Chapter 8 Achieving the First Victory
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 8
Chapter Title: Achieving the First Victory
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Of Mo Yuanbai’s disappointment, seven-tenths was real, and the remaining three-tenths was for Shen Yi to see.
If one's own desires were in the hands of others, it was important to convey a certain attitude.
Such minor cleverness was naturally visible to Shen Yi.
Why had he not spoken of the "extraordinary" information during his conversation with Che Yongchang just now?
Facing different people, naturally, there were different schemes.
When Mo Yuanbai displayed his selfishness, Shen Yi determined that the extraordinary was, to a person like the former, an extremely alluring bait.
"The Association naturally has its own set of requirements for recruiting people, which isn’t something you need to consider right now." Shen Yi stood up, leaving his seat, "Prepare a residence for me, and give me the reports I need as quickly as possible. Besides—" he glanced at Mo Yuanbai, and suddenly laughed, "I like the gourmet food made by your daughter very much. The heart and deliciousness contained within, I’ve never tasted it in any other world."
Leaving behind only this sentence…
Shen Yi then walked forward unhurriedly.
But behind him…
Mo Yuanbai's eyes lit up slightly.
If the pressure of the man’s aura just now was the stick, and the extraordinary path was the drawn big pie in the sky, then this sentence at this moment was the sweet carrot handed out.
It wasn’t a very complex method.
However, it was quite practical.
Mo Yuanbai stood up and walked toward his daughter, who was waiting nearby.
"Qiuqiu," he looked at Mo Qiu with a face of sincerity, "Keep it up and work hard. You must carry through your culinary philosophy to the end!"
“?” Mo Qiu had a face of complete bewilderment.
Thus, in this new world, Shen Yi came to possess the best residence and the strongest connections.
But the impact he brought was obviously not so simple.
With Che Yongchang's return, the two pieces of news he brought with him — world doomsday and the Pan-Humanity Protection Association — undoubtedly triggered a massive uproar.
After an emergency meeting of over four hours, a brand-new team was assembled.
The 617 Response Team.
Inside, various kinds of elite talents were gathered, including geological experts, environmental experts, humanities experts, and personnel responsible for coordination among various departments.
The security classification of this team was top secret.
Late at night.
In a room with no windows, rows of screens were set up everywhere. If a professional was here, they could tell at a glance that more than half of what was displayed on the screens were geological and environmental monitoring footage.
"Everyone," a person clapped their hands, "There are ten minutes left, look alive."
This was a young man wearing a large green trench coat, his face somewhat pale.
He looked to be twenty-seven or twenty-eight at most.
"Captain Chu," Che Yongchang walked over while holding a document, "Here. This is the detailed information of the Mount Apu crater eruption from eight hours ago. As of now, a total of thirteen people have been confirmed dead, and additionally, over seventy people are injured."
The young man addressed as Captain Chu glanced at the report.
"He completely hit the mark," he let out what seemed to be a sigh of emotion, yet his bloodshot face became radiant with spirit at this moment, "It’s truly unbelievable. He’s only been in our world for half an hour, yet he could predict such situations thousands of miles away."
"He even got the death toll correct," Che Yongchang shook his head, his expression complex.
Putting aside the shock that he had received when he met Shen Yi for the moment.
At the very least, after returning, he still harbored a bit of hope that what Shen Yi had predicted wasn’t true.
But now…
The report he just handed over seemed to serve as further confirmation of the arrival of their world doomsday.
"Then let’s see whether what he spoke of is indeed the future or our fate," Chu Lin stared intently at the screen.
The Mount Apu crater was outside their borders, so it was difficult for them to have accurate means of observing the situation.
But the next disaster prediction was within their borders.
Highly precise instruments had already been shipped to the destination long ago.
Time approached bit by bit.
The instant the clock pointed to 3:17…
"...Did nothing happen?" Che Yongchang asked with some hesitation.
"Are you an idiot?" Chu Lin glanced at the man, "It wasn't precise to the second."
"Oh, right," Che Yongchang smiled awkwardly, "I was too nervous."
However, Chu Lin paid no attention to him whatsoever. Instead, he directly rushed in front of a screen. A shockwave detection instrument deep underground was sending information to it, and it was clear from data that shockwaves had suddenly surged up from deep beneath the earth.
"It's here! It's really here!" Chu Lin's expression was somewhat excited, and his pale face had even flushed red, "Quick, estimate the earthquake magnitude, locate the epicenter!"
Everyone became busy all at once.
As they had prepared long ago, they got the answer very quickly.
"A magnitude 5.7 earthquake!"
"Exactly the same as the prediction."
"The source of the earthquake was in an area about three thousand meters deep underground."
"Did not find anything wrong…?"
All data indicated that this was a small earthquake caused by plate movement.
There was nothing wrong with it.
This also showed that the person who gave this news truly predicted the occurrence of the earthquake.
Even the magnitude wasn’t off by the slightest!
Chu Lin clenched his fists tightly, his gaze scanning back and forth across the screens. Data after data continuously fed information into his mind as he completely simulated the cause of the earthquake once over.
Indeed, it was a very normal earthquake.
If there was anything wrong, it was that this earthquake had been precisely predicted by someone before any signs of it appeared.
"Cough, cough." Chu Lin suddenly coughed violently.
"Captain Chu," Che Yongchang supported the man with some panic, turning his head to shout, "Quickly, bring Captain Chu's medicinal diet over."
But Chu Lin waved his hand and pushed the other man away.
"What’s the casualty situation on the ground?"
Someone was already asking about this, and they spoke up at this moment.
"Two old residential buildings collapsed. From them, the relevant personnel had already evacuated the civilians long ago— they were three elderly people."
Without a doubt, the death toll would have been correct without their intervention.
This should have originally been something worth being happy about.
However, on the faces of everyone at the scene, there wasn’t a single trace of a smile. Instead, they all appeared heavy-hearted.
They all knew what had happened, and they also knew from which person the prediction of this earthquake had come from.
But then, one person laughed.
It was none other than Chu Lin.
"Hahaha." Chu Lin's laughter didn’t contain any malice. He raised his hand and waved, "Everyone, did you hear that? Three lives! If what we’re about to face is a war, then this is our very first victory! Since we can win one battle, we can keep winning!"
These words seemed to become a rallying call, inspiring people's hearts.
Everyone bustled with activity once again.
The people who could be selected into this special response team had all undergone psychological evaluations.
Those with weak willpower wouldn’t have been let in.
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T/N - I can respect Chu Lin’s optimism and positivity. A good leader to have in the face of imminent apocalypse. I can see him being in the MC’s recruitment shortlist as he seems to be the sickly genius type of character.