"We have confirmed..."
"The end of the world is coming!"
I heard the sound of a car door slamming shut on the other end of the phone; they were clearly rushing to the shelter.
"No rush, there's still a long time before the apocalypse." Even though everyone had anticipated the end of the world, there was still a moment of bewilderment when it was finally confirmed.
Zhang Tianyuan quickly calmed himself down.
Have you calculated the timeline of the apocalypse? How much longer?
"We just received this news half an hour ago, and we're still calculating. It's expected to take two hours to get the results."
Zhang Tianyuan glanced at the calendar; it was June 2009, three and a half years before the apocalypse depicted in the movie officially occurred.
The end of this world is caused by the impact of solar storms on the Earth's core. Even if he traveled here and caused some butterfly effect, it shouldn't have any impact on this aspect.
To say that he can influence solar storms or the Earth's core is to overestimate his abilities.
Therefore, the apocalypse will likely still occur as scheduled.
"Let's meet first, wait for the calculation results of the doomsday timeline, and then have a meeting."
Several senior executives from "2012" rushed over from their offices, bringing with them the research institute's calculation results.
"Based on current trends, we anticipate the end of the world could occur in 9 or 10 years."
As soon as the old man with the buzz cut sat down, he told Zhang Tianyuan about the news they had just received.
Besides these two outcomes, there is also the possibility that nothing will happen.
However, considering Zhang Tianyuan's existence, this outcome is clearly impossible.
"Nine or ten years?"
Does that mean it will be 2018 or later?
This result differs quite a bit from Zhang Tianyuan's understanding of 2012, but it seems that the doomsday in the movies occurs earlier than the time calculated by scientists, so he doesn't dwell on it anymore.
"Let's prepare according to the timeline set for the end of 2012."
The old man with the buzz cut had no objections.
"Let's do as President Zhang says. Since the apocalypse is now confirmed to happen, it doesn't really matter whether it happens in 2018 or 2012."
Immediately, someone said urgently, "In my opinion, we should start building the time-space railway immediately, strictly control the economy and production, make the construction of the time-space railway and the relocation of people our top priorities, and make plans for what happens after the relocation."
Once this viewpoint was expressed, other high-ranking officials...
I don't quite agree:
"It's too early to start controlling it now."
"The world order is generally stable now. If we suddenly go on strike, the global economy will inevitably experience major turmoil, and the risk of war will increase infinitely!"
"This will actually hinder our evacuation preparations..."
Almost everyone disagrees with starting planned controls on the domestic situation right now.
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Tianyuan suddenly asked, "How's the design for the time-space railway coming along?"
The crowd then stopped arguing.
The elderly man with a buzz cut picked up a picture and many photos and asked the staff to deliver them to the negative pressure protective room where Zhang Tianyuan was.
The image shows two domestic maps pasted together. At first glance, they look like the same map rotated.
However, upon closer inspection, differences can be observed between the two images.
This is the domestic map of "2012" and the Legend World.
Above, a railway line that is specially marked is the most eye-catching.
It first converged from all directions within the country in the timeline of "2012" to a central point, and then radiated from a central point in the Legend World to the whole country.
The old man with the buzz cut held up the same diagram and explained, "The route on this diagram is the current first version of the plan. In theory, it maximizes the use of the railways in both timelines. After transferring the people to No. 2 Spacetime, they can be dispersed and resettled in various cities within No. 2 Spacetime."
Looking at the on-site photos of the railway inspection, Zhang Tianyuan asked, "So how many railways do you plan to build?"
The old man with the buzz cut said, "With at least 1,000 railway lines running in parallel, each line would only need to transfer an average of about 1.3 million people to complete the nationwide migration."
A railway line that can only carry 1.3 million people is undoubtedly a huge waste of resources.
But with the end of the world imminent, the 2012 universe clearly couldn't care less about such things.
Zhang Tianyuan did a rough calculation.
"Each line carries 1.3 million people. Based on a capacity of 1,200 passengers per train, each line only needs to complete a little over 1,000 train trips on average to fulfill its transport mission."
With over a thousand train trips, if distributed across dozens of locomotives, each train would only need to make a dozen or so trips...
Even if the route is long, it's still a domestic route, and you can definitely complete more than ten trips in a year.
Therefore, according to the plan, the relocation work will begin in 2011, and there will definitely be no problem with the timeline.
The only problem is the area of Spacetime Tunnel.
Imagine a thousand railway lines running side by side, with countless trains constantly traveling on them—just thinking about it gives you an idea of what that scene would be like.
The area occupied by railways must be enormous, so the area of Spacetime Tunnel must also be large enough.
The higher-ups are also thinking about this issue.
"If the Spacetime Tunnel isn't big enough, we can fit at least a hundred railway lines..."
Zhang Tianyuan put down the photo in his hand and interrupted them:
You can rest assured about that.
"The maximum area of Spacetime Tunnel is at least 5 square kilometers. If the shape is limited to a rectangle ten meters high, it would be enough to stretch fifty kilometers. Therefore, supporting your construction of a railway hub is definitely not a problem."
He had never tested the maximum area of Spacetime Tunnel because testing it would require satellite assistance.
He directly expanded the Spacetime Tunnel to its limit in the air, and then calculated the limit area through satellite measurements.
The Legend World has not yet restored ground-based control of satellites; only a few satellite phones and similar devices are currently available.
While "2012" did feature satellites, it went a bit too far...
The higher-ups in "2012" were unaware of Zhang Tianyuan's troubles.
After confirming that the railway hub was feasible, they felt much more relaxed. "Then we don't need to hesitate any longer. Let's choose this version of the plan and have the construction team design it while they're building."
No one objected to this, and they quickly moved on to the next topic.
When do you all think we should notify other countries of the impending doomsday?
When this question was raised, everyone was silent for a while before they started speaking:
"At least until our evacuation preparations are nearly complete, which is 2010. Until then, we will still need raw materials from all over the world to ensure production."
"Furthermore, if foreign countries started preparing to evacuate in 2010, that should be considered ample time."
Everyone prioritizes the domestic situation.
Zhang Tianyuan suddenly remembered Antarctica from the Legend of Legend World, and took a moment to briefly tell them about his experiences Antarctica.
"An individual's bottom line is unpredictable, but the bottom line of civilization can be estimated."
"Nobody knows what those people are really thinking. Faced with the apocalypse, perhaps we'd like to cooperate with them, but they're only thinking about looting and arson."
"Therefore, we should now prepare for war in advance. Once the doomsday information is released, the reactions of other countries are unpredictable."