Chapter 187 Two Minutes

This video conference is over. The sky finally got bright. Lu Ming opened the curtains, letting the light of the rising sun shine into the room, and felt the warmth from the sun.

The weather in early autumn is still relatively hot at noon. But now in the morning, it is neither cold nor hot, which is the most comfortable time.

Lu Ming ordered a breakfast and asked the waiter to bring it directly to the room. He ate it leisurely while bathing in the morning sunshine. Afterwards, Lu Ming sat on the sofa, facing the rising sun, facing the rows of high-rise buildings outside the window, looking at the white clouds in the blue sky, and fell into deep thought.

He was thinking about what kind of judgment he should make. Which kind of judgment is the most beneficial to the human world, and which kind of judgment can avoid losses to the human world to the greatest extent.

This is a difficult call to make. Lu Ming didn't even know where to start.

Doomsday organizations are the only source of doomsday prophecies and the only guarantee of their authenticity. However, it has been impossible to obtain further intelligence from the Doomsday Organization in the near future.

Except for the Doomsday Organization's own observation forces, all of them have denied the possibility of an asteroid hitting the earth.

Between the two, the directions are completely opposite. Moreover, intelligence acquisition has reached its limit.

——So many astronomical observation forces have been invested in the search for that possible asteroid, but as a result, they cannot find the existence of such an asteroid. What else can be done?

One positive and one negative, two completely different possibilities intertwined in Lu Ming's mind.

He just leaned on the sofa and pondered, motionless. The golden sunlight shone on him, making him look like a statue.

At this moment, in the video conference room where Lu Ming was missing, Zhang Dingshan and the other three were still online.

"What kind of judgment will Lu Ming make? Will his judgment be correct?"

After a long silence, Lu Qingliang murmured this question.

No one answered him.

He Wei shook her head: "Forget it. It's useless for us to continue the meeting. Let's go, let's go get something to eat. Maybe we won't be able to eat in the future."

He Wei exited the video conference room. Lu Qingliang also left in silence. Zhang Dingshan was the only one left in the conference room.

It's morning time now. At this moment, in the city where He Wei is located, a breakfast called "Hot Spicy Soup" is popular. Local people often drink a bowl of it in the morning to start the day's work and life refreshed.

When she was out of town, He Wei also tried to buy semi-finished spicy spicy soup online and process it herself, but she felt she could never make it taste that good.

You still have to go to the place of origin to eat this kind of thing.

After briefly tidying up, He Wei went out and then came to a small alley in a familiar way. There was a small shop with a simple front door, and the hygiene didn't look very good. Most of the customers who come here are dressed casually, and the place is bustling with the atmosphere of life.

After buying a bowl, He Wei drank it carefully. When leaving the store, she couldn't help but look back, as if she wanted to remember it all in her heart.

"Well, it would be great if this case wasn't picked up by our second team."

She thought like this: "I don't know about the end of the world, and we are facing the final moment in ignorance. At least during this period, I can enjoy life without any worries. Now, I can't even live the last period of peaceful life." "

This is the end of the world for real. If the doomsday is false, it would be even more unjust. It would be useless to worry about it for so long.

No matter what, it's better not to know.

At this moment, although Lu Qingliang, who was at the headquarters, also exited the video conference room, he did not leave the computer.

He sat in his seat, also in deep thought.

Flight crash, doomsday organization, Ark base, Sun Lide, soybean mutant blight, blackout, earthquake...

Nouns swirled and collided in his mind, making his head slightly dizzy.

For a long time, he sighed and stopped thinking.

He has confirmed that he cannot draw any conclusion from these many clues and details.

"Lu Ming is much smarter than me. He should be able to find the correct answer. He should be able to...?"

He left the meeting room with a slightly gloomy expression.

"Qing Liang, what's wrong? Are you in a bad mood?"

Lao Zhang from the Finance Department saw Lu Qingliang's sullen face and said hello with a smile. Lu Qingliang forced a smile, shook his head, and left without saying a word.

"Tsk, tsk, this Qingliang, I don't know what's on his mind. The little girls called Corey will definitely be heartbroken when they see it."

…

Another city. Zhang Dingshan was still sitting in his seat, looking at the three black windows in the video conference room, silent for a long time.

There are four windows in the conference room. But at this moment, only his own figure was still displayed in his own window.

He just sat and watched, as if waiting for something, or simply in a daze.

The video conference room window flickered. His pupils narrowed slightly. After seeing clearly that the person who logged into the conference room was He Wei, his pupils relaxed slightly.

"Captain, are you still there?"

"Just arrived."

"Oh, it's nothing. I just came to take a look. Well... I'm a little sleepy. I'm going to take a nap. You can also take a rest."

"good."

He Wei exited the conference room again. On the seat, Zhang Dingshan was still sitting quietly, motionless.

The sun gradually moved away from the eastern horizon and moved towards the center of the sky. The warm sunshine gradually began to become harsh, and Lu Ming, who was sitting in front of the window and had been meditating, began to feel a little warm on his exposed skin.

The air conditioner kicks in, sending cool air into the room to offset the heat from the sun.

Lu Ming finally made a move at this time. He stretched his body and stood up slowly.

He had to admit that sometimes, when faced with some complex problems, no matter how hard he tried his best to think and analyze, he still could not draw valuable conclusions.

Like now.

Long-term thinking failed to help me make a more valuable judgment on this issue.

If you continue to delay, I'm afraid it will only be a waste of time.

Then, it seems that there is only one path left to choose from.

The suggestion submitted to Li Wenhua and the decision-makers is...

No suggestions.

When two choices are placed in front of you, your options are not actually two, but three.

You can choose one or two, or you can choose neither and abstain directly.

Abstaining is also a statement. To abstain is to admit that one's own abilities are incapable of weighing and judging which of the two options is more beneficial to the human world.

My identity is that I am a direct participant in this incident, or the leader. The abstention of direct participants means that the way to judge this incident from a rational perspective is blocked, and it also means that no valuable suggestions can be obtained from this aspect.

Then, the decision-making level can abandon the influence and weight from the Operations Department and even the Planetary Security Bureau, and only make the final decision based on the interests and losses of other parties and intelligence reference.

Strictly speaking, the statement of abstention is still valuable.

Lu Ming returned to the conference table, turned on his computer, and logged into the video conference room.

To his surprise, three of his teammates were actually in the conference room at this moment.

"Are you all here?"

"Just arrived."

Zhang Dingshan, He Wei, and Lu Qingliang seemed to have made an appointment, and they subconsciously said this word at the same time. After that, the three of them were stunned for a moment, and each looked at the other.

Lu Ming didn't notice the weirdness in this.

"I've thought about it for a long time, but I haven't found any basis to make me prefer either of these two options."

He sighed: "I'm afraid we won't be able to give the higher ups any valuable choices. I think it's better to give up."

The enthusiasm in the eyes of He Wei and Lu Qingliang dimmed instantly.

Although they had expected this result, when it actually appeared, the two of them couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Perhaps in the past, Lu Ming always found signs of life in desperate situations, which made him have unrealistic expectations for him. At this time, he even expected him to find some way...

However, Lu Ming is not a god.

Lu Ming clearly saw the changes in the expressions of He Wei and Lu Qingliang. He felt a little guilty.

He knew very well that this was not his responsibility, and the two of them were definitely not blaming themselves. But he still felt a little guilty, as if he hadn't fulfilled his responsibilities.

Zhang Dingshan's expression remained unchanged.

He shook his head gently: "Lu Ming, don't be so hasty to draw conclusions. The time given to us is one day. Now... less than ten hours have passed. Think about it slowly, don't be in a hurry."

"But……"

"Lu Ming, no matter what conclusion you finally come to, this conclusion will be reported to Li Chu in the collective name of our second action team, and Li Chu will continue to report it in the name of the entire action team. Don't be afraid of making mistakes, just forget it. , it’s definitely not your turn to bear this responsibility. Be bolder, think more, there is still time, don’t be anxious.”

Lu Ming felt a little ashamed.

He understood that the "responsibility" Zhang Dingshan mentioned did not actually mean that his superiors would punish him if he made a wrong judgment. Because in any case, it is absolutely impossible for a superior to punish a subordinate for such a thing.

If you have to punish even this, then who will dare to make judgments based on their own thinking in the future?

The responsibility here is actually a conscience and psychological responsibility.

There is a large-scale mobilization and a small-scale mobilization. The gap between the two is really too big. It is not an exaggeration to say that it involves thousands of households and the lives and fortunes of countless people. Once the judgment is wrong, even if there is no punishment, the person who makes the judgment will bear the condemnation of his own conscience if he sees countless people destroyed and killed.

"No matter what the responsibility is, it is not your own. We believed in your judgment, Li Chu believed in the judgment of our second team, the Planetary Security Bureau believed in Li Chu's judgment, and the decision-makers believed in the judgment of the Planetary Security Bureau... We Everyone has a responsibility.

Whatever the consequences, we all bear them together. "

Zhang Dingshan's tone was calm, but his words were as heavy as a thousand stones.

"Now, all we need is to use your wisdom and ability to point us to a path that is more likely to be correct. It is more likely to be correct, not absolutely correct."

Lu Qingliang clapped his hands suddenly: "Yes, Lu Ming, we all believe in you, you can definitely do it!"

He Wei also had a smile on her face: "Don't worry about Lu Ming, there is still time anyway, just think about it again, it doesn't matter even if you still give up in the end, right?"

Lu Ming was slightly moved.

"Okay. I'll try my best."

"Go ahead."

Lu Ming once again exited the video conference room. This time, he did not sit down again, but began to walk back and forth in the hotel room, which was not very spacious.

Walk from the door to the window, then from the window back to the door, back and forth. His brain was once again immersed in that state of concentration and concentration.

The sun gradually began to slide from the center of the sky toward the west. The dazzling light once again began to soften, and eventually became dim.

In the city, neon lights began to light up. Night has come.

Lu Ming sat on the sofa again, staring at the night scene in a daze.

In the city sky, there are no stars visible, only a few bright stars hanging in the sky. His eyes focused on a bright star.

That's Jupiter.

At this moment, after thinking for a long time but finally finding nothing, his brain was extremely tired and he could hardly think any more effectively. His brain was relaxed at the moment, not actively thinking about anything, just looking at the star.

Perhaps it was his yearning for the starry sky that created a picture in his mind. He seemed to see the surroundings of the huge Jupiter, with dozens of huge satellites seemingly chaotic but orderly rotating around it. He also seemed to see farther away, in the Kuiper Belt, where many asteroids were quietly orbiting. In the distance, I saw the Oort cloud again, the two and three stars of the South Gate, countless huge shining stars, the entire Milky Way, and the entire universe.

Countless planets, big or small, bright or dark, warm or calm, together form this huge chaotic system.

The microscopic world is full of chaos and randomness. The macroscopic world is approximately orderly in the short term, but is also chaotic and random in the long term.

Chaos and randomness are the essence of the universe. The so-called order is just an illusion.

In this trance, Lu Ming suddenly remembered something. An inspiration was like a star that had just been nurtured by a huge gas cloud, slowly lighting up in Lu Ming's chaotic thinking universe.

He stood up instantly, walked to the computer in a few steps, and pulled out some information.

The Red Guard earthquake predicted by the Son of God occurred at 3:07 pm on October 19th.

but……

The earthquake that occurred in the real world occurred at 3:05 pm on October 19th.

There is a difference of two minutes between the two.