Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

The television screen quietly switched.

The national address has concluded.

Zhao Zijie stared unfocusedly at the television in front of him.

After a long while, he suddenly realized what was happening, took out his phone, and opened Weibo.

as predicted.

The entertainment news that was originally trending on social media was completely wiped out.

On the huge list, only one trending topic remained.

"National Address: Xia Kingdom Enters Level One War Preparedness!"

Looking at the large black and red characters, Zhao Zijie swallowed hard and clicked on the trending topics.

The page is loading.

Perhaps due to the large number of visitors, the webpage experienced noticeable lag.

Fortunately, the server did not crash.

The trending topics weren't very interesting.

It was simply a repetition of what Representative Lee had said.

Zhao Zijie quickly dragged the screen to the comments section below.

He glanced at it casually, and a highly-rated answer quickly caught his attention.

[Oolong Tea Flavoring]: "Holy crap! I totally get it now!"

"From the moment controlled nuclear fusion began, everything the Xia Kingdom did was a prelude to this natural disaster!"

"Project Moon Palace, Project Southern Heavenly Gate, and even Project Heavenly Court—the purpose of these projects is to lead the people of Xia Kingdom away from Earth!"

"If you don't believe me, you can check the deadline for the Heavenly Court Project; it's in 15 years!"

"Besides these plans, think about it: a lot has changed around us over the past year. Many light industrial factories have gradually disappeared, and they have been replaced by heavy industrial factories!"

Zhao Zijie's expression froze slightly as he subconsciously recalled the events.

This is true.

This reminder immediately brought to mind the changes in ore exports that he had previously observed.

only……

A hint of worry appeared in his eyes.

Will Xia Kingdom's actions attract the attention of other countries?

……

As it turned out, Zhao Zijie's concerns were correct.

America.

"Has the Xia Kingdom gone mad?!"

Albert stared in horror at the documents laid out before him.

"Your Excellency, putting aside whether Xia Guo is crazy or not, there are even more protesters outside the White House now." William Blair paused slightly at this point, "Besides those who have objections to the Mars rescue plan, many people are also asking about the veracity of what Xia Guo said."

"Furthermore, according to the CIA's investigation, some discordant voices have emerged domestically."

William Blair's eyes were filled with worry: "Your Excellency, I feel that at this point, there is no longer any need for us to keep it a secret."

Albert took a deep breath.

After a brief moment of thought, he asked in a deep voice, "How's the professors' discussion going?"

"After all this time, I don't want them to still not have a reliable solution!"

William Blair hesitated for a moment when faced with Albert's question.

"Your Excellency, their conclusion is the same as NASA's: at the current rate of change, the Sun will eventually enter the red giant phase, but..."

"Just what?!" Albert's brows furrowed sharply.

"However... we don't know how Xia Guo came to the conclusion that the sun will experience a helium flash within 15 years."

William Blair's eyes were full of doubt: "According to NASA and these professors' calculations, the helium flash of the sun is at least decades away!"

"So, have they come up with a solution?" Albert waved his hand impatiently. "After discussing it for so long, they couldn't have come up with just this little bit, could they?"

"Your Excellency, they believe that building underground shelters is a better option."

Seeing Albert's impatient look, William Blair lowered his eyes slightly and said in a low voice, "The underground city can effectively insulate against the high temperature. As for the helium flash, we have decades to build interstellar ships to avoid it."

Albert nodded thoughtfully.

"In that case, we can't make this public!"

A ruthless glint flashed in Albert's eyes: "American technology isn't that advanced."

"Dungeons and starships are destined to only accommodate a portion of Americans."

"Let's begin the population screening now!"

"Remember, we only need the most elite group of people!"

William Blair nodded solemnly.

Although he knew that this decision was cruel to most Americans, he also knew that in this situation, sacrificing a portion of the population was the right choice.

then……

The White House press secretary stated, "NASA has not observed any abnormal data. The veracity of Xia Guo's claims is questionable. We urge the public to view this rationally!"

Like the United States, Germany and France made the same choice.

A spokesperson for Geely stated, "We have not detected any abnormal data!"

French spokesperson: "+1!"

The simultaneous pronouncements from the three major rogue states brought a sudden calm to the somewhat turbulent world.

The Emperor sat solemnly in his office, quietly looking at the documents that had just been sent by the Xia Kingdom.

"How's the verification going?"

The Emperor reached out and pressed the communication button on his desk, asking in a deep voice, "Is this data from the Xia Kingdom reliable?"

Soon, a series of urgent responses came from the speaker placed to the side.

"Sir, after comparison, we can confirm that this data is completely correct."

"However... we need to spend more time validating the mathematical model."

"I, one of our mathematicians, don't quite understand some of the transformation steps..."

Upon hearing this, the emperor nodded slightly and rubbed his temples vigorously.

"Please contact Councilor Lee for me; I need to discuss countermeasures with him."

……

Just ten minutes after several major Western countries issued their statements, the National Astronomical Observatory of China quietly changed its homepage.

After removing all the fancy links and images from the homepage, only two documents remain.

One document contains all the observational data of the sun over the past year.

The other document, naturally, is the mathematical model of the sun after it undergoes anomalies, derived by Lü Yongchang.

As the first country to declare a solar crisis, Xia Kingdom is now attracting the attention of 232 countries and regions around the world.

The documents uploaded by the Xia State National Astronomical Observatory were downloaded countless times immediately.

Every country has begun the verification process.

Even some prominent figures in the private sector have begun to use their own small astronomical telescopes to verify the data.

Time slips away, bit by bit.

After more than ten hours of fermentation, the whole thing completely exploded!

The Soviet Union was the first to express its opinion.

"After multiple verifications, the data provided by Xia Kingdom is completely accurate, and their assessment of the sun is entirely correct!"

"Here, I urge every country to set aside prejudices and sit down together to discuss solutions!"