Chapter Thirty-Eight: Here It Comes
Ark Base.
In the cafeteria, Wang Lung brought a meal that was not very exquisite, but it tasted good, and sat down at the table.
In the process, people kept greeting him, and he kept greeting people.
Soothing music plays in the cafeteria, and people come and go with smiles on their faces. The people sitting at the table did not just bother to eat, but talked to each other and laughed constantly.
This makes the atmosphere full of relaxed and cheerful flavors.
Wang Lung felt that he was qualified to enjoy this relaxed and cheerful atmosphere at this moment.
After all, it's been a busy day.
During this time, these people on their own side have been continuously conducting a comprehensive inspection of the various modules of the Ark base. Like himself, he thoroughly and in-depth inspected the geothermal power generation module, heat exchange module, reserve wind power generation, gravity energy storage power station and other places, eliminated up to 17 hidden dangers, and comprehensively improved the stability of the energy power supply system.
Shouldn't you relax after a busy day?
But he didn't enjoy the relaxed atmosphere.
His mind became more and more focused. He was observing anyone in the cafeteria, observing any circle, and deciding his next move.
Is it pretending to go to pick up food, and then inadvertently passing by Li Yutian's side, and then patting him on the shoulder and chatting a few words? Or do you pretend to ask questions and go straight to Lu Wenwen's table?
His brain was racing.
The end is approaching, and I must be more active, so that more people have a good impression of me, and let more people think that I am a person who makes ideas, acts decisively and simply, and has a clear judgment of any situation.
Only in this way can we obtain greater benefits in the end times.
Based on this, public social occasions such as cafeterias must not be abandoned.
After eating a meal, Wang Lung felt that he was even more tired than the busy day during the day. But the harvest is also full, not only let Lu Wenxue identify himself as a friend - this can be seen from some subtle small actions, but also makes him regard himself as a superior in a sense - he has already recognized himself as inferior to himself in some aspects, and began to ask himself sincerely for advice.
This is a good sign.
After dinner, the rest hall is another extremely important battlefield.
Here, people can chat, watch TV series, movies, play chess, play ball, and so on.
This took Wang Lung two hours. After that, Wang Lung dragged his tired body and high spirit back to his room.
It's finally time to really relax.
After lying down for a while, he got up again and sat down in front of the computer.
It is also a necessary task to look at the information from the outside world every day.
Casually browsing the news, all of a sudden, a push popped up.
"Emergencies! The super heavy rain in Roshi City has lasted for more than three hours, and the total precipitation has exceeded the heaviest rain since meteorological records began! β
Wang Lung was stunned for a moment, and then clicked on the news.
He saw the flooded city, the streets turned into rivers, the people calling for help on the rooftops, and the rescuers driving the assault boats.
Super heavy rain, super heavy rain......
The prophecy of the Son of God has been fulfilled once again.
He grabbed his phoneβit was a custom-made cell phone delivered within the Ark base, and everyone had it. It can only be connected to the LAN of the Ark base, and can only be used inside the Ark, and then opened the custom instant messaging app inside the Ark base, the one called Ark Communication, opened the group chat, and sent the message.
"Heavy rain in Roshi! The prophecy of the Son of God has been fulfilled again! β
With this news, the group chat that had just been a little silent immediately became lively again.
The prophecy of the Son of God cannot be questioned, it is politically correct within the base of the Ark. Therefore, no one, in the course of the conversation, dared to express the slightest doubt about this prophecy.
The facts have not settled, and there will always be a little goo in my heart.
But now, with the news coming out, the only little doubt and uncertainty disappeared in an instant.
The hearts of the people were once again united at this moment.
"This must be the purpose of the Son of God's prophecy."
He continued to look at the news and saw more real shots.
Looking at the people who were struggling in the midst of the disaster, Wang Lung suddenly had a wonderful feeling in his heart.
It's as if, at this moment, I have become a god who is detached from the real world, and no mortal suffering can affect me, and I can look at all this with a high gaze.
Under such circumstances, a sense of compassion spontaneously arose in his heart for these suffering mortals.
"Poor mortal."
He shook his head and sighed, "Don't struggle. There is no difference between dying here and dying in the catastrophe of the end of the world. β
The mobile phone group chat was also full of voices of pity. Several women even shed tears.
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Jingle Bell Bell ......
A rapid ringtone of the mobile phone woke Lu Ming up. Looking at the time, it was only five o'clock in the morning.
The call was made by Lu Qingliang.
"Go to the video conference room right now."
"Okay."
Unable to wash his face, Lu Ming immediately turned on the computer and logged in to the video conference room.
Although he was at home, he was not worried about being disturbed by the rest of the people, nor was he worried about leaks.
Because his room is specially designed. Once the door is closed, it cannot be opened from the outside unless special means are used. And the interior is very well insulated.
Logging into the conference room, he saw that all three of them had arrived except himself.
"Just received the news that the city of Roshi is super heavy rain. Three hours of rain has already exceeded the rainfall of the heaviest rainstorm on record. Now the rain is still continuing. β
Don't worry about the people in the disaster area - disaster relief is not your own task, the rest of the people are responsible for it, and it is not his turn to worry about it, Lu Ming immediately realized that this is another event that meets all conditions and can be used as a prediction.
Although we speculate that the last earthquake event may be the last "cut-off prediction", it is only speculation after all. It is entirely possible that the Doomsday Organization relied on this super rainstorm to make another prediction.
"The end is still ...... Ten days. β
The prophesied asteroid still hasn't appeared.
The people of the Doomsday Organization have not been caught yet.
"Let's look it up. Anyway, I'm idle right now. Maybe you can find some clues, maybe it's useful. β
He Wei expressed her opinion.
"Then look it up."
Zhang Dingshan made a decision: "I think this time it is still very likely that it will be for all disciplines, not just meteorology, urban drainage, flood control and disaster relief." We have limited manpower and can't monitor all the people on the list, so let's just follow the strategy we used last time and only monitor key personnel. β
In the last earthquake incident, before he did so, Lu Qingliang confirmed that there had been a missing person, so he did not carry it out.
"Move fast. Qingliang, immediately sort out the list. I, He Wei, Lu Ming, the three of us immediately rushed to different places and took command. The transfer of relevant personnel should be completed within five hours. β
"Yes."
"Yes."
A series of orders were sent, Lu Ming closed the computer, washed up briefly, and walked out of the room.
It's still early in the morning. My parents and sister were still asleep and didn't get up.
After thinking about it, Lu Ming didn't wake them up, but left a word in the family group and left directly.
Within a few hours, Lu Ming came to the command center of another city. The team of psychologists, computer modeling, and special intelligence trackers have all been deployed in place.
According to the list of assigned personnel, monitoring begins immediately.
The same is true for He Wei and Zhang Dingshan. As a result, a total of more than 400 key personnel, the most likely to be absorbed by the Doomsday Organization, were all monitored.
The first regular meeting after the start of the operation was held the day after the full monitoring was carried out.
At the moment, these people have been monitored for about 40 hours.
"I didn't find anything here."
Lu Ming spoke first: "The number of early warnings in the psychological model is only 1.6 times per person per day on average, which is completely in line with the standards of ordinary people. β
"I'm here too. An average of 1.8 times per person per day is also in line with. β
"I'm here too."
All three got the same result.
Lu Qingliang said: "I have assigned personnel to conduct primary monitoring of the rest of the people on the list, and the result is that so far, no one has died or gone missing. β
It seems that the super heavy rain event in Roshi City did not have any impact on these people.
"Try monitoring for another day tomorrow."
The next day's surveillance was still nothing. The same was true on the third day.
Lu Ming sighed silently: "It seems that the Doomsday Organization has indeed not made any small moves regarding this super heavy rainstorm event. The last earthquake event was indeed a 'deadline prophecy'. β
Previously this was just speculation. But now, it's almost certain.
Zhang Dingshan said: "The monitoring personnel have all been withdrawn." β
"Yes."
The current situation has proved that the Doomsday Organization has indeed completed the task of recruiting personnel. Now, they have completely shrunk up, cut off all contact with the outside world, and only wait for the end to come, and there is no more action for the rest.
Then, it is even more unlikely that you will find any of their weaknesses or loopholes.
This road is completely blocked.
Zhang Dingshan looked at Lu Qingliang: "Where is the asteroid warning center, haven't found it yet?" β
Now, at 10:17 a.m. on November 19, there are only about five days left, totaling about 134 hours.
In such a short period of time, if the asteroid were to really hit the Earth, it should have been observed anyway.
But Lu Qingliang still shook his head: "No." They have been searching for any asteroids that might be close to Earth, but they have not found any. β
Zhang Dingshan frowned slightly.
This is unconscionable.
Of course, this predicted asteroid had better never appear, and Zhang Dingshan was not looking forward to it. He just sensed that something seemed wrong.
Just then, his phone rang. grabbed his mobile phone and listened to two sentences, and his expression immediately became serious.
After a moment, he slowly put his phone down.
"The asteroid...... appeared. β
"What?!"
He Wei, Lu Ming, and Lu Qingliang were shocked. Among them, He Wei even stood up directly against the table.
Did it really show up?
Zhang Dingshan said solemnly: "Li just informed me that ten minutes ago, the Yuanwang No. 7 Survey Telescope discovered an unknown asteroid at a distance of 26.52 degrees from the ecliptic plane and about 150 million kilometers from the earth. The asteroid is extremely velocity, but the exact velocity, mass, and probability of collision with the Earth have not yet been determined, and further observations are being made.
It is not known for sure that this asteroid is the one predicted, but it is most likely. β
There was silence in the video conference room.
At this stage, there is no further observational data to make the next step of analysis.
But that shouldn't be a cause for concern.
Once the key suspect target appears, immediately, all the deep-space observation forces that human beings have will move the observation window in the shortest possible time and aim at the asteroid.
Details of it will be available soon.
After waiting for about an hour, further details finally appeared.
"At its longest point, the asteroid is about 3.2 kilometers and at its widest point is 1.1 kilometers. The total mass is estimated at about 55.9 billion tonnes. But its speed relative to the Earth is about 331 kilometers per second. According to its current orbit calculations, in the future, the probability of its collision with the Earth has climbed to 1% at this moment. β
With a 1% probability of collision, this is quite a lot. This means, at the very least, that at some point in the future, it must be extremely close to the Earth.
You know, in the past, a lower probability of collision than this has attracted people's attention.
"Such a high speed......"
Lu Ming was silent.
The fact that it has such a high velocity at such a distance from the Sun further confirms that it must not have come from the interior of the solar system.
He Wei said solemnly: "It is about 150 million kilometers away from us at the moment, and its speed is about 331 kilometers per second. To put it simply, it took about 126 hours to reach its closest point to Earth. Right now...... There are about 134 hours left before the prophesied end times. With an error of up to eight hours, I don't think this asteroid is the one predicted. β
Lu Ming shook his head a little bitterly.
"No, He Wei, you are wrong. Although this asteroid is 150 million kilometers away from us, its path is about 160 million kilometers. Because it's not on a straight track. And our planet is in constant motion. β