Working Prophet

Taylor asked Li Yu, "You know that we humans have not always been the overlords of the earth. There were many powerful creatures on this planet before us, but they did not survive in the end."

"Are you talking about mass extinction?"

“That’s right, there have been five mass extinction events in the history of the earth, namely in the Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous periods.

"Mammals, including our ancestors, only entered history in the Tertiary Period."

Taylor said, "In addition to relying on our own wisdom and hard work, we can evolve to today's civilization. Luck is actually a very important factor, and among them, the climate factor is particularly important."

"Imagine if our ancestors were also among the five previous mass extinctions. With their fragile bodies, they would not be able to withstand the strong changes in climate.

"The fact is that even throughout the millions of years of human existence, our civilization has been profoundly affected by climate."

"After the Last Glacial Maximum, it was the warming of the climate that made the earth's natural resources richer. This allowed early humans who relied on gathering and hunting to survive and have more free time to create language and symbols.

"And the Little Ice Age that appeared from time to time was also accompanied by changes in kingship."

Li Yu didn't know why Taylor suddenly started talking about the climate issue, but he remained patient and did not interrupt.

Mr. Qin poured Taylor a cup of tea, and the latter took two sips, moistened his throat and continued.

"We had a long honeymoon period with the Earth, but now this sweet relationship is coming to an end."

"Because of the greenhouse effect?" Li Yu asked.

"Well, the carbon dioxide emissions produced by industrial activities that use fossil fuels as the main power source will indeed affect the climate to a certain extent. Many environmentalists even think that this will bring us destruction, but in fact, this impact is currently Still relatively weak.

Taylor said, “In contrast, changes in the orbit of the sun and the earth are the main driving force of climate change. This was first proposed by Yugoslav astrophysicist Milankovitch at the beginning of the last century, so it is also called Milankovitch. cycle.

"Milankovitch believes that the earth's climate has been cycling between glacial periods and interglacial periods, and the changes between glacial periods and interglacial periods are closely related to the three elements of the Earth's orbit, namely eccentricity, inclination of the Earth's axis, and precession.

"But according to Milankovitch's theory, the earth's temperature should have dropped long ago, because none of the previous interglacial periods maintained such a high level for such a long time.

"After a century of investigation, our people finally found the answer - because someone artificially interfered with the earth's climate."

"You can also call it a god, or a visitor from another dimension." Mr. Qin added.

"The faith technology he uses is more than a hundred times more advanced than ours. Divine magic that can affect the climate of a planet is simply unheard of."

Li Yu frowned, "You mean that there are unknown beings that have come to the earth, just like us descending to other planes."

"Yes, some of the gods in myths and legends are real, and the faith technology the company masters also comes from them."

"Then that... visitor from another world used magic to change the climate of the earth. What did he get?"

"On the contrary, it was a gift. It is precisely because of this gift that it protected us from the evil intentions of the earth and allowed our civilization to continue to this day."

Taylor sighed after saying this, "But this gift is time-limited, and what's even worse is using divine magic to forcibly change the climate, which will also bring new problems."

"what is the problem?"

"Once the protection fails, the climate will no longer change a little bit as before, but will deteriorate sharply. In other words, the earth may drop directly from the current average temperature of 15 degrees to 20 degrees under zero.

“At that time, it will cause a devastating blow to most of the creatures inhabiting this planet, which of course includes humans.

"Once the ice age comes, the earth will be frozen for at least millions of years."

"So the countdown on the wall at the front desk is the time we have left?" Li Yu asked, "What can we do to prevent this disaster?"

Taylor nodded, then shook his head, "The countdown is the time we have left, but the destruction has actually begun, and no one can stop it."

"Um?"

"This planet is no longer habitable," Taylor said. "The average temperature on the planet has now dropped to minus 15 degrees."

Li Yu subconsciously looked out the window when he heard his words. However, even at night in June in City B, the temperature was still very high. Through the window, he could see the trees in the courtyard below, which were now lush and green.

"What your eyes see is not real," Taylor murmured softly.

“If you swallow the red pill, you’ll stay in Wonderland and I’ll show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.”

"I remember this sentence. Xu Mengyuan, the HR, also said this sentence to me when I joined the company. This sentence comes from the "The Matrix" series of movies." Li Yu's pupils shrank suddenly.

"Are we living in a virtual network now?"

“This is the perfect fusion of electronic information technology and faith technology.” Mr. Qin said proudly, “We mobilized the world’s top scientists and theologians to realize this great idea.

"We call it the Xingtian Project, and China undertook the most difficult database construction work."

Taylor also praised, “It is not easy to create a database large enough to accommodate the consciousness of everyone in the world, and from the perspective of social stability, we definitely don’t want the news of the doomsday to be leaked in advance.

"Countries have assessed the difficulty of implementation. Only China's organization and mobilization capabilities can complete the construction and keep it strictly confidential."

"Even so, we paid a lot of money to build the database." Mr. Qin said.

"Countless scientists and construction workers work day and night, working endlessly, and even lose their lives. Their sacrifices are for the survival of mankind and to continue the fire of civilization, not to realize your ridiculous fantasies."

Li Yu did not refute this time, but looked at Taylor again, "Is Bratis also composed of countless codes?"

"No," Taylor said, "Of course not, it is real, just like you and me, but it is in another dimension, and it is also where our hope lies."

"hope?"

"Don't blame Mr. Qin for being so harsh on you, because you are our captain, Noah who built the Ark, and Moses who led the Israelites out of Egypt. We need you to lead us through dangers and reach our new home. "

Well, the recent plot is not easy to write, so I am writing slowly. The last volume has to start to take back the previous foreshadowing. Do you still remember the title of the first volume: Rabbit Hole, Brati in an Alien Plane? Si is a rabbit hole for Li Yu, and Li Yu himself has actually been in the rabbit hole. Today should be a chapter for the time being. Everyone goes to bed early.