Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 215 I have a plan!
The moment Jiang Yang saw Professor Lu Zhaoming's expression, he was jolted awake and immediately began to subconsciously wonder if he had overlooked something.

First, we need more accurate information about the black hole's orbit, which is key to our ability to intercept it using a small number of hydrogen bombs in this lifetime.

There is nothing wrong with that.

Having undergone extensive professional memory training, Jiang Yang was certain that his memory was absolutely accurate.

Even now, he can easily recall every piece of data he saw back then.

Besides... even if I misremembered, I could just use some rougher data, or simply increase the number of hydrogen bombs to 360 million.

It wasn't like the human world hadn't done it before in the previous life.

If the black hole orbit data is correct, then the problem lies with the asteroid data it brought back.
No, even less likely. These memories are much "fresher," and I remember them more firmly; how could they be wrong!

If the data I brought back is correct, then... the data itself is wrong?

More than two hundred scientists and astronauts endured loneliness and immense mental and psychological pressure, searching the edge of the asteroid belt for two and a half years. How could their data be wrong!

The black hole data and asteroid belt data are both correct, so what could have happened to make Professor Lu Zhaoming look like this?

Jiang Yang couldn't understand it.

"Professor Lu, what's wrong...?"

Lu Zhaoming shook his head with a gloomy expression: "The final calculation results are in. In this lifetime, we probably can't change the trajectory of the black hole."

An uncontrollable surge of anger rose within Jiang Yang.

It's like a high school student studying diligently day and night for three years, only to be told that this knowledge won't be tested in the college entrance examination.

"How can it not be changed?! We have black hole data, we have asteroid belt data, how could it not be changed?!"

Looking at Jiang Yang, who was somewhat out of control, Professor Lu Zhaoming still had that gloomy expression: "There is no stable orbit."

He paused, then gently shook his head, repeating the sentence: "There is no stable orbit."

"What does this mean? What do you mean by 'no stable orbit'?!"

Professor Lu Zhaoming remained silent, seemingly lost in thought. Just before Jiang Yang's eyes were about to erupt in fury, he seemed to finally snap out of it and murmured, "We input the asteroid belt data you brought back into the model, and combined it with our existing data to conduct millions of simulations of the black hole's orbit after removing its gravitational shielding envelope. The final results show..."

Wherever we disrupt the black hole's envelope, it will eventually either tear the Earth apart or fall into the Sun.

There are only these two possibilities; there are no other possibilities.

Its orbit was set from the beginning. As long as it enters the solar system at this speed and according to this orbital data, everything is predetermined and cannot be changed.

Jiang Yang slowly froze, feeling a chill run through his heart.

He never imagined that the final result would be like this.

In the previous life, that black hole almost entered a stable orbit around the sun, but due to the chaotic effect, its disturbance to the asteroid belt caused a large number of asteroids to collide with it, affecting its orbit, and it eventually fell into the sun.

In this life, our side has detailed data on the asteroid belt, which greatly improves the accuracy of the simulation. However, this more accurate simulation ultimately produced such a result.
No stable orbit?

Lu Zhaoming murmured, "In our previous life, we didn't actually do anything wrong. We did our best in every aspect we could think of."

Perhaps when the Reaper civilization launched this black hole, they had already considered the possibility that we would damage the black hole's envelope midway, so they deliberately set the black hole's trajectory so that it would never be able to enter a stable orbit from the very beginning.

The plan to destroy the black hole's envelope and prevent Earth from being torn apart... is fundamentally flawed.

Jiang Yang looked at him in disbelief, but eventually fell silent.

If you're going in the wrong direction, no matter how well you do, you can't change the final outcome.

At that moment, he seemed to truly see those indifferent and cold eyes that stretched from the depths of the universe, as if looking at ants, and feel the mockery as if looking at clowns.

No, perhaps there won't even be any ridicule.

Humans ruined a group of ants' plans—even if those ants risked their lives and exhausted themselves, is that something to be happy about?
"Professor Lu, what should we do?"

"I do not know."

……

At this moment, even Jiang Yang, who had experienced countless cycles of life and death and suffered failure after failure, but who always managed to muster the courage and strengthen his resolve, seemed to be in despair.

What should we do? What else can we do?
Professor Lu Zhaoming's orbital simulation results were distributed to all relevant experts and scholars within a day.

Then, meeting after meeting was held, and discussion after discussion began.

Experts and scholars, standing at the pinnacle of human civilization's wisdom, repeatedly checked the simulation process, verified every piece of data, and discussed and pondered new solutions, trying to find new ways out.

Three days later, another group meeting was held.

"After joint review by multiple teams, it has now been confirmed that the simulation results of Lu Zhaoming's team are correct."

The expert who spoke looked grave: "This black hole does not have a stable orbit."

In our previous life, we mistakenly believed it existed, but it was merely a calculation error caused by insufficient parameters and lack of accuracy.

This result was not too surprising.

After all, the probability of error in data simulations of this level is inherently very low.

The leader of the decision-making group asked, "So, what other options do we have to save our civilization?"

At this question, the large conference hall fell silent. Jiang Yang turned to look at the experts on his left and found them completely still. He then looked to his right and saw that they were equally still.

As expected, numerous proposals were put forward, but the enthusiastic discussion never materialized.

A deep sense of disappointment welled up in Jiang Yang's heart.

All of you here are among the most outstanding experts in the entire civilization. Professor Lu Zhaoming's simulation results have been published for three full days.

In those three days, countless discussions and exchanges took place.

With so many experts present, how come not a single one could come up with a solution?

Even if a solution is ultimately proven unworkable, it should at least be proposed and discussed before anything else.

After the disappointment came a deep sense of powerlessness.

Jiang Yang knew he couldn't blame these experts.

In fact, with my existing knowledge and judgment, I already knew the answer in advance.

In the silence, an elderly man in his fifties slowly stood up.

Jiang Yang was taken aback, then looked over, his gaze instantly filled with fervor.

"Changing the orbit of a black hole, or even the orbit of Earth, is impossible for us to do at present."

We do not have that capability.

So… perhaps we can try a different approach.

He said slowly, "If one of the two planets, Earth and the Sun, is destined to be swallowed by a black hole, then let the Sun be swallowed."

If we can't fight off the tearing apart of a black hole, then with our current technology, can we fight off an expanding sun?
Could we continue our civilization in underground cities, even if the Earth's atmosphere were completely stripped away, the oceans evaporated, and the surface was covered by lava?

Jiang Yang's heart stirred.

If this can ensure the continuation of civilization, then it's not entirely unacceptable.

Another expert then stood up.

"We simulated this approach, but the final conclusion was that it was not feasible."

First, the stripping of the atmosphere, ocean evaporation, and melting of the Earth's surface mean a violent release of stress, which will cause devastating earthquakes all over the world without leaving any blind spots.

It would be good if one out of ten underground cities survived.

But even if it's just that, it's not entirely unacceptable. After all, a billion people are enough to sustain civilization. In extreme cases, a hundred million, or even ten million, could barely manage.

But the key issue lies in the second point:

Cold is always easier to deal with than heat.

If the sun is allowed to expand and scorch the earth, where will the waste heat from the underground city be discharged?

The underground temperature is already high, so there's a need to dissipate heat. Previously, this heat could be released to the surface, but now the surface temperature might be even higher than the underground temperature, leaving nowhere for the waste heat to escape. Everyone would die from the heat.

"In this case……"

The expert who first proposed the plan shook his head, sighed, sat down, and said no more.

Jiang Yang's heart stirred slightly, as if he had made a connection to something, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

He silently pondered the plan, carefully considering each step within it.

Given the current technological capabilities of human civilization, even if the sun disappeared and stopped providing heat to the Earth, the Earth's ecosystem would certainly be destroyed, but human civilization could still continue.

As the saying goes, cold is easier to deal with than heat.

In that case, the key to the problem lies with the sun.

If we could find a way to block the sun's energy from reaching Earth...

Blocking it is probably not feasible. It is impossible for us to lay a mirror-like device on the Earth to block the sun's rays.

Besides directly blocking the sun, what other methods are theoretically possible to reduce solar energy?

A word suddenly popped into Jiang Yang's mind.

distance.

If the distance between the Earth and the Sun could be increased, then obviously the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth would decrease.

However, this involves the issue of adjusting Earth's orbit, and it is clear that our side does not have the ability to influence Earth's orbit.

But... um?

Our side lacks the ability to adjust Earth's orbit, but that black hole seems to possess that ability.

Jiang Yang suddenly looked up.

"I've come up with a preliminary plan. Let's discuss it and see if it's feasible."

(End of this chapter)