Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 209 The Sin of Not Fighting
At this moment, Jiang Yang felt a mix of emotions.

Over the past two months, the world has watched as the pointer slowly slid to the left, and no matter how much people hoped or how eager they were, they could not change this trend.

Now, the final result has emerged: there was no miracle.

He murmured, "How will the black hole operate next?"

There are differences between unstable orbits. Perhaps there is still a glimmer of hope; perhaps Earth still has a chance to survive.

But the scholar's next words immediately dispelled all of Jiang Yang's hopes.

"After our simulations, we have basically confirmed that in a maximum of 15 days, that black hole will... will fall into the sun."

Jiang Yang was stunned, his face turning deathly pale in an instant.

Falling into...the sun?
We went through countless hardships and gathered the strength of the whole world to finally avoid the fate of the earth being swallowed by a black hole, but in the end, the sun was swallowed by a black hole instead.

Despite the fact that the sun's mass is more than 100,000 times that of a black hole, the black hole is merely a tiny speck in comparison.

But it's a black hole!
Any ordinary celestial body that encounters a black hole of even moderate size will be destroyed; there is no other possible outcome.

So what if it's hundreds of billions of times larger than a black hole? So what if it's hundreds of thousands of times heavier than a black hole?

None of them are of any use.

If the sun is destroyed, can the Earth survive on its own?
impossible.

The process of a black hole devouring the sun cannot be gradual; it must be violent. Under such a stellar-scale catastrophe, the destruction of our tiny Earth is the only possible outcome.

Suppressing his pain and anger, Jiang Yang looked at the scientist: "Tell me, where exactly did we fail in this life? What did we do wrong?"

At that moment, he thought of many people and many things.

He thought of the engineers who collapsed from exhaustion at their posts in the hydrogen bomb manufacturing plant, Professor Yu Qing who was hospitalized due to excessive nuclear radiation, and the many unnamed workers. He thought of the unity of the people during the rocket production, transportation, and launch process, and the astronauts' selfless dedication...

The whole world has united, and everyone has been mobilized. We are so close to victory, and the light of hope is within reach.

But in the end, it was still a failure?!
Where did we go wrong?!

The expert whispered two words: "Chaos."

He looked up, a slight bewilderment in his eyes: "Or rather, the butterfly effect."

For complex systems, even a small change in initial conditions can lead to a vastly different final outcome. It's like the saying goes: a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon rainforest could potentially create a storm in the Americas.

The final orbit of a black hole is also a complex system. We have pooled global resources to calculate the orbits and gravitational effects of as many celestial bodies as possible, but... there are just too many celestial bodies in the asteroid belt.

There could be tens or even hundreds of billions of initial parameters that determine the final orbit of a black hole; it's impossible for us to collect all of them.

Sun Changhe walked over at some point.

"If we have the outcome of this life as a reference, can we plan a better trajectory for the black hole in the next life and guide it into a stable orbit?"

The expert silently shook his head: "No."

The outcome in this life is merely an outcome. But there may be countless reasons that lead to the same outcome.

We don't know the exact reasons behind those events, so we can't adjust the plan accordingly.

Jiang Yang remained silent.

A staff member rushed over: "Advisor Jiang, Advisor Sun, Professor Liu, the World Government Decision-Making Team has ordered the three of you to come to Conference Room One immediately."

"it is good."

Upon arriving at the familiar conference room, Jiang Yang saw that the large conference hall was already full of people.

Everyone wore a solemn expression. Clearly, everyone was aware of the changing situation.

Or rather... did everyone actually anticipate this moment?
After all, even when the pointer was still in the "stable" zone, it had already shown a trend of continuously moving to the left.

The voice of the leader of the decision-making group reached people's ears: "Fellow countrymen, it is regrettable that our efforts in this life have ultimately failed."

I can say with certainty that although we failed in this life, each of us has done our best.

We didn't get the best result, but that doesn't mean we did anything wrong.

Our failure in this life is not due to a lack of fighting spirit. When the end finally comes, we can still proudly say that we have done our best and have a clear conscience.

Our mission also shifts from this moment on: no longer seeking the continuation of this life, but rather finding ways to gather more information for the next life and increase the probability of overcoming the apocalypse in the next life.

We can only place our hopes on Comrade Jiang Yang.

The thousands of attendees remained silent.

No one objected. Because at that moment, every attendee, and not just those in high positions, anyone with even a modicum of knowledge and rationality, even an ordinary person, would know that their side was completely powerless to stop the black hole from falling into the sun.

Even if the entire world were to unite, it would be impossible to disrupt this situation. The head of the decision-making group remained calm.

"In this life, we were defeated by 'chaos.' After an emergency discussion by the scientific advisory group, we have confirmed that the key to defeating this apocalypse lies in the parameters, which is to put the black hole into a stable orbit around the sun, rather than tearing the earth apart, falling into the sun, or crashing around in the solar system."

Sufficient number of parameters.

It should include not only the orbital and gravitational parameters of the eight major planets and larger dwarf planets in the solar system, but also parameters of as many small bodies as possible in the asteroid belt.

The more the better.

The more parameters we have, the more accurate our simulations will be, and the more precisely we can determine when and where to break the black hole's gravitational shield.

In our next life, time will be too tight, and we probably won't have enough time and energy to carry out asteroid belt exploration missions. We can only complete them in this life.

He raised his head and looked down at the thousands of faces below: "This is the only task for each of us in the final stage of our lives before the extinction of our civilization."

The meeting adjourned. "

After the brief meeting, everyone left the venue in silence.

Another staff member then found Jiang Yang.

"Comrade Jiang Yang, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."

He carefully chose his words: "The World Government's decision-making and deliberation bodies wish to announce to the world that you possess the ability to cycle, and that we have a next life to live."

What is your opinion?

"Ok?"

Jiang Yang was taken aback: "Announce it? This...why?"

The staff member's expression grew more serious: "This time, the way the apocalypse is coming is different from before."

Previously, the attacks would strike instantly, killing everyone in a short time. In such situations, to ensure that morality and order are maintained until the very end and to prevent human tragedy, the world government would use benevolent deception to achieve its goals.

But in this life, as you know, the process of a black hole devouring the sun is relatively long, and it will also take a long time for the sun to destroy the earth.

Our human world will experience a slow death process that will drag on for a very long time, so the approach of well-intentioned deception cannot be used.

In this situation, only by giving people a glimmer of hope can we prevent a human tragedy from occurring. And you are that glimmer of hope.

Knowing that there will be a next life and a chance to rise again, people are able to maintain morality and order until the very last moment in this life.

Furthermore, since this apocalypse is inevitable and unavoidable, you don't need to worry about leaks interfering with your or our mission in the next life.

Jiang Yang thought for a moment, then nodded silently: "I agree."

"Thank you."

The staff member bowed deeply to Jiang Yang: "I cannot speak for others, I only speak for myself, my family and friends, to express my gratitude to you."

I don't want to see my family and friends suffer this ultimate moral test. I don't want to see those tragedies happen to them. If that happens, I won't be at peace even if I die.

Watching him leave, seemingly relieved and looking relaxed, Jiang Yang sighed softly.

He seemed to lack confidence that his family and friends could pass this ultimate moral test.

But then again, who has the confidence?
"Our goal is to help people avoid this test, not to expect everyone to pass it..."

Jiang Yang muttered to himself, then turned his attention to something else.

At this stage, how can we conduct the most detailed observations of the asteroid belt and collect enough parameters?

There are far too many small celestial bodies in the asteroid belt. Under normal circumstances, this would be impossible.

Not to mention that this is not a normal situation—the previous large-scale projects have exhausted the industrial potential of the human world, and there is no power to carry out such a huge project in the short term.

If you can't do it in this life, then you can only do it in the next life.

In the next life, he will abandon any attempt to survive the apocalypse from the very beginning and devote all his energy to the asteroid belt observation project, focusing solely on this one task.

But the words Sun Changhe had spoken back then resurfaced in Jiang Yang's mind, casting a shadow over his heart.

"...What if some unseen force stripped Comrade Jiang Yang of his ability to circulate, or what if, for some reason, Comrade Jiang Yang was unable to perform his duties?..."

Should we really place all our hopes on our own recycling ability?

Jiang Yang didn't know.

After two days of worry, Lu Zhaoming found Jiang Yang and told him some very unexpected news.

"The asteroid belt exploration plan has been finalized. Moreover, it's not particularly difficult, and we are fully capable of carrying it out in this lifetime."

(End of this chapter)