Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 10 Machines
The eighth day was spent in continuous learning and reinforcement, as was the ninth day, and so on until the morning of the tenth day.

As he woke up as he had in the previous days, Jiang Yang could clearly feel the heavy atmosphere in the base.

Everyone looked solemn, and everyone seemed to be in a hurry.

After meeting up with Zhou Yu, Jiang Yang asked, "Shall we continue studying today?"

Zhou Yu shook his head: "Students get a day off the day before the college entrance exam. We won't study today; we'll have a meeting."

Led by Zhou Yu, Jiang Yang arrived at the conference room and saw Gu Changshan, the on-site commander, Tang Jianwei, the logistics director, Professor Lu Zhaoming of the scientific verification team, and many other people he didn't recognize.

"Today is the last day of the ten-day cycle. According to Comrade Jiang Yang's prediction, the end of the world will come at midnight tonight."

Gu Changshan's tone was completely flat, as if he were talking about something that had nothing to do with him: "We are holding this final on-site coordination meeting to coordinate and confirm the progress of all aspects."

First, the memory training team, please report on Comrade Jiang Yang's training progress over the past few days.

The trainer who had been teaching Jiang Yang for several days stood up: "In a total of 20 hours of instruction, Comrade Jiang Yang has completed the rapid memory training excellently. Although time constraints prevented him from making further improvements, a comprehensive evaluation shows that he has now reached the stage goal."

"Psychological support team".

Zhou Yu stood up: "After a comprehensive psychological assessment, Comrade Jiang Yang's mental state is completely normal."

At this moment, she was serious, capable, and professional.

Gu Changshan nodded slightly and looked at Jiang Yang: "Comrade Jiang Yang, please report on your personal status."

Jiang Yang took a light breath, equally serious: "I have made all the preparations."

Gu Changshan looked at Tang Jianwei, a middle-aged man who looked very shrewd: "Report on the status of logistical support and hardware construction."

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, the installation of all equipment and instruments at Doomsday Base 7 has been completed, the base upgrade and renovation work has been completed, and all irrelevant personnel have been evacuated."

Gu Changshan nodded: "Professor Lu Zhaoming."

Professor Lu Zhaoming's hair seemed to have turned even whiter, and he had lost a bit of weight. His eyes were bloodshot. "Our scientific verification team's work is mainly divided into two parts: internal and external. I'll start by reporting on the external aspects."

The external aspects of the scientific verification work mainly include a total of 376 probe satellites of various types, 76 large ground probe stations, and 19 large scientific research facilities, coordinated domestically and internationally. The probe time has been coordinated and the network construction is underway. It is expected that the network will be connected to the Arctic 4 supercomputer in the base in 12 hours.

The internal contents include 326 medical and human examination devices, as well as 559 environmental monitoring devices for small-scale detection.

Currently, 80% of the debugging work has been completed, and the remaining 20% ​​is expected to be operational in 13 hours.

Meanwhile, the power supply and protection systems are undergoing final checks, which will be completed in approximately three hours.

The work of the scientific verification team seemed to be the core of the entire doomsday plan, and thus occupied the longest reporting time. Following Professor Lu Zhaoming, the team leader, numerous sub-team leaders began to report one by one, and under the coordination and arrangement of Gu Changshan, the on-site commander, they cleared obstacles one by one.

As he listened to the orderly arrangement of each project and task, a peculiar feeling welled up in Jiang Yang's heart.

It was as if Doomsday Base 7 had transformed into a massive and sophisticated machine at this moment. Everyone sitting here, as well as everyone else working on this plan inside and outside the base, were no longer human, but had become a component of this enormous machine.

Including myself.

Each person performs their duties and stays in their place, operating in an orderly and efficient manner.

Each person is only responsible for their own task, doing only a tiny part compared to the whole. Countless people working together, this unimaginably massive machine begins to operate. The power contained within this machine shocked Jiang Yang, and he inexplicably felt a sense of peace.

Only a machine with such immense power could possibly fight against that apocalypse that seems to come from nowhere...

The meeting ended, and attendees left in an orderly fashion. Jiang Yang looked at Zhou Yu: "What are the plans for the rest of the time?"

"There are no arrangements. You can do whatever you want, as long as you don't leave the 100-kilometer radius around the base."

Zhou Yu looked at Jiang Yang: "Rest? Play games? Watch a movie?"

Jiang Yang thought for a moment and finally said, "Let's go out for a walk and enjoy the scenery."

"Okay, let me change my clothes."

Zhou Yu left in a hurry, and when she reappeared in front of Jiang Yang, she had changed into a refreshing sportswear outfit, looking energetic and youthful.

Jiang Yang's lips twitched: "There's no need for that 'teamwork makes the job easier' thing today, is there?"

The other day, in order to improve my study efficiency, Zhou Yu dressed up in all sorts of outfits, from office lady to flight attendant to student, trying to poke fun at me. I tolerated it, but today I'm going out to relax, so this is a bit too much, isn't it?

If I poke it any more, I'll become mentally exhausted.

Zhou Yu paused for a moment, a blush rising to her cheeks. She glared at Jiang Yang and said, "Go to hell! I'm naturally beautiful, it's hard to hide it."

"Alright, you're getting cocky now that I'm saying you're fat."

Jiang Yang shook his head dejectedly and entered the elevator.

Upon arriving on land after several days' absence, the air filled with the fragrance of wildflowers invigorated Jiang Yang.

As he boarded the helicopter and hovered in the sky, looking down at the rolling mountains below, Jiang Yang felt increasingly refreshed and relaxed.

The helicopter eventually landed beside a stream.

A refreshing mountain breeze blew, and Jiang Yang remained silent for a long time. Suddenly, Zhou Yu beside him exclaimed, "There are fish here! Lots of fish! And crabs! Crayfish! Come quick!"

Looking to the side, I saw that Zhou Yu had already jumped into the water and thrown several crabs and crayfish onto the shore.

Surrounded by dozens of security personnel at a distance, Jiang Yang finally became interested: "They're here!"

The two had a great time playing in the stream, catching dozens of fish, shrimp, and crabs of all sizes.

After a delicious picnic, the two sat under a parasol, gazing at the mountains and rivers before them, enjoying the tranquil moment.

Jiang Yang remained silent, recalling the events of the past few days, and suddenly asked Zhou Yu, "Are you afraid of dying?"

Zhou Yu sighed, a sadness he had never seen before appearing on his face: "I'm scared, I'm scared to death."

Having lived for over twenty years, my daily routine consists of social surveys, data analysis, papers, projects, and academic work...

So many things haven't even happened yet, and this world just popped up like that, giving people no time to react at all. Ugh…”

(End of this chapter)