Reborn Before the Apocalypse: My Backing is the Nation

Chapter 5 Aliens?

With so many prominent figures serving as foils, what must the identity of the person attending in the middle be?
What kind of momentous event could attract such a prominent figure to attend a meeting and gather so many experts from various fields?

Suddenly, an image appeared in the middle window.

The figure of an elderly man with half-bald hair and a thin build appeared.

"I am Sun Changhe."

The old man's voice was transmitted to every participant via the network in a dedicated, secure conference room.

He simply stated his name without providing any further introduction.

The middle-aged man knew that, given the old man's status and position, he only needed to announce a name.

There's no need to even announce his name; his mere presence is enough to signify something.

Because he represents the will of the nation's top decision-makers.

"The reason I've gathered everyone here today is because of a major emergency."

Here is some information about this incident; you can take a look first.

A document was uploaded to the conference room.

Click to download, open, and quickly glance at it. The middle-aged man stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

The story of a time traveler appearing on the internet has indeed caused quite a stir recently, and even he has heard about it.

He thought it was just a normal online event and paid no attention to it. Little did he know that it was all real.
Someone actually accurately predicted six events over six consecutive days. After being invited to a certain base, they even admitted to the time travel incident and claimed it was to resolve the apocalypse.

For a moment, the middle-aged man even felt his mind was a bit confused.

Sun Changhe's voice came through again: "Like everyone else, I am also shocked and puzzled by this matter."

However, after preliminary verification, I have confirmed that this matter has the value to warrant our attention, which is why I have urgently convened this meeting.

You are all top experts in your respective fields, and now I need to draw on your wisdom to decide on a course of action.

We'll begin by verifying the prophecy's veracity. To date, this time traveler has made six prophecies, all of which have come true, covering topics such as meteorology and geology.

I need the experts to make a judgment based on their professional knowledge, to assess the feasible path to make such a prediction under the current level of science, and to determine the authenticity of the prediction.

Now, experts in each group, please proceed with your group discussions.

The video conference room screen suddenly changed, with members from different groups appearing on their respective group members' screens.

After a brief discussion, the group discussions ended, and Sun Changhe reappeared.

"First, the first prediction: the flooding of Xiaofang Village due to torrential rain. Professor Tian Ning, please speak."

The middle-aged man took a light breath and leaned closer to the microphone: "After discussion in our meteorological team, we believe that we first need to determine one thing."

Were there any experts in networking or computer science present at this meeting? I'd like to know if we have now confirmed the exact time the prophet made his prediction?

An expert wearing glasses pressed the request to speak button. After being granted permission, his voice was also relayed to dozens of group leaders and hundreds of experts across various groups. "After the incident sparked public discussion, our cybersecurity team immediately launched an investigation."

We have directly sealed off Weihu's servers. Through investigation and verification from various aspects, we can now confirm with 100% certainty that the prophet's statement did indeed take place at 9:00 AM on August 9th.

The first prophecy was fulfilled at 8 PM on August 10th, a gap of 33 hours.

Professor Tian Ning solemnly stated, "Our group's discussion concluded that, with current technology, the accuracy rate of making such a precise weather forecast for 33 hours into the future would not exceed 5%."

Meteorological motion is a complex mega-system, or rather a chaotic system, involving far too many influencing factors. Any tiny change in the initial stage can lead to drastically different results after a certain period of time.

The 5% accuracy rate I mentioned is theoretical. Even with all our current scientific methods—including setting up as many observation stations as possible, launching weather balloons, mobilizing all weather satellites, and using all available supercomputers for simulations—we can only achieve a maximum accuracy rate of 5%.

Sun Changhe said, "The second prophecy is about a tornado event, which is about 50 hours after the first prophecy."

Professor Tian Ning stated without hesitation: "Extending the time frame will cause the prediction accuracy to drop sharply. Even with our current scientific level and all-out efforts, the accuracy of this prediction is less than 0.2%."

Sun Changhe nodded slightly and said, "The third prediction is about a small earthquake, about 76 hours after the first one. Now, please let the geology and earthquake experts speak."

The leading expert in the geology team was an ordinary-looking man. He pressed the speak button: "Accurate short-term earthquake prediction is a long-standing and extremely difficult problem."

At present, we can achieve a success rate of about 90% for strong earthquakes within a 100-year time frame, but for small earthquakes, especially for the precise time frame prediction of small earthquakes, I can say with certainty that the success rate is almost 0%.

In other words, we can be almost certain that the prophet could not have made the earthquake timing prediction using existing technology.

Either he was guessing, or he possessed some kind of technology beyond our imagination, or... he really is a time traveler.

Sun Changhe did not express his opinion, but continued: "The fourth prediction is a landslide. Please have the geological and meteorological experts speak together."

……

To date, six of Jiang Yang's predictions have come true.

According to the joint assessment of experts from various fields, they all concluded that the accuracy of predictions based on existing technology is extremely low.

If six extremely low conclusions are combined and all six are true in a row, then a clear judgment can basically be made.

One time might be a fluke, but six times in a row? That doesn't make sense.

Since it wasn't a guess, then...

"Please let the physics experts speak."

An elderly expert with withered skin and gray hair stood up.

His name tag read Lu Zhaoming.

"Based on the comprehensive assessment, only two possibilities remain. First, he really is a time traveler. Second, he possesses some kind of technology that far surpasses our current level."

More advanced technology cannot appear out of thin air; therefore, possibility two can be basically concluded that the prophet is connected to some extraterrestrial force.

(End of this chapter)