Did the world end today?

Chapter 120 We've been waiting for you for a long time

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

When Bai Mo uttered those words, Lin Xu finally relaxed completely.

The fact that the people here know the concept of "butterfly" means that they are by no means completely ignorant about the end of the world.

You don't need to start from scratch; you just need to continue building on the foundation you've already laid.

Of course, perhaps the foundation wasn't laid by oneself, but by "pollen".

But it's okay.

it's the same.

Lin Xu paused for a moment, then sat down in the conference room as instructed by Bai Mo, and quickly asked:
"So what kind of information do you have?"

"Do you all know what I just said?"

"The vast majority."

Bai Mo replied:
"We know about butterflies, and we know about their impact on the world."

"We know that the end of the world exists, and we also know that it will most likely start on Mars."

"However, we do not know the exact time of the apocalypse, nor how it will happen, nor the cause."

"All our information comes from one person."

"Jiang Xingye".

Lin Xu interrupted Bai Mo, who nodded and replied:

“That’s right, Jiang Xingye.”

"She is currently at the Mars Zhurong Base, in charge of the construction of the space launch base."

"But now, the base is affected by a sandstorm, and communications are temporarily interrupted."

"We expect to be able to re-establish contact with her in 30 minutes."

"30 minutes?"

Lin Xu frowned deeply.

Are you kidding me?
The world will end in 30 minutes!

"Find a way to contact Jiang Xingye—no matter what method you use, you must get in touch with her!"

"Even if we have to launch her into the sky with a rocket, as long as she can escape the influence of the sandstorm, that will be enough."

"She doesn't need to hold on for long, and neither do we."

"The end of the world will come in 30 minutes -- we all have no time left!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the conference room stared wide-eyed.

Bai Mo looked at Lin Xu in disbelief and asked:
"Are you sure it's 30 minutes?!"

"Of course I'm sure, I can see the time!"

Lin Xu said urgently:
“I have been in this world for 26 minutes. Based on past experience, I can only stay in this world for 1 hour each time.”

"One hour later, the world will be destroyed, and then it will restart."

"This has been a recurring cycle for me, but for you, the opportunity only comes once!"

Lin Xu quickly explained the situation to Bai Mo, and after listening, Bai Mo's expression became increasingly solemn.

She turned to the man sitting in the middle, who was operating the panel in front of him, quickly issuing a series of commands.

Lin Xu noticed the change in the view outside the porthole; Deimos disappeared from the porthole and gradually fell behind the spaceship.

The spacecraft is turning, and at the same time, the entire geosynchronous orbit spacecraft array begins to turn at a near-synchronous speed.

Inside the bridge command center, information was rapidly updating on the holographic projection screen. Lin Xu glanced over and saw that the man was quickly issuing retraction commands to all the spacecraft, ordering them to converge on the Yinghuogong space station.

"There's no time."

The man spoke:
"We cannot evacuate everyone—some people must be abandoned!"

"no need!"

Lin Xu interrupted the man and continued:

"If it's just a matter of evacuation, none of us here will escape!"

"Don't waste my time, I am the only and most important issue you need to consider right now!"

"Message! Send me a message!"

"I need all the information about this world!"

"Where did you come from? What stage has your technology reached? How do you plan to escape the apocalypse? What preparations have you made?"

"Tell me all the information. Only then will I have a chance to make the right choices when I enter this world again!"

"It's not a conflict."

The man spoke calmly, then gave the order:
"Zhiyun, send a message to Yinghuo Palace and Earth Command Center to report the current situation and request the highest level of authorization from Lin Xu."

"Password: Butterfly lands."

"receive."

The voice of artificial intelligence rang out in the command room, and Lin Xu only then realized that it was called "Zhiyun".

However, it is clear that to obtain the highest level of access, one must first obtain feedback from Earth.

The time it would take for a signal to travel from Mars to Earth and back would be almost the end of the world!
This judgment was made without considering the complex verification and validation processes on the ground.

It’s too late, it’s absolutely too late.

He wanted to say something, but before he could open his mouth, Zhiyun's voice came again.

"Message delivered."

"Estimated feedback time: 1 minute and 30 seconds."

1 minute and 30 seconds??

Lin Xu looked at Bai Mo in surprise, and the latter explained:

"The Zhuque-1 spacecraft is equipped with a quantum communication device, which can communicate with the ground and the Yinghuogong space station in real time. We could have contacted Jiang Xingye, but she was temporarily trapped by the sandstorm."

"We will try to establish contact as soon as possible, don't worry."

"In addition, we have established a rapid response system around the 'butterfly'."

"Don't worry, your permissions will be granted quickly."

"But now, we have to ask you a question." "Assuming the end of the world is in 30 minutes, how should we avoid it?"

"no way."

Lin Xu frowned and shook his head, then said:

"You're completely on the wrong track! You shouldn't be building a large-scale space station near Mars!"

"This is not true. Before the apocalypse, the last time the high-dimensional channel appeared was in geosynchronous orbit."

"If you have a large number of spacecraft deployed in geosynchronous orbit, you might be able to take a gamble and send these spacecraft into higher-dimensional channels to see if you can avoid the apocalypse."

"But even if I did that, it wouldn't make a difference, because I wouldn't be there!"

“I can’t get the latest information if I’m not there.”

"At least we can give it a try."

The man suddenly interrupted Lin Xu, and then gave the order:
"Zhiyun, send the message back to geostationary orbit."

"Order all deep-space vehicles at the berth to start up and prepare to proceed to the entrance of the higher-dimensional passage."

"Comrade Lin Xu, please give me the coordinates of the passage."

"clear."

Lin Xu quickly entered the coordinates from his memory, and the man looked at him and nodded, a hint of gratitude in his eyes.

Without pausing, he continued speaking to Lin Xu:

"The data has been transmitted and is on the screen in front of you."

"According to the plan, I will give you a brief explanation first."

"Four most important developments."

"Quantum technology, aerospace technology, advances in fundamental physics, and research on high-dimensional channels."

"First, we have mastered quantum communication technology and made corresponding progress in the field of quantum computing."

"We built Zhiyun AI based on the only mature quantum computer to manage the Tianhuo Project and the 'Butterfly Contingency Plan' in a unified manner."

"Secondly, we have mastered ultra-long-range manned spaceflight technology. Under the existing nuclear thermal propellant engine technology framework, we can increase the spacecraft's speed to two-thousandths of the speed of light and shorten the Earth-Mars travel time to 45 to 60 days."

"Third, in terms of fundamental physics, based on gravity detection technology, we have verified the quantum spacetime foam effect and detected high-frequency noise in gravitational waves caused by spacetime foam."

"This discovery essentially confirms that spacetime is not a smooth, continuous process at the microscopic level."

"However, we have not yet made any recent progress on derivative applications based on the quantum spacetime foam effect, including how to manipulate gravity and how to solve the changes in the speed of light caused by spacetime foam."

"Fourth, we have discovered the 'functional applications' of high-dimensional channels."

"We can detect the emergence of high-dimensional channels under special circumstances and use them for limited exploration."

"However, we still cannot understand the principle behind the generation of high-dimensional channels."

"Some scholars believe that high-dimensional channels are likely related to quantum spacetime foam, but another group of scholars believe that high-dimensional channels are related to time crystal theory."

"Both sides have made progress, but the quantum spacetime bubble theory is progressing faster."

".clear."

As Lin Xu listened to the man's introduction, he looked at the information handed to him. Based on this information, which was obviously simplified and refined and marked with the "Butterfly Plan," Lin Xu realized that the people of this world had really done a lot to prepare for the arrival of the "Butterfly."

So, how much do they actually know about butterflies?
Is it possible that they know far more about butterflies than they do about their own butterfly "self"?

Lin Xu was about to speak when the man received a message from Earth.

"Comrade Lin Xu, your authorization has been approved."

"From this moment forward, you are promoted to Commander-in-Chief of Project Skyfire."

"All resources here are at your disposal. I, Shen Li, hereby formally transfer command authority over Vermilion Bird One to you."

"Shen Li??"

Lin Xu had a vague feeling that he had heard this name somewhere before.
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She was the astronaut who carried out the Star Travel One test flight with Bai Mo in the previous world.

He is also the chief engineer of Star Travel No. 1.

It seems that as the aerospace industry enters a phase of large-scale civilian development, professional astronauts are being replaced by technicians more and more frequently.

This is an inevitable trend.

Lin Xu took a deep breath and said:
"clear."

"I'll take over."

"boom!"

Before Lin Xu could finish speaking, a muffled loud noise suddenly rang out.

Immediately afterwards, the alarm sounded.

"The bridge is under attack! The bridge is under attack!"

"The main bridge passage has been closed!"

"Emergency escape system damaged!"

"Security personnel will be in position within 30 seconds!"

"Prepare to engage the enemy!"

The main bridge is under attack?!
Lin Xu was dumbfounded.