Chapter 12: The End of the World Begins (I)

The book of Revelation is part of the New Testament of the Bible, and it is said that God gave birth to Jesus to save the world and make him the savior of mankind, and the author of this revelation is John, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus.

In the first century C.E., John was persecuted by the Roman Emperor and exiled by the Roman Emperor Domitian to the Greek island of Patmos, where he claimed to have been guided by God and recorded what became known as the book of Revelation.

The book of Revelation occupies a very important place in the Bible, and it is the last and most important book of the Bible.

Without this book, the Bible would be incomplete, with no beginning or end. People can only see God's creation, not its end, God's grace and love, not glory, punishment and victory, God's plan and plan, not its purpose.

So for this apocalypse, for thousands of years, countless wise men have tried to interpret and decipher, what exactly it says, and finally evolved into an apocalyptic theory.

Of course, the end times are ancient, not the Bible's monologue.

The Ragnarok spread in Northern Europe, the Messianic judgment preached by Christianity, Judaism, Catholicism, Protestantism, and Christianity, the end of the Dharma era in Buddhism, and the end of the solar age in Mayan culture... And so on and so forth are all doomsday talks, and even give a specific date for the arrival of the apocalypse.

For example, the famous Jewish prophet Nostradamus in French history predicted in his book "The Centuries" that above July 1999, the Great Demon King of Terror would fall from the sky...

Today is February 4, 2000, and it has been a full half a year since the famous prophet's doomsday prophecy. A year ago, various rumors began to circulate one after another, and a small number of people panicked about the end of the world to an unprecedented level. However, August quietly arrived, and time proved that all this was a lie, and people's sensitivity to the end times dropped dramatically, and by now it was almost regarded as a farce, and it was just a little more talk after dinner.

The famous physicist Isaac Newton, who was obsessed with theology in his later years, also studied the book of Revelation and predicted that the end of the world would happen in the year 2000.

"Come, and I will see, and behold, there was a black horse, and he that sat on it with a balance in his hand, and I heard a voice that seemed to say, "A penny for a measure of wheat, and a penny for three measures of barley, and oil and wine shall not be wasted..."

A voice sounded slowly, and a phantom more than three feet high slowly appeared in the conference room, the phantom was the shadow of a dark black horse with a dark body, all four hooves were starlight, and a figure sat on the horseback, its appearance was exactly the appearance of Wang Chao, holding a scale, and the two ends of the balance were grain and coins.

"Tang Zichen, they are the so-called Four Horsemen, who are you?"

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At the beginning of the year of the dragon in 2000, China's actions suddenly made various countries incomprehensible, and in the early hours of the morning, the temple suddenly declared a national state of emergency, and it was going to conduct a nationwide second-level combat readiness training for half a month, which immediately caused an uproar in the world.

Could it be that Huaxia is going to fight a war with the outside world? No, several neighboring countries have found that there is no sign of increasing troops on the border at all, but the army is being recycled.

Immediately after that, Huaxia completely recalled all foreign ambassadors and embassy staff, and then, overseas troops began to assist in the evacuation of overseas Chinese, and domestic troops left their garrisons and were stationed in large and medium-sized cities across the country, while one million armed police forces and more than 2 million militia reservists were urgently mobilized to fully settle in small cities and thousands of counties, towns, and streets.

Passenger and freight trains were urgently suspended across the country, all of which were used to mobilize armed forces, and curfews and regional controls were fully implemented in major cities. Factories are rotated 24 hours a day to produce daily necessities, and all the goods are transported to suburban warehouses for sealing, strictly guarded, schools began to close, and sirens sounded three times a day in the morning, noon and evening to remind the people that this is an extraordinary period, and within a few days, China seems to have returned to the fiery era of preparing for war and preparing for famine.

For a time, China's economy suffered an all-round setback, its exports came to a complete standstill, and it frantically imported all kinds of commodities, losing hundreds of billions of foreign exchange reserves on its books, and the foreign exchange of the treasury was almost empty, and the achievements of the past 20 years of reform and opening up bottomed out at one time.

There are many discussions in various countries, Huaxia is completely abandoning martial arts in the eyes of everyone, what is the reason.

With the end of the last four or five days of overseas evacuation, the customs were completely closed, prohibiting nationals from entering and leaving, the short-lived import business was completely stopped, the terminals and ports were closed, and foreign citizens could only enter and exit, and the number of aircraft flights was greatly reduced.

Under such circumstances, countries can only recall their ambassadors and staff to China one after another, leaving only a few liaison personnel to report back to China on a regular basis.

The dark clouds of suspicious warfare are thick over the earth, and major powers have sent maritime troops to the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean to investigate. Because of the shrinkage of the Chinese navy, only a few large islands still retain troops, and patrols in the South China Sea have come to a standstill, which makes some small neighboring countries excited and hurriedly send warships to cruise.

Not only are there no warships in the entire Huaxia waters, but even civilian fishing boats are gone, what is going on, all countries are reporting this news in a big way, and rumors are spreading. Nowhere is this more evident than in several countries in Asia, which have been reporting on this exciting news all day long.

From the initial complaints, the common people in China slowly cooperated, and every one or two hundred meters on the street was a soldier on duty to patrol, and after the curfew, there were armored vehicles on the road, and no one dared to mess around.

When the country has a long holiday for half a month, but this holiday can only stay near the house, there are very few vehicles on the street, only fixed buses and shuttles are running, high-speed and national highways and provincial highways, running are buses and trains, private vehicles are not allowed to pass, toll stations have also been revoked, and the situation of road blockage has completely disappeared.

Everyone was speculating, but the temple was slow to answer, and all entertainment on television was canceled and replaced by real-time daily updates from various states and cities. It can be seen that all parts of the country are the same at the moment, the army militia and police are on duty everywhere, all of them are live ammunition, some of the first incidents of civil violence have been quickly stopped, and the public order in the whole country has miraculously and rapidly improved, almost to the point where there is no way to leave no stone unturned.

This is the power of military management. This time, the strength and determination of the imperial court seemed to be quite large, and the army was directly involved in the management of the city, and for several days, hundreds of officials who did not act or did not cooperate with this training were taken down in a row, and everyone realized that the imperial court was estimated to be real, and no one dared to be sloppy.

And the time has quietly come, February 12, is already the seventh day of the second-level combat readiness training in the report, this Spring Festival is almost the quietest Spring Festival since the dynasty, the hotel tourism and other industries have been hit hard, very depressed, everywhere hung signs for another day. However, all this is not a problem, the adaptability of the Chinese people is really strong, and they can quickly change their living habits in the rules.

The meeting has been held at the WTO headquarters for two days, and the topics are one after another, and it is estimated that the punishment procedures will be announced within three days, which is absolutely a fatal blow to China, which is growing and needs nutrients.

The sun sets in the west, Tokyo is lit up at night, and pedestrians, trains, vehicles, and shops mingle to create a thriving scene of a modern society.

In the office of the high-rise building, busy office workers are still working diligently, talking on the phone, checking the computer, and recording data with a pen and paper. Copiers, printers, and fax machines are constantly busy, because the sudden closure of China has caused the economies of all countries around the world to show different degrees of decline, especially those companies that rely on exports for their livelihoods urgently need to find a home for the backlog of products in their warehouses.

Data processing companies, economic analysis companies, investment companies, and financial companies are also working overtime, and they need to analyze the data on the losses caused by Huaxia's inexplicable move for their customers, which will become the necessary information to be submitted to financial arbitration, and they will rely on these detailed information to file huge claims against Huaxia, which has been described as a new Xinchou treaty within more than a dozen financial giants, and this time, they want to seize the opportunity to knock Huaxia down in one fell swoop.

Compared with the busyness of the company, the house is quiet, and people still live according to their habits.

"Dad, I'm bothering you to send something all the way over. Mitsue, the hostess of a household, was on the phone while poking her finger at a two-foot-long fresh fish on the board. On the table in the living room, a large sturdy box filled with all kinds of vegetables is a valuable gift in Tokyo where ingredients are expensive.

"Where, after the fish caught are distributed to the neighbors, there is the rest, and the rest are all home-grown, so what's the trouble. Have you been busy lately? Father's voice rang on the other end of the phone.

"Okay, by the way, I will also help my mother sweep the grave. "There is also a photo next to the fresh fish, which was taken by my father when he went out to sea to catch this big fish, and his face was full of happy smiles. Guanghui's tired body and mind were liberated at once, and it seemed that her father's health was fine, so there was no need to worry.

"It's disgusting, my grandfather sent it from Kagoshima again?" Yui, the daughter who had just finished taking a bath, came out with a towel screaming, her wet hair still draped over her shoulders, holding a bottle of Coke, and looking at the fresh fish on the board with a disgusted expression.