid of war. This was true eighty years ago, and it is still true eighty years later. If they want to fight, the 200 million people of ASEAN will not back down.”

"Whether to fight or when to fight, we will not make the decision. It is up to them to decide. They can fight for as long as they want, until they achieve complete victory."

"..."

Oh no, did I get reborn in the wrong place?

Su Xun felt a chill run down his spine. Was his family's current style of doing things really this forceful?
Shouldn't we first condemn, then reiterate, then warn, and finally say "Don't say we didn't warn you"?
Seeing Su Xun's confusion, Shao Xuezhen smiled and said, "We will make different choices when faced with different situations and different conflicts. This is always dynamic, not static."

“In normal times, these things can be dealt with in a simple way. For example, our allies are more than capable of handling those few white gloves on the other side.”

"However, in the face of a major catastrophe, we have launched a nationwide large-scale training exercise, mobilization, and production, so we need a relatively stable internal environment, a demonstration, and a response to the actions of the convention countries."

"Otherwise, external forces will intensify their efforts and make our lives miserable. Moreover, with everyone in the midst of military training, morale is high, and if we don't respond positively to provocations, the public will have a lot of complaints."

Su Xun agreed, but still couldn't help but worry: "But what if a fight really breaks out?"

Shao Xuezhen understood his concerns and replied, "We have done a lot of research, mainly on the following points."

"First and foremost, capital is a paper tiger. They like to wage counterinsurgency wars and local wars, but when faced with a full-scale war, their inherent weakness will surface, and they will inevitably retreat. Therefore, this war is unlikely to break out." "Of course, they may not be afraid of a full-scale war, but they will certainly be afraid of a full-scale war with us."

"Secondly, even if these people are foolish enough to try and spar with us in the Pacific, great power rivalry takes time. There shouldn't be any intense conflict for at least a month. With our current strength, it's easy to keep the enemy out of our borders."

“Thirdly,” Shao Xuezhen sighed, “the other side hasn’t taken any substantial action against our warnings so far. If the great catastrophe begins, their grassroots people will face huge casualties. If we put strong external pressure on them and get them to mobilize as a whole, the situation will be much better.”

"Based on the information you provided, the think tank has conducted a detailed analysis and believes that the larger the total number of survivors worldwide, the more beneficial it will be for our post-disaster reconstruction work. After all, this is not just a matter for our family, but a crisis that all of human civilization needs to face. As a group that accounts for a quarter of the world's population, ASEAN has the necessity and the ability to take responsibility in this matter."

These words struck a chord with Su Xun. In his previous life, although a few survivor bases of some size had been established in China, they were basically isolated and helpless. It wasn't until someone developed psionic communication that they realized that the overseas population had not been wiped out.

Until he reached the ninth level, Su Xun had never met any outsiders. After reaching the ninth level, he took a path that prevented him from traveling long distances and could only use special methods to communicate with other places for very short periods of time.

Going it alone will not yield good results. In the future, we will need more strength to fight against zombies, mutated beasts, and even natural disasters.

"Alright then, I have no objections. I trust the organization has sufficient contingency plans. What do you need me to do next?"

“Speaking of which, there is indeed something I need to ask for your opinion on.” Shao Xuezhen pondered for a moment and said, “Although you believe that you yourself are a reborn person when we discussed it with several academicians before, in terms of publicity, we hope to guide it in the direction of a prophet.”

"That's no problem, I don't mind, as long as I can help. But why is that?"

"As for cohesion, using the prophet as a voice is more attractive to certain age groups. Actually, we plan to promote it in both directions."

"Now? Wouldn't conducting this kind of publicity now backfire?"

After all, we've been materialistic for so many years. If a prophet suddenly appears, even with a lot of evidence to support it, and even if we know that acknowledging the existence of the prophet is the only way to be materialistic, the general public will inevitably have doubts.

They had far too much experience with the fall of their kingdoms, a fact recorded in the Twenty-Four Histories.

"No, that's not it. We plan to include your situation in the survival manual you compiled, and do some preliminary groundwork, such as spreading some ambiguous information through some unofficial channels. In short, we aim to guide public opinion without affecting the country's credibility, so that the public can be prepared for this matter."

"I think that's a good idea, but will it really work?"

"Whether it works or not, it's worth a try; it won't consume many resources."

Shao Xuezhen said helplessly, "The road ahead is uncertain, and we don't know which path can save ASEAN. We can only try our best to take every path."

Su Xun nodded, tidied up the documents on his desk, and then suddenly seemed to remember something: "But what if the apocalypse doesn't come? Should we continue this propaganda?"

Shao Xuezhen laughed: "Even if the apocalypse doesn't come, the technology you brought is real, the prophecies you made are real, and the reborn have already appeared—that's a given fact. Since it exists, it must have its own principles. We will continue to study it more deeply, and when we grasp the logic behind it, we can tell the world the same thing—"

"Look, this is our materialism."

(End of this chapter)