Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 6 Regardless of truth or falsehood
They are either time travelers or connected to extraterrestrial forces.

This judgment may seem absurd, but under the circumstances, all attendees had no choice but to accept it.

"Our physics group believes that possibility two is more likely."

The reason is simple: the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations is foreseeable, while time travel, time loops... are completely absent from our existing physics theories.

For example, faster-than-light warp drive is completely impossible for us at this stage. But at least, we have some related theories that describe this possibility.

As for time loops, we don't even have a theory to describe this possibility.

To believe that Jiang Yang belongs to an alien force, or is even an alien himself, is absurd enough. But in Professor Lu Zhaoming's words, compared to the possibility of a time loop, the former doesn't seem so absurd.

"Extraterrestrial civilization..."

Many experts remained silent, pondering the name.

Sun Changhe looked at the Psychology and Social Sciences Group: "If it is an extraterrestrial civilization, then, can we assess its motives and purposes based on the existing intelligence?"

“We think it’s unlikely. In fact, for us, if Jiang Yang is really related to extraterrestrial civilization, or has simply been taken over by aliens with advanced technology, then one thing is very clear: even if he’s lying, we won’t be able to find any flaws.”

The expert paused for a moment, then continued, "But... that's not actually important."

The important question is, even if all of Jiang Yang's first nine prophecies come true, can we really determine whether the doomsday prophecies are true or false?

This is also impossible to determine.

Don't forget, the fulfillment of the first nine prophecies only proves that Jiang Yang does indeed possess the ability to foresee the future. But... just because he has this ability, does that mean his prophecies are necessarily true?
What if he is simply using this prophetic ability to intentionally guide us to do things that he, or perhaps an alien force behind him, wants us to do?

The only way to be certain whether a doomsday prophecy is true or false is when the end times actually arrive.

The expert's remarks plunged the entire conference room into silence once again.

This was a point that the attendees hadn't considered beforehand.

Just as the attendees were all deep in thought, the psychology expert spoke again.

"But whether the prophecy is true or false is actually not important."

Sun Changhe suddenly lifted his eyelids and looked at the expert's figure.

The other attendees also looked surprised.

"The important thing is, assuming the prophecy comes true, what can we do?"

Sun Changhe frowned slightly. After a moment of contemplation, he looked at Gu Changshan, the head of the military's strategic intelligence group.

"That's what I wanted to say too."

According to Jiang Yang's report, the apocalypse he witnessed was on the other side of the earth, where all the players and spectators at a football match, the commentators, everyone in his bar, pedestrians on the streets, and drivers all suffered indescribable pain and lost their lives in a short period of time.

Dressed in military uniform, the rugged-looking Gu Changshan spoke methodically: "This is all the intelligence we know about this apocalypse. And what can we deduce from this intelligence?"
What types of apocalypse? What are their origins? What are their causes?
The truth is, we can't figure anything out from the analysis.

He looked at the medical team experts: "Professor Cheng, what do you think?"

Professor Cheng Li sighed softly: "Based on the symptoms described by Jiang Yang, there are just too many possibilities. We cannot determine what he encountered in the apocalypse."

Over the course of this day and a half, I also conducted a thorough medical examination on him, but without finding anything.

Gu Changshan continued, "A harsh reality is that if the apocalypse is real, then... we are destined to be wiped out this time." He bluntly stated this conclusion: "There is absolutely nothing we can do."

"Assuming the apocalypse and time loops are real, the only thing we can do in this life is to assist Jiang Yang as much as possible in gathering as much apocalyptic intelligence as possible, and then use his time loop ability to have him bring this intelligence to us in the next life so that we can plan to resolve the apocalypse in the next life."

My suggestion is that we don't need to try to verify whether the apocalypse is real or not, or whether Jiang Yang's words are true or not. We can just assume they are true and then take action.

The reason is simple: assisting Jiang Yang in gathering information about the apocalypse doesn't require too many resources or cause too much of a commotion. Even if we discover that we've been deceived, we won't lose anything.

If that's the case, why not do it?

The experts present pondered quietly, and then quickly realized that this was indeed the case.

This is the only thing we can do in this lifetime.

After pondering for a long time, Sun Changhe slowly said, "Do you have any additional comments?"

After waiting for more than ten seconds and seeing that everyone was silent, Sun Changhe said, "Then, I announce the following decision."

First, establish a Doomsday Response Command Center to be fully responsible for this incident. I will serve as the director and report directly to the highest level.

Second, take 'assuming the end of the world is real' as the highest guiding principle, and carry out all subsequent actions under this principle.

Third, the Luo Yunshan No. 7 Doomsday Base was allocated as the operation site, and Gu Changshan was appointed as the on-site commander-in-chief to coordinate all matters on-site. Corresponding psychological support teams, physical verification teams, logistics support teams, and strategic intelligence teams were also established to fully collect and verify doomsday intelligence in Jiangyang.

The physical verification team includes geological, physical, medical, meteorological, and astronomical groups, and experts in these fields are required to report to the Doomsday Base No. 7 within one day.

Four,……"

Having made a swift and decisive decision, Sun Changhe looked at the experts on the screen in the online conference room, his tone heavy with seriousness.

"Comrades, our civilization is facing what is very likely the greatest challenge since its inception."

May good fortune be with us, our country, and our civilization.

The meeting adjourned. "

The screen in front of me went dark again.

Professor Tian Ning sat up from the chair, and for some reason, she staggered and almost fell.

Holding onto the back of the chair, he took a long time to catch his breath before finally regaining his composure.

Although the truth of the apocalypse is still uncertain at this moment—as Gu Changshan said, no one can be sure of its authenticity before the apocalypse actually arrives—judging rationally, he is certain that the apocalypse is at least 60% likely to be true.

And... if the apocalypse is real, we in this life have no chance whatsoever. We are already destined for destruction; the only thing we can do is gather intelligence and pass it on to the next life.

But in my next life... will I still be me?
A look of bewilderment appeared on Tian Ning's slightly plump face.

But that moment of confusion vanished, and he regained his original determination.

I need to hurry up and arrange things at the research institute; the plane that's picking me up should be arriving soon.

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(End of this chapter)