Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 117 Data
There are approximately 5 hours left until the final apocalypse.

Based on the minibus's speed, this time is more than enough, with a considerable margin of safety.

But whether they will ultimately reach that floating city and detonate the hydrogen bomb remains uncertain.

Now, Jiang Yang can only wait for the results along with everyone else.

Silence fell over the control room.

A moment later, Gu Changshan hurriedly walked in from outside the hall.

He went straight to Sun Changhe's side and said in a deep voice, "Report, the supercomputer has deciphered the code."

Jiang Yang's spirits lifted, and he immediately stood up.

They actually deciphered it? I originally thought people wouldn't be able to finish it at the end of the world. In that case, I could only remember the deciphering experience from this life, and memorize that image, preparing to carry it into the next life.

Now that the code has been deciphered, there's no need to worry about those things anymore.

At this moment, countless eyes converged on the document that Gu Changshan was carrying.

Sun Changhe didn't take the document directly, but gestured to it. Gu Changshan immediately placed the document under the projector, and the full text of the document appeared on a large screen in the control hall.

Jiang Yang's heart was pounding uncontrollably.

After dozens of cycles of reincarnation and the extinction of civilizations time and time again, is it finally time for our side to learn the truth about the apocalypse?
But to Jiang Yang's surprise, the first line of text he saw was the words "Planting Log".

Ok?
His gaze moved upwards and he saw the annotations of the codebreaking experts.

"Based on a comprehensive assessment, the accuracy rate of the deciphered documents is approximately 75%. However, the specific meaning of some of the text remains uncertain."

75% accuracy rate...

Jiang Yang lowered his gaze and began to carefully read the document.

"In XXX years (after research, this is suspected to be a timekeeping method based on the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, which, based on this calculation, is about 30 years ago), the ship XXX6 discovered a fertile piece of land suitable for cultivation during its cruise (its meaning is suspected to be suitable for some kind of activity following the mechanism of sowing, growth, and harvesting; after comprehensive analysis, it was decided to translate it as 'land').

The planting base was established XXX (30 years ago), and sowing began.

Ship XXX6 has completed its sowing task and the setup of its automated planting system. It is now departing to continue searching for the next suitable site.

Around 22 years ago, an automated planting and detection system detected an approaching threat (pests? pests? seemingly referring to something that could threaten crop growth) and took automatic action.

XXX (approximately 15 years ago), crop growth was threatened, and automatic measures were taken.

In XXX (approximately 1 years ago), crop growth fell short of expectations, triggering automatic intervention.

Around 3500 years ago, crop growth showed an explosive trend and was growing well. It was estimated that the crops could be harvested within 3500 years.

Around 1500 years ago, the main fleet received a message urgently requesting supplies. Based on an assessment of crop growth, it was decided to harvest the crops around 2036 AD.

In XXX (2036 AD), it was decided to begin the harvest.

The harvesting method is neutrinos, and the transport method is 'hyperons' (referring to some unknown special particle or wave, translated here as hyperons) transmission.

……

Jiang Yang's body stiffened slightly as he took in the entire text.

Planting log? Crops?
The truth behind the apocalypse is that hundreds of thousands of years ago, an alien civilization planted some crops on Earth, and now they are harvesting them?

What kind of crop is it?!

Damn it, you can harvest whatever you want, but why would you want to wipe out human civilization?
Hmm? ...No, that's not right. After multiple rounds of verification, Jiang Yang has completely confirmed that these neutrinos only affect humans; all other species, whether animals or plants, bacteria or viruses, are completely unaffected.

So... is this crop made by humans?

Jiang Yang's heart skipped a beat.

He clearly remembers that modern humans in the anatomical sense emerged about 30 years ago.

Only from that time onward can humans truly be called human beings.

The underground passage and the floating city were also built 30 years ago. The deciphering of this text also points to 30 years ago, so…

Jiang Yang was horrified.

Could it be that the so-called "seed" of extraterrestrial civilizations actually refers to their transformation of humanity, leading to the birth of modern humans?
Are humans the crops they planted?

Just like human farmers planting crops in the spring and harvesting them in the fall, did some alien civilization plant humanity 30 years ago, and now, 30 years later, the crops are ripe and the harvest has begun?!
Meanwhile, this deciphered document also involves several other key points.

Jiang Yang didn't know much about this, so he subconsciously looked at Professor Lu Zhaoming beside him.

Lu Zhaoming's voice was somewhat hoarse: "According to modern astronomical research, about 15 years ago, an asteroid named Richter had the potential to collide with Earth."

Its radius is approximately 4 kilometers, and a collision with it would inevitably trigger a global catastrophe.

However, due to impacts from other asteroids, it eventually broke apart and its orbit changed, forming what are now known in astronomy as Richter-type asteroids…

Jiang Yang asked in a trembling voice, "What about ten thousand years ago?"

"Ten thousand years ago, humankind entered the Neolithic Age, and productivity developed significantly."

"What about 3500 years ago?"

"Humanity entered the Bronze Age, and the first true nation-state emerged..."

Jiang Yang remained silent for a long time before murmuring, "What exactly did they harvest?"

People were silent.

After a long silence, a young physicist whispered, "I think that extraterrestrial civilizations, especially super-extraterrestrial civilizations, may have different needs for resources than we do."

The resources they need may not be tangible elements or compounds like gold, silver, copper, and iron, but rather... data.

I noticed that the material transfer method mentioned in this document seems to be transmitted through some kind of communication method, rather than involving the physical transfer of goods, which also confirms my idea.

Therefore, my idea is that what they are harvesting is the culture and art created by our human civilization, our loves, hates, joys and sorrows, our thoughts, our cognition, our courage, resilience and indomitable spirit, as well as our cunning, cruelty and tyranny, our moral values, worldview, and so on, everything created by our brains... data.

Yes, data.

People fell silent again.

Although no one knows what this data means to that alien civilization, there seems to be no other possibility besides this one.

Jiang Yang murmured, "The document says that this base received a communication from the fleet and urgently needs to replenish supplies."

Our 'data' may be very important to them.

That……"

A shadow of gloom quietly crept into people's hearts.

(End of this chapter)