Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 163 The arrow is on the string
At this moment, the Earth exploration network, which was previously established by humankind, consisting of a helium isotope monitoring network, an Earth exploration satellite scanning system, and an array of "Earth stethoscopes" deployed in thousands of deep wells, has been operating for two months.

This network has indeed played a tremendous role, enabling scientists to conduct an unprecedented, systematic, and comprehensive exploration of the Earth, collecting an unprecedented amount of data and yielding numerous research results.

But clearly, no one cares about those research findings at this moment, and no one is excited about the explosive progress in Earth science.

Because it is clear to people that none of these data and findings are related to factors that could trigger massive earthquakes worldwide.

Although disappointed, people did not despair.

Because there is one last major weapon, or rather, the decisive weapon, that has not yet been brought to the forefront.

That is the mantle probe at this moment.

Previous studies, no matter how systematic, comprehensive, or in-depth, were only superficial. How could they compare to the directness of directly probing the mantle?
Almost everyone believes that this firsthand information from the Earth's mantle must contain data about the mysteries of the apocalypse.

And... once the cause of the apocalypse is determined, whatever it may be, the entire world will react immediately.

This is not just something said in passing.

Under the leadership of the World Government, all industrial sectors worldwide have now entered a state of war preparedness.

Every factory has all its employees on duty, ready to receive production tasks at any time;
Every engineer, scientist, research institute, and design institute is on high alert, ready to design and develop new tools at any time.
At every rocket launch site, the rockets have been fueled and are ready to launch at any time. In rocket warehouses and tens of thousands of rocket-related industrial factories worldwide, massive production capacity is also ready to be put into operation.
Within the military, every unit was equally prepared to deploy. Whether the mission was to bomb the moon or destroy mountains, to launch nuclear missiles or deep-sea torpedoes, they were guaranteed to be able to activate within one minute.
A massive global logistics team is ready. A total of millions of trucks of all sizes, tens of thousands of cargo and passenger planes, numerous cargo ships of all sizes, as well as ports and docks, are ready to be deployed for the transportation of goods or people at any time.

Every individual, every industry, and every organization in the world is like a taut bowstring, holding the arrow firmly in place, ready to be released at a single command.

The bowstring and arrows are ready, but where is the target?
People at this moment do not know.

However, people know that information about the target's location is most likely hidden in the data obtained from the mantle.

It carries the hopes of everyone in the world.

In this almost impatient state, people spent a long 10 hours.

According to the plan, 10 hours from now, the expert representatives will give their first general report to members of the decision-making group, the deliberation group, and the hibernation advisory group.

The atmosphere in the conference hall was solemn. The experts who would be giving this presentation were already seated at the front.

Their expressions were solemn, and their voices were low.

"The analysis of the first batch of mantle data is not yet complete, but so far we have not found any clues that could trigger a major global earthquake."

A brief silence fell over the room, and the expressions of many attendees simultaneously turned ashen.

The expert representative continued, "Of course, this is only a preliminary analysis. Further analysis could still yield significant discoveries."

After a brief and hurried presentation, the experts left to resume the data analysis process. Those present, however, already knew that their hopes were slim.

The initial holistic analysis yielded no results, but a major discovery was made from the subsequent detailed analysis: the probability was as slim as catching a big fish in a pond that had been fished with nets many times.

At this moment, even the high-ranking attendees couldn't help but feel a little lost. We had already drawn our bows and nocked our arrows; we were all ready and just waiting for the target to appear.

But now... the experts are telling themselves there's no target at all.

The target doesn't exist at all.

No matter which direction our arrows are shot in, no matter how much force they have or how accurate they are, they are destined to fall after they are exhausted, and they are destined to never hit the target we want them to hit.

In that case... what was the point of all our previous struggles and all the work we did?
In the silence, Sun Changhe pressed the speak button.

"Advisor Sun, please go ahead."

After receiving permission from the host, Sun Changhe's calm voice resounded throughout the venue.

"I think we need to consider two issues from now on."

Firstly, there's the issue of bringing information to the next life.

Currently, the likelihood of us obtaining critical intelligence data on changes inside the Earth before the end of the world is extremely low.

It is highly likely that those crucial changes will only occur at the very moment of the apocalypse. Preparations must begin now to determine how to collect this data and how to ensure it reaches Comrade Jiang Yang.

Furthermore, much of the data we collected in this lifetime through several massive projects is likely to have a significant impact on the next lifetime.

The relevant expert team will also begin screening intelligence from this moment on, and finally compile it with the data on the mantle and crust at the time of the apocalypse, and hand it over to Comrade Jiang Yang to take to the next life.

Secondly…

Sun Changhe remained silent for a moment, then his expression hardened again: "It's now basically certain that this generation will perish. So, how do we explain this to the public?"
It's time to consider making a decision on this issue.

At the beginning of this cycle, in order to better mobilize the power of the whole world and taking into account real-world factors, the world government finally made the decision to release doomsday information.

In hindsight, that decision was the right one.

Without this decision, the mantle exploration program would not have been successful.

The problem is that once a decision is made and the power of everyone in the world is mobilized, one must be prepared to pay the corresponding price.

With everyone eagerly awaiting the results of the mantle exploration mission, they must be released.

Whether it succeeds or fails, there must be a clear result, and the public must be given a clear explanation.

However, if the plan to save the world fails and the end of the world is inevitable, no one knows how public sentiment will develop, what the world will become, or what consequences it will cause.

(End of this chapter)