The next day, Luo Jinyong's prediction was preliminarily verified.

After a day's worth of budgeting by China's supercomputer, a more precise result was that the 2014X1 asteroid would split into 1,150 fragments after its disintegration, with an error of plus or minus 50, i.e., the number of fragments would be between 1,100 and 1,200.

Because of the computer resources, Chu Tianjiang began personal training.

The real key lies in personal training with an adaptive platform at its core.

With the increase in training intensity, as well as the more and more thorough understanding and mastery of the Doomsday Warrior system, Doomsday Warriors in various countries have added some high-ability opponents to their simulation training, such as virtual Doomsday Warriors, and even "aliens" whose combat effectiveness exceeds that of Doomsday Warriors. Because they don't know enough about extraterrestrial civilizations, the scientific advisors of various countries can only shape powerful opponents in the virtual environment based on their imaginations.

It's just that Chu Tianjiang's training is definitely different.

According to Zhang Xiaogang's request, the training with the "alien" as the enemy only lasted one day, and then Chu Tianjiang was asked to focus on group battles. To be precise, let Chu Tianjiang face ten, dozens, or even a hundred doomsday warriors with little difference in combat effectiveness alone.

Obviously, this training method is aimed at the doomsday force privately formed by the US military.

Through this kind of training, Luo Jinyong found out some flaws in the Doomsday Warrior system, and then made targeted adjustments and modifications.

It's just that after a few days, the training results are not ideal.

Although Chu Tianjiang's doomsday warrior system has been strengthened, and Luo Jinyong deliberately set the intelligence level of the virtual enemy to just master the doomsday warrior system, and he can't use it proficiently, but in a one-to-many battle, Chu Tianjiang's highest record is to defeat twenty-seven opponents.

If you continue to increase your opponents, the number will play a key role.

In the morning training, Chu Tianjiang played mediocre, only defeating twenty-four opponents, and was "killed" when he was about to deal with the twenty-fifth opponent.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to have lunch, Chu Tianjiang found Luo Jinyong.

"That's a problem, but I can't agree to your request."

"For what?" Chu Tianjiang hoped that Luo Jinyong would increase the extreme performance of each subsystem and exert stronger combat effectiveness.

"Security Restrictions." Luo Jinyong replied very briefly. Seeing that Chu Tianjiang didn't quite understand, he said again: "Each subsystem, in order to ensure normal operation, has set security restrictions when designing. To tell you the truth, with the original code of the control program provided by the United States, I have relaxed the security restrictions of your Doomsday Warrior system to the maximum. If safety limits continue to be raised, in addition to significantly shortening maintenance intervals, it can also lead to serious failures. In training, a glitch is nothing, but on the battlefield, you don't want a glitch. Out of responsibility for your safety, I will not accede to your request. ”

"Professor, have you ever thought about it?"

"What?"

"If you are killed by the enemy because of limited performance, who is responsible? On the contrary, even if the risk of failure in the middle of a battle is very high, it is much better than sitting back and waiting. ”

"This ......"

"Professor, I understand what you mean, and I won't joke with my life, but I hope that there will be a better choice when necessary."

Luo Jinyong let out a long breath and said, "In this way, I can set up a set of programs for you, so that you can turn off the system's security restriction programs when necessary." But you have to promise me not to do it until you have to, when there is really no other way. ”

"I want you to promise."

"You come early tomorrow morning, and I'll make adjustments to the training program and add a failure prediction program."

"Okay."

"Also," Luo Jinyong stopped Chu Tianjiang and said, "I have a suggestion. ”

"What advice?"

"I've seen the results of your training in the past few days, and although I'm not a soldier, I think you should find a trustworthy partner."

Chu Tianjiang frowned.

"With a partner whose strength is not much different, the effect is definitely not one plus one equals two, and it will definitely be able to exert stronger combat effectiveness."

"The question is, who to work with?"

"Well, you have to go to Lao Zhang and listen to his opinion."

"Okay, I'll go find him now."

Chu Tianjiang went to the Security Affairs Liaison Office, but did not find Zhang Xiaogang. Thinking that Zhang Xiaogang was in charge of propaganda work, Chu Tianjiang decided to go to him at night.

At this time, Zhang Xiaogang was reporting to the meeting of the chiefs of general staff on the progress of the propaganda work.

The second phase of public opinion guidance has begun, and the mainstream news media in various countries are reporting the predictions given by well-known astronomers, that is, the probability of an asteroid hitting the Earth. According to Zhang Xiaogang's arrangement, when these experts put on a show on the television station, they emphasized the predictions they gave and criticized the predictions given by other experts, thus triggering a comprehensive debate in various media.

It must be admitted that Zhang Xiaogang is very good at playing media publicity.

In addition to arranging for well-known astronomers to put on TV shows, he also arranged for many so-called non-governmental experts to build public opinion in other media. For example, on the Internet, there are many so-called non-governmental experts in China, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and other countries, specifically criticizing and questioning the forecast data published by astronomers, and then coming up with their own set of forecast data, many of which are sensational, in order to attract public attention.

It's just that several chiefs of the General Staff feel that Zhang Xiaogang has gone too far.

The reason for this is that if the rhetoric of the collision is accepted by the public, it will inevitably lead to global instability and make it difficult for countries to maintain stability at home.

"Guys, we have to understand one thing first, that is, what is our purpose?" In Zhang Xiaogang's eyes, the 10 chiefs of the general staff are not suitable for propaganda work at all. "Our purpose is to cover up the truth. What is the truth? The truth is that the 2014X1 asteroid is controlled by an extraterrestrial civilization, and it is very likely that it is a spaceship of an extraterrestrial civilization. What we are doing now, without exception, is to cover up the truth, to make the public think that this is a normal natural event, and to make the people gradually accept the fact that danger is looming through public opinion. To put it figuratively, this is to give the people a psychological precautionary shot, to make the people nervous first, so as to calmly accept the more cruel facts. ”

"So, you're going to reveal the truth?" Stark asked.

"I don't need to announce the truth at all. At the last meeting, Professor Luo Jinyong mentioned that the public will know the truth before August 28. In the solar system, there are no stars with a speed of one thousandth of a light, and no such star has ever hit the Earth. Even if we deliberately conceal it, people will speculate, and speculation is the root cause of social unrest. Zhang Xiaogang paused and then said, "Generals, we cannot control the minds of more than 8 billion people, and we can only guide the minds of the people through public opinion. ”

"How?" Sergeyev asked.

"Two days later, even with an ordinary telescope, the 2014X1 asteroid will be visible on a clear night. In two days, the population will start speculating. My opinion is that on 26 August, or 27 at the latest, some news will be announced one after another to guide public opinion. ”

"What's the news?" Yang Fanglie couldn't help it.

"Counter guesswork with guesswork."

At this moment, the ten chiefs of the general staff all showed puzzled looks.

"The situation has developed to this point, and the only way to maintain stability is to make the people believe in the government and follow its orders."

In this regard, all ten chiefs of the General Staff expressed their support.

To put it bluntly, maintaining the government's authority is precisely the ultimate goal of public opinion propaganda and guidance, and it is also the only way to maintain the stability of the situation in the world.

"How can you get people to trust the government? Undoubtedly, it is impossible for us to tell the public that the government has just discovered this asteroid and has not made any preparations for the impending threat, and that the end of the world is coming, so everyone can go home and wait for death, or enjoy the most happy time in the end. Although some people think so, I myself am no exception, everyone wants to do something meaningful in the last few days of their lives, such as going home to spend time with their wives and children, such as meeting their little lovers, such as soaking in the wine pond meat forest. ”

Someone laughed, but the ten chiefs of the General Staff all looked serious.

However, this idea must not be allowed to become mainstream. Regardless of the outcome, we cannot afford to give up our efforts at the last minute and let two years of hard work go to waste. The only way to convince the population of the government is to publicly acknowledge the Council for Planetary Defense. ”

At this moment, the eyes of the ten chiefs of the general staff widened.

"Of course, it is up to the government to admit it, and it is no longer the mouth of the experts who speak for themselves."

As soon as Zhang Xiaogang said this, several chiefs of the general staff understood. In the two days of public opinion propaganda, all of them came forward and had nothing to do with the government. Obviously, this was a deliberate arrangement by Zhang Xiaogang in order to negate all the predictions made by sociologists at the last moment. One of the obvious benefits of this is that the government has nothing to do with the speculation that has been made.

"And then?" Stark certainly understands that.

If the government is involved in the previous speculation and then denies it, it will inevitably lead to both ends and lose the trust and support of the people. Dissociating oneself from sociologists and setting oneself clear the facts in an authoritative capacity at a critical moment will not only not tarnish the government's reputation, but will gain a high degree of trust from the public.

The question is, how long can this trust last?

"The next thing to do is to show our trump card and convince the people that we have worked hard for two years and are capable enough to defeat the aggressor."

"Will the people believe it?" Renault asked.

"No, it won't." Zhang Xiaogang answered categorically.

Obviously, the ten chiefs of the General Staff were a little surprised, and felt that it was reasonable.