What sort of status must the attendee in the center possess, to have so many illustrious figures serving as mere foils?
And what sort of momentous event could allow someone of such standing to attend directly, while also summoning so many experts from so many fields?
An image suddenly appeared in the central window.
The figure of an elderly man appeared, his hair half-bald, his frame thin and spare.
“I am Sun Changhe.”
The old man’s voice was transmitted through the dedicated secure conference room network into the ears of every attendee.
He merely stated his name, without giving any introduction.
The middle-aged man knew very well that, given this old man’s identity and position, he truly needed only to announce his name.
He did not even need to announce his name. The mere appearance of his figure already implied more than enough.
Because he represented the will of the entire nation’s highest decision-makers.
“The reason I have gathered everyone here today is because of a major sudden incident.
Here are some materials related to this incident. Everyone may take a look first.”
A document was uploaded into the conference room.
The middle-aged man clicked download, opened it, and quickly skimmed through it. His eyes widened in disbelief.
Recently, the matter of a transmigrator appearing online had indeed caused an uproar. Even he had heard a little about it.
But he had only thought it was an ordinary internet incident and had paid it no attention at all. He had never expected that all of it was actually true?
Someone had really and accurately predicted six events over six consecutive days. After being invited to a certain base, he had even directly admitted to the transmigration incident and claimed it was for the sake of resolving the apocalypse?
For a moment, the middle-aged man even felt his mind fall into confusion.
Sun Changhe’s voice sounded again. “Like all of you, I am equally shocked and puzzled by this matter.
However, after preliminary verification, I have confirmed that this matter already possesses enough value to warrant our attention. That is precisely the reason I have urgently convened this meeting.
All of you are top experts in your respective fields. Now, I need to borrow your wisdom to decide on a response plan for this matter.
We will begin by verifying the authenticity of the prophecies. As of today, this transmigrator has made six prophecies, all of which have come true. Their contents cover meteorology, geology, and other fields.
I need all the experts to make judgments based on your own professional knowledge, to assess the feasible paths for making such prophecies under our current level of science, and from there determine the authenticity of the prophecies.
Now, experts from each group, please begin your group discussions.”
The scene in the online conference room suddenly changed. The members of the different groups each appeared on the screens of their own group members.
After a brief discussion, the group discussions ended, and Sun Changhe’s figure appeared once more.
“First is the first prophecy: the incident in which Xiaofang Village was flooded by torrential rain. Professor Tian Ning, please speak.”
The middle-aged man drew a light breath and leaned a little closer to the microphone. “After discussion within our meteorology group, we believe there is one matter that must first be confirmed.
Are there experts in networking and computing present at this meeting? I would like to know whether we have now confirmed the exact time at which this prophet made his prophecy.”
An expert wearing glasses pressed the button to request to speak. After receiving permission, his voice was likewise transmitted to the dozens of group leaders, as well as to the several hundred experts under the various groups.
“After this incident stirred up the corresponding public opinion, our cybersecurity group immediately intervened in the investigation.
We directly sealed Weihu Company’s servers. Through investigations and verification from multiple aspects, we can confirm with one hundred percent certainty that the prophet’s statement was indeed made at nine o’clock in the morning on August 9th.
The time at which the first prophecy came true was six o’clock in the evening on August 10th. The interval between the two was thirty-three hours.”
Professor Tian Ning said solemnly, “The conclusion of our group’s discussion is that, with current technology, if one wanted to make such a precise weather forecast for thirty-three hours later, the accuracy rate would not exceed five percent.
Atmospheric motion is a complex giant system, or one could call it a chaotic system. There are simply too many influencing factors involved. Any tiny change in the initial stage can lead to completely different results after a certain period of time.
The five percent accuracy rate I mentioned is still theoretical. It assumes that, using our current scientific methods, we go all out—including setting up as many observation stations as possible, releasing weather balloons, mobilizing all meteorological satellites, deploying every available supercomputer for simulations, and so on. Even after exhausting every possible method, the maximum accuracy rate would only be five percent.”
Sun Changhe said, “The second prophecy was a tornado incident, with an interval of approximately fifty hours from the time of the prophecy.”
Professor Tian Ning did not hesitate. “Lengthening the time interval will cause the prediction accuracy to plummet. With our current scientific level, even if we still went all out, the accuracy rate of this prediction would be less than 0.2 percent.”
Sun Changhe nodded slightly and said, “The third prophecy was a small earthquake, with an interval of approximately seventy-six hours from the time of the prophecy. Geological and earthquake expert group, please speak.”
The leading expert of the geology group was an ordinary-looking man. He pressed the speak button. “Short-term precise earthquake prediction has always been a long-standing and difficult problem.
At the current stage, for severe earthquakes, we can achieve around a ninety percent success rate within a time frame of one hundred years. But for small earthquakes, especially predicting the precise time frame of small earthquakes, I can say responsibly that the success rate is nearly zero percent.
In other words, we can almost be certain that this prophet could hardly have made his prediction of the earthquake’s timing through existing technological means.
Either he guessed, or he has mastered some kind of technical means beyond our imagination, or… he really is a transmigrator.”
Sun Changhe did not express an opinion, but continued, “The fourth prophecy was a landslide. Geological and meteorological expert groups, please speak together.”
…
As of now, six of Jiang Yang’s prophecies had already come true.
And according to the joint assessment of the expert groups from various fields, all of them had reached the conclusion that, relying on existing technology, the prediction accuracy rate would be extremely low.
Combining six extremely low probabilities together, with all six consecutive predictions coming true, one could basically make a clear judgment.
Once might be a lucky guess. Guessing correctly six times in a row? That was unreasonable.
Since it was not a guess, then…
“Experts from the physics group, please speak.”
An old expert with withered skin and graying hair stood up.
The name written on his chest badge was Lu Zhaoming.
“Based on a comprehensive judgment, only two possibilities remain. First, he truly is a transmigrator. Second, he has mastered some kind of technology that surpasses our current level—and surpasses it by an enormous margin.
More advanced technology cannot appear out of thin air. Therefore, possibility two can basically be taken to mean that this prophet is connected to some extraterrestrial force.”