DipNovel Chapter 16, Earth's Apocalypse, Version 1.00 Officially Updated
Chapter 16, Earth's Apocalypse, Version 1.00 Officially Updated
It was exactly 24:00 Beijing time on September 1st.
The "Earth's End 1.00 Version: Ice Age Apocalypse" by Li Xiaming, the Time Rewinder, has arrived as scheduled.
September 1, 24:05.
The first important meeting of the Tokyo University Ice Age Doomsday Survival Committee was held.
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Almost immediately after the apocalypse update, Lu Yi led Li Xiaming into a special conference room.
At the front of the conference room, an entire wall has been transformed into a screen, resembling a giant movie screen.
At this moment, the screen is divided into hundreds of equally sized video windows, most of which are already lit up.
In these small video windows, there are academicians with gray hair and furrowed brows, generals with shining epaulets and upright postures, and department heads with tired faces but still not daring to relax.
Li Xiaming also saw Academician Qin among them.
Academician Qin on the screen seemed to see him too, and he nodded calmly from hundreds of kilometers away.
Clearly, no one was complacent before the exact arrival of the "Doomsday 1.00 Update Preview".
This meeting was a pre-arranged plan.
Lu Yi gestured for Li Xiaming to sit in the reserved seat, while he himself stood to the side and behind Li Xiaming.
A moment later, Fang Huaiyuan, who was located in the center of the large screen, appeared before everyone's eyes.
His face was expressionless, and his eyes were calm and composed.
Fang Huaiyuan slightly adjusted the microphone in front of him, and his clear, steady voice traveled through the encrypted circuit to everyone's ears:
"Comrades."
"The worst has come to pass, just as Comrade Li Xiaming predicted—"
"It has come true."
"Now, the first Ice Age Survival Committee meeting begins."
"Professor Chung, you can go first."
As Fang Huaiyuan's voice faded, a window in the upper left corner of the screen was slightly enlarged.
In front of the camera, Professor Zhong, who is about sixty years old and whose hair is neatly combed, quickly swiped his fingers across the touchpad in front of him.
"Okay, comrades, please take a look."
The next second, a highly complex composite image, filled with technical symbols and multiple dynamic curves, appeared simultaneously on the screens of all participants.
The image background is deep black, and at its core is a simulated solar structure diagram analyzed through multi-layered cross-sectional views.
Countless lines representing energy flow, density gradient, and temperature distribution intertwine and pulsate dynamically within it.
Professor Zhong then pulled up another chart, which showed several dynamic curves of key data marked in different colors across the screen.
These curves are currently sliding slowly downwards on a pre-defined timeline.
Professor Zhong said:
"Comrades, according to our National Astronomical Observatories of the Southeast University Academy of Sciences, we have mobilized solar monitoring satellites, deep space solar observatories, and large radio telescope arrays that are connected globally."
At 24:00 Beijing time, after the announcement of the "Earth's End 1.00 Version Update" was made, here is a comprehensive analysis of the real-time data transmitted back in the past 25 minutes.
Our astronomical research team at the University of Tokyo can now confirm that our sun has indeed exhibited anomalous, non-periodic changes.
"The rate of decay of energy reactions inside the sun is currently maintained at an average of 0.37% ± 0.02% per hour."
It is also worth noting that, based on our preliminary modeling, this attenuation rate itself is not constant, but rather has a weakly increasing functional relationship that is positively correlated with the attenuation depth.
In other words... the decay of solar energy may accelerate slightly over time.
"Based on our most conservative linear extrapolation model, without considering other factors that could accelerate the decay of solar energy."
It is estimated that in 24 hours, the overall luminosity of our sun will decrease by about 8.9%, and the solar radiation flux reaching Earth's orbit will decrease by about 8.7% accordingly.
Professor Zhong's voice trembled slightly, but he tried his best to remain calm.
He manipulated the screen to bring up a dynamic simulation of the Earth's atmosphere and surface energy balance for everyone.
"In short, the reduction in solar radiation flux will directly lead to a sharp decrease in the amount of shortwave solar radiation energy received per unit time and per unit area globally."
"The global average temperature will drop rapidly in the next 24 hours."
The global average temperature drop is expected to reach 12°C to 15°C within 24 hours.
And this is just the beginning.
The model shows that in 72 hours, the global average temperature may drop by 25°C to 30°C compared to before the apocalypse, and this is still not the end.
Ultimately, global temperatures will lead to... the ice age predicted by Comrade Li Xiaming, resulting in the extinction of 90% of species on Earth under extremely cold conditions!
Professor Zhong finished his report on the solar anomalies, and the conference room fell into a deathly silence.
Although everyone had anticipated this day a month in advance and had made many efforts in preparation for it.
But when that day actually arrived, everyone still couldn't help but feel a deep sense of dread.
The being that planted the "Earth's End Version 1.00 Update Preview" in the minds of all humanity... can actually influence the sun!
That was a sun!
An ancient star that has been burning for 4.6 billion years in the void of the universe!
It is the origin of all life on Earth.
Before the sun, human history is but a fleeting moment, and all the miracles we have built are as insignificant as dust.
But that unknown entity can exert its will on such a magnificent celestial body, manipulating it like a remote-controlled air conditioner.
Compared to having contingency plans, the "Ice Age" apocalypse might be something that could be survived even with the full strength of the nation.
This being, who could orchestrate the apocalypse and manipulate the stars at will, made everyone present feel even more powerless.
Our country, our compatriots.
How can we contend with an unknown entity that can influence stars?
And why did He... choose Earth?
They seemed to have noticed everyone's low spirits.
In the suffocating silence, Fang Huaiyuan tapped the table twice.
The "tap-tap" sound, in this conference room where you could hear a pin drop, was like a pebble thrown into a deep pool, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
"Comrades, I know what you're thinking."
Fang Huaiyuan's voice was not loud, even calmer than usual during meetings, but it was as steady as a rock, suppressing the panic spreading in everyone's hearts.
"Think about what that 'being' that brought about the apocalypse is, and after we overcome the current three-year ice age apocalypse, will there be a new apocalypse? Will our efforts eventually come to naught... right?"
"I've been thinking about this ever since I learned about the doomsday prophecy."
"But now, we comrades are sitting here not to be philosophers, nor to look up at the stars and lament our own insignificance."
Fang Huaiyuan's voice suddenly rose an octave, carrying a powerful force.
"We're here to solve the problem!"
"We are here to solve the problems that have plunged our compatriots and our motherland into peril!"
"Professor Chung's report tells us at Dongda University, and tells us about humanity, what the enemy's 'weapons' might be, and how powerful they are. That's excellent!"
Knowing what kind of punch the enemy is using is the key to knowing how to dodge and block!
Instead of sitting here, terrified by the imagined punches!
"Eat your food one bite at a time, and walk your path one step at a time."
Our nation has always been the most resilient and the best at waging protracted wars, so we should not be intimidated by the enemy, nor should we glorify them, nor should we resort to capitulationism!
The most important question we should be discussing now is: what is the first step we need to take?
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